Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-06-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Senator Cullom. of Illinois, announces
his withdrawal from the race for the
republican presidential nomination.
A tornado struck Wyeth City.
Ala bama, few days ago, demolishing
thirteen houses and killing two
| persons.
Late advices from Oregon show
that the republicans have elected both
of their candidates for congress.
A bomb was thrown into process
sion at Barcelona. Spain, and as re-
suit, eight are dead, twenty-one are
| dying, and eighteen are seriously in
| jured. The outrage is supposed to
| have been the work of anarchists.
Martial law has been declared.
recently called upon President Cleve-
! land to inquire relative to what action,
| if any, had been taken in the Com
petitor case. The president said he
was writing note to the Spanish
! government giving it to understand
! that the barbarous warfare in Cuba
must be stopped, and that the Ameri-
| cans convicted and sentenced to death
because of their connection with the
Competitor expedition would be pro-
tected by all the power of this govern
ment if necessary. He said the con-
viction was an outrage and not to be
| tolerated.
! jules Francois Simon. the celebrated
| French statesman, a life member of
| the French senate, member of the
French academy, perpetual secretary
of the academy of moral and political
sciences and formerly prime minister
of France, died in Paris a few days ago.
Advices from Cuba say Antonio Ma
Geo has made good his boast that he
would pass the trocha whenever he
wanted to. With $500 men he at
| tackled the trocha near San Marcos,
| routed the force which he met and
sent 800 men across into the Havana
province. Maceo is reported to have
10000 men nearly all well armed.
| Three robbers entered large gen.
eral store at Chicago a few nights
since, while the store was crowded with
customers, and. while one guarded the
! entrance SO that no one could escape
to give an alarm. the others proceeded
to the cashiers desk and compelled
her to permit them to take the money
on hand, amounting to about $500.
| A Paris newspaper asserts that
3,s13 persons persisted and that 10000
persons were injured in the panic at
Moscow.
The executive council of the
Transvaal has postponed until June IL
its final decision regarding the release
of the four reform leaders.
| The committee of the French cham
Der of deputies has approved the bill
making Madagascar French colony.
1t is denied that Gov Bradley, of
Kentucky, has withdrawn from the
race for the presidency.
Austin Corbin, the New York mil
| lionaire. who from 1851 to 1865 was a
| was dt
Newport, n. H., in runaway. His
! grandson had leg broken and the
coachman was internally injured and
| died later.
The spring races at Omaha commence
June and end June l3. Some of the
best horses in the country will be
! there.
Advices from Oregon show that in
the recent election the republican state
ticket was elected, and that the repub-
licans secured control of the leglsla-
ture. Both of the candidates for con-
gress on the populist ticket were
elected.
General Lee, United States consul
general TO Cuba, has arrived at
| Havana.
Kansas and Kentucky democrats
declared for the free coinage of silver.
Persimmon, owned by the Prince of
| Wales, won the English Derby.
7. NJ. Arthur has been reelected chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.