The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-14

| NeTulcI OF acqulttal. Qu1nl8n shot
and killed James Dawson at dance
near Mystic lastsMay. This was Quin-.
lan's second trial, the jury having dis
agreed at the first trial. The defends
ant relied on plea of self-defense
III the trial, claiming that Dawson
was desperate character, who had
threatened to kill Quinlan.
A dispatch from Sioux City says:
George d. Perkins, editor of the Sioux
City Journal, is a candidate for the
republican nomination for governor
OF Iowa. A committee, headed by
Mayor A. &. Burton, called upon him
to notify him that they had deter
mined, by means of petitions which
had been numerously signed, that it
is the unanimous desire of the repub-
licans of this vicinity that he stand
as candidate. Mr.. Burton paid a
high tribute to Mr.. Perkins states.
manship and integrity in public of.
noes, as demonstrated during his four
terms in the national house of repre-
sentatives. In his response to the
mayors remarks, Mr.. Perkins agreed,
to stand as a candidate.
The board of control has filed with
Governor Shaw it's report on the re-
cent investigation of the. charges
against Warden Hunter and DR.. Druet
of the Anamosa penitentiary, pre-
ferred by j. w. Sturdevant, former
steward of that institution. So far
as Mr.. Hunter is concerned the
boards report does not sustain any
of the charges. In regard to DR..
Druet the board sustains, to such an
extent as to criticise that officials
conduct, the charges that he told OBJ
scene stories before prisoners. The
| board also criticises him for not Wis
| lting insane inmates as frequently as
he should. The principal charge
against DR.. Druet, that he was incom-
petent because he did not administer
proper treatment to one Williams,
who suffered from some trouble in
his knee, was not sustained.
An American express package
said to contain $4,000 was stolen
at Manila a few nights ago shortly
after the arrival of the Sioux City
& Dakota train from the north at
10 o'clock. When the Sioux City &
Dakota, train pulled in the packages
from the express car destined for the
east We're piled on two trucks to
await the coming of No. 4, east
| bound. Among the packages to be
transferred was one said to contain
| $4,000. When No. 4 pulled into Ma
Mia and stopped the work of loading
| the express matter from the Sioux
| City train was begun. When the
second truck was reached the alb
| sence of the safe in question was
| discovered. Immediate search was
made, but no trace of it could be
found. No. 4 was held for an hour
and half while the search was pros
ccuted, but finally proceeded without
the safe. No clue to the robbers or
their method of operation can be
| found.
A. B. Cummins has announced his
candidacy for the republican nomi-
nation for governor. He authorized
the publication of the following
statement: my friends have urged
me so strongly to become candidate
! for governor that feel compelled
to accept their views rather than my
own. l have, therefore, consented to
| allow my name to be used. I desire
it to be definitely understood, how
ever, that am not and will not be
a candidate for United States sena-,
1 tor to succeed either Senator Dolli-
\ yer or Senator Allison" Mr.. Cum
Minis announcement followed close
on the heels of a protracted confer
ence of his friends on the 9th, at
| which it was the unanimous wish of
those present that he be a candidate.
Mr.. Cummins attended the confer
ence and stated at the outset that
he would not be a candidate unless
it was impossible to induce some
one else to make the race. A thor
ough canvass of the situation, in
which the other possible candidates
or some one authorized to skeak for
them participated, was made, with
the result that no one would allow
his name to be used, and the solution
OF the difficulty was again brought
back to Mr.. Cumlnins. After each
speaker had urged Mr.. Cumnins to
become candidate he consented.
A dispatch from Des Moines says:
That Des Moines is to have pack
ing plant the equal in capacity and
up-to-date equipment of any IN the
state is now assured beyond ques-
ton. For reasons that will be ex-
planned in few days, but which at
this time cannot be made public,
the names of the capitalists who
have leased the Liverpool g. Des
Moines plant from L. C. and F. M.
Hubbell, who recently acquired the
property by purchase from Harry
West, are for the present withheld.
However, company having at it's
command financial resources of $780,
900 with which to conduct the bus
mess, has taken lease of the pack
ing house, and will begin next week
tc remodel the buildings and give
orders for large quantity of mod
ern machinery. 1t is expected to have
the plant in readiness to begin OPP
erations April 1. 1t will have a ca
pacity of 1000 or 1900 hogs and 200
or 300 beef cattle per day, for the
plant is intended to slaughter cattle
as well as hogs. 1t will be operated
| the year round, shutting down at
long intervals only to make needed
repairs. The plant will give employ
ment to 200 or 400 hundred men at
good wages and will distribute hun
dreds of thousands of dollars among
the farmers and stock growers of the
state. 1t will be, in fact, conducted
| on a scale equal to Sinclair's plant
at Cedar Rapids or the Morrell
house at Otttumwa.
| John r. KaEe, well known saloon
keeper of Eldon, has been indicted by
the Wapello county grand jury,
charged with PERJURY, which is al
legged to have been committed in a