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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
ANARCHY IN CANADA.

Lumberlnen Near North BAY Fighting for
Their Pay-They storm the Company's
stores and Kill the Manager.
TORONTO, Ont, May 4-News has reached
the city Of terrible riot among lumber
men IN the district Of Algoma, near
North Bay. The men who have been
working all winter have not received a
cent Of wages, and aster several peaceable
attempts to obtain their money have re-
sorted to force. Two days since they as
sembled to the number of several hundred
and, again failing to convince the man.
ayers of the justice of their demands
attacked the stores, killing the chief
manager and badly mutilating his
body. His assistants were taken
prisoners and are held as hostages But
they were not taken without resistance
and in the conflict which followed two Of
the rioters were killed The enraged
mob, having full sway, soon pillaged
the stores and becoming maddened
with whisky. took possession Of the
country which is now in state Of terror,
the inhabitants of the district having barri-
caded their houses. The district is far from
civilization and the only means OF communi-
cation is by telegraph wires along the Cana
dian Pacific. These have been cut and
all communication with Winnipeg and
western points is cut off. The news first
reached Toronto by a traveller who arrived
in the city Friday and brought a request
that aid should be sent. Accordingly q
body OF the finest men In provincial police
was sent out by special train
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Stepniak, the novelist, Is said TO
De one OF the best orators on the other
side OF the ocean.
Senator Ingalls, is an invetcrate
heater-gOcr, and is especially fond OF
Shakespeare and comedy. He is
yreat student. and recognizes anach-
,onisms on the stage as far as he can
zee them.
Mrs Jane c. Stormont has made
gift to the State of Kansas for the pur-
pose OF establishing and maintaining
State medical library. 1t is offered
Is memorial to her late husband, DR..
David w. Stormont.
The number OF bound volumes in
The Libraries of the principal colleges
Of the country is as follows: Harvard,
$4,000 volumes; Yale, 100000; Cor
nell, 15O. 600; Columbia, 10000; Syra-
.use. $4,000; Dartmouth, 6S,50O; Lee
high, G7.00O; Brown, 66,00o; Prince
Ton. $4,000; Bowdoin. $4,000; Uniyer.
sity of Virginia, 10000.
-Amzi Smith, who prcsides over
the document-room OF the United
States Senate, has wonderful menu
ory. The thousands of bills which
como into his possession for pigeon
holing he carries in his mind, and re-
members their titles, numbers and
provisions. The greatness this feat
may be somewhat indicated by the
fact that the Congress which ended
March brought into being moro than
Is. 600 bills.
The recent death of Miss Booth,
editor OF Harper's Bazaar, calls to
mind the origin of that journal. A
similar publication was issued in Ber-
lin. and copies of it were regularly
sent to q German servant girl in the
family OF one of the Harpers Il think
it was to Flctcher). She showed it to
her mistress, with the suggestion that
MIR. Harper ought to get out like
magazine. Tho suggestion was car
ried TO the headquarters OF the firm
and the result is seen in the journal
which Miss Booth and her publishers
made SO popular.
The Law Library Of Congress con-
tains over $4,000 carefully selected
volumes, exclusively legal in char
acter, and provision is already made
for the accommodation of students in
using it The State Depart
ment has, by wise policy
steadily pursued during many years
past, accumulated the most val
able collection of works relating to in
ternational law in the Western hemi-
sphere-a collection undoubtedly su.
perior even to that OF All Souls Col
lege, Oxford. which is becoming one
Of the boasts of that university
Forum.
Tho late John Bright was an emf.
nent student of our literature as we'll
rs of our politics, and he had con-
ceived the very highest opinion Of our
poets, our HI -.ans and our story
tellers. On. -ny complimented on
the imaginative power eyinced in his
speeches, he said: Il owe it all to .
habit have Of reading little poetry
before going to bed. No matter what
the hour, or what have been doing
during the day. take up one or an
other of the poets to read for awhile
It has sedative and genial effect, and
sleep the better for this brief CON-
munion with q poetic mind"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
CRUEL FLAMES.

