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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
LATER,

A FAMILY named X G Iter living near Ge-
neva, Neh, consisting OF husband, wife and
five children were burned to death OH the
night OF the 7th, excepting the husband
who WAS severely burned A tramp who
was spend ug the night with them also
burned to de 18th. The origin of the fire is
unknown Mr.. Rchtcr had been drinking
dur ng the day and it is supposed he went
to bed smoking and the fire rnus origi-
mated.
An express train Oh the Baltimore I: Ohio
road coll:dsl with a freight train near
D.ckerson. w. Va, on the night of the 9th,
on u heavy grade i'll q deep cut. None Of
the passengers were injured although
wrecked cars were piled 20 feet high about
the engines Three postal clerks Were
killed and one brakeman and U number OF
train men seriously injured
A WAGON bridge $40 feet long spanning
n slough at Wnona. Mimi, was Lu:ned on
the night Of the 9th.
THERE were 81 new cases of yellow fever
reported at Jacksonville, F.a., for the 9th
with five deaths
AT Jeffersonyille, Ind, on the 7th, Eliza
Harris hit George Spellman's five-months-
old son in the back with Trick The
father Of the Guild went 10 FL "a Harris
house, kcael open the door and broke
three of the woman's ribs and crashed her
skull
OVER one hundred people were injured
nj Heading, Pa, on the afternoon of the
7th, during tho ceremonies attending the
laying of the cornerstone of the new St
Mary's Polish Catholic Church There
We're probably 1000 people at the site of
| the church, 1000 OF whom were on tenn
porary platform laid on the joists and walls
of The building. Speaking had just begun
when part of tn. new wal. gave way, throw
Ing 300 peop to the ground, distance
of Is feet
The new government steel cruiser, THE
Baltimore was successfully launched at
Messrs Cramps shiIyard at Philadelphia,
| on the 9TH
The steamer Belgic, which arrived Mt San
Francisco. OH tho 7th. brings the advices
| that the storm OF August Both at Nokagari
= in Japan, caused damage IS follows: Houses
destroyed, 5000; vessels lost, S.; vessels
wrecked, 500; number of persons wound-
ed, injured and receiving public assistance.
$1,000
f. JONES, wife attempting to board a
freight train at Milbank. OAK, fell and was
run over Both arms were badly crushed
and he right foot manged
| JIM SCOTT, a negro deperado at Lynchblrg
w, Va. on the 7th shos and probably fl.
tally souaded three young white mss
lnishm, psasafss'1s
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
PLAIN DRALER.
IyEpTfnING IN TIE LuF @
JOB WORK.
BIN. Heads, Cards, Posters, Cir,
cular1.
Slilstieuoa h Meatnsss, PnnDness lnd
Phcs Guaranteed.
~0YYD % A TRIAL BEFORE oRD1n.
ING ELSEWHERE~
THE HONOR or TOLL.

An Extract from President Cleveiand's
First Letter Of Acceptance.
A true American sentiment recog-
nizcs the dignity of labor and the fact
that honor lies in honest toll. Con-
tented labor is an element Of National
prosperity. Ability 10 work consti-
tutes the capital and the wage Of labor
the income of vast number Of our
population, AMI this interest should bo
jealousy protected. Our working
men are not asking unreasonable in
diligence, but rs intelligent and man
~ citizens they seek the same consid-
GRAFTON which those demand who have
other interests at stake.
They should receive their full share
of the care and attention of those who
make and execute the laws, to the end
that the wants and needs OF the en-
ploycrs and employed shall alike be-
subserved and the prosperity Of the
country, the common heritage of both,
be advanced.
As related to this subject, while we
should not discourage the immigration
Of those who come to acknowledge al
legiancc to our Government and add
to our citizen population, yet as
means OF protection to our working
men different rule should prevail
concerning those who, If they come or
are brought TO our land, do not intend
to become Americans. but will irjuri-
ously compete with those justly en-
titled to our field Of labor.
In accepting the nomination TO the
Office of Governor, nearly two years
ago, made the following statement.
to which have steadily adhered:
"The laboring classes constitute the man
part OF our population. They should he pro-
tected in their efforts peaceabiv to assert their
rights WHEN endangered by aggregated capital.
ana all statutes on this subject should reco2-
niz, the care OF the State for honest toll, and
be framed with a view OF improving the cond-
tion Of the working man.
A proper regard for the welfare Of
the working-man being inseparably
connected with the integrity Of our in
stitutions, none Of our citizens are more
| interested than they in guarding
against any corrupting influences
which seek to pervert the beneficent
purposes of our Government, and mono
| should be more watchful of the artful
Vaccinations Of those who allure them
| to self-inflicted injury.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
SUME HARD NUTS.
Ask Your prOtectioHist Friend to Crac
Few Of Them for You.

