Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-11-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

| There were Dut nineteen victims or
the horrible street car accident at
| Cleveland.
! Three disintercsted men say that
they have recently seen BENZ. Pietzel,
| for whose murder IT, II. Holmes was
recently convicted at Philadelphia.
| 1t is said that in his annual message
to congress President Cleveland will
recommend the retirement OF green
backs.
The sultan announces that he has
| dispatched commissioners to Asia
Minor to put into force the reforms
insisted upon by the powers.
Advices from Minister Terrell con-
firm report that 500 Christians have
been killed at Kharput by Turks. The
American missions have been destroy
ed, but no Americans have been killed.
Rev. S. +. Smith. author of "Amer-
ica.' dropped dead at the New England
depot, in Boston. on the evening of the
| 10th.
The New York Journal says another
bond issue is soon to be made
Private detectives at Chicago killed
man while looking for his brother.
/ Eight have been held for the murder.
At Cleveland. o., crowded street
car crashed through an open draw
I bridge and fell i0i feet to the water
below. About thirty passengers were
| on board aud all of them were drowned.
The motorman was the only person to
! escape. The blame is said to rest on
the motorman and conductor.
| Dan Stuart has offered $40, 900 for
| fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons
to take place near FL Paso, and guar
| antecs nou-intcrference. Corbett says
he has retired and turned the cham
| pionship over to Manner.
Turkey has given England slap in
the face by reinstatng three officials
whom she bad dismissed at England's
request.
| A daughter was born to the czar
! and czarina on the 18th. The mother
| is rapidly recovering The child has
| been named Olga
| 1t is said that Spain, before conced-
! ing independence to Cuba, will throw
her over To England for the collection
of money borrowed by Spain to carry
| on the war.
| The gold reserve is now 0,000,O 00
Luther Beecher. n young son of
prominent family of Detroit, was rob-
bed and his body thrown on the track,
where it was frightfully mangled by
! train
Twcnty-seven political prisoners
were shot to death at Nichteroy, Brazil
Russia has sent five war ships to
Constantinople. Great Britain, France
and Italy have already sent vessels
and Greece will send several soon.
Schlattcr, the Messiah" who has
been effecting some peculiar cures at
Denver by the laying on of hands. has
disappeared, leaving note saying his
mission in Denver was ended, and that
the Father had called him. He was to
have been witness in court against
some blessed" handkerchief fakirs,
and the authorities are looking for
him. Many thousands express great
faith in his work and sincerity.
A dispatch from Constantinople
states that all the American teachers
in the Trebizond and Erzeroum dis
tricts have been killed The situation
is growing worse daily,
1t is announced that England has de-
clared was against Ashanti.
At Louisville, Ky, Otto Zeigler
lowered the mile open, class p, bicycle
record TO 1853 2-5.
Miss Pauline, daughter of ex-Secre-
tary of the navy Whitney was married
at New York on the 18th to Almeric
Hugh Paget, of England
At Colorado Springs, a few nights
ago. the agent of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press company was held up by two
robbers. who compelled him to open
the safe and give them $4,000 which
they knew had been sent by late
train. In the safe were other pack
ages containing 1000 a part of the
same consignment. which they did not
get. Blood hounds are on their trail.
Advices from Constantinople state
| that the Armenians at Zeitoun are in
rebellion and have killed thirty Eve
Mussulmens. They have also carried
off the arms and cattle OF the people in
that neighborhood.
Spring Valley Rioters Sentenced.
| Princeton. ILL.,. Nov. 19.-The Spring
Valley riot case came to an end Satur-
day morning at 8 o'clock, when the
jury, which had been out all night, re-
| turned sealed verdict in open court.
| They found the thirteen men, John
Lauer, brother of the ex-mayor, Peter
Lauer; Peter Marietta, John Tista,
john Roche, John Bartoleo, Dominic
Barteno, Louis Bosetu, Joe Schneider,