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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14

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death Of watch 10 shafsea AissS1y - - -.
publican party.
In referring 20 the matter OF app0gtjo8Uo1s
the speaker showed that with . majority Of
BIZ; 5000. or but 81 per cent Of the entire
vote, ire republicans have undertaken 10
80 garrymand-f the state ~ TO give then ~
sal d! the ii congressman. IS out Of the ~
judges. or onc republican Judge to every 6,O0C
republican voters and one opposition Judge 70
OF the Legislature apportionment. In de0ance
county having one-half tho ratio dxed b. law
shall have one representative, the republican
legislature after fixing this ratio at 1905 in
hnbltanis. gage the republican counties hav-
ing less than the required II. 0O0. each ono
Representative. whfle ave democratic coun-
ties with $4,000 population Arc given but nve
representatives, thus : republican ID given
hree and one-half Iimes the influence In
shaping legislation that u accorded demo-
|crat.
The speaker referred 70 the disasters which
nave ovcrtaken the republican party 10 Iowa
In the past four years. Ill Of which = the 70
suit OF mal-administration and 0umptuary
Legislation.
In CONCLUSION the speaker referred to tbs
registration law, which ne characterized - .
most exnciinR piece Of legislation, cunningiy
calculated 10 disfr anclise many Thousands o.
the los. 100 nafuia allied citlzeps Of lows, and
IS hich WIS enacted Without 4 shadow OF Sear
son, for in no city - The state has there ever
oeen question - - The absolute purity q
he ballot.
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0oDoaGo1p. O0QU0 - SDaosUD noso -
way1 heIA that this raises prssumptl00 =
favoe of bic right 70 vofe. But undes this
Law al such Will b disfranchised.
Three druggists Of OsccOia. In four months
stnce permits were granted. have sold 10 bar.
rele of whisky. s2 gaiions Of brandy. 50 bar.
rela Of bottled beer, besides IS cases and two
casks (ncariy 3 tarrels) OF GIN. oDe-half bar
rel and package OF wine. keg Of cologne
spirit and 3 barrels Of alcohol.
With bypocrittcai pretcnse u fsvorinS
honest elections. Il has invented and iegal-
lied election machinery that has enabled II to
seize upon and steal the highest ONCE Ii tho
nation.
Pretending 70 favor IN honest civil service
II has multiplied o6acers aud Increased their
emoluments. and then ~ biackmaiiing the
o6dceholders raised enormous campaign and
corruption funds, having the audacity 70 do
mand . specific per cent - its own.
Begging your indulgence for this long let
ter, and earnestly hoping that 10 the present
campaign partisan fsrvOr may give way to
calm and deliberate judgment, that false 10
SUES b ignored. and that each voter may
recognize tho responsibility resting upon him
- IN elector. Am most sincerely yours.
j. G. COOK.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14
CORYDON.
rHD SECOND JOLIET DRBArH

CBNrERvILLs, Iowa, September A.-The
Joint debate In Corydon this afternoon at
tracted an immense crowd from al points
from Wayne county and adjoining sections OF
the state and congressional district. COL Hep
burn opened the discussion, painfully on the
defensive, and maintained that attitude to an
iinpOtent conclusion. Major Anderson made
the middle speech, and held tho immense
audience speil-b0und In spite Of the sudden
shower which momentarily interrupted bis
discourse. His speech was Q powerful ar
ra,enment Of his opponents congressional
record, and the audience WAS electrified
with his elOQuenco and hiI sound argument
and dictiOn. He assailcd Hepburn on his
votes for the corporation interest, and play
iuily plodded the valiant colonel on his post
,on rs TO the mission of the grand old party
having been ended fourteen years ago. Tho
mayor assured the friends Of Hepburn that
IA hnself was largely responsible for the
e.ioDei's return 10 his fathers political re-
union. ~ he was present whom tho fattcd calf
WAS killed and helped rebaptlse him In the
faith.
Hepburn attempted to show that the Cul.
Ion transportation bill was more favor
a'.le to tbs farmers than the Reagan
Iili. but Major Anderson completely
upset his position and made hts attempt ap-
pear decidedly ridiculous. Such , thrasning
the colonel got was never witnessed be-
lore, and II WAS common remark AFTER the
discussion WAS over that Anderson Immortal
i..i himself - An orator and logical debater.
ttepburn In his 81 minutes close blundered,
>tammered and tried TO explain. but even his
most intimate friends conceded his o0mp!etu
failure 70 com pat the sledYs hammer blows
III his powerful antagonist. Hepburn was
e,tainly not ct himself,a u Wa evident that
ANDERSON, who WAs In excellent voice And
t'im Tor ~ argument, com pletsly over y hcln,1d
and put hin % plainly On the defensive that
lis most ardent fTiAnAs vaso sppsaAssd and
disooa0Qu1nk
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Tht dismal efforts Of the regency to b
iunny at tho expense Of Major Anderson
/, 70 far from being without success, but tho
lun 10 oil On the other sids- Tho major can
,tand e and not half trv.
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Balance against the state

