Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-14

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door, closing and locking it and taking
the key with them. But, thinking it
might lead to their detection, it was
dropped in the back yard. No clue.
The supposition is that tramps did the
Job.
John Ryan, of Eddyville, and his wife,
while riding in a buggy on the road
between Foster and Abba, were over
taken by runaway team without a
driver near the house of John Collins.
Mr.. Ryan had pipe which he was
smoking driven into his mouth and
throat. 1t also knocked out two of his
teeth. Mrs. Ryan had one side of her
face broken. The team had run all
the way from Foster 1t belonged to
McCray's livery barn in Abba.
Fayette Holmes, retired farmer of
Iowa Falls, was seriously injured by
being dragged several blocks by colt
he was training. In teaching the colt
to drive he had attached clothesline
reins to the bride. The colt became
frightened and SHE'D, throwing Mr..
Holmes to the ground. The reins
frightened about one of his thumbs and
in this condition he was dragged until
the colt was stopped. He was bruised
in every part of the body, but luckily
no bones were broken.
n. b. Olson, former employe, of
Champlin Bros, prominent livery !'men
of Clinton, tried to forge a check at
the Clinton National bank, made
payable to himself. The cashier at
once recognized the check as a forgery
and Champlin Bros. were telephoned
to. In the meantime Olson left the
bank quickly and escaped, but was
later captured and placed under heavy
bonds. In default of payment he was
placed in Jail to appear at the next
term of the district court.
Mrs. Norman Lockwood was instant
ly killed and her son probably fatally
injured by an Illinois Central freight
train on the Sioux Falls branch not
far from Cherokee. The woman was
horribly mangled, her skull being
crushed into pulp and the body badly
disfgured. The young man had his
shoulder blade broken and was other
wise SO seriously injured as to leave
little hope of recovery. He was about
"a years old, and the accident was due
TO his carelessness in attempting to
make a crossing ahead of swiftly
moving train. They were highly
respected people, and the accident
caused ahock to the community.
Peter Pals, ST., living a mile west OF
Allison, committed suicide by shooting
himself. Two shots were fred from a
shot gun into his head, and death was
instantaneous. The left side of his
face was shot entirely away, and his
features were so mangled that his face
was unrecognizable. For two or thee
days past he had been sullen and
morose, and it is thought he committed
the act while temporarily insane. He
was German So years old and leaves
a wife and family of five children. four
boys and one girl, the latter being
married. Sixteen years ago he had a
sunstroke, five years ago he had
another, and last summer still another,
and it is thought that this had some
thing to do with his insanity.
The recent opening of the forfeited
O'Brien county railroad lands has
developed sensation. j. w. Pugh
has filed charges against Register
Evans, of the land office, claiming that
+. w. Evans, brother of Register K. Il.
Evans, of the land department, and
himself chief engineer of the federal
building, and one, Dempsey, day fire.
man of the federal building, secreted
themselves in the corridor of the
structure and slipped into the head of
the line of the settlers, thus being
enabled to be the first to file claims on
the land. He charges Register Evans,
unjustly, the government inspector
holds, with being in coliusion with
these two government employees in the
affair, and alleges numerous other
irregularities with the opening of the
lands.
The furniture factory of the Ander-
son & Winter Manufacturing Company
at Clinton was entirely destroyed by
fire. The fire was first discovered
about o'clock p. m. by the Waterman,
who said it sounded like an explosion
from the third story of the building.
Soon the flames leaped toward the
roof and had made considerable head
way before the fremen could reach the
building. All three departments
responded and succeeded in keeping
the flames confined to the factory,
though j. A. Kelly e. Bro. IS large
factory, sixty feet away, was in a
shower of sparks for an hour. The
building burned is three-story brick,
60xl50 feet, which cost $4,000 three
years ago. In it was $50, 900 worth of
the latest woodworking machinery, all
new, and about 900 worth of made
up furniture and stock. The total loss
is $40, 900, with only $500 insurance
The company was working seventy
men twelve hours day. All of the
plant was destroyed, except the engine
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