Decorah public opinion., December 15, 1896, Image 1

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AKERS A GREEN, Proprietors.
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Winnesheik County.
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Attorney at Law,
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DECORAH, lowa. 128 West Water street.
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Attached. Prices Reasonable
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Razors Sharpened
—or—
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Near Flrat Nat l Saak.
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Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul Railway—
Decorah Branch.
Passenger depot corner Water and Day
streets. Telephone 56a.
Depart. Arrive.
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City. Kansas City >fJO: 15 a. m. +4:25 p. m.
ana Ht. Louis)
Omaha, Hioux City,)
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HI. Louis (Limited)} l* l ® o P- ra> .20 a.m.
* Daily, f Dally Except Hunday.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids 4 Northern
Train No. 52 (passenger) leaves Decorah at
8:36 v. M. and No. 54 (Freight) at 8:30 A. M.
No. 51 (Passenger) arrives at 2:10 P. M.,and
No 58 (Freight) at 5:00 p. M.
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Cedar Rapids with through trains to Chicago,
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nolnts beyond. All trains dally except Sun
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Winnesheik County
BANK,
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THE OLDEST BANK IN IOWA.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855.
The Largest,
The Strongest,
BANK
in the County.
Capital, - - 5100,000.
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
$300,000.
Safety Deposit Boxes,
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J. C. ANDERSON,
Dealer in and Breeder of Fashionable
Bred Trotters and l’acers.
Peed Barn in Connection.
Horses Boarded by Day or Month.
L. J. ANDERSON,
Manager.
Cor. Washington and Broadway Sts.
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DECORAH, WINNESHEIK COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1896.
Subtle Q jzinuyji
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY.
By AKERS A GREEN.
Official Paper of the City of Decorah.
OFFICE—2II WEST WATER STREET, UPSTAIRS
TELEPHONE NO. 15.
CURFEW FOR DECORAH.
Considerable interest is being mani
fested over this state aud elsewhere in
enrfew ordinances, which have been
established in many cities during the
past year or two. The ordinance gen
erally provides for the ringing of a bell
at a given time in the evening, at
which time all children under a certain
age are warned to remain home, or lie
able to give a favorable excuse to an
officer for being on the street. The
custom lias arisen out of the fact that
in many places children who ought to
he at home are seeu on the streets affer
dark, and in the association of persons
whose inlluence is of a questionable
character. And there is no exception
to this rule in Decorah. There is scar
cely an evening but what one may see
children, too young to be away from
home, on the streets in company with
those whom their parents would not
desire them to associate. There is a
movement on toot which will proba
bly lead to the asking for such an or
dinance from our city council and we
caunot do otherwise than heartily ap
prove of the project, for a child who is
on the street after dark is often in ques
tionable company, and if we do not
train our children properly while they
are young we only till a cup that will
in afler years overflow with bitterness.
Over two hundred cities and towns
have already passed the ordinance, and
we would lie glad to see it passed arid
enforced in Decorah.
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A Few Hours Late.
Owing to an accident our pai**r
reaches the mails a few hours late. It
is unavoidable, hut we assure our read
ers that such an occurrence is not likely
to happen again.
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Two hundred and seventy-live lives
were lost last Thursday by the sinking
of the North German Lloyd steamer
Saber off Cornnas Cerrubedo. The
steamer was bound from Bremen to
Buenos Ayres.
PETER BAKKE HELD UP.
Robbed of 511.75 While Going
Horae From Decorah Last
Tuesday Evening.
HENRY DONALDSON AND RALPH
MARCH THE PERPETRATORS.
A Full Confession Made by Both Par
ties before ’Squire Gibson, on
Thursday and Yesterday
Mornings.
At about half past tive o’clock last
Tuesday evening Mr. Peter Olson
Bakke, who resides in the soutwesteru
part of this township was going home
from Decorah and when near Mr. J.
Logsden’s place at Trout Run, histeam
was stopped by some one and his
clothes were rilled, the parties com
mitting the deed taking $11.75 from
him.
The same evening Ralph March and
Henry Donaldson came to Stringer’s
grocery store and secured change for
$lO, March giving Donaldson $5.
Mr. Hukke came to Decorah Wednes
day morning and reported the affair to
the authorities, and described the taller
one so definitely that it corresponded
with the appearance of Ralph March,
of this city, who was arrested by Sheriff
Christen and Marshall Fleming that
evening. Heury Donaldson had been
seen in company with March very fre
quently, and as the description of the
other party tallied closely with him, he
was arrested by Marshall Fleming on
Thursday morning, aud the evidence
being so strong against them that the
possibility of escape was very slight, he
was induced to make a confession be
fore ’Squire Gibson, which is in sub
stance as follows:
Donaldson and March went down
the 8., C. R. & N. track Tuesday after
noon to just below the Trout Run mill,
over the hill to the right ofP. Roney’s
house aud into the ravine below, where
they remained until Mr. Bakke passed
by, when he was halted by them,
Donaldson holding the horses aud
March placing a revolver in front of
his face and taking $11.75 from his
pockets. Donaldson said that March
had been endeavoring to get him to
help hold up some one for some time,
but he had refused until March got
him drunk.
