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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-21
YANDERRILT,S SHORTER.

The Ne Plus Ultra Of Corporate and Plu-
tOcratic Impusience.
Vanderbilt, in speaking of the ball
which he was about to give few weeks
ago, declared that it would be a
shorter" The snort" is evidently his
highest ideal Of force and elegance.
His petulant exclamation, The public
be DID," WAS one Of the loudest
snorts yet uttered by the boss pluto
crat in this land of the free and the
brave. That Was at the time admiringly
received as the supreme expression Of
the regard Of S203,UO0,O 900 for the rest
of the United States. 1t was not sup
posed that anything better than that
could be heard until the arrival of the
Millionaire Of the future. But the re-
marks of Mr.. Vanderbilt in New York
the other day prove that he has more
reserved power than we had given him
credit for.
In year or two,' says our shorter.
Eve may have no Government, but we
must have railroads. Again: IF the
Government should not live, though l
expect it will, says he. condescendingly,
At Will iiluhC III NlIASk1ANS Will tlC
railroads. They would continue to be
operated" Here we have for this gen
Grafton the he plus ultra OF corporate
and plutocratic impudence. Wander
bilt surveys the National Government
and finds it altogether too small an
affair to last more than year or two
with any certainty, though he admits as a
human possibility that it may endure
longer. Upon his retina the Govern
ment is reflected as if it were rs pygmy
a thing rs the people of whom he
catches sight i'll the top gallery of the
| opera-house as he twirls his glass play
fully through his fingers in his box and
looks through it reversed as the only
| way to represent to himself the immense
distance between him and them.
I'VE may have no Government. We
| must have railroads. The railroads
| are the important things in this country
the Government secondary. The peo-
pie are of no consequence: they may
be id. The Government is very
insnbstantial affair. The water-stocked
railroad is the one eternal, omnipotent,
all-important institution of America.
Anarchy may destroy the Government
it cannot affect the railroad corpora
tions. Government bonds are very
good things. but they are not, says our
snorter, as coed as New York Central
stock. The bonds are founded on the
express pledge of the faith aud re-
! sources Of thu people, and since the
| people have been relegated by Wander
Tilt to region where all their energies
will he absorbed in turning themselves
over and over on the hot griddle OF e.
trilut on. it is Obvious that their bonds
cannot be mrch better than burnt
scroll. Now New York Central stock
is in Il Very different situation. That
has the advantage of connection with
the Vanderbilt family. And though
nst what that connection is has be.
come uncertain since Vanderbilt sold
~ much Of his stock, il is still plaii
that il il better to lay up treasures witt
i msn who i going to have the whole
Of hctv to hims Il than to risk it Will
the unfortunate majority in the Other
| place. chicago Tribune.
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THE DEATHS OF A WEEK.

