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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
Empire Theatre Changes Hands.

Mr.. Ed. K. Hovden has purchased
the Empire Theatre and is now full
fiedged manager of an amusement con-
Germ. The Empire Theatre, judging
from the crowds that attend nightly,
is permanent fixture here and is en-
joying patronage that makes it a
paying investment A great number
of changes will be made in the hall
to spruce things up bit, and the
same variety of program that has
pleased our people during the past
few months will be seen each week
The management will still be guaran-
teed. The sightseers at the Button
picnic and at the Winnesheik County
Fair will be entertained by the EN-
pire Theatre. Chris Anderson has
been installed as manager and this in
itself is a guarantee that everything
will be conducted in an up date
and ship-shape manner.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
Carnegie Library Sold for Taxes.

Through some blunder the Carnegie
free public library at Eagle Grove was
sold for taxes in 1902. The bidder
laid low" and annually paid the
amount of yearly taxes and shock
came to the nerves of Mayor Yearous
this week when he was officially
notified that unless the city paid
$27. 30 by Aug. 18th a tax deed would
be issued and "Uncle Andrews gift"
would revert to private ownership.
Mayor Yearous called his cabinet
together and they quickly drew a
warrant for the small amount in
order to get their building and lots
back into the fold of municipal
ownership. Usually the library prop
erty of cities and towns is exempted
from taxation, but in some manner
the property was assessed and $40, 600
library and 3 desirable lot were in
danger of being knocked down for less
than $50.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
Hotel Improvement.

The Austin Register comments as
follows on the improvements recently
made to Manley Ousley's Grand hotel
in that city:
One of the most notable improve
ments that have been made this year
is the improvement of the Grand hotel
which is nearing completion. The
exterior has been greatly improved in
appearance. 1t has been painted, the
veranda remodeled and the property
transformed into building that is a
credit to the city.
1t is in tine interior however that
the most improvements have been
made Nearly every room in the
building has been painted and reno
waited New carpets have been laid
and new furniture installed and the
hotel is now one of the finest hostel
ries in Southern Minnesota.
The Grad hotel is getting famous
over this entire part of the state for
the excellent service that is being
rendered. Travelling men who stop
there sing its praises wherever they
go.
1t is also we'll patronized by Austin
people. Its Sunday dinners are ia
nous. The accommodating and genial
proprietor, Manley Ousley, may we'll
feel proud of the splendid business
that he has built up FOR his hotel by
hard work, efficient service and con-
slant attention to business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
Ed Haukedahl Killed in Minnesota.

The friends and relatives of Ed
HauKedahl were greatly shocked to
learn that he met a violent death near
Becker, Minnn. while on his way
west He left Calmar about a week
ago intending to go to Cheyenne, n.
d. Oliver Bjerke accompanied him
as far as Minneapolis. Saturday
forenoon at 10 80 Ed was found about
IL miles east of Becker. Mimi, in
the ditch along the Northern Pacific
track, with his skull crushed in and
his neck broken. The ground showed
two places where lie struck with great
force, and his body was lying 80 feet
from where he first struck, and he
was lying on his back. He had gone
to an employment bureau and secured
ticket to point in Montana, and
was shipped by the bureau with a
number of other men. Whether he
fell off or was foully dealt with is not
known, bat his people think he must
have been robbed as he had considera-
BILE money on his person when he left
home, and only. S1.10 was found
en- his person.
The body was sent home here and
the funeral took place Tuesday.
The family has our heartfelt SYM
pathy. -Calmar Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
C. J. Thompson President MontevideO Bank

We are in receipt of copy of the
Montevideo. Mimi. Leader, from
which we learn that @. j. Thompson
of Forest City, has been elected presi-
dent of the First National Bank of
Montevideo. The article says in part
"There has been an important
change in the management of the
First National Bank of Montevideo
during the past week, President Q. d.
Griffith and Director w. w. Smith,
both of Sleepy Eye, Mimi. having
sold their interests in the bank to Mr..
@. J. Thompson, of Forest City, Iowa.
This change was made at meeting of
the Board of Directors, held last Sat
urday, Aug. Sd, at which time q. D..
Griffith resignation as president was
also accepted and c.. j. Thompson
elected president. The other officers
remain the same as before, viz: Lyn-
don A. Smith Vice President. M. E.
Titus Cashier, and F. W. Palmer,
Asst. Cashier. Mr. Thompson, the
new president, has had much expert
ence in the banking business and will
make Montevideo his home and give
his undivided attention to the bust
ness
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
Better Get il. Bows.