Ask Your Protectionist Friend to Crack
Few Of Them for You.
Ask your protectionist friend when
ne talks about the blessings Of pro-
tective tariff why 100000 men have
been out OF work under ii?
Why Pennsylvania miners lost 12S
days work in 1881 and Ill days work
in 1885?
Why they only got $50 a month and
pay out of that s2.50 for tools. sharp
ening powder and oil?
why some Pennsylvania laborers
work for 30 cents dayo
Why he talks about child labor in
England. when slate pickers. 7 and 10
years old, are working under the rod
in Pennsylvania?
Why Pennsylvania operatives pay
s. month for company houses, when
English operatives get cottage for
$50 year?
How protection protects working
men when Italians and Hungarians
come in duty free?
Why cotton operatives in Massachu-
sets work sixty hours and in other
New England States sixty-six and six
ty-nine hours u week while English
operatives work only fifty-six?
Why the poorer American spinners
get S7.O7 and the poorer English spin
ners *7.2O week, though the Ameri-
can makes two and three-fourths yards
OF cloth to the English two and one
half?
Why wages under the high protect
i've tariffs of Italy and Germany are
about one-half what they are in free
trade England?
Why the condition Of the miner has
for some years been growing worse in
Pennsylvania and better in Great
Britain?
Why '.in the very occupations which
we SO tax ourselves to protect the
English workman has, as rule, the
advantageo'
Why working-men earn higher day
wages in unprotected than in protect
ed industries?
Why 1.-THE importation of wooler
and worsted cloths is increasing at 9
fearful rate, while our own weavers are
thrown out Of employment"
What good is tariff to working
men. when American factories pa,
only $50 wages for a piece of ingram
carpet on which the duty would be
| $21.OO?
What is the use of tariff, when
Lynn shoe factories. paying nearly
double wages. can produce for - cents
labor, pair Of shoes costing 10 cent.
| to make in England?
Why wool averaged % cents in higf
tariff times and 32 cents in low tariff
years, though blankets were mucf
| higher under the tariff
Why we sold only $4,000 OF woolcl
goods to countries where England solt
over $ll5. 900, 900 in 1885?
Why. with navigation laws and pro
tective tariffs, only II instead of 80 pc
cent. (as of old) of our commerce i
carried by American ships?
Why blankets arc taxed Il per cent
and thread lace only 80? Why ne
cessities bear heavy duties and luAu
ries light?
Why savings bank deposits increase,
II per cent Il year, 1915 go, under lov
tariff. and only per cent. a year, 1860
s.. under high tariff ?
Why, when the Republican Tarii
| commission recommended at least Y
| per cent. reduction, the ..Conferenc
bill'' raised the average of duties, s.
that they were 46 instead of 43 pc
cent in lSS5?-kansas City Times.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
THE FAILURE RECORD.

Il. G. Dun = Co.'S Report shows a Total
of $3.50 Breaks in Business So Far This
Year, with Liabilities Of Over 500, ,OOO,-
900, for the United States Alone.
New YORK, Oct. 3.-The business fail
urcs throughout the United States for the
third quarter OF the year, as furnished
by r. G. Dun Il Co.. amount in number
to 1851, with liabilities of trifle
over s2a, ,0O0,0OO. The failures for the third
quarter of 1887 numbered !, ,92s, with liabil-
tiles aggregating the enormous sum of $73,-
100000 For the nine months OF 1855 the
failures number 1850, with liabilities
Of over $4,000. 600, as against $3.50
failures and $12S, 600 600 Of liabilities in
the same period of 1887. In the Dominion
of Canada and Newfoundland the
failures for the three months just closed
number 3s4, with liabilities of 1868, ,OOO, as
against 3OS failures and e, 976 600 Of liabil-
tiles in the same quarter of 1887. In the
nine months of 1883 ended with September
30 the Canadian failures number l, 25d, with
liabilities Of &ll, 49,, 600, as against 1,Ol7
failures and $l3, 45S,O00 of liabilities in the
same period Of 1887
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

category. II there are any extra dis
counts from the price list where the
articles are packed in tin it will be on
the side OF the English purchaser, as
an exporter gets a rebate on tin sent
out of the country. 1t is when we get
to the grocery department that our
high protective tariff gets in its work.
The following is what the Cleveland
working-man can buy with his five
dollars mt one OF our first-class stores.
The prices quoted are taken from Il
list issued monthly by one of our
largest retail merchants, and we have
not the least doubt in saying that his
profits are rs small rs it is possible to
do hnsinnss On.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
AN HONEST TRIBUTE.
Extracts from Post t-Master-(iencral DiG
insOn's Detroit Speech.

