Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-28
IOWA CONDENSED.

Governor-elect Shaw has named
Maj. Melvin fl. Byers, of Glenwood,
for adjutant general of the state.
Albert Klavtter, 20 years old, met
his death at Dubuque recently while
skating on the river. He skated into
an air hole and disappeared before
help could be summoned.
A fourth damage suit has been filed
recently at Waterloo against the
rapid transit company by victims of
the wreck near Cedar Falls in October.
The suit is instituted by Frank Foulk
and is for the same amount as the
others, $1,000
Attorneys in the Charles Dexter will
case met at Charles City recently for
the distribution of an estate of almost
5000, O0o Hamilton college, New York,
was given SIS, 900; Charles Dexter, of
Sedalia, Mo-, $4,000; heirs of Edgar
Talman, Madison, Wis, $1,000;
American Bible ard other church
societies, $4,000, and the remainder
to the widow.
Marshalltown last week had the
most disastrous fire since the one of
1870. Despite the efforts of the entire
city fire department and willing cit
liens, the large wholesale grocery
house of Letts-Fletcher company, one
of the largest of its kind in .the state,
was completely destroyed, with the
handsome three-story building. The
stock was entirely ruined and the
building almost so. The loss on the
stock will be in the neighborhood of
$4,000, almost fully insured, while
the loss on the building will be $40, 900,
with only SIS. 600 insurance.
Council Bluffs dispatch: Nelson
Whittlesey, receiver of customs here,
who ran away recently, $4,000 short
in his accounts, has been apprehend-
ed by officers at Danville, Ky. With
him was the wife of local merchant.
who previously stood well in the COM
munity He deserted wife here.
Whittlesey for sixteen years was pub
Usher of the Daily Globe here and was
a prominent citizen. OF late he has
become financially embarrassed. The
Chicago treasury agent who is here
examining the defaulter's books, finds
that he has been robbing the govern
ment for seven months. There are
number of the mans friends whom he
borrowed heavily from in the last
days he spent here.
Attn annual meeting of the State
horticultural Society at Des Moines
recently the following officers were
elected: President, C. f. Gardner.
Usage; vice-president, NJ j. Wragg,
Waukee; secretary and librarian, Geo.
Fl. Van Houten, Lenox, reelected;
treasurer, w. NJ. Bomberger, Harlan,
reelected. Directors-Second district.
A. Branson, New Sharon, re-elected;
Fourth district, Wesley Greene, Dav-
EXPORT; Sixth district. A. l.. Plummer,
Ivy, reelected; Eighth district, X. p.
Speer, Cedar Falls, re-elected; Tenth
district, p Il. Kline, Storm Lake, re-
elected; Twelfth district. Eugene
Secor, Forest City, reelected. Prof.
j. l.. Budd was elected for three years
to succeed himself in the experiment
station committee.
Des Mones dispatch: The commits
sioners of the new Iowa Hospital for
the Insane at Cherokee have filed a
report with Governor Drake, in which
they review the work which has been
accomplished since the commission
began the construction of the hospital.
Four hundred thousand dollars have
been spent in putting in the founda.
tions and completing the super.
structure, and the commissioners now
ask for an appropriation from the
coming legislature of $279. coo. They
say that this appropriation is neccs-
sary in order to complete the hospital
and have it ready for occupancy in
1900.