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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-10

Following is the statement of the
public debt, issued on the 1st inst.
Interest-bearinp debt
-Four and onc.kAf Ter cents. .....t 2S0. 900. 0OC
Eour yer cents. ................... 731. 632. 75t
I.cfnndinp certificates .............. sls.iss
Navy pension fund.-. .......... H.000.OOo
Total interest bearing debt. &c. sss l5o
Matured debt ........................t 15.l3s,T95
Legal tender notes. Observation-Disclosures. Hi,73g,6aG
1eftiiicates OF deposit. ............. li.56a.oo0
Gold and silver certificates. ........ oUoa3a, 53i
fractional cufrency......... G.9s9.i2s
Total without interest. ..........s sSo.2le,s5,
Total debt principal ........... 1851 .o4l 600
,Io.aiintefest. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l2.t-2.323
,o'i.i ea~h In treasury. 315 III. 200
Dtht. less cash in treasury. 4os nil -oa
Decrease during DE .nib r III -. An
Decrease OF debt since June 30. 1884, ~ no Ast
Current liabilities
Interest due and unpaid. .s 1910 %,
lltbt Oh which interest has ceased IL 13s -ta
ihs.iest thereon. .:.............. 3sa, ios
told and silver certificates opop=o n,
l. >. notes held for redemption OF
certificates OF deposit. ........ 1850
Available assets
lash IN treasury ................s 1881, goo
Bonds issued to Pacific railway COM
lanies, interest payable by United
safc~-~
PRINCIPAL outstanding. .x 64f.3no
Interest accrued not yet paid. - s1,,5
Interest paid by United States . C9.22o GOA
Interest repaid bv companies
by transportation service. l7s3I Goa
by cash payments, per cent. net
earnings. ....................... sss.l9s
balance OF interest paid by United
c1Ates. ......................... H.935.o0O
Tue decrease in the public debt during De-
cember amounted to Sill. 7i3, 33,. The decrease
since juno g., 1883, Was S5s,049.4s3.
Friends of the measure express con-
tidence in the speedy passage of bill ex-
tending the bonded period on whisky.
The Attorney General has ruled that
Postmaster cannot take from the money
order fund of his Office sufficient to pay
clerk for issuing the orders.
Commissioner Dudley has dis
charged from the Pension Office three high
salaried clerks. on charges Of frequcnting
gambling-houses.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-10

PETROLEUM has been discovered In tho
Punjab, Hindostan,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-10

LIE ANNUAL report III tHe iuultOf OI stdl0
recommends the establishment of u separate
insurance department, to include the SUPER
vision OF banks and 10 be under the contro,
Of a Commissioner of Insurance and Bank
ing. While the insurance laws give to the
Auditor authority for the examination of all
companies doing business within the State,
In order to obtain correct knowledge of
their condition, examinations have not in all
cases protected the public. Mutual insur
ance societies are not subjected to the super
vision of the Auditor I'm any respect. The
exemption was intended to apply solely to
fraternal organizations with an insurance
feature attached, but spectators, the Auditor
says. have taken advantage Of the law to
Hood the country with schemes for obtaining
money without an equivalent, and some Wig
orous legislation IL needed that will tend to
weed frauds of this character.
WHILE the jailer nj Des Moines was In the
hallway getting the empty supper dishes. five
prisoners rushed past him and gained their
liberty. One of them struck the jaier a
| severe blow in the mouth. Those who made
their escape are: Thomas Lally, convicted Of
burglary; Oscar Piper, burglary; Ed Hanron,
| convicted OF perjury and larceny; Charles
| Adams, confidence operator; Aibur knight,
| in for larceny. The escape of other prison.:
| ers was prevented by charles Wilcox, charged
with having murdered Mayor Stubs OF Polk
City, who sprang forward and closed the cell
| door which fastened with Il spring lock.
Jailef Hailett who has been very fortunate
hitherto, says it will be difficult 10 return the
prisoners to custody, rs they are an ex-
perienced lot The Polk county grand jury,
before adjourning, presented liz regular
semlannual indictment of the county Jail as
unhealthy and insecure. They say il il no
wonder the five prisoners escaped. They
recommend the strengthening OF the yestibnle
as u temporary expeaient, and demand that
the erection of new jail be entered Oh.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
PERSONAL.
j. sohocnbuger, Germany. is at wOrmloy's.