Yesterday morning March was given
a hearing liefore 'Squire Gibson at the
court house, and changed his plea of
“not guilty" to “guilty." He also
made a confession, being the same as
that ot Donaldson, with the exception
that he said that Donaldson had in
duced him to go in to it, and prepared
everything himself; he said that
Donaldson had said to him that he had
to raise some money and wauted to
hold up some one, and that he had
made up his mind to hold some one up
and either wear diamonds or stripes,
he didn’t care which. He said further
that he (March) had a revolver in his
possession.
It is believed by some that March
lias been connected with several other
thieveries about town. On Saturday,
the sth, a|number of articles were taken
from Fish’s planing mill, one of which,
a pocket lamp, was found in his posses
sion, and a man answering his des
cription has been seen several times
prow’ling around houses iu the city.
Y. W. C. A.
On Friday afternoon a number of our
young ladies met at the rooms of the Y.
M. C. A. They organized a Young
Woman’s Christian Association, aux
ilUary to the Y. M. C. A. They will
meet at regular times tor bible study
and social improvement, and a physi
cal class will probably soon be organ
ized. The following officers were
elected:
President—Miss Editli Updegraff.
Viee-Pres.—Mrs. E. R. Baker.
Secretary— Miss Clara Brown.
Treasurer—Miss Allie Tracy.
Still Another Robbery.
Constable D. D. Rosa brought over
from !(>ssian on the noon train to
day Frank Steel, Ed. Carr and Wm.
Doley, who were sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail by W. W. Car
ter for stealing a rotx* and some blank
ets from a wagon. These same parties
have been in the custody of Sheriff
Christen three times before. What
next?
♦
They have gotten themselves in a
bad mess at Marshalltown over the
soldier’s home. The federal court lias
taken a hand in it and will decide
whether or not the home bus a right to
retain a portion of the inmates’ pen
sions. The case was once decided in
the affirmative by the supreme court of
tikis state, but the federal court now
takes the matter in hand.
ANOTHER ROBBERY.
Mackenstadt's Tailoring Estab
lishment Broken into
Sunday Night.
51200 WORTH OF GOODS TAKEN.
Hie Robbers Broke in Through a Rear
Window and Took all of the Best
Goods in the Building.
Decorah seems to have had
her full quota of fatalities and
criminalities 'during the past few
weeks. On Sunday night, or more
probably early yesterday morning, J.
H. Mackenstadt’s tailor shop on East
Winnebago street was entered and some
SI2OO worth of suit aud pant patterns
and trimmings was taken. A thorough
investigation revealed the fact that an
entrance was effected by breaking a
glass in one of the rear windows and
taking out a stick that held the upper
sash in position. This sash was lowered
ani the robbers crawled through.
On racks for that purpose were piled
suit and pant patterns, about fifty of
the former and ten of the latter being
taken. About $350 worth of trimming
goods lie on the shelving, SBS worth of
which had just been received Saturday,
and was still unpacked. On a table in
the front window was S4OO worth of the
best goods in the store, all of which
were taken. Mr. Mackenstadt esti
mates the total loss at SI2OO, but that
figure would probably not cover the
loss to his business at this time of the
year.
It was certainly a very bold attempt,
for tracks appear in the alley in the
rear of the building, which show that a
vehicle of some kind was used in which
to carry the goods away. An exami
nation of the wheel tracks show that
the robbers drove out of the south en
trance of the alley, west to the court
house square corner and thence south
across the Winnebago street bridge
toward the school house.
No clew to the robbers has as yet
been discovered, but two men were
seen on Ben Bear’s corner shortly after
two o’clock in the morning, which
causes some suspicion. We hope that
the guilty parties will soon be found
out and justice meted out to them.
Looks Like Thievery.
Upon going tohis stable last Wednes
day morning Mr. D. T. Manning, of
Canoe township, was surprised to find
one of his horses was not there, and
that some one had evidently cut the
halter with a knife and taken the horse
away. A careful investigation w’as in
stituted, •which resulted in finding
proof that the horse had been lead by
the house ou a walk, and when out of
hearing was taken eastward at a rapid
gait. While Mr. Manning was prepar
ing to come to town tonotifiy the offi
cers of his loss the horse came back,
showing signs of fast driving or riding,
without bridle or halter. This is al
most conclusive evidence that horse
theives are in the vicinity, and it be
hooves us to keep our property careful
ly guarded.
Walked to Decorah.
Last week a wager was made at
Waukon between Scott Jones and Al
bert Peterson, the latter betting that
he could walk from Waukon to Decor
ah in 3 hr. 10 min., Jones taking the
position that he could not. The tele
phone w r as used as a judge of time, and
on Wednesday morning Peterson made
the trip on foot, being on the road 3 hr.
