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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
INDIAN LANDS.

Tho House Votes to Divide the Sioux
Reservation, Throwing Open to Settle-
ment Hundreds OF Thousands Of Acres.
WASHINGTON, March S-The House yes
terday passed the bill dividing the great
Sioux reservation and throwing open to
settlement hundreds Of thousands OF acres
of valuable lands Some discussion arose
over the provision granting the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 St Paul Railroad Compa-
ny and the Dakota Central Rail-
road Company the right of way through
the Territory. On motion Of Mr.. Holman
und. IN amendment was adopted proyid-
ing that unless the roads shall be con-
structed within three years all the lands
granted for station purposes and tho right
of way shall be forfeited and revert to the
Government
1.-THE bill as passed entities to allotments the
members OF the Santee Sioux tribe in Ne
braska, and IL authorizes the President when
ever, in his opinion. any reservation OF Indians
or any part thereof Is advantageous for agri-
cultural or graz ng purposes and the progress in
civilization OF the indians receiving rations on
either or any OF the reservations shall be such
Us to encourage the belief that an allotment in
scveralty would be for the best interest or said
Indians, to cause the reservation 10 be sur
veyed. and 10 allot the lands in seyeralty to
these Indians. One million dollars is TO be set
apart in the Treasury TO the credit OF the Sioux
Indians as u permanent fund, per cent. OF
which is TO Ie expended for the promotion of in'
dustrial and ether suitable education among
the Indians, and for sgch rurlo oses rs in the
opinion OF the Secretary Of the Interior will
contribute to tier advancement All tha
lands in the great Sioux reservation outside
the separate reservations described arc 10 be
restored to the pubic domain. TO b. disposed
OF 10 actual settlers under tie homestead laws,
at pr.te of fifty cents Fer acre in addition 10
the present fees. For town site lands charge
OF N.25 Ier acre is to be made
The House also passed the bill ratifying
an agreement with the Gros yentre, Plegan.
Blackfeet and River Crow Indians in Nom
tana- Unler the agreement the sc Indians
cede TO the United States the lands eni-
braced in these reservations, and agree to
accept and occupy ether lands separately
set apart rs their permanent homes; Sl5o,-
0OO for the period OF ten years. is TO be paid
to these Indians for the lands ceded to the
United States
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
Cyclone In Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS, March 6.-An Opelousas
special says that cyclone passed over the
southwestern part OF that parish on Sunday
afternoon. Six dwellings were demolished,
ana In every case the inmates were injured
and The household effects destroyed
The youngest child OF Valentine. .Lavergins
was killed Three brothers, who were
keeping store, lost their housa and their
goods were scattered for miles All the
members Of the family of Louis Bourgeois
were injured The path OF the storm was
300 yards vide
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
TIE PROSPECTIVE CROWN PRINCE


feebler. finally sinking to a whisper. At
B b m he was 20 weak that the men,
bers Of tho family. Prince Bismarck and
Count Won Moltke. and the servants of the
household gathered around the bed
The Emperor, supported by the doctors.
held the hand Of his wife ON one side
and his daughters hand on. the other.
Prince William stood alone at the head of
tho couch Chaplain Koegel spoke few
words OF consolation, to which the Emperor
whispered occasional responses
The Emperor interrupted the Chaplain as
he subsequently read from the Bible with
the words: That's right and sGood"
When the Duchess OF Baden asked him If
he had heard tho words of the clergyman
he said "YeR" After the Emperor
had partaken of little food he seemed
very tslkat1ve and spoke with Prince WILL
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
MANY STUDENTS INJURED.

