Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-27
THE NEWS IN IOWA


Secretary I. S. Parvin the most
widely known Mason of Iowa, died
few days ago in Mexico.
Mrs. James Hickey, who had been
married but .few sweeks, committed
suicide by drowning herself in a pond
at her home near Mt. Ayr. No cause
is known for her action.
Governor Drake has notified the
India relief commission of Iowa that
he will personally give one car load of
corn for the relief of the famine and
plague stricken millions in India.
George Moorehead, the neighbor
who was suspected of killing A. ID.
Bolland, near Maquoketa, has been
arrested and held for murder. Blood
stains were found on his clothing.
The coroner's jury at Des Moines
which has been engaged in making an
investigation into the cause and man
ner of death of Carl Leveke, held Fritz
Riel as the person responsible for his
death.
Il
had a narrow escape from death by
fire few nights since. A furious
wind was blowing, and when the fire
was discovered. Mr.. Cam had barely
time to lower his wife and children
from the upper story by means of bed
sheets. Everything was burned, and
the family had nothing but their night
clothes left.
Louis III. Reich, former city treas
urer of Davenport, has been found to
be an embezzler to the extent of about
$1,000 of the city funds, the money
having been taken sfrom the various
funds in his hands at different times
during his service. His bondsmen are
wealthy business men of Davenport,
and no loss will occur to the city
through his depredations.
DIR. j. w. Kline of Des Moines has
been arrested by Federal officers on
the charge of sending obscene matter
through the mail, it being in the form
of comments upon the action of Drake
University's medical faculty in ex-
Gliding women from the department,
in which DR.. Kline told sthe complete
story of how the women came TO be
excluded in the March number of the
Iowa Medical Journal.
Mrs. James Hickey, who lived with
her husband some five miles east of
Mt. Ayr, committed suicide by drown
ing in small pond of water near her
home. When found by her husband
and father she was dead, and the
was floating on the surface of the
water, the pond not being deep enough
to conceal them. The deceased was q
bride of only a few weeks.
Officers of Radcliffe have unearthed
an important fence on the premises
of Chas. Bowen. His barn was filled
with stolen articles, buggies, harness,
stoves and other property. By dig
ging in the yard they unearthed a
large quantity of silverware and
queensware. Bowen, the owner of
the place, is son of Colonel Bowen,
of Mendoza, H., president of the
First National Bank of that city.
Anna Maria Smith, who disappeared
from Dubuque thirty years ago, has
appeared to claim her share of the
estate of her brother, Nicholas Hansen.
He died at Dubuque several years ago,
and the court held her share until the
14th, when he ordered the admins
traitor to distribute it among the other
heirs. Later bank at Blythedale,
Mo-, telcgraphed that the woman was
living there under the name of her
second husband.
About twenty saloons in Des Moines
are likely to have to close because OF
the recent decision of Judge Holmes
that they must secure the consent OF
property owners within fifty feet
every year. 1t has been supposed
this consent, once secured, was per-
manent. Saloon keepers will try to
appeal to the supreme court. The
senate refused to make this consent
permanent. The same condition pre-
walls in other cities.
At Muscatine recently the jury il
the Won Dresky conspiracy case re-
turned verdict of not guilty. There
was no direct evidence in the case, il
being wholly circumstantial, anG
mainly based on the declarations o.
the defendant, which the jury seemed
TO have regarded as made loosely anc
inconsiderately. The verdict is a
general surprise. Won Dresky was
charged with conspiracy in connection
with the Mahin dynamite outrage.
A bold robbery was committed al
Dedham few nights ago. The firm
of Hardie & Ayrhart was robbed OF
goods to the amount of 81 900, consist
ing principally of dress goods, ready
made clothing, shoes, knives, razors,
etc. 1t seems evident that an organ
lied gang is at work in and around
that section of the country, and should
the miscreants be apprehended and
caught, as they no doubt will be, they
will undoubtedly be given long
sentences.
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