An exchange says: Many civil
war veterans will be interested in
knowing that they may receive 800
bounty from the department at WASH
ington by applying for the same. 1t
appears that the statute of limitations,
which has been a bar to the collection
of this bounty for many years, has
now expired, and the claim is good
again. 1t is bounty or back pay
for veterans who enlisted before July,
1863.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21

Christian Science church. and many
other points of interest which we will
not take the space to mention.
Crossing to Charlestown, we went
up to the Bunker Hill monument,
beautiful granite obelisk 22l feet high,
on Breeds Hill, within the lines of
the American redoubt which was the
center of the tattle of Bunker Hill,
June II, 1775; also to the grave of
Rev. John Harvard. founder of Har-
ward College. At Charlestown is also
the Boston Navy Yard and barracks,
the oldest and largest in the country,
established in 1929 Here we saw the
Battleship Kentucky in dry dock
being repaired, the Illinois, Vermont,
and several other war vessels, includ-
ing the famous old ironsides, Consti-
tuition. a relic of American history.
The next day we went by trolley
car to Lexington, 10 miles from Bos-
ton. over the route taken by Paul
Revere on his famous ride. to where
the shot was fired that was heard
around the world, the starting point
of the revolution, the birthplace of
American liberty. On the way we
passed through Arlington Heights,
over the road on which the British
marched from Charlestown to Con-
cord, passing the old Follen church,
where Ralph Waldo Emerson preach
ed, and over the ground where many
skirmishes took place during the early
Revolutionary period we saw the old
belfry, from which was rung the
alarm that warned the villagers of the
approach of the British and called to.
gether the little band of soldiers
known as the minnie men. On the
Village Green, where the first blood
OF the Revolution was shed, is hand. |
some bronze statue of Capt. Parker,
commander of the minute men, and
stone boulder marks the spot where
the line of minute-men stood before
the approaching British, April 10,
l775, engraved with Parker's laconic |
command: "Stand your ground
don't fire unless fired upon; but if |
they mean to have war, let it begin /
here''
From Lexington we went over to !
Cambridge, the site of Harvard Uni
versity, where we inspected the many |
quaint as we'll as modern structures
of this famous old school, the old |
parish church occupied by the CONT
mental troops in 1775, the Washington
Elm, under which Washington took
command of the American troops July
3. 1775, and the home of the poet
Longfellow.
Returning to the city we went that
evening to Revere Beach, the popular
amusement resort of Boston. and the
next morning lett for the city of Mon
treal.
Continued next week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
Neiehborine Fair Dates.

Elkader. Sept. 1920.
National, Sept. 3-6.
DEBORAH, Sept. 1913.
Strawberry Point, Sept. 1913.
West Union, Sept. S-6.
Waukon, Sept. 1870.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
END OF A LONG FIGHT.
Sale of Land in South McAlester De-
clared Illegal.

The Supreme Court of the United States
today decided the case of Walker vs.. the
Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, in
voving the law of the Choctaw nation re-
quiring non-citizen residents to sell their
property to citizens, against Walker. The
opinion was by Justice Peckham, and at
firmed the decision of the circuit court of
appeals for the eighth circuit which was
favorable to the railroad company.
The case Is the elimination of a long
fight on the part Of white men for the right
TO own property and make improvements
within Choctaw territory. 1t also involved
the right of railroad companies to acquire
an interest in town sites. The property in
dispute In this case consisted Of improve
meuts on real estate in the town of South
McAlester. valued at about $50 CO., The
Choctaw law requires the sheriff to sell the
property of non-citiZens II they do not
themselves make the SALE and in this In
stance the sheriff disposed of the $50 900
worth of his property to his own son for
500, taking cash payment of 81 and a
note for the remainder. The law requires
that all such sales shall be for cash, and
the courts below declared the transfer in
valid because of the failure to comply with
this requirement
''The record shows a gross violation of the
act under which the sale was made and an
entire absence of any evidence showing a
ratification of such act. either by the prin-
cipal chief or by the council OF the nation
The is not one in which any court
would strive to find a way to uphold such q
proceeding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
DEATH OF GEN. HoLABIRD.
Funeral Tomorrow and Interment In
Soldiers Home Cemetery.

