The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-05
WORK BEFORE AssEMpI..
A Wide Variety of Lsglsla tion Ia r,r
nQaad Tor the Ca,nir.. -

Us thoAueSs Dec. -e.-lne approach
ing session of the general assembly
VIII prove to be an unusually busy
ana 1mportant one unless present
signs are failure. Measures of sig
nlhcance along wide variety Of
lines Will require consideration. That
the session will last the traditional
one hundred days appears to be GER
tam, judging from the large amount
of work that will have to be. dis
posed of. The second Monday in
January, in this instance January
10, is the date fixed by the constitu-
tim for the meeting of the General
assembly and it is likely that the
session will not be concluded until
well towards the close of April.
With a vast surplus of a million in
the state treasury it is inevitable
there should be call for extraordin-
ary OUTLAWS. 1t is not often the
temptation for heavy expenditures of
1 public funds has been worth while
indulging in in Iowa, but this time
the outlook is promising. On every
| hand there is demand for unusual
appropriations. The educational in.
! situations are reaching out after
large amounts. There is a demand
for from an eighth to a quarter of
a million for capitol improvement
| purposes. The state historicald de-
rartment is in quest of $15O,OOO for
The next biennial period with which
10 complete the historical building.
The sum of $4,000 is wanted for the
erection of state arsenal. The
board of control seeks large
amount for the various institutions
OF the state. Increased salaries are
being talked of for the governor
and the supreme judges. The crea-
ton OF an insurance department and
| the prospective establishment of an
appellate court if carried through
| VIII add to the public burdens. And
E; II these and numerous others not
listed are found insufficient to quel!
/ the rising tide of the state surplus,
there will be the opportunity for
| donation OF quarter of a million
to the st. Louis exposition of 1908.
In the way of elections, the gen
eral assembly will have to go through
the formality of selecting Allison
aud Dnli.vcr to succeed themselves
III III" United States senate. There
viii also ne the election of state
rrintc, and q binder, providing these
| offers are not abolished, in the d;rec-
ton oil wl'jci. there is n notable ten
t!ency. The senate will be required
To confirm the governors appoint
ment of a member of the board "f
control and the appointment Of
custodian. Congressional redis,rict-
ing may or may not be brought mp.
There are differing views on this
subject.
Burglars at Cedar Rapids entered
the retail Cigar and tobacco store of
which Jay j. Smith is the assignee of
the former proprietor, Ed B. Will
helm, securing large amount of fine
cigars, some very valuable pipes and
lot of chewing gum.
In the cases of Banlrupts Samuel
Gaylord and john Blessing, whose
seats on the ST. Louis board of trade
We're sold, Judge Shiras of the United
States court at Dubuque held the pro-
ceeds, $4,460, belonged to their clel-
| itors and must be turned over to the
referee.
| Mrs Fred Myers, living five miles
from Correctionville, wrapped her s.
mont hs-old baby in blanket, put
her in the oven of the kitchen stove
to keep warm and went out in the
yard to gather fuel. When, half an
hour later, she returned, the fire in
the stove had blazed up and the room
was filled with smoke. Rushing to the
oven, she found the blanket and
clothes IN flames. The baby was dead
and its arms and legs burned to
crisp.
Engineer W. d.. Mckinley of the IL
linois Central railway was badly in
jurcd in an accident near Wall Lake.
Mckinley was running at sixty
miles an hour gait, when the side
bar of the engine broke. The cab
was filled with binding steam and
Mckinley jumped after setting the
brakes. He rolled down steep en-
bankment and was found unconscious
at the bottom. His right shoulder
blade was fractured and his spine in
jured. He is now at his home in Fort
Dodge, suffering intense pain. His
injuries are serious.
Fire destroyed most of the business
'art of Waullee few nights ago. 1t
started in the livery barn, which was
consumed with all the horses in it.
The restaurant, the lumber yards and
two stores burned. All of the build
iiiSo NClc VI NOOtl, DuO UllG 1OSS Is
heavy. One dwelling house was also
destroyed. Waukee is place of
about 800 inhabitants. The loss was
$4,000. The heaviest losers were the
lumber company, $4,000; j. H. Car
ter, implements, $4,000; Howe's gro
Gerry, $4,000; Boston furniture store,
$500; Smiths livery, $780,
The cases against all of the indicted
county officials of Marshall county,
which indictments caused sensation
when announced few days ago, have
been dismissed. The trial of Super
visors Hargrave and Williams was
commenced, but the court refused to
admit testimony which was deemed
essential by the prosecution, and as
soon as it was ruled out the county
attorney dismissed the cases. They
were accused of having made deal
with the Northwestern railroad by
which the county did about $4OO worth
of grading which ought to have been