A Fire In . Mitchell. d. T., Seminary
Leads TO . Frightful Catastrophs-Ome
Life Lost
MNNEAPoIIs, MINI, March 10 - The
journals Mitchell. d. T.. special says:
Fire broke out In the Methodist UNI
versity ut 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing from the spontaneous combus-
tion OF oily rags in the art
rooms There were forty inmates, in
cluding the faculty, students and servants
All but ten escaped without trouble. Four
young men jumped from the second-story
windows, four others and a professor
jumped from the third story. and another
professor descended from the roof by 8
clothes line. One life was lost
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

Mr. CoRCoRAN. the Washington
banker. who died recently. was great
friend and admirer Of Daniel Webster.
The great statesman had borrowed
sums ofmoney from time to time, which,
In the aggregate amounted to several
thousand dollars without any idea how
he was ever to repay the money. Mr.
Corcoran, however, closed the account
in his own way. The day after Mr..
Webster's speech on the Missouri COM
promise he sent to Mrs. Webster a
package containing all the evidences
of her husbands Indebtedness to
HIM
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A. BRONSON ALcOTT, who died recent
ly in Boston at the age of eighty-eight
years. was one of the organizers of the
Transcendental Club. that coterie of
elect minds. comprising Claiming,
Hawthorne. Ripley. Emerson. Miss
Peabody, Theodore Parker and Mar
garet Fuller. and later became the
founder and leading light of the famous
Concord School Of Philosophy. His
friendships were as broad and wide as
his ideas Thoreau and John Brown
were among them, and his powerful
personality won the reverence of all
brilliant minds he came in contact with.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

WASHINGTON, March s.-Iie House Com.
mittee OH Commerce las authorized q
favorable report ON Mr.. iayn ors Postal
Telegraph bill. II ;pproprlates Ts ,OoO,-
600 for the purpose of the act
and places the general supervision
Of the system under Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-GeneraL The work of estab-
fishing the telegraph lines, e.e., is TO be
done under the direction of the Secretary of
War. The rates Of tariff tor twentv-word
teIsgrams are 10 cents for 800 miles or less
and 70 cents for 800 TO 1000 miles,
with proportionately increased rates for
longer distances
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
Arrested for . Wartime Murder.

CARMI, H.. March 7-Dr John W. Stone,
. preacher and physician Of Spr.nser;on,
near this Oty, was yesterday arrested
charged with the murder OF cochran Bal
lard in March, 1864. man named Quack-
enboss recently confessed that he. Stone,
and several other members Of a secret So
clety killed Ballard, who was a Union SOL
dier. at Shoals Ind Stone protests his in
nOceDca
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

OF six hundred tornadoes of which
record has been made in tho United
States not more than seventy-6ve were
east OF the Allegheny mountains. The
warm air tempestuously driven from
the Gulf Of Mexico up the Mississippi
valley is caught by the polar winds
and driven in gyratory tornadoes
across the prairies. The Appalachian
range serves those on tho Atlantic
slope as barrier against the storms
Of that sort.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
4 Fatal Explosion of Giant Powder Oc-

CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind, March "A ter
rife explosion Of dynamite occurred yes
terday morning on the farm Of David
Hampton Mt Williamsburg The shock was
felt nifty miles away. Hampton was load
ing wagon with the stuff to Shoot well
ut Hagerstown when the crash came. Six
tons OF dynamite exploded Man, wagon
and horse were shattered TO pieces Shreds
OF Hampton's shirt were found. and 50 was
tho head of his horse, both far from the
place where they were blown up The farm
hoIss was wrecked and a hole fifteen feet
deep and twenty five feet in circumference
was found where the dynamite had been
kent
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
(Ga-) Enterprise:

-Reidsville (Ga) Enterprise: A
young man Of Reidsville, thinking
himself unobserved, stood before the
large mirror in one of the stores, and
after long and admiring scrutiny Of
his countenancc. turned away, saying
in a tone indicating perfect satisfac-
tion with all he saw in the glass:
Blamed II l ain't good looking enough
for any body's daughter!'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
Shot by n Kobber.

