The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-24

ten by Judge Sherwin sustained de-
cision of the Pottawattaniie district
court in the case of w. A. Graybill VS..
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway company, appellant.
The state executive council at a
meeting, at which Governor Shaw.
Secretary of State Martin and Audi
tor Merriam were in attendance. APP
propriated $1,000 out of the providen-
tial contingent fund for the purchase
of furniture for the agricultural col.
lege at Ames. A number OF chairs
will be needed in the restored main
building, but the bulk of the appro-
priation will be expended for furni-
ture for the new temporary structure
that is being erected to afford rooms
for recitation purposes. This appro-
priation is supposed to be the final
one for the college on account of the
recent fire. 1t brings the total
amount set apart by the executive
council up to $4,000. Of this, $4,000
was for the restoration of the main
building, $4,000 for the erection of
the temporary building and for heat
ing, and $1,000 for the botanical labor-
ntory. The providential contingent
fund originally consisted of $4,000.
the expenditure necessitated by the
fire at Ames consuming nearly half
of it.
A number of pious church members
down in Liberty township, Woodbury.
county, have discovered that their
names are attached to a petition
asking that saloons be allowed to
operate in that county, whereas they
thought they had signed protest
against liquor selling. The papers
were presented to them for signature
ut the November election. They de-
clare the men who asked them to
sign the petition represented that it
was necessary for the saloon men to
get the written content of 65 per cent
of the voters in order that they
might run their places. They got
more than that number of signatures,
and the board of supervisors recently
approved the petition. The church
members who claim to have been
thus deceived promise to make trou-
BILE, and will try to knock out the pc
tition. If TINS petition should be null
lifted none other could be secured
this year, and the country saloons
would have to close.
! A dispatch from Des Moines says:
The effort of James H. Windsor and
other river frontiers to prevent the
erection of a new court house in Des
Moines, unless on the river front,
has terminated, in so far as the dis
trict court is concerned. The board
of supervisors is now free to go ahead
with tearing down the old court
house and building new one. Judge
Bishop in the rescission petition case
discharged the Jury and then dis
missed the mandamus petition of
Windsor against the board, after
which he entered judgment against
Windsor for the costs of the case.
Immediately the river frontiers, by
their attorneys, ordered Court Re
| porter Forbes to prepare transcript
OF the record in the case. This it is
hoped to have completed in time to
file an appeal in the supreme court
at this term. AS soon as the appeal
is perfected it is the intention of
the river frontiers to ask for a re-
straining order from the supreme
court to prevent the board from tear
ing down the old court house and
building new one until such time
as the supreme court can pass final
ly on the case. Whether the supreme
court will grant a restraining order
on the record to be submitted to it is
question.
Arecent dispatch from Clinton says:
Judge Wolfe created a sensation by
his charge to the grand jury. He
called the attention of the jury to the
laws against liquor selling, gambling
and prostitution, and asked the grand
jury to indict all law violators. He
said that he understood that certain
lawyers were in the habit OF begin
ming injunction cases against saloons
and then dropping them without go
ing into court. He asked the Jury to
investigate, and if they found such to
be the case, to indict them for extor-
ton. Then he intimated to the Jury
where could be found places that need
attention. He said he had it on good
authority that several young women
had rendezvous over a hardware
store, right in the center cS the bust
ness portion of the city, close to fash
ionable club rooms, Masonic and 9TH
er lodge halls. He recited the coupon
ticket method of doing business, and
declared the owner Of the building
accepted rental at the rate of So per
head per week. The man named as
the owner of the building is a leader
and officer in the Methodist church,
and is busy assisting the Rankin tenn
perance meetings now in progress.
For some time people passing along
the street have noticed the music and
hilarity at the place described, but it
was supposed to be the doings of
young people in a lodge room. The
judge has offices close to the place
and presumably does not fancy his
new neighbors.
Considerable excitement was oc-
casioned at Mt. Pleasant by an at
tempt to abduct Ruth Porter, the
0-year-old girl of Mr.. and Mrs. As
bury Porter. The little girl was on
nearby pond skating when two
men in a buggy drove up. One sprang
out and grabbed her by the arm.
Frightened half out of her wits the
little girl screamed and fought so
viciously that the man desisted, and
Fastening to his team jumped in and
drove rapidly to the north. The
child is the favorite niece of Mrs.
Beckwith and Mrs. Mcclure, who
would be willing to pay handsomely
for her recovery.
w. Mcpherson, wealthy farmer
living near Creston, lies at the point
of death as result of a terrible
uh mir, w 1r.