They Destroy the Residence OF Railroad
Man Near Abingdon, Nd, and Four of
His Children Lose Their Lives.
BALTIMORE. Nd, May THE little resi-
dence of Charles Williams at Abingdon, q
station on the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad
near Hartford, was burned to the ground
Thursday night, and four of his children
were cremated. Williams was an em-
ploye of the Baltimore 4 Ohio, and
his family consisted OF his wife and
five children, the youngest babe in its
mothers arms. The family retired at .
o'clock About 10 o'clock some OF Will
Jams neighbors saw flames leaping from
the windows of the lower floor OF his
house. The fire spread SO quickly
over the frame building that moth
ing could be done to save the
inmates When the neighbors reached
the house they saw Williams anl his wife
with her baby in her arms leaping from the
second story. They were severely burned.
The other four children were not seen and
they were burned to death in their beds.
Their ages range from q to l5 years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
JACK FROST'S WORK.
Berries and blossoms Badly Damaged In
Illinois and Indiana.

Illinois and Indiana.
NATION, ILL.,, May 4-The dry weather
is causing wheat to head out month earlier
than usual, and the prospect for good crop
Is fiattering Heavy frosts during the present
week have caused the fruit growers to fear
that much damage has been done, but the
weather has been quite dry for several
weeks and the frost has had little effect
upon vegetation except OH tender blossoms
One strawberry grower claims that three
fourths Of his crop is killed. Cherries are
also injured, but peaches are too far adj
yanced to be affected
OTTAWA, ILL.,. May 4.-The severe frost OF
Wednesday night has injured all kinds OF
small fruit, the damage being at least 10
per cent Strawberries have suffered tho
worst Early vegetables are also badly
nipped.
CESTRALIA, Ill, May 4.-This section of
Southern Illinois was visited by heavy
frost Wednesday night, which was quite in
furious to the Strawberries. 1t is esti-
mated that about one e-half the blossoms
out of one-fourth of the entire crop are de-
str0yed.
PERU, Ind, May 4-yegetation through
out the county was seriously injured by the
heavy frost Wednesday night Fruit trees
suffered seriously, many of them having
been stripped Of their blossoms. Farmers
from the northern part of the county report
having found ice quarter of an inch thick
Thursday morning.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
WHO ARE THE HElRS7

A Queer Contest Over the $4,000, 900
Lett by the Late Inventor of the Hotch.
kiss Gun.
New HAVEN, Conn, May 4.-The contest
over the 1000, 600 estate of the late B. b.
Hotchkiss, inventor OF the Hotchkiss gun,
began here Friday, the question at issue
being whether Hotchkiss had legal DOM
icile in America, III which case the widow
will receive sG,oeo,too and Hotchkiss father
&c. GOO, or whether his legal residence
was Paris, in which event six relatives liv-
ing in France will secure sa,utN,0Oo each
The French defendants entered u demurrer,
and after argument the court reserved its
decision
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
Mr.. TRAINS FAST.

Fourteen Days Of Total abstinence from
Food-Not Trying to Starvc to Death
On tire Contrary, He Is Preparing Him
self to Pass safely Through . Great
pestilence, Which He Believes to Bo
Approaching.
NEW York May 4-George Francis Train
has passed his fourteenth day OF total alb
stinence from food and drink-excepting
water and little weak lemonade.
Thursday afternoon he rose late and went
for his usual Turkish bath. He
is growing perceptibly thinner-says
his weight il now only 114-and pinchcs up
the loose bronzed skin, which begins to
hang with suggestion Of ghastly cmpti-
ness about his chin and on his slender
hands. In reply to a question as to how his
head felt, he asked another: .'Iow do my
eyes look.' :
AS though you had slept badly"
well, l don't sleep SO well as l did
And am aware that the depletion Of my
system is beginning to tell upon my eye
sight.
Mr.. Train was sitting indoors wrapped in
heavy fur-trimmed at yet hs shiyercd
in the Hood Of May sunshine streaming in
creeping over me-" he said, when this ex-
hand tightly and unclosing the palm called
attention to the red blood flowing quickly
back into its proper channels.
You see my circulation is good-better
than that Of the average man. / watch all
my symptoms closely, and the observations
/ am now taking may be of considerable
| value to medical scientists / am not,
as some people declare, trying to COM
nit suicide. / am not fasting to die.
but fasting to live. ! believe we are on
the eve of q great pestilence. and shall be
able to meet it better ii get rid of what is
| known as superfiuous adipose tissue, but in
reality nothing but rot
Il have not put any limit to the period Of
! my fast. do not feel moved to break it
yet, that is all l may eat Tomorrow
may fast for 100 days.
/ Mr.. Train says he has not eaten ami
| NAL food for several years, and he APP
| preached this last experiment after having
gradually reduced his bill of fare to ten
| cents worth of lyonaise potatoes and q
demi- -tasSe of black coffee per diem
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
HUMOROUS.