j. sehoenbuger, Germany. Is at Wormleys.
Charles II. Wright. IL. Ayres Pennsylvania, and
Citizen Club, New York, are at the Arlington.
Dr. j. Canary, Meridian, Conn, the champion
fnncy bicycle rider Of the world, is quarLered at
the st, James,
W. NJ Freeman Mississippi; s. W. Stevens, s..
ii. Mead, New York, and r. II. Hilson, New jersey,
arc AT Wizards.
@. j. Palmer Mississippi; T. G, Meyer, Ohio; A.
Holmes New York, and j. @, johnson, Cincinnati,
arc at the Harris house.
Gen Grants Long Branch cottage Is for rent.
lie will spend the summer very quietly with his
son, at MorTistOwn, n, J.
II. Kellogg, Cincinnati; II. Wolters, Kentucky,
D. pOl0n Massachusetts,, and j. IL, smith, New
York, are Mt the Riggs house
Abbott Bassett, managing editor of the Bicvc'inq
World, Boston, Mass Willansport (lH.) wheel
club, New Haven wheel club, Marietta wheel
club, and 81. Louis wheel club arc at the 81.
James.
II. II. Elliot captain, bicycle club, Brooklyn; G..
w, Slade, first lieutenant bicycle club, brooklyn
Hon, S. Fessenden and II, T. smiths, stamford,
Conn Dr. Nm. IL. Dwinrlle and T. NetmUld ami
witG, New Yorkj ThOa, +. Langdln, Baltimore,
Md aud Hon. Thos, j, Lowry, Helena, Mont, uIe
at the Ebbitt.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

honors which hitherto have been laid at tho
feet of fiery Mars back to tho barbarisms TO
which theY properlY helonrW
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
HIGH UP ON MOUNTAIN TOP!
DEER PARK,
THE KING RESORT OF THE EAST.
No Stage Rides or BUS Transfer.
Directly ON the Line OF the II. and o., md
Through Trains Each Way Daily.

Parlor Cars on Morning Train from Baltimore and
washington, Pnrlor Cars ON Morning Train from
Sleeping Cars on all other trains and all trains stop
at Deer Park.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
The IIoosler Temperance Orator.

The electric temperance orator" from In
diana, Mr.. Lucien Benson, entertained large
audience at Waugh chapel, on Capitol hill,
last evening. His theme was 1.-THE Tempta-
tion of Strong Drink" The lecturer is fine
specimen of humanity. over six feet high.
His mustaohe and hair are raven black, and
flowing. He talked rapidly, and pictured in
vory graphic manner the horrors and evils
Of intomperance Referring to the ton years
that he drank liquor, he termed it item years
in hell,"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

The Ohio Republican association meets
to night at Grand Army hall.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

MEssRs. DUNcANsoN Bros, auctioneers,
sold Friday afternoon the following lots on
block 20, to @. A. Schneider, for 13s cents per
square foot. Lot A, same block, to W. w.
Metcalf for 10b cents per square foot. This
sale will be continued Tuesday, May 90, at
i: 80 o'clock d. m,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
To the Chicago Convention VIA PENN
sylynnia RaIIroa

Round-trip tickets to the national demo-
cratic convention will be sold by tho Penn
sylvania railroad at $21,5O, both from Wash
ington and Baltimore. Tickets will be sold
July 3 to 7, inclusive, good for continuous
trip going on or before July 8, and returning
July 1s. The Pennsylvania railroad has four
through trains to Chicago, one the limited
express, making the run in twenty-four hours.
The scenery along tho line is unsurpassed,
and adds greatly to the pleasure of tho trip.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
Rock EnOn Springs and Mineral Baths,
Great North Mountain, near Winchester, Va,
OPENS JUNE IL, 1884.

Terms, $50 to $50 per month of four weeks
Tickets from Washington TO the Springs and re-
turn, $3.50, good until Oct, 81
Illustrated pamphlets, giving all information, may
be had Of
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

a. ~ il.hl \ N oDNs' hhnuBetSi.
AOl Ninth street northwest,
at is a healthy place. The nights are delclously
COOL No mosquitoes, no bar, no sound of reyclry
by night" II Is u good place for all who desire "a
cleanly and cool retreat" LC. j. stuart Wells, Sur
geon, u. 3. MI
The cool and cNhilaTating atmosphere, the wild
mountain scenery, and fine drives, the baths and In
valuable medicinal waters with good fare, render a
season at Rock Enon del ght not soon to be forgot
ten Ltronl James e. Fitch, esq, Washington, ID. O.
My mmily and friends who spent the past
season NJ Rock ltnOn Springs unite with one accord
In prasing the place the regularity Of IT. recurring
evening entertainments, the usual good order tho
charming mountain scenery the inyigOrgting air. Ill
of which, together with the virtue Of the 'hoalng
waters" combine to make this resort one Of tho
most popular In the country. From Samuel Nor
mcnt, esq, Washington, ID. C.1 my5tf
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

