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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
is THE TIME TO STRIKE.
Tell-Tale Letters Captured by British I'm
Tribesmen's Camp.

Tell-Tale Letters Captured by British I'm
Tribesmen's Camp.
SIMLA, Nov. iT.-Official dispatches
from the British camp in Maiden
Valley say the Kempster brigade was
attacked by the enemy in force. The
tribesmen were driven off with the
assistance of star shells, which illumi-
mated the scene sufficiently to enable
the tribesmen to be seen. The British
officers found in the residence of the
muIlah letters from the Haddah
Mullah saying: The Turks have
beaten the Greeks and seized the
approaches to India and the British
reinforcements are cut off. Now is
the time to strike blow for Islam"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
BRIGHT IOWA WOMEN.
Writing a Composite Story for a Dali
Newspaper.

Writing a Composite Story for Daily
Newspaper.
Dies MONIES, Nov. l6.--The Des
MONIES Daily News, which has made a
great hit by reducing its price to 81 a
year, mas made arrangements with the
twelve literary clubs of the city,
whereby each club has chosen rep
resentative to write one chapter of a
composite story to appear in the Daily
News after the holidays. The
Women's club will write the first
chapter and pass it on from club to
club, the Review club writing the last
chapter. The ladies of the state are
much interested in the novel scheme.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
DURRANT RETRIEVED.

Supreme Court of California Grants Him
New Lease of Life.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. I'm the case
Of Theodore Durrant, who had been,
sentenced to hang to-day for the muir
der of Blanche Lamont, the supreme
court granted a stay of execution on
the ground that no official information
of the action of the United States SUI
preme court had yet been received
and that the supreme court had acted
too hastily
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
POSTMASTER ARRESTED.

INDEPENDENCE. Nov. I'D. Norris
King, former postmaster of Iiazleton.
was arrested in Chicago on a charge
of embczzling $500. He was taken
10 Dubuque He is said 10 have play
ed the board of trade ut independence
SO heavily the past year that he lost
all lie possessed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
BLANCO COMFORTS AN ENEMY
Feeds the Insurgent Lion, Which Will
Eat Him Presently.

EAU ID" fFVscHtfy'
NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE Worlds
Havana special says that Blanco has
undertaken bigger task than he can
accomplish. His first decree urging
protection for the cultivation of the
fields leaves the country in the hands
of the insurgents and furnishes them
food. Weyler had them well starved.
The insurgent army dropped from
100. 900 to 40, 900 men. Blanco is play
ing into the insurgents hands by his
policy of pacification. and his policy is
known as the Spanish suicide. How
ever, the Spanish army is worse off,
having dwiudied to so, 900 from 90, 600,
on account of feyers etc
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
RELIEF FOR THE WHALERS-
Government win Purchase Reindeer and
Equip an Expedition.


Equip an Expedition.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Secretarv
Gage has requested the secretary of
the interior to instruct Alaskan
officials to gather 800 reindeer from
the government herds for use in an
expedition for the relief of ice-bound
whalers in the Arctic regions. The
revenue cutter Bear is expected to
sail from Seattle in ten DAYS. and
twelve days later is expected 10
reach Norton's sound. where a large
party will be engaged for the overland
trip GOO m les to Point Barrow. The
reindeer will be driven by the party
and killed for food if necessary 1t is
expected Point Barrow will be reached
by the middle of February. The eight
ice-bound whalers have combined
complement of 2G5 men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
LONGLEYS MARROW ESCAPE.
Tossed Sixty Feet by Rock Island
Engine and Saves His Life.

TOssed Sixty rect oy lsock lsiahu
Engine and Saves His Life.
CESTERvILLE, Nov. 17.-Lew Long
ley had an escape from death just after
midnight which can be recorded as
not only a very fortunate one from the
young mans standpoint, but from
miraculous point of view it is perhaps
without parallel. He was tossed
twenty feet in the air with his horse
and buggy by the midnight Rock
Island flyer at the railroad crossing
east of the river and fell TO the ground
sixty feet away He suffered only a
broken arm and bodily bruises. His
horse was literally cut to pieces and
completely eviscerated and the buggy
was smashed into splinters.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Noyak On Trial.