That ID to say that In three years commence
Ing June 30, 1885, the republican party has
piled up an Indebtedness Of $S2S, 1852. while
the average annual rate Of income from taaa-
ton for tho same three years was ST. lis, 600. 49,
increase In state expenses has only been
&B2l ,OOO.64. What has become Of the money!
There 10 absolutely nothing to show for it.
The republican party 10 in control of all de-
pAftments Of state government and can not
escape the responsibility OF this deplorahie
condition OF affairs. The increase OF income
derived from added taxable property should
more than compensate for any necessary IN
crease Of ex psnse incident upon tho growth
Of the state.
xho aDAAkag golegyoa +, ShD xAao Of he Cas-.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14

That tho public lands are trust held by the
government ~ the heritage OF its people aud
that they should under no circumstances bt
aIienAted from Its citizens nor made tho sub
tect OF barter and sale for speculative pur-
poses but should be held for actual settlers
who purpose by their own labor to build up
iii our country Z homo. And We demand the
immediate and unconditional resumption Of
all unearned railroad land grants.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14

IN increase Of nearly al, 900 annually. Our
Indebtedness 10 growing NJ even more rapid
rate. Section 2, article :, constitution pro-
vides that the state shall not contract an IN
dcbtodness TO exceed 3.50.00O. The following
statement Of cash In treasury and warrants
on tsfandtng at the several dat - named shows
how the constitutional restriction has been
violated:
Warrants outstanding Jun. ~.
y
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
NEW JERSEY DUEL.
Druggist ana Gambler Ex-
change Shots Near Trenton.

NEW YORK, Dec 1O.-A Trenton, n. j..
special to oday says: Public attention here
has been diverted from the aldermanc
scandal by the widely-crculated report
yesterday of a duel which is said to have
taken place on the Pennsylvania side of the
Delaware river opposite this city yesterday
morning. The principals in this affair of
honor are said to have been Trenton drug
gst and sporting man Of this city, and the
difficulty which led up to the sanguinary
encounter is said to have had its origin in
dispute as to the rights OF the belligerents
to pay court to pretty jersey belle. The
Immediate friends of the Interested parties
to the alleged duel decline to talk. but a
gentleman who said he knew ali about the
hostile meeting. and how it resulted. said:
There were seven persons iii the party
which left Trenton a. uawn yesterday morn
ing. One of the seconds was a Princeton
student. A Trenton physician also went
along. The hill near the old brewery at Edge
Hill grove was the site selected. The regula-
ton distance was paced off and the princi-
pals took their positions. Revolvers were the
weapons, The first shot exchanged went
wide of the mark. At the second round the
sporting man fell to the ground. being
wounded by the druggist. The bullet had
entered his left shoulder. The wounded man,
while he lay on the ground, fred on his an
tagonist and struck hila in the right shoulder.
Tue two duelists were then driven back TO
Trenton, but unless their wounds prove
serious 1 would not divulge their names.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
G. H AIN VALUES.
As They Rule the sresent Month,
According to Official Figures.