nANFOFTHS FLUID, THE ONLY ARTICLE
~ expressly distilled for NOpOr stoves and NO
Chimney Burners! Always same quality! War
ranted nOneSplosivc! Pures whltest soest, strong
est, cheapest light.
pANFbRTHS SOCHIMNEY BURNER, the
only one In the Market No WlCts 10 clean or trim
No chimney 10 break nor CeNni
DANFORrH'S VAPQE COOK STOVE First
one In market Keeps ahead ofOttempted improve
men3l Strongest, 'mplc5t SAFEST durable, porta-
bic, easily managed ChrNpv-tl
IerritUry lccnspd or sold under patents issued.
Goods ready for observation-disclosures any quantity.
Town right sur. liy!ugi county right, competency
EtRto right, FORTUNE.
Write for price list and particulars,
DANFOErI ILLUMINAIING ~ MFG, CO.,
O3B F street, WASHINGTON, -, G.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

CANARY the champion trick bioyolIst this after
Iauu see uLyt
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19

A, S, PRATT & SONS, Managers,
AOl Ninth street northwest,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
SEASON OPENS JUNE a8.

Every possible luxury and convenience has been
provided ut this lovely resort by the H. ana u Com
pGny An9 h9 scgsOn of 1854 promises to DO the most
brilliant in ME history Of the place, NO FLIES
LARA, GrFdesi Place for children ig the country.
agcment ofW, j. WALKER, TO whQm ali commnni.
cations should be addressed al CnmherlanI, Md up
Rates, $40, S7b, and 500 per month, according to
location. Dlagram Of floors and rooms now open ut
ll nml 0. IIn.nl NlllCnH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
CONCENTRATING RESPONSIBILITY.


Nearly all the Democratic members of the
present Legislature are fighting the bill which
takes away from the Board of Aldermen of this
CITY the right of passing upon the Mayors APP
continents. OF the CT votes in the Assembly
recorded in its favor, on a motion to order 1t to
a third reading, 81 were cast by Republicans.
On Thursday, with the manifest object OF
bringing the bill into disrepute, Iammany
Assembyman offered the followingi
Rssorsd That It Is the OF this House that the doc
trIne Of concentrating responsibility applied to the
government of the City OF NewYOrk by thebl taking
away he power Of conrmaton from the Board Of Alder
men Of said city should be applied to the government OF
this State and that amendment TO the Constitution
providing for the taking away OF the power OF c0nrma-
ton from the Senate of this state ana giving the Gov
the power OF appointment and removal be sub
mtted to tho people Of this state at the next general
election.
Of course this resolution is based on the as
sumption that if concentration of power would
work well in city affairs, it would work well in
State affairs, that what is sauce for Mayor is
sauce for a Governor.
But those who back the resolution forget that
circumstances alter cases. No general rule of
responsibility can be laid down, but it needs no
argument to prove that if the Legislature
thinks best to pass the bill under consideration,
it is not logically bound to pass this resolution.
So long as the Board Of Abdomen as now cOnsti-
tuted has the power to pass upon the Mayors
Appointments we can count upon the city being
msgoverned. Until the same charge can justly
be brought against the Senate it will be well to
let the resolution lie upon the table. Meantime,
for the benefit of our Democratic friends who
see in the proposition to give the Mayor the
absolute power of appointment, blow at the
integrity of our republican system, it may be
well to refresh their rccOllectlOns. John /.
Hoffman stands we'll with most if not all of
them. They regard him as an accomplished
statesman. But when Mr.. Hoffman was Gov
ernor he sent a message to the Legislature in
which, in the interest of the concentration of
responsibility he advocated a change in admin
istration much more serious than that aimed at
in the present bill. He insisted i'll this message
that the Governor ought to be held responsible
for every department of the State administra
ton. and therefore should be allowed to appoint
the leading State ollicers-the Secretary Of
State, the Controller, and the Attorncy-Gen-
eral.
We commend this message Of the eXGOv-
ernor to his party friends in the Senate and
Assembly. a careful reading of it may induce
them to conclude that if one Of the most inteli-
gent of Democratic leaders was not afraid 10
take such an attitude on the question of respon-
sibility, they can afford to support this BILL
Properly understood, it is a measure which has
no politics in it. 1t means n wholesome reform
in city affairs, better appointments aud there
fore more faithful and efficient service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
PERSONAL

