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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
STILL WORRYING The %.
This T.mo the Yard Masters q Gut-Sig-
nihcnnce OF the Moye-A Fruitl0ss Con-

This Tine the ard-Nastcrs q nut-Sig-
niacnnce Of the Moye-A Fruitloss Com
ference.
CHICAGO. April 7-At 10 o'cl ock last
night q report was received at the rooms
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng
neers, at the Grand Pacific. that all the
yarGmasters OF the Burlington, except
three, had left the service Of the
company because they w0u'd not
work With scabs. There are in ell about
twenty yardmastcrs, in the night and
day crews, and it is their knowledge OF the
local geography OF the yards which makes
item valuable, and upon that knowledge
ccpcnds the proper dispos tion Of the
rielghts rs they arrive. Hence it
will lie seen that they occupy peculiar
ly important positions just at this time.
Us tie rush of freight on the @"
which the raising tf the boycott has caused
renders it imperative that all eonsignments
be handled with expedition This blow,
following the switchmen's strike, just at
the moment when it would produce the
most harm, looks as ii the ight was not yet
over.
The Burlington strikers played their last
card yesterday The forecast in yester-
d.y'a dispatches that an attempt was
oooue ~ NC " UAsA- tAC DuAGnS-
ton officials and the strikers together
proved correct, and yesterday morn
ing the conference was held Genera,
Manager Jeffery. of the Illinois Central
railroad; Chief Sargent. OF the Firemen's
brotherhood; President Monaghan. of the
Switchmen's Union, and Chairman Hoge
and Murphy. of the q" strikers. went to-
gelhcr to the Burlington offices They
were received hy General Manager
Stone, Writ Dexter, chief conn /.
sci Of the Burlin ton. Vice President
J. G. Psasley and Superintendent Besler.
long and animated conference was held.
during which Mr.. Sargent acted rs the
spokesman for the strikers, in the absence
OF Chief Arthur. He ;ga:n urged arbitra-
tion. but the Burlington officials de-
clared such proposition could not
be entertained. as the road had substan-
TALLY a ful compliment of engineers and
frenen. and under no circumstances would
q new and competent man be discharged to
make room for an o.d employe Mr. Stone
then urged upon Mr.. Sargent the propriety
OF G; ling the strike off, and promised that
the company would consider applications
from the old men, and would give as many
of them work as places could be found for
The conference ended without any declara-
ton from the strikers as to the course they
would pursue.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
LATER,

