The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

resides in the suburbs of Shenandoah
suicided ut his residence by shooting
himself twice in the head with a re.
volver. He first went into room
alone, where he fired the first shot,
after which he called to his wife fran.
tically. saying that he had shot him
self. He then ran into another room
and fired the second shot, which
caused instant death. The deceased
was about SO years of age and leaves
a wife and one child.
Artemus Lamb, millionaire of
Clinton, died few days ago at the
Hotel Coronado in San Diego, CAL, of
dropsy. While on his way to that
city three months ago Mr.. Lamb was
cific railway near Rock Springs, Wyo.,
last winter. His wound did not heal
an. finally heart trouble and dropsy
set in, which resulted in death. Lamb
was at the head of the firm of c..
Lamb & Sons. lumber dealers. He
was also president of the Iowa Pack
ing company and of the Peoples
Trust and Savings bank. He was one
of the best known capitalists. He
came to Clinton in 1856 and became
a member of the firm of C. Lamb &
Sons in 1855. He was 81 years old.
A recent dispatch from Grinne,l
says: Prof. Geo. D. Heron will bc
tried by the Iowa Congregational as
ISOLATION, but not ON the charge OF
heresy and socialism. He will be ac-
cused of conduct unbecoming a
Christian and a gentleman" The re-
port appearing in Chicago paper
that Heron was to be tried for her
esy is mistake, as he will be ar
raigned for immortality. Rev. T.. M.
Vittum, who for ten years has been
pastor of the Grinnell Congregational
church, one of the leading churches
in Iowa, said: "Mr. Heron has been
in the association and church eight
years, and what Mr.. Wentworth, Mr..
Herron's agent, pleases to call her.
esy was as well known five years ago
as is the case now. But we hope the
public will not accuse us of trying
a man for heresy and socialism when
the only charge is that of immoral
conduct" The association will meet
at Baxter April 30, at which time the
matter will be brought up. The
method of procedure will be this:
Charges will be made. and a church,
probably the Grinnell church, will be
instructed to form council. In the
making up of this council Professor
Heron will be invited to join.
A dispatch from Des Moines says:
J. F. Vincent has leased his stock
yards property to the Agar Packing
company for a period of years at a
stated cash rental. Possession is to
be given at once. and the Agar COM
pany will Immediately put men to
work building runway for stock
from the yards to it's packing plant.
1t is understood that the future pol
icy of the Agars with reference to the
conduct of the yards will depend en-
tirely upon the decision of the rail
ia2d commissioners IN the case
brought by Mr.. Vincent against the
Rock Island to compel it to deliver
stock consigned to the yard to the
Des Moines Union road to be switched
to the yard. If a favorable decision
can be obtained in this case it is
more than probable that the Agars
will conduct the yard as a COMPETE
tive market for all grades of stock
but, hogs fattened for the packing
marist. They will reserve the right
to control the market in so far as
this class of stock is concerned, but
will carry on a regular market in
stock hogs and all kinds of cattle,
from stockers and feeders up to the
best fat steer stuff. They will also
continue to operate portion of the
yard as feeding in transit point
for such shippers as may desire to
use it.
Senator L. R. Bolter died at his
home in Logan on the goth, after an
illness of but few days. His illness
was OF an acute nature from the be-
ginning, but all the relief that medi-
cal aid could give was of no avail. Sen
ator Bolter was born July 81, 1884, in
Richland county, Ohio, and came to
Iowa, locating in Harrison county in
1868. In 1865 he vas admitted to the
bar, and soon worked his way up high
in his profession, and even when a
young man his opinions were sought
by many men whose age in the pro.
ession would lead one to believe them
to be his superiors, and he has ever
since been leading light in the legal
practice throughout the state. In the
fall of 1865 Senator Bolter was elect.
ed to the house of representatives, be.
ing for the Eleventh general Assem-.
bly,. He also served in the same capa.
city i'll the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nine.
teenth and Twentieth general assem-.
blies. Following this he was elected
state senator, serving in the Twenty.
first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth general assemblies
making almost continuous service in
his state for a third of century. In
1876 he was the democratic nominee
for congress and in 1899 was prevailed
upon to take the nomination for gov
ernor, but would not accept. In 1896
his name was placed upon the ticket
for supreme judge, and although de,
feated, succeeded in running far
ahead of his ticket.
A man supposed to be Thomas
Brown, well dressed, was struck by a
Burlington train at Burlington and
badly mutilated. He was taken to St.
Francis hospital, where he died.
The coroner's jury holding the in
quest over the body of the late John
lessen at LeMars returned a verdict
to the effect that Henry Steffen is
responsible for his death and naming
Peter Peterson and William Beaver
as accessories. An examination of
the body showed that the wound
which proved fatal was in the heart,
and that within radius of, four