The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-06

hall of the house of representatives
OH The afternoon of the Goth, and held
memorial exercises in honor of the
fifty-ninth birthday of President Will
liam Mckinley. A large number of
visitors were present and the hall and
galleries were crowded. The address
in memory of the president was deliv-
cred by Governor A. B. Cummins.
All of the exercises were simple, but
impressive. At the close collection
was taken up for the Mckinley me-
mortal fund and s1O3.5O was con.
tributed.
Governor Cummins has announced
nis list of aides. He has not yet made
public the appointments of members
Oh the pharmacy commission and
member of the state board or health.
The list is as follows: Hon. 1. B. San.
tee of Darbury, Truman A. Potter of
Mason City, Charles e. Mitchell of
Marion, A. A. Penquite of Colfax,
Walter M. Davis of Iowa City, G. w.
Bopp of Hawkeye. Herbert M. Bige-
low of Grundy CenLer
Governor Cummins has announced
The appointment of DR. j. H. Sans of
Clarion, Iowa, to succeed DR.. j. c.
Shrader, of Iowa City, whose term as
a member of the state board of health
has expired. DR.. Shraded was not
candidate for appointment. He
is one of the oldest and best known
practitioners in the state He has
served in the capacity of member
of the state board of health for seven
teen years past, and now retires of
his own volition; his successor is
identified with the class of physicians
known as regulars, the same as DR..
Shrader. DR.. Sans is a comparative
ly young physician, he having COM
pleted his course in medicine in the
state university in 1892. He is ap-
pointed for term of seven years.
arranged that one term expires on
January 81 of each year.
The board of agriculture has de-
ided to erect $4,000 coliseum on
the state fair grounds The building
will contain five rooms and will be an
extensive affair The board has not
the funds to erect the building at
present and will ask the legislature
to appropriate the amount 1t is
thought that no difficulty will be ex.
perienced in getting the appropria-
ton. The board also decided TO build
an addition to the present horticult-
ural building which will be for the
exclusive use Of flower exhibits. 1t
will cost about $1,000.
The Iowa State Congress of
Mothers elected the following officers
for the e:suing year:
President, Mrs. Isaac Lea Hills. of
Des Moines; first vice-president, Mrs.
j. A. Schmidt, of Muscatine; second
vice-president, Mrs. Cato sells, of
Vinton; third vice-president, Mrs. J.
w. Cory, of Spencer; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. Edith Payne Parsons, of
Des Moines; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. E. S. Burgin, of Des Moines;
treasurer. Mrs. } Riggs, of Audubon;
auditor, Mrs. N. Darnell, of Center
vile.
Four men are now under sentence
of death in Iowa. Governor Cummins
is quoted as declaring that he has no
conscientious scruples against the
death penalty, and indicates that he
will sign the death warrants if the
court shall finally sustain the death
sentences. The four men under SEN
tence of death at the present time are:
Albert Phillips, Lewis Brooks,
marry Hortman and Richard
Williams. Phillips and Brooks
are the two bank robbers who, at AL
bert City, Buena Vista County, on
November 16, killed John Sundbald,
prominent citizen, and Marshal Lo-
dinew, who were in posse attempt
ing to arrest the men as being con-
nected with bank robbery at Green
vile in Clay county few days pre-
vious. Harry HOFFMAN on November
30 shot and killed Florence Porter,
OF Cherokee. The shooting was the
result of quarrel, Miss Porter hav-
ing formerly been Hortman's sweet
heart. Richard Williams, colored, on
Sunday December 8, 1901, at Buxton,
south of Oskaloosa, shot and killed
VIM. Sharper, (white). The shooting
was without provocation. Williams
was flourishing gun at the time and
was endeavoring to hit another man
named Cooper. Brooks and Phillips
are to be executed on December 10,
1902; HOFFMAN on January 2S, 1903.
and Williams on March 10, 1908.
II have not yet estimated carefully.
put in my opinion the passage of my
bill reducing the width of highways
in Iowa to fifty feet from the present
legal sixty-six feet, will save to the
people of the state more than 100000
acres of tillable land. This represents
a capital asset of s25,OOO,OOO, to say
nothing of the value of productiveness
which it represents annually" said
Representative William L arrabee in
an interview. Mr.. Larrabee believes
that the chances for the passage of
his bill are reasonably good, and he
expects to press it before the atten.
ton of the committees in the legisla
ture with all the energy with which
he is capable. He believes that the
proposition is one that will receive
the support of all the farmers of the
state, whose valuable possessions will
be increased to the amount mentioned
and the rights of the public and the
travelling farmer not affected in any
particular A highway fifty feet wide
is as easily travelled as one sixty-six
feet wide. Mr.. Larrabee's bill is ex.
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