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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
BEATEN BY STRIKERS.

Ri0tOus SwItchmen In Chicago Capture
and Derail u Train-Pinkrrton Guards
Attacked. Disa, med and Savagely As.
sautted-Strike ON the st. Paul.
CHICAGO. March 30 - The anticipated
spread OF the trouble with the Burlington
swi,chmcn occurred yesterday afternoon,
when an engine was sent to the Milwaukee
4 st. Paul yards, at Western avenue and
kinzie street, to transfer train of new cars
jus. turned out of the manufactory. Three
OF the new "Q' switchmen and
twelve Pinkertons were on the train
Mr. John d. Bes.er. general superintendent.
rode in the cab of the engine. which also
cont iined three or fonr Pinkerton men be-
sides the engineer and fireman
A great deal of delay was experienced
from obstructel tracks and it was about
4 O'Clock when the train entered the
St Paul yards There was an ominous
silence from the crowd as the train
rumbled along, when suddenly the engine
left the track, the result of misplaced
switch. Fifteen cars were also derailcd
and the train was brought to q standstilL
BY this time the engine was directly in
front OF the large crowd, wlach began
to jeer the train hands and apply
offensive epithets to the engineer and fire.
man Some Of the hot-heads threw stones,
and this was the signal for u rush toward
the engine. The windows of the cab were
smashed and for time the fury of the mob
seemed to know no bounds
Two Pinkerton men who were or .op of
the cars drew their reyolvers and began to
flourish them. Before they could use their
weapons. however, one OF the men was
struck by missile and knocked completely
of the car. He fell on his head
jumped to the ground and was about to
discharge his revolver when he was struck
under the jaw and knocked senselesR
Superintendent Beser was severely beaten.
During the fracas the Pinkerton men were
utterly powerless. Menrushe. ont Of the mob
and cooily disarmed them of their clubs
During the height Of the disturbance
Superintendent Besler ordered the arrest
OF two men. who, he claimed. We're the
Cause of derailing his engine. They were
William Quirk. u St Paul switchman, and
Harry Gallagher, st Paul brakeman.
As soon as the other ST Paul switchmen
heard of the arrest of Quirk and Gallagher
they held q meeting and decided to order an
immediate strike. As a consequence all the
men in the yards quit WORK before 5
O'Clock and remained ont nearly four
hours In the meantime Martin White,
chief of detectives OF the ST. Paul road,
and General Superintendent Collins used
their influence and Quirk was baileG out,
his bonds being 5000
Quirk went to the switchmen's meeting,
which was still in session On his appear
ance it was unanimously agreed that the
men should return to work. Accordingly,
at $40 p M. Yardmaster Dickey ordered
all the men to their respective en-
SrineS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
GROVER AND GRAY.

1nsiiana's Governor Finds Favor, as Al
legged. In the Eyes of President Cleye-
laasl.
INDIASAPoLIs Ind. March 3l.-A Wash
ington special to the Journa, says:
That President Cleveland has expressed a
preference for Governor Cray to be on the tick
ct with him there can be no doubt have the
information from two sources verbally, anu q
third source in the Presidents own hand writ
ing. The President has been informed that some
thing must be done to placate Mr. Mcdonald.
Colonel Dick Bright and others. and the price
OF their reconciliation is the appointment of ex-
Senator Mcdonald to the vacancy on the SUI
preme bench caused by the death OF Chief-Jus..
tice Waite. That the friends of ex-senator Nc
Donald do not ask that he be appointed TO the
Chief Justiceship, but that he be given place
on the bench in one capacity or another.
The President does not take kindly to the sug-
gest!on He regards ex-senator Mcdonald,
personally, very highly, but he considers him
too old for the position"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

The eight hundred and seventy
fourth hero of the six hundred who
made the celebrated charge at Bala-
klava has just died at Buffalo. N. Y.
But. Notwithstanding. an exchange be-
lieves the number of deceased colored
servants who ut one time served i'm
George Washington's family ut Mount
Vernon still leads the procession OF
sloriticd statistics. Tho supply OF
Balaklava heroes and of Washington
nurses. like that of furniture which
came over in the Mayilowcr, is mex
haustible.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

AN express messenger running into
Kingston has been engaged in SNUG
Cling goods from the United States
and selling them to Canadian mer-
chants. The wife Of one of the mer-
chants indiscrctcly distributed some
New York made candy among friends
Of the customs officials, and this led to
All eNUOSlirc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
WAR ON THE GRoG-sHCP.

