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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
THE OTHER SIDE.
The President or the Western Union Com.
psny Argaes Against . Postal Tcle.

The President OF the Western Union Com.
pany Argues Against . Postal Tele.
graph.
WASHINGTON, JAN 21-President Norvin
Green. OF the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, delivered an address before the Sem
ate Post-offise Committee yesterday in OPP
pos tion to aGovernment telegraph system.
He declared that there were con-
stilutional objections to such q system,
q the Government Wis not en-
powered to enter into inter State COM
merce. Americans, he said, had the best
telegraph system on earth. and he read .
letter from London which declared that
business men were sometimes cOmpc led,
in order to secure prompt service, TO send
messages by way OF New York to Havre.
The Western Union was not q monop-
oily He sud it enjoyed no exclusive
franchise or legislative grants. and that
the field was open TO anybody who might
choose to enter it. In regard to the charge
that the rates would be raised during he
present year. he said that on the con-
trary the rates would be reduced. No gov
ernment could be responsible for delays aud
errors. The Western Union had to pay from
$1OO. .OOO to 800, 900 year for It's mis-
takes. He believed that the deficit OF q
Government system as suggested in the
Cullom bill would be from $4,000. 600 10
$1O. O.OOO,O year II the Government
di / run telegraph system it must take ex-
il ing Ines No private enterprise could
run against the Nat onal Treasury set
ting out to do business for nothing
He wished to say concerning the Western
Union, tn It its value as stated by the pre- 8
would not buy the wire NJ the factory. and
hnp M nfSalI
to three or four times the value of the wire.
ne property of the Western Union could not
possibly be dup lcated to-day tor it's pital-
izatlon There was popular belief that the
co npany was owned by one man.
he company's directorate was compose !
OF thirty men The millionaires of the
country had less than three -eighls Of the
sock Over 10000 people in all wele
interested in this properly. I am
told" the doctor continued. shat q
petition hearing 500, 600 signatures is
to be sent to this committee in favor of the
Government system. Trey will come Ly
command. originating in spi,e against one
man with whom Mr.. Powderly had quar-
rel. and not 900 men who will sign have
ey r seen telegraph message"
Regarding the Western Union rates DR..
Green said that in 1867 the cost OF hand
ling messages averaged 6:s cents and the
rate to the pubic was lOI T. The ub-
| lie rates had been reduced until in lsSI
the rates 10 the public were 3S.2 cents,
| while the cost to the company was 30 !
Cen ., and last year the rates to the puDiie
were 80. 4 Gems while the cost to the COM
p ny was % cents
DR. Green was followed by Gardiner G.
Hubbard, who spoke oy 7 an hour in favor
| Of The establishment of Government sys-
| tenn OF telegraph. The comm ttee ad
jouin. ID ind sinitely at the conclusion oi
| Mr. Hubbard's remarks
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
Hewitt for President.

NEW YORK. Jan. 20-Colonel John ODay,
the Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee Of Missouri, declares that there IL
considerable talk about Mayor Hewitt for
President In tho West and that he is fa-
vorably thought Of there 1t is not thought
that the mayor will enter contest with ME
Cleveland for the control OF the delegat on
from this s ate to the next National conven
ton unless a greater opposition develops
against the Presi lent than appears on the
surface to-day.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

