The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
THE NEWS IN IOWA

miles southwest of West Side while
attending public sale. He was
knocked down and trampled to death
by frightened COW, which he had
purchased and which was trying to
escape from him. Mr.. Moesleit was
single man. residing eight miles
southwest of West Side.
Mrs. Clara Lerch has filed suit for di-
vorce from VIM. Lerch. Sioux City's
oldest and wealthiest SALOON man, and
a demand for $4,000 alimony. She
charges cruel and inhuman treatment
and drunkenness as grounds for her
separation. She secured temporary
injunction against her husband to re-
strain him from molesting her or In
any way disposing of his property.
Rt. Rev. Henry Cosgrove, bishop of
the Davenport diocese, has issued an
appeal to the priests of the diocese
lege in Davenport. the money being
needed for the new addition which is
now nearly completed. The appeal is
rather for $4,000, as the bishop has
headed the list with $4,000 himself,
and his subscription has already been
paid in order that nothing might re-
tard the work.
Thomas p. Nolan, democratic can
didate for the state senate from Du-
buque district, who was beaten by
Col. P. w. Crawford has served no.
tice of a contest for the seat on Craw-
ford. This will bring two contests
Tor seats in the senate before that
body, the other being brought by
James E. Bruce of Anita against DR..
]. M. Emmert of the Cass-S Shelby dis
trict.
At Dubuque a few days ago Walter
Ames, formerly manager of the Mu-
tual Building and Loan Association
Of that city, convicted of embeZZling
funds, was sentenced to one year and
nine months in the penitentiary. A
motion for new trial was overruleG.
An appeal to the supreme court was
filed on an appeal bond signed by a
Des Moines banker named Hooker.
The bond was approved and defendant
released.
Geo. d. Dubose, until recently con-
fidential bookkeeper of the Iowa and
Illinois Coal company of Ottumwa, is
accused of enlightenment of $1.700
from the company and is confined in
the detention hospital suffering from
smallpox. His accuser has committed
suicide in Chicago. Dubose's alleged
crime was discovered by Michael Lev
ish of Chicago, who came there three
weeks ago to fill Dubose's position
while Dubose was i'll. One week al
ter arriving in Ottumwa I4evish claim
ed to have discovered the alleged
shortage and so reported to his en-
ployers. Brooding over the possibili-
ty of the report sending Dubose to the
penitentiary seems to have led Lev
ish to resign, return to Chicago and
later commit suicide. News that
Leyish had taken poison brought to
light the facts as to the alleged de-
falcatlon OF DuboSe, who is under sur
VIGILANCE. He has not been arrested.
A representative of the United States
Fidelity Guaranty company of Balti-
more is Investigating the matter.
Mrs. H. Ashland of Dawson City,
Yukon Territory, better known in Des
Moines as jeanette Allen, who for
many years was at the head of the
most famous resort in the White
chapel district in that city, arrived in
that city few days ago, and immedi-
ately began to settle up the old debts
she left when she started for the
klondile, four years and half ago.
She paid out several thousand dol
lars, including over $500 paid to
prominent wall paper man who dec
Grated her house, and $500 to trans
MOI 1ty1,O 1oe, f,{,, i
taking care of her furniture and goods
ever since she lett the city. To many
of her creditors she presented gold
nugget scarf pins, and the presents
she brought back for old time friends
nuggets worked up into scarf pins,
bracelets or something OF that sort.
Jeanette Allen has been in the Klon-
dixie for some four and half years
now, and after spending the winter
with her folks in Springfield, Ill.,, she
will return there. She has been sue
cessful ever since the day she struck
the gold fields. and when she and her
husband started for the states their
cleanup turned into the assay Office
nettled them over $4,000.
at the meeting of the Iowa Park
anu Forestry ASSOCIATION IN DeS
Moines, B. Shimek, c. A. Moser and
Elmer Reeves, the committee named
at Ames, reported a bill to be urged
on the coming general assembly pro-
viding for the encouragement of tree
planting in Iowa 1t provides that
upon any tract of land in the state
the owner or owners may select a
permanent forest reservation not less
than two acres in continuous area, or
a forest tree reservation of not less
than one acre in area, or both; a for
est reservation to contain not less
than 100 growing forest tree per acre;
one-fifth of the trees shall not be re-
moved in any one year; fruit tree
reservation shall contain not less
than ninety fruit trees; cattle, horses,
mules, sheep, goats and hogs shall
not be allowed to pasture on these
reservations until the trees reach
diameter of four inches; forest tree
reservations shall be assessed on
taxable value of 81 per acre; if usei
for pasture, at half the full taxable
value If is NOT determined nc vo+