Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Inc president mas announced the
following recess appointments: Il. V.
Powderly, commissioner general OF inn
MGR alton; Robert j. Tracewell, comp
trolier of the treasury; Moses p.
Handy, commissioner of the United
States for the Paris exposition.
The labor leaders of the United
States, in session at Wheeling;W. Va.
issued manifesto denouncing inter
ference with free speech and calling
upon the working men of the country
to lend all possible assistance to our
suffering, struggling feilow-workers of
the mines and to unite in defense of
our homes. our rights, our citizenship
and our country" President Gompers,
of the American Federation of Labor,
was appointed a committee of one to
arrange for sympathetic mass meetings
all over the country on August 5.
Advices from Cuba state that Gomez
Is marching on the capital. Weyler
has ordered extra precautions for
defense.
of the sultan. 1t is said more troops
are being sent to Crete and that the
sultan is not ready to concede auton-
! omy to the island. II so trcable is
! likely to be renewed.
| The ambassadors of the powers and
| Tewfik Pasha have agreed upon "a
| frontier claim in the peace treaty.
| The line drawn by military attaches
and insistedrupon from the first by the
! powers has been accepted by the sui
tan with a slight technical modifca-
| ton. The report that the Turkish
forces have been ordered to evacuate
| Thessaiy is confirmed
A dispatch from Singapore says that
the Chinese steamer Srihengann. bound
| from Singapore for Malacca, with 100
passengers. was wrecked in squall
| off Malacca on June 10. One hundred
| and twenty persons, including the
captain of thessteamer,r were drowned.
The remainder of the ships company
were rescued by passing steamer.
A Copenhagen dispatch says: A car
! rier pigeon has just been caught in the
vicinity of Tromso island. near the
north point of Norway, with the fol-
lowing stamped upon its wing: North
/ pole passed the 18TH"
At Lake Front Park, Chicago, a few
| days ago, the equestrian statue to the
memory of General John A. Logan
| was unveiled with suspicious cere-
monies. Judge Henry w. Blodgett,
| on behalf of the monument commits
| sioners, made an address presenting
the statue to the state. Gov. Tanner
accepted it in a brief address. The
Grafton of the day was delivered by
Geo. r. Peek. A splendid parade of
union and confederate veterans, United
States regulars and National Guards
men was reviewed by Mrs. John A.
Logan, her children and grandchildren,
| Secretary of War Alger, and number
of men Of prominence. The statue
was unveiled by John A. Logan, Jr,
grandson Of the dead general. The
statue is the largest equestrian statue
in America. From the base to the top
of the figures head is Is feet and IL
inches. Within The mound on which
it stands is a crypt for the reception
of GEN. Logan's remains.
Count Oukana, foreign minister from
Japan, says Japan must oppose the
annexation of Hawaii to the United
| States TO the utmost
The sultan has issued an trade
which appears to accept the frontier
line fixed by the military attaches of
the powers, with reservations, which
probably means that there will be
further delays.
+ Gomez says he is going to give the
Spaniard' warm Summers fighting
| and all he wants is plenty of ammuni-
ton.
An explosion in the shell loading
department of the Win chester fire
arms company's shops at New Haven,
Conn, resulted in the death of seven
persons and the injury of score of
others.