Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK


Alexander Salvini, the tragedian,
died at Florence, Italy, on the 18th.
The French steamer Marie Fanny
foundered off the Island of Attorney,
in the British channel, and her crew OF
fourteen men were drowned.
The schooner Three Friends recen tlv
left Fernandina, Fla, with another
! cargo of arms and ammunition for the
| Cubans.
1t is believed that the French steamer
| Coventry, from Bayannc for Cardiff,
has foundered with twenty hands on
board.
In the six-day bicycle race at New
York Edward Hale won the first prize,
his record being 1905 miles. The
former record of 1000 miles by Albert
Schock in 1898, was beaten by twelve
men.
The Cuban junta, of New York
have received by way of Jacksonville,
Fla, from their agents sent to inves-
tigate the facts regarding Maceos
reported death, definite information.
The dispatch to the junta says that
Maceo was assassinated through the
fundamentally of DIR. Zertucha, who
led Maceo and his staff across the
trocha, where they were met by
Ahumeda, and Maceo and his entire
| staff were assassinated with matchets.
A report is published that the winter
crops in the southern provinces of
Russia are greatly damaged by drouth.
The striking lockers at Hamburg
adopted a resolution in favor of coming
to an agreement with employers. The
conference will decide on the compo-
sition of the board of Cancellation.
1t is now reported that Venezuela is
dissatisfied with the terms of the
arbitration arranged by the United
States and will insist upon being
represented on the board.
The German ship Rajah. from Barry,
Wales, for Hong Kong, foundered In
the Bristol channel Two of her crew
were picked up. Seventeen others,
comprising the remainder of her crew,
were drowned.
A correspondent in Rome says it is
asserted there that Spain has asked
the pope to sound the European
nations as TO whether they could
support Spain in war with the
United States.
A Havana dispatch says Maceo's
personal physician has surrendered
and confirmed the announcement of
thesdeath OF Maceo.
Sherman, chairman of the republi-
can senatorial caucus, appointed VOL
colt, Hoar, Chandler and Gear a COM
mittee, provided for at the recent
caucus, to prepare way for interna-
tional agreement on silver.
Washington advices state that the
republican leaders and President-elect
Mckinley have agreed that the house
ways and means committee shall at
once begin work on tariff bill which
will be passed at special session to
be called soon after McKinley's inaug-
uration. The Dingley bill is to be
| abandoned.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Salier foundercd off Cape Corrubedo,
Spain, and the entire crew of sixty
five men and 210 passengers were
drowned. The passengers consisted
| of l13 Russians, 35 Galacians, 81 Span
| iards and German. The Salier was
bound from Bremen to Buenos Ayres
via Corunna and Vilgaric. The pas
sengers were mostly in the Storage.
Robbers held up an express train on
| the Iron Mountain road inside the city
limits of st. Louis. After stopping
the train they managed to complete
| the job of looting the express car in
fifteen minutes. 1t is not known how
much they secured.
Two of Sharkey's trainers have con-
fessed that there was conspiracy
existing to beat Fitzsimmons out of
his victory over Sharkey in the recen.
fight at San Francisco
1t is once more asserted that Russia
France and Great Britain have agreed
upon plan of action toward Turkey
The sultan is to be shorn of his power
and the powers will rule through him.
A passage of the Dardanelles is to be
forced If necessary.
claim that Maceo is dead, the Cubans.
with equal emphasis, deny the story.
and claim it is "a cruel hoax.