The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-20

| While playing around a bonfire
Alice. 3-year-old daughter of Henry G.
Adams of Iowa Falls. fell In the fire.
igniting her clothing, and before help
could reach her she was SO badly
burned that she died four hours later.
Fred Crane. 10 years Of age, whose
home is at Daddstdale, small town
near Eldon. was instantly killed by
falling from Rock Island freight
train at Ottumwa. His body was cut
into several pieces. A coroner's Jury
exonerated the railroad company, it
having shown that the boy was at
tempting to steal ride.
w. B. Duncan, of Manchester, now
of the school for the blind at vinton.
is a remarkable character. He lost
| his sight eleven years ago while blast
ing rock. He has been an inmate Of
the school for nine years and has mas
tered several trades. His favorite
occupation is weaving minnow nets
and making horse fly nets. He finds
ready sale for them and travels va
cations and denvers his goods. He
! will graduate from the school next
| year.
Between fifteen and twenty barrels
of oil have been taken from wells
which were sunk near the little town
OF Frederika, five miles north of Tri-
poli. The find is believed to be gen.
| uine, and several companies have Sc
| cured options on land in the vicinity
and are putting down prospect holes.
The oil is of high grade, and was
found only thirty feet below the sur
face. Some are skeptical OF the find,
| but it is generally believed to be gen
uine, as it cannot otherwise be &C.
counted for.
John Hisvinius. cashier of the State
Bank of Stout, has suddenly and mys-
teriously disappeared. Connected with
this fact is an incident which throws
an unfavorable light on the affair. He
engaged in an alteration with a Gus
toner about forged check which
appeared among the cancelled checks
of the customer. 1t is said in the scuf-
file which took place he attempted to
secure possession of the disputed
check, but failed and the customer
openly accused him of being the au-
thor of the forged signature. The
cashier Is the son OF one of the
wealthiest farmers Of Grundy county.
He is bright young business man
and the affair came near causing
run on the bank, which was averted
by the prompt aid of other financial
institutions.
Creston was few days ago the
scene of tragedy in which Albert
Oschlager, aged IA years, was killed,
John Robinson, colored, shot in the
hip, and John Jackson, colored, severe
ly cut on the face and hand. Jackson
has been conducting gambling hole
and Robinson was employed by him.
He was dismissed and bad feeling ex-
listed between the men. Later they
were in the saloon of Flannery &
O'Connor and quarrel ensued. They
were ordered out, and resumed hos
tilities on the outside. Jackson re-
ceived an ugly wound on the left jaw.
Jackson's first shot went wild of the
mark, striking Albert Oschlager near
the left eye and almost instantly kill
ing him. His second shot passed, but
the third struck Robinson, who was
running in on him. Considerable ex-
citement prevails.
Governor Cummins has appointed
Judge L. G. Kline of Des Moines as
member of the board of control to
succeed himself and T. w. McCurdy of
Buchanan county as custodian, to sue
coed j. D. McGarraugh of Des Moines.
Governor Cummins has also appointed
DR.. P. o. Koto of Winnebago county
as state veterinarian, to succeed Dr.
]. l. Gibson of Denison, and made
known his selections for the three
state mine inspectors. John Werner of
irtn
tor for the second district and James
W. Miller of Des Moines was reap
pointed for the third district. Edward
Sweeney of Swan was appointed in.
spector for the first district, to succeed
James A. Campbell of Ottumwa. Ac.
| cording to law the senate is required
to confirm the appointments for the
board of control and custodian, in
| executive session.
A dispatch from Washington says:
Adrian Sizer of the treasury depart
ment, who was sent to Iowa to inves-
tigate the states claim against the
government on account of the prem
ium on gold which it was compelled
| to pay during the civil war, has re-
turned to Washington and made his
report to the auditor Tor the war de-
partment. The claim of the state
against the general government
amounts to nearly 100000, and there
seems to be nothing that now stands
in the way OF its payment, at least
nothing that will prevent the secre-
| tary of the treasury from asking con-
gress to Appropriate that sum of money
to reimburse the Hawkeye state for
the premium it paid on its bonds.
Should Secretary Shaw recommend
an appropriation TO pay lowa's claim
the amount will be made part of the
general deficiency bill.
The village of LIE Grand, Sin Marshall
county, is stirred up over the arrest
of ten young men on the charge of
breaking and entering Chicago and
Northwestern freight car and taking
ten or twelve dozen bottles of beer.
| The car was broken into some ten
days ago, but the matter has been kept
a secret and detectives put on the case
for the purpose of ferreting out the
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