Thomas kinsella, editor of the
Breshlua Eapis, died last week at his home in
brooklyn, after long and painful illness.
He was Postmaster under President Johnson,
a member OF Congress, and a delegate to
three national Democratic conventions. He
leaves large fortune to wife and
Ave daughters. Other deaths report.
I'd during the week were rs follows:
Hans Larsen Martcnscn, famous Danish
preacher and theologian; Charles Leslie, 4
pioneer settler OF Davenport, Iowa; Jacob
scasongond. a prominent Cincinnati banker;
Mrs. Catherine rattison, mother of the Cow
crnor of Pennsylvania; John Ball, a pioneer
OF the Grand River Valley, Michigan; Mrs.
blk, widow of the late Gen. John A. Dix;
Rev. DIR. Thomas II. Austin, OF VIM
ccnncs, Ind, Mason OF high
degree; Gen. niron, a distinguished French
diplomats Prof. Guyot, who had been con-
ncctcd with Princeton College for thirty
years; stephen u. Ives, prominent lawyer
Of Salem, Mass; Rev. Simeon North, Of
Utica, n. v, President OF Hamilton College;
Mrs. Mary Lynch, Of Brewer County, Iowa,
aged los years. Gen. j. L. Gilbert,
prominent citizen Of Bloomington. Ill.,:
Rev. John s. Inskip of Ocean Grove, N. j.:
Moses Williams, an esteemed citizen of Terre
Hau,c. lnd.s George Lane. veteran hotel.
keeper OF Oshkosh, Wis: Thomas Cheney,
for the past seven years editor OF the London
Ysa,.~
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ton OF interstate commercc, but that IL oon.
troll should not extend to tho waterways.
Tho Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nuc, In report to tho Ways and Means
Committee, strongly indorsos tho proposition
TO extend the bonded period on whisky NJ an
net or Justice 10 a great interest, unattended
~ danger or Inconvenience TO tho Govern
mcnt II Il expected that tho Secretary Of
the Treasury will coincide with the report.
A Washington dispatch says the
House Committee on Public Lands will report
BIN forfeitns the land grants Of the Hough-
ton and ontonagon, the Marquette and State
Line, tho Drnlo River, and tho Ontonagon
Railroads, comprising about 100000 acres In
Michigan.
The Bureau Of Engraving and Print
Ing at Washington has mndc the last delivery
or 81 and Z: notes warranted by the appro-
priattons, and there will be determined oppo
sition In Congress to providing for any more
small bills.
President Arthur has ordered tho
promotion OF Lieut.. Rhodes, OF tho revenue
cutter Dexter, FOR heroic work Mt the wreck
Of tho steamer City OF Columbus.
Thomas Benton, colored, was hanged
NJ plaqueninc, La, In the presence OF 1000
people, for the murder Of Robert Duggan,
July 4, 1889.
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qnin. II Is stated that from $50 to 800 Cato.
chists have been massacred and the mission.
house destroyed.
An unknown man seized Premier
Gladstone IN Bond street, London, and
brought him to stand. The Premier dis
engaged himself, and proceeded to the House
Of Commons
Turkey has q new trouble on her
hands. Tho Crctans arc again In revolt,
arising from the determination OF the Sultan
that the Christians In Crete, who belong to
the Greek Church, shall be regulated by tho
Mohamlnedan religious laws SO long as
these laws applied only to civil affairs the
Crctans made no serious objections; but
when II was sought TO regulate their ecclesI-
astical AFFAIRS they at once resisted.
Greek brigands have made another
haul Of Judges and other officials
A company, of which John Bright,
L. Dryer Gray and Charles g. Parnel are
directors, has been formed, to operate under
the Irish tramways act, to purchase estates,
and relieve congested districts.
A duel between members OF the
French Chamber OF Deputies took place in
Paris, NJ. Laquerre receiving wound In tho
knee.
Russian journals, in noting the final
annexation OF Merry, declare that England
and Russia can continue to gobblc Asia with.
out arousng new antagonisms. The German
papers, however, cannot refrain from taunt.
Ing England on the added dangers which the
recent conquests of Russia have brought to
British rule in India.
Bismarck has returned the Lasker
resolutions to the German Minister at wash
ington, instructing him to return them to
the House Of Representatives. as they are
not acceptable to Germany, and ask for their
recall. The London Times states that there
Ii considerable ill-feeing between tho WASH
ington and Berlin Cabinets.
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heir pay interest and capital on BIS
loaned PROPERTY.
II we must have Har, the wealthy
classes ought to be made to furnish the
means to carry it on, not through loans
as 1t is done now, by which they man
age to increase their fortunes, and to
saddle thrif future support upon the
labor Of the county. bi,t bv forced con-
tributions, which could easily be done
by excessive taxation OF large incomes,
taxation Of real estate, and taxation Of
inheritance.
Not only is the system of borrowing
money at exorbitant rates an injustice
10 the iaborpr, but i. has an Indirect re-
suit Of great Importance in creating a
demand for capital, and thus raising
the rate Of interest. The immense
fortune now invested in Government
bonds would have to seek other in
vestments if governments did 10. need
their money. Vanderbilt IL raid to
have $4,000, 900 invested in Govern
ment bonds. The Rothschills are said
to have 800, O00, Oe0; other mill onaires
have lesser amounts. Should all these
! sums be reimbursed there would be
sncll nh amount Of capital seeking rein
vestment that the rate Of interest would
probably fall lower than per cent.
and if it fell for one form OF invest
ment ii would fall for all other forms.
Interest, profit, rent, are interchange
able terms: they all represent the
amount paid for the use Of money in
vested. and with the fall Of interest the
amount paid for rent and profit would
equally fall. Should all the civilized
governments take measures to heavily
tax large incomes and apply the pro-
reeds to the speedy payment Of the
bonds, the load that is now carried by
labor in maintaining our idlers i'll ex-
travagant luxury would fall more than
one-half in less than ten years.
But to inangurate such policy will
require an amount Of enlightenment Of
| the laboring classes that cannot be
looked for very soon, vet great changes
have taken place of late. There is
much more knowledge both on the
land and money question than there
was ten years ago, and there is an in
stinctiye feeling that the borrowing Of
money is as rninous for nations as it is
for Individuals, and it will not be long
till the bond system shall receive the
investigation which its importance de-
serves.
The people have the power TO set
those things right, for they poll the
largest number OF votes, but they yet
lack the knowledge that can alone en-
able them to unite successfully, and
especially to apply their united power
where it will be the most efficient
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by the collapse Of n bridge at Weeds
port, n. \. MIXED train was dropped into
the Seneca River, tho engineer. fireman. and
brakeman being drowned.
The Philadelphia Medical Nees SAYS
Gen. Grant il doing well. but his recovery il
retarded by rheumatism.
The will Of Wendell Phillips con.
veys his entire estate, valued At sssa.ooe. to
Als widow and adopted daughter.
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Not Quite Ready.