e. A. McNEALE has be. appointed British
Wee Cousul at st. Paul, Mimi.
Two cases OF hi hway robbery occurred
It St Paul, last week.
THE mother OF the late President Gar
ield died 1T Mentor, Ohio, Jan. II, aged "a
years.
THIRTY Chinese gamblers were ar ested
in Duluth. Minn., Sunday morning in an
opium joint.
AT Highmore, Oak, citizens took two
carloads OF coal belonging to tue r. T. CON-
pany TO keep from frsszine.
AT Minneapolis Judge Hicks has denied
the motion for new trial In the Lou
Murray case. convicted Of IN assault upon
u ry Sylvester.
In the Un;o ON depot yards at st. Paul,
Minn.. op the 2lst, - . collision OF n. r.,
and n Il st. L., trains an empl0ye Of { Q
Om 'ha road was b led and large amount
Of property destroyed.
SUNDAY morning Dire partially destroyed
th- Catholic block at st Pull damaging the
Northwestern Chronicle newspaper Office
aud an opt,ci ms factory some 5000.
AT Manist-r, Mich, during the burning
of q furniture store sunday morning, by
falling walls one fireman was killed and
four seriously injured. Loss $4,000, insur-
The Holyose, Mass, envelope company's
mill burned on the s9nd, with SO envelop
%.ssnssy sssnss " printing rssps :ns
0,UOO.UOO envelopes in stock.
AT minor prize light at Fort Hamilton,
N. Y, on sunday, one Of the principals fell
dead in the ring during the first round. He
/ lad not been struck or injured and his real
name was not ascertained hy the police
His contestant was . newsb0y aged ~
years.
A FUEL famine exists among resident
on the Union Pacific road in Nebraska and
other po nts freezing farmers have stopped
coal trains and taken f0rcib Q possession Of
fuel, doing this aft r they had urned corn
hay, outbuildings aud even furniture to
keep from freezing.
AT Chicago Sunday morning, . large
oarding house bur. ed and it's 10 sleeping
inmates had most miraculous escapes with
| Tut loss OF life. The house OF the son Of ex-
Senator Trumhull also burned and tie
young children b t just capped without
being burn or sudOcated to death.
| FIRE broke out $3.50 q. m. January 81, In
men were sleeping. Nine were hufied or
sufYocated by smoke, and others are report
ed missing. Two other buildings were
| burned, one ON esch side Of the boarding
house II was 40 degrees below zero, and
| utterly impossible to use water to stop the
| fire. The loss OF property was about $l2, 600.
| The cause OF the dire 10 unknown.
| JANUARY a il conceded to be the coolest
day known in the Northwest In years. The
Signal Service figure ut st. Paul was II
below, but few spirit thermometers
showed some degrees colder, while all
mercury Thermometers CONCEALED. AT
points in Wisconsin, Dakota and interior
Minnesota fr m ~ to ~ degrees below ara
IiNported. Chippewa Falls, Wis, reports Il
'tAs coldSss day In tvesty i've years
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

A WOMAN died in Alabama recently
At the age Of eighty-seven years. She
was not known to fame. Her life was
spent in the humble discharge Of the
duties pertaining to plain and un-
pretending country home. She made
pure butter. baked good bread, raised
. large family Of stalwart sons and
charming daughters attended church
regularly. gave As literally a. she
could to the support OF the Gospel and
to oil benevolent objects. was cheer
full. happy and beloved by all who
knew her. and died regretted by eleven
children, and many grandchildren.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
WORSE AND WORSE.

O.te Estimate Places the Number Oi
Lives Lost During the Late Blizzard ms
High as 1000 Remarkable yariaiioa in
Temperature 1T Fort k-ogh. N. T.
NEBRASKA CRY. Neb. Jan. - Judge J..
F. Kinney. agent OF the Yankton Sioux In
dian Agency in Dakota. arrived here yes
terday after being nine days on the road.
Five days were necessary Tor the party
10 travel thirty miles The thermom, tel
during the five days was at 40
degrees lelow zero most Of the time.
The Judge says the loss of life in Dakoti
has been greatly underestimated, IS
the Dakota papers hive tried to cover
it mp He describes the scene which took
place on board the cars The coal was run
q ng low. The passengers were crowded
into one car. trying to keep warm. Two
babies p,rishei The men dis-
card d all the outer garments I ey
could spare and gave them to the ladies
and children Finding these not enough,
they brought mail-sacks from the postal
CIR and wrapped the children up in them
While at one station in Bonhomme County
the Judge says, nineteen frozen bodie,
were brought into the depot in ons
day. In Bonhomme Count, the ls1
of dead will reach fully 16O The
| CbGAulaUrs I'D AA0uC 0U ANnhVUh yCSVCAAay
of the loss throughout the Territory tigur.
MP over 900 lives lost The counties where
the loss OF life was the largest are: Bon
homme, l6O; Hutchinson, IA; Lincoln, l3
Beadle, %, Spnk, Il; Hurd, 10; Ward
l5 The northern and central parts OF tl.
Territory have not be een ieard from fully.
MIR Kinney named a number OF curious
incidents relative to the wanderings o
t. ose who went out in the storm. Mrs
Browning. OF Turner County. went from
her house to the stable, distance of Ion
feet, and her tody was recovered Sund
seven miles from home. Charles Doliinger
q farmer OF Turner County. perished sever
f.. t from his house. A wom n, name un
known, of the same county. went out t,
care for her chickens. and "; 8 found wv,
miles from her house. Roads from In,
agency to Yankton are lnea with dead cat
tie. many farmers losing all they had. On
man lost over 100 The loss of stock Cal
not be estimated
ST PAUL. Mimi, Jan. 21.-An evening pa
per figures the loss Of life in last week.
blizzard ut 235
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 2l.-At Fort keooh
N. T.. the thermometer registered Is &c
gre 9 below zero during the late llizz nd
At he same point on one occasion last sum
mcr it stood 13O dt graes above zero, max
mo n range Of lo5 ,!epreea
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