5 min., reaching Decorah just five
minutes ahead of time. Considering
the unusually bad condition of the
roads at that time, the journey was
made in good time.
District Court.
The November term of the district
court for Winneshiek county closed
Saturday. In the ease of the State of
lowa vs. Chas. R. Moore the jury re
turned a verdict of guilty, aud he w’as
given a seutence of two years in the
penitentiary. Mr. Brorby was given a
judgement of $5lB in the ease of Brorby
vs. Trzcinksi, but we understand the
case will be appealed. The jury found
for the defendant in the ease of Graff'
vs. Hock, and in the case of Toveson
vs. Hettlevedt, a judgement of $35 wa
rendered against the latter.
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President Cleveland lias issued
his ffual message to Congress. Six col
umns of it may he found on the sixth
page of this issue. It contains in all
ten columns of type, but the abridge
ment given on the sixth page omits
simply minor explanatory points of
slight interest to the general reader.
TEMPERANCE.
The Womans’ Christian Temperance
Union has been in Decorah for years.
During this time it hasapplied its work
to different forms of Christian activity.
Its object has always been the pro
motion of temperance, and for the
highest and truest development of its
members as wives, mothers and citi
zens. The fact that the Union is in
terdenominational and unites the
various churches, thus performing its
work more effectively, makes Union
work especially commendable. To ac
complish the promotion of temperance
in this community we must seek to im
prove public sentiment, and divert the
minds of the people of the errors and
prejudices of a superstitious and by
gone age, giving them better thoughts,
cleaner ideas of life and grander con
ceptions of the true, the beautiful and
the good. This is the most difficult
part of our labor—the enemy’s strong
hold upon the social, political and busi
ness world, to conquer which will take
unremitting toil. This work should
not be left to a few, but every Christian
church and organization should be in
terested and willing to constitute their
share toward one common end. Each
can do something in this great field of
labor. And we will not fail in this
glorious undertaking, because the work
is great. If we do not succeed the
blame rest* with us. And we must not
becomediscouraged when we see some of
whom more is justly expected suc
cumb to the malignant influence of the
so-called “saloon power.” We have
the power if we will unite our forces
and work. What care we for the un
truthfulness and reproach of the un
principled ones who are seeking to
thwart us? Has not every phase of life
from the beginning of time been a con
stant warfare? It will always be so
through all time to come, and the man
or corporate body without plan, pur
pose, ability and determination will be
pushed aside and soon forgotten. Then
let us to the work, with definite end in
view and concentration ot forces, ever
ready to meet any emergency that may
rise, and knowing one cause to be just,
press on with a breathless determi
nation and a zeal that never yleldßr
Come and aid in this work for
“We are living, we are dwelling,
In a grand and awful time.
In an age on ages telling,
To be living Ts sublime.
Then on, let all the soul within you
For the truth’s sake go abroad.
Strike! Let every nerve and sinew
Tell on ages, tell for God.”
SECRETARY.
J. W. Hargraves Dead.
Janies W. Hargraves was born in
New York State, Jan. 13, 1852, and
■died at Detroit, Mich., Dec. 7, 1896.
He came west with his parents in 1855,
living in Wisconsin until 1864, when
they came to lowa. Iu 1879 he married
Miss A. Jordan. He leaves to mourn
his loss a wife, three brothers, J. H., of
Decorah, T. W., of Minneapolis, S. C.,
of San Francisco, Cal., and one sister,
Mrs, S. J. Neff, of Mankato, Minn.
The remains were brought to Decor
ah for burial last Thursday, the funeral
being held at the Baptist church, Rev.
W. D. James officiating.
Mr. Hargraves w’as a miller by trade.
He learned tiie business in the Trout
Run mill, and worked for some time in
the Ice Cave aud old Decorah mills.
He was an upright, honorable man,
and has many friends in this vicinity
who will mourn his loss.
$5,000, Brand New.
Mr. Ben Bear has secured til rough
the Winneshiek County Bank five
thousand dollarsin new coins of the dif
ferent denominations and Saturday be
gan passing out these coins in change
to parties making purchases at his
clothing store. Among the lot are 500
Columbian half-dollars, which are
w’orth one dollar as a commodity but
he will give them out at their face
value,—ttfty ceuts—in change. From
now until Christmas our citizens will
have ail opportunity to secure brand
new money fresh from the mint in
change at Ben Bear's. His enterprise
is commendable, and this new feature
of advertising his business will doubt
less prove succesful.
An Interesting Relic.
We were shown a relic by L. L.
Couse one day last week which is in
deed interesting. It is the subscription
list u for raising money for the tirst
church erected in Winneshiek county,
which was built in the year 1855, being
the old M. E. church building, now oc
cupied,by tin* Decorah Institute. Rev.
E. C. Byam was the pastor, ami the
only resident signers now living who
appear thereon are C. Day and A. Bra
dish. Mr. Couse lias kindly left the
document in our possession, and any
who may desire to examine it may do
so by calling at this office.
No. 43.