The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-12

HISTORY OF A WEEK.
A serious accident occurred on the West
Shore railroad near Little Falls, New York
little after midnight, Sunday night The
limited st. Louis express, which left New
York at Q p. N. Sunday, ram into washout
and was badly wrecked. Ono sleeper was
turned over and splintered almost its en-
tire length. Hon Charles g.
Pratt and wife Of Rochester New York,
were ON their way home and Mrs. Pratt
was SO badly injured that she died before
they could release her from the wreck. Mr..
Pratt was seriously but not fatally hurt.
There were good many others injured,
some Of them fatally but no one else killed
outright.
The President has appointed Alfred P.
Edgerton Of Fort Wayne, Ind, and William
!. Trenholm OF Charleston, y. c., members
Of the civil service commission, vice Eaton
and Gregory resigned. Dorman B. Eaton,
the head Of the commission, who recently
resigned has conccnted to . temporary
reappointment in place Of Judge Thomas,
resigned.
-. Elliott, editor Of the Sunday Capt.
tai at Columbus, Ohio, has been making it
lively for State Auditor Kiesewetter and
on the evening Of tho Sth, the auditor met
the editor at q hotel and fired two shots at
him, one hitting the editoral:thumb and the
other the ceiling.
Mrs. Walkup, who has heen on trial at
Emporia, Kansas, for the murder Of her
husband has been acquitted. The jury
stood to 8 at first but after being out 4s
hours agreed to acquit. The verdict is sus-
tanned by public sentiment Of the commun-
ity.
Ex-senator Sharon Is ON his death bed at
San Francisco. He has made dying
statement declaring that he never proposed
marriage to Miss Hill, and never signed the
marriage contract.
John Mccullough, the actor died at his
home in Philadelphia on the sth. He was
removed from the Bloomingdale asylum to
his home about three weeks ago.
For the five weeks ending Oct 3lst, there
were 1881 deaths from small pox in Mon
treal. The deaths from small pox are now
varying from 80 to 10 daily.
In the celebrated Boston divorce suit
Fred 8. Taber has secured divorce on the
ground Of the adultery, his wife with Rev.
Mr.. Downes.
John Robinson's circus seems to be in
bad luck. A collision on the Ohio river
sunk his circus boat last week and drowned
two of his men.
Henry Ward Beecher has had his pocket
picked of a s4OO gold watch. The robbery
took place at the And strset elevated rail
way station.
Two young men INDUCED in q boat ride
on the Niagara river on Sunday, and get
ting into the current were carried over the
falls.
NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
Elections took place for State officers on
Nov. Sd, in Iowa, Massachusetts,, New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
Mississippi, and municipal and town
elections in several other states SO that
eleven states were entertained with
the territory Of Dakota in which the vote
was upon the adoption Of the South
Dakota State constitution and the election
Of State officers to serve when Dakota is
admitted.
The following is the result as reported
the morning after the election.
NEW YORK.
The chief interest of the country was
centered upon New York as it is the home
of tho President. The President and
Secretaries Manning and Whitney all
went to their homes to vote New York city
and Kings Co. (Brooklyn) gave Hill,
(Dem.) for governor over $1,000 majority,
and this assures Hills election by from TO-
GOO to $4,000. Republicans concede the
former figure, and Democrats claim the lat
ter. The entire Democratic state ticket as
elected stands as follows: governor, David
B. Hill; lieutenant governor, Edward F.
Jones; secretary of state, Frederick Cook;
controller, Alfred c. Chaplin; attorney gen.
eral, Dennis O'Brien; state treasurer Law
renee J. Fitzgerald; state engineer and
surveyor, Elnathan Sweet. Buffalo,
Cleveland's home. gave over 1900 Republi-
can majority.
The Democrats elect Fitzhugh Lee, Gov
ernor; John E. Massey, Lieut.. Governor,
and Rufus A. Ayres, Attorney General by
from 1900 to 10000 majority. They also
elect the legislature.
IOWA.
William Larabee, Republican, was elect
ed governor by about5 900. Thegreat issue
in the state was the continuance of the
present prohibition law or its repeal and
the adoption Of licence law. That made
the contest for the legislature the leading
issue Of the campaign.
The report the second day after the elec-
tiOn stands as follows:
Senator Larrabee, according to fuller re-
turns is elected by 5000 to 5000 majority.
1t may run less than this, but hardly more.
Capt. Hull for lieutenant governor and
Judge Beck reelected, will each be 1000
ahead of Larrabee. The lower house is re-
tanned by the Republicans by from one to
four majority, which, like the governor
ship, Is, as two years ago, Republican.
For the upper house, Senators Graves,
Bills and Rothert, license Republicans, are
succeeded by license Democrats. In the
Boone-Story district, safely Republican,
Gov. Scott is defeated by Jordan, Demo
crat. The prospect now is that the opposi-
tion have ten out OF fourteen senator's
elected this year, leaving ten Republican
majority in the senate, and Republican
majority on joint ballot Of twelve to six
teen.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Robinson, Republican, was elected gov
ernor by 1000 plurality.
DAKOTA.
There being q divided sentiment in the
territory relative to admission as whole
or divided, the election was quite one sided,
only one ticket being in the field, which
was nominated by the Republicans as fol
lows: governor, A. G. Mellette; Lieuten-
ant governor, A. E. Frank; Secretary of
state, H. 8. Murphy: Treasurer, ID. w.
Diggs; auditor, Frank Alexander; attor-
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