Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-09-07


| seconds. Rush came in second.
Hon. A. n. Poyneer died at his homo
in Montour on the 2sth. Mr.. Poyneer
was born in 1891 at Salisbury, Conn,
| where he lived until 1861, when he
removed to Iowa and settled upon the
farm upon which he has always lived
since. He served IN the state senate
eight years, beginning with the
Nineteenth General Assembly. He
| represented the Tama- Poweshiel<
county district in the first term, and
Tama and Benton in the second. In
| 1890 Mr.. Poyneer was the republican
| nominee for Acknowledgements on
| the ticket with Mr.. Hutchinson.
j. S. Quinn and George Ranney were
arrested in Sioux City few days ago,
because they had in their possession
| quantity of stamps which were stolen
four years ago from the Alvord post
Office and had never been re-
covered. The men say that
they plowed up the stamps in field
year or more ago, and notified the
postal authorities. Two men were ar
rested tor burglaries committed at the
same time, and it is supposed that they
were the postoffice thieves though no
stamps were recovered. The men just
taken into custody had stamps in their
possession to the value of $500, mostly
Columbian stamps of large denomina-
ton.
"A bold tramp walked into the barn
on the w. E. Buxton farm in Eagle
township, Blackhawk county, few
d avs ago, harnessed the best team in
the stable, a pair of fine bays, led
them out, hitched them to a buggy
and drove away. And all the while
the women at the house stood and
watched the performance. They sup
posed the man was one of the farm
hands and had come after the team on
some special errand. When Mr.. BuX-
ton returned home in the evening and
discovered his loss, he Immediately
started on the trail of the clever thief
and followed him as far as Rienbeck.
There all trace of the man and team
disappeared.
The steamer Portland, just arrived
from ST. Mlchaels, Alaska, had on
board an alleged murderer in irons
under constant watch of Pinkerton
detectives. The prisoner is Frank
Novak, who was pursued over the
continent to Juneau, to Dyea across
Chilkoot Pass, over the lakes and down
the river to Klondyke and arrested.
Novak was a storekeeper at Walford,
small town near Cedar Rapids. One
night the store was burned. In the
ruins was found the charred body of
man. Novak's relatives claimed he
was burned to death. He had his life
insured for $50. 900, and a demand was
made for the money. Investigation
led to the belief that the body was
that of farmer who had spent the
night with Novak. The theory was
advanced that Novak murdered the
farmer and burned the store. Pinker-
ton men were put on the trail, with
the above result.
| Hon. j. d. Flanagan, a prominent
grain dealer of Fort Dodge, and who
house of representatives, committed
suicide a few days ago by taking
strychnine. 1t seems that ne had been
drinking considerably of late and was
| just recovering from protracted
spell of dissipation of that character
! when, becoming Respondent, he took
| the fatal dose. He swallowed the
poison at IL o'clock at night and
| Immediately repented the act, 1t seems,
| for he made the fact known TO his
| family and assisted them in every way
in an attempt to save his life. Their
efforts were of no avail, however, for
he died in cohvulsions at 2 o'clock a.
IN. 1t is said Flanagan had been
specializing on the Chicago board of
trade during the furry in wheat and
was on the wrong side of the market.
His life was insured for $4,000.
John Sherman, secretary of state,
has notified the state officers that the
law passed by the legislature taxing
insurance companies, is in violation of
the treaty with Switzerland, because
it is business discrimination against
the citizens of that country, which the
treaty agrees shall not be made. The
law in question taxes foreign insurance
companies per cent on the premium
receipts, while United States COM
panies are taxed but Pa per cent.
Attorney General Remley says that he
does not think the secretary is right,
because the treaty is not intended to
protect corporations, but only individ-
uals that a corporation rights ca n
not be extended beyond the jurisdic-
tion of the power that created it.
| The same law taxes companies organ
lied outside of the state of Iowa higher
than Iowa companies. Mr.. Remiey
| says he shall do as the state officers in
Kansas have done, refuse to recognize
| the right of the federal court to stop
the collection of this tax on the ground
that is an interference with interstate