Extracts from Post st-Master-General Dick
insOn's Detroit speech.
II have been asked to speak Of the
President. | can say but very little of
what is in my mind and heart of this
subject. In the first place, he has
been, all the time since March 4, 1885,
truly Presiden. Of the United States.
No usurpation Of executive functions,
no trenching upon executive privileges,
no pruning of the powers of the peo-
pies Chief Magistrate, no encroach-
ment upon the official rights of
the chosen Of sixty million Of
free men nave been tolerated
~ per,a,,ted: Several early AT
t~.g q ~ il4a ssr2 fssaa'as
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
Wages and Protection.

China has had the highest kind of
protection for two hundred years.
The wages paid to common laborers
in that country is twenty cents a. day.
while skilled mechanics get thirty cents.
Does the protective system procure
high wages to working-men?
England is more nearly free trade
country than amy other in Europe.
Wages are much higher in England
than in any of the protected coun-
tries in Europe.
Does protection heaetit WORK ing.
me-. or niako their wages bieAera- ",
J. camnsra'aA .sdrfr.s.ts,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

. SENATOR HoAR has been notified by
the State Department of Massachu-
sctts that IA discrepancy exists in the
statute governing the Electoral Col
lege; that the law passed in 1887
changed the timc of meeting of the
college from the first Monday in De-
ccmber to the second Monday in JAN
uary, but that the section compelling
the messengers to deliver their copies
Of the vote TO tho President of the
Senate before the first Wednesday in
January was not stricken out nor a
new date fixed,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
WEST AND SOUTH.

WHILE intoxicated on the I'd Jacob Kafer
committed suicide by hanging at Fort
Wayne, Ind. He was wealthy bachelor,
and no cause could be assigned.
On the 2d William II. Smith and Caper
Westdorfer were struck by lightning and
killed near Evansville, Ind.
On the 3D. Gold Leaf beat the worlds
one mile pacing record for three -year-olds
on the Napa (Cal) track, making ?: Is.
The doors of the banking house of Shank
lin & Austen, OF Trenton, the oldest bank
in Northern Missouri, were closed on the
Sd, owingto the failure Of the Traders
Bank, of Chicago.
THERE was intense excitement again on
the Chicago Board OF Trade on the Sd, De-
cember wheat reaching <l.1S.
THE Virginia State exposition opened at
Richmond on the Sd with twenty thousand
visitors.
On the Sd the American Bakers Associ-
alton met in annual session at Cincinnati.
GOVERNOR GORDON and other Democrat
ic State officials of Georgia were re- elected
on the ID without opposition.
On the Sd counterfeit foreign cigar stamps
were discovered in Chicago, and counter
felt bills were also being circulated.
THE Executive Committee of tire Amori-
can party on the Sd selected P. d. Wiggin-
ton. OF callforn,e. to fill the vacancy oc-
casioncd by Judge Groar's declinatian Of
the Vice Presidential nomination..
HieH-4FHsH ksenpsa tas stass eaaeA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

