Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK

people witnessed the six-mile Pageant
attendant upon the queens jubilee
exercises. 1t was proba bly, the grand
est affair the world has ever seen.
The Cuban flibustering steamer
Dauntless was again captured few
days ago with men, arms and ammu-
milton on board.
j. 5. BARLEY, ex-state treasurer of
Nebraska, has been convicted of the
charge of embezzlement.
Christian X. Ross, father of Charlie
Ross, died in Philadelphia few days
ago. The mystery of his sons disap-
! pearance was,never cleared up.
Walter Wellman, the Washington
correspondent, says Mckinley is de-
termined on intervention between
Spain and Cuba and will send note
with Minister Woodford setting forth
the right of the United States to par
ticipate in the adjustment of the
| tror BILE.
The strike OF 90, 900 New York tailors
has been won by the strikers.
Fire at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
caused loss of 100000.
The Duquesne forge, Garland chain
works and the Washington electric
works at Pttsburg.have resumed bust
ness, givingemployment to 20, 900 men.
f. L. Bacon, the English champion
long distance runner, ran against the
one hour record of ii miles, 970 yards,
which he succeeded in breaking, COW
ering IL miles, 1920 yards. There
was a steady downpour of RAIN
throughout the race.
1t is said that twenty persons were
killed and eighty injured in cyclone
which swept the villages of lessons,
Colombus and Asnieres, France, a few
days ago.
1t is announced that over 5000 lives
were lost by the earthquake disturb
ances which recently visited the
province of Assam, India.
A new treaty of arbitration between
the United States and Great Britain
has been drawn up and will be used
as the basis of negotiations which are
expected to result in the submission of
q convention to the senate some time
next winter.
Spaulding, the president of the de-
funct Globe Savings bank, of Chicago,
was tried on one of twenty-seven
counts and the jury returned verdict
OF not guilty. He will be tried again.
Cuban advices state that Gomez is
concentrating his forces in Havana
province preparatory for decidedly
aggressive movement.
A report that the Spanish premier
had expressed willingness to pay the
widow of DR.. Ruiz $40, 900 if the United
States will not press'an official claim
has aroused the Spanish press to vehe-
ment opposition. The papers censure
the government for acknowledge
that it permitted Ruiz to be murdered.
Advices from Washington state that
President Mckinley has given up the
hope of securing the authority for the
appointment of currency commission
at this session of congress.
In the province of Assam, India,
earthquakes have destroyed courts,
jails, hospitals and treasures. and the
loss of food supplies is enormous.
Crops are mostly ruined, and great
scarcity of food is expected.
enforcement of the law abolishing
polygamy among the Cheyenne Indians
will begin July 16.
Princeton has conferred the degree
of LII. ID. upon ex-President Cleve-
land.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that ex-Secretary of State Foster has
been successful in his efforts to secure
the aid of Russia in protecting seal
life in the North Pacific and Boring
seas.
President Mckinley has nominated
Stewart l.. Woodford, of Now York,
minister to Spain. Mr.. Woodford was
at one time lieutenant governor of
New York. He served in the army.
coming out brigadier general, and
was afterward military governor of |
Charleston and Savannah.
The newly prepared treaty between
the governments OF the United States
and Hawaii was signed by the repre-
sentatives of each government. Bv |
Its terms Hawaii is to enter the union |
as territory, the United States as
Stunning the Indebtedness oe the island.
which is not to exceed 81, 900. 600.
illinois has new law prohibiting
the manufacture of butterine and as a
result four firms making 30. 900. 900
pounds of imitation butter annually
VIII qul1 the business Julyl, and their
plants will be removed from the state
Zig Cloudburst i'm Kansas.
Blue Rapids, Kan, June 23-At Tho
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