The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
over THE STATE

The collateral Inheritance tax col
lected by the state treasurer's office
during March aggregated $7,378.52.
This amount comes from twenty-seven
estates.
italist. loan agent and real estate deal
er Of Dubuque for thirty years, is miss.
ing and his whereabouts, is unknown.
1t is also said that his son is missing.
VIM. Monroe, the 4-year-old son of
John Monroe. a wealthy farmer of
Bromley, Marshall county, was burned
to crisp. His clothing became ig-
nited while he and other boys were
engaged in setting fire to fodder in
q field.
The Climax voting machine, for the
first time, was put to the practical
test at the recent city election in Des
Moines. One of the machines was in
use all day in the voting place of the
fourth precinct of the Third ward, near
the corner of Sixth and Forest ave-
nues, and gave perfect satisfaction.
Exactly nineteen minutes were requir-
ed to count the vote after the polls
had closed.
In free-for-all fight on Northwest
ern passenger train, party giving the
name of Tom Mclaughlin, of Danbury,
was terribly lacerated about the head.
Over thirty inches In various places
was stitched by DIR. o. w. Lowry, as
sisted by DIR. S. G. Kirby OF Grand
Junction. The latter doctor was on
the train at the time and assisted the
wounded man to the operating table.
He is now resting at the Depot Hotel
and will live.
Al Jackson. the colored man shot at
Des Moines by Officer Ira Miller, while
resisting arrest, is resting easily at
Mercy hospital and may recover. DR..
Mathews operated upon him, opening
the abdomen and sewing up several
punctures in the bowels, in one of
which there was q cut two and one
half inches long. The bullet was found
embedded in the muscles of the back,
but could not be removed on account
Of the patients condition.
Ruth Nichols, 1O-year-old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Nichols, Of
Minerva, a small village in Marshall
county, is the happiest little miss in
the county, due to the fact that she is
the recipient from Mrs. William Nc
Kinley, of Canton, o., of beautiful
pair of slippers knit by the wife of the
martyred president. Accompanying
the slippers was letter in which Mrs.
Mckinley thanks the little girl for a
dainty lace handkerchief sent her re.
Gently.
Fire at Cedar Rapids badly dam.
aged the plant of ]. G. Cherry Co..
creamers supplies. and for time
threatened it with total destruction.
The fire was discovered at a. M, in
the third story Of the plant under good
Roadway. The flremen, after fight
of three hours, gained control of the
flames. The fremen were handicap
ped by an insufficient fire pressure
and by the fact that one Of the fire
teams ran away, delaying the depart.
ment. The upper portion of the struc'
ture will have to be rebuilt. The loss
Is in the neighborhood of $4,000,
fully insured. The origin of the fire is
unknown, but may have been caused
by spark from passing engine. The
greater portion of the damage is by
water.
While digging on his farm north of
Eldora, Mr.. ]. Fisher discovered tin
box full Of gold and silver coins at a
depth of several feet. AS the dates on
the coins are of an earlier time than
coins usually bear nowadays it is al
legged that they were buried many
years ago by some old miser who must
have lived on the farm. A couple OF
years ago when Mr.. Finster bought the
place he tore down an old house, and
as he was removing the rafters of the
roof shower Of silver coins fell upon
him, much to his astonishment; and
at that time the amount was quite
large, and the dates on the money was
the early forties. some of the coins
being quite rare and valuable. It is
supposed that this find will lead tc
others on the premises, and thorough
search will be made by N.r. Finster
as it is alleged the present finds are
valuable on account of the intrinsic
value as we'll as the rarity of the
coins.
S. G. Quimby, James Stout, G. B
Waers, John F. Davis and Ben F
Ebert of Des Moines were before Jus
tice Hunter, at Rockwell City, charged
with carrying firearms Sunday. The
parties were hunting at Twin lakes
All but Quimby entered pleas of guilty
and each paid fine Of IS. Quimby
made defense. He first claimed tina,
he was state officer and therefore
had right to carry firearms. He also
claimed that he believed in observing
Saturday because his mother and wife
are Adventists. He made speech tc
Judge Hunter putting special stress
upon these two defenses. In his ar
gument he also raised the question
Of the constitutionality of the Sunday
law. About year ago some Des
Moines gentlemen secured lease tt
the Twin lakes property, placed mar
In charge of the hotel and caused
trouble, some Of it to men who doubt
less deserved it. for real violation Of
the game laws. However, there were
some cases that caused much loca
criticism. Mr.. Moore was arrested fol
the use Of obscene language end
though acquitted. was put to much