Two farmers in q wagon, crossing the
tracks at Middleton, \. v, on the sth, were
run over by a train and killed. They were
SO horribly nutilated that their remains
had to be shove!ed up into barrel.
TIE principal busine block OF Cherokee
kansa vas burned on the sth. Loss, be-
tween 1900 and slG0tCO.
THE Canadian parliament on the 7th
voted down tn resolution in favor OF unre-
strictey rec procity in trade and reciprocity
n coasting with the United States. Sew
enty-two members took part in the debate,
which lasted three weeks.
THE ree-mile single scu,l straight away
race between Tesmer. Mckay AMI Hamm
was rowed on the st. John River. F.oriia
on the sth, and won BY Teemer in % min
utes and 10 ecoads.
HANS SrAcKRlEp AMI his wife committed
suicide at New York on the 7th by taking
poison. Poverty was the cause.
EX-ATToESEY- GENERAL BREWSTER was
buried at Philadelphia on tho 7th. The
Department Of Justice at Washington was
closed as mark OF respect.
A pI>rATcu from Billings, NJ. T., on the
sth annou aces the capture of two horse
thieves named O'Brien and Marsh, with
sixty head of stolen horses in their possess
ion.
NUMEROUS collisions occurred in Ireland
on the sth between Nationalists and the
Irish police. At knrush soma police who
wers trying to prevent the erection OF C.
platform for a meeting were pelted with
stones by the mob and charged the crowd,
injulinS many OF them. The military broke
in upon meeting at Ennis, and after q
desperate resistance succeeded in arresting
fifty persons who were afterward released.
The father of Maxwell, the murderer of
Preler, under sentence Of death at St..
Louis, Mo, has issued a long and touching
appeal to the Amer. can public to help him
save his boy from the gallows.
JACOB SHARP was buried at New York
city on the sth.
WHILE playing cowboy at Burgettstown,
Pa on the 1th, a lad named James Burley
was choked to death with lasso.
THE King OF Italy has signed decree to
| esta. lish Italian consalates in Denver, COL,
Philadelphia and New Orleans.
SEVEN mules were found in the wrecked
mine at Rich Hill, Mo-, on the sth. They
had access to an abundance OF grain and
water, and were In good condition. THIS
explodes the theory that the explosion was
caused by natural gas or fcul vaper Of aisy
kind
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DISPATCHES OF the 3l from Massowah
state that the Abyssin:ans had captured the
village of Malentia!, the Inhabitants of
which were friendly to the Italians. and d
massacred all the men, women ind children
in the place
BERLIN adyices of the 3D. say that seven.
ty-nne German villages, with population
OF thirty thousand, were submerged fy
floods, and it would require months Of
labor 10 drain the flooded districts The
waters of the V.stula were sill spreading,
an1 covered an area OF four hundred and
ninety square miles There would be no
harvest in the richest land in Germany,
spring cultivation being imposs.b ble
LONDON dispatches on the 81 say that the
dervshes OF Tatilet, Morocco. had pro.
claimed 4 holy war against the Sultan.
IN o recent bull-fght at Celaya, Mex,
the building was set on fire by one of q
party OF convicts that had been taken from
pr son 10 see the sport. and eighteen people
were killed and many Others were badly
wounded.
On the 9TH four thousand Irish emigrants
sailed from Queenstown for America
On the 9Th Sir John A. Macdonald ex-
pressed himself as being In favor of co.n-
lnercial reciprocity between Canada and
the United States
LIGHTING recent broke ont between the
81 anish garrison ana Zoolos natiyeN, and
ten Spanards and one hundred natives
were killed and many wounded
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
SOARING or E,RDS.
The Mode OF Flight By Vhlcsi the EASl'
and yulture Keep Aioft.

The Mode OF Flight br vhIc;, the Eagle
and yuiturr keep Aioft.
The sight Of hawks mounting rp-
ward BY wheeling flight in circles
must be familiar one to all who hayc
lived in the country. The eagle. the
vulturc and other birds Of prey have
the habit Of keeping aloft by the samo
mode Of flight. The course described
in ascending is spiral. and it is made
with no apparent effort. The wings
and tail of the bird are kept spread
out to their fail extent. that is all.
There is no tapping nor il,ttcring.
and yet the bird rises rapidly. aside
rom the speed with which il makes
each successive round. There is much
mystery about the flight. Naturalists.
like Mr.. Belt, suggests that the bird
uses the center Of gravity as fulcrum.
and takes advantage Of the wind by
setting its wings and tail something
like the sails of = boat when tacking.
The difficulty with this explanation
is that the birds are seen taking their
flight III this manner on perfectly still
days. To say that there are currents
Of air moving up aloft. where the birds
are. is nothing but assumption. when
all the evidence we have that such is
the case is the flight of the birds.
Again, ii we refer this scaling motion
to the action of the wind, there is still
a difficulty in understanding how it
happens that one bird SO much exccls
another in speed. or that tho same bird
increases or slackens its speed SD easily
as it does. We may say that this is duo
to difference in the extent of wings,
and in the skill with which they are set.
Even then it is inconccisable. upon
this theory. how the swallow. for in
stance. attains the speed it does in seal
ing; and this. too. when we know there
is little force Of wind.
Persons who have observed the alba
tross, the Capc-pigeon and the stormy
petrol say that these birds are unable
fly at all in calm weather. except by
Tapping their large wings. In high
winds they keep themselves up with
no other apparent action than that OF
changing the position of the wings.
In this case. the great activity OF these
birds in storming weather does not
involve corresponding WEAKNESS.
The winds toss them. and fondlc them.
and rock them 10 rest, if not to sleep.
Naturalists have relied upon the uni
formity of nature in reasoning from
the habits of these sea-fowl to those Of
our land birds. Such reasoning is usu-
ally safe. but there are difficulties here.
as has been shown above.
One object which the hawk and his
kindred may have in soaring is the
gcttilg into 4 more agreeable temper
ature. 1t sometimes seems that the
hotter the day the higher they soar.
1t is possibly their way of going to the
mountains. 1t may be that the spiral
course is taken to enable the bird to
sean wider field than it could in any
other way. II this supposition has
any foundation. then the size of the
circles described depends upon the ex-
tent of vision. and not upon the wind
or the powers of fight. There is need
of careful observation Oh some of these
points. - Youths Companion.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
HUMOROUS.

