The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15
LATER NEWS ITEMS,

The last surviving son Of Wordsworth.
the poet, died in London
Sarah Bernhardt's jewels fetched
lsa,Mo francs in Paris. Damala, her hus-
band, retires from the stage, land Is forming
| foreign legion for Africa
Edwin Booth appeared rs Othello in
| Berlin, and was presented with silver lau-
rel crown amid storms Of applause. The
presentation was accompanied with an all
dress
In the Investigation ut kilmainham
iail. Dublin, into the assassination of Cavcn-
dish and Burke, n carman, named Michael
kavanagh, turned informer. and deposea
that on the day OF the tragedy he drove
Joseph Brady and Timothy Kelly to PhwniA
Park. where he saw James Carey and
Daniel Delaney sitting beside the road
cab driven by Fitzharris soon came up
with four men and then two gentlemen
walked along. One Of kavanagh's passengers
said that the taller man of the tsso WAS IL
he assassinat.d kavanagh was ordered To
drive further away and wait He heard one
Of the victims cry out After the murder he
drove three miles from the park aud let Tim
Kelly of, and was dismissed and paid hy
Brady at Lesson Park. ka,anagh's evidence
makes 1t certain that Burke was first muir
dered, and that the plot was primarily
against him.
4 Milwaukee dispatch reports that
William F. Cramer, the founder and editor
in-chief Of the Milwaukee Ersniag Wisconsin,,
who went through the horrors Of the New.
hall House fire, is in very precarious con-
dition. II was ut first believed that the
veteran journalist had escaped compare.
lively unframed from the fire hut blood.
poisoning has developed as a consequence
Of his injuries, and there is little hope of his
recovery.
The Mutual Union Telegraph Com
| pany has been absorbed by the Western
Union.
Citizens of chihuahua organized n
company and attacked a band of Apaches,
| killing twelve Of them and capturing thirty.
three. In n fight ON the border Of sonora,
| Mexican troops killed 100 Indians aud took
sixty prisoners
Hon. Marshall Jewell, Chairman of
the Republican National Committee, and
| who had served as Postmaster General. Min.
| ister To Russia and three terms as Governor
Of Connecticut died at Hartford He was 5;
years Of age.
Charles II. Thorne, the actor. died at
New York OF govt Of the stomach, aged 4
years
At Rondout, n. Y, a large building
occupied by railway and steamboat Offices
the ice-house containing 400 tonsl Of tho
Cornell Steamboat Company and the steam
er City Of Catskill were burned Los,
sl50,0uo
CONSIDERATION Of the Tariff bill In com.
mittce Of the whole was completed by the Sen,
ate on the 10th inst. The amendment proposed
| ON snufi, smoking and manufactured tobacco 4
cents per pound was agreed to. On motion d
Mr. Williams, the tax on cigars Was made ~ Pc
thousand, instead 81 ~ a. In the hill. Mr.. LoeaI
moved % place salt on the free list, hut i
MAS decided 10 refer the matter 70 the senate
The House discussed the Ways and Means Com
hNing the duty on iron cuttun ties at 81 ler cent
al yalorem was defeated. after 4 sharp discus
sion, hy the close vote Of VI 10 ioi, four Demo
Gratis = all Of them from the rennssi
sania manufacturing districts so,ini
with the Republicans against til
| Proposed reduction. OA motion NJ Mr.
kelley, a duty nf Ia cents per pound Was i'm
posed upon east-irua vessels. plates, stove
+ plates aud iron, sad irons, tailors' iruns an,
hatiers' irons. Mr.. Dnnnell moved 10 redue
the duty on cut nails and spikes from IL 90
cent Yer pound, AMI, i'll advocating the motion
spoke Of the pending bill giving too littl
reduction. The motion ~as lost, after
lively debate. On motion Of Mr.. Carlisle, III
duty On railway hsh-plates Was reduced froI
Iss 10 III cents per pound. Mr.. nunnell move
70 reduce the duty on horseshoe nails, hobnail
aud wire nails from to cents per pound TIL
motion was lost,