Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK

At Tolleston, Ind, near Crown Point,
fourteen farmer boys entered upon the
Tolleston Gun Clubs duck swamp.
They were ordered off by several
watchmen. They started at the
watchmen, who fred, and as a result
four received wounds from which they
will not recover and three others were
injured.
Ex-Congressman William f. Mason,
of Chicago, has been elected United
States senator to succeed John M.
Palmer. All republican opposition
withdrew and gave Mason, unan-
imous nomination.
The Countess Castellane, nee Anna
Gould, is the mother of son.
The rail department of the Illinois
Steel Company, at Chicago, has closed,
throwing !, 200 men out of employment.
Prominent banks at Louisville and
Newport, KY, and st. Paul, Minn.,
failed a few days ago.
Two Spanish gun boats started up
the river Cauto to Fort Guamo. Gu
bans bad laid torpedoes in the stream
and one of them was exploded, sink
ing one vessel and causing the death
of six Spaniards and the .serious in
jury of many others. The expedition
was abandoned.
Mark Hanna says he will shortly an
| uounce himself as a candidate for
| Unitod States senator to succeed John
| Sherman. who will be secretary of
state under Mckinley.
Fire at the Buckner Orphan Home,
at Dallas, Texas, resulted in the death
of fifteen children. Nine others are
| seriously burned or crushed. Three
of the injured will die. The Boys
dormitory was completely destroye d
Albert s. Willis, United States min
lister to Hawaii, died in Honolulu on
the 9Th from the effects of pneu monia.
which he contracted in San Francisco
early last year.
Nine fishermen were driven out to
sea on a small block of ice which broke
away from the shore near Menominee,
Mich, and little hope is entertained
that they will ever be seen again.
Buckners Orphans Home, near
Dallas, Texas, was visited by fire a
few nights ago and five boys were
burned to death and many others in
jured.
| Luis Someillan. a naturalized Amer
lean convicted at Havana of conspiracy
against the Spanish government, has
been sentenced to prison for life in
| chains.
| Thos. G. Platt has been nominated
by the republican legislative caucus of
United States senate.
Martin Madden, the machine candi-
date for United States senator from
| Illinois. has withdrawn from the race.
| Roloff, secretary of the so-called
Cuban republic, was recently arrested
at New York on a charge of violating
the neutrality act in connection with
a filibustering movement last July.
He was in Jail one night but friends
secured his release on bail.
The ArbucSies, who own $780, 900
worth of stock in the Woolson Spice
Co., have asked for receiver for that
concern, claiming that the sugar trust,
which owns the rest of the stock, is
about to ruin the institution.
/ Attorney General Harmon says
something will probably be done by
the government in relation to the Pa
cific roads within thirty days.
C. w. Fairbanks will be Indiana's
next senator.
1t is stated positively by the
Associated Press that Mr.. Mckinley
has rendered the state portfolio to
Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, and
that the distinguished Buckeye states
man has accepted and will be the
secretary of state for the incoming
administration. 1t is generally
believed that Mark Hanna will sue
ceed Sherman in The senate.