The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-03

EARLY on gne morning OF the 25th the
steamer John 81. Hanna was burned to the
waters edge ct Plaquemine, La. causing
the death Of st least twenty-five persona.
Some perished on the boat. others were
and many IN attempting to reach
the shore stuck In the mud and were liter
ally roasted alive. Tho boat was valued
at $4,000 and her cargo at tl1O0 900.
JOHN A. BAuEREIsEN was found guilty
at Geneva, ILL.,, on the 24th Of conspiring
10 destroy property Of the Chicago Bur-
lington & Quincy Railroad Company with
dynamite. and WAS sentenced TO two years
In the penitantiary.
JoHS CHRIsTIAN and J. y. Meyer, prom
inent cattle men, wcre killed On the 24th
at Harneyville, Chickasaw Nation, by
Dudley Luttrol Tho shooting was the
result Of IN old feud.
GOVERNOR OoLEsBY, OF Illinois, on tho
9lth pardoned J. W. Clark, serving life
sentence tor murder. and John w. Max-
well, serving . thirty year sentence for
highway robbery.
II lows fierce snow storms ragged on the
20eh, many railways being blocka led. and
the eame state Of affairs was reported
from Minnesota.
II riot on the 90th at Lamar. Miss,
two whites and I'VE negroes were killed.
THERs WAS on the 36th In MINI ssota and
DakOta elevators 1885 900 bushels Of
wheat, against 34.S5l.0 900 bushels . year
II . .tap. millp explosion at Wheeling,
w. Va, on tho 10Th three men were fatally
injured.
ixsAxs from grief over tho death Of his
wife, which occurred two months ago. ex-
Judge Robert A. Johnston, aged dfty-fivs
years, committed suicide BY shooting IN
his home ct Avondale. O., on the 26th.
DR. Joux PARKHILL. . leading physician
Of Hopedalo, O., was terribly whipped by
White Caps on the 18th. His chore boy
had got drunk on cider and the White Caps
accused the doctor Of druggtng the lad.
ON the 96th W. R Morse's banking
house 1t Clarks Neb, closed its doors
with eo00s0 liab Titles and no assets, and
the sherman County Bank ct Loupe City,
Neb.. aiss made IN ASSIGNMENT
Ar Denver, Col, four men were killed
and two fatally wounded on the 26th by
the dropping Of tho cable-car track under
which they were excavating.
A YIRE almost wiped out the town Of Au-
burn. d. T., on the 9th.
In au interview in Chicago on the 9th,
Congressman 1aglnness, Of Mankato, n.
T., said that " Montans 10 great big Ter.
ritory, rich In resources, with . popula-
ton Of over two hundred thousand. and
the people are tired Of living under z
colonial form Of government They want
Statehood, regardless Of it. politics."
TR4 six prisoners who recently broke
Jail at Lafayette, Ind, were recaptured on
the 9Th.
Tns whto. Of Richmond. Va. and the
DoCv Commercial. Of Chatta0o0gA, Tenn,
suspended publication on the 27th.
On the 27th . clearing. house association,
at Sioux City, ID. Nine banks sre membcrl
OF the organization.
SAMUEL HEDGE, q JefIersonville (Ind.
stock dealer, was robbed Of $500 on the
27th by burglars
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ZANZIBAR dispatches Of the I'D say that
the Suit d had issued decree proclaimins
that murierers should forfeit their lives
and that thieves should lose their left
handA
AUSTRALIA advicss Of the 22d say that q
great hurricane had swept over Clermont,
running gardens. vineyards and orchards,
and that fre at Broken Hill destroyed
sixty bu ldingA
A FIRE recently at Saigo. Oh ma, swept
away seven hundred houses, leaving many
persons homeless.
BY request Of the Emperor Of Germany
no more horse-raclng will take place il
that country on SUNDAY.
FIRE destroyed the Abbaw flour mills al
Waltham, England, on the 26th. Loss,
$4,000
The famous Russian ofIlcer, General
Louis Melikon, died on the 36th at Nice
aged sixty -four years.
THE Storm Queen. . British steamer
foundered on tho 18th III the Bay Of Biscay
and her captain and ave other persons
were drowned.
Ii the eastern and southeastern parts
Of Spain several shocks Of earthquake
were felt on the 97th.
OK tho 27th exploring schooners reported
at Victoria. B. G., that there is . great
abundance Of a b on Black Ooal Banks. oN
Queen Ch .rlotte's Island. and that thu
coasts arc dotted with natural harbors. II
which the anchorage y excellent
FOUR THOUSAND bondholders Of the Pan
anna Canal Company unanimously adopted
resolution at meeting In Paris on the
27th expressing confidence in T. Do Los
seps and volunteering to forego tho inter
est on coupons and the redemption Of bonds
until the canal II opene for trafac.
LATER
VIZ WALKER, famous 40 chief Of the Bald
Knobbers was hanged at Ozark, No, on the