Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-11-01
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at Moville was blown open by burglars,
The craGksnaen were SO much aDgeretl
when they found nothing inside that
they set fire to the Building, burning
it the ground.
The recent decision of the supreme
court In the case OF the Sioux City and
81. Paul Railroad company against the
United states, involving the titae to
certain lands in O'Brien, Dickinson,
plymouth and Woodbury. counties, has
caused q rush of squstters from Sibley
and Spirit Lake to unsettled lands in
Dickinson, county.
The population of Iowa is ofacially
declared TO be 2,O57, 125. The increase
since 1890 has been l54. asa, or SO peg
cent Nine counties of the ninety mine
show losses aggregating 1925. They
ore Clayton, Henry. Jones, Eeokuk.
] ucss, Pagean Pottowattomie. Sioux
City, Council Bluffs and Muscasine are
the only cities showing decrease.
Dubuque shows the greatest gain.
| TO- 2a. Sioux City shows the largest
| loss, 5000.
lsr. Palmer Findley. son of DR..
findley, of Atlantic, has refused the
position of major surgeon in the
Mexican army, offered by President
Dias. He held a position as hospital
surgeon for the Mexican Central
| railway at Silica for several months
| ti4is year and President Diaz .congrat-
| ulaSed him on the successful operations
he had performed. DR.. Findley has
located in Minneapolis and has decided
TO stay there.
The elimination of the Sabule we'd
ding supper poisoning case promises to
be number of criminal and civil suits.
There have been no new cases of the
ma lady, and most of the sufferers are
now eonvalescent, although the inn
provement is wonderfully slow, and
none of those in Sabula are able TO be
out yet, and but few even able to be
propped up in bed few minutes at q
time. There are still few cases that
are very serious, and the danger liae
is not yet passed.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered d decision in the ease of
the second mortgage bond holders of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railway Company against
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &c North
erp Railway Company. and the decision
is against plaintiffs. The suit involved
the lssne of 1000 bonds of 81, 900 each,
or the second mortgage bonds of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Mime
sofa railway. which was afterward alb
sorbed by the present defendant COM
pany. The suit was commenced in the
United States Circuit Court at Des
Moines nearly twelve years ago.
A few evenings since at about
o'clock destructive fire occurred in
Alta. 1t commenced in the lower
story of the butcher shop owned by
c. W. Garberson and occupied by Ed
Collier. The town is just getting
water works, but they were not CO! -
pieted. They had TO depend on hand
engine. The FIRE burned the whole
west side of the north block on Main
street, and broke nearly every plate
glass in the town. No one was
seriously injured, but many blistered
their hands. The buildings were all
frame except Clarkson's opera house,
which was yeneered brick. The loss
will exceed 500, 200, while the insurance
win not reach S25, ZOO.
There was head end collision Of
two freight trains in the Rock Island
yards at Atlantic few nights since.
A train coming in from the east struck
an open switch and crashed into an
extra standing on a side track only a
few rods distant The heads of the
engines came together and they stop
ped without leaving the track, but
were badly wrecked and SO tightly
wedged into each other that they
could not be pulled apart. Four cars
on the Chicago train were entirely
three of which were
loaded, and their contents were scat
tered in every direction. No other
cars left the track, but many on both
trains were badly damaged. No one
was hurt.
A Chicago dispatch says: r. n. Car
penter, Of Musratine, Iowa, who is
stopping at the Palmer House, had a
bard struggle with three of the most |
women thieves in Chicago in |
State street near the hotel, about mid
night. The women robbed him of |
$40, but he managed TO hold all three !
Of them until policeman came and |
arrested them. They are Minnie May,
Dora Donegan and Jennie Monroe
They were locked upat Harrison street
police station. Mr.. Carpenter stopped |
on the west side of State street To
speak to little girl who was crying.
While endeavoring to console the child
ne was accosted by man who said he
was policeman and exhibited a star
as his authority. He threatened Mr.. |
Carpenter with arrest if he did not |
leave the child alone. While in COM
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