BRADFORD, Pa, March 7-Tuesday morn
ing masked man named Kimball jumped
over the railing of the Bradford National
Bank and seized the money on the
desk Of Cashier Tomlinson He shot
the latter through the hips, on his
attempting to hold him, ran from the
bank, and after being pursued some
distance by citizens, turned and shot A. l.
Bleich, q butcher, and then killed himself
Tomlinson and Bleich were both fatally
hurt Kimball had been drinking heavily.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

CoLFAx LADDEN. a agray-haired Phil.
adelphian, who had been given up for
dead by his relatives over twenty years
ago. surprised them by returning safe
and sound the other day. He left for
the army in 1864, and that was the
last they heard from him until his un-
expected appearance.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

CITY OF MEXICO March = -Reperts are in
circulation that 1t is not unlikely that Min
ster Bragg will take up the general subject
of the commercial relations between Mex
ico and the United States, with u view to
negotiating IL treaty OF friendship, CON-
nerce and navigation, the old treaty having
lapsed There is great desire here ON the
part OF railway managers and Americans
engaged in mining and commercial bnsi-
ness to have their interests protected by a
good treaty, such as the French and Ger
mans residing here enjoy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

EVEN the clearest water Is perfectly
opaque from a certain point of view
This may be discovered by raising a
glass OF water little above the level OF
the eye and attempting to see an OBJ
ject held just over tho surface of the
water. The latter appears just like a
FURNISHED mirror, and the eye can see
nothing beyond it. A glass Of whisky.
II raised to o level of the mouth an in
definite number of times. will prevent
the eyes from seeing an object no mat
ter where it is held.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A coURTsHIP lasting twenty-five
years has just ended at Toulon, Tenn.
BY the marriage of the parties. In 1866
Evander Cameron, aged thirty, fell in
love with and proposed marriage to
Miss Mary Baynes, twenty years old.
He was accepted, but the young lady's
father objected. The daughter refused
to marry without the old gentleman's
consent. which he refused. For twenty
two years Cameron called to see his
sweetheart twice q week, until at last
the barrier to the union was removed
in the death of the father. and the
faithful lovers were welded.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

AN old log-cabin that was built BY
George Washington and occupied by
him while surveying part Of the
Shenandoah Valley. is still standing in
fair state of preservation few
miles from Winchester, Va.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

"A New York man is cndeayoring
to preserve all printed references to
President Cleveland, whether compli-
mentary or not, which he finds in the
papers. Already he has over forty
thousand scraps. He says that as soon
as he can add to his collection notices
of his denomination and election he will
present the lot to the President.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

THERE were organized in Nebraska
last year thirty-two new railroad COR
porations representing $4,000. 600
capital stock. and 225 miscellaneous
corporations. representing a capital
stock of s54. OOO. 600 This is double the
number of new corporations for the
year previous.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

IT doesn't do to trife with book
agent. A presumptuous horse in
Michigan undertook to run away with
one the other day and dropped dead
before he got half a mile.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
Scotch newspaper rece

"A Scotch newspaper recently
claimed that the Glasgow Savings
Bank. with a deposit Of f4.6S0. 600.
was the largest savings institution in
the world. The Provident Institution
for Savings in Boston has total of
$26. 597. 85S. which is largely in excess
Of the Glasgow institution.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

NssS
after tho death OF
her father, the sud-
d 9 nj v . nnounced
death Of Miss Alcott
brings a double sor-
row to the many
friends of the family,
while the loss Of this
talented writer will
be felt far and wide
among the many
readers Of her books
For . long time Miss
Alcott has been i'll,
=
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A TEXAS paper makes the state
ment that a man left Waxahachie re-
Gently. driving yoke Of oxen; that
one OF them died from being over
heated. and that while he tarried by
the waysidc to skin the animal a bliz-
zard came and froze the other OK TO
death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Democrats of the Ways and Means
Committee OF the House submitted to the
full committee the Internal Revenue bill on
the 9th. The total reduction in revenue
made by the bill Ii about S25, 600, 600,
made up Of $4,000. 900 on tobacco and
So. .OOO, 900 OF various special taxes re-
moved. It was decided that the bill should
be added to the Mills Tariff bill, making
ono bill OF both
The House Committee on Commerce on
the 7th authorized o favorable report on
the Postal Telegraph bill It appropriates
Sc, ,OOO, 900 for the purpose of the cot and
places the general supervision OF the sys-
tenn under . Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General
SECRETARY BAYARD informed the Presi-
dent on the 7th that he knew OF no reason
to expect an early revocation OF the decree
of the French Government against the i'm
portation of American pork products.
THOMAS J. POTTER, aged forty-eight
years, general manager Of the Union Pacific
road. died on the 9th in Washington
The House Committee ON Military Affairs
on the 9th determined to recommend Cor
passage the Cutcheon Lill. approprtating
50. AT. 900 for the public defense
THERE were 105 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 9th, against 2O2 the previous seven
days
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A CONNECTICUT man who has traded
horses two thousand one hundred and
twenty times, now has IN animal worth
nifty dollars for his cuteness.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A BROOKLYN woman has completed
= crazy quilt with 24.781 pieces in II.
Her husband is said to button his sus-
penders with horseshoe nail,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

