The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-31

AL0.G tho sCrifh Atlantic coast the worst
ato III of the year was rsgIng on the I'D.
aId many vessels were ashore and several
lives were reported lOss.
Az engine on the Grand Trunk road ex-
pioded on the 23l at Wabash. Ind. instant-
u killing Engineer Thomas Callahan and
Fireman John Maddox.
THE death OF Miss Annie Z. Johns. OF
Leaksviile. n. e.. occurred on the 24th.
During the war she spent much time in the
hos itals and was known Is ''thc Angel OF
Mercy
SOME five hundred men employed by the
firms composing the Caicago Drapers' and
Tailors' Exchange quit work ON the 9th
because a member Of the exchange refused
to discharge foreman whom his workmen
didn't like
Is Chicago On the eth the trial of five of
the men accused OF the murder Of DR. Gro
min was formally begun, states Attorney
Longenecker making the opening speech
for the prosecution. The men Oh trial are
Coughlin. O.sullvan, Eeggs, Burke and
Kunzs. Woodruff is to be tried separately.
In the afternoon o dozen witnesses were
examined
FLAMES swept away six business houses
ut Fayetteville. Tenn. on the 9th.
OFFICIAL figures on the 24th from WASH
ington Territory showed the total vote tn
the recent election To Ire :;s, as; Republican
majority. 9.53, The majority against
woman suffrage was 1890; against pre-
hibition. l1.!UG; for the constitution. - 2sa
On tho 24t Mrs Ann Balda celebra cd
hor one hundredth birthday nt Terre Haute,
Ind. and was presented with silver dol
lar by each of ons hundred old residents OF
the town.
r,u, ~ Yo.< Cf,.,<~. n -. A. OsAl
destroyed q planning mill. lumber yard, ele-
vator. coal warehouse aud two dwellings,
Loss, 100000!
TnE first reunion ever held in Maryland
of CO ored troops took place at Baltimore
on the 24th. It was that Of the Seventh
regiment
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ON the .ist the report that the English
Government had refused to assent to the
Canadian extradition law was discredited
In Londoa q company was formed on the
2lst tor the purpose OF erecting tower on
the Eiffel plan. Ths tower is TO be l ,2jO
feet high.
THE cholera was on the 2lst still making
frighlful ravages in the valleys of Tigris
and Euphrates There had 6een seven
THOUSAND deaths in three months.
On the I'D balloon st named Dewey de-
scended safely with the aid of parachute
from height Of fourteen thousand foet at
W0lverhainpton, Eng
ZANZIBAR advices of the I'D say that the
buying and selling OF slaves in the streets
OF that city was being carried on with
scarcely any attempt at oOncealment
On the I'D the German ReichstaQ waa
opened and the speech OF Emperor William
was read. The address dealt mainly with
army matters.
THE bonds in Mexico that were believed
to have been stolen and negotiated in Lon
don turned up ali right on the ed They
had simply been mislaid in the treasury
department.
THE death of Dr. PHILIPPE Ricord, the
celebrated French surgeon, who was fo1
many years known In Paris - THE Great
American Doctor occurred on the ed
He was born In Baltimore, Nd. December
| III, $780,
A SUDDEN rise In the river Neva ON the
o3d flooded the whole lower part OF the city
Of St Petersburg. and the damage to prop.
erty along the water front extended for
many miles on both sides of the river and
| would reach enormous figures.
| On the .3d Captain Wissman, commander
of the German forces In South Africa, saG
| that news had been received that Henry M
Stanley, the explorer. with Emin Pasaa and
| an escort were marching toward the coast
| AT the meeting on the I'D OF the Liberia
electors of southport, Egg, Mr. Gladstone
made great speech, which was almost en-
| rely devoted to Irish grievances
The ocean race between the City OF Nov
York and Teutonic from New York t.
| Queenstown ended on the ed in victory
for the former by an hour AMI half.
| By the burning OF barn on the I'D a
Eisenach, Germany. six boys who were
asleep in ide were burned to death
A FIRE destroyed the steamer Qninte OF
| the I'D thsee miles from Desercnto, Ont
ant; the following persons lost their lives
Captain Chris lie; Mrs. Christie, the cap
tain's mother; John Christie. the captaini
| b other; Cyrus Christie. the captains SOB
and Mrs. Stacy. second cook.
lS Erazt! yellow fever was on the 24tl
said to be breaking out In many places
| and o general epidemic was feared.
| At Montreal many houses were wrecked
three laborers instantly killed, FIVE fatal,
injured and many others less seriously hur
/ by an explosion Of dynamite on the 24th
/ An unknown man entered bank .
Didsbnry. Eng. IN tho cath, shot tho man
agsr. Mr.. Allen, fatally, and. grabbing s4U
from desk. fed. He was overtaken by
crowd. but shot himself dead.
| In Durango. Mex. rich silver discovoric
were reported on the 3ith.