Arrangements Being Completed for the
National Convention Of Anti saloon Re.
puDlicans to Bc Held In New York
April IL.
New YORK, March 3l-Tha arrangements
for The great National convention of anti
saloon Republicans which opens in this
city on April Is are progressing favoranly
The Executive Committee is i'll correspon-
dence with prominent Republicans in all
the States and Territories in the Union and
the responses elected indicate that very
general interest is felt in the movement
The outcome of the convention will in all
probability be the formation OF National
league. which will make its influences felt
at tho coming convention in Chicago in
favor OF the incorporation of u pronounced
anti-saloon plank in the National Repub-
ican platform
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

GYrsEi, an elephant with abnor
mally developed ears and morbid
appetite for old boots, wooden stock
ings. liquid paint and silk handker.
chiefs. died in Chicago the other day.
None OF these edibles. however, was
the cause of death. She is believed
to have pined away because of her
separation from Rocky Mountain
elk to which she was dcvotc.lly at
fanhnI
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
FROM WASHINGTON.

IHE House Committee on Rivers and Uar-
bors on the 9th completed the RIVER and
Harbor bill. 1t makes an aggregate appro-
priation OF $40 i32. s3, which is the larg-
est bill of the kind ever brought in
At the International Council of Women in
Washington the session on the .S,h waG
devoted to the general subject of indus rieR
Mrs Low said that woman's in fiuenca in the
Knights of Labor was Icing felt wherever
women of character had joined the order
Mrs Leonnra NJ Barry. organizer Of the
Knights Of Labor. said they were building
around the working-girls wall to defend
aud protect them from the humillations
which heretofore they had been subjected
to. and were taking the little girls from the
factory, the workshop and the mine and
educating them
ON the Goth the new Chinese treaty was
made public. 1t prohibits for twenty years
the coming of Chinese laborcrs 20 this
country. It also agrees 10 pay TO the
Chinese government the sum of S.76,6 ,679
for loss of property in the West by China
men in riots
MRS ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, in her adj
yocacy of woman's suffrage ut the Inter-
national Council of Women in Washing on
on the Goth. said that If the rights of wom-
en- were not to be obtained by just and fair
means tncy WOniu JOIN hands with the An
arcbists, and the scenes Of the French Rev.
olution would be rc-enac:ei. Tie power
of organization, legal condition of women,
property rights and 9th ar subjecss were DIS
cusSed
THERE were ITO business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the Both ult., against PIP the previous
seven days The total number of failur-
in the United States since January l is B.,
O5:B, against ;. l2S in 1887. The liabilities
aggregate $3i, 600. 900, against $oG. .OOO,-
600 last year.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the :sOth ult.
sent q message TO the Civil-Service Com
missioners recommending that the limits OF
the classified service be extended He also
signed the Urgent Deficiency bill.
At the session Of the International Coun-
Gil of Women IN Washington on the 3Oth
ult discussion Of the subject of Social
Purity" was held with closed doors, but the
reports tell of the earnest protests entered
by noted women against the vices which
society tolerates even il 1t do not approve
The constitutional rights OF women were
discussed In the evening.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
Money tn Saya .Iuv l.Onld.

New YORK, March 30-Recorder Smythe,
in the court Of general sessions yester-
day. made public a letter he had received,
which was marked personal The
letter said that when decision fa-
vorab'e TO Mr.. Jay Gould is rendered
$3.50, 600 in 81 900 bills would be left at
the recorders residence There was no
signature to the letter. Recorder Smytho
said that he had no comments to make and
that none seemed to be necessary.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

A GRANDDAUGHTER of Charles Dick
ems is stcnographer and typewriter
and makes her living by these callings.
She may have inherited her vocation
from her distinguished progenitor.
Dickens. before he took to writing his
marvellous stories, was a shorthand re-
nnnfar
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
Tho Failure Record for the Week Endi.R
March 81.