VlNroN, Nov. l3-Frank Novak is
on trial in the district court for the
murder of Edward Murray A jury
has been secured and testimony is now
being taken. The case is exciting
much interest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Russia and Turkey Cemented.

CONsTANTINOpLE, Nov 1.-The sui
tan has conferred upon Connt Mura-
vieff, the Russian minister for foreign
affairs, the grand GORDON of the
Osmanli order, for his services i'm
consolidating the friendship existing
between the two countries"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
MOTHER AND BABE BURN.
Woman Tried TO Rescue Her Child and
Succumbed.

CLINTON, Nov. 16.-Ame!ia Paysen.
aged 4, was playing around bonfire
near her home, when her clothing
caught fire. She ran home screaming
and the mother snatched the child up
in her arms and started to the house.
The fire from the child's skirt set lire
TO Mrs. Paysen's clothes, and before
the flames could be extinguished both
were frightfully burned. Medical aid
was summoned, but was unavailing.
The child was seriously burned about
the head and body and the mother on
the back and breast. Both died after
several hours of agony.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Judge Randall IL Dead

MASON CITY, Nov. 15.-Judge Elisha
Randall. the pioneer settler of Mason
City and founder of western
Methodism, died yesterday at the age
of so wears
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

There are two remarkable state
ments. One is that heat is warm, and
the other that the New York Sun is a
Republican paper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

1t is announced that the special
United States commissioner TO the
Paris exhibition of 1900 has secured
one-ouarter more space than was orig
inally allotted to this republic. 1t is
now in order for the United States 20
sec that the country is not represented
there by space only.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Accented by Banker REYNOLDS.

DIES MONIES, Nov. l5.---George NJ
Reynolds, the Young president of the
that he has accepted the offer of the
casbiership ofthe Continental National
Bank of Chicago, and will begin his
duties December /. Mr.. Reynolds was
"a prominent candidate for comptroller
of the CURRENCY.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
WATCH WOUNDS BURGLARS.
Good Work of Waterman in Marathon
Store.

Store.
MARATHON, Nov. 15.-Four thieves
attempted to burglarize the Ross Drug
Company's store. They effected an
entrance through the front door. A
man sleeps in the store, and being
aroused by the noise and discovering
the thieves, he leveled q gun and
spoke. The thieves rushed for the
door and the Waterman fred two
charges of shot into the crowd.
Several shots were fired in return.
An hour afterward man was found
on the street seriously wounded in the
left side and arm. The escaping
thieves stole three horses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
WILL USE BLOOD HOUNDS.

Man-1railers Used TO Track Thieves at
AllertOn.
ALLERToN, Nov 16-The hardware
store of George L. Kerr was burglar
lied of knives, razors, spectacies and
revolvers to the amount of $50. Two
tramps were arrested on suspicion.
They had a quantity OF spectacles in
their possession. but Mr.. Kerr does
not identify them as his A pack OF
hunting blood hounds from Spickards,
Mo-, will be used to track the thieves.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
The Insurgents Use Dynamite.

HAVANA, Nov. i5.-rhe insurgents
dynamited IL train between Neuvtas
and the city of Puerto Principe. An
engine and several cars were wrecked.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
JAPAN AND RUSSIA THREATEN
At Outs Over Control of Corean Customs.
United States In It,

United States In It,
IoNDON. Nov ia special dispatch
from Shanghai says serious tension
exists between Japan and Russia,
owing TO the iatter's effort to control
the Corean customs. and some of the
the adoption of strong measures, even
to the extent of var with Russia 1t
is added, however, that the Marquis
Ito discountenances this step, and
United States and Japan make joint
representations to Russia on the sub
iect of Corea.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
HAYTI TO ADOPT NEW MONEY

Paper Currency to he Destroyed ana Cop
per and SILVER Recoined.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE United
States minister to iiayti from Port au
Prince says that the Haytian govern
ment has concluded "a loan for s., 900, 900
through LaZard Brothers, New York,
at per cent, to be delivered imme-
diatcly, the paper currency to be
destroyed and the fractional silver
and copper coin to be recoined in the
mlnts of the United States
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Seth Low has long believed that Of
flee has been seeking him with an
anxiety that amounts to severe pain.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
WEYLER CARRIED AWAY MAPS.
Spain Worried Over Rumors About Her
CAPTAIN General

