The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-17

| By vote of 1856 for to 81 against
the corporation Of Oskaloosa was ex-
tended, taking in $500. This makes
Oskaloosa's population, according 10
the 1900 census, over $4,000.
The famous Talbot usury cases
have been decided by the United
States supreme court in favor of the
First National and Sioux National
banks of Sioux City. Over $4,000
was involved. The suits have been
in the courts over six years.
jeff Miller, a merchant Of La NOBLE,
l Marshall county, was struck by q
Northwestern train as he was driving
i to Marshalltown. His team was in.
stantly killed and his wagon demol.
ished, but fortunately Miller himself
escaped with but little injury. He was
quite badly bruised up, but no bones
were broken. His escape was miracu.
lous.
Fifty men employed by the Boone
brick and tile works, who went out
on a strike for shorter hours at same
pay, have gone back to work. They
were unorganized when they struck.
but met at once and formed q union,
The company granted them the same
hours and wages as are in force in Des
Moines, which was a victory for the
men.
Julius Bradsburg, of Dubuque. and q
companion, supposed to be Charles
Thomas, an employee of the Chicago,
/ N, q. roi
from an outgoing st. Paul train at
Chicago, directly in front Of another
train. Thomas was killed outright
and Bradsburg was SO severely in.
jured that it Is believed he will die.
a pass on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road and check for $50.
Nora Conway. a comely colored
woman aged 80 years, is in jail at Al
bia charged with murder because she
killed her former husband, Frank
Conway at Hilton, near Abba. Both
had good regulations. He was a
thirty-second degree Mason and
Knight of Pythias. The woman
claims the man cut her with razor
before she fired. She says he treated
her cruelty before their separation.
They have one child, aged 5 years.
Earl Garman of Glenwood shot and
fatally wounded his father, Nj. L. Gar
man, during quarrel over financial.
affairs Young Garman was endeavor-
ing to secure his fathers consent to
business transaction and on being
refused drew a revolver and shot his
father in the back of the head, from
the effects of which it is thought he
cannot recover. The elder Garman
was owner and proprietor of the Glen
wood mills, and was Of considerable
local prominence.
United States, bearing the signature
of L. M. Shaw, secretary of the treas.
ury, reached the state treasury few
days ago. 1t called for the payment
of little matter of $24,957.12.. It was
sent to the executive department in
state of Iowa against the United
States for expenditures by the state
for the troops furnished for the Span.
ish war. The warrant was duly turn
ed over to the treasury by Adjutant
General Byers and the proceeds from
1t will go into the general revenue.
Cracksmen blew open the safe in.
the postoffice at Calender, near Fort
Dodge, and made their escape with
out detection. The safe was blown
open with dynamite, and the work was
done by experts. The robbers secured
only about So in money and stamps
amounting to $3.50. They missed a
package containing several thousand
stamps, just received at the postoffice,
which had not been opened, but was
in the safe. The officers are looking
for two suspicious characters who
were in Calender on the day proceed.
ing the robbery, but have no clue.
Eleven bad prisoners. six of whom
had just been sentenced to terms in
the penitentiary aggregating more
than twenty years, almost succeeded
in a clever plot to break out of the
county Jail in Sioux City few nights
ago. A few hours work with hack.
saw and soap alone were between
them and liberty when one of the pris-
oners in the scheme peached on his
pals and laid the plot before the taller.
The men were Immediately isolated
and later there was wholesale ship.
ment of the penitentiary birds to Ana.
mosa prison. Friends had smuggled
the saws to the men. During the
night they sawed off all the bars, but
one or two in one of the large general
cells and the following night they
hoped to finish the job. Their escape
would then have oeen easy. The in.
formation reached the jailer just in
time to prevent contamination of
re job, however.
After a few hours deliberation the
jury that has for more than a week
been trying w. E. Reynolds at Orange
City, on the charge of numbering Rev
Samuel Crofton, a blind negro, found
the defendant not gul.cy. This case
has been one Of the most sensational
in northwestern Iowa, and 1t was hard
fought for ten days. The crime
which remains a mystery-was com.
mitted last fall. On the End day Of
August, w. T. Reynolds, travelling
agent selling Dianos and Orpans an