In lieu of death by electricity as q
substitute for hanging a Frenchman has
written to Governor Hill, Of New York,
proffering chair in which the con-
demned man il to sit and have his
spinal column instantly broken. It is
claimed that q hundred persons per
day can be executed in this manner,
and the inventor describes the process
as ''beautiful.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

THERE are two hundred private rail-
road cars in the United States, repre-
senting value Of nearly $4,000
They are worth anywhere from 81, 600
to e60 600 each. the most luxurious,
probably. being that owned by George
M p,,l1man
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
A Scientific Question.

Mamma" inquired little Emerson
Waldo, Boston lad with tsste for
scientific research, ''every thing that
runs must have some kind Of motive
pcwer. mustn't itp"
Certainly, Emerson.
Well what is the motive power.
mamma that makes little boys
,osss run In cold wsAthsrp".~N r
oeA - -----.~@.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

In 1870 the American record Of
horses known to be able to trot in 2:SO
or better embraced only Isl horses.
Last year there were twice that num-
Der recorded who for the first time
made 2:SO or better. and the list as
now completed includes 5000 that can
trot or pace in that class.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

BIZ the operation of the statute
which bars prosecution for murder or
manslaughter unless death occurs
within one year and one day Of the as
sault, Mrs. McGeever, says the Chicago
Times. escapes the consequences Of
having caused the death Of Patrick
Duvanncy. On the night of January
10. 1886. she pushed him over . stair
railing. and in the fall he broke his
back. He lived until January IL.
1883 and Mrs. McGeever goes free.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

They have queer way of conduct
ing the post-ofice in Mexico. In one
Of her letters Miss Ward relates that
II You 60 into the land of "Dios OF
Libertad" and ask in English for let
ter. the obliging postmaster, or one Of
his deputies will toss out the whole
stock addressed to foreign names.
whether it be peck or bushel. and
allow you to select for yourself quite
Indifferent as to whether you confine
yourself to your own or other people, Y
mail.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

The Binghamp,on IN. ~ Leader
says: 1t is leap year. and it has just
been one thousand years since there
were as many SIS in the year as we
have just now. 1t is a good time for
old bachelors to cogit-8 the girls to
rociproc-8 and not hesit-8.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

RICHARD WooDMAN and his wife
were recently released from the State
Insane Asylum at Concord. Conn.,.
after thirteen years. confinement. An
investigation shows that they are not
insane. and never were, but were
stubborn about paying over a bill that
had already been paid.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
THE Norwegian bark Fre4dis was wrecked
OF the Irish coast recently and thirteen OF
the crew were drowned
On the 18th W. J Lane, an Irish member
of Parliament, was sentenced to mouths
imprisonment for melting tenants to res'ss
bailiffa
ADv1cEs OF the 18th from Mardin, in Tur-
key, say that ten thousand people wero
starving there and call for immediate rc-
lief
A SMALL boat capsized on the 10th near
Victoria. B. G.. and fourteen Cinnamon. in
tending to smuggle themselves into WASH
ington Territory. were drowned
The steamer Cascapadia collided with and
sunk the steamer Oxford on Gibraltar on
the 10th, and twenty persons were
drowned.
A CROWD on the 10th hooted and insulted
Chief Secretary Balfour upon his appear
ance in the streets of Dublin.
WHILE four thousand workmen were on
the 18th making breAkwater to stem the
Hoangho foods In China they were ingulted
by . sudden rush Of water and nearly all
were drowned
In an interview 1t Venice on the Goth DON
Carlos said that spain must strengthen her
army and navy and become one OF tte
great power& He said unless the present
monarchy was replaced he thought Q re-
public would soon come
ADucEs OF the Doth say that, in retal'a-
ton for the hard fight being made by the
temperance people OF Leeds County. Ont,
eleven buildings had been burned at Irish
Creek, and the Methodist church. and .
tannery at Kemptville
On the 2Osh William OBrien, editor OF
Unitsd Ireland, was released from Tnlla-
more Jail, where he had been confined since
October q
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