The country is not yet ready to be
handed over to plutocraey OF syndi-
Gates who shall monopolize its travel
and traffic, its light, its rapid-transit,
mails, its Congress and Supreme Court.
It may prove, after all, that the people
who believe that the wealthy criminal
classes" have their vested duties Us well
Us their vested rights, are not only the
best but the most powerful and sue.
cssstul. Chieago Tribune.
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FOREIGN.

The Mexican Government has appro-
priated 100000 for suitable representation
nj the worlds exhibition in New Orleans.
Seven persons were drowned at Dun
dec, Scotland. They were pleasare-seekers.
Vague reports have reached London
OF frisbtful butchcry Of Christians In Ton.
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rnkin1ton 4 Co. agricultural tmplc-
mentS, 81. Paul. ............... ....... $4,000
II. Il IL. SChurch. stove-founders. Troy,
n. Y. .........,.. ....................... $4,000
Victoria Straw Works, Montreal. ......... $1,000
II. J. Woodrioh. clothing, Chicago. $500. :2ooc
r. A, Saalfield. music publisher. New
York. ....................... 10000
r, II T. Jaeger. crockeiy. Chicago ...... $1,000
perrine 4 Co., wool, New York. 1l5.0ua
]. A. Grinstead. tursman, Lexin9ton.ky. 100000
bureh. ,.............. .................. 2so,ooe
Renshaw d Co. clothicrs, New Orleans. $1,000
John Kerr. banker. Abilene, Tex. ..... so,eo0
Isaac Hodge. banker. Plattevlle. Wis. -. l5a001
j. Freedman. sirv goods, New York $3.50. loaooO
]. w. Fowler, dry goods, ST. Joseph. Mo. laooo
Jones Car Manufacturing Company.
Troy, n. f:.............. :............. 10000
w. Beistertiela. dry goods, Saginaw. Mich. louoa
Edward Pillshury's Sons, cotton, New
Orleans. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Moodside & Co. liquors. Philadelphia s0Ga
Glesner Il Ross confectionery. Kansas
= lily .....-.........t f",NV
Louis. ................. $4,000
4. 4. a. \. s. Smith. shoes. Philadelphia. 10000
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WASHINGTON.

The House Committee ON Commerce,
nj \ meeting the other day, decided that
there should he o commission for the re1ula-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-21

SOPHIE MEsIER, the celebrated pianist, has
been elected honorary member of the Phil
neg. Ibis i the prst time tlle honor has usen
accorded 20 z WOMAN
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The weeks business failures Of inn.
porsAncc, - reported by telegraph. are noted
in the appended table.
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Tho fire record Of the week is as
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-21
PEACEABLY IF WE CAN.
FORCIBLY IF WE Must.
Huntington. Stanford, and Croker De-
nounced as Highwaymen, Whom
Congress and the Courts Re-
fuse to Protect the PEG.
pie Against.