"Joen Jefferson has gone 70 his Louisiana planta
ton, on the Teche, where he will spend month OF
moro before appearing on the stage again.
Mr.. A. Bronson Alcott continues to regain health
and strength. He isable to take a daily walk, and
drives out occasionally.
Mr.. John Boyle OReilly is said to have written
his memorial poem on Wendell Phillips very
hnrriedly He did not begin it until after o'clock
Sunday evening, and it was i'll the printers hands
before midnight.
At the recent SALE in Baltimore, of the effects of
the late w. w. Carter, hair from the head of
Henry Clay was sold for thirty cents piece ofthe
towel used in stanching the blood from Abraham
Lncoln's dcath-wOund, for 81 80, and an autograph
of Chief Justice John Marshall for iftytvc cents.
Senator Zebulon B. Vance, of North Carolina, is
a famous story teller. His brother General Robert
b. Vance who is member of the lower House of
Congress Is also a noted story-teller and is pOpu-
lar among men of both parties in his State, espe-
cially among the farmers He was a farmer for
some years after the war, He is pious man, which
cannot be said of his more widely known brother
and was once a Sunday-schOOl superintendent and
class-leadeT in Methodist church.
General Butler is fond of cruising to the north
ward in his yacht America during the summer
months and one Of his favore routes is up through
the Gut of Canso. About third of the way up the
Gut is the little town of Port Hawkesbury with a
little hotel with veranda overlooking the water.
Here the man of destiny is sure to stop and sit a
day or two on the YeTanda watching his yacht
moored in the stream and musing Oh the mutability
of human affairs.
Assistant Bishop Potter writes to The Ckmchman
to correct account of the dedication of Sherred
Hall, in which he Is reported to have said that
Jacob Sherred "was apainter and glazler but an in.
teligent upright, honest man." " / enter" says
Dr. Potter, "a mild but decided protest against
that little word butt If Mr. Sherred had been a
plumber, there are perhaps some people who will
think it would have been appropriate, but have
enjoyed the friendship of many painters and
glSzfers. aud have never had any reason to think
that it was especially difficult for them to follow
their honorable calling and ut the same time main
tam their integrity. Poor but honest people say,
as though the two things were scarcely recon-
cilable-a view against which poor people may just
Is protest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

Mr.. MOrrisOn's bill as printed contained a
curious bOtch which was at first supposed to be
n printers error. At the end of the first section
the words on all unpublished cylinder, crown
and common window glass on cast, polished
"plato glass, unsilvered exceeding twenty-four
by sixty inches square on salt, in bags, sacks,
barrels or other packages, or III bulk, appear
lust as here printed, without the faintest con-
ncction with anything else in the section to
indicate what duties, if any, it was designed
to Impose on these articles. But the blunder
of grammar was, after all not meaningless
Mr.. Morrison deliberately insisted on putting
these clauses at the tail of the section, where
they have no grammatical or logical connection
OF meaning, because he was firmly set in his
mind that they should not come in prior to tho
words just preceding, which provide that
nothing in this act shall operate to reduce the
"duty ADORE imposed on any article below that
"of1SG1. - He meant to get the duties on these
articles below those of 1861, and yet did not
want to call attention to the fact, and so
blunderngly put the clause where it has no
grammatical meaning or force Whatever.
Assuming, however, that the committee will
at least doctor Mr. Morrison bill so that it shall
not be impOtent for grammatical defects, the
intricacies of the proposed tariff are tolerably
illustrated by the duties therein contemplated
for glass and stOneware. On common stone
ware, the 20 per cent reduction would make the
duty 20 per cent NOW %; on china and
porcelain, decorated 4S now 60, and plain
"A now 90 on other crockery Al now so /;
and on st0ne-ware exceeding ten gallons
capacity1G per cent now POI. So far it is plain
sailing. But next We have brick and lIe-blick,
now 20 per cent, which are not to be reduced to
16 because the duty in 1861 was 20. States,
mantcls, etc, now 80 per cent, are not to be
reduced to "a because the duty i'll 1861 was 80.
But what is to be done with roofing sates, now
% per cent, which were 80 per cent in 1861,
the courts perhaps can tell. Next como green
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09

