The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-09-27
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

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Nathorst, while travelling inland last July
was told by an Esqnimau interpreter thai
fifteen Esauimaux told him that the com
lnander OF the American expedition, who's,
name they pronounced "Kasleyh,a and
another member Of the party were dead
and that the rest Of the explorers had ~.
turned southwark on sledges.
Rev. DIR. Il. +. Hatfield, who was
Moderator of the last Presbyterian Assembly,
died the other day in New York
While six men were timbering the
Woodward mine shaft at Kingston. Ia, a
heavy block OF timber fell on the platform
supporting them, and four Of the men
tumhled sixty feet to the bottom and were
drowned The other two saved their lives
by hanging to beam until rescued
A correspondent who recently visited
kelley's Island reports that the grape crop
this year will be nearly as bad failure as
that of 1914
The administrators OF seven of the
girls who were rcsted alive in the rag ware
house ut Cincinnati have filed suits for
$1,000 each against the owners Of the build
ing, alleging that they knew the danger and
neglected to provide exits
Five men were killed by the explos.
ion Of steamboat boiler Mt Shreveport,
La
Fire destroyed the Oxmoor iron fur
naces at birmingham, Ala, causing loss Of
s5oo,0oo
Miss Sallie johnson, handsome
Baltimore girl, hanged herself on the stair
case by rope, from grief ut the insanity of a
companion.
Col. II. s. Strader, q leading horse
man Of Lexington. KY, had an aifray with
colored employee, killing him with shot
gun.
A cable dispatch says that France,
on the China question. is torn up NJ Fer
~ has the portfolio, but 1t Is generally I'M
derstood that the French Cabinet viii have
to settle the Tonquin question before the
Chamber meets, or the Chamber will settle
the Cabinet Ferry's proposition is that the
zone be limited to narrow belt between the
Chinese frontier and the Red river, but the
Chinese insist that the zone shall include tho
whole delta Of the river, and also that tho
Government shalt be administered by taen,.
They are willing to open the river, however,
to general European traffic Lord Granville
favors the Chinese proposals and, in the
event Of arbitration, II il thought that Ferry
will try to Join Russia with England in mo-
dating with fekin
The Irish National League is arrang-
ing for series OF mass meetings in the
United states to DO adore ssed by John
Redmond and others
Vienna dispatches accuse Russia of
massiny troops and making 'ltarv prep
arations along the German and Austrian
frontiers 1t Is stated that all the russian
railways have been ordered b. have military
Captains have been instructed to hold them
selves prepared to transport ammunition
and arms to any port directed. Enormous
provision depots, IL il SAID, are being cstab-
lished along the frontier
John Bigelow. ex-Minister to France
He believes Blaine, Conkling and Arthur
can settle their differences satisfactorily,
with the result Of the reelection Of Arthur
Mr. Ngelow states that lilden told him six
weeks ago that II every man, woman and
child In America thus including Rnther-
ford b, Hayes were to sign petition that
he should run for President he would still
refuse.
The ships Pauline and Shirley, which
sailed from New York ON Nov. 10 and March
slast respectively, are now given up As lost
The new Brooks comet is rapidly APP
preaching the earth and sun, and will he
visible to the naked eve before Christmas