NEW YORK. March 81. The business fail
ures for the last seven days number: For the
United States. 179; for Canada AZ: total,
221, compared with 2i3 last week and :..2a
for the corresponding week of 1887 The
total number OF failures in the United
States since January is .. .O53, against B.
12S In 1887 The liabilities aggregate
$34 100000, against $26, ,00O 900 last
year, largely OWN. to the failure of a West
ern bunk, speculative tcotton) failures and
to the several cases OF commercial dry
rot" ct New York. Tho total assets form
n2ia pei cent Of the liabilities, against n1
per cent lssty ysnf,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

PROF WILEY, the chemist Of the
Department Of Agriculture at WASH
ington. testified before the Senate
Committee the other day that Every
fine sirup" can be made from rags by
pouring sulphuric acid over them.
The fewer scientific discoveries of this
kind we have the better.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
WEST AND SOUTH.

THREE Bald d-knobbcrs-Johu Matthews,
William Walker and Wiley Matthe ws CON
victed at Ozark, Mo-. Of the murder of
Charles Green and William Edens in one of
their night raids, were on the 9th SEN
fenced to be hanged on Friday, May 1s.
DURING the winter season the number of
hogs packed in the West was on the 2sth
estimated at 100000, n decrease from
last year OF about 539. 900 head
On the 10Th tho remaiacs Of the late
Ehief,du.ttse Waite rsarhed Toledo q, ss4
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

The late Bronson Alcott was Il veyc-
tartan. and often criticised meat eat
crs harshly. To one Of them he de-
clared one day that the eater of mutt
ton becomes a sheep. the eater of pork
becomes a hog. etc. "And is it also
true" intcrposcd the other. .tlat
eaters OF vegetables become small
Dotatocs?"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
The Isluc nnd tho GRAY lIntte.l.

New YORK, March - A new organize
tion HIS been started in this city. The title
is The Independent Army and Navy
Veterans Association. Union and Con-
federate veterans are equally acceptable
In fact the aim of the society, as de-
clared in the constitution, is to promote
reconciliation and maintain true allegiance
to the United Safes The first camp is
Phil Sheridan Post No. l. 4 letter was sent
to the General asking permission to use his
name lie cheerfully granted it and ap-
proved the objects Colonel Albert West
commands the first post
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
The Chief Of the knight. Of Labor Wants
Halt Called.

PHILADELPHIA, March 3O-Mr Powderly,
the chief OF the Knights of Labor. has is
sued a manifesto TO the order setting forth
the failure of strikes. making plain
the losses they entail and sug-
gesting that it is time that halt
be called He thinks that education
and legislation ere the prime neces-
stiles OF the hour, and propounds qnes-
tions to the local assemblies as to whether
they believe in an educational campaign;
whether competent brothers should be sent
ont to teach the principles of the order, and
whether he shall levy an assessment to pay
the expenses OF the lecturers
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
Fatal Fires In Hungary.

VIENNA. March 31.--A woman and dve
children were bur1,ed to death at Kikinda
in the great fires in Hungary Three vii
lagos near Carlstabt were destroyed One
hundred houses and All the public build
ings in Skome were burned and several lives
were lost Six hundred persons are home
less in Serth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

Little Fritz hearing his parents
speak of Beethoven. asked: "Mamma.
who is Beethoven" "A composer"
replied his mother. "And what is a
composer?" "A man who makes
music" The next morning an organ
grinder struck up his tune in the street.
Mamma" exclaimed Fritz. eagerly.
"thcre is Beethoven. ."-Frankturter
Zettun0,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
Judge Cooley for Chief .Just,ce-

DENVER, Col. March 29-The Michigan
University Alumni Association OF Colorado
Tuesday night passed resolutions favoring
the appointment OF Hon Thomas NJ Cooley
as Chief Justice OF the United States Su-
preme Court, and calling upon the alumni
of the university throughout the United
States to join them in securing petitions to
that end
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

REV. WILLIAM CoRBEr LIZ BRETON,
father Of Mrs. Langtry. whose death
has lately been recorded, was the sem
ior Dean of all England. He was born
in 1915, ordained a deacon in 1889,
and became Dean of Jersey in 1850
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
THE NEWS.
Ocnpi:ed From Late Dispatches,
FrrTIETH CONGRESS,


