Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-20
THE NEWS IN IOWA

been sentenced to hang August II.
Stilson Bros, big clothing firm OF
Mason City, have failed. A mortgage
of s15, 600 was given, and under this the
store was closed. The assets or liza
bilities cannot be learned.
The large barn of Thomas Gurnett,
dairy farmer living five miles south
west of Cedar Radios, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Ten COWS persisted
in the flames. 1t is believed the fire
was of incendiarv origin.
Albert Kowalzki, of Dickeyville,
Wis, has brought suit against the Chi
cago Great Western Railway Company,
claiming S10,o 900 for injuries sustained
by his boy while driving across the
track on Rhomberg Avenue, Dubuque.
View of the track is shut off by build
ings and prevented Kowalzki from
seeing the approaching train.
George c. Roberts, who lived six
miles north of Little Rock, was
accidentally kille by the discharge of
gun as he was getting through
wire fence while hunting. The charge
struck him in the throat. He leaves a
wife and two children. His wife saw
the accident, and ran TO him from the
house, but he was dead when she
reached him.
At recent convention of Iowa
miners at Des Moines it was decided
that uniform price of 70 cents per
ton for screened coal be the scale until
October 1, 1897, all day men to be paid
the usual price of about 81 per day.
This action means reduction III some
cases and an increase in others, the
present scale being 20 and SO cents per
ton. Delegates were instructed to
notify operators at once, and the new
scale will be enforced immediately.
One of Alma Glasgow Whites paint
ings has been approved by the
committee of the Corcoran Art Gallery
at Washington. ID. c., and it will be
hung. Mrs. White is the leading
Iowa artist. Some OF her pictures
gained very favorable mention in the
Iowa building at the worlds fair in
Chicago. The picture that has been
approved by the Corcoran gallery is
Winter Scene in an Iowa Stalk
Field. -
Thomas Dinner. of Naquoketa, was
robbed and murdered at Omaha few
nights ago He was held up by rob
bers on the approach to the Missouri
river bridge and thrown over the rail
ing, after being robbed. The body
did not strike the water, as the rob
bers probably intended. and was
found later. The police were notified
and the man was removed to the
police station and later to hospital,
where, an hour later, he died
The baby in the well' mystery,
which has been agitating Creston and
community. has been solved The
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tarr,
who occupied the premises last, con
fessed that she gave birth to the child,
concealing the birth from every mem
Der of the family. She hid the baby
under the bed, passed it out of her bed
room window at night, concealed it
under porch for n week, then threw
it in the well, thinking it would never
be discovered there.
The grand jury of Marshal county
has returned an indictment against
the Equitable Produce and Stock Ex-
change and the Consolidated Produce
and Stock Exchange, one and the same
concern, and also against two of their
recent operators in Marshalltown, j.
II. Cole and A. j. Clark There are
thirty-eight of these bucket shops in
Iowa and their ill-gotten gains during
the past year have been enormous.
The effect of the Indictment will prob
ably be to close them.
A. d. Bolland, farmer who lived by
himself nine miles north of Maquoketa,
was fou1ly murdered few nights ago
by some one who lay in wait for him
and killed him because of an old
grudge. Bolland was killed with an
ironwood rack stick, which was found
near the body. A few days prior to
the murder holland had had quarrel
with "a neighbor, and as several sticks
similar to the one used in the murder
can be found on the place of this
neighbor he rests under suspicion.
Elyin ID. Smith, an employe of the
Cudahy Packing Company at Sioux
City, shot and fatally wounded his
wife few nights ago. He claims it
was in self-defense. Smith went to
the house where his wife was, with the
intention of killing Grant Allen. whom
he claims had criminal relations with
her. When the door of the room where
his wife was, was opened, he says, she
opened fire and he returned'it. Smith
has bullet wounds in both hands.
Allen was not at the place at the time
Of the shooting.
The board of supervisors of Webster
county sold $1,000 of per cent bonds
It par, but pay commission of IA |
Ter cent. The First National Bank,
f Fort Dodge, was the successful
idder.
j. L. Carter was found guilty of