Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-07-07

John kraus, son of a Mt Ayr res
ident, was killed at Villisca by an
accident on the 90" Hewas standing
near the end of car on the construc-
tion train, and when it stopped sud-
denly he was thrown between two
cars. brake rod penetrating his body
and his skull being crushed. He was
25 years of age.
Fred Bridwell, a highly respected
young man of Nillisca, spent an even
ing calling on young lady. When he
left her home, about 10 o'clock, he
was fred on by some one in ambush
Bridwell says he does not know who
| fired at him, and can conceive of no
f, reason which would make any person
deadly enemy. The impression pre-
walls that jealousy prompted the per-
son who did the shooting.
Mrs. MortenSon, the woman who
was attacked bv an immense eagle
while working in her garden near
Honey Creek, Pottawattamie county,
died of the INJURIES she received in the
encounter. Mrs. Mortenson was only
conscious at brief intervals since the
attack, and during one Of these per-
iods she was able to describe it. She
said she did not know what it was
that had attacked her when the eagle
swooped down and fastened it's talons
in her back. She was first partially
knocked down and was then seized
| and carried several feet into the air.
She was then dropped upon the
ground and beaten ove- the head I'M
til she was almost unconscious. The
agony caused by the talops of the
bird aroused her and she piled her hoe
SO vigorously that the bird was beaten
| off
The worst storm in the history of
Cedar Rapids came up from the west
a few days ago. The wind and rain
were terrific. Nearly three inches of
water fell in fifteen minutes. Hun
dreds of shade trees were blown down
and broken to pieces and many trees
twelve inches in diameter were blown
up by the roots. A large number of
windows in the business houses were
blown in and wires of all descriptions
were broken down. The large steel
slnokestacls on the power house of the
street railway company was blown
down and traffic was badly inter-
rupted. Many persons were slightly
injured by broken glass, etc. Crops
suffered severely ana acres of oats
were battered to the ground. So far
as known no houses were blown away,
nor was any one seriously injured.
Advices from Belle PLANE, Marshall
town. Atlantic, Mt. Pleasant and Bur
lington bring information of similar
damage.
The Times-Republican newspaper
Office building at Marshalltown was
almost completely Quilted by fire few
days ago, and much of the extensive
machinery aDd equipment was either
destroyed or ruined. The expensive
job printing and binding esta blish-
ment of the Marshall Printing Com
pany, in the same building, was totally
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floor of the building are in ruins, the
upper story being the only section not
reached by the fire. The Times
Republican is being issued regularly,
through the kindness of the Reflector,
despite the fire. The loss will foot up
to 100000 or over, a portion of which
is covered by insurance. The Times
Republican Cox duplex press, which
was practically new and cost $500
less than two years ago, is complete
loss, and the boiler and engines are
damaged The Marshall Printing
Company four presses and the power
| paper cutter are also ruined, as is
practically its complete equipment.
An estimate of the losses, which is
probably nearly correct, is placed as
| follows: Times-Repub lican. loss,
| $4,000, insurance, $4,000; Marshall
Printing Co.. loss, $4,000, insurance,
$1,000; building, $1,000, insurance,
$4,000.
| Charles Whitcombe, one of the most
| desperate all-round robbers who ever
struck the west, has been captured
after chase of several months. lie
was caught on the Winnebago Indian
reservation, across the river from
Sioux City, by Sheriff Borowsky, of
Dakota county, Nebraska, and Sheriff
Wheeler, of Cherokee county, Iowa.
| Whitcom be S most extensive operations
in this state were in Cherokee county,
where last spring he committed rob-
berry after robbery, not only stealing
horses, buggies, wagons, etc, but
committing man, daring hold-ups at
farm houses. He was obliged to get
out of that territory, but before he
went he stole three horses belonging
to Sheriff Wheeler to show he could
It is known he went to Arkansas and
the Indian territory, where he pur-
sued his occupation of robbery. He
returned TO Iowa bout the middle of
June and operated extensively in
Plymouth and Woodbury. counties and
then went into Nebraska. Sheriff
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