Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-15
THE NEWS IN IOWA

The democrats of Grundy have en-
dorsed ex-Congressman Kerr for
governor.
Prof. Burrell. of the Jesup schools,
was arrested for severely Furnishing
frankie Young, girl of IA. The
child's body shows marks of q severe
beating with a ruler and her shoulder
was dislocated and fractured. Burrell
was a candidate for county supcrin-
tendent.
II. Marks, doing business at Dcs
Moines as the Capital City Hat COM
pany, failed a few days ago as result
of slow collections. Chattel mort
cages were given covering the entire
stock, all fixtures and the book
accounts, which Mr.. Marks claims
practically secures all his creditors.
Hog cholera in very violent form
has broken out in l.. NJ. Van Aulen's
celebrated herd of Poland Chinas near
Mason City. Out of herd of 263, As
have died and upward of 100 are sick.
No remedy is effective. The disease
has spread into neigh boring herds, aud
Thomas Fellows has lost over 100 and
Jasper Dunn's are fast going.
In the suits brought by j. j. Shea
county against a number of the saloon
keepers in Council Bluffs. Judge Smith
issued permanent iniunctions in eigh-
teen cases. The dacree in each carries
with it Judgment for costs and 500
attorneys fees. Permanent injunc-
tions were granted on showing by
Shea that the provisions of the mulct
law were not being complied with.
City Marshal Mccain, of Dubuque,
with squad of police, made a raid on
big gang of tramps which had taken
possession of Moore's milf, lying idle.
The tramps had been there for some
time, and were terrorizing the neigh
borhood. A desperate fight ensued. in
which two of the tramps were severely
injured. The entire gang Of twenty
five were finally Overpowered and
taken to Jail, many covered with blood
and wounds.
Great interest centers in the trial of
DIR. l.. II. Bobo, of Oxford Junction,
who is now on trial at Anamosa for
murder, being charged with commit
ting an abortion on Miss Belle Sutlitf.
from the effects of which she died.
There are 100 witnesses subpmnaed
The doctor sets up the plea that
another physician committed the deed,
and his evidence is all along that line.
DIR. Bobo and his wife sit side by side
during the trial.
A Des Moines dispatch says: Bert
Ross, discarded husband of Jennie
Ross, better known as Shorty"
insanely jealous, made a desperate
attempt to kill his former wife in the
brothel conducted by her in white
chapel" After he had shot her
through the right lung, and while she
was pleading for mercy he turned on
Policeman Clay Lewis and endeavored
to kill HIM. He was ovcrpowered and
taken to Jail.
The rope on the elevator in the
Zundelowitz clothing store at New
Hampton broke while the proprietor
was showing a party of friends
through the place, and all of the
party of twelve were injured in the
resultant fall. Solomon Zundelowitz
had his hand burned in an attempt to
check the descent with the safety
brake, his wife, Mrs. Hershberg, Sr.,
and Mrs. Samuel Hershberg had limbs
broken, while the others in the party
are all badly bruised.
When the Des Moines Daily News
was offered to subscribers for 81 year
in December, 1895, conservative news
paper men thought the offer ruinous,
not to say preposterous. A different
view prevails now. The newspaper
directories all place the Daily News
at the head of Iowa daily newspapers
in circulation, and its advertising
space is double in value that of any
other Iowa daily. The offer is still
open and the Daily News's subscrip-
ton list is rapidly growing.
At the national convention of the
Modern Woodmen OF America at Du-
buque the election of officers was an
emphatic endorsement of the present
administration, nearly all being re-
elected. The headquarters were or
dered removed to Rock Island and the
next head camp voted to Kansas City.
Charges of misrepresentation of funds,
mismanagement. etc, against the
head officers fell fat, not so much as
being considered by the convention.
Many changes were made in the laws
of the order.
Since the disappearance of Cashier
George Adams, of the American Ex-
press company at Sioux City, the
money which disappeared with him
has been constantly growing in
amount. AT first 500 was reported.
A number of packages off several hun
'dred dollars each next turned up miss
ing. Now there is authority for the
statement'that $4,000 package failed
to reach the consignees There are