ACCOrdlnS 10 OHHICIaI EBS ureS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-The crop re-
port of the department of agriculture says:
The December returns of average farm
prices. by counties. show material reduc-
ton, as compared in values with the crops
of 1855, in wheat, rye and barley. Corn
has made an advance nearly equivalent to
the percentage of reduction in quantity. and
oats, in sympathy with corn rather than
with the small grains used for human food.
averages slightly higher than last year. the
farm value of CORE was 33c per bushel in
December last year. 1t is now 37c-1c
higher than the crop of 1884. The average
for the previous five years was 44.7c, and
for the ten years prior to 1880 it was AZ. &c.
The average December price of wheat
value of the last crop and 415c above the
price in 1884. The average in New York
is SIC, 12c lower than last year; Pennsyl
vania S3c. 13c lower. The reduction is
still greater in several Western states. The
average of Ohio is 74c, Michigan 73c. In
diana roc, Illinois, 69c, Wisconsin Csc, Min
nesota Gle, Iowa 60c, Missouri CSC, Kan
sas 5Sc. Nebraska SIC, Dakota SIC. There
is little decline in the Southern states, in
some of which prices are higher than last
year. The average in California is 73c.
The average value of oats is 29 sc, against
%. SC last December. Rye averages SO. 1c,
against 81. &c last year. Barley 53c, against
Sc. Sc. Buckwheat SAC, reduction of
1.5c per bushel. Potatoes 46c, 1c higher
than in December last year. The value of
hay averages nearly Sc per ton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
TOMMY WARREN wORSTED
I'm an Impr0mPtu Battle With
Johnny Farrell, a New York

johnny Farrell, a New York
Boxer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Between II and
o'clock this morning select number of
sporting men and ex-pugilists were enjoy
ing social time in a well-known sporting
resort when discussion arose as to the rel
ative pugilistic abilities of Tommy Warren.
the Western champion feather weight, and
the well-knOwn 12S pound boxer of this
city, Johnny Farrell. Both were present.
Warren, after knocking out Andy Handy a
short time ago, expressed Willingness
to meet Farrell for fun or money. This
willingness was expressed by Warren at the
gathering referred to. Farrell was agree
able and the party adjourned to a room up-
stairs. where two-Ounce gloves were pro-
duced, which the pugilists donned at once.
The party, which numbered about twenty,
appointed themselves, individually and col
lectively, both referees and tinlekeeperS,
and time was called for the Set-tO. The first
round was very tame, only light sparring
being ndulged in, but in the second round
which was allowed to run into five or six
minutes. because of the intense attention
of all the referees. The men were urged by
the party, and becoming warmed up,
slugged each other to their utmost ability.
Both were much wnded when they retired,
Warren getting black welt under his left
eye. FarrelfS friends who were present
claim that three more rounds were fought
and that in the fifth Warren was knocked
down and unable to continue the fight.
Warren tonight said that the fight was
stopped at the end of the second round by
the appearance of the police.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
The Wheel Contest.