After an illness Of but week Brig. Gen.
Samuel B. Holabird, United States army.
retired, died in this city yesterday at his
home. 1911 P street. The funeral will
occur tomorrow afternoon from his late res
idence at 2 O'clock and the interment will
be in the officers lot in Soldiers Home
cemetery. By special request of the family
there will be no military escort.
Gen. Holabird was over eighty years Of
age. He had lived in this city since his
appointment in 1888 as quartermaster gen.
eral. He had a distinguished military
record, and was repeatedly brevetted for
faithful and meritorious services during the
civil war. His son, William Holabird of
Chicago; a daughter. Mrs. A. H. Won Ku-
rowsky of this city, and two brothers,
George and Lucius Holabird, both Of Gin
cinnati. survive him.
He was born in Connecticut, June 16, 1926,
Academy from that state July 1, 1845; was
graduated and appointed brevet second
lieutenant, LIST Infantry, July l, 1919; was
promoted first lieutenant May 81, 1856; was
appointed captain in the quartermaster' 8
department May 10, 1861 was promoted
regularly in that department, reaching the
grade of colonel January %, 1881. He was
appointed brigadier general, quartermaster
general July /, 1888, and was retired by
of siXtyfour years, June IL, 1880. He served
as additional aid-de-camp of volunteers in
the grades of major and colonel from July
g. 1862, to May 81, 1866.
Gen. Holabird received the brevets of
major, lieutenant colonel, colonel and brig
adler general March ID, 1866, for faithful
and meritorious services during the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
The Palais Royal, Alrnrn. q and 18th.

their behalf. The mode of procedure is a
little curious. DIR. Danysz claims to have
discovered microbe which brings death to
the rabbit. but Is harmless to other crea-
lures. and he went out with a few cases of
these bacteria among his luggage. which
were promptly impounded on his arrival by
the commonwealth expert That was the
scientists first trouble. He soon found
himself met by others. for the frozen rab-
bit trade has developed on q big scale. and
brings considerable profit to a good many
people. who were not particularly pleased
to see Dr. Danysz. Time and tact smosthej
over all the difficulties. however, and on
the scientists assurance to the authorities
Tat his mcrobe was perfectly harmless to
everything but rabbits his cases were re-
turned. and he was politely banished to
Broughton Island. till the innocence OF his
system should be proved. There he is car
rying on his work. with the collaboration of
a government expert, and has been given
supplies of rabbits and other wild animals
for the purpose Of incubation. If he ia
able to make his contentious good he will
be allowed to transfer his operations to the
mainland, and the day of the Australian
rabbit will be over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Movement of Naval Vessels.

The triple screw cruiser Columbia ar
rived at Key West yesterday from Ha-
vana to take on coal and clean up prepara-
tory to going to New Orleans, where the
ship is to be one of the drawing cards at
the approaching Mardi Gras. The Tacoma
has gone to Santiago de Cuba. The battle
ship Rhode Island has arrived at Tomp-
kinsville. s. l., to take on her ammunition
preparatory to her going to sea for her final
acceptance trial. The battleship Ohio ar
rived at Hampton roads yesterday and as
soon as she has been put in order, with a
and both ships will go south and attach
themselves to Rear Admiral Evans feet
now engaged in extensive maneuvers in the
Caribbean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
HUDSON "BoTToMLEss."
Great River Has Untold Depth OF
Storm King Mountain.

