The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-02
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Hawleye state.
Among the victims of the horribl~
massacre in Pelkin is former Upton
teacher, Miss Brown, now Mrs. Man.
ley. Miss Brown was teacher in the
high school at Upton at the time
superintendent Shattuck was in
charge of the schools. A few years
later she married Rev. Manley, q
Methodist Episcopal minister. and ar.
companied him to China 20 engage in
mi ssion work. They were in Pellin
when last heard from and nave doubl.
less shared the fate of all other for.
eigners there.
Frank Howard, a Milwaukee rail
road employee. lies at the Finley hos
pital Mt Dubuque, suffering from a
case of lock.aw. His jaws are set
tightly and his, life hangs in the bal.
ance. The anti-toNine treatment,
which is the most modern, is being
used by his physicians and the latter
hopes to be successful. Howard was
injured June % in a wreck and was
taken to the hospital. His arm was
run over and his hand was badly
injured. Last week his Jaws became
rigid and could not be opened. Tie
patient suffers great pain.
Much excitement was stirred up u,
Bloomfield by an affair which oc-
CURED at the Hotel Hardy. Jerry
Battle, young colored man, a,tempG-
ed to assault a white girl by the
name of Woodin, who is employed at
the hotel. The assault occurred in
the parlor, and in the struggle Battle
tore the girls clothing nearly all off.
The girls screams brought her sister
to her assistance and her assailant
He'd from, the house. He was arrested
and locked up in the county Jail. The.
affair created the greatest excitement
for while, much indignation being
expressed at the outrage.
Virgil Barker, a brakeman, fell
from a car On a c. &, N. w. gravel
train about three miles west of
Scranton, the train passing over both
legs below the knees and also bruis-
ing his head. He was immediately
taken to Scranton. Doctors Enfield,
of Jefferson, and Wright, of Carroll,
were summoned, but medical aid was
of no avail, his death occurring at Z
p. H., about four hours after the ac.
cident. His home was in Morgans-
town, w. Va, where his father and
mother are living. He was % years
of age. The accident was caused by
the deceased reaching for piece OF
pie which the cook on boarding car
on the second track was attempting
to hand him.
A recent dispatch from Rock Rap.
ids says: Charles Rocker, of Door
township, who was arrested on All
information charging him with tho
murder of August Shrader, was
brought here and given preliminary
hearing before Justice Smith and
discharged for want of direct Ell,
slence. June 30 last Shrader, in com,
pany with Rocker, who was work.
ing for him, attended the old settlers
picnic at Doom, returning home about
midnight Next morning Shrader's
lifeless body was found hanging in
the barn, the supposition being at
the time that he had committed sui.
eide. According to Mrs. Shrader's story
at the time. August got up shortly
after retiring and went out. She
dropped asleep and did not see him
until she fq1lnbim hanging . The
aeaa mans ln cthers suspected foul
ii Isl e6sed the arrest of the,
hiratvma
William Back, German farmer
living two and a half miles north
east of Iklemme, met with an awful
accident. He had been cutting grain
and went across the road to get q
drink of water, leaving his team I'M
hitched. They endeavored co run, and
in his attempt to stop them the cruel
sickle and guard did their work. The
injuries We're so serious that ampT!
tation of one leg was performed an
inch and a half below the knee and
the other limb may suffer the same
fate, as there is compound fracture
and badly punctured wounds. Mr..
Back is 81 years of age and served
in the German army and saw hospital
service, to which experience he prob.
ably owes his life. Right after nd
was injured he took off his suspend.
ers and wrapped them tightly aroun..
his leg, thus stopping the loss Of
blood and saving his life, as he other
wise would have bled to death before
assistance could reach him.
Pocahontas, the only county seat
in Iowa without railroad, was
linked with bands of steel with the
outer world & few days ago. Pocat
hontas has occupied unique posi-
ton among Iowa towns and as
county seas without railroad ha.
been heralded far and wide. A towr
of considerable Importance and 10
Gated in part of the state covered
with a network of railways, it's fail
ure to secure the long coveted desire
has been peculiar. While smaller ane
less important towns were echoi1
to the sounds of the whistle of tho
| locomotive, the only means of egress
| and ;ngress 10 Pocahontas was by
means of the old-fashioned stage. For
years people there struggled to Sc
cure q railroad and many times
seemed at the point of success, but
each time these efforts closed in bit
ter disappointment. The new road
which has finally broken the spell
under which The town seemed to be
| placed, is the Rock Island. which runs
north from Gowrie The first train
which ran in was a common work
train, but the first locomotive whis-
| tic heard in Pocahontas was sound
franght with the greatest impo, tance
to her people. The event was cele-
hrried with fannuets and oratcry.
/ A newly made grave, hidden in the
center of 500 acres of brush in the
vicinity of Mason Lewis house, in
Keokuk township, Wapello county
has given rise to the theory that per.
haps the body of Walter Davis, an
aged man who disappeared from his
usual place of abode in that town
ship some months ago, reposes un-