The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-11
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LATER NEWS ITEMS.

! A cable dispatch from London states
that news had reached there from China.
/ To the effect that Charles Seymour. II Wis
consin. United Consul nj Canton. had been
sssassnatcd by a mob Of infuriated Mongols
Dissatisfaction with what was deemed by
thu Chimes. the too light sentence imposed
hy the British Consulate upon Tidcwaitcr
Logan. who was tried as the ringen,l,r i'm
the riots Of Sept. 10, had embittercd the
native population Of Canton against
all foreigners inai>crimnatcly. The
mob finally vented its blind fury by the muir
der in cold blood of "A man who had taken no
part III the existing troubles and given no
oifeasc, but who. in the eyes OF the mob, was
gaiits Of the high crime OF being foreigner.
and. therefore. worthy of death. Mr. scy-
mour was Postmaster nj La Crosse for many
years, and during his entire residence IN Wis
consin he has been prominent In tho work
ngs OF the Republicans in the Congressional
district in which he lived. lie was public
speaker OF considerable power. and stumpcd
the State for Garfield during the late prcsi-
Dental campaign.
The drv-gools store of b. Loewen-
stein 4 Brothers, on Main street, Memphis.
was totally destroyed by Are. the loss being
saou,ooo
John Goode, formerly member of
Congress from the Norfolk district Of Nir-
sinia, publishes IN address to the people. in
which he brands senator Malone as a liar.
A blaze ut Dallas, Texas, originating
In Howard 4 Cos elevator, spread i'm three
directions, consuming cotton-yard, the
electric light works, and many frame houses.
The loss Is estimated at Ss5o,ooo.
The Northern Pacific Directors. ut a
meeting i'm New York. reelected the board of
officers, and authorized the issue OF s.o,oua,-
600 of sccond-mortgagc bonds, subject To the
approval of thrce-fourihs Of the stockholders.
with which To pay the floating debt and equip
the road.
The German citizens in various parts
of the country have been celebrating the
aooth anniversary of tho founding Of Ger
mantown. Pa, by Francis Daniel pastorius
and body of German pioneers. There wer.
appropriate celebrations in Chicago, st. Louis,
Cleveland, Philadelphia. New York. Milwau-
kcc and other cities.
The business portion of the village of
rassumpsic, VT. was destroyed by fire.
Cheese, brought from Vermont, has
caused many eases of poisoning, none fatal,
ut Boston.
Another addition has been made to
the ranks Of the a-ccnt daiiies. The Philadel-
pha rs,sS has knocked OH n cent.
The wife of c. p. Huntington, the
She was the daughter Of William Stodlard, of
Cornwall. Il.
The Mormon Conference at Salt
Lake, was attended by 10000 persons. Eighty
elders were appointed To missions In Europe
and the southern States. and one was sent to
Indian Territory.
At pittsford, Mich. one freight train
crashed into another standing ON the track.
Three persons in the cahoosc were instantly
killed and the fire which followed burned
their bodies beyond recognition. Two other
persons were seriously injured.
Col. James Tullis, Special Land Agent
of tn. Government, who has been lnvesti-
eating frauds in the Rocky mountain region,
says large tracts have been patented In xio-
la,ion of law. one man residing near a city
in Montana fenced 1900 acres of public lands
and pasturcd The cows of citizens at 81 per
month.
The French Civil and Military Chiefs
I'm Tunquin announce that military opera.
,ions now are impossible, owing 10 the cond.
ton of the roads.
The son pf the Greek Minister nj
Paris accidentally killed himself while hand
ling a revolver.