The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-24

One passenger was killed and two or
taTe. others were in diving .ondition
In all. owe iitty per -nas were wounded
At the session of tine National Board OF
Ira.ie It Louisville Ky, on the 18th the
Tortey Bans uptcy Till was ind"rsed
Henry Wateetson addressed ,ha meeting
and the convention then adjourned
The South Dakota Leg statue on the
1sth declared Nessra Moody and fall.s.ew
fthe Republican senators elected Inc
body then adj ,nrned o meet in January.
ON the l7sh pr irie fires wer. ing vas.
dainavs In tho low-iands near Fort Wayne,
Ind. ana many land owners would be
ruined.
IN the night OF the 18th So called respcc
table .izent OF MURRAY Citv o burned
tho house o Gro 2, Washington = coloreJ
man. because no more b ac.ss were wanted
in the town
GEORGE HAzLEroS, formerly Republican
memher OF Congress from Wisconsin, was
on the 18th appointed attorney for the Dis
.rict of Colnmbia.
WILLIAM WAITE MAN died on the 18th at
Grand Rap ds. Wis. aged one hundred and
fourteen years. He was married twice.
His first wife lived to an age OF seventy
tive years He marie his second wife
when he was IN his one hundredth year
In Southern Minnesota drought was on
tie 18th seriously inconveni-ncing farmers,
many OF whom. should lain not speedily
fall, would be forced to sell their stock
COLORADO advlcss Of tho nth stated that
the Ute In iians were off their reservation
and we've committing MANY dep. d.tionA
IN the Cronin murder case 1, Chicago
important testimony was given on the 18th.
Charles Zander testified that he heard
Coughlin and O'S.iilivan discussing the
best means OF how to dispose OF tn BODY.
1t was also stated that a plot arranged for
the escape or the suspects had been fOiled
Ten jurors have thus far been secured
At Milwaukee on the 18th falling wall
killed Fred Summertield and Fritz S.eger.
The latter leaves q wife and seven children.
A TRAIN on the Santa Fs rod was
wrecked on the 18th near Howell, Kan :,
two Pullman coaches, two sleepers and the
baggage car being ditched No person was
killed and none had broken limbs, but
twenty or thi ty persons Wee more or less
injured broken rail caused the disaster
MRS. JONATHAN DRAKE died on the 18th at
Rockford, Ill. aged ninety-seven She
was the mo her of fourteen children, had
iorty-eight grandchildren. seven great
great grandchildren. and had living lin
cage OF one hundred and forty-cirht PER
sons
Ok the lSth resolutions faSoring Chicago
for the World 3 Fair were unanimously
adopted by tho New Orleans Eoa.d of
Trade
WILLIAM GAINES on the 18th cut the
. throat OF Eugene Sullivan with a butcher
knife and stabbed him seven times Both
were employed on the farm OF George
Shields near Bristol Wis
PRAIRIE iises within few miles OF
Bismarck. y. D., were raging on the 18th
Efforts OF farmers to check the flames
were unavailing. md large number Of
farms were already destroyed
FOREST fires between Princeton and
Bridscman, Mimi. were DESTROYING thou
sands OF doll rs worth OF property on the
18th. At GreenhUsh Mrs Hiram Whittier.
while helping to Eight the fire, fell cx-
hausted an was burned to death
ADyIcEs of the 18Th from Purvis, Miss.
stated that forcs. fires had been raging in
that section for two days and that great
damage had been done.
The death o. DR.. I'm Hawicy Bartholo-
new. ex-mavar OF Lansing, Mich, and we'll
known in the medical world IA a promi-
, nent writer for leading medical Journals,
occurred at his home in that city on the
18th