NWpFHIU SsFHtTaI.
MADRID, Nov. Il, The semi-official
Correspondence referring to Havana
dispatch published i'm the New York
Herald, asserting that Gen. Weyler
carried off maps and other documents
concerning Cuba, says: The gravity
of the statements does not permit com
ments. The matter must be com
pleteiy elucida,ed, for. if confirmed,
the government will be obliged to
assume an inexora BILE attitude"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Characteristic modesty induced a st.
Louis man to order banjo mus" at his
funeral. II he had lived in CIicago
ne would have ordered the services OF
a brass band and the trumpeting OF
few elephants
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Snow In Iowa.

DUBUQUE, Nov 16.-The first snow
of the season fell last night and it was
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
south Carolina Liquor Law.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 15.--Judge Par
dee and Newman of the United States
Court handed down Il decision in the
famous dispensary case The judges
decided that liquors and wines in bot
ties packed in boxes and shipped in
carload lots, were, under the law of
South Carolina, clearly admissible,
and should be handled by any rail
road
All the street cars ~ Des Moines
pass the postoffice, ana many OF them
have letter-boxes attached. A letter
or other mail matter can he mailed at
any point and the ear is stopped to
receive it.
Lewis Weaver, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
has just buried his second wife, which
makes the twentyfrst funeral i'm his
family. lie has had twenty-seven
children and buried nineteen OF them.
lie 10 seventy years old.
In some parts of China the punish
mcnt for murder is slccplessness.
The cnlp rit is kept awake until he
dies. Under this treatment Il person
lives zine or ten days.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
VIII HING Child Murderer.

LIBERTY, Mo-, Nov. 17.-Wm. Carr,
was sentenced to hang December II.
Carr drowned his 3-year-old daughter
in the Missouri river. lie received the
sentence with a smile of satisfaction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
john Hymnn. oil I.oorootec. Ind.. !

John Lyman. OF i.oogootec, Ind, is
proud of his calling, which is that of a
cooper lie has had carved for his
monument marble barrel, with a
key on it, and the barrel bears these
words: "A Cooper by Trade"
An immense horse mackercl, eight
feet long and weighing 800 pounds.
was recently caupht in trap AZ
GARDENERS Island, Oft the eastern end
of Long Island. y. ~. by Captain
Frank Tuthill. Before being subdued,
it leaped into a rowboat, which it
smashed into three pieces.
Shoes made of porpoise leather arc
absolutely impervious to water.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15
TROUBLE IN A CHURCH
Berkeley Presbyterians Wran.
CLING Over Their Resigned
Pastor.
Resolutions of the Session Declar ed
to Be a Weak AMI Insincere
State m ent.

BERKELEY, CAL, May IA state OF
inharmony appears to exist in the circles
OF the First Presby terian Church as re-
suit OF the forced resignation OF Rev. DR..
ketcbum, the pastor.
A few weeks ago he was asked by the
session to present his resignation. which
he did peIe mptorlly. 1t was to have
taken effect according to the manner in
which it was made out, on June 1, but at
a recent meeting of the congregation a
resolution was passed praising his good
work and asking that he remain until
September l. This ne decided to do.
For several weeks the congregation has
awaited the issuance of resolutions from
the session expressing its state of feeling
Yesterday they appeared, sugar coated
and with graceful words of praise and
commentator for DR.. Ketchum in his six
years of pastoral WORK in Berkeley. Now
there has arisen from among the flock a
coterie OF dissenteTs who have Ill out
spoken terms by means of open letters
condemned the resolutions of the session
as not being sincere statement.
In an open letter o-night over the name
copeland" q member has the following
10 say:
The rather weak resoluti ons that were
spoken of had been prepared and were ready
10 "fire" by the session who had proved them
selves so faithiess 10 their pastor aud the good
of the church, and alter the unchrls tian-like
manner in which they had acted il did seem
rather hypocritical for them to bring forth
resolutions praising their pastor to the skies
when they had by their actions and words
worked against him in every way, al the same
time pretending to be his best friend.
We have seen IL all even If 1t has been done in
such an underhanded way-as the worm gnaw-
Ing at the vitals. While we have bee congrat.
ulatng ourselves upon the perity OF our
church they have been constantly working to
drag down the walls and when they utterly
ignored the young people and their resolu.
tlons ] could not let such hypocrisy go un.
checked
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15