-"Will you give penny to little
waif from Liverpool?' whined ragged
boy. as he approacheda a man on Broad
way. You are 4 big way from Liver
pool, my lad, SO here's ten cents" was
the reply. Teas sUtinqs.
-He--.Do you know. Miss Mabel.
have discovered why my brain is SO
active?' She. No, Mr.. Minuswit.
what is your thcoryg' He. 1t is be-
cause | SO often start train of
thought. She ..Ah, yes. The
Limited. '"-1id- Bits.
Another Poet Crushed. - Barber.
! want my hair cut quite short = ..All
right, sir; but You said the last time
you were in that you intended to let it
grow foot long" II know did;
but the poetry sent to the magazines
has been declined. d.--Aebrask1 State
journal.
-Would-be author" My greatest
difficulty is lack of speed in writing.
my ideas flow faster than my ink"
Cynical Acquaintance-"It 1t is. indeed.
misfortune that your ideas should
thus escape you. for I've noticed their
paucity in your book, my boy. los
ton Budget.
Western editor Ito assistann-
There are several words in this Eu-
ropean correspondence that am un-
able to make out. See what you can
l.> ~ - ~.,.
"They are all Greek to me-" West
ern editor Ito Office boy) james, ask
the European correspondent to step
here moment. Life.
Different Ways of Looking at Ii.
-Fogg refcrring to lady in thin,
close-iitting jacket. without outside
wraps) -" B-r-r-r. should think that
woman would freeze todeath with that
little thing on" Mrs. F-.Why,
don't sec why she shouldn't be COM
Portable enough. I'm sure it is love-
ly shade. and it fits spleadidly.'
-"Serious thing. sir, that fall Of tho
ceiling at the Old Bailey" said
Spooney. "Came down on the re-
porter. sir. before they had time to
moye.' "Ah." replied Wagglcs.
that's why the ceiling came down."
Il beg your pardon; l do not quite fol-
low you.' Easy enough. You see.
they did not moye-in fact. they were
stationery. They'd got pens. ink and
paper, and all they wanted was ceiling
whacks. Excuse bad grammar. Tia,
ta."-Echo.
-"An old master knocked down for
six hundred dollars.' read old Mrs.
Nearsight, in All art sale report.
"Well,' she continued. "six hundred
dollars is good deal of money, but l
shouldn't think any man save high
way robber would be brutal enough to
knock down an old master for any
amount of money. ! s'pose he was
afraid to tackle young master. "a-.
Neryisirwa Hsvalai
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
WEST AND SOuTH.

PATRICK WADE shot and killed Mrs Peter
Burke, widow, on the Sd at Norway,
Mich because she refused to marry him.
ILLINOIS Democrats will hold their State
convention at Springfield May 23 to nom-
mate candidates for Presidential electors
and State officers
OREGON Democrats met at Portland on
the 4th and adopted a platform indorsing
President Cleveland, advocating tariff for
revenue only. and the election OF United
States Senators by the direct vote Of the
people John NJ. Gearin was nominated for
Congress.
The Republicans Of Mississippi held their
State convention at Jackson on the lth and
chose delegates to the National convention
J. HOWE, of Fort Collins. Col. while drunk
on the 4th killed his wife and kicked her
body into the street Soon afterward he
was captured by o mob and hanged.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs of the Eleventh Indiana
district met at Marion on the 4th and nomi-
mated p l. Rocker for Congress
On oil the railroads centering in Chicago
except the Burlington the strikers fe.
turned to work on tho 4tL
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

I. C. CRAWFORD has visited the lit
tie town of Bussana, in Italy, which
was shaken up by m earthquake a
year ago when such destruction of life
was reported. Mr.. Crawford discov-
cred that thirty people We're killed in
the church, where it was reported
three hundred lad lost their lives. and
in the whole ncighborhooa the killed
number fifty-six instead oil four hum
dred. He thinks European papers
beat the American article for sensa-
tionali,m.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

