The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

= Nc polASI VI Ii pOItdDlc saw Hill
exploded at Montour, hurting L. G.
Carter hundred feet and probably
fatally injuring him. Harry Smith
| was badly scalded and had his leg
| broken.
Traer dispatch: William HACK
and William Jones, two farmers liv-
ing few miles from this place, have
each been fined $500 in the district
court of this county. The crime of
which they were charged was at
| tempting to wreck trains on the
Northwestern railroad.
The failure * the river and harbor
DILL has double significance for
Sioux City; it not only checks the i'm
pIovement of the Missouri river at
that place and at all points above,
but it may cause the temporary aban-
donment of the United States engi-
neer's office, from which all the up
per river work and the work in yell
lowstone park is directed. Colonel
Chittenden, officer in charge of the
Sioux City office, admits that the
headquarters may necessarily be
given up for time, but he hoped to
maintain them in some way.
The lottery craze has struck this
section of the country and it is stated
that tickets are being secretly sold
through local agencies at Waterloo,
Waverly and Charles City. Tickets
are being fioated in these places from
several companies, and particularly
the Mexican lottery has worked its
graft. Word comes from Davenport
that on February % an agent for the
Mnyioan 1nf{orr, Is
tickets at the Hotel Downs, among
which was one numbered 7O,439. 1t
is said that this ticket draws 100000
and that the purchaser has not been
found.
The railroad meeting at Grinnell
OF those interested in the organiza-
ton of the Des Moines, Iowa City
q Eastern, was attended by twenty
one representative men along the
line. The organization was complet-
ed and the articles of incorporation
signed. The directors elected are:
Lyons. Starr, Ward and Reed of Des
Moines; Geo. w. Ball, Iowa City: A..
N. Rayburn, Montezuma; M. ]. Kelley,
Williamsburg; II. w. Halter, Deep
River; Aaron Cover, Millersburg. Ex-
cellent preliminary work has been
NOAO Vic SIlIlIC ullc. lie OIL
GERS elected are: Geo. w. Ball, presi-
dent; A. F. Rayburn, vice president;
c. A. Starr, secretary; d. b. Lyons,
treasurer and general manager.
John Stoval, under Indictment for
the daring express robbery commit
ted at Manila last month, made his
escape from the Crawford county Jail
at Denison. The escape was cleverly
planned and was made almost with
out effort. During the day Stoval
managed to slip from the inner cell
into one of the outer cells, which
opens to the entrance of the jail.
John Smith, the turnkey, led the pris-
oners into the inner cell about
o'clock. He did not count the pris-
oners and supposed all were safely
within. While Smith was busy lock-
ing the inner cells for the night Sto-
val walked calmly out of the Jail and
no trace of him has been found. The
country has been secured by various
posses, but up to this hour he has
completely vanished
Jack Robson, the man who con.
fessed to the shooting of Fred Foster,
a barber of Algona, some weeks ago,
has been sentenced to seven years in
the Anamosa penitentiary. He plead
guilty ON the stand before he was
given his sentence. 1T will be reme1n-
bered that Robson was tracked
through the snow to his home, after
he assaulted Foster on the streets of
Algona. The Xife of Foster, who has
been on friendly TERMS with Robson,
was suspected of knowing something
of the attack on her husband before
it was made. She was pressed closely
by authorities and finally confessed
that she had instigated the attempt
ed murder, prompted by desire to
get her husband out of the way SO
that she would be free to carry on
she made her confession in the pres
and wept bitterly. Her husband shook
hands with her when She started to
jail, as he lay on his bed suffering
from the bullet wound she had been
instrumental in inficting, and told
her he thought term in the peniten-
tiary would do her good. Robson, as
the perpetrator of the deed, was
given his trial before Mrs. Foster.
FH,ter is almost recovered.
A dispatch from Fairfield says:
Hon. Ed Campbell, Jr., widely known
among Iowans and former demo-
cratic leader in the state, died at his
home in this city on the morning of
the 9th. Death resulted from senile
gangrene, brought about by clot of
blood forming in the main artery of
the right leg. He was just past his
eighty-fr birthday, and since sur
gical operation of heroic character
performed on him four years ago, his
health had been unusually good. Two
weeks ago Mr.. Campbell went to Chi
cago for a visit with his children.
Taken i'll few days after, he was
removed to the hospital, where it was
decided his condition was most seri-
Gus. Amputation was considered I'M
wise and impracticable, and the fam
lily, as we'll as Mr.. Campbell himself,
were Informed of his serious condi-
ton. He then determined to return
to his home, and in spite of the pro-
test of the hospital authorities, this
was successfully accomplished, he ar
irving there Thursday morning. He
hours of his death, and to the last
was the same bright and ever-glori-
GUS Ed Campbell that his friends have
always known. He leaves a wife and
five children, John M. Campbell, Mrs.
S. c. Farmer and Colin Campbell of
Chicago and Mrs. w. E. Thompson
and Mrs. Bell Bright Of this place.
The large horse barn of W. G. Bry-
ant at Marion was destroyed by fire
at midnight few nights ago. Tween
ty-two valuable horses were burned.
together with all the contents Of the