The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-01
THE NEWS IN IOWA.

d1mSelf With q natter at OttumWa. He
was crazed by the use of cocaine.
DR.. Vance, prominent dentist Of
Ottumwa has been convicted of the
crime of rape. The prosecuting wit
ness was a little girl IL years old.
While at a funeral at Clinton team
Of horses ran away, perhaps fatally in
Turing Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Snyder,
well known residents of that city.
Sam Hise, young man employed at
the John Ross farm, three miles south
Of Colfax, while taking care of mule
team was kicked in the forehead,
breaking in the skull. His injuries
are fatal.
Ira Hammond, the lover Of Miss
Maud Stone, who died in DR.. j. w.
Crofford's sanitorium at Lamont in
January, 1901. who has been on trial
at Mt. Ayr on a charge of completely
in the murder OF the girl, has been
acquitted.
A fatal accident occurred at the
iowa Central depot at Winfield, which
resulted in the instant death of Albert
Thurston, of Middle Grove, Ill. A
uOuUl6 uGduSI, WSSl OOuAio AASA6ns
was taking the side track when Thurs.
ton attempted to cross in front OF the
engine caught his foot and fell. He
was dragged about thirty feet over
cattle guard. His mead and body
were horribly mangled, the head being
nearly torn from the body.
|. A propitious change in the wind
saved the town of Murray from a pos.
sible destruction by are. grain ele-
vator and extensive corn cribs of O..
F. Hulbut & Co. caught fire and were
destroyed, together with several
freight cars. A high wind swept the
flames toward the business part of the
town, but after destroying portion
of the stock yards tue wind shifted
and the fire was soon under control.
The loss is estimated at nearly $4O,.
900.
Antoine Veno, an old and respected
resident of Boone, is lying at the
point of death at the Eleanor Moore
hospital from the effects of self-in-
flicted wound in the head from re-
yoIyer. Two months ago his aged wife
died, since which time he has been
very Respondent, often expressing a
desire to die He had acted strange.
for a few days, but had been closely
watched, but he eluded the viligance
of his neighbors and shot himself in
his own door.
A little sensation was stirred up IN
sporting circles when it was learned
that in some unexplained way the bill
appropriating $4,000 annually for the
support of the fish and game depart
ment had been lost by the wayside in
the closing hours of the general as
sembly. The result is that the game
warden has a salary of $500 month
fixed by statute but no funds with
which to carry out the laws the legls-
lature made for him to ENFORCE. The
executive council may come to the
assistance of the warden.
The first trace of Roy T. Mcnamara,
the missing Grinnell Iowa student
who disappeared about six weeks ago,
has been received by Rev. Mcnamara,
his father, of Onawa. in a telegram
from G. w. Montross, of Sloan. who
stated he had received a letter from
a druggist in Indianapolis, Ind, say
ing a young man, R. T. Mcnamara,
had applied to him for position and
gave Montross as a reference. Roy
McNamara worked for some time as
clerk in Mr.. Montross' drug store
at Sloan. The news is thought to be
reliable here and is the first clue that
has appeared to amount to anything.
Rev. Mcnamara has gone to Indian
apolis.
Frank Leveler of Newton, prom
lnent and well-to-do farmer, aged u
years, lost his lite in an attempt to
save buggy from his burning barn
on his farm, some two miles northeast
Of Newton. His body was found bad.
ly mutilated among the debris, with
his limbs all burned off and an ugly
fracture in his skull, about four inches
long. The body was found lying about
| four feet from where he had gone in
| after the buggy, which was known to
be much closer to the door, and foul
play is feared. He has had trouble
with his wife and stepsons for some
| time past and for the last month has
been living in Des Moines, only having
returned to Newton within the past
| ten days. The entire family is now
! under arrest and being held under sus
picion Of being implicated in the af
fair. Jewelers. stepson, Henry Myers
has made confession to setting the
barn on fire.
Governor Cummins has appointed
delegates to the American Congress
of tuberculosis to be held in New
York city, May IA, is and 16. The lis
is as follows: DR.. H. H. Clark. Nc
Gregor; DR.. J. l. Gibson, Denison; DR.
| G. +. Kellogg, Clinton; DR.. G. H. Pres
ton, Davenport; DR.. w. r. Hartman
Ames; DR.. F. w. Porterf1eld, Atlantic
DR.. L. w. Lattig, Iowa City; DR.. ]. r
Guthrie, Dubuque; DR.. e. e. Dorr, Des
| Moines; DR.. w. S. H. Matthews, Des
Moines; DR.. D. .McCrae, Council Bluffs
DR.. George P. Neil, Fort Madison; DR.
| G. B. Adams, Estherville; DR.. w.
Lessenger, Mt. Pleasant; DR.. R.. P
Berry, Clermont; DR.. r. e. Coniff
Sioux City; DR.. A. j. Hobson, Hamp
ton; DR.. 3. Porterfield, Indianola; Dr.
| J. w. Lauder, Alton; DR.. f. H. Little
| Muscatine; DR.. w. J. Eyloff, Maso,
City; DR.. A. Poore, Cedar Rapids; Dl
J. M. Emmert, Atlantic.
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