i'm paneIed to try the case: J. Bremen,
James Phillips. P. H. Eng.ebrecht. John
Noonan. Walter Hinkley, John O'Connor,
George Lake. w. ii. Tieger. Herman Ben
dit. W. E. I.ovejoy, A. Armstrong and f.
Marks.
The charge to the jury was given by
Judge Carroll Cook, who gave the usual
statutory definition of reasonable doubt
that ought to be considered by the jurors
in determining the guilt or innocence OF
the accused. It was noted that no men,
ton was made of the exercise of com
nonsense" IN Weighing this point. Be-
cause the Judge ventured to Use this ex-
preston at former trill the verdict OF
guilty was set aside and the defendant
was granted new trial by the Supre me
Court.
At 5 o'clock Bailiff Whelan reported to
the court that the jurors were not able to
agree and they were ordered to be locked
up until clock, to which time the cour,
adjourned.
At 10 o'clock the jury came in and an
nounced a verdict OF not guilty.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

fearful wound was cut in his scalp and it
was some time before he recovered from
the double blow. His injuries were at.
tended 10, but there IS danger that the
wound on the head may prod uce con-
cussion of the brain. and consequently
Wrede is not yet considered to be out OF
danger.
Wrede has been peculiarly unfortunate
Nearly two years ago. when lightning was
wards Electric Light Company, which
is owned by the same firm, Wrede was
standing by and received a powerful
shock. He was ESQ somewhat cut by the
hving spiinters of the burst dynamo and
bis escape from death was wonderful.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15
HIS WIFE HELD
THE REVOLVER
Startling Midnight Expe-
rience Of a Man in
Alameda.
Broke I1to His Own Residence
and Was Taken for a
Burglar.
Chief Officer Lawless of the Steam.
ship Austria ia Is Proud of His
Partner in Life.

ALAMEDA, CAL, May 14-Robert T.
Lawless of this city had remarkable ex-
perience few nights ago that he will not
soon forget. or will his wife.
Lawlcss is the chief officer OF the
Australia, OF the Oceanic line. and he
lives when ashore with Mrs. Lawless in a
cozy residence at 1437 Fifth street.
Very often, when in port, Mr. Lawless is
com PEELED TO stay on board the ship for a
night or two Immediately after docking.
and before the last voyage OF the steamer
Mrs. Lawless told him that she might 60
to the City the night he arrived and re-
main over with him.
Unexpectedly he was not obliged to
sleep in his stateroom on this stay in port,
and as soon As everything was shipshape
on the steamer he started for home.
it was quite late when he reached his
home and after ringing the bell he con-
cluded that his wife had gone to the City
to see him, and sat down to await her
return hen she found that he had gone
home. Two trains came and went, and
still Mrs. Lawless did not appear. SO the
master mariner concluded to make a
forcibe entry into the house.
He went 10 the residence of neighbor
made an investigation of the rear portion
OF his home to see whether by chance any
windows through which he could make
his way had been left open. A lower win
dow yielded and he got into the lower por-
ton OF the house, but his further progress
was barred by locked door leading to his
sleeping apartment.
There was nothing 10 do II he was going
to get in, but TO force it, and his muscular
shoulder soon had the door creaking. An
extra hard push sent the obstacle flying
open with broken lock, and then the
sailor retreated full speed before start
hing apparition.
There stood his wife in her night clothes
with a revolver clutched in her hand and
pointed at his head and determined
gleam in her eye. Lawless ducked and
yelled at her not TO shoot, and, recogniz-
ing his voice after m oment, she loweret 1
the weapon and allowed him to enter.
She explained that she and her niece
had been sleeping in the back part of the
house and had not heard the bell. She
was awakened by hearing some one prowl-
trusty gun, prepared TO repel boarders.
She was jus, about to fire at one whom
she thought to be burglar when she
her hold on the trigger.
Her niece's visit had prevented her from
making the trip to the City, and she had
o thought of her husband coming home,
as she had supposed that he would remain
aboard the steamer until the next day.
Lawless is proud OF his wife.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15