The People Called Upon to Protect Thcn,
selves,
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AURORA. IND.
The dismal predictions made yesterday in re-
gard to affairs Mt Lawrencaburg have been verb
fed The water has leen rising rapidly and
with II comes destruction. Upward OF forty
residences now are more or less wrecked or
several squares. People all over the town are
leaving their houses, hut they are compelled to
leave their goods, rs there is no rlace to take
them, aud even ii there were q place to put
them. they could not be moved, so strong Is tho
current through the town. Provisions are
scarce, and there liz much suffering In prospect.
LOUISVILLE AND LOWER RIVER POINTS.
This city Is titled With alarm at the encroach-
ments of the food. The river has been rising .
half-inch an hour for eighteen hours. and the
signal service dep rtneIt predicts that the Hood
will exceed the mark Of lss3 all along the Ohio.
At this point that height has almost been
reached, and great deal of water In reported
coming 30 FAR as Louisville IL concerned. there
Hood relief fund, but no outside aid IL necessary
yet.
The steamer Rainbow has arrived from Evans
vile. Her officers report NcMburg, TT. y, Tell
City, Derby, Ieasenworth, New Amsterdam.
and Mauckport. Ind, almost entirely over
flowed. Eockport, Ind, at the east flooded, and
Canneltown, Ind, Hooded three streets lack
from the river. with the water MP TO the large
cotton mill III probably had To suspend to-day
LeMisport C.oyerport, Hamesyille, and Hran-
denburg, Ky, are also under water In all the
towns named there Is already much suffering
aud will be heavy losses. The farmers nil along
the lower Ohio are heavy sufferers from the
destruction vi crops, drowning OF stock, and
floating of of outbuildfngs and fences Many
have had their household goods swept away.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30

TOPEKA, Kas., April 29.-The Republican
state convention assembled at O'Clock to
elect four delegates at large to the national
Republican convention In Chicago. Judge
David Kelso temporary chairman. After the
appointment of the usual committees the
convention adjourned till 7:30 D. m.
Upon reassembling the committee upon
permanent organization reported Capt. j. B.
johnson, chairman and Writ Walton, secre-
tary. Upon taking the chair, Captain John
son made a speech in vindication of Republi-
can principles, and for harmony in the party
in the state and nation.
A vote was taken expressing pronounced
preference, and resulting for Blaine 2O2,
Logan As, Edmunds II, Arthur 6, scattering
IL.
The delegates at large elected, Hon. P. B.
Plumb, Jos. S. Merritt j. A. w God, A. w.
Mann. The committee on platform report
ed resolutions, that the administration of
Chester A. Arthur, beginning under circum-
stances OF great embarrassment, has been
guided by wise and intelligent judgment,
which commends itself to the hearty approx
al of the whole people; that the mission of
the Republican party will not be fully &C
complished until the humblest citizen
of the nation is made secure in his right to
vote for the man of his choice, and have the
ballot counted which he voted; that we are in
favor of such legislation as will afford labor
just remuneration, and will make capital Sc
cure in investment, and that we are in favor
of national legislation for the regulation of
interstate commerce. The state central Re-
publican committee met to-day, and decided
to hold a state convention to nominate state
officials July 10th. General Rice and Dell
Valentine were chosen electors.
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Miscellaneous Political.

CONCORD, n. H., April 29.-The state con.
vention for choice Of four delegates at large tc
Chicago, will be held tomorrow. Col. Saw
yeris understood to prefer President Arthur
as the only candidate sure of election,
BALTIMORE, April 29.-The State Demo.
cratic convention to select delegates to Chi
cago will be held here on June 5. The state
convention selects the district as well as the
delegates at large. The conventions are ap-
pointed for August 9th.
New YORK, August 29.-The Republican
conference committee has made arrange
ments for representation at the Chicago
convention. About forty members will at
tend and Carl Schurz Will be of the number.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, April 29.-Most of the
delegation to the Republican state conyen-
ton have arrived. The convention is charp-
ed with the single duty of selecting delegates
to Chicago. The Blaine men claim a solid
delegation to Chicago.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 29.-The Greenback
state convention was boisterous and COM
prised of about thirty delegates. A report
instructing the Indianapolis delegates to
vote for Butler for president was rejected.
The delegates were uninstructed The plat
forms of the Chicago convention of 1880 and
the Rochester convention of 1888 was re-
affirmed. George o. Jones, J. E. Dean,
Louis +. Post and E. House were elected
delegates at large. The state convention
will name the congress district delegates.
WORCESTER, Mass, April 29.-Not large
number OF Democratic delegates are in the
city tonight, although the convention meets
Tomorrow, and but little is done concerning
the convention. 1t is conceded that General
Butler and Judge Abbott will be the two del
egates, with a strong probability Reuben
Noble and Judge McCatferty will be the other
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
Hnllninn Hmm nl,.