and placed the Government under an obligation
to enforce it in some practical way hno
neglect of the Ministry to give enect W 'ii'
resolution afforded fresh opportunity lor "o
ton in the interest Of the English Agricultural
classes. Mr.. Chaplin, on the third night Oh ING
session. has renewed his demand for prohiDl-
torv legislation. The Government have re-
mnlsed this new attempt, defeating tho motion
Inv n vote of 251 to 200. The evidence brought
forward Inv Mr.. Dodson and Mr.. Arnold re-
oordino the disappearance of the foot-and-
month disease seems to have been conclusive.
These two resolutions have been IN reality
clumsy attempts to encourage home prouuction'
They were introduced i'll the interest OF the
agricultural classes, and were designed 10
check, if not to prohibit altogether, the expor-
tation of live cattle from the United states.
England, however, Is definitely committed 10
the policy of Free Trade, and not even the COh-
servatives, the traditional friends OF the 1ar-
mers, have the hardihood to support Protection
measure on abstract principles. They are
willing to advocate policy of self-protectlon
against foreign competition, provided they can
assign some convenient motive for their action,
and relieve themselves from the imputation or
being Protectionists and servile imitators OF
those aignorant and selfish Yankees" Accord
ingly, they have clumsily disguised their real
purpose, and laid stress upon the spread OF
disease among American cattle. The statistics
being against them, their arguments have been
easily contraverted. If they had evinced more
honesty and allowed their tub to stand on Its
own bottom, their action would not have been
discreditable. 1t would, of course, be an lncon-
gruous spectacle-a country processing Free
Trade as the gospel of an enlightened humanity
and the science of an advanced CIVILIZATION
and practising PrOtection-On food products
only. But it would have been, at least an
honest attempt to help industrial classes that
seem urgently to require protection against
foreign competition. Why should English Pro-
tectionsts steal upon the cabbage from be-
hindu and insist upon "carving by device 7
Nothing is ever gained by methods OF indlrec-
tiou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
TEN PAGES.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Mr Parnell moved an amendment to
the Queens speech in the House of Commons yes
Ierday - council of war was held in Caro-
- Rebels in Namdlnk and SOntay have been
dispersed with great loss.-= Edward Mortimer
Archibald. formerly British Consul-Generalin New
York. is dead. == Forty lives were lost in West
Africa by an explosion of gunpowder - Fran
els Ives ScudamOrc formerly superintendent OF the
English telegraphs, is dead
CoNGREss.-1he Senate passed the Mexican Land
Grant bill. == Senator Hale made an unsuccess-
fol effort TO induce the Senate to recede from It's
position on the Greedy bin and pass it. GO Soma
tor Riddleberger made his maiden speech on a
resolution for inquiry into appointments and remoy-
al, of employes of Congress 60 The House
adopted the report on the new rules. -= report
was made in the Chalmers election case.
DoMEsr1C.-Cincinnati remained the chief point
of interest in the flooded region yesterday. =
Senator Sherman favOrs protecting materials.
- General Sherman's retirement officially
announced. - Guyot the geOgrapher is dead.
e. The Fall River weavers voted to cooperate
with the spinners 60 A renewed attack will be
made on the oyster pirates. ;=fThere was "a
secret meeting of Randall Democrats in Phila-
aelphia.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-JOhn Barry, who testi-
fed before the Senate Committee on Cities yester-
day in regard TO his 5000 orders, showed much Ig
norance and bad memory. = The Ramapo
water scheme was presented to the Sinking Fund
Commissioners. 60 -Four oil tanks exploded i'll
Hunters Point causing damage of $4,000. --
Dir. Beecher talked about criticism of the Bible.
"a motion was made to set aside the Cesnola
verdict - The Western floods caused great delay
TO mails = The Rapid Transit Commissioners
selected four routes. &C John Austin
Stevens replied to Alderman Dufy's resolution.
g Mr.. Freshman was fined $50 for the assault
NJ the Old Guard ball - Two police sergeants
were made captains. - Another Of the robbers
of Luther Church arrested. - Ex-Dock
Commissioner Jacob VanderpOel died. &C Felix
Mosoheles lectured on American art. == Gold
value of the legalender silverdOllar 412l2 grains
80 50 cents. == Stocks were active only Ill spots,
but there was a general advance in prices and they
closed strong.
TIE WEATnER-TRIBUNE local observations in
dioate cloudy and partly cloudy weather. with
higher temperature and chances of light rain
Temperature yesterday Highest, $50 lowest
e2s average. 33a4S.