The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

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Telegraph, was settled by the defend
ant paying his brother $4,000 for his
interest in the paper.
The library election at Centerville
resulted in almost an unanimous vote
in favor of accepting Ex-Governor
brakes $4,000 library gift and in IA
Vor OF 2-mill tax to maintain it. The
vote stood LAOS for and 63 against.
Over $50 women voted. Two thousand
citizens marched to Governor brakes
home at night and surprised him with
a big jollification upon his lawn.
At the meeting of the grand lodge
A. 0. U. w. the graded assessment
plan proposed at the last meeting of
the grand lodge was adopted. Council
Bluffs was selected as the place of
holding the meeting next year, and
the following officers were elected:
Grand master workman, w. N. Mar
Wis, Muscatine; grand foreman, w. II.
Berry, Indianola; grand recorder, B.
f. Rehkopf, Dies Moines; grand over
seer, j. X, Townsend, Burlington;
grand guide, T. NJ. Connolly; grand re-
ceiyer, B. r Carroll, Bloomfield;
grand inside Waterman, E. Tolman;
grand outer Waterman, j. r. Haines,
Marshalltown; grand trustee, A..
Hartung, Des Moines; supreme repre-
sentatives, w. NJ. Naryis, r. L. Tiltop
and A. w. c. Weeks.
That hospitals for the tuberculosis
poor are more necessary to the pro-
| lection of the public than insane hos
| pitfalls and penitentiaries was the
statement made in the annual adj
dress of President r. A. Commit of
Sioux City at the annual meeting of
the Iowa State Medical association at
Davenport. The association will
probably urge on the Iowa legislature
the foundation of such an institution
| A lively discussion followed the mo-
ton or ID. c. Brocllman of Ottumwa
that marriage of criminals and degen-
crates be prevented by legislation.
| The matter was referred to the legis-
lative committee. The election of Of
| ficers resulted: President, j. r. Guth-
| RE, Dubuque; vice president, S. Bailey,
| Mount Ayr; secretary V. L. Treynor,
| Council Bluffs; treasurer, G. L. Skin.
ner, Cedar Rapids.
The man who shot himself dead in
Grape Park at Burlington few days
ago proves to be Frank Shepard, a
resident of Buffalo, N. Y. There is
considerable mystery about.the mans
life, he having claimed to have been
at one time cowboy on the western
| plains. 1t is known he had consider
able money previous to his death, but
not penny was found on him. No
| trace of his money or his jewelry can
| be found, and the fact that strange
| woman was with the man a day or
two before his death. and has utterly
disappeared, lends color to the theory
of foul play in some manner. 1t was
for time intimated that the man
was murdered, the park policemen
declaring they heard more than one
pistol shot. This, however, is refuted
by several eye witnesses who saw the
man shoot himself.
A breach of promise suit of some
what novel character was finished in
the district court at DEBORAH, a few
days ago. The novelty consists in
the man being the plaintiff. Michael
Haur was the accepted sutton for the
hand of Barbara Best and she adj
mitted she liked him well enough to
marry him, but her relatives were so
She was persuaded to abandon the
engagement and later married man
named Slit. Barbara wrote numer-
our loving epistles to Haur in which
terms of endearment were used quite
freely. One of these she closed with
the expression, with many kisses
interesting of these letters We're in
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dentally it may be added that Bar
bara owned 100 acres of land. The
PLAINTIFF was SC wounded in spirit
and affection that nothing short of
goodly share OF Barbara's wealth
would satisfy him. The jury thought
that $40 AMI costs would be snffi-
cient and the defendant was we'll
pleased to ger I'D of the matter so
cheaply. 1t is considered here that
had the plaintiff and defendant been
reversed the verdict would have beer
for 81, 500 and costs.
murder occurred seven miles west
of Lovilla in Monroe county few
days ago, when John Montieth shot
and instantly killed his uncle, Fill
more Gladson. The trouble arose over
a roller which was IN shed on Mon
tieth's farm. Gladson broke open a
lock and started to remove the roller.
when Mrs. Montieth protested and
Gladson struck her with his fist.
knocking her down. Montieth came up
to where the trouble was and GIadson
struck him with the single tree of a
wagon. Montieth secured a shotgun.
fired one shot at Gladson and killed
him. GladSOn was of :, nuarra1c,,,o
ugly disposition and this is not his
first trouble. Montieth gave himself
up to the officers. Montieth is twenty
years OF age and has been married
one year. 1t seems that Montieth had
borrowed corn planter from Glad
son and during the time he had it he
broke the marker. After irving to
procure one at Marysville and being
unsuccessful he sent to Columbia and
got one, which did not seem to be as
good as the one broken, and Gladson
wanted Montieth to paw a difference
of 50, to which Montieth refused to
do. A heated wrangle of words then
took place, and Gladson picked up
| single tree and knocked Montieth
down, then striking Montieth's wife.
who was trying to stop the quarrel,
Coroner Hyatt was summoned at
once. At this time Montieth had not
been arrested, as the act was deemed
unnecessary. Both men have fam
lilies. Both parties to the unfortunate
affair were well-to-do farmers.
The man whose body was found ly-
ing by the side of the track on the
Winterset branch of the Rock Island
was identified at Des Moines as w.