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

b. Frank Howey is the Republican nomi
nee for Governor of New jersey. Reports
from Pittsburg indicate that should ship
ments continue slack much longer Chicago
and other Western cities dependent upon
that market for their supply will be in
danger Of coal famine. The exports, ex-
elusive Of specie, from the port Of New
York last week amounted TO s6. ,9S). At
Cleveland, Ohio, the National Associat tion
OF Undertakes elected officers, the pre- ST.
dent being II. Samson of Pennsylvania.
The convention adjourned to meet at Pitts
burg tho first Wednesday and Thursday Of
October, Isl. The Peabody fund of tru-
stees haye assigned an extra $4,000 to
South Carolina in view Of the devastation
OF Charleston. The Canadian authorities
| are discussing the plan Of amalgamating
the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific
| railroads to make a geeat military and
postal highway. Fire destroyed the Har-
lem bath and other property on the Har-
lem river between One hundred and six
| teenth ard One hundred and seventeenth
| streets, New York, to the value of t55,O0
| Insurance, $25 OOO. Mr.. Powdery denies
| that he ever cOnsuited with the rebresen-
| tasives OF the Roman Catholic, or any 9th
| er organization, relative to changing the
constitution Of the Knights Of Labor. The
total number of deaths from the La Mas
| cote was 80. The jury found the captain,
officers and crew blame.ess, but recon-
meDded that the captain of the Eagle
should have his license revoked. A thief
| grabbed 3d. 900 package of money from
Gen. Baezell, in the streets of PittsburG.
He was joined BY accomplices with loaded
| revolvers and fight with their pursuers
ensued. The Baltimore Journal Of Com
merce states that the tobacco cropin Mary
| land, Virginia and North Carolina will not
| exceed ~ per cent Of an average crop. The
Chicago strikers have issued an appeal to
the public for fair judgment on their ac-
| tion. They may strike but there will be
| no violence. The business failures OF the
United States and Canada during the past
seven days numbered 1s9, of which 167 were
| in the United States. The parents of Wal
lace, the lynched murderer, refused to take
| charge of his dead body, as they utterly
repudiated their son. I5 is ruinored on
| Wall street that the Drexel Morgan inter
| est takes control OF the Western Union.
Bradstreet's business review says that
| there is heavy increase in the volume OF
trade in ell branches. Gen Jackson has
presented his letter Of resignation tn Presi-
dent DieZ, OF Mexico, aud returned to the
| United States. An explosion at David
| sons coal bank, near Beaver Falls, Pa,
| badly and perhaps seriously injured thu ee
| men. Pleuro-pneumonia mas appeared in
parts OF New Jersey. Josiah Carter cx-
| town treasurer Of Pittsfeld Mass. has
been arrested for embezzling Ss0,Oc9. Dan
Driscoll, the s'Whyo' gang leader and mur-
derer of Betsey GalriLry il to be hung Dec.
3. An earthquake shock was felt ct San
Diego, Cal, on the sth; no damage. 10000
packing house employees are out OF employ
ment at Chicago on the eight ten hour
question. Anarchist Engel in his speech
| at Chicago. said he became sucn from read
| ing Henry Georges books. The eighteenth
annual nsestiag Of the American Woman
Suffrage Association will be held in the
hall OF the House Of Representatives at
Topeka, kls., Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Get. "a, -. aud os. Capt. Cas-
sius G. Markle of Pittsburg. well-known
| paper manufacturer, has been placed In
| custody. his friends alleging that he is iu-
sane.