the foot of Market street, San Francisco.
at II o clock III the afternoon and 80
in the evening, ana will leave Haywards
Park on the return trip at $3.50 in the
afternoon and Mt 10 in the evening. On
Sunday he electric train will connect at
Fruityale station with the broad-gauge
ferry leaving the foot OF Market street,
San Francisco at II o'clock and will re-
turn from Hayward Park at $3.50 P. NJ.
Concerts will be rendered in the park by
an orchestra of soioists on Saturday al er-
noon and evening ana on Sunday after
noon for the delec.ation of the excur-
sionists.
Ruffian Still at Large.
OAKLAND, CAL. May 14-No trace has
vet been found of the young ruffisn who
brutally assaulted Mr.. Eisenhauer yes
terday afternoon Mt her little bakery at
Twenty y-second and Brush streets. Her
wounds are very severe and the left side
OF her face is entirely discolored with the
blows OF the young fellow. He tried to
choke her int visibility, but was mn
able to do so before her screams brought
help. The woman is about % years o age.
Tne man who was arrested last night mas
been discharged, as she cannot ldentily
him.
Denny Holland Badly Hurt.
OAKLAND, CAL. May 14.-Detective
this morning and received serious in
iuries. The horse became frightened at
the narrow-gauge train, swerved and
threw The detective out. He sustained a
scalp wound, cuts on the hands, elbows
and knees and the fracture of two right
ribs.
Annexation Campaign Opens.
OAKLAND. CAL. May 1.-THE cam
paign in favor Of annexing the northern
district has been opened and series OF
meetings has been arranged to De held in
the district pIior to the election on June
IL. The next rally will be held al Temes-
cal next Tuesday evening.
Population OF Haywards.
HAYWARDS, CAL, May IA. = The
school census has just been com pleted
and shows that there are 1000 children of
school age in Haywards. According to
the ordinary method of computation this
should give the town a population OF
about $500
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15
SHOT BY AN ANGRY MAN
]. 0. Claridge, a Machinist, Fa.
tally Wounded by P. D.
McMann.
He Tried TO R co.. Gle a Quarrelina
Couple and III. Husband Resented
His Inter ference

OAKLAND, CAL, May 14.-J. o. Cla.
ridge. machinist, was fatally shot to-.
night at Elmhurst by P. D. McMann as
the result of endeavoring TO reconcile the
latter to his wife.
The neighbors say that Mr.. McMann
had been beating one of his children and
was quarreling with his wife, who de-
Tended the little one. ]. O. Claridge. an
elderly man living next door, tried to
reconcile husband and wife.
McMann seized a shotgun and turned
upon Claridge, who threw out his arm.
only to receive the full charge of the in
furiated mans weapon in the pit of the
stom ach. The fingers of one hand were
also blown off.
Claridge's wounds were pronounced
necessarily fatal.
McMann surrendered himself at the
Oakland police station at II O'clock. two
hours after the shooting. and bevona
stating that he had shot man in q quar-
rel over child. refused to give any ex-
planation. McMann Is % years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15
DISCUSSED FINANCES.
The Mayor and Supervisors Figuring
How to Cut the City Expense
Accounts

now 10 NuC tnc lily E4peuso
Accounts
Retrenchment in various municipal de-
partments in order to make the deficit in
the funds for this fiscal year as small as
possible was discussed by the Mayor and
Finance Committee of the Board of Super
visors yesterday.
While no definite conclusion was
reached it was decided to lay over the i'm
provement of Alamo Square until next
year. thereby working temporary saving
of $12, 600. The question OF paying copy
lists in the Recorders office for folios in
printed matter, when the only work they
do on them is TO fill in dates. was referred
to the City and County Attorney. and it
was discussed whether or not number OF
deputies in the License Collectors off ce
who are employed in getting new busi-
ness could not be dispensed with and the
work done by the policemen on their
various beats.
The Boys and Girls Aid Society ex-
pense was also taken up and discussed,
the opinion being expressed that children
should not be kept there more than two
months. If at the end of that time they
did not show signs of improvement they
shoula be sent to q State reform institu-
tion where the State could stand the ex-
pense. The matter went over to the next
meeting of the committee.