The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
THE NEWS In IOWA

The proposition to grant fran
chise to the Winterset and Crestol
electric railway project was adopte,
at the election in Winterset by ma
jority of 1872.
Mrs. Sophia Oleson of Fort Dodg,
was awarded $4,000 damages, the en-
tire amount of her suit against JONI
Anderson for breach of promise. De
PENDANT claimed that he had beer
ready to marry Mrs. Anderson at any
time she saw tit and also that shs
was woman of bad moral character
The jury in the case of Mrs. FREQ
Foster, on trial at Algona, found thu
defendant guilty of assault with in
tent to commit murder. and recon
mended that the judge impose a ligh,
sentence. Mrs. Fosters attorneys say
the case will go to the supreme
court. Clarence Robinson, the accom-
| plice of Mrs. Foster, was convicted q
week or more since, and given sever
years sentence in the penitentiary
for shooting Fred Foster, the Algona
barber, on the night of February 9.
A recent dispatch from Des Moines
says: On account of the discovery OF
case of smallpox in the county
treasurer's Office and the knowledge
that another clerk in the same office
is suspected of being afflicted with
the same disease, the petit iuries in
three divisions of the district court
have been excused from further duty
until April 8, and the grand Jury
which had been empaneled, has taken
recess until April 1. A consulta-
ton was held by majority of the
members of the board of supervisors
with the four district judges, Prouty,
Holmes, Conrad and Bishop, and it
was decided to extend the time when
penalties for non-payment of taxes
attach one month. until the first of
May. The court house will not be
closed for the present.
A new company of the Fifty-first
regiment of the National Guard will
be mustered in at Stuart to succeed
Company III of Des Moines, which
was mustered out several months ago.
p. L. Sever, DR.. Yanner and Mayor
Graham of Stuart visited the adiu-
tant genera. 4 few days ago and pa
pers were issued to Mr.. Sever author
ling him to enlist a company. DR..
Tanner was appointed examining sur
geon: When Company III was mus
tered out last fall, General Byers
promised Atlantic that the new com
pany would be located there. Bitter
local opposition developed, however,
to the appointment of democrat,
EY,,r n,,f
geon, and because of partisanship
displayed General Byers would not go
on with the organization of the com
pany.
w. F. Haines, who lived near In
dianola. has been committed to the
hospital for the insane at Clarinda
by the local board here. He is said
to have lost his mind on account of
the Hossack murder case. He was a
prominent witness before the coron-
er's jury and also before the grand
jury, and has allowed the matter to
weigh so heavily upon his mind as to
derange it. His testimony, however.
is part of the records of the grand
Jury. He was near neighbor to the
HossaGk home, and it is thought by
some that he was i'll possession of
some facts not yet revealed before
either Jury. This is a sad situation,
and if his testimony is as important
Us Was thought it would be it's alb
senceis likely to have quite apsst9f4sAe
upon thetrial. which is }ilaeefT to take
place at ff coming term of court.
commencing Nlarck &c.
Attorney General Mullan has set
tied the contention arising over the
failure to pay the support bill of the
Soldiers Orphans home for June,
1898. In an opinion given few days
ago Mr.. Mullan sustains the position
taken by, Superintendent NJ. II. Gass
of the institution and the board of
control, and holds the bill is legal and
should be paid. The controversy was
started short time ago by Supcrin-
tendent Gass writing to the board of
control informing it the home had
never received the support money for
June, 1898, to the amount of $4,43O.55.
The failure to so receive payment of
the bill came about in some way I'M
explained when the board of control
took charge of the state institutions
Under an opinion of Attorney General
Remley, given in June, 1895. it was
held in the auditors office that the
home could not now legally claim pay.
ment of the bill. The case having
been submitted to the attorney gen
eral, he has decided as above.
| President A. B. Sticllney of the Chi.
:ago Great Western railroad states
that the company has purchased from
| r r Hill IF tho rro,+ N,,,4l,o,.. IS,
way, all the outstanding stocks ant
bonds of the Mason City & Fort
Dodge railroad. The terms of pur.
chase are not stated. The road will
be held as proprietary line of the
Chicago Great Western and not in
corporated into the system. The
purchase includes the coal fields neal
Fort Dodge, owned by the Webster
County Coal company. The purchase
of the Mason City & Fort Dodge rail
road will give the Chicago Great
Western line to Fort Dodge anc
connection with coal fields there. By
construction of new line from Ma
son City to Manly Junction connec
ton will be made with the company's
st. Paul line, and another new line
will connect with the company's Chi
eago division. The Mason City & Fort
Dodge railroad extends from Mason
City to near Fort Dodge, about ninety
miles, and was built some years age
by President j. J. Hill. There are
$1,3so,000 of bonds outstanding and
100000 of stock.
The relatives of Ed Nightingale
who was killed at Fort Madison pen.
itentiary some weeks since by the
bursting of an emery wheel in the
shops of the penetentiary. have