From me New 1Utk 6ek9tu.
As result of the surprising discovery
that the Hudson river near Storm King
mountain is many hundred feet deep II Is
possible that the city's tunnel for carrying
the new Esopus water supply across the
river will have to be bored farther north
than was planned. In any event. the cost
Of construction will greatly exceed the sum
figured on.
. Borings have been sunk more than four
hundred feet thus far, and nothing ap-
preaching solid bottom has been discovered
Some Of the assistant engineers declare
that the Hudson may take rank with two
or three other so-called bottomless streams
Biologists. as well as engineers, are
deeply interested in the results of the Dor
ings Of the last few weeks No exploration
was ever before made Of the under depths
of the famous river. and scientists declare
that the conditions revealed are unlike any
thing that was looked for.
Solid rock is what the experts are seek
ing. 1t would not do. they aver, to build
the aqueduct through any other formation
To aid in the solution OF the problem, which
is a knotty one. Prof. Kemp Of Columbia
University and Prof. Crosby Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology have been
called in as consulting engineers. They are
experts ON geological matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
HAWAII's STATUS IN 1900.
Case Withdrawn and the Matter Not
Decided,

1t was expected that the question whether
Hawaii was foreign territory in April, 1900,
would be dealt with in deciding the case of
w. H. Crossman & Bro. Of New York VS..
George R. Bidwel. collector of customs,
which was dismissed by the Supreme Court
of the United States today, but as the dis
missal was at the instance Of Crossman the
court was not required to make an investi-
cation. and therefore announced no finding
In the case.
The controversy arose in connection with
the importation from Honolulu of liquors
by the CHEESEMAN'S at the time named. The
quantity was very small, and the duty
amounted to only $15, but the firm resisted
the assessment to the extent of carrying 1t
through all the courts, contending that as
Hawaii had been annexed to the United
States the exaction Of duty was illegal and
unconstitutional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
The Limit of Confidence.

From the New York Medical Journal.
Some amusement has been occasioned by
newspaper reports of a sermon recently
preached by a noted clergyman. He was
appealing to the people to repose in their
pastors the same degree of trust with which
they followed the advice of their lawyers
anu their doctors. IT." he is reported to
have said, you get prescription from
your doctor you take the medicine trust
noble lines thus:
Yours not to reason why,
- Yours but to do and die. 80
We are quite sure that the good man did
not realize what an Interpretation words
might bear. SO ra .rt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Influenza.

From the London Chronicle.
No one who has suffered from influenza
will be surprised to learn that the in
fuenza," as our eighteenth-century fore
fathers used to call it. when 1t was a
novelty, means 1.-THE epldemic'-with as
much stress on the 1.-The" as you like Origi-
nally it was just italian for Influence
and. among other things, for the 'Influ-
ence' of the stars. which manifested itself
balefully in epidemics of disease. :, Hence
influenza di febbre scarlattina," for In
stance, meant an epidemic Of scarlet fever.
And so. when eighteenth century Italy was
Frustrated by the scourge that Is with us
again now, and passed 1t on to England, 1t
was naturally spoken Of as the Influenza
the epidemic; though on the way
through France it acquired also the name
Of ia grippe" In allusion to its ferocious
way of seizing one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Lecture on Housing Conditions.

The committee on prevention Of consump-
ton and Improvement OF housing cendi-
tions has arranged to give a stereopticon
lecture upon the prevalence and prevention
of consumption and the open-air cure, and
also housing improvement for the poorer
people. in the Mount Pleasant NJ. E.
Church. Columbia road near 18th street, to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock. This IL to be
a union meeting. all the churches in Mount
Pleasant having been invited to participate.
The speakers on this occasion will be DR..
Aubrey H. Staples. chairman of the sub
committee on lectures for the committee
on prevention of consumption, and Wallace
Hatch. secretary of the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
No Head Tax on Foreign officials.

