Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-05

w. L. Karron. now imprisoned in
the county Jail at San Francisco,
charged with embezzlement, has fallen
heir to $780, 600. James Karron, the
prisoners uncle, who was a prominent
mining operator in Montana and
Nevada, died recently at Austin, Iowa,
| leaving him a fortune.
Brunei Peters, the 16-year-old son
of Henry Peters, living near Parllers-
| burg. met instant death few days
ago by the accidental discharge of
gun in the hands of "a younger brother.
The two boys had been out hunting
and were on their way home. The
shell in the gun carried by the younger
brother refused to go off, and while
he was investigating, the cartridge
exploded unexpectedly, the charge
striking the elder Peters in the back
of the head.
Mons Minson, a young man living
three miles south of Vincent, in a
quarrel with his two brothers-in-law,
l.. l.. Larson and Osmind Peterson,
shot each of them with revolver,
neither being seriously hurt. In the
afternoon Constable Harding went out
to arrest Minson, who. upon his APP
proach fed to the house, locked him
self in his room, and fred shot
through his head dying instantly.
The quarrel is supposed to have been
over love affair in which the suicide
had become entangled. Three bullets
have been taken from Larson's legs
and one from Peterson S. Both will
recover. A family quarrel was the
cause.
Frank Novak, who was pursued by
detectives to Alaska and captured at
Dawson City and brought back to
Iowa, has been indicted by the Benton
county grand jury for the murder of
Edward Murray. The charges of con-
spiracy and arson were not considered.
Attorney Miner, who has been
retained to defend Novak, declares his
client has a defense the state little
dreams Of, and when made public will
place Novak in a more favorable light
before the public. He says there is no
truth in the report that Novak admit
ted to William Murray that he guessed
1T was the remains of Edward Murray
found in the debris of the burned
building. A change of venue will be
demanded.
A short time ago Hog Dodge, of
Atlanta, Ga, under the supervision of
John Cownie, of the Iowa Agricultural
society and Henry Wallace, of Wal
lace's Farmer, took charge of the
hogs AT the Polk county poor farm, and
since then two other herds, for the
purpose OF proving by public test his
treatment of cholera. At the close of
the first week, the record, which Is
accurately kept day by day, developed
the fact that the spread of the disease
among the herds under test had been
stopped; all losses occurring among
those designated as in a serious condi-
ton when placed under treatment. A
large proportion of the herd has been
J turned out several days, and those at
the poor farm continue to improve.
The city council, of Dubuque, which
recently extended the Dubuque street
Railway Company's charter to 194S. a
few nights ago, killed an ordinance
granting similar extension to the
Dubuque Light and Traction Company
The alderman and citizens who oppos-
ed the original extension did so prin-
cipally on the ground that the ordi-
nance did not provide for public con-
troll of rates. After it had been pass
ed they favored similar grant to the
rival company on the ground that if
public control of rates was to be yield
ed competition should be encouraged
and the rival company should have
the same opportunity to sell bonds
and make improvements. The only
reason given i'm defense of the discrim-
ination was that the Dubuque Street
Railway Company had made more
promises about improvements than
its rival, but this is generally regard
ed as a mere pretext.
| A terrible crime was committed by
a farmer living IN Carroll county.
Iowa, about eighty miles east of Sioux
City, by which eight lives have been
sacrificed. John Becker, a prosper
| Gus farmer living four miles south of
| Breda, murdered his wife and six
children and then killed himself. The
wife and four children were killed
outright, one little girl lived few
hours and the hus band and the oldest
boy are alive, but will die. The man
used two weapons. a musket and
small revolver. He shot his wife
with the musllet, a charge entering the
Jugular vein in the left side of the
neck The others were shot through
the head with the revolver. The
crime was discovered about 0 o'clock
a. m, when Becker's brother went to
the house, and, seeing nobody around,
broke open the door and found the
family dead or dying 1t is supposed
the crime was committed during the
night, as appearances show that all