Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05

| separation from her husband. Ihey
had been married but a few years. and
until recently had lived happily
together. ur. Miller was denied per-
mission to see his little daughter
occasionally, and few evenings since,
when he met his wife out walking, he
seized the little one, telling her it
would be five months before she saw it
again, and II away. He refused to
| will be settled in the courts. The
| abduction has caused quite sensation,
as both parties are prominent.
The Misunderstanding between the
| sioux City school board and the Civics
| Club, high school society, over the
latter's refusal to expel it's president,
Madison Page, as demanded by the
board, for breach of school discipline,
has finally resulted in the withdrawal
of the society from the school. Ses-
sions are now being held at the mem
bers' houses, but regular headquarters
will soon be established somewhere in
the city. The board is talking of the
| establishment of rival society under
| its immediate direction, into which it
Is thought the Civics will gradually
drift, as the disadvantages of separa-
ton from the high school are already
manifested.
Passenger train No. Q, on the Illinois
| Central, was wrecked about mile
east of Raymond. A sudden rainstorm
| had flooded that section and under
| mined the track. The train was late
and was running at high rate of
| speed on a down grade. At the foot
of the grade the train struck the water.
The engine, baggage car and smoker
passed over safely. The day coach
was turned over on its side. The chair
car was set crosswise of the track and
the rear trucks crowded under the
sleeper. The first sleeper was thrown
partially crosswise of the track and
nearly broken in two. The special
ears bound to the G. A. X. encamp-
ment at Cedar Rapids, which were a
the rear of the train, were not derailed.
Fourteen people in the day coach were
injured, some of them quite severely,
but none seriously.
The whole building occupied by the
Green 81 Bentley wholesale and retail
drug company, of Oskaloosa, together
with the entire stock, was consumed
by fire, and adjoining buildings and
stocks badly damaged. The total loss
In addition to the drug stock, the
office fixtures and large library of
Judge l.. c. blanchard were consumed.
The offices of the Green Ridge, the
Iowa Fuel company, the Lost Creek
and the Foster coal companies were all
destroyed, though the valuable papers
were saved, Dr.. l.. A. Rogers lost
most of his office furniture. The
United States Express company lost
nearly all their goods, either by fire
or water. and the Oskaloosa National
Bank. though in an absolutely fire.
proof building, was badly smoked and
drenched with water. The law office
of Sewers, Malcolm & Bryan was also
destroyed, and it was with great
difficulty that part of their immense
law library was saved. Their library
was one of the finest and most extern
sive in the state. The smoke also
played havoc with the large four-story
dry goods house of Strasburger &
Company. Their loss cannot be
estimated. but it will be great, as
everything was badly smoked and
covered with SCOT. and some parts with
water.
Cyclone McCalmut. Council
Bluffs butcher. who recently assaulted
and nearly killed the daughter of a
widow because she refused to receive
his visits, was shot few nights ago
by Harry Hiser. Hiser is young man
of 20. the son of a widow, and he shot
McCalmut because the latter persisted
in forcing his attentions upon Hiser's
sister, girl of Is. The boy warned
the butcher that he would kill him if
he did not keep away from his sister.
McCalrnut refused and made taunt-
ing reuarS that reflected upon the
character of the girl. Both the mother
and brother have used every means to
induce the girl to keep away from the
butcher, and he had been forbidden to
come to the house. He would contrive
to meet her while she was going to
and from her work. She claimed to be
afraid to resist him. The boy procured
Il revolver and went in search of
McCalmut. lie met him in the Neu-
meyer hotel on Broadway, but
McCalmut ended him and got away
from the hotel. IIiser followed and
overlook him in front ola livery stable
Il few doors further down the street.
McCalInut saw him and tried to hide in
the stable, but Hiser caught him and
fired three shots while only few feet
away. One of them struck McCalmut
in the mouth and passed through his
cheek without doing serious injury;
another grazed his shoulder and the
third missed The boy was seized and
disarmed before he had time 10 COM
plete the killing. In the city Jail he