Love is blind. they say. Before
marriage he certainly is, and after :.
marriage he needs to be. .--Somerville
Journal.
--Patient-.'I'm not afraid to die.
doctor, but do dread being buried ).
alive" Doctor lcheerfully)-.'Don't
let that worry you I'll see that you
amt"
"A Providence man defed his
mother-in-law and they had to bury
him without an inquest There wasn't
enough left o. him for the coroner to
sit on.-Drake's Magazine.
On the Other Side-The Countess
OF Carlsea-..It won't be long. my
dear, before you'll lose that slight
American twang and become u thor /.
ough-going Briton." Her daughter 1,
in-law-''Hi 'opcs you think Iii am
trying me best, me Teddy. Judge.
Tho second period Of the ear,h's ,
existence, which is to end with the go.
ing out Of the suns light, will ter
| We speak of this matter in time Sc
| that our friends may get in their hay.
l-Martha's Vineyard Herald.
Still come the yarns by wire and mail
or men century old
/ Whose sight has not begun to fail
Whose step is light and bold; i
Who take their ;eE-miie morning walks.
Then nimbly dance a jig,
And split cord OF hickory blocks
While the wind blows through their wig.
-On City Blizzard -
Angelica, you mustn't ask Mr..
Finlay Place into the parlor. You
know we are all torn up Will: house.
cleaning ..Wcll. he won't mind .
that But there is only one chair-
in the ROOM '.Oh. that doesn't makei4
any difference. mamma" Toledo
Blade. -. -"
Wicked Boarder (on Sunday)-i /
"You do not read Sunday papers. beIa
lieve Mrs. DeGoode?" Mrs. DcGoode
/ (sevorsly) mo, j do not. and | am
grievcd to find that you do" .I,was's
only going to say that this copy Of ]
Sunday Scandal has a two-column ac-
count Of that minister who was arrest
ed for improper" ''Oh, if there is .
any thing in tho paper about minis-sv
tcrs. that's different. Thank YOU
Philadelphia Record.
Defendants lawyer = ''if yoif !.
honor please, would like to ask a re-
cess for.ten minutes. A maiden aunt
Of the. defendant has died and left him |.
100000 wish to consult with my~r
l'client for u moment" Plaintiff 3 at
torney. (hulriedly)-''The, lady whom !.
/ have: the honor to represent iHs
structs me to withdraw this complaint. :.
II the court please, l move that The
case be dismissed. Chicago Herala.
$50 you want place on tho.
staff?" inquired the editor of comic
paper. Have you had any expert.
ence?' mot on a regular paper"
replied the applicant; ''but / have
been cracking jokes all my life."
"Umph!a returned the editor. ANY
referencesP" Nobody except Miss
Giggle," he answered, with blush;
''she once said l was too funny for
any thing" I'm that case gness
von're tho funnv for us. "-Pnck
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
SIR JULIAN PRESENTED.
The New British Minister Introduced

The New British Minister Introduced to
President Harrison by Secretary Blaine.
WASHINGTON, May 4-Secretary Blaine
appeared at the State Department look
ing very well and showing y NO
traces OF his recent illness Soon
after his arrival Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the new British Minister, came to the
department., accompanied by, Mr.. Edwards
the Charge d Atfaires and Secretary Her.
bert, with several other attaches. The new
Minister was introduced TO Secretary Blaine
who Immediately proceeded with the party
to the White House, where Sir Julian was
formally presented to the President The
usual fclicitous speeches were EXCHANGED,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