The sum and substance OF all that
has thus far been found out about VIM
ter cholera is that you get it when you
get it and when you get over it you get
IL AGAIN.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
THE EAST.

EIGHT HUNDRED miners at Mount Carmel,
Pa. who had been on strike since January
l Tor an advance In wages. returned to
work ut the old rates on the 9th.
Az noon on the 9Th man named Kimball
attempted to rob the Bradford pa Ma
tional Bank He fatally shot Cashier Tom
linson and A. L Bleich, aud then, seeing
that his capture was inevitable, shot him.
self dead
The death Of Miss Louisa NJ Alcott, the
famous author of Little Women" and
other stories, occurred at her home in Bos-
ton on tire 9Th at the ago Of fifty-six
years She was the daughter Of A. Bronson
Alcott, the author ond philosopher. who
died on the 4th. Miss Alcott was not aware
Of her fathers death
ON the 9TH Mira Garfield and her daughter
arrived ut New York on the steamer Trave,
from Europe
AT Springfield, Mass, q FIRE broke out on
the 7th in the Etsning Union newspaper
Office. and the occupants of the editorial
and composing on the fifth door
were hemmed in by flames and but few es-
capped A dozen or more jumped from the
windows. six being killed and the re-
mainder dangerously wounded.
The Massachusetts Senate passed the bill
requiring biennial elections for State officers
and legislators on the 7th
The Democrats Of Maine will hold their
State convention at Augusta May % for the
nomination of State ticket and delegates
to 81. Louis
The Legislature Of New Jersey. despite
the Governors veto, decided on the S.h to
make local option and high license State
law
REPuBLIcANs of Massachusetts, will meet
in State convention in Boston on April 25
to elect delegates to tho National conven-
uon.
AFmE destroyed Duden & Co. . lace fac
tory in New York City on the Sth, causing o
loss of 800, 600
FLAMES destroyed Reilly's leather factory
and twelve houses at Newark, n J., on the
9th Loss, 100000
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
GERMANY's GRIEH.

BERLIN, March 10-Esnperor William
passed away at $50 yesterday morning
The death Of the Emperor was announced
to the populace yesterday morning BY the
lowering to half-mast the standard over
the palace Flags at half mast are displayed
on all the public buildingA An immense
ooncourse of people II gathered outside
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A cLUB.RooM in Portland, Me-, fur
nishcs valuable object lesson. 1t is
papered with lottery tickets. not one
OF which drew cent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

A SECOND time within q few days
one brother in Chicago accidentally
shot another, and the revolver that
was not loaded did the damage in both
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

THERE are in the Sunday schools of
the Christian world l6, Ill, 900 scholars
and l.552. 167 teachers, making grand
total Of 18, 400, 900.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

The man who doesn't happen to
blow into the muzzle Of his gu. gen.
orally livcs to file the end of q dyna.
mite cArtridoc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
MISS ALCOTT's DEATH.

