Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-01
THE NEWS IN IOWA

Ed Boyle, who was shot in the ARRAY
Mt Frazer, has died from the injuries
received at the dance some days ago.
Nine students of the Epworth Semi.
nary, Dubuque, are under arrest on o
charge of having voted illegally at the
late election.
Fitzgibbons, then years old, swal.
lowed a small tin whistle. His death
is now recorded, it is believed, as a
result of that accident.
Elizabeth NJ. Blythe, mother of Hon.
James NJ. Blythe, ex-chairman of the
republican state central committee,
died very suddenly at her home in
Mason City, aged "A years.
John Siemmons, aged 20, a farmer
living near Independence, was killed
while moving a building. Ohe of the
ropes broke and in the recoil cut his
abdomen. He died in half an hour.
The 7-year-old son of C. NJ. Mills, a
prominent official in the Dubuque post
office, was fatally injured while trying
to climb on wagon. He fell under
the wheels and his skull was crushed.
Guy Johnson was instantly killed
while at work at the Murray Iron
Works in West Burlington. He was
caught in shaft and thrown around
belt, breaking an arm and crushing
his head.
Jasper county has just completed a
new infirmary at Newton, the cost of
which was $4,000. The building is
one of the finest of the kind in the
state. The inmates are now being
moved in.
1t Is now alleged that not only the
nine students at Epworth Seminary,
Dubuque, voted illegally, but that
twelve students of the Lutheran
Seminary and eighteen students of the
German Presbyterian Seminary voted
illegally, and they will be cited to
appear before the investigating board.
The matter has created great interest
in Dubuque.
Ralph Reynolds of Gowrie. young
man of feeble intellect, was badly
frightened some time ago by some
men playing the ghost act upon him
and has been in the asylum twice since
from the effects Recently Mr.. Thorn
as Reedy, prosperous farmer, was
served with papers making him de-
nj in do So O.
by the boys parents.
Gus Lynn and Ralph johnson, who
are charged with blowing up the safe
in the Citizens Bank at Bedford
on November 3, were captured by
Sheriff Tong at st. Joseph, Mo-, and
brought to Bedford and given pre-
limirary hearing. They were .bound
over to the December term of the
district court. The evidence against
them is strong.
B.Von Lengen, a Holland farmer
residing six miles east of Ackley, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself to
rafter in the barn loft while his
family was at church. Won Lengen
was so years of age, and leaves wife
and family. The cause of his rash act
is said to have been dependency from
family and other troubles.
Mrs. John Hilbert, living about
three miles east of Minden, co mmitted
suicide at her home by taking
strychnine. She was in town during
the afternoon doing some shopping,
and seemed as cheerful as usual. Mrs.
Hilbert leaves husband and four
small children. Domestic troubles are
thought to be the cause of the rash
act.
Des Moines sends greetings to
Omaha, Kansas City, st. Paul, st. Louis
and Chicago, and asks if they have
wholesale shoe house which can show
as great an increase last week as the
firm of Bentley & Olmsted, of Des
Moines. This firm sold almost $50, 600
worth of shoes last week, which was
&l3,997.34 more than they did the
corresponding week last year.
The jury trying Ned Hemphill for
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Unionville, May 12, returned a verdict
of not guilty. The foul murder be-
comes deeper mystery than ever. A
pretty girl of 10 years was shot down
in the dark. Hemphill was her lover
and was said to be jealous of rivals
attention. He was indicted for the
crime by the Appanoose county grand
jury and tried at Bloomfield on
change of venue.
The jury in the case of Phillip
Wickee VS.. City of Des Moines for
personal injuries received in a fall on
an alleged defective sidewalk, awarded
Wiclsee $375. He sued for $1,000. He
claims to have fallen in hole in the
walk on the north side of East Walnut
street between East Sixth and Seventh
streets. The city claims he fell be-
cause the walk was covered with ice
and sleet and will appeal the case to
the supreme court.
Fire destroyed the Creston Roller
Mills, valued at from SIS, 600 to $40, 600.
insured for 81 900. The building was