Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

accidentally set herself or fire and
was horribly burned about the face
and head. She is still alive, but it is
thought she cannot recover.
Walter Little, the proprietor of the
Hotel Mack, at Grinneil, was taken to
Des Moines in charge of Special Postal
Inspector MacAfee and Deputy
Marshal Helwig. of Council Bluffs, and
soon after his arrival Mr.. Little was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Mason and bound over under
81 900 bonds to answer to the federal
grand jury on the charge of sending
letters containing obscene matter
through the mails. Mr.. Little fur
nished bonds and was released, to
appear at the next session of the
federal court, which will convene
some time The present month.
While section men on the Chicago 81
Great Western railway were going to
work near Marshalltown few morn
ings since they found a man on the
track apparently dead. The body was
removed to side track, where it was
found life was not yet extinct. City
officers were at once notified and the
man removed to the county jail, where
medical aid was summoned. After
two hours work the physician finally
succeeded in restoring him to con-
seriousness. When he was able to talk
The gave his name as Joseph Tillotson,
said he was IS years old, and b ing out
of work was tramping over the
country TO find employment. He said
he was an Englishman and had no
relatives in this country. He had been
without food for four days and simply
fell on the track exhausted.
The business portion of Corning was
practically wiped out by fire few
days ago and four residences were de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at
about 100000. One man was hurt
and several badly burned while fight
ing the flames. A tramp in a box car
near the elevator was burned to a
crisp. The fire started in IAN elevator
between and 3 o'clock a. M. and
simultaneously flames were discovered
in one of the business houses two
blocks away. The waterworks were
badly disabled and help was asked
from Creston, Clarinda and Villisca,
which sent chemical engines to assist
in saving the little town if possible.
The fire is supposed to be of incendiary
origin, started with the motive of rob-
berry. While the fire was raging, a
woman, Mrs. A. L. Harris, was chlor-
oformed in her home and the house
ransacked with little result. A num-
Der of cases of minor Importance are
also reported.
The celebrated soldiers home case,
entitled Daniel o. Ball, eft al, appel
lees, VS.. 5. b. Evans, J.. J.. Russell, A.
II Orchard, n. a. Merrell, C. l..
Davidson and j. w. Morton, consti-
tuting the commissioners of the Iowa
soldiers home, and j. L. Ratekin,
commandant, appellants and which
was appealed from the district court
of Marshall county, has been decided
by the supreme court in favor of the
officers of the home. This was an
action in equity brought by certain
inmates of the Iowa soldiers home for
the purpose of setting aside certain
rules adopted by the board of COM
missioners of said home, and to enioin
the enforcement of said rules. \ tenn
porary writ of injunction was issued
pending the hearing of the cause,
restraining the defendants from appro-
priating any of the pension money
belonging to any inmate of the home.
The supreme courts decision holds
that the board has right to appro-
pirate all pension money in excess of
So per month.
One of the two robbers who killed
two men in the bank at Sherburne,
Mimi, while footing the concern
stopped at farm house in Kossuth
county to get something to eat. Ten
minutes later the robber was startled
by the sounds of hoofs. The posse
had come in upon him and the house
was surrounded. The daring robber
would not surrender without show of
fight, and darted for window and
out he jumped. Marshal Gallon was
stationed there, but before he could
level his gun on him the bandit had
whipped out his revolver and sent a
bullet through the breast of his victim.
1t entered just above the left nipple.
Gallon fell and was carried into the
house and lived only four hourl. The
bandit mounted his wheel and for five
miles managed to keep a good distance
in the lead of the posse. His bicycle
then went down on him on account of
a puncture, and he left it by the side
of the road and set out on foot through
corn field. Deputy Sheriff Brayton
was close upon his heels and he let
him have il with double barrelled
shotgun. The bandit, seeing he had
no chance to make his escape, placed
his revolver to his head and sent ball
whizzing through his brain. BY the
time the deputy sheriff reached him
he was dead. His body was then
riddled with bullets. Most of the