The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
FoPuLIsTs IN CoNvENrloN.
Adopt Platform and Nominate Cankli
dates for State Ofices. -


fOPULIsTs IN CONVENTION.
Adopt Platform and Nominate Cankli.
dates for State Ofices. A
Des Moines, Aug. 24.-Twenty ds,$
gates attended the state populist con-
vention yesterday afternoon. With
the exception of L. H. Weller, John
Youngerman, M. A. Stanford and An
drew Macomber, few of the old line
wheel horses We're present, though
seven or eight of them sent their re-
grets, which We're read by the secre-
tary. Aside from the declaration as
Set out in the report of the commit
tee on resolutions and the nomina-
tons committee, the subject that
seemed to interest those who attend
ed was that of devising ways and
means by which to launch news
paper organ for the party in Des
Moines. The movement was strongly
urged by l.. II. Weller and Ali Reed,
the latter secretary OIL the state CEN
trail committee, and Tor several years
engaged in the publication of news
paper advocating populist doctrines
at Muscatine. The resolutions en-
dorse the Omaha platform. denounce
trusts, demand that franchises shall
not be given to individuals or corr
porations and extend sympathy to
people struggling for liberty, and de-
mand the abolition of the offices of
state printer and state Under. The
following ticket was nominated: For
governor, L. III. Weller of Chickasaw
county; for lieutenant governor, Per-
ry Engle of Jasper county: for SUI
preme judge, j. r. Mcdonald of Polk
county; for railroad commissioner,
Luke Mcdowell of Shelby county; foz
superintendent of public instruction,
j. e. Harland OF Woodbury. county
Mrs. Nettie SANFORD Chaplin of Mar
shalltown, widely known Washing
ton newspaper correspondent and for
c. and w. c. Il. U. circles, is dead,
aged rs years.
Half of the force of molders en-
ployed by the A. Y. McDonald-M orri-
son company of Dubuque have gone
out on strike. They demanded 10 rHr
cent increase of wages. This was re-
fused and their places are being filled.
A burglar entered the residence of
o. r. Cady at Fort Dodge and awak
ened Margaret Cady while removing
valuable ring from her finger. She
was admonished to keep quiet or have
her head blown off. A stern demand
for money and valuaoles brought a
scream from the lady, awakening The
entire household. The burglar es-
capped through an open window, tear
ing down the curtains as lie went.
The body of man probably 65
years of age was found by the crew
of freight train lying dead beside
the track of the Illinois Central rail-
way two miles west of Fort Dodge.
The dead man was brought to Fort
Dodge for coroner's inquest. The
examination disclosed the fact tha'.
the neck and two ribs were broken,
and the body showed marks of n
heavy fall. The identity is not posi-
lively known.
One of the largest land deals in
Iowa this year has just been con.
summated by Interstate Commerce
Commissioner j. d. Yeomans in the
sale of the Ashton stock farm of
400 acres and his fruit farm of 100
aacres, all in Monona county. The
purchaser is II. Edward Evans Of
Illinois, the consideration being S34,-
500. Some years ago Mr.. Evans lived
on the fruit farm. 1t belonged to
him. Now he buys it back at much
increased price.
The Chicago & Northwestern over
land flyer No. 1 ran over man about
seven miles east of Denison. The man
was evidently intoxicated and was
asleep on the track The train was
going at full speed and pieces of the
body were scattered along the track
for half mile. 1t is thought that
the man was Fred Ross, barber, who
had been discharged from a Denison
shop the night before, but the identi-
plete. Ross had friends at Macon.
Mo.
Mrs. T. NJ. Sinclair has notified the
officers of the Third Presbyterian
church of Cedar Rapids that she will
donate new church building to cost
not less than $4,000. The church is
to be memorial to her departed hus-
band. He it was who started the
church in small way many years
ago. He saw that the employees of
his big packing house We're not at
terrain church in the heart of the city.
nor indeed any Of the big churches,
so he went to work and formed a
small congregation, building a little
chapel. A Sunday school was built.
The congregation has been growing
until it has outgrown the old build
ing, and the new edifice will be large
enough to accommodate congrega-
ton of 500 with a Sunday school Of
300. Work will begin Immediately.
Frank Bender, engineer on the Illi-
nois Central railroad, was impaled on
flying timber ana without doubt
mortally injured. Bender was switch
ing in the yards at Fort Dodge when
the cab of the engine failed to clear a
box car on the side track. A frag-
ment of molding of the box car four
feet long and two inches in diameter,
| jagged with nails, was driven through
the top of the cab and through the
left breast of the engineer. just above
the heart. Fully two feet of the
| splinter came out behind his back.
| AS Bender fell back from his seat he
| jerked the throttle open and the en-
CINE ran down the yards and crashed
into freight train, doing consider
! able damage. In the collision Bender
| was burned about the arms. The
| splinter has been extracted and there
is a possibility, but not probability
of his recovery. Bender lives in Water.
| loo. where he has a family.