Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-11-01
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS |

At Tifiin, o., IN an effort TO get at
the murderer os the marshal, "a mob
went TO the Jail and tried TO beat down
the cage. The door had been forced
| and the grating removed when the
sheriff and three guards, after. having
! warned the mob TO desist, fred, killing
two of the leaders, one of whom car
ried rope. Later the militia was
called ont and the murderer removed
20 an adjoining county.
The French chamber of deputies re-
fused TO vote confidence in the cabinet,
which at once resigned.
Another massacre of Armesiians has
'eccurred near Erzeroum and Treb-
/ iz0nde. Five hundred Mussulmxns set
tire to several villages and shot down
the people rs they fled. Men and
| women were captured and fastened to
stakes and burned alive. Women were
outraged and brutally murdered.
Probably $50 were killed.
/ Il. II. Holmes, the multi-Hlurderer,
is now on trial at Philadelphia for the
murder of Benz. Pietzel After asking
for continuance. which was refused,
his attorneys withdrew from the ease,
and Holmes rs acting AS bis own
lawyer.
Steve Brodie, the bridge Jumper
actor, has offered a purse of $1,000 To
/ Gorbett and Fitzsimmons if they will
stop talking and fight it ont.
! The Westminster Gazette, London.
urges an English-United States alli-
, ance to aid Japan IN maintaining the
status quo in the east, now threatened
! by the action of Russia.
| Corbett and Eitzsimmons may yet
/ fight at Hot Springs or FL Paso.
! st. Louis will offer $780, for the
republican National convention.
| A statement telegraphed from Shaug-
hal that Russia, in new treaty with
/ China, has secured the privilege of
anchoring her fleet at Port Arthur and
constructing railroads On the Lao Tung
peninsula. has caused a sensation
among the powers, and has reopened
| the eastern question with a vengeance.
A dispatch from Shanghai says
fifteen Russian warships are en- route
TO Corea. Japan has recalled her fleet
from Formosa and England has sent
several vessels TO the scene Japan
has declined to evacuate Corea and the
situation is grave.
COnstantinople advices say that fifty
young Turks convicted of excuses
during the recent riots were taken on
vessel and dropped into swift
current
A Cuban officer now In America saws
the insurgents now occupy three
fourths of Cuba.
Ex-senator Van Wyel, of Nebraska,
who was stricken with apoplexy at
Washington recently, died few days
ago.
The republican national coDaniiJtee
viii meet in Washington December 10
to select the time and place for holding
the next convention.
In recent battle the Cubans killed |
300 Spaniards.
The Arkansas supreme court decided |
that the law of 1891 against prize fight |
ing in that state is valid and operative.
At the meeting of the w. C. T. U. at |
baltimore frances Willard was again |
made president.
dispatch says that Secretary Olney |
and the president have disagreed on
the foreign policy and Olney may re-
sign
Yancey Lewis of Ardmore, I. r., is |
appointed United States Judge of the |
central district of the territory, to sue |
coed Judge STUART
j. Sam Brown is appointed receiver |
CT the First National Bank of Yelling
ton, Kan. the suspension Of which was
announced October q.
1t is expected that appointments will
be made soon to fill the vacant positions
of solicitor of the treasury and United
States judge in Alaska. i
The Lincoln county Citizen of Hunt
ington, W. Va, dominates Coin" Har-
vey for the head of the populist presi-
Dental ticket.
The treasury shows an available cash
balance Of $1S2, 1S3, 69S and gold re-
serve Of 1913, 291 .O87.
At Minonk and North Aurora, H., the
schools have been closed on account of
diphtheria.
Miners in the Massillon district are
resuming work and the strike Is practi-
cally at an end.
Milwaukee will not pay the bills OF
patients sent to the Kelley institute by
order Of the Probate court to be cured
OF the drink habit.
insuring Consynpsives.
CINCINNATI, October ai.-Special.-
Reports say that "a leading life insurance
is accepting risks to the