The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
THE NEWS in IOWA


enthusiastic support given the candi
dacy of Judge Towner for the nomi
nation for judge of the supreme cour,
prevented the discussion of candidates
for other offices.
There is much excitement in Floris
on account of the mysterious disap
pearance of A. S. Kendrick, vel
to do and highly respected citizen
who on the first of May drew $500
from the bank and has not since beer
seen. He stated he intended to buy 6
farm. His wife and friends fear fou
play. lie is quite we'll off. The dis
appearance of young woman who
has lived at Hendricks house for c
long time has started a story OF
elopement, but no proof of this is
at hand.
The persons who are fighting fol
Sunday closing of saloons in Dubuque
have gained a point. The Young
Peoples Christian Temperance union
In writing, called Judge Mathews at.
tention to the fact that the 1875 sa,
looms of Dubuque are violating the
mulct law by keeping open all day
Sunday. Judge Mathews therefore
instructed the grand jury that it was
their duty to investigate the alleged
violations and if they found the
charges to be true to call the viola
tors to task.
The republicans of Woodbury.
county in convention at Sioux City
chose thirty-six delegates to the
state convention at Cedar Rapids, in
structing the delegation to case it's
vote for A. B. Cummins for governor.
The delegation is headed by Craig
l.. Wright, who was mentioned as a
possible candidate for the office of
justice of the supreme court. AL
though there has been rumors that
the anti-Cummins men would put up a
strong fight against the plan to in
struct the delegation, the Cummins
men were SO decidedly in the ma
jority that practically no effort was
made to interfere with their pro-
gram.
Authentic information has been re-
ceived by relatives in Keokuk that
the marriage of Miss Carrie Rand to
Prof. George D. Heron was perform
ed some weeks ago, and that they
are now man and wife. The news
comes from Miss Rand and her
mother, Mrs. e. ID. Rand, and though
relatives of the family will not dis
cuss the matter, the information
comes from such direct source that
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bility for mistake. According to the
letter from Mrs. Rand, her daughter,
Carrie, was married to Mr.. Heron
within few days after the divorce
had been granted to the former Mrs.
Heron by the Algona court. The
ceremony was performed in New
York.
The friends of George Mcmahon,
the farmer who mysteriously disap-
peared from near Fort Dodge about
three weeks ago, have received let
ter from medium in Minneapolis,
stating that Mcmahon was killed by a
neclSyoke on the same night of his
appearance. The medium offers to
kcMahor's body, provided $500
~ one of the banks of Fort
TO be paid to her if success
sulVp MRS. Mcmahon has done this, and
says she is>willing to give $1,000 to To-
sate her husband. Mr.. McMahon's
friends have determined not to give
up the search, and if the medium
fails to find the body they will prob
ably place the matter in the hands
Of the Pinkerton agency. They say
they will maintain the search, even
If it lasts for years.
Armour & Co. will be packing hogs,
cattle and sheep in Sioux City within
thirty days. They have closed deal
for the purchase of the plant of the
Sioux City Provision company, until
recently owned and operated by the
international Packing company of
Chicago. Negotiations for the sale
have been on ever since the Interna-
hcnal was forced to wind up it's af-
fairs. The transfer means much to
Sioux City and will give it another big
packer besides Cudahy and add to the
value of its market to the northwest
ern section. The Sioux City Provision
company's plant has been operated
only to kill hogs, although it has IA
cilities for cattle lliLlng, also. It will
probably be worked to it's full capa-
city of $3.50 hogs, 500 cattle and 500
sheep daily. 1t is stated that the
Sioux City Provision company NAV
oTen mp the old Booge plant as pork
packing establishment.
The work of putting the Agar pack
Ing house of Des Moines in shape for
opening has been nearly completed.
The cattle killing department is ready
TO put in operation and the run-ways
connecting the Vincent stock yards
with the house have been completed,
1t is thought that the pork packing
department can be put in shape in
about ten days, but because of the
unsatisfactory condition of the hog
market, which has caused most of the
houses to run on short time, there
Is no disposition to hurry this work.
The probabilities are that within the
hext week or ten days the house will
be started up on small kill in both
departments and kept in operation
for few days on a small number of
hogs and cattle to prove that the ma
rhinery, the chill rooms, ETC., are in
working order. Then if it is found
everything is satisfactory, the local
market will be opened and the oper-
alton of the house continued up to
the supply of stock offered.
$ A hydrophobia scare created con-
siderable alarm in oelwein. 1t was
supposed that several cattle and hogs
were bitten by rabid dog, and they
We're condemned. No other cases
have developed.
| Mr.. Ismael of Oelwein complained
to the city police that one Mr.. High