The Georgians marry and give in
marriage. but seem to have little idea
of the eternal fitness Of things. A
clergyman Of that State has united Ill
couples and has received in fees but
&5, and that came from one man. The
other Ito bridegrooms failed to liqui-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
Suing the Federsi Government.

CHICAGO, Jan. 20-The tirst suit under
the act of 1887 permitting the Federal
Government to be sued was begun in
the United States District Court yester-
day. The plaintiff is Judge Tuthill, who
seeks to recover $975 for services while
United States Attorney. The sum Is due
for his prosecution Of criminal cases be-
fore Commissioner Hoyne and for his re-
port on the Chicago harboE The Washing
ton officials have allowed the claim, but It
has not been paid
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

OF the twelve men, including Will
lam Lloyd Garrison. who met in Bos-
ton on January 6, ifty-six years ago.
and signed the constitution OF the Anti
Slavery Society. only one. Oliver John
son. now survives
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

BEN BENTON. the bigamist, arrested
at Atlanta recently for having five
wives. said he had registered a vow
that BY the time he was twenty five
years old he would have twenty-five
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

ELI BOGGs and Miss Rhoda Smith,
and Marion Greenhill and Miss Kate
Chandler, walked from Carter County,
KY. recently to Maysville, distance
Of one hundred miles, to be married.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH.
A Movement ON Foot for \ Wh0lesal
Emigration or the C0l0red Race.

Emigration Of the COlOred Race.
KANSAS City. No.. Jan 21.-A movement
that bids fair to affect many q es and
perhaps many thousands Of colorel people
OF this country has been inaugurated in his
city and may result in an exodus" OF
negroes from the United States to South
America The headquarters of the new
movement are in Topeka, Kan, and the
o jact sought Is the amsiioration Of the
condition OF the colored population OF the
Southern Safes Several well-known and
wealthy colored men are arranging
the plan to establish colonies n
Guiana, Brazil and the Argentine Re-
public. The principal points will probably
be Honduras and Costa Rica
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

President CLEVELAND on The 18th trans
mitted tue Pacific railroad reports to Con-
gress. with message stron ely condemning
the management Of the lines.
THE President on the 18th pardoned
William H Walters and Thomas Hender-
son. convicted In Utah Of unlawful cohabi-
tat on
GEORGE W. HELME was elected president
Of the National Tobacco Association ut it's
session In Washington on the 18th No
action was taken on the tobacco-tax Ques.
ton.
Ar the session Of the American Shipping
and Industrial League in Washington on
the 18th resolutions were adopted demand
ing immediate provision for coast defenses
restoration Of American shipping, building
of strong navy and improvement Of riv-
ers and harbora Joseph Wheeler. Of Ala.
bama. was elected president
THE National Board OF Trade at its eight
eenth annual meeting on tho 18th in
Washington elected Frederick Fraley, OF
Philadelphia. president
THE Committee on Appropriations in the
House Of Representatives made ready on
the 19.h the annual Pension Bill 1t appro-
pirates $50. 275. 500
The new law relating to permissible writ
ing and printing on second. third and
fourth-clase mail matter went into effect on
the Doth.
THERE were 276 business failures In the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 10Th. against 3l2 the previous seven
days
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
WEST AND SOUTH,