TUESDAY, March PA Till was in 'ro-
duced in the Senate to establish the boun-
dairy line between Northern Minnesota and
the Canadian provinces 4 bill Was re-
ported tavorably granting 800 per annum
to each State for each soldier or sailor who
Is an inmate of n soldiers home maintained
by the State The bill to give preference
to disabled Conf soldiers as between
men who had been d.soyal In appoint
ments to civil Office was discussed In the
House bills were reported to provide for
ascertaining the feasibility OF constructing
q gulf and lakes waterway; TO adjust the
claims of States FOR expenses incurred in
defense OF the United States; for the cleo
ton OF Senators by the legal voters OF the
States; to amend the Civil. Service act and
fixing the salaries of the Judges of the
United States courts. The Military Academy
Appropriation bill was assed
WEDNESDAY,. March os-The Senate met
and Immediately proceeded to the hall Of
the House OF Representatives to attend the
funeral of Chief-Justics Waite. The busi-
ness Of the House was then suspended, end
its officers carried In the bier and placed it
on the space in front of the clerks desk
The burial service of the Episcopal church
was read by Bishop Pare.. At the conclu-
sion OF tho services the casket was borne
from the chamber and the ceremonies were
closed The funeral train started for To-
ledo, o.. at two O'Clock.
THURSDAY, March 20 In the Senate bills
were passed providing additional reg
ulations for homestead and pre- -emption
entries of public lands; appropriating
$3.50, 900 for . public building ut Sioux
City. Ia; to extend the southern and
western boundaries OF Kansas; in aid Of the
Centennial and Memorial Association Of
Valley Forge and TO secure the Washington
headquarters mansion and grounds occu-
pied by the Continental army of 1777-8;
appropriating $40. 900 for the completion
OF the monument to Mary, the
mother of Washington. at Fred
er:cksburg. Va. Bills were introduced
for public building at lansing, Mich,
$500. OOW; to establish courts for the In
dians. and to extend the protection Of the
laws of the States and Territories over all
Indians; authorizing and directing the
President to make proclamation prohibit
ing the importations of products OF foreign
Stltes in certain cases. In the House / ia
was reported to prohibit aliens from acquir-
ing title to or owning lands within the
United States The Indian Appropriation
bill was considered.
FRIDAY. March 3O-The Senate was not
in session. In the House the House bill
granting pension of s.. 900 per snnum to
Mary s. Logan, and the Senate bill lncreas-
ing to S.. 600 . year the pension of Appo-
lima B air were passed. At the evening ses-
sion twenty-four pension bills We're passed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

IT is said that at least six varieties
Of American birds have become totally
extinct during the last ten years. But
the English sparrow is still here, and
Is likely to stay until it monopolizes
the whole field.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

THE Poughkecpsie IN. ~ Board of
Excise entire was recently tried and
convicted on the charge Of granting a
hotel license where there was no hotel
and nothing but saloon.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

-"Will you love me when I'm old?"
sang the ancient soubrctte. "How
old?" came in a shrill voice from the
gallery. The singer did not reply, but
the audience smiled when the curtain
dropped showing century plant in
full bloom.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
Many Acres Of wh... destroyed.

DETROIT. Mich, March 81 The sudden
melting of six inches OF snow and the
heavy rains Of the past week have caused
the overflow OF. the several streams in this
county. Sixty bridges have been washed
away and about 700 acres of land flooded.
desu ayint many asre. NJ whea~
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

An Irishman. seeing vessel very
heavily laden and scarcely above the
waters edge. exclaimed: Upon my
sowl, if the river was but little high
er, do believe tho ship would go
to the bottom. " Washington Critic.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
Al0Onlighters to BE Hanged.