The craze now is the discovery of
prodigics. As result we have reports
from Kansas Of :. six-year-old orator,
from Newark. N. j., of IL tcn-ycar-old
essayist, and from Nebraska of fif-
tcen-ycar-old editor. Musicians range
all the way from three to dozen
years of age. and preachers are deliver
ing sermons from cradles.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

lT is said that some of the San Franz
cisco custom-house inspectors have
been making money fast by Il conspir-
acy to evade the anti-Chinese regula-
tons. Cinnamon We're hired to obtain
certificates that would entitie them to
go back to China and then return.
These certificates they never used. but
the inspectors sent them TO China and
sold them in large numbers to parties
shipping fresh loads Of the interdicted
celcstials.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
QUICK JUSTICE IN COLORADO.
4 brutal Wife Murderer Taken from Fort
Collins Jail and Lynched.

DENVER. Col. April ia Fort Collins
Coli special says that J. Howe. who had
been on protracted spree. Wednesday
evening brutaliy murdered his wife hy cut
ting her throat with q j.ck- knife. He
then kicked the body into the street and
went 10 bed to sleep off his liquor. shortly
after the murder he was arrested an:
locked up in jail. At 3 o'clock 3Ot
masked men took possession OF the jail
after disabling the city electric lights, an
soon had Howe swinging to q derrick in til.
courthouse yard Howe begged piteously
for mercy. but the clizens refused TO even
let him have few minutes prayer befo..
swinging him into eternity.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

THE American hog. which is found
10 be wholesome TO American stomachs,
does not stand we'll in the estimation
of the eifetc civilizations of the Old
World. Denmark has joined in the
crusade against him. the Government
having issued Il decree prohibiting the
importation OF our pork products in
any FORM
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

A WILD and woolly yarn comes from
East Tennessee about child eight
years old and three feet high which has
skin like the bark of tree. no flesh on
its bones, a cylinder-shaped head. an
eye without intelligence, no power OF
articulation beyond slight moan; its
only food milk. which it takes in enor-
nous quantities; can be folded up like
a ;ackknife. backward or forward; the
arm and leg joints can be bent the
same way; and the creature stays where
it is put without signs Of discomfort.
With some slight notifications the de-
ssrjption might apply to "a patent churr'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

EDITOR SHEPARD. the purchaser of
the New York Mail and Express, has
ordained that verse of the Scriptures
shall head the editorial column of his
paper every day. He commenced with
the first chapter Of Genesis. the suppo-
sition being that he intends to go
through the Bible in this way. Mr..
Shepard says that the reason for his
plan is that he may spread the Gospel
among the heather, which is Il very in
tclligent reply to those persons who
have been persistently guying him
since the appearance in his journal Of
the first text.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

THE position oi Emperor of Ger
many is purely honorary, carrying no
money reward with it, The income of
the Emperor annually voted by the
Government is only for the granting
Of pensions. none of it going to the
personal Use of the throne. The salary
Of the Emperor is given him solely as
tho King of Prussia.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

BEDFORD. Ind, April 6.-Early Thursd ~
morning Newton Gainey, young merchant
of this place, arose from bed. went TO d
stable and shot himself with a target & I'm.
the bullet tearing away portions OF his IN
and nose. Gainey returned 10 the house,
seccr ID :nother cartridge, went to the
WOO i-shed and placing the muzzle of The
weapon in his mouth, shot himself dead
A letter IVES found in his pocket in which
he said that, being out of health and low in
spirits he had killed himself
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
4 Train Attacked.

LIMA, o., April i-Near here Wednesday
night Pit sLursh. Fort Wayne 4 Chicago
passenger train WIS stoned ana fired at by
a mob OF unknown men. There were a
number OF Reading men on the ira n and it
is supposed that they W r, the objects OF
the attack. Several We're injured, but none
seriously
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

HENRY BERGH left behind him q
monument of mercy and humanity in
the shape of ,hirty-thrce organized So
eie.ies for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. in different cities of this
country. He leaves son who in
hcrits the fathers humane and philan-
thropic spirit, and who will continue
10 carry Oh his meGciful work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
Drowned In an Old Well.