On the 18th Charles +. Young, of Detroit,
cashier of the Michigan Carbon-works was
alleged to be q defaulter to the amount Of
$4,000
ESTIMATES on the l7th Of tho deaths from
the blizzard In Minnesota and Dakota
placed them at two hundred Thirty-one
children were missing in Turner County,
D. +.
FROM the West and Northwest reports Of
the 18th indicated an Immense loss OF live
stock by the late blizzard
z C. WALTHALL was reelected United
States Senator on the 18th by the Missis-
sippi Legislature
BEAUPRE, KEoGH 4 DAVIS Wholesale gro
Gerry at St Paul was burned on the 18th
Loss, $iOO.OO0
A FIRE on the 18th destroyed the United
States commissary building at Fort McKin-
ney. Wy T. LOIS. 800. 900; ..isuranoa
JuDoE NooDs, Of the Federal Court at In
dtanapois, who is trying the tally ehsst
iosgesa. sspe.yeA . niJs.ssisus bsa -.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

The Usage Indians number sixteen
hundred, have $1,000. 900 Of capital
drawing five per cent. interest, res
ervation Of good land and an annuity
of $3.50. 600.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
Our of three hundred and twenty
five members Of the present Congress
two hundred and sixteen are lawyers.

In Pasco County, Fla.,. man 103
year sold has just pre-empted eighty
acres OF land and proposes to farm it
himself
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches
FlFTlETH CONGRESS.

FIFTIETh CONGRESSs
TUESDAY, Jan 17.-In the Senate q bill
was passed forbidding the requirement of
tribal property by white men who marry
Indisn women. Bills were seported favora-
bly, to increase to $72 per month the pen
sion for total he. .plessness; to increase to
$50 per month the pension for total deaf
ness, and to reimburse the depositors In the
Freedmen's Bank In the House s. s. Cox
was chosen to preside during the illness Of
Speaker Carlisle The bill to provide for
the issue of circulating notes TO National
bank associations was taken up, but filibus-
tering tactics prevented any action or any
other business during the session
WEDNESDAY, Jan 16-Btlls were passed
in the Sena to refund the direct war taz
OF 1861, and to reduce the charge fol
passports from 1--WE dollars to one dollar.
Bills were introduced to au horlze the Soc
retary Of the Treasury to apply the surplus
OF the money IN the Treasury to the pur-
chase Of United States bonds; to
perpetuate the National banking sys.
tenn by providing further securities;
to provide for inquests undel
National authority; for the construction oi
pier lights on the great lakes, and to settle
and adjust the claims of any State for ex-
penses incurred In defense of the United
States In the House the bill approprlat ng
$5S5, 900 to carry out the provisions Of the
agricul urul experiment stations act ol
1887 was passed.
THURSDAY, Jan. IL In the Senate
bill was introduced to grant service pen
sion to all survivors of the late war. reso
luton was adopted directing the Secre
tary Of the Interior to report a plan of leg
islation for disposition OF the public timber
lands no IS to secure the preservation o.
National forest lands. and to give settler
legal means Of providing themselves will
timber. Adjourned to the 23d In tn,
House the invitation extended to the United
States to participate in the Melbourne ex
position was accepted The Invalid Pen
sion bill was reported
FRIDAY Jan 2O-The Senate was not II
session In the House Mr.. Thoebe, the con
testant for Speaker Carlisle's seat, appeared
and asked for full inv stigation OF the case
A resolution providing for such an investi
CATION. offered by Mr.. Lyman. Of Iowa, wa
defeated by vote of 125 to 132, sever
Democrats voting in the affirmative Or
the majority report refus ng an investiga
on Republic ms refrained from voting, and
thA matter went over
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

GENERAL SHERMAN has resolved
that during the year 1883 he will not
accept invitations to dine out oftener
than three times week.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26
Two Men Killed.

JANEsvIILE, Wis. Jan .l-The loiler In
George Kastner 4 Co. q feed mill exploded
yesterday morning with terrific orc,
tearing the building to pieces and
hurting fragments Of the boiler in
all direc ions One of the pieces fell
upon n house three blocks away. passing
trough the roof and floor into the glound.
and another piece passed into the Chicago
4 Northwestern yards, killing several sheer
and tearing freight CIR into pieces TIE
hay-press Of James Gagan was set ON fire by
flying cinders. but the flames were soon
extinguished Only two men we're in
the mill at the time, james Bracken and
Byron Kennedy, both being instantly
killed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

FAnLER. VT, Jan. l0-Mra Mary Mann.
aged lO2 years and two months, died
WsAasela1 ltgAA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-26

BILL NYE says that genius has no
more invidious foe than pr0of-reader.