The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
THE NEWS I'm IOWA

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Enlarged opportunities at Yale is the
Such an answer was more than half
Mr.. Sanders in taxing definite action
on the proposition.
A dispatch from Nicksburg says:
The Iowa commissioners to locate
the positions occupied by troops from
that state during the siege of Vicks-
burg, have completed their work. At
n meeting of the commission it was
decided to recommend to the Iowa
legislature that an appropriation of
SI5o,000 be made for grand central
monument in memory of the thirty
five Iowa regiments that participated
in the siege.
Two men severely injured, two en-
gines wrecked and several cars de-
molished is the result of a head on
freight wreck on the Burlington at
Thayer. First No. II, Denver freight,
and work train collided in deep
cut on curve. No. N was late and
running at high speed. Fireman
Faulk of Ottumwa and Brakeman
Miner of Abba We're injured about
the head and body. The failure of u
flagman to do his duty is said to
have caused the wreck.
Ed Warner and his hired man,
Charles Hofeditz, were instantly KILL
ed at crossing tire miles east of
Iowa City, by passenger train No. /,
pulled by engine No. 4T2. Warner
and his man had been out to the
farm, gathered a load of corn and
started toward town, approached the
crossing, and as it was nearly dark
and the roads rough, it is supposed
that the on coming train was not
noticed. The train was stopped and
backed to the crossing, where the
bodies of the two men were found
about twenty feet from the track.
The wagon was broken into pieces.
one horse being killed and the other
escaping injury. Both men leave fam
tiles. The train was behind time and
was running at high rate of speed.
A skull and q few partially burned
bones are all that are left of Peter
Peters of Reinbeck, who started
few days ago in an emigrant car con-
tanning three horses, six cows and
his household furniture from Rein
beck for Salem, S. ID. The car was
switched in on siding at Gladbrook
thence to be taken by the c. & N. w.
to the Destination. Early the next
morning pile of ashes was found
where the previous evening there
had been car. Some time during
the night the car had caught fi-'e and
IT, together with It's contents, had
peeh ehtireiy destroyed. MT. i'etefs
was an INDUSTRIOUS GERMAN FARMER
aiiu 10y cafelui management han ac-
euan ,;. ICY :uilseiei,' so guy la !l
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a;aar,+ r. Ia az W ,.;fa "a 49,. ~
snoil obildran AZ a,aas+ 10 81, ,aa,.s ~ -
nae The farm he nnrchnsen recen+ly
in Dakota was maid for and he also
had some money il, tbe banl, which Is
left 10 the widow. The loss of the
contents of the car will amount to
about 81. 500.
John Hossacl, was murdered at his
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NC pau VIC esi''i , aie 'l.ous as ioiio'ss'
somewhere near ~ O'Clock am am assas-
sin entered the house, and while mir.
Uossack and his wife were in Bed,
struck uoss,cls twice onca with tba
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pack OF the flght ear. crushing the
Dohe ohe 1lrst cut. Inc mufoerea
man was sleeping on the rear slde
vi .ne ped' ms "lle on the Irons'
tliia now iong peIore the Wlle aWaN-
eneu IS not 1ully KNOWN ou1 sul'clent
Ilme elapsed TO allow the assassin
10 get away "itnout lea'lhS any
cue; Mrs. Hossack says she was
suddenly awakened ny some morse
i'uio sd" 1lasn OF iignt ana cailea
nef huspaha' VINO ulo hot answer
"hereupon she at once STRUCK lisht
ana oeheld the ghastly sight OF MN
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The ,ye was fornd fortr ar f;f+v
feet away from the house under an
clubhouse. The ferocious dog. kept
nv tbe family had tn all anneoroncas
heer drnnged Tbe numbered NAN
was an oid citizen bioblv res,acted
and a nrosnero,1s farnner VIC ala
not bore an ans,nv in ~ ,uo,1a 80
fan ~ lSnomn ge,r v ne l $50 s,,r 81
mer he was a. oa95]idate before the
rennhl;can county convention for
traasyrer Of W,rrsn oo,,n+,, .nd 90 ~ :,
within two votes of a,or n ,;lir'
Ha woe 49, 80 r.a, sr nma NJ VI
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s ss.u al S.lis coun Wy, anu on lne
aarm W II: Was kliieu 'hlrey-ew'
years. nus "llole 1alhliy was al nome
except enc or TWO married chlldren.