Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-09

authorities discovered too late that the
child was suffering from actual want.
The home is wretched one and the
parents of the child also suffered
greatly.
The supreme court has handed down
an opinion which is Of great import
ance to the National Guard system of
imposing and collecting of fines upon
guardsmen by superior officers. The
court holds that stbe officers of the
guard are incompetent to Judge as to
the sutficicncy of a mans excuse for
being absent from duty and it holds
that the absentee has a right to ex-
plain matters in the civil court.
Hon. John McHugh died at his home
at Cresco on the 3oth, from paralysis.
In 1883 he was a candidate for con-
gress in the Fourth district and only
lacked one-sixteenth of vote OF the
nomination. He represented his
county in the lower house of the legis-
lature; was candidate for railroad
commissioner in 1895, and was state
bank examiner under President Har.s
rison. He was one of the most noted
| Short Horn breeders in the state.
Judge Brennan. in the district court
at Muscatine, entered Judgment in
favor OF Mrs. j. VI. Tiffany, of Chicago,
! for 81, 600 against the grand lodge, A.
| O. L. w. Her husband was member
| of that order and went to Chicago in
1884, but his family has never been
able TO find clew to his wherea bouts
since January, 1887, and Judge Bren-
nan held she was entitled to the
money. The grand lodge did not
resist its payment, but simply wanted
the court to say the policy should be
paid.
A travelling salesman by the name of
Strasburger, representing a Chicago
liquor house. was arrested at Newton
a few days ago and arraigned before
Justice Mitchell under charge of MAX
ing nine illegal sales of intoxicating
liquors. He admitted that he had
taken nine orders. which were filed
| and the parties received the liquor,
but denied that such sales were
illegal. He was fined $3.50 and costs,
from which he appealed to the district
court His house promptly furnished
bonds.
In response to the proposed scheme
to esta blish feeding in transit rates on
all railroads, the Chicago Great
Western and the Keokuk & Western
roads announce that the rates are now
in force under certain restrictions.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
Chicago ~ Northwestern, Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul, Illinois Central,
Minneapolis & st. Louis and Chicago,
Rock Island &, Pacific roads announce
that they look with favor upon the
proposition and it is believed they will
soon act accordingly.
Five children, ages ranging from 10
to II years, were drowned in
slough on the Iowa side of the Mis-
souri, river, opposite Nebraska City.
The children were attending school
and at the noon hour went out to play
on the ice. They had all joined hands
when the ice gave way. They were
not missed until school time. when the
teacher searched and found them.
They still had their hands Joined when
found and had been in the water for
half an hour. The dead include son
of Mr.. Ilvane. a daughter of Felix
Gibson and son and two daughters
OF George Gibson. all'respected farm
ers.
In the case of the First National
Bank Of Storm Lake VS. Zeph Charles
Felt, the supreme court decided that
Felt could not be forced TO pay note
he made while president of the bank
The comptroller of the currency Oh
jected to the bank carrying an obliga-
ton of Warner Bros, in excess of 10
per cent of its capital stock, and to get
around this Felt gave his note for a
certain amount. 1t brought a third
party into the transaction. The OBJ
legation swas afterwards settled by
foreclosure and the bank brought suit
against Felt on the note he had signed.
1t was deemed accommodation paper
and was held not collectable
Bradley's Bank at Eldon was entered
by burglars few nights ago, the safe
blown open with nitro-glycerine, and
from five TO seven thousand dollars in
cash, all on hand, taken. The burglars
escaped. One Of the robbers was hurt
by the explosion, as an amount of
blood on the walls of the bank indi-
Gates. A team OF horses and a vehicle
were stolen from Rich Bros, groccrs,
by which the burglars, in all proba-
bility. made their escape. The en-
trance to the bank was made through
side window on the main street.
The brick vault was opened with tools,
which the robbers left behind. The
team and buggy taken by the robbers
were found near Sugar Creek, between
Eldon and 0ftumwa. Three strangers
were seen in Eldon the previous night.
Two were tall and one short. One
wore light overcoat. II is believed
that they went To Ottumwa and took