Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
THE NEWS IN IOWA

Miss Marion WAGNER. OF kaIona,
Washington county, committed suicide
by taking strychnine. She was
teacher in the city schools. A love
affair is at the bottom of the act.
=. i. Durley. for ten years business
manager of the Des Moines Daily
News, died at Des Moines ut few days
ago from blood poisoning arising from
an injury received more than year
ago.
AT Newton the Sully bank robbers,
Cy Miller and Frank Hickman, were
found guilty. The jury took only one
ballot, and they were sentenced TO
nine years in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
Christian Eckerlebe. recently con-
victed at Clinton for the murder Of
Nina Keil, has been granted n new
trial because is was shown that one of
the jurors had expressed an opinion
prior to the trial.
tsThe Iowa Intercollegiate Oratorical
contest was held at 0skaloosa. Miss
Alice Starbuck, OF Penn college won
first place. Thomas Osborn, of Wes-
leyan college, second, and Sydney
Head, of Cornell, third,
David Henderson, plaintiff in NAL
practice suit against Dr. Robe, both
of Anita, was given $1,000 by the jury.
Mr.. Henderson had his right shoulder
dislocated some time ago and en-
ployed DR.. Robe TO treat it, which it
seems the doctor did not attend to
properly as the patient is now a Grip
pie and cannot use his arm.
A Dubuque dispatch says: The rails
ing of the $50, 900 Finley hospital fund
h3s been completed, with several
hundred dollars to spare. III. J.. Stout
paid in S25, 900 and Abraham Simmer
hes paid over the $50, 900 donated by
Lin. The citizens of Dubuque are
elated over the result. The same
offer was made to other cities in the
state. but Dubuque is the only one
that met the emergency.
Representatives of the Iowa railroad
olu lion adopted by the Legislature,
me. the traffic managers OF the Iowa
lines of railroad in Chicago a few
DAYS ago and urged the roads to grant
an emergency rate on corn in order
10 assist the farmers of Iowa in moving
their crop. The traffic managers de-
cltned the request, holding that no
5000 purpose wonld be served by it.
The town of Gravity. on the
Humeston q Shenandoah railway, was
visited by fire few nights since, and
before the flames could be subdued,
four store buildings, aggregating
value ofS20, 600, were totally destroyed.
T. j. McColm's drug store and j. Bald
wins grocery store were completely
destroyed. The fire is said to have
originated in back room. Fully
three-fourths of the loss is covered by
insurance
f. N. Lee and wife and L. L. Sharp
nec,ker, accused of using the mails for
fraudulent purposes in connection
with the Aluminium Speciality Co.,
were arraigned for preliminary exam
ination in Commissioner Mason's
court at Des Moines. The defendants
having pleaded not guilty, waived
arraignment and were bound over to
the grand july under bonds of $1,000
each They furnished the sureties and
were released. The cases will come
before the grand jury il May.
An attempt to rob safe in law
office in the Brown block at Sioux City
was followed by series of interesting
developments. 1t transpires that two
men proposed to a brother of the
janitor of the building that if they
were permitted to rob the safe they
would give $500 to the janitor and the
same sum TO the brother The janitor
told the sheriff of the proposal and at
his suggestion accepted the offer The
sheriff and chief of police hid in the
building, but the robbers became sus-
picious and escaped Later they were
arrested. The janitor has sued the
Journal for $4,000 damages for con-
Meeting his name with the case.
The semi-annual apportionment of
the state school fund has just been
announced by the state auditor The
total of the permanent school fund on
January / was $4,724, 1929. The
total number of children of school age
il the state is gwen as 720,l75 The
amount of the school fund held by the
counties January / was S4,724, 1857. 90
Amount of interest delinquent, ac-
cumulated prior to January l, S2,1G4.
Interest due under the code, S119, 455.
Total interest To be apportioned
among the counties, Sll9,455.I5.
Amount actually apportioned, sl19,-
s37.l2. Warrant on revenue for
deficiency, S34,s32.l a. Excess payable
so revenue, S34, s32.I4.
At an election which was held at
Newton for voting for or against Civ
ing bonds for $4,000 for public school
buildings, it was decided to make
other arrangements, as a majority of
eight was polled by the ladies, who
voted against giving bonds A major
itv of ia male votes were also against