PALMYRA, No.. April Fifteen school
children, while playing around an old well,
We're precipitated TO the bottom by the
breaking OF several rotten planks Two,
Arthur Little and Mary Loran, were
drowned Seven were badly injured and
not expected to live. The scene III the res
cue was very exciting. The well was thirty
feet decn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

. SOME two thousand married people
residing in Camden. N. j., and vicinity
arc not little disturbed to find that
they are no more married than if they
had never heard of such thing as Il
minister. The cause of the trouble is
one DR.. j. j. Sleeper. who two years
ago was deposed from his priesthood
i'll the Episcopal church. Since chat
time Mr.. Sleeper has been solemniz-
ing marriage services, but the law of
the State provides that only regularly
officiating ministers shall perform this
ceremony. The people tecl shaky as
to the legality of their relations.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
Logging Operations Suspenled,

EAU CLAIRE, vi.s., April q logging work
along the Black r.ver an t,iEu.aries in
Wisconsin, with the exception of small
forces that lculate 10 assist the log
drivers, has been suspended by reason OF
the soft condition of the roads The scale
records so far as rec,ived would ind cate u
cut of 10000. .0O0 to $4,000, coo fee,
being but small shortage from the amount
planned
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
COLLAPSE OF A STORE BUILDING.
Ovcrwcighting OF an Upper stony Causes
a Loss of 100000.

ST. LOUIS, April 5-The three-story
double store building, Nos l9and u South
Main street. occupied respectively by T. 4
Kaufman as vineg II 1.ctory. and Eotman
4 OHara as a wholesale liquor sore COM
pleteiy collapsed about y o'clock last night,
and tumi led into a mass of ruins, burying
and prac. ically destroying all lis contents
Boltman 4 O'Hara had some 400 barres Of
WHISKY and other liquors in their house,
and Kaufman had 100 barrels Of sugar and
l;rge amount of vinegar and other
property in stock The overweighting Of
the upper story Of the Kaufman building
with sugar caused the collapse. The loss is
est:ma,ed at $4,000; the building, $lO,-
900, X .ufman, $4,000. and Bolt nan q
UHnra, O,OO0 Nobody hurt
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

Among the Japanese engravings
which are now exhibited in London is
one in which is shown little boy ex-
posing his body to the attacks of mos
quitoes. SO that his parents may be
spared the bites.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

SINCE Mr.. Vanderbilt has n new
acquisition in the person of ten
thousand dollar salaricd French cook,
the public can await with confidence
the report Of Il twenty thousand dollar
case Of dyspepsia in tho magnatc's
household.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

tions to the Senate:
Brigadier Gen eral
George Crook, to
be Major g en- eral,
vice Terry. retired;
Co lionel John r
Brooks, of the Third
Infantry, to be Br;ga-
dier-Gen eral. 7 he
nom,n ttion of Gem
eral Crook gives gen.
eral satisfaction, and
nothing but words OF
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
A Cardinals Death.

New YORK, April IA special cahegram
from Rome to the Catholic Repiew an
nounces the death, at the age Of I'll. of
Card nal Thomas Martinelli, one of the
six Cardinal Bishops. member
of the Augustinian order, and one
OF the most learned theo.ogians
OF the church He was devoted friend
OF Pope Leo AIiI. who described him as
lone Of The brightest intcllects Of the
church" He was created Cardinal IN
1873, and ut the first ballot for successor
to p.us TX he headed the list, receiving
thirteen votes
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

THERE is some virtue i'm the hind-lcys
OF il mule after all. a South Carolina
man who had shot and killed negro
without proyocation was acquitted on
the ground of insanity, it being in
proof that the defendant had some
years before been kicked in the head
by n mule
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

after u severe attack
of coughing and vom-
it .ng. He was known
to have been ill for
some time past. but
the public did not be-
lievc that his condi-
ton was serious. In
deed. the gener | I'M
preston WIS that lie
was shan,ming sick
ness to some extent
i'll the hope OF cvok-
ing a little sympathy.
When the final mo-
ment came NJ r $.
80 4, a~4s faitI,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

In an interview between Henry Nj.
Stanley. the famous explorer and
traveller. and a newspaper correspond
cnt. the former said: Il have been i'm
Africa seventeen years, and l have
never met man who would kill me if
folded my hands"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

Prince Bismarck is said to drink
sixteen glasses of strong liquor in the
course of a single speech. But he can
afford to--he owns several dlstilleries
and produces half Il million gallons of
whisky annually.