Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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! Superior.
[ During recent engagement with
the Spanish troops, the Cuban
insurgents are reported to have been
| routed.
Five hundred employees of the Adams
Express Company at New York and
Jersey City have gone on a strike.
They charge that wages have been
reduced one-third and many old and
efficient men discharged for trivial
| reasons.
Samoa is said to be sinking back into
! barbarism and United States Consul
Mulligan says that King Malietoa is
| sitting on throne of paper, and has
/ to be supported by relatives who take
in washing. Sarloa is protectorate
of the United States, Great Britain
and Germany.
Three men were killed and fourteen
others injured, some fatally, by the
collapse of a four-story building at
Eau Claire, Wis, which they were
tearing down.
Spreading rails, caused by the
| intense heat. wrecked train on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, near
! Pueblo. Col The train was loaded
with tourists. but only the engineer
and fireman were killed.
Gladstone and Iii Hung Chang met
at the formers En- glish home one day
last week. They discussed various
subjects through their interpreters
and after tea were photographed
together.
According to recent dispatches Spain
is preparing to present claim for
damages to the United States for large
sums, the claims being based upon the
many filibustering expeditions that
are alleged to be secretly leaving our
ports.
The democratic headquarters have
at last been located at Chicago with
branch in Washington.
The Italian ambassador has made
demand for reparation fcr the Italians
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has been assured that justice shall be
promptly done the families of the dead
men.
Saturday while employees of the
Brown Hosting Works in Cleveland
were returning from work they were
attacked by party of strikers. former
employees of the concern, and as a
result of the fight which occurred one
striker and one ''scab' are now lying
dead and several others are seriously
injured. 1t was one of the most das-
tardly attempts at revenge ever at
tempted by organized labor.
The ocean greyhound ST. Paul has
broken all records of speed by cross
ing the Atlantic in 8 days and 81 min
| utes.
! News from Kansu, China, says that
Tung Fdhsiang, in obedience to an
imperial command, has begun the
massacre of all the Mohammedans he
comes across. At flaming Flu he slew
| 5000 business men and sold their wives
and female children. Fears are enter
! tanned for general uprising. Floods
are doing terrible damage in China.
In many places entire towns are sub
merged and there are many deaths.
! Hundreds of homeless men, women
and children are starving.
! DIR. Nansen and Lieut.. Schotthansen
the polar explorers, have arrived at
the island of Vardoe. Norway. Com
munications state that they abandoned
the Fran in the autumn of 1895 and
resorted to the ice. The steamer
W.ndward, carrying supplies to the
Jackson Harnesworth expedition.
picked them up near Franz Josef
Land. They expected that the Fran
would eventually drift TO the east
coast of Greenland DIR. hansen failed
! to reach the north pole, but he touched
a point four degrees nearer than any
other explorer has done.
The total number of deaths in the
greater New York district during the
/ past week as result of the torrid
wave is estimated at from 700 to 900.
| Molah Reza. who assassinated the
shah of Persia, was hanged few days
ago.
The sultan of Turkey has refused to
grant the Cretans other reforms than
| those extended to them by the Helepa
congress.
A New York dispatch says:
| Bryan and Sewa.l were formally
notified of their nomination to the
! r.esidency and vice presidency re-
pectively at Madison Square Garden.
| The address was delivered by Gov.
| Stone, of Missouri. Mr.. Bryan re-
sponded and spoke at length, meeting
with frequent demonstrations of APP
| prevail Mr. Sewall was then formally
notified and responded briefly. The
hall contained 10000 people. Later
in the open air, Bryan addressed a
crowd of 10000 people.
| Lynching Interests Diplomats.
Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. 15.-Baron Fa.
| va, the Italian ambassador, left here