No woman, it is said, ever suffered capital eX
ecUtion in the state of New York, but it Just had
a narrow escape in the case of Mrs. Haight, who
was saved from the gallows tree by executive
clemency. Great complaint is leveled at Gov.
Cleveland from Syracuse, where the woman com
United the dark crime, but on the other hand the
governor is commended for saving the state the
pain of hanging woman While Mrs. Haight
was on trial the newspapers created much inter
est for her by celebrating the fact her hair had
grown gray during her confinement in jail. After
being assigned to her cell in the penitentiary
Mrs. Haight quietly removed wig disclosing a
head of rich brown hair.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Noticing the above under the head of Cur
rent Comments in your issue of the 2Sth, [
wish to rise to a question of privilege In
the year 1852, and prior and since for a
number of years. was a resident of Duchess
county, n. Y, and in the spring of that year
a acontan, Mrs. Lucy Ann Hoag by
name, was executed for the murder
of her husband by poisoning. She was exc
cuted at the city of Poughkeepsie and at her
side was hung stalwart negro, also convict
ed of murder. The account of the hanging
I have preserved from one of the papers of
the day and to the execution l was person
al eye witness. The writer of this comment
is evidently not a very great historian. 1
would further add that executive clemency
was sought but could not be obtained. l
have also preserved the full confession of
Mrs. Hoag. Yours,
VIM L. Coon, Mankato.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Bass, the famous English brewer, is dead.
Viscount Torrington died in England yes
terday.
Twenty persons were killed by the railway
accident, at Cuidad Real, in Spain.
Remington, small town west of Logans-
port, Ind, was swept BY fire yesterday morn
ing. Several blocks of business houses
were burned. including the postoffice. The
loss is estimated at $40, 600; insurance I'M
known.
Samuel J. Phillips has been appointed to
fill the position OF assistant general freight
agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
The body of an infant being found in a
barn on a farm at East Hamburg, n. Y,
lately owned by Dana Swift, the bodies of his
wife and her sister, who died suddenly a
short time ago, were exhumed. All are sup
posed to have been poisoned.
Charles Francis has been unanimously
elected president of the tariff reform league
at Boston. Two hundred gentlemen attend
ed the conference. Adams, in q speech,
said while free trader he did not believe
free trade to-day practical or living issue.
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A REVOLUTION I'M MINENT.
Steamers from Britain Telegraghed
not to Unload their Car
goes but Return.

LAREDO, Mexico, April 29.-Advices from
Mexico are to the effect that General Trevino,
few days ago received polite intimation
to report at headquarters the City of Mexico,
to which he failed to respond. A second and
official summons was met with an excuse,
whereupon, yesterday he was given
warning that unless he complied in twenty
four hours he would be taken under guard.
Gen. Trevino will not obey, as it means GER
tain imprisonment, and he will precipitate
revolution to free him. It is further asserted
as fact, that British steamer loaded with
goods for Vera Cruz, has been ordered by
telegraph, on her passage, to return her car
go home, without delivery, and that the
Whitney, Morgan line steamer, has been
ordered not to extend her present trip to
American ports.
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What's the Natter In the Noon.
Hartford Times.

Signs Of peculiar and decisive changes
were observed on the slender crescent of the
present new moon. An astronomer within
the past ten days claims TO have discovered
something unusual going on in the great
peak of Tycho Brahe, big mountain, which
has always been a prominent object on the
eastern side of the Moon. Tycho is vol
canic crater, nearly TO- 900 feet high and If
ty miles in diamater, audit had up to within
a few days peak a mile high standing in
this crater. This peak which was only a
bright spot in the midst of black crater, has
suddenly grown to be a gigantic mountain,
nearly filling the entire basin Of the crater
and towering above every other mountain on
the moon. 1t is estimated now to be thrice
as high as it was, and promises some start
ling phenomena. The moon has been called
dead globe, but If its internal fires can
give it any claims to life it is certainly
living corpse. The signs of a renewal of
volcanic action, which began to be discussed
century ago, are now not merely scientific
nuts to be cracked by the astronomers, but
they are claimed to be facts for the people.