running TO Casa -Grande from Florence,
A. T., at Dry Lake on the Sd and stole the
Wells Fargo treasure box.
AT st. Louis the National Association Of
Railroad Freight Agents was organized on
the Sd. and l.. W. Crawford was elected
president.
OK the 4th Mrs. Mary l.. Garrett was
sentenced at Medina, O., to hang January
"a, 1889, for numbering two imbeciie STEP
daughters.
In Columbus, O.. the American Bee
keepers on the 4th elected DR. A. b. Ma
son, Of Avondale, O., as president Of their
society.
In the Iowa Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union convention on the 4th at Des
Moines, Mrs. j. Ellen Foster was reelected
president.
A CANOE capsized on the 4th in the
Wicomico river, near Mount Vernon, Md,
and Mrs. Kemmerman, Of Dorchester
County, and three children were drowned
CANDIDATES were nominated as follows
Tor Congress on the 4th: Wisconsin, First
district, J. b. Doe. Jr (Rep.) Iowa, Third
district, B. b. Richard Dem Tennessee,
Tenth district, L. B. Eaton (Rcp.); North
Carolina, Sixth district. G. p. Locky
(Rep); Louisiana, Second district, B. G.
Elliott Demp.
DEsTITUTIoS was on the 4th said to pre-
vail among the residents OF Ramsey
County, u. T., owing to the destruction Of
crops by frosts, and appeals for aid were
made.
A FIRE destroyed j. Z. Quinn's dry
goods house at Little Rock, Ark, on the
4th. The loss on stock and building was
$3.50, 600, and the insurance about 100000
CHARLES MORTON, of st. Louis, was
elected president of the American Bank
Ace af &c at
natl on the 4th.
THE death at Pitts Point, KY, of Mrs.
Sarah Crutcher, widow of James Crutcher.
| Revolutionary soldier, was announced on
the 4th. She was eighty-eight years old,
and had drawn pension since 1913.
THE drivers, conductors and gripmen OF
the North Chicago Street Railroad Compa-
ny struck OIL the 5th for shorter hours and
| increased pay.
THE semi-annual Mormon conference
opened at Salt Lake on the 5th, Apostle
Lorenzo Snow presiding. In all their
speeches the apostles and elders insisted
| upon polygamy.
AN explosion of accumulated gas oc-
| Cured on the 5th in the new water-works
| tunnel at Cleveland, O., and five men were
horribly burned and were taken out in
| dying condition.
ADvIcEs of the 5th say that there would
| only be onc-half a rice crop in South Caro-
| lima this season.
JoHN DIETRICH shot and killed himself
| on the 5th in Cincinnati because two young
women whom he had asked to marry him
| had each refused him.
| AT Boston, Col, a man named Hickman
| shot and killed J. p. Booth on the 9Th in .
| quarrel over woman, and was lynched
/ an hour afterward.
IGNATIus DoNSELLY withdrew on the 5th
| as a candidate for Governor of the Minne-
| sofa Labor party.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
What Republicans Want.

"We would effect all needed reduc-
ton of the National revenue by repeal
ing the tares upon tobacco and
the tax upon spirits used in the arts.
II there shall still remain a
larger revenue than is requisite for
the wants of the Government, ue taUor
the entire repeal Of internal taxes.
WHAT THE REPEAL OF TAXES ON TOBACCO
AND SPIRITS, OR REPEAL OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE MEANS.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

AT the recent session in Greenville,
Pa, of the Erie conference of the NJ.
Il. church the name OF Rev. j. b.
Holmes was called on the superannu-
ated list. when it was discovered that
he had died in Minnesota eleven years
ago. but his name had been called at
conference every year since. Bishop
Foster said it was the most remarka-
bic case he ever heard of.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
A CHICAGO BANK FAILS,

The Illness and Expec ted Demise OF Pres
ident Rutter, of the Traders' Bank, Causes
That Institution to Close It's Doors.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3-The Traders Bank, one
of the old financial institutions of Chicago
failed yesterday, and its president, Joseph
o. Rutter, Is lying at his home. 39l Su
perior street, at the point OF death. The ex
pecteo ,.emise of that official is assigned ~
one of the principal causes contributing x
the suspension Of the banks business. The
nominal assets of tho concern are said *
be Sa9s, $50 %, while the actual liabilities
will, it is believed, reach at least s7O0 o0A
sad thers arc other obligations which wiz
sysl! tho foiai to almost ~ sfea' Il tga.,
~ IL ftren for tins asssss
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches,
FIFTlETH CONGRESS.


