The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
G. w. Kline of Marion, who took
rat poison at Michigan City. Ind. be-

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physician had discharged him as
cured, and it is believed he again
managed to secure poison. A note
was found addressed to his wife, de-
claring that he had taken his life for
her sake. Mrs. Kline is still critically
II! from the effect of poison taken
with suicidal intent the day follow
ing her husbands rash act.
On the farm of M. w. Montgomery,
SIX miles northwest of Nevada, Mr..
Bridgeman, about 81 years of age,
was using self-dumping rake in
making hay, when the horses became
frightened and ran away. The young
man walked out on the tongue to re-
| gain one line, which had been ierked
out of his hands, and while there
either fell or was kicked down by
the horses, SO that one foot caught
between the two parts of the tongue.
In this manner he was dragged about
the field by the fleeing horses and
pounded to death.
Suspended in midair at the top of
a telephone pole. John Alorrell, Bur-
hngton lineman, suffered untold
agony from live electric wire that
burned terribly into his flesh until
his comrade, Frank Skyles, climbed
the pole and cut the wire with heavy
shears. Then, hooking the helpless
man to his side, Skyles, with rare
bravery and GOODNESS, climbed down
the pole with his heavy burden. Five
hundred volts of the electric cur
rent passed through Morrell's body,
and he was bent nearly double from
the terrible shock. Both hands are
burned in a frightful manner, the
flesh being burned through to the
bone. On both arms as far up as
the elbow the flesh was eaten away
by the deadly wire, and both thighs
were also painfully burned. He will
recover.
A Des Moines dispatch says: T. Nj.
Hubbell, James Windsor, B. Mott,
Dick Mott and Chicago capitalists
have about concluded the organ1za-
ton of company which will put in
and operate in Des Moines one of the
largest oat meal mills in the country.
Plans looking to the organization of
this company have been on foot for
the last two months, or since the
Motifs disposed of portion of their
holdings in the Shannon G. Mott COM
pany and Mr.. Hubbell acquired the
old distillery plant. 1t was the Sc
curing of the old distillery property
by Mr.. Hubbell that suggested the
undertaking, and since that time he
and the gentlemen interested with
him have been investigating the bust
ness with view of utilizing the old
distillery property for this purpose.
The character of the oats grown in
this section, together with their rela-
tive cost at this and other milling
points; the cost of shipment of fin
ished product, etc., have been care
fully investigated, and the gentlemen
have come to the conclusion that Des
Moines is we'll situated and that
mill can be operated at a profit here.
Under a temporary arrangement
caused by the heat, Fred Feurheim,
a farmer near Pacific Junction, ac-
complished the slaughter of his fam
lily and stock, and followed this deed
with the burning of his house and
finally suicide. The neighbors were
attracted by the flames, which con-
sumed the greater part of the build
ing. Suspicion was first aroused by
the discovery of four horses with
their threats cut. In a bed room
lay the bodies of Mrs. Feurheim and
her daughter Emma, with gashes
across their threats. The bloody
razor, together with the formers
marriage certificate, were found care.
fully preserved under glass case in
the front yard. Feurheim's body
was brought from the ruins with
bullet hole in the forehead. The fam
lily had been driving during the day,
and the fierce heat is supposed to
have affected Feurheim's mind, as he
had previously suffered from sun
stroke. There was evidence that the
farmer had attempted to set fire to
his barn, but had done his work too
hastily and the blaze died out. The
stock of considerable value. The
farmer had reached the iugular vein
in each case with a single deep
stroke.
Edwin H. Conger, United States
minister to China, sailed for his post
in the Orient on the japanese liner
Nippon Maru few days ago. Speak
ing of the political situation in Iowa,
Mr.. Conger said: II must confess
that I'm little sorry at what has
happened. Things were not exactly
what 1 had imagined them to be at
home. You know 1 have never been
candidate for the Office of governor
of Iowa, but tentatively allowed my
friends to use my name. I said when
I arrived that if the nomination was
rendered me I would not refuse it,
but | would make no fight for the
place. / meant l would accept the
nomination if it came unanimously;'
if the party and state wanted or need
ed me. I have never been candidate
on account of the personal honors.
There is not the unanimous desire
that was represented to me, and [
am sorry that even tentatively / have
allowed my name to be used so much.
| have many strong and good friends
in Iowa, but the field is full of good
men, and l have never wished to make
fight against any of them. I hope
that in allowing my name to be used
as it has / have not sacrificed any
principle or lost any friends. Iowa
does not need me. and there is not
the unanimous desire that would have
been the only reason for my accept
ing the nomination, if it was made"
a. F. Conyers of Stuart settled with
the c., r. I. & P. railroad for $1,000
for spinal injuries received while
alighting from a train last Septem-
Der. Mrs. Conyers caught her dress