Secretary Straus of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor has issued the follow
ing order to immigration officers. collectors
of customs and other officials concerned:
you are hereby instructed that the head
duty of 81 provided for In section / Of
the immigration act of March 3, 1903, shall
not be collected, from transportation COM
panies or otherwise, in the case of diplo-
matte and consular officers and other duly
accredited officials of foreign governments
coming to the United States in the service
Of their government or In transit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
NOW THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
New World Of Tiny Organisms Re.
) vaalad hv Nau Sve$au, NJ Tj0hfiuD

New World Of Tiny Organisms Re-
vealed by New System of Lighting.
From the New York Sun.
The ultra-microscepe Is a recent device
Of science. BY its aid It is expected that
many micro-organisms which have hitherto
defied observation will be detected. As the
classification of microbes has progressed
biologists have been arriving at the con-
clusion that many must still remain un-
known, too small to be perceived with any
instrument hitherto in use.
The new apparatus is the invention of
two Frenchmen. Messrs Cotton and Mon
ton. 1t involves no change in the existing
arrangement of lenses. 1t IL the system
Of lighting that Is revolutionized. The
ray Is used at right angles to the axis Of
the instrument, instead OF coinciding with
1t. Thus the light sweeps across the OBJ
1ecttve parallel with its plane
BY this means it is said many particles
SO small that they have defied detection
under the most powerful glasses become
visible as brilliant points. 1t is a new
world. enthusiastic microscopists say, that
Is opened to scientific study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Crusade Against Rabbits.
From the London Telegraph

Broughton Island, of the coast Of New
South Wales. is the scene Of some very re-
markable experiments. The victim Of these
Is the Australian rabbit. which has fallen
under the severe ban of the sheep farmers.
and is threatened with unfaltering extermi-
nation. 80 serious to the farmers 10 the
problem Of the ubiquitous rabbit that they
subscribed fund Of f10.000 some months
ago, and procured the services OF a French
scientist. DR.. Danysz, q professor Of the
Pasteur Institute. to carry ON q crusade on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
HEROES OF THE TUNNELS.
Daring Deeds Of the "Sand Hogs
That Are Unknown and Unsung.

OaI1uB LOCUS VI IAc SdAu AoS5
That Are Unknown and Unsung.
From the Worlds Work.
Tunnel laborers are q high grade Of work.
men, and among them are scores OF poten-
tial heroes, although they would laugh II
told so. Every time there Is a Blowout
this fact Is dramatically demonstrated. An
example Of this occurred last June in one
of the East river tunnels. Bitter blast
had been exploded the thirteen men wno
were working 500 feet under the river,
and perhaps seventy-five feet below it.
FASTENED forward, only to be confronted
by rush Of swirling water and mud. The
dreaded blowout had occurred. Part Of
the roof formed by the river bed had given
way. and water was rushing in. while the
protecting lair was rushing out.
The lights grew dim and the tunnel filled
with fog. as 1t always does under a blow
OUT. Stumbling and cropping, the men
turned and rushed frantically back to the
airlock. This big airlock was closed. The
foreman tugged at the door. but 1t did not
bulge. The only thing left to do was to
scramble up to the small emergency lock
above. The men were in a panic. Action
must be quick IL they were to be saved. If
two men got wedged in this door. big
enough only for one, precious minute
might be lost. and with 1t the lives of ALL
That was just exactly what was about to
happen, when the foreman seized a pick
handle lying on the floor With this weapon
in his resolute hands. he lined up the panic
stricken men and made them crawl one by
one through the narrow opening to safety.
Then he crawled through himself, not a
minute too late. for the water was already
entering the lock as he banged the door
leading into the tunnel. Safe In the lock.
one Of them. not yet recovered from his
fright. turned on the valve so hard that
they would all probably have had ''the
bends" II the heroic foreman had not stood
guard over the valve with the pick hanaie
until he had brought the whole party out
without the loss of q man.
|, A few days later. in another tunnel thirty
men were working out about 40 feet from
the lock where blowout" occurred
Danger" shouted some one. and the whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Turned Over to Board of Experts.

The examination of civilian applicants for
appointment as second leutenants In the
Marine Corps, which has been in progress
at the Washington navy yard for the past
week, concluded Saturday night and the ex-
animation papers, which reached the Navy
Department today. have been turned over
to board of experts for classficatio and
report. There were Al applicants, and as
there are only twelve vacancies in the Ma
rine Corps each applicant has only one
chance in four of an appointment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04

gang made for the airlock. They made 1t
easily and closed the door-all except two
men who had volunteered to stay and see
If the hole in the river could not be stopped
up. Often it is possible to plug small
hole with coat or shirt, and the river bed
will close the hole made by the ''air."