Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK


Eight hundred Armenians who
escaped from Constantinople during
the last massacre, are stranded in
Marseilles for want of funds necessary
to carry them to Armenia.
At Trenton, n. j., John S. johnson,
the cyclist, went mile in 1:47, break
ing all records.
VIM. c. Whitney, ex-secretary of the
navy, and Mrs. Edith f. Randolph,
widow of the late ex-Captain Arthur
Randolph, of East Court, Wiltshire,
England, were united in marriage at
Bar Harbor, Me-, on the Goth.
Mills have recently resumed opera
tions at Troy, n. Y, Waltham, Mass,
Manchester, n. H., and Holidaysburg,
Pa, giving employment to 10000 men.
Thirty-five Spanish volunteers were
surrounded by Cubans, near Quivican,
province of Havana, and twenty-three
of their number were killed.
Wilbur F. Porter has been named
for governor by the democrats of New
York
Over 500 train dispatchers and oper-
ators have stopped work on the CANA
dian Pacific railroad as result of
strike which has just gone into effect.
Mount Holyoke College, at South
Haley, Mass, the pioneer institution
for the higher education of women, has
received severe blow in the burning
of the main building, with a probable
loss of S1j0,O00 None of the 400 stu
dents or faculty We're injured, there
being ample time for the escape of all,
with part of their personal effects.
Massachusetts democrats met in
three different halls in Boston and
n ominated George Fred Williams for
governor and a full state ticket on the
Chicago platform. From one meeting
a number of gold men bolted and
nominated ticket to stand on the
Indianapolis platform.
John Boyd Thacher, nominated for
governor by the New York democrats,
has declined to run.
The Peary expedition has returned
from the Arctic regions without the
meteorite for which it was sent.
Two men carefully disguised COM
mitted daring robbery at the Union
Foundry Company's office in Brighton
Park, Chicago, few days ago and
robbed the company of $1,000. They
then escaped by means of buggy,
but not before they had shot one man
and fired several shots into a crowd of
people who were chasing them. A
patrol wagon gave chase, but did not
succeed in capturing the robbers.
In an interview just previous to his
departure from Vancouver, Ii Hung
Chang stated that he regarded the
United States as ''the model govern
ment of western civilization"
Gladstone delivered forciole
address before the Liverpool Reform
Club few days ago on the subject of
the attitude of England toward the
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pendent action. Resolutions offered
by the ex-premier, declaring that the
government would have the fullest
public support in whatever steps it
might take to put a stop to the
atrocities being committed in Turkey,
were unanimously adopted by the
meeting.
Leadville dispatch: Thirty warrants
were issued by the district court for
the officers and members of the
executive committee of the miners
union, all charged with the murder of
Fireman O'Keefe. Fifteen have been
served and the men named in them are
in Jail.
Pugilist Corbett was arrested at AS
bury Park, N. j., for making arrange
ments in New York City for a prize
fight.
On the 2sth Queen Victoria had
reigned fifty-nine years, three months
and three days, or longer than any
other British monarch.