The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-27

trousers while he slept. There is no
clew.
Another old pioneer of Story coun.
ty, Jacob Lee, passed away at his
home two niles northwest of Cam
bridge, at the age of Sc years. Mr..
Lee leaves an estate to his children.
nine in number, valued at $4,000.
| Miss Maude Soule, of Webster City,
received few days ago, through the
mail, two diamond rings. 1t was her
birthday. These very identical rings
sent to her thus mysteriously were
stolen from her eighteen months ago.
No one knows who sent them. No one
knows who stole them. The postmark
upon the package sent her cannot be
read. The rings were valued at about
$500. The intrinsic value, however
was little compared to the sentiment
attaching to them as gifts.
Fire at Cedar Falls DESTROYED prom.
erty at $4,000. The fire is supposed
to have been of incendiary origin. but
as it had obtained considerable head
way when discovered there is no
| clew. A large lumber shed belong
/ ing to the Townsend & Merrill Lumber
company and a livery barn belonging
to Del Burr were consumed. The
barn contained number of valuable
horses, which We're rescued with diff
| ficulty. Insurance on the whole loss
| amounted to about $1,000.
Judge Elwood, in the district court
at Denison few days ago granted the
| petition of former Governor Shaw to
make permanent the injunction re-
straining John McGregor from circu-
lating slanderous statements about
the plaintiff McGregor intimates,
however, that he will go to New York
and Washington, away from the juris
diction of the Iowa court, and con-
tinue to hound Shaw. 1t is not thought
Shaw will pay any further attention
to the matter.
/ The postoffice at Campton. Della
ware county, is to be discontinued. Il
has unique record. On September
/, 1857, A. ". Brown was appointed
ever since. His commission has never
been revoked. The men who signed
his bond are still alive, and on his
bond. His wife has been his deputy
through all these years, and the office
| is still in the building where it was
first located in 1851. He is believed
to be the oldest postmaster in Iowa
| Owing to rural mail delivery, the of,
fee will be dropped from the list.
| Charles A. Anderson of Onawa,
| through his attorney, E. H. Smith of
| Whiting, has filed claim with the
state department at Washington, D.
c., claiming $4,000 damages for the
death of his sister, Hilda S. Anderson,
who was killed by the Boxers in Mon
golia province, China. during the year
1900. Two of Mr.. Anderson's sisters
We're killed in China during the late
troubles, but only one had taken out
her naturalization papers to become
! citizen of the United States, the other
one being a subject of Norway and
Sweden. Hilda S. Anderson was nat.
uralized at Rockford, ILL.,. in 1897, and
went to China as missionary of the
Christian Alliance
/ daring robbery was committed at
| Clinton a few nights ago, when two
masked men, at the point of revolvers,
| held up Flanagan's gambling estab-
| lishment, robbed the inmates, number
| ing twelve, of money ard valuables
to the amount of $4,000. One stood
| guard at the door and kept the in
mates covered with the pistols, while
his partner secured the booty Elan
agan lost a $500 diamond ring. Mat
Anderson a 5000 ring and considerable
money. The robbers deliberated and
joked with the victims. After TIE
robbers one man stood guard at the
door until the other made good his
escape with the valuables. The other
man then made his escape There is
no clew.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
ern engine No. 46. with Engineer Den
ny and Fireman Hardway in the cab.
was wrecked twelve miles south of
Iowa City while pulling a passenger
train. The train was running about
forty miles an hour when the siderod
on the engineers side broke, tearing
that side of the cab to pieces and de-
railing the engine. Fireman Hardway
jumped from the cab window and
Engineer Denny. thinking only of his
passengers, staid with his engine. He
is somewhat injured, but so far as can
be ascertained, not seriously. Hard
way has broken knee cap and was
severely shaken up. Conductor
Rhodes and his passengers were some
what shaken up, and it is a miracle
that no lives were lost
Attorney General Mullan is engaged
in preparing an argument in an i'm
portant case that will be submitted to
4 the United States supreme court the
first Monday in March. 1t is entitled
Rood VS.. state of Iowa, plaintiff, in en-
ror, r. o. Rood ct al. 1t involves the
title to tho bed of Owl lake in Hum
boldt county and will, it is believed,
involve the whole vast question OF
ownership of beds of meandered lakes
in this state. The contention of the
state is that it owns the lakes by
right of sovereignty and that when
these have dried their beds also be.
long to the state. Attorney General
Mullan said a motion had been made
to dismiss the case on the ground
there was no federal question involv-
ad IF tho TInitod