The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-09

Matt Gergen, young farmer living
east of LeMars, shot and killed him.
self. He was suffering from appendi
sitls, and dreaded an operation.
The Boone county republican con
eention instructed its twenty-five del.
egates to the state convention to vote
for A. b. Cummins for governor.
Story county republicans instruct
ed their delegates to the state con-
eention to vote for A. B. Cummins
for governor and Judge Weaver for
Judge of the supreme court.
Major Edwin II. Conger and family
were formally ana enthusiastically
welcomed back to Des Moines at a
public reception in the Auditorium on
the afternoon of the Sd. The same
evening a reception was given at the
capitol, at which not less than 5000
people were in attendant
Osceola had a fire few days ago
that for time threatened the de-
struction of great amount of prop
erty. The Osceola and the Central
hotels were destroyed, the fire orig
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)sceola house. The loss will be about
$4,000, while $4,000 insurance will help
7ecompense the owners for their loss
rs. Owing to a scarcity in the water
supply the fire came near getting be-
1ond control and the firemen and citi-
Gems worked hard to save contiguous
property.
Several days ago a gang of un-
known Morning Side college students
hazed freshman named Karkoff.
rhe faculty apprehended the young
men and suspended all of them from
the institution. The members of the
faculty refuse to disclose the names
of the students who were thus pun
ishcd. AT class meeting of stud
ents called at the close of chapel
strong resolutions were adopted con-
aemning hazing. While they were
adopted without dissenting votes, it
is understood that good many
students voted for them out of fear
of the faculty.
The saloons of Reinbeck have been
enjoined ana closed. They are the
places of Carl Steinmeyer, Peter
Clausen and Link dickson. They
nave been operated for some time be-
cause the public raised no objection.
The G5 per cent petition did not carry
and the places were being run under
She old law For some time they
nave paid no license but $40 month
to the city, claiming they could not
be held for mulct tax, as they did
Al,
men of the town have been holding
prayer meetings i'll the places and
they have been aided by II. III. Abrams
of the Anti-Saloon league. The cases
will come up for hearing before
Judge Platt of Waterloo.
A new departure has been made
by the city authorities of Dubuque
in regard to suits brought against
the city for injuries sustained by
parties owing to defective sidewalks.
A. A. Cooper has been notified to
appear and defend suit brought by
j. c. Baner, for $4,000 damages.
Baner felk on the Cooper sidewalk
and sustained serious injuries. The
notice served is in conformity with
section 1858 of the code of 1897. If
Mr.. Cooper fails to comply with the
notice, the city will hold him liable
in whatever sum may be awarded
plaintiff against the city. The latter
claims Cooper is responsible for the
condition of the sidewalk. This is
the first time that notice to de-
fend suit for damages was served
by the city under the code.
Judge Burnham in the district court
at Marshalltown sentenced w. o. He'd
rick, the forger and wife deserter, to
three years in the penitentiary at
Fort Madison. strong effort was
made by relatives and friends of the
prisoner to secure parole. The
judge, however, had investigated his
past history and concluded there was
no good reason for showing leniency
to that extent. The court said he
had learned that Hedrick had been
married four times and had treated
his former wives little better than the
one whom he deserted in MARSHALL
town while she was helpless from
q stroke of paralysis. The fact that
Hedricl took all his wife's money
was another fact that operated
against him. Hedrick's aged mother
was present when the sentence was
pronounced and wept bitterly over
her sons fate.
Clay county people have faith in
the recently reputed oil discoveries
there and they have filed articles of
incorporation for company which
controls the supposed oil lands at
Greenville, and which will sink sew
eral wells at once. The company
viii be known as the Clay County
Oil and Mineral company. The in
corporators are A. w. Greene and
O. A. b. Newton of Spencer and w.
A. barley, G. f. Conklin, H. =. Col
Inns. n. S. Whistler, s. S. Truman, N.
c., II. Z. and George Harvey, f. Barg-
iof. A. Younger and Byron Jones.
Their authorized capital is 100000
At present they will issue $4,000
worth of shares. When the $4,000
worth hare been disposed of it will
give the company an income of
$4,000 with which work on the oil
find at Greenville will be started
Officers are not selected as yet. but
viii be as soon as the stock is sold.
Lamont has at last been established
by revelation as one of the two homes
of the Latter Day Saints church. Re-
Gently the president of the church
gave to his people revelation desig-
hating Lamont and independence, No,
what is called stakes. by which is
meant, in short, headquarters. On
April 80 the stake was organized at
Lamont and full set of officers were
installed. The result no doubt will
be to increase the price of real estate
IN that vicinity, as people from every