TUESDAY, Oct. 2.-The bill to aid the
yellow fever sufferers was passed in the
Senate. A resolution was adopted author
izing Mr. Hales Committee on Civil Serv-
ice Reform to continue its sessions during
the recess A resolution was introduced
requesting the President to negotiate
treaties with the Governments Of England
and Mexico for the exclusion Of Chinese
laborers from the North American conti-
nent and for the prevention of their en-
trance into the United States. In the
House the Senate bill allowing persons
who have abandoned or relinquishcd their
homestead entries to make other entries
was passed.
"WEDNESDAY, Oct "a bill was intro
ducca in the Senate providing that the
certificates and lists of votes for President
and Vice President shall be forwarded to
the Senate after the second Monday in
January on which the electors shall give
their votes. Senator Allison Ia.) reported
q substitute for the Mills Tariff bill, which
was placed on the calendar and ordered to
be printed. He announced that he would
call up the bill for consideration on the
Sth. Senator Sherman (O) in speaking on
the bill said it contained positive, un-
questionable reduction of revenues to
the extent Of So, ,6ss, 900; that it
enlarged the free list by add
ing to it certain articles which could not
be produced in this country and that there
was not a single item in the bill which dis.
criminated between sections Of the coun-
try. In speaking on the charge that Gov
ernmcnt officials had been called upon for
campaign contributions Senator Hawley
Conn said that if it was true that Mr..
Cleveland had sent $4,000 to political
committee he had committed crime pun
ishable by fine or by Imprisonment or
both. In the House no business of i'm
portance was transacted.
THURSDAY, Oct 4.-In the Senate the
bill relating to the classification of post
offices and adjusting postmasters' sal
aries was taken UP and passed. The
majority and minority reports on the
Tariff bill were submitted and ordered
printed. Adjourned to the Sth. In the
House the time was occupied in discussing
the conference report on the Deficiency
bill, and the report was rejected.
FRIDAY, Oct 5. - The Senate was not
| in session. In the House a committee
| was appointed to investigate the work
done on the Washington aqueduct tunnl
The bill appropriating sls5, $50 for complet-
| ing the Improvement and dredging of the
| St Clair flats ship canal was reported. At
| the evening session twenty seven private
pension bills were passed Adjourned to
| the Sth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
The PHILADELPHIA Times say,

The Philadelphia Times says 'there
exists popular delusion that the
Quakers, ut least the old-time broad
brimmed sugar-scoop Quakers, are
dying out. 1t is not 50 in Philadel-
phia. Ten Or twenty years ago people
taii the same thing, but the high
hacked benches in the meeting-houses
are rs full now as then. The truth
is Tat, after coquetting with worldly
ways and fashions for season, the
Young generation Of Friends undergo O.
reaction and gradually fall into the
sa,ue Yeys, eysD - the plain garb Of
fss g,snaiashsss and grandmother
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

CHICAGO. Oct. 3-At IL o'clock last night
the steam barge John Breden, lying at the
foot of Illinois street, was discovered to be
on fire, and an alarm was turned in. Hook
and Ladder Company No. 3 was first to re-
spond. A ladder was placed against the
side of the barge. and three iremen
mounted it. Their weight pushed she YES
sci away from the dock, and one of the
men, Matthias Kettern, fell into the river
between the barge and the dock and was
either drowned or crushed to death The
other two jumped and escaped. The fire
was extinguished after causing trifiing
damage.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

The first large steel steamship built
in this country for the merchant serv-
ice was launched the other day from
the ship-yard of William Cramp l.
Sons, ut Philadelphia. She is named
the Iroquois and has been constructed
for the Clyde Steamship Company.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

THE Burnham House at Round Lake,
N. Y, has been purchased by Mrs.
Newman, wife of Bishop j. P. New
man, for $4,000. The building is to
be converted into home for mission
aries who return to this country for
rnSf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

JOHN l. BLAIR, of New Jersey, the
man who has built and sold more rail-
roads than any six men in the world,
has just disposed of his Kansas City &
Southern line. Mr.. Blair is "rising
eighty" but it's a cold day when he
hasn't some new railroad project on
hand
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

A Nebraska Woman. Fearing Insanity,
Strangles Her Two Children and Shoots
Herself Through the Heart.
BLUE SPRINGS, Neb., Oct. a-Tuesday
afternoon Mrs. Pfaffenberger strangled
her two children, aged 4 and years, and
then shot herself through the heart. She
left letter to her husband, who was alb
sent ut the time, saying that she felt her.
self becoming crazy, and seeing no future
for her children had resolved to kill them
and herself.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, founder of

the religious sect known as Christians
or Disciples of Christ, was born in
County Antrim, Ireland, September
IL. 1888. On Il recent Sunday many of
his followers in tho United States held
memorial services. The Disciples to-
day stand fifth in numerical strength
among the religious bodies in the
United States. They have about $500
churches and not less than 700, 900
members. Their annual increase is
Rbou. $4,000. They have five univer-
stiles and nineteen colleges, besides
other schools and seminaries.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

JAY GOULD has double in the per-
son OF r. J. Frazier, a business man
at Memphis. Tenn, who is frequently
mistaken for him. The difference in
their bank accounts is more marked.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

INSURANCE companies have declared
the Missouri river no longer safe for
navigation, on account of the abun-
dance of snags that infest its channel,
and will take no further risks upon
boats that ply between its banks.