DUBLIN. March 30 AT the Wicklow as
sizes yesterday the moonlighters Daniel
Hayes and Daniel Mor.arity were fonnd
guilty of the murder of Fasme. fttss
rf'aarics In County Kerry In Jaf,nasy .asts
lad t~efe sentauccd ~ ho ',arged.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

An experienced Adirondack guide
estimates that there are now in the
Adirondacks sixty thousand deer. two
thousand bears and one hundred
uvf.t.r
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

The London Times speaks of the
Prince of Wales as having ian un-
fortunate weakness. which has led
him to patronize American prize
fighters"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

Louis KossUTH lives with his sister,
Nine. Ruttkay. in Turin, Italy. He Is
past eighty-five, but in good health,
and takes his daily walk.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

A PHILADELPHIA oculist declares
that the use Of opera-glasses strains
the optic nerve and Injuries the eye
siohf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

A PROPOSAL to make Kaiser Will
helms birthday, March %. great
national holiday in Germany, has been
enthusiastically received by the people.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

JOHN LAMAR AGREE, of Lower Lee
County. Ga, died recently from
brass harmonica. In blowing it the
brass poisoned his mouth and lungs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
C1r-ShUDs Burned.

AURORA, Ill, M4tah 80 Fire Thurrday
night destroyed the Chicaga, Burlington h
Ounce paint ehcp pay-oar 1,d Ave other
| ears, a. II srsc # Ssisis ton
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

The "refrain n" of 4 song and the
"refrain" of a songster are two differ
ent affairs. unfortunately. --Binghamp.
ten Leader.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

companied by the ofiicial escorts from
w shington and after funeral services in
Trinity Church were taken to Forest Gem
etery for int ,rment
FIRE destroyed Davis & gankin's five
story brick building in Chicago on the Goth
Loss, $3.50, ,OOO
NATURAL gas exploded in mine No. 8 Of
the Keith 4 Perry Coal Company. near Rich
Hill, Mo-, on the 10Th. killing forty five
miners, most of them negroes
In Chicago on the 10Th August Krakow
shot and instantly killed his wife and then
killed himself. thus ending long years OF
family troubles Twelve children are left
orphans
STRIKERS attacked . freight train on tho
Burlington road in Chicago on the 10Th,
throwing fifteen cars from the track and
badly injuring some OF the employees Two
of the rioters were arrested All the switch
men, eng ncers and fremen in the local
yards OF the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 ST
Paul road struck, rather than handle Bur-
lington cars
The Oregon Prohibition state convention
at Portland on the Goth nominated Prof G.
NJ Miller for Congressman
IN quarrel on the Goth In q saloon at
Bernardino. Cal, the bartender. Oliver
Griffith. and two other men were shot dead
VIRGINIA Republicans will hold their con-
vention to elect National delegates at
Petersburg May IL.
HENRY LANE, . farmer. killed his wife
and then committed suicide. in = quarrel
on the 3Oth ult near Eningham. H.
THE six children Of Farmer Jacob Kraus.
near Forrest, O.. found and ate some wild
parsley, from the effects of which one died
on the 3Oth ult and the others could not
recover.
|. In quarrel over nickel on the 30th ult
at Atlanta, Ca. Neil Stark shot dead his
brother. Flaentz Stark.
On the 3O.h ult the engineers, firemen,
switchmen and brakemcn in Chicago on the
Milwaukee 4 st Paul road were all ordered
out, causing general tie up. Several
freight trains or the Burlington road were
pelted with stones at the Stock Yards and
one man was badly injured Cars were also
set OH fire. Chief Arthur, Of the Brother
hood Of Engineers, left Chicago for Cleve-
land, but before leaving dsclaimed any
knowledge of tn, action of the St Paul
| men, and said that as the men acted as in
dividua.s they would not receive dollar
Of assistance from the Brotherhood, AMI
| not dollar OF Brotherhood money would
be applied to assist the switchmen now on
strike.
AN Wuyuc SOuuIys ~AlCu., biAly OAiuSeh
| had on the 3Oth uls been washed away and
much land flooded by fresheta
soME children set fire. to barn near Ma
| con. Mo-, on the 3Oth ult., and three young
sons Of DR.. 7. s. Richardson persisted
]. l. GILLESPIE and his wife fought with
| knives and both were fatally wounded in
| quarrel on the Both ult ut Chillcothe,
NO.
REPORTS from the winter wheat sections
of illinois and Missouri on the Both ult.
showed the wheat to be damaged from
twenty to thirty per cent
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

A NAN bearing the name Of P'oomer
Blizzard died at Newburg. N. T., re-
onuf1xy
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05

THE town Of Mason. Me. has thirty
four voters, twcnty-one Of whom are
named Bean.