OMAHA. Neb., Dec. 10.-The six day
bicycle race for the championship of Amer
lea will close to- morrow night. 1t has been
in progress since Monday, and is fine ex-
hibition of speed and endurance. The
contestants are John S. Prince who won
the championship in March; Albert Schock.
ex-champon; Tom Hardwick, champion
of Kansas; Frank Dinglee, of Minneapolis,
and E. n. Bullock. of Omaha. The men
start at 2:3O and do not leave their saddles
until 1890. At $50 o'clock last night
Prince passed the five-hundred-mile point in
thirty hours and forty minutes, which is an
hour and twenty minutes better than the
championship record. The score at the
closing hour last night was: Prince, 522
miles laps; Dingley, 519 miles 8 laps;
Schock, SIS miles laps; Hardwlck, 507
miles; Bullock 461 miles.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
THEY DANCED ON AIR.
Robert Grayor, a St. Louis Negro Lad,
Executed Early on Yesterday
Morning.
The Extreme Penalty of the Law Also
Visited on Oolored Assassin at
Bardstown, Ky.
Some Interesting Developments In
the Trial OF Ex-A1d. :McQ aade
at New York.
Duel With "a Gambler ~ ear
Trenton.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Dec. 10. - Robert
Grayor, colored, was hanged in the yard of
the Jail at 6:55 this morning. Grayor re-
tired at O'clock last night and slept until
5 this morning. when he was aroused by a
deputy sheriff and partook of hearty
breakfast. At o'clock the death warrant
was read to him in his cell. and at $50
O'Clock he was marched to the scaffold ia
the jail yard, accompanied by two deputies
OF the sheriff and followed by crowd of
about one hundred and fifty. who had been
admitted to the jail OH tickets issued by the
sheriff. GrayOr bore up bravely under the
ordeal, and when asked if he had anything
70 say, stepped to the edge of the scaffoid
md in a clear voice said: Il wish
you all good luck" Then retreating
10 the trap he stood firmly while the cap
and moose were adjusted. The trap was
sprung and in twelve minutes Grayor was
pronounced dead, having expired with
scarcely struggle. The crime Tor which
GrayOr pad tie penalty was the murder of
Berry Evans. also colored, committed July
9. 1883. The night previous Evans had
severely punished Grayor. who was his
roommate. and fellow employe in livery
stable. The next morning Evans taunted
Grayor with his discontinue of the night
before. and Grayor, seizing wagon stake.
dealt Evans a blow upon the head from
which he died four days later.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
AT1ICA's CONFEDERATION.
The Business Part of a THRIVING
Ohio Town DesIrOYed Inv Fire.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1O.-The business
portion of Attica, o., was destroyed by
fire this forenoon. The loss. divided among
a dozen or more persons. will reach $780,
600. insured for about s75. 900. The fire
broke out at o'clock in the business por-
ton of the town in a grocery owned by
John Carpenter. The flames spread rap
idly and the whole block was soon in
flames. There was no apparatus to fight
the fire with and the bucket line was of
little avail. The whole block was swept
before the flames were checked. The prin-
cipal losers are: j. Il. Strandler, hardware,
$50 coo; K. T. Hearson. druggist. SIS. 0O0;
Armalage & WurtZer. hardware, 81. .000;
John Carpenter. grocer, $4,000; Thomas
gray. barber. $500; Jacob Engle-
hart. carriage warehouse. $1,000; j.
J. Walker, store building and residence,
SIS, 900; James Hailer. two building, $1,000:
Small & Kaufman. bakers. S5, 600; w. II.
Vanham, building. 81 600. Isaac Tanner
owned the building occupied by Armatage
& WurtZer, the loss being 50, 000. All the
business blocks on the other side of the
street were badly scorched, and the large
window glasses were broken by the great
heat. The Grand Army of the Republic
hall was burned with all its furniture and
records. j. L. Strandler's building, large
three-story brick, on the corner of the
square. was blown to atoms by an eX-
plosion of dynamite and gasoline in the
cellar. A number of other losses occurred
of which it is impossible to obtain particu-
lars. The loss is insured for about half,
divided about equally between the German
American. Cooperative. Phoenix. Milwau-
kee Mutual Home and Columhia insnr-
ance companies. The entire block is in
ruins and the brick walls of the buildings
lying in the streets. An engine and fire.
men were sent from Titfin on a speci al
tram, but too late to be of much use.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
THE IRON ORE BUSINESS.
Rema rkably Heavy Output Noted
LIN Iire Lake NuperiOr Region.


in the Lake superior Region.
CLEVELAND, o.. Dec. 10.-In it's annual
summary of the iron ore business the Iron
Trade Review will say tomorrow that the
sales for 1886 will reach the largest figure
since the opening of the Lake Superior iron
ore industry, thirty years ago. For the
season ending Dec 1 it estimates that
g. $50. 500 gross tons were sold, compared
with 1888. 1876 tons in 1885. an increase Of
59s. OILS over last year. The amount of
unsold ore at lower lake ports one year ago
was estimated at 130. 600 tons. This year
the unsold surplus is less than 70, 600 tons.
The total receipts at Lake Erie ports for the
season of 1886 were Q, 168, 554 tons, being
664. .5S5 tons in excess of last year. The
amount of ore on dock at Lake Erie ports
Dec. was 500. 40 tons less than at the
same time last year. From all these facts,
the Review concludes that the docks will be
cleared up by spring and that the output OF
the Lake Superior districts. which this year
reached nearly $50. 600, 900, will next year
approximate very nearly 400, 900, 900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
DRESSED BEEF MEN.
They Consolidate Their Interests
and EOrm a Zig Com bination.

They Consolidate Their Interests
and EOrm a Big Combination.
New YORK, Dec. 10.-The movement to
consolidate the Western Dressed Beef COM
pany and the National Consumers Beef
company, of this city. and the National
Consumers Beef company of New Jersey,
and to form larger and stronger corpora
ton than ever before. is making rapid pro-
gress. At meeting of the Western
Dressed Beef company, he'd on Wednes-
day. about thirty stockholders. representing
$50. 600 of the paid up capital. were pres
ent. Oliver Lamner Teall. the president,
resigned. and Manton S. Patton was elected
president. the Marquis DeMores. general
manager, and j. II. Powers Farr
treasurer. Mr.. Teall has also re-
signed as president of the National
Consumers Meat company of this
city. and the vacancy was filled by the
election of Mr.. Patton. Mr.. Teall was one
of the promoters of both ente. prises. and
the chief executive since the organiza-
ton. Considerable dissatisfaction with
his policy was found by the stock
holders, and they bought his interests. Yes
terday afternoon at joint meeting of
the stockholders, Almond Hammond Jr.,
of Baltimore, was elected Eastern manager
for both New York companies, and at a
subsequent meeting of the New jersey
company, the Marquis de MOres was
elected president. 1t is understood that
the next step will be the organization of
the new company with the principal Office
in the rink building at Broadway and
Fifty-third street. The main station will
be the Manhattan market building. on
Thirty-tifth street. near the North river.
The three companies to be merged into
one have an aggregate of 5000, 600 capital,
OF which over $500. 900 is paid up.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
Fire asugs crested.

