The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-03

| OF him, and fears that he would be
freed, return and kill her and her
children, preyed upon her mind and
finally became a mania. She is now
wild and begs those about her to pro-
tect her from Meyer. Her husband
expected to return to live with her.
His mind shows indications of weak
ening, and both husband and wife may
go to the asylum.
TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted on
the farm of A. ]. Wilcox, south of
Lake City few nights ago. Wilcox
was shot and killed by his son, the
murder being committed while the son
was trying to protect his mother from
the abuse of the drunken father. He
expresses deep regret for his terrible
deed, but says his mother was i'll dan
ger of her life and that the fathers
abuse had become unbearable. The
coroner will hold an inquest and the
matterwill be thoroughly investigated.
Sympathy is generally expressed for
| the son and mother.
THIEVES entered Weishaar & Fasig
|
Co. S dry goods store at WATERLOO few
days ago and secured about $1,000
worth of silks. When the store was
opened in the morning for work a light
was burning in the rear, the dust cur
tains had been cut from the shelves of
silk and the goods along the west side
of the store, under the counter and on
the shelves, had been thoroughly in
spected and scattered The silk coun-
| ter, however, had been the center of
operation. The thieves were evidently
not amateurs either as judges or
but the best black and brown pure
goods in complete bolts.
The second annual convention of the
Iowa State Retail Grocers' Association
ago. Over 1000 grocers of the state
We're present and great interest was
manifested Thirty or forty papers on
trade topics were read and discussed.
Resolutions adopted declared for an
exemption law, asked the repeal of
the bankruptcy law, and endorsed the
National food law. The following
officers were elected: President, Eu-
gene Buttles, Burlington; vice.
president, U. S. johnson, Bloomfield;
secretary, Ira B. Thomas, Des Moines;
treasurer, John w. Ray, Des Moines.
The place of next meeting was left in
the hands of a committee, but will
probably go to Waterloo.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Des
Moines & Northern Iowa railroad have
been filed with the Polk county record
err. The incorporators are Arthur
Reynolds, of the Des Moines National
bank; Nathan Coffin, of Dudley g.
Coffin, attorneys; j. Fl. Blair, of the
Iowa Loan and Trust Company; j. II.
Phillips, q money loaner and real es-
tate man, and l. X. Wilson, a building
and loan and real estate man. The
capital stock is placed at $4,000. The
articles state that the object of the
company is to build and operate RAIL
road from point on the southern
boundary of the state through the city
of Des .Moines and thence in north
Nj 70 a point oA.S tne nofGl
Sons who were inter
! estedy the Duluth & New Orleans
project are interested in the proiec
and one of their number filed the ar
ticles.
1 A BIG damage suit against the Stand
: ard Oil Company has been commence,
e in Des Moines. The suit is brough
e by e. S. Dnnshee, the attorney, VIII,
. asks $4,000 actual and $35, 900 exem
$ plary damages on account of the al
legged unfair, unlawful and illegitimat,
methods employed by the company il
lnaugurating war upon the Crysta
q oll Company, which he claims wa
compelled to sell out. The suit j.
! brought against the company and it,
d agents in Des Moines, Milton Storer
S John ID. Stewart and Lee Edgington
J.. In the petition filed, it is alleged tina
+ the Crystal Oil Company was operate
in the city for two years and tina
: finally it was found necessary to dis
!, pose of the property owned by it. t
g the amount of SIT, 900, for S., 900. Th
}, difference constitutes the actual dam
q age asked. In addition, damages t
the amount of $35, 900 are asked b
reason of the injuries alleged to hav
: been sustained by the company O
S account of the conduct of the war
5. made against it by the Standard
o A. /. BRECKENRIDGE, charged wit
: embezzling $19,334 in funds from til
It Perpetual Building and Loan Associ;
S ton, of Waterloo, of which he VIZ
e secretary, and who pleaded guilty t
e the charge, was sentenced by Jude
n Blair to serve five years at hard labc
i in the penitentiary at Anamosa. I'll
sentence is the limit for the crime III
der the laws. The attorneys for til
e prisoner entered pleas for clemenc,
e and before the sentence was DR.,
{. Fnounced introduced medical testimon
v to show that the prisoner was a yicti1
:. of general paresis and not responsible
y for his act. Judge Blair refused I
u place any weight on the expert test
: mony, and in his charge to the pri
: oner when pronouncing sentence, too
: occasion to declare that the plea {
= insanity to offset criminal responsible
: ity was becoming alarmingly commo
y in the courts of Iowa. He also said i
i believed the penalty provided for tt
o crime by the state law was altogetht
too light.
+ MICHAEL GREW, brakeman, w;
a killed on the Illinois Central at Scale
e Mound by an overhead bridge. I'll