Tho Noted Auth0ress Follows Her Aged
Father to o BETTER WOrld-A Brief Rec.
ord Of Her Life Of U ,cfulness.
BosroN. March Miss Louisa 81 Alcott
died Yesterday morning Coming SO soon
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches,
FlFTIETH CONGRESS

FlFTIETH CONGRESS-
TUESDAY, March Gin the Senate the
Dependent Pension bill was further con-
sidcred, speeches being made by Senators
ingalls, and Blackburn A Joint reso-
luton was passed to investigate the prac-
ticability OF constructing reservoirs for the
storage OF water In tho arid regions Of the
United StateA A rule was agreed to that q
treaty may be made public or considered in
open session whenever q majority vote SO
decides In the House the Alabama elec-
ton contest between Davidson Dem) and
McDuffie Ren), was decided by giving the
former the seat
WEDNESDAY. March IA bill was intro
duced in the Senate to provide more efi-
ciently for postal service between the Unit
ed States and South and Central Amer
lea The pension bill went over for one
day. In the House bills were introduced
for pensioning prisoners Of war and to cre-
ate department Of agriculture and labor.
The bill to divide the great Sioux Indian
reservation into separate smaller reserva-
tions was passed This throws open to set
Element many thousand acres Of valuable
land
THURSDAY, March Sin tho Senate bills
were placed on the calendar to provide
Tor joint celebration at Washington by
the sixteen American republics in honor
OF the centennial Of the parent republic
the United States; for an Indian industrial
school in Michigan; applying the Eight
hour law to letter -carrierA A petition was
presented from thirty-three States and Ter
ritories, containing over one hundred thou
sand signatures, against the admission of
Utah as State 80 long as its people are un-
der the control Of the Mormon priesthood
The bill granting pensions to ex-soldiers
and sailors who are unable to perform man.
ual labor and to the dependent relatives OF
deceased soldiers and sailors was passed by
vote Of A. yeas to 16 nays In the House
bill was introduced to regulate the classi-
fication. compensation and allowance OF
postmasters The bill to establish portal
telegraph was reported favorably, and the
measure to enable the people to select theil
postmasters was reported adversely.
FMDAY March 0-The Senate was moi
in session In the House the "omnibus
war-claim bill was passed-yeas, 1O5; nays
100 At the evening session thirty -four
pension bills were passed. including the one
increasing the pension Of the widow Of
General Robert Anderson, the hero OF Fort
Sumter, to 500 a month.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

Mother and Two Children Burned.
CAYuaA, Ont, March John Daley's
dwelling house was burned early yesterday
morning. MrA Daley and two children
were burned to death
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

Johanna Yocum, Of Nineveh, O., fell into
the tire in o tit Tuesday morning and was
burned to death
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
bEssEMEK's steel patents have
brought him $35. 385. 600 in ROYALTIES

THERE are 172 known species Of
creatures that are blind. This does not
include lovers.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
BOWED In SORROW.
The Fatherland Mourns the Loss
Of It's Ruler.

scenes ut tho Death Bed Of the LAto Em.
peror--Bismarck's Announcement to
tho Reichstag-Tho Crown Prince
Il Now Emperor Frederick III.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY traffic In sweden and Dem
mark was stopped on the 9th by heavy
snow-falla Traffic on lines In Northeast
Germany was interrupted
On the 9Th Mrs John DAILY and her two
children lost their lives In their burning
house at CayugaA Ont
The steamer Rafael Reyes exploded her
boiler recently at Carthagena, and thirty
persons were killed
BERLIN official dispatches say that EN-
peror William, of Germany, died at $50
o'clock on the morning of the 9th He
passed away with his hand clasping tho
hand of his wife. During the last hours Of
his life he suffered little or no pain. The
Crown Prince Frederick William at once be-
came King Of Prussia and Emperor of Ger
many. under the name Of Frederick Ill
ADvIcEs Of the 9th from London say that
the British bark Lanoma, with Q cargo of
wool, was wrecked near Weymouth, and
the captain and his crew Of eleven men
were drowned
FIFTY-E1GHr business failures occurred in
Canada during the seven days ended ON the
9th
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-15

IHs Princess of Wales is compelled
10 use IN ear trumpet.