REAR-ADMlRAL WoRDEN Is one ol
the Oldest of naval officers. He is just
seventy years of age, and he was forty
four, and only Lieutenant when he
commanded the Monitor in her great
fight against the Merrimac. His pro-
motion was not slow after that, for
Congress passed special act to pro.
mote him out of the regular line.
Admiral Worden makes his home in
Washington, though he is by birth a
New Yorker,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

The Secretary Of State for India
once called meeting of grain mer.
chants to consider tho question of inn
purities in grain. and particularly in
Indian wheat, which at that time was
largely mixed with dirt. When one
wealthy corn factor was asked what he
knew of impurities in grain he SAID:
"Well, gentlemen. l have sometimes
found pebbles in my wheat, but l am
not inclined to think they lessen ita
value. think you viii! agree with me
when you observe this sample 'eXhib.
iting a four.carat diamond set in a ring.
which he had found in sack of wheat.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
Cup,srI.N Uo, zynpru n

CHRISTIAN HoLzwoRTH, of Low
vile, N. Y, who has been insane for
years owing to hardships in tho war,
has received back-pay pension ol
$4,000, the largest but one ever paid,
and $75 a month for life. He has q
wife. three daughters and two sons,
and steps will be taken to set apart
some OF the property for their benefit.
His wife has supported herself by
taking in washing, and was very poor
Mr.. Holzworth is an incurable inmate
OF the Lewis County Asylum.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

AN enterprising railroad in Texas,
awake to the opportunity, has sent
agents to Oklahoma to induce the
overflow to journey down to Texas.
The railroad offers good land on easy
terms, and has seven million acres to
sell. while all Oklahoma contains only
one million eight hundred thousand.
Texas hopes to get twenty thousand
immigrants from the overflow.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
A Variety Of Views from MANY Wcll-knOw
Man N0m0n.

A Variety Of Views from Many Wcll-known
Men and Women.
Speaker Carlisle laws should
bo made as nearly uniform as possi-
BILE.
Senator Sherman-Thc marriage re-
lation should not be dissolved except
on the clearest and strongest proof OF a
breach Of the duty imposed.
Kate Field-Legislators had better
beware how they put premium. on
vice by forging the marital chains SC
tight as to make separation too diff
cult.
DR.. Howard Crosby-Easy divorce
breaks up families and leads inevitably
to low standard Of morality.
Marion Harland Neither Of the di.
vorced parties should be permitted to
marry again.
Frances Z. Willard-Divorce is easier
than marriage. There should be Ma.
tional law.
Joseph Cook-Loose divorce Is be.
coming vast mischief. A National
law is needed.
Bishop Newman-The difference be.
tween Utah and somo States is thai
in the former plural wives arc simulta'
neous. while in tho latter they are sue
cessive.
President Do Costa. of tho White
Cross Society-We ask for National
marriage law, in accordance with which
a woman legally married in one State
would find herself legally married II
every State.
Annie Jenness Miller-Make tht
gateway Of escape MS wide as possible.
Congressman McAdoo Make di
yorces odious; no National law Il
wanted; let the States manage theil
own business.
Mayor Hart, OF Boston-I.et us al
blush for our marriage and divorce laws
Bishop Whipple. Of Minnesota-Mar
| riage is q divine institution which i
desecrated by divorce.
Sarah X. bolton Having worked i,
benevolent and Christian societies al
my life. and seen women and littl'
children made dependent on charit,
through intemperance aud failure 4
support, can not think that infidelit,
should be the only cause for divorce.
Bishop Whitehead am heartily i
favor OF National law.
William S. Holman-Marriage be
longs exclusively to the field OF Stat
legislation. IN. Y. Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

Ex-MAYoR VAUx, of Philadelphia,
is a quaint figure. He is an old-fash-
Toned Quaker city lawyer He wears
IL swallow-tail coat, a broad-brimmed
hat and carries green baize bag. As
the only living American who ever
danced with Queen Victoria he is fre-
quent!y pointed out to strangers, but
he is oblivious to the sensation he Oft
Ell creates
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

The thousands of Oklahoma BOOM
ers who fail to secure homestcads or
town lots will return with big stock
OF experience, but that article, though
costly and valuable, can not be
swapped for groceries nor used as col.
lateral at a bank.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

