Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
NEWS OF THE lWEEK

Japan's new warship just finished
in England is the tastes ever built.
She made 10. 90 knots an hour for four
hours and for single hour 1916
knots. She has the very best armor,
ranging in thickness from IS to il
inches.
Reciprocal tariff concessions are
being arranged between the United
States and France.
Near Edmund. Okla. Santa Fe
train was held up by six masked rob-
bers. They secured between $500 and
$780,
Associate Justice Stephen j. Field,
of the supreme court, has broken the
record for continual service on the SUI
preme bench, the largest previous re-
cord being that of Justice Marshall,
who served thirtyfour years, five
months and five days.
Michel Angiollilo, the anarchist
assassin of Premier Canovas, of Spain,
was tried by court martial at Vergara,
found guilty and sentenced to death.
He will be garroted in prison.
The Count of Turin and Prince
Henri of Orleans fought a duel with
swords in the Bois de MarechauX Va
ericsson, at Paris. The fighting was
most determined, and lasted twenty
| six minutes. There were five engage
| ments, of which two were at close
! quarters. Prince Henri received two
serious wounds in the right breast and
! the right side of the abdomen The
| Count of Turin was wounded in the
right hand Prince Henri is not dan
! gerously wounded, but must have the
best of care TO recover. The duel was
a result of some criticisms by Henri of
the conduct of Italian army officers in
Abyssin'a
| At Buffalo a few days ago Star
Pointer paced a mile in 2:0ls4, break
ing his previous record of 2:0aIl.
At Middletown, N. ", Ella T.,
mare belonging to j. w. Tilden, of
Red Oak. Iowa. made mile on a half
mile track in 2:0912, the fastest mile
ever trotted in the state on half mile
track.
party of Rock Islanders went to
Fulton, H., on a special train for the
purpose of forcibly moving the records
of the Modern Woodmen to Rock
Island. The Fultonites objected and
riot ensu ed. in which dozen per-
sons were badly injured. The Fulton
ties got the best of it, and 100 of the
invaders were arrested.
Thirtv-five boxes containing medals
and eight boxes containing swords of
honor have been shipped from Con-
stantinople to the Turkish army in
Thessaly. The jeweled sword to be
presented from the sultan to Edhem
Pasha, head of the army, is said to
have cost "a, 900.
The Cariists in England believe the
fall of Canovas brings their opportu-
nifty near, and it would not be surpris-
ing if they made a bold stroke shortly.
Placards were recently placed on the
walls of all the monasteries of Con-
stantinople demanding a change in
the system of government in the Turk
ish empire and declaring that other.
wise blood will flow as during the
Armenian massacres
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of st. Louis,
one of the pioneer plate glass man
ufacturers of the country, has been
appointed minister to st. Petersburg.
Cuban advices say that in the recent
fight between the forces of Gomez and
Weyler, the Spaniards lost 200 killed
and many wounded among the former
being two generals. Weyler was
compelled to retreat TO Guanabacoa
One report says he was wounded.
The Ohio populist state convention
declined to enter into fusion with the
democrats and nominated a ticket
headed by Jacob Coxev for governor.
The ma jority of Griffith, democrat
over Lee. republican, in the specia
election for congress in the Fourth
district. is I,152, Holman's majority
last November was s25. The populist
7 had no candidate against Holman, bu
NJ. w. Broader was their candidat,
: this year. He received about CO.
] votes.
Official information has reached Ha
vana of a decisive battle between tn,
royal troops and the insurgent forces
at Matanzas According to the infor
; nation the Spanish troops were routed
after a hard battle, with heavy losses
The news caused veritable sensation
> in Havana, as it is generally known
that Captain General Weyler is now il
I Matanzas. and there is a belief tina
the Spanish troops directly under hin
were those which suffered defeat a
the hands of the rebels.