The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-27
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

In the Criminal Court at Washington
Capt. Howgate pleaded not guilty TO the charge
OF embczzlemcnt, and was committed to Jail In
default Of $50, 900 bail. The District Attorney
stated that an indictment for forgery had also
been found against him.
The reductions on the star and steam
boat postal routes have nearly reached thcii
limit, the saving effected being &525, 600 per
quarter.
Judge Cox has assigned Leigh Rob-
lpson TO duty as associate counsel In the
Gntcan case.
The committee charged with the work
Of raising funds for the Garfield Memorial
Hospital at Washington appeals to all pastors
to deliver discourses and take collections Nov.
5 and Q, nnd forward the amounts realized to
the Treasurer Of the United States.
A Washington dispatch Of Oct. "a
says that Assistant Postmaster General Tyncr
does not intend to resign until he has fully *
planned to the President how much abused lac
liz how he is the victim OF circumstances over
which he had no control, and how generally he
is misunderstood by the public at large.
Mr.. Tyner says about his much talked
Of report on star-ronte frauds that he
did not suppress that report that, on the con-
trary he presented it to Postmaster General
Key, who told him to lock II up, as its pnblca-
tion misht injure the party; that President
Hayes was fully aware Of its existence, bnt did
not wish it published for the same reasons
which Judge Key put forward. Mr.. Tyrcr alleges,
moreover, that he presented the report to Post
,laster General james soon after that gentle
Department, and that Col. James has based all
his proceedings against the star-routc ring on
the rep0st.
The steamer Clan Macduff, from
Liverpool for Bombay, foundered on the
Welsh coast. Two boat-loads managed to
make their way to the shore, but tho others,
thirty-six in number. are supposed to have
perished.
The chief Of the Tnnisian insurgents
has written the Bey Of Tunis that the religion
Of the natives will not allow them to toerat,
tho cession Of the country to the French. !,
truly patrlOuc dogma
In Richmond, Va, in the ccremonic,
OF the Centennial, the Declaration OF indie
pendence Was read for the first time since III,
days Of secession.
The Governor and troops Of Con
necticut, who were present 1t Yorktown. wer,
entertained at Charleston, where business va.
suspended and military review held
w. NJ. Brown, Of Masseyille, Ohio
while riding OH train near Erie, Pa, dram
from wine flask handed him by two flush,
young men. When he was sufficiently drows,
they chloroformcd him in car full of passel
gers They then escorted Kim to the platform
for fresh air, aud removed from his waist
bel, containing, @s,05O.
Justice Booth, Of New Haven, has
bound Walter E. Malley and James Malley, Jr.
over to the Superior Court for the murder d
Jennie CraMer.
Mosher Burnham, policeman ol
Lansingburg, N. Y, was murdered in an allie,
by burglars, whom he probably surprised a
their work.
Charles jefferson, convicted Negro
murderer, obtained . new trial at Independence
No., by claiming that willful discrimination Wal
made against the colorcd race in the selection
Of grand and petit jurors, in violation ot til,
Federal constitution and State statutes.
A saloon quarrel in st. Louis resultct
in the killing Of Tim Moran and tho woundi.s,
! Of Ed Hardy by . brakeman named Johl
Mahoney.
Paul Boyton reached Yankton il
thirty-iive days from the head of the Yellow
! stone.
The German citizens Of Washingto,
gave the Won Stcubens banquet, At which Al
unpublished letter from Gen. Washington /
4 Baron Won Steuh.n was read.
Exposito, the alleged italian brigan,
who was captured At New Orleans, has be-,
| lodged ii. Jail at Palermo