TIE first post-otfice was erected in
Oklahoma at Oklahoma City. and was
literally on the ground floor" as
there were no boards on hand to make
any other kind of a floor The owner
erected four posts, moved in, then
built the walls and the roof, and ran
up the stars and stripes from the
gable end of the roof,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

LORD LoNsDALE having had long
journey with dog sleds, and having
walked fifteen hundred miles across
Alaska, has returned to San Francisco
to recuperate. His Highness failed to
find any support in that section for a
burlcSnue show
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

An Italian newspaper warns Ital-
ians against immigration to this coun-
try. saying that Americans have no
respect for them. An exchange says:
Sour Italian contemporary is mis-
taken. We can respect any of them
except IN Italian Count We arc
obliged to draw the line there"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

MIR. S. c. CoBB writes from Tampa
Fla, to the Pensacola Commercial
that DIR. Feile. of tho Chicago .Acad-
envy Of Science, has. found geauine
crocodn nes in the country below Tampa.
The cxActslocality is not given, but it
is stated that it took many days to cut
the way for the Doctors boat through
the shEubbery interlacing the water.
ways. Ile brought to Tampa one liv-
ing specimen, one dead one, and eleven
skins and skeletons The crocodiles
thus found are said to differ in several
particulars from the alligators so com.
mon in Florida"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

A .'MAsHER' has just been fined So
and sent to the Chicago Bridewe.l for
plying his vocation OH the streets. a
Chicago daily says he will serve the
city more usefully for some time to
come. in the kitchen MASKING pota-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

THE number of immigrants arriving
in the United States during the first
nine months Of the current fiscal year
is officially stated as 255. 707. This is a
decrease from the 293, 23l arrivals in
the corresponding part OF last year and
the 26O,96l Of the same part OF two
years ago. All the nationalities show
adecrease except Russia, Great Britain
leading the list with decadence Of r.
OoOsouls. The better times in England,
which have recently furnished nearly
full employment for labor there, are
in part to be credited with this result
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

A GENTLEMAN from the East, with
eight sons with families and thirty
two grandchildren, has purchased
1880 acres Of land a few miles west OF
North Platte, Ncb, and will move the
whole outfit on il.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

In one week recently twenty five
thousand elnigrants left the leading
European ports for the United States.
The whole world seems to have lik
ing for Uncle Sam.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

A YOUNG lady ut Portland, Me-, has
worked up new business in which
she is said to be doing well-that oi
reading to old Or disabled people.
There is no reason why such instances
should not be common.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

Mrs. SHAW, the whistling artist,
has never touched stimulant She
has never wet her whistle with any
thing but water
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

OKLAHOMA was Il part OF the old
Louisiana purchase of 1902. The
name Oklahoma, a Chickasaw word,
means "beautiful land"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

The law prohibiting the sale OF
liquors in the Indian country was en-
ncted in 1891.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09
Epitome Of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON,

FROM WASHINGTON.
On the Goth ult the centennial OF the in
auguration of George Washington as the
first President Of the United States was fit
Hngly observed throughout the entire
country.
THE public debt statement issued on the
LIST showed the total debt to be 81 .612, ,O5l. :
81; cash in Treasury, s55,677.l .l5O; debt less
cash in Treasury. ,l,lOl co... .4as Decrease
during April, sl3.07so64 Decrease since
June 30, 1883. &C., ,97?. oas
THE Commissioner of the Pension Office
stated on the Sd that the number of ex-
soldiers who were drawing pensions for
total blindness at the rate OF $72 per month
was S5S
Their were Isl business failures in tho
United States during tho seven days ended
on the Sd, against Isl the previous seven
days The total Of failures in the United
States January ] to date was 4, 396, against
B S.1 In 1883.
On the I'd Sir Julian pauncefotc the new
British Minister, was formally presented to
the President by Secretary -of-State Blaine
The President issued q proclamation on
the 3D. throwing open the Fort Sisseton
military reservation in Dakota for settle
ment
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09

A YOUNG woman on being asked how her
father was, replied tearfully that he was In
. s.Catamoso condition.