CLEVELAND. o.. Dec. 1O.-There is
considerable excitement at Findlay, o..
over the arrest of three men implicated in
an attempt to burn the city. Night before
last there were seven fires before midnight.
They were in different parts of
the town. and clearly of incendiary
origin. Jacob Twining, who acted
suspfciously near one fire was arrested at
once. To-day he made a confession, i'm
plicating William A. Smith and George
Ramsay, who have been arrested. Twining
says that he and the two other men laid the
plot to burn and plunder the city. and each
was stationed in different locality to carry
out his part of the work
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11

witness said that he knew Waite and Wen
dell, but no other members of the board of
1884. The work of drawing up the docu-
ments was common work. The order va
eating the injunction was obtained from
the only Judge who could legally grant it
at that time. The whole proceedings in
the case were in accordance with common
custom among LAWYERS. James NJ. Lyddy.
lawyer. was sworn. He testified that he
acted as counsel for his brother. John b.
Lyddy, Greenwich street grocer. in pro-
curing the injunction. Witness said that
John II. Lyddy signed the consent TO the
dissolution of the injunction. The lawyer
went out and on his return he was shown
the S12. 500 in cash. Several other wit
nesses were examined without eliciting any
thing new, and recess until evening was
taken.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
A Narrew Escape.

CINCINNATI. o.. Dec. 10.-An exciting
street car accident with marvellous es-
cape of dozen passengers. occurred last
night on the Walnut Hill cable line. car
ascending Gilbert avenue Mill stopped near
the summit to let off passenger. When
it attempted to start. both the brake and the
grip refused to work. and the car ran back
ward with frightful velocity quarter OF
mile to curve, where it left the track
and plunged down an elnbankment All oD
board except a baby, were more or less
bruised and cut, but. very strangely, nc
broken bones or other serious injuries re-
suited. The Car was ruined.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11

knights of Labor it would be foolish to i'm
ayine that we could be represented by any
other person than Knight of Labor. I see
that the committee on credentials claim to
have decided against Mr.. Denny, not
because he was glass worker. but
because he belonged to the Knights of
Labor. If we were not entitled
to representation as members of Powderl s
order, we do not desire it on any other
grounds. Therefore, l am led to the con-
clusiOu that the rejection of MIR. Denny's
credentials was plain notice that the Trades
Federation does not intend to affiliate or
work in harmony, either as regards legis'a
tion or labor amelioration, with the Knights
of Labor"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11

LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. 10.-Harvey
Post, colored, was hung this afternoon at
Bardstown, KY, in the presence of fifty
people The crime for which Post was
executed was the murder of a fellow work
man named Felix Adams, June 4, 1855, in
Nelson county, Kentucky. Post and Adams
quarreed about the formers wife and Post
accused his victim of meddling with his
family affairs and shot him dead in barn
where The TWO CHANGED To meet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
CHARGED " Nitn fraud.

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-James w. Sykes,
proprietor of a public warehouse at SO
Michigan avenue. was arrested on war
rant issued by Justice Lyons to-day for
fraudulently disposing of 1900 bags of
timothy seed, the property of the Mer-
chants Loan and Trust company. and
valued at Sis. 500. and also for issuing a
false warehouse receipt to the same COM
pany. He was placed under bonds on the
charge of issuing the false receipt and also
on the other charge. Sykes failed to give
bond and is in custody.
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Pension svindIer arrested.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.-Robert Spencer,
who short time ago raised a pension
check to S3 900. has been arrested at Dodge
City. Kan. and bound over to await the
action of the grand jury. All of the money
which Spencer obtained on the check was
recovered. The check had been properly
signed and stamped. but the space intended
to be filed in with the amount was left
blank. Spencer filled in the $4,000 and
obtained the money. The pension ex-
aminers exOnerate the pension and bank
officials OF everything except clerical negli-
gence.