Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-15

newly bored well, L. inches in diam
eter, slipped into it feet foremost and
fell to the bottom. 30 feet. 1t landed
in the bucket. which happened to be
down, and was .thus saved from
drowning. When an attempt was
made 10 draw it up the child's dress
caught in the siding of the well when
within II feet of the top, and it be-
came necessary to dig down and re-
lease it. The child was Dadlyfright-
ened, but otherwise uuinjured.
4 number of Iowa and some Illinois
people are considerably; worked up
over the recent action of Governor
Tanner in regard to the buclet-shop
question which has been causing much
trouble of late. Governor Tanner has
refused to recognize requisition
signed by .Goyernor Drake. authoriz-
ing the arrest of four Illinois men in
dicted in Iowa recently for bucket
shop practice. His refusal was based
on the ground that the men had not
been in Iowa and that he believed the
effort to get them across the Mississ-
ippi was to collect civil debts. He
supported his action by affidavits
made by the quartet interested.
Mayor Alexander, of Charlton, held
S. Il. Treasure to the grand jury in
$500 bonds, to answer to the charge OF
assault with intent to commit murder.
The Harvey family, it was reported,
had been talking about the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Treasure in damag-
TO meet and explain matters, but in so
doing they got into a heated discus
sion, and finally one of the women was
knocked down, and 5. Il. Treasure
slashed Morris Harvey with knife,
splitting his nose and slightly cutting
his chin, and ripping his clothes in the
| region of the heart. They were then
separated and Treasure taken to jail.
On Thursday, June "a, from a. III.
until 10 p m. the street cars of Des
| MONIES will be run by lady conductors.
The conductors will be prominent
society young women of Des Moines,
They have undertaken this hard task
for the benefit of the $500 gift fund
of the Home for the Aged and lnfirm.
On that day there will be a band
| concert or something of the sort at
the end of every street car line in the
city and all citizens will be asked tC
lay aside their bicycles and other
vehicles on that day and ride TO and
| from business on the cars. The
Women's Club has the plan in charge
and will manage the street railway
for that one day. 1t is expected thai
| the ladies will be able to add at Least
$1,000 to the gift fund.
At 0ttumwa few days ago Jesse
X. Hamilton, convicted in twenty
minutes, by jury, for completely il
the Eldon bank robbery, was sen
fenced to the penitentiary for eighteer
| months. There was a sensation wher
the Judge asked Hamilton if he had
anything to say. He scored the Pink
| ertons, the court, and said that if hi
could be convicted on the evidence
! introduced against him, any man il
| the court room could be convicted o
any crime. The Judge admitted t.
him that there was grave doubts as t.
his guilt in the mind of the court, but
that the jury had said he was guilty
and he would not go back on that
Nearly every one who heard thu
evidence believes the man innocent,
A fearful tragedy took place nea
Charles City few days ago. Franl
| Wiltse and Jerome Dow are brothers
in-law and are two prosperous ant
prominent farmers living two mile
east of Charles City. A dispute aros'
over the trespass of some cattle. The,
soon got to exchanging blows, wher
Wiltsc seized rock weighing abou
three pounds and hurled it with al
| head The murderous missile missed
it's mark, but struck Mrs. Dow
Wiltse's sister, in the back of hel
head, killing her instantly. She wa
| standing near as a witness to the dis
| pute, but becoming alarmed, started
| to run to the house. Wiltse, when N
| saw what he had done, was frantic
with grief. He at once gave himsel
up to Sheriff Parker and gave bond fol
| appearance at trial.
Henry Eifert arrived at the Ana
mosa penitentiary a few days ago un
| attended, booked for term of two
and half years. Eifert was banker
| In Bremen county who failed in 1894
| He was arrested for defrauding hi!
cred itors and when convicted was sen
fenced to the penitentiary for thirty
months He appealed the case anC
| while awaiting the decision of the
supreme court, lived under bond il
Chicago. Recently the supreme court
affirmed the decision of the lower
court. When Eifert was notified thai
| he would have to serve the term in the
| prison, he telegraphed that he would
| go to the prison alone and give him
self up to Warden Madden. The sher
| if and Mrs. Eiferts counsel met him
at the depot. When the time came to
,eo tho Ynr;copor hoo r1a1 fila tc.,r a.,