The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

LOU to l,5OO bushels OF Cucum DerS,
and from 1000 to 5000 bushels OF
tomatoes.
A deal has been closed for the CON
solidation of the Dubuque street rail
way and electric light plants. The
new company has $1,O0O,00O capital
and a fifty year charter. +. d. Stout
was elected president.
The packing house at Iowa City
was entirely destroyed by fire few
nights ago. 1T has not been in OPP
GRAFTON for two years, being used as
store house. Frank Kane lost $1,000
worth of vehicles, uninsured, and
Louis Meesser lost 1900 gallons of
lard, uninsured. Hill and Mullin own
ed the property. The Crescent Man
ufacturing company, makers of the
Crescent windmills and Wire fencing,
whose building was adjoining, lost
their building and all the products
liz. stock, as well as machinery, in
Guiding new machinery for wire draw
ing. All was completely DESTROYED.
Their loss was $4,000. The draw
inA and models OF four-row corn
planter. invented by John Barry,
were also destroyed. 1t was the most
disastrous fire in the history of Iowa
City. The total loss is estimated at
100000.
A sudden glare of light from an
unsupported point has dissipated the
dark mystery of months as to who
murdered John w. Robson at Sioux
City, December 20 last. The murder
was butchery, and the crime pro-
duced a profound sensation. Frank
Peyton. confessedly a robber and
burglar, has confessed in ST. Louis
that he struck with sledge hammer
man who interrupted him as he
was burglarizing safe near the po-
lice station in Sioux City. The Sioux
City police have since the confession
discovered that Frank Peyton, an ex-
convict, who served four years in
the Lincoln, Neb., pententiary for
the robbery of gambling house in
Omaha, was in Sioux City for three
weeks during December, and that he
left there about the time of the muir
der. Why suspicion never was at
tached to him seems now the mys-
terry.
The business district of Shenan-
doah a few days ago took on the
semblance of distillery and the
streets for few hours flowed with
whisky, brandy and beer So loud
was the odor of the liquor that many
imagined that several saloons must
be running in full blast somewhere
in the vicinity. The cause of the I'M
usual state of affairs was the destruc-
.tion by Constable William Simmons
OF ninety-efght packages of liquor,
ranging from one gallon to five and
six, as the case might be. This is
the final chapter of the liquor seizure
that has caused more or less grief
to parties concerned since it was
made on last Thanksgiving day, when
the county authorities took charge
of all the liquor in the possession of
the Wells-Fargo and Adams Express
companies at the Omaha & St. Louis
and c., B. & Q. warehouses. The ex
press companies have taken an APP
peal to recover the value of the Ii
quor.
Frank Peyton's confession tells the
story OF how some of the successful
safe-robbing in Des Moines within
the last two years has been acorn
'plished. Peyton, alias Howard, alias
Hammond, confesses to securing $3.50
IN safes in Des Moines and mentions
$4,000 which he~g got in different cit
les and towns in Iowa by playing
with the combinations of safes which
he had sold or with which he was
familiar. His confession shows him
to be remarkable burglar and one
whom the local authorities would
have been much pleased to appre-
bend. According to Peyton's story,
after he was arrested in st. Louis a
few days ago he visited Des Moines
within the past three years as a rep
resentative of the Hall Safe and Lock
Company of Cincinnati 1t was his
custom to sell man or firm safe.
whenever possible, and then to re-
turn and rob it soon thereafter. Be-
ing an expert in safes, knowing all
the tricks of combina tions and the
mechanism of the make which he
sold, it was little trouble for him to
open the door and tap the cash vault
for its money.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the first annual state rolf
tournament which is to be held in
Des Moines the last week in August,
beginning the 2Sth. More than fifty
golf enthusiasts from all parts of the
state will be in Des Moines. At the
close of the tournament a state asso-
citation of golf clubs will be formed,
and series of annual meetings will
be inaugurated. Mr.. Raymond Wind
SCR, who has been until recently cap.
tain of the Des Moines Golf club, is
chairman of the committee on ar
rang tents for the state meeting.
Associated with him in the prepare
tons are George F. Henry, Warren
Dickinson and Kirk Jewett. The first
three days of the meet will be taken
up with individual contests. On the
fourth day there will be team match
with four men from each town COM
peting. On the evening of the fourth
day there will be a meeting for or
ganization. The players will be
the delegates to this meeting.
Invitations to attend the meeting and
take part in the organization have
been sent to all the towns in the state
where golf is the popular game, and
undoubtedly fifteen or twenty will
send representatives. Eleven have al
ready notified Mr.. Windsor that they
will be on hand.
William Mount, an aged gentleman
of Abba, was killed by Wabash
train on wagon crossing near that
city. Mr.. Mounts hearing was de-
fective and it is supposed he did not
hear the train. He was badly mutt
lated by the wheels. his head being
completely severed from the body.
A miniature cyclone passed over
Ottumwa and vicinity recently, I'M
roofing houses and blowing down