The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
THE NEWS in IOWA

about five miles east of Orchard, was
killed by lightning on his farm. He
leaves wife and one child to mourn
his loss.
A drove of sixteen head of cattle
while being driven to market at Du-
buque became manageable, owing
to the excessive heat, and ran over a
bluff, falling eighty feet. All were
killed.
Deputy State Dairy Commissioner
j. w. Broeske went to Toledo and
filed information against seven farm
ers for selling adulterated milk to the
Nerning and Elberon creameries. Two
pleaded guilty and We're given the
minimum fine of $25 each. The 9TH
ers will stand trial. 1t is unlawful to
sell milk testing less than per cent
butter fat, and the samples taken
ranged near 21s per cent.
During the progress of heavy
rain storm Louis Lothrop. son of
Capt. j. S. Lothrop of Sioux City, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed on the farm of Alexander Ell
lott, about fifteen miles southeast of
Sioux City. Mrs. Lothrop was also
struck at the same time, but the ex-
tent of her injuries could not be def
initely ascertained. 1t is thought,
however, that she is not seriously in
jured.
A remarkable freak of lightning
occurred at Lehigh few nights ago.
During lightning and thunder storm
house was struck by lightning,
knocking the whole end out of a
room, killing dog and completely
demolshing the bedstead on which
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Goodrich were
sleeping. A dog in the room was in
stantly killed. The family was saved
only by the non-conducting qualities
of the feather bed.
John Benesh of Walker is lying at
the point of death and his sweetheart.
Miss Jirsa, is seriously wounded as a
result of quarrel the two engaged in
and the shooting which followed.
Benesh fired twice at his lady compan-
ion, one bullet striking her in the left
breast and the other SCATTERING the
breast bone. He then turned the re-
volver upon himself, the bullet pass
ing near the heart. He Will probably
die, but the injured woman may re-
cover.
An unfortunate accident occurred
at Lamont Bros implement house at
Cherokee. Morris and Elmer Wal
dorf were playing on an elevator at
the rear of the warehouse when the
workmen suddenly raised the eleva-
tor, not thinking of the presence of
the boys. Little Elmer, aged s, had
his head caught between the elevator
and the floor. The bones of his face
We're crushed and his skull injured.
Though he is still alive, no hopes of
his recovery are entertained.
John King, who forfeited his S., 900
oond last fall at Sioux Rapids, while
bound over to the grand jury for
criminal assault on 12-year-old girl,
has been captured and turned over to
the county sheriff. King has been in
the country about Sioux Rapids for
some time and those who have seen
him say that ne is crazy. He was in
town lc&llling for his family, but find
ing that they We're in the country at
his brother-in-law's he went there,
where he was taken in charge. AS
proof of his being crazy, it is said
that he threatened to kill his family
il they did not come and live with
him
Representative James Penick,
brother OF the Charlton banker who
was drowned from the steamer Vir-
ginia at Racine, Wis, has arrived at
that place to search for the body. He
scouts the idea of suicide, and be-
lieves it was an accident or murder.
Many incline to believe that perhaps
the man was tackled by piclSpocket;
that the thief was discovered and
that in the struggle Penick went over
board. The fact that Penicks pocket
book was found in the water helps to
support this theory. Representative
Penicl has increased the reward for
the recovery of the remains to $500.
The drowned banker had an insur-
ance of $4,000 on his life, and the rep
resentative is getting evidence to be
presented to the insurance com
panies.
In the presence of three score of
people Will Lepley of Iowa Fails was
almost instantly killed by Il bear. MIR.
Lepley, who has been employed IN w.
l.. Simplot's blacksmith shop as a
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boat landing and swan near the west
bank of the river, where the bear
owned by G. p. Bartlett, the proprie-
tor of the boat landing, is chained.
Lepley was floating on his back wnen
the bear reached for his victim and
dragged the man to the shore and al
most instantly fastened his fa1.gs in
the mans neck, decorating it terribly
and seyering several of the arteries
and veins of the neck. AS soon as
| possible men were on the spot and
after desperate struggle succeeded
in driving the bear away from the
body, but Lepley was unconscious
from the loss of blood and died in a
few minutes after reaching the other
bank of the river. The victim was Il
man of middle age ana physically a
fine specimen of manhood, but his eff
forts to release himself from the
clutches of the bear and the fact that
no cutlery was made by the man
show that he either did not realize
the danger he was in or was dazed
by blow from the animals paw The
bear had never shown signs of fer
ocity and had been raised from cub
by Mr.. Bartlett, who deeply regrets
this tragedy, and at once ordered
that the animal be shot, and about
an hour after the assault on the man
the beast was dispatched by well
aimed shot by DR.. f. J. Evans.
Bert Schiller was fatally scalded
| by the explosion of thresher engine
ooiler at Ridgedale. He was so badly
burned that death resulted in a few