The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-01

the jury returned : verdict awarAnd
81, 800 damages. SIS.
A John Wood, the boy burglar, va
sentenced to the state penitentiary a
TT. Madison for term Of six years az
nard labor. He is only II years old
but received one OF the strongest zen
fences and lectures that Judge ProutJ
has yet imposed upon any offender.
Wood is the young man who; with
Fred LaSelle, broke into Lundy's gen
eral store at Altoona and stole GUAM.
,tity Of merchandise valued ct shout
SIS. 4
The famous anti-pass bill has beer
reported for passage In the house b.
amendments were Incorporated ints.
the original bill. One strikes out from
the classes of persons affected by the
all bill, state officers, county officers.
Judges Of the supreme, district ands
superior courts, all members. OF the
general assembly, etc. In fact, only
one class of persons is left, and that 10.
delegates to political conventions. STc-
this class is added alternates and proM
les AS, If the amendment already
named was not sufficient. the bill
changes the provision that permits all Z
clerks, and employees of railroad com I;
panies to give evidence and prohibit
all Interference with them for so doii1a
by the company, Is stricken out and In
It's place Is puta provision permitting
them to testify, but merely preventing
ton against them for testifying.
I The bill by Stewarb for the estab 4
lishment of woman's reformatory
has been recommended for passage BY
the house committee on Judiciary.
The bill is an important one and is Ii
line with the recommendations made =
by the board of control and the STATE
humane societies. The bill calls fo
the appropriation Of $1,000 to open Til
institution and furnish it. the building
being already owned by the
state near the penitentiary. There
will be a woman superintendent in
charge OF salary OF 1000.
The senate committee on judiciary
discussed the prize fight bill, originally
presented by Lister, and designed to
admission is charged, or prizes are
given, to the same penalties as prizS
| fights. The committee after quite .
long debate developed unexpected sem
timent. Members declared they didn,t
believe any new laws were needed on
| this subject, and some Of them said
| that anyhow they didn't care to put
4 stop to all sparring exhibitions, Of
however innocent character, because
some of them occasionally got pretty
vigorous. The result was that the
bill was reported for indefinite post
ponement by a vote OF S tod The five
/ who voted to postpone we're hotter,
Lewis, Hazelton, Porter and Mullan.
The four who wanted to report tho
measure were Hubbard, Titus, Blanch-
1 ard and Eaton. e
IL is learned by the state aud t3t. s.
department that the plrysic clans at San,
Francisco have induced Auditor Of
State Merriam to go to New Mexicosor
some other higher altitude during the
4 wet season in California, on the theory
that he will be benefited by the
! changes.
Commandment Horton. ofthe Soldiers
4 Home at Marshalltown, has employed
the Rev. Jesse Cole for chaplain of the
home, permanently. The board has
fixed his salary at 1000.
Inquiry reveals the fact that sci bills
had been introduced in the assembly
\ up to February 90. OF this number
nearly sixty have been indefinitely
postponed. The senate has taken this
action upon twenty of the measures
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i ty-seven. The governor has signed
sixteen bills, thirteen senate files and
4 three house files, and six measures
await his signature. Among the meas
ures which have passed both houses
and reached the governor are several
4 legalizing acts, several minor sappro-
I priations, including $3,500,fo the pay
ment of additional employees Of tho
assembly, 81, 400 to reimburse supreme
court judges for contingent expenses.
and $5O4.9O for the payment of inang-
ural expenses, and others pertaining
to various matters Of interest. Among
the more important ones is the bill.
providing that the endowment fund Of
q the State College of Agriculture may
be loaned for at as low q rate Of inter
est as four per cent; another in the
1 interest OF West Des SMoines, giving
school districts of over 8, 900 pot,nl a.
ton the right to fix the number OF
4 voting precints in Observation-Disclosures
allow suits against coal companies or
operators to be brought in the county.
in which the mine is located; the meas
ure In the interest of Clinton, giving
! certain cities the right to levy tax
: for park improvements and to pay for
4 park commissioners; one allowing no J.
tice in criminal cases to be served on