The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
The NEWS In IOWA

YANKEE yards at Dubuque, was Ia
stantly killed while coupling cars. HI
was caught between the bumpers. ~
is said the couplings were out of or
der. He leaves wife and one chilS.
Several days ago some practical
Jokers at Cedar Falls "doctored"
some buttermilk with croton oil and
invited Louis Larson to the barber
shop OF James Markussen, when he
drank three glasses. 1t was done as
joke, as he had been tapping the
can at the shop. Too much of the
drug was used, however, and Larson
| is confined to his bed with badly
swollen hands, feet and face. His
blood is affected and the physician
saws a few more drops would have
ended his life.
Miss Myrtle Haynes. a young wo-
nan living at Albaton, is dead from
Injuries received in a practical joke
that was played on her by friend.
Some months ago a young man caller
playfully jerked a chair from under
Miss Haynes as she was about to sit
down and she was hurt internally by
the fall. Complications followed and
an operation was necessary in a
Sioux City hospital. There was no
relief, however, and some weeks ago
the physicians despaired of saving
her life.
/ Steve Kirkman, an insane man con-
4ned in the county Jail at Abba, broke
Jail and is at liberty and heavily
armed. Kirkman was found insane
| Jn
appealed to the courts. A jury found
we're passed through the bars to him
ind he sawed off bar and kept other
prisoners quiet with the revolver. He
vas very angry during the trial at his
wife and other witnesses and there is
more of them.
Orange City has covered Atoms
big bid for the county seat of Sioux
lefty. Some time ago the business
q men of Alton declared that they
\ would turn $4,000 into the county
treasury if the county seat were To-
Gated there, and few days ago they
a deposited the amount with the board
Of supervisors. Orange City prompt
ly covered the amount by deposit
of $4,000 in one of the Orange City
banks. The proposition of relocating
will be voted on this fall.
Congressman j. A. I. Hull, accom-
panied by Mrs. Hull and their daugh-
ter Miss Annette, have arrived in Des
Moines, having returned from trip
IF five months to the Philippines and
Japan. Captain Hull and the mem
bers of MS family returned in the
BEST of health. They enjoyed the
trip abroad to the utmost, finding it
Interesting and instructive in the
extreme. Captain Hull will remain
lin Des MONIES from now on until the
time for congress to meet, in Deem
Der.
A serious accident is reported on
he Canadian Pacific railway. Six
ears were deraIed near Rush Lake.
Fifteen persons are reported injured
Among those injured are: Houghling,
Hastings, Neb., bruised; Rose Ben
2 field, Hastings, Neb., confusion on
3 calf of leg; j. Pemberton, LeMars,
: iowa, scalp and hand wounded;
Bowers, Albion, Neb., compos frac-
sugsSsf right leg; II. G. X dlars
i - .a1IiafI X bruised bui;sdi
i pomero., 1owy in 1red s. aa9tlRR;s e RRmifEz t.
: oarnbels, Plovsr, Iowa, scalp wound;
. Or. w. Prosser, LeNlars, Iowa, in
~ ured in side; Peter Kunkel, LeMars,
. iowa, scalp wound; Mrs. Houghling,
Z. hastings. Neb., wound in forehead
1t and injured thigh.
e For the first time i'm the history of
IL the country. according to eN-Judge
s Mitchell of Ottumwa, a court of rec
u ord has rendered an opinion i'm eff
y rect that pension money and notes
. given for funds of the same charac-
ter held by guardians are not tax
). able. The case at issue was that of
: the treasurer of Wapello county
: against Calvin Manning, guardian of
:. John Schwabley, insane, to recover
e back tax discovered by tax ferrets.
0 on some $4,000 received from the gov
! eminent. representing back pension
and funds saved from the same source
since the original back pay was re
celved. The guardian promptly took
the case into court, taking the ground
: that pension money, either in the
I form of cash or securities, is not tax.
j. able, and after a long fight the court
, takes his view. Judge Fee rendered
, The decision.
, Bert Graham, indicted before the
grand jury at Fort Dodge for the
. theft of bicycle, dug his way through
the brick wall of the Jail at Rockwell
, City with damper from stove pipe
and is still at liberty. Graham was
} taken out of the cell with other pris
oners and slipped off and hid in a
, large stove standing in the corner
His disappearance was not noticed
and after dark he took the dampel
from the stove and dug his way tt
liberty. He later returned with a
crowbar and attempted to free the
other prisoners, but was frightened
away before accomplishing his pur.
pose. Graham was to have been
brought to Fort Dodge the day follow
ing to stand trial. 1t is thought that
Graham had aid from the outside in
opening his way through the wall
and that wholesale Jail delivery was
planned.
Rev. II. c. Marshall has announced
that he will accept the superinten.
dency of the Iowa Anti-Saloon league,
which office was rendered him at the
meeting of that organization in Des
Moines short time ago. He will
make his headquarters in Sioux City.