The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-15

meeting, at which Adjutant General
Byers was present, for the purpose of
considering the location of the en-
campment of the Fifty-flrst General
Byers looked over the proposed ground
on the college farm. The committee
OF the club that was named to look
up available grounds assured General
J. r. Lincoln, colonel of the Fifty-first,
that he would be given full control
of the site, so that he might prevent
teams in camp and the erection of re-
freshment stands.
A. L. Dino of Alta. chief expert ac-
countant, named by the executive
council to examine the state house Of
fcers and departments, is ir the city.
together with his assistant, C. O.
Clement, Of Marengo. Messrs. Dino
and Clements will at this time com
plete the examination of the offices.
begun last winter. The insurance Sc
cur1tles In the office of the auditor of
state Will be checked over first The
pharmacy commission accounts will
also be examined. The fiscal year of
the commission did not expire until
April 23, and hence the accounts in
that office were not examined when
those of the other offices were. The
board of control accounts will not be
checked over for the present. The
last examination made was up to the
beginning of July, 1901, and year has
not gone by since then. The next ex-
animation of the boards accounts will
not be made until after July 1.
Two jurymen voted for conviction
and four for acquittal of j. /. Houston
on the charge of violating the fish and
game law. Trial was had before
Justice Duncan. Houston was ar.
rested for alleged catching of four
wall-eyed pike. The states witness,
Carl Quimby, stated that Houston had
the hsh In his possession and refused
TO throw them back into the river.
The attorney for Houston said that
beef was so high priced that his client
could not afford to buy it, hence was
compelled to catch fish for a portion
OF his menu.
The ministers of Des Moines are
sadly at difference IN regard to White
chapel. its adjustment or continual
ton. There are two factions O. classes
among the preachers, one headed by
DR.. H. O. Breeder, of the Central
christian church, who believes that
the abolition Of the Whitechapel dis
trict is the best thing that has hap
pened to Des Moines for years and
years; and the other headed by Rev,
+. J. Van Horn, of the Plymouth Con-
gregational church, who is not sure
but that Whitechapel is preferable to
q disseminated social evil population.
It is asserted that the Des Moines
detectives have the club with which
the Peterson children were killed.
Labor Commissioner Brigham has
prepared some statistics from the re.
port OF the census department show
Ing the foreign born population resid-
Ing in Iowa. He has compiled the
hgures In order to show the total pop
ulat1on as distributed among the va
rlous races. The statement is as fol.
lows: Slavs, comprise natives of Rus
STA, Russian Poles, Hungarians and
Bohemians, 1919; British, compris-
Ing English, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and
English Canadians, 1908; Teutons,
comprising Germans. Hollanders,
Swiss and Austrians, 1896; Scandal,
comprising Danes, Swedes and Nors-
ke. 72,611; Latin, comprising French,
Mexican, Spanish and Italian, 4651:
others, 1888. In figuring the number
OF voters to the population the ratio
OF four and one-half is used. In this
manner 1t is easy to tell the number
each race has in the state. OF course
there are many generally considered
Is foreigners who are native born
lowans.
]. F. Carter and Frank e. Pinegar
we're indicted by the grand jury Fri
day on the charge OF threatening to
Bxtort. Previously they had been ar.
rested on an information filed in JUS
hce Aylesworth's court The grand
Jury had already investigated the case
and was ready to return the indict-
ment, which they did just before court
adjourned Friday afternoon. Miss
Edith Carlson was the prosecuting
witness. She testified before the grand
fury that the two officers had entered
ner room at the Goldstone and threat
sned to arrest her on the charge of
being a dissolute character Finally
they consented to let her go il she
would pay them $40. Having only
$3.50 in her possession, she gave them
that, whereupon they left. She i'm.
mediately telephoned to police head.
quarters and the men were summoned
and confronted with her in the chiefs
Office. They admitted the deed and
were compelled to give the money back
to the girl. Former Police CAPTAIN
Crewse and other officers appeared
before the jury. Pinegar claims Car
ter did all the business. Carter got
the money.
Governor Cummins has vetoed the
bill passed by the recent legislature
which provided that suits on notes
given to insurance companies and sold
by them or in the hands of receivers
should be brought in the counties in
which the makers live. He held the
measure to be unconstitutional, be-.
cause it impaired contracts and made
an artificial classification of insurance
companies. 1t was plain that the law
which changed the form of contract
upon its negotiation and sale would
be dangerous. This was the last bill
in the hands of the governor. The
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