The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-06


Mrcr. died at Battle Creek. Mich, nj the are
OF io' years. She gained her freedom in 1888.
under the Emancipation act of New York, and
for 40 years she has spoken TO tho public on
liberty, temperance. and woman suffrage.
AT South Chicago, ILL.,, John
Schmidt, n German butcher. walked up to
his wife. who was standing on street corner,
drew his revolver without \ word Of warning
and shot Mrs. schmidt. and then himself.
He died without speaking \ word. The two
had not been living together. and jealousy IL
supposed TO have been the cause for the ter
rihle tragedy. Mrs. schmidt Is In a critical
condition. with but small hope of recovery.
The female base ball club which has
been exhibiting In the larger cities was
stranded AT st. Louis, hast week. Their
trunks were held by tho Indianapolis road
for express charges. n hot i keeper attached
certain property, and the manager applied to
the Mayor for passes TO New York. which
were refused.
A Grand Trunk passenger train
jumped tho track cirh; miles east of Chicago,
killing the conductor and hrak man, and
lady baking mp and trui>in- many of the
passengers,
Thomas A. Doyle, who for fourteen
years was Mayor Of Providence, h. has
rcca called hack to the position In order 10
inarnra,e a reign OF progress.
Fritz kummel, butcher employed
nj the hicago Stock Yards, recently obtained
divorce from his wife in California and en-
gagged himself to Emma Iaascu,c. She Tilted
him heeause of his in,empcratc habits, and
the other evening M tcok her life and his
own with a revolver.
Clara King, IA years old, is missing
from st. louis Her friends SAY she had no
lovers and has not eioped.
At Dixon, ILL.,, runaway horse
drag.ed Miss E,eita Lewis and two young
girls into the river. where they were drowned.
An ARRAY between Jacob Block and
Eli Frank, rival clothing merchants Of Rush
vile. Ind, resulted in the death Of Frank
and the mortal woandny Of Block.
The Citizens Association Of Chicago
,cns, that exercises a fathctly guardianship
over, he city and looks after the welfare OF the
lnfnbtants-is again prodding IN the thea.ri-
lal managers Of tina, city, with a view of
,esseaing the danger 10 audiences in case Of
Art. With one exception all the thoateio In
Chicago are pronounced faulty In one respect
or another. and some of them are yeritable
the traps. MeNleker's theater, which is
tuilt upon plan that ought to he forced by
law upon all builders of houses of amusement
that il, with wide alley upon both sides
has some fifteen separate exits, and Is SO I'D
mirah'c in construction that the committee
pla e. il AT tn head of ali as the best build
ng in the city 10 afford facilities for the safe
dispersion II an audience.
No light has, up to this writing, been
thrown on the massacre ut jackson. Mich.
which bids fair 10 pass into history as one or
the great criminal mysteries OF the age. II
Is rrct,y well stuffed that tho robbers got no
such sum of money tSso,eeo or thereahoutsl
as was nj FIRST reported, as Crouch had very
the only plumber they secured was
tho few hundred dollars which
P.sley. the hosiating visitor. exhibited in
saloons and among low company, previous
10 stopping al trouch's, and which piece of
toolshness brought about his own death as
well rs that of his host and the entire family
An examination OF the private papers and ac-
counts of the murdered millionaire farmer
reveals the fact that some title deeds aud
other important documents are missing, and
there is a lively nigh, in prosrec, between the
heirs Of the dead man.
A passenger on n Cincinnati street
Ear, nj late hour af the night. so, into MI
alteration with the conductor and driver,
and shot them both The driver l. dead, but
the conductor may recover. There were no
witnesses of the tragedy. The passenger
claims that he acted In self-defcnse.
Prof. J. II. Tice, the weather prophet,
died suddenly at his home In 81. Louis
The wife of L. I. johnson, Specia,
Pension Examiner for the district of Eas, Ten.
nessec. killed herself with n revolver I'm In.
dianapolis because her husband remained on,
al night. She was woman of are heaut,
and high culture. but il known TO have beer
insane.
Four burglars refused to surrender I,
Marshal Suffer AT shelby, Ohio, and fired Il
him, w.unding him severely. He shot one Of
the robbers dead, however. Then the Other
three started on, pursued by almost all thu
mae citizens of the place. One fugitiv.
turned AMI shot a pursuer dead. but tn.
murderer was later captured and taken 4
shelby. Another member OF the gang, after
forcing people TO give up their rigs. ant
making desperate attempt To escape, me
with collision on the road, was thrown
under IA wagon, and was riddled with tn,
bullets Of his pursuers before he could arise
The fourth rohher WAS captured at Plymouth