Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-11-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS |

L ne ECmDer OIL persons Ktlleu IN the
Detroit explosion was thirty-seveu.
Corbett has received S., 500 as h:a
portion of the forfeit due from the
Florida Athletic Club for failure to
bring off the fight. They will not
give Fitzsimmons any money, as they
say he tried to prevent the fight.
Peter Maher and Steve ODonnell,
Corbett's sparring partner, fought at
| Maspeth, T.. l. The mill lasted just 63
| seconds. O'Donnell was knocked
down three times and the last time
WAS counted out.
The representatives of the powers at
Constantinoplc held meeting and
decided to make fresh demands on the
| porte for protection for Armenians.
The Kentucky legislature, on joint
ballot, will have 6s republicans, 6s
democrats and populists. The latter
two have it in their power to choose
| the successor of Senator Blackburn.
Gen. Campos has recommended home
rule for Cuba.
Preacher Hinshaw, of i,anville, Ind,
! who was convicted of numbering his
wife. has gone to the penitentiarv for
life.
| Consuelo Vanderbilt was welded to
the Duke of Marlborough on the 9th
| An explosion of the boilers in the
building occupied by the Detroit Jour
| nal occurred, wrecking the building
| and hurling the three score occupants
| into the cellar. The wreckage at once
! took fire and many were burned to
death before assistance could be rem
dered. A great many were taken out
of the debris badly injured. and at last
reports seventeen dead bodies had been
| taken from the ruins. while probably
| n score or more are still missing.
| At Milwaukee the Royal Arcanum
! paid $4,000 policy on the life OF Ar
mold Brecher, the Chicago man whose
body was recently exhumed at the in
stance OF the life insurance companies
on suspicion that he had been poisoned.
The Illinois State Board of Health
has licensed the following physicians:
e. Ludlow, E. II. Mathewson, and C. E.
Patterson, Chicago; M. L. Finley, Kirk
wood: ]. S. Pari. Jacksonville; C. l..
Hamilton, Dwight; ]. E. Miller, South
America; and G. w. johnson, Dunning.
At Wilmington, DEL, the Addicks d.
vorce suit closed and the decision will
be announced in three weeks.
% 1t
line from Pensacola, Fla, to Liverpool,
was celebrated at Pensacola.
At Pittsburg, Pa, the Supreme court
affirmed the decision of the lower court
forcing Mayor Warwick of Philadelphia
to administer the oath of office to w. ].
Roney as receiver of taxes.
Senator Tillman made sturdy but
Intellectual effort to have clause pro-
viding for bipartisan election boards in
corporated in the suffrage article by the
South Carolina constitutional conven-
ton.
Henry H. Kingston has been appoint
ed general traffic manager of the Lehigh
Valley railroad, to succeed the late'John
Taylor. He is a son of Stephen B.
Kingston, formerly general freight
agent of the Pennsylvania.
There is much excitement and in
tense feeling between political factions
in the Cherokee nation, and bloOdshed
will result unless compromised. The
conditions are similar to those Of eight
years ago, when many men were killed.
The national party is contesting the
election of Sam Mayes as chief on the
Downing ticket, and the Indians are
collecting in the capital, armed to the
teeth, determined to aid their friends.
The executive council of the Ohio
sion at Cincinnati, considered the ad
visibility of asking congress for $780,
100000 to improve the Ohio river.
The shoe factory of the Bentley Shoe
company at Cazenovia, N. Y, has been
closed by creditors. Retail stores in
Syracuse and Rochester owned by the
same company shared oimilar fate.
Rev. Cyrus T. Brady, rector of ST.
Paul's church, Manhattan, Kan, and
archdeacon of Kansas, has been named
by Bishop Whitaker to be archdeacon
for the diocese of Pennsylvania.
Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania |
has appointed Evan r. Penrose of |
Doylestown bank examiner.
At New Orleans a receiver was ap.
pointed for the Bank of North America |
and its doors were closed. 1t is under |
stood that the deposits were less than
10000.