The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-20
THE NEWS in IOWA

Alol Co nave OtSA dTTCSleI, CliitISSGS
with the murder of Jens Graveson and
Andrew Carlquist, whose bodies We're
found near the railroad track near
Sexton last week.
Joel Head, aged 65 years, was hit
by trolley car at Marshalltown and
will probably die. Both his legs were
mashed to pulp and amputation was
necessary. His body and head We're
badly injured. Head was very deaf
and was one of the most familiar OBJ
jects in town with his ear trumpet.
He was crossing the street and step
ped directly in front of n car, failing
to hear the bell and the cries of the
motorman and the crowd.
Governor Tanner has honored Il re-
QUESTION from Governor Shaw for the
extradition of Alice M. Hamilton,
charged with entering the room of
e. NJ. Willard of Creston. June 25, fore
ing open valise and securing $4,000
in cash, then going to Alton, where
she secured Il livery team under pre-
tense of driving to the home of an
aunt, but instead driving forty miles
and abandoning the team and taking
a train for bloomington, ILL.,, where
she now is.
A settlement of the sensational dam
age case of d. A. Dillow VS.. the Upper
Iowa Ice company at Fort Dodge for
personal injuries has been accom-
plished. Dillow sued for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries received while in
their employ last winter. Dillow was
"riding the dog" and broken rope
resulted in the crushing of his foot.
Plaintiff charged his employers with
criminal carelessness in the character
of the rope. The case was tried in the
present term of the district court,
the jury finally disagreeing after a
protracted session. BY the terms of
the agreement the defendants pay
Dillow $500 and agree to pay the costs
in the case.
In the heated contest between SEN
ator Garst and Hon. B. I. Salinger for
carroll county's vote in the congress
sional convention to be held at Fort
Dodge September 25, Salinger won by
vote of II to 4S in the county con-
vention. 1t was the most stubbornly
SouOCSGCS pOllIlCSl COIllllCU cNGl NuSSd
by either party in the county. AL
most the entire republican vote was
polled at the caucuses. Salinger's VIC
tory was truly remarkable, when it
is considered that his opponent, a
man of great state prestige, was sup
rnrted by an of the hitherto recognize
ed leaders in the county. The dele
cation will thoroughly represent a
n 1,n
party in Carroll county, and contains
a number of new names.
Marion Palmer, a director of the
Pottawattamie county fair, brought
his family with him to the fair at
Avoca. lie has a daughter whom he
says is Is years old, who disappeared
about 2 o'clock Friday. A search dis
closed the fact that she had eloped
with Roscoe Conllling of Wright town
ship. aged 20 years. Conllling, with a
friend. had applied to the county
clerk for a license, had sworn that he
was 21 years old and he and Il friend
had sworn L. at the young lady was
is. Mr.. Palmei-'st once filed an infor-
nation and put it in the hands of an
officer to arrest the. couple. After
procuring the license the parties
started south to have the ceremony
performed. SINCE the,A nothing has
ssel FIJI 4 ffol19them.
buS City will in ali probability De
called upon to mourn for at least
six victims of the awful disaster at
Galveston. Reports just received indi-
cate that at least six old-time Sioux
City residents persisted in the awful
storm of wind and waves. They are:
Ex-Alderman Joe c. Weiners. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bird Lukenbill, wife and child
of j. S. Burkhead and Fred j. Bur-
key. All lived within or near the
pathway of the greatest destruction
and repeated kilograms to them have
failed to bring responses. j. S. Burk-
head, whose wife and child were in
Galveston at the time of the storm,
was in Sioux City visiting his parents
and other relatives at the time of the
catastrophe. All efforts to get word
from his family We're in vain and he
left for Galveston believing that
naught but death will greet him when
he arrives. The lists of the dead have
not included his family, but many of
his neignDors. Mr.. Burkhead was a
prominent contractor at Galveston
and his property loss will reach
$4,000.
The Methodist hospital at Des
Moines received generous endorse
ment at the hands of the Des Moines
conference at Boone. The attempt
to raise $4,000 within the limits of
the conference for the institution was
approved. The Methodist hospital in
Des Moines will be open to receive pa
tents about the first of November.
This is great enterprise and the
church is taking hold of the matter
with an energy which betokens sue
cess. The hospital will not be sec
tartan but will be open for all who
care to avail themselves of it's bene-
fits. No one will be turned away be-
cause of lack of money so long as
there are rooms available. Those who
are able to Go SO will be expected to
contribute of their means for the SER
vices rendered to them. Rev. ]. +.
st. Clair of Ames has been chosen by
the management of the hospital as
financial agent. The hospital has been
endorsed by the conference, and its
needs will be met by general contri.
buttons.
Sheriff c. Fl. Jackson and Chief of
Police James Melon of Sioux City ar
rived in St. Louis few days ago arm
ed with requisition papers for Frank
Peyton, the self-confessed murderer
of John Robson, prominent mer-