The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-18
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

ADMIRAL GHERAEpI advised the State De-
,artmcnt mt Washington on the 10th that
comparative quiet reigned In Hayti Legi-
inc continued to hold Port au Prince,
while Hippolytc remained camped with his
Hmy on the outskirts Of the city.
IL an interview Secretary Noble on the
1th said that the policy of this Adminis-
ration would be broad and liberal toward
he Territories; that persons who settled
ipon the public lands or purchased lands In
rood fai h should have their evidences OF
title. and that every proper encouragement
would be given to efforts looking to the adj
fancement Of the Territories and their adj
mission rs States whenever prepared to as
;ume the duties of Statehood
HE President on the 1lth made the fol-
owing appointments: United States Con-
,uls = Emmons Clark, OF New York, at
Havre: Archibald J. SAMPSON, of Colorado,
1t Axapulco; Roswell G. IIorr, Of Michigan,
1t Valparaiso; James F. Ha1:igan, OF Wash
ngton, u. e., for the Port of Trieste and all
other ports in the Austrian dominionA
THE EAST.
SECRETARY DAVIES. of the board Or in
JURY at Johnstown, Pa, made a compila-
ion of the property losses reported and
BOARD confirmed on the sth. Tho total loss
was placed ut ss.6,5.ll4. This does not in
:lude the loss of the Cambria Iron Com
pany
RICHARD LEWIS. a plasterer, fatally shot
Mrs. Elmira Moseby and her sister Eme-
Inc Myers. and then committed suicide on
shc 9th at Pittsburgh, Pa The parties were
all colored Lewis boarded with Mrs
Moseby and, 1t was thought, wanted to
marry her, and shot her because she re-
fused
BY an accident on the Pennsylvania road
near Wilmerding station on the 9th two
ooys and a man were killed and thirteen
Ears were demolished.
In New York City the heat was on the 9th
.ausing great many deaths among chill
Ircn. Sevcnty-ninc had died of cholera
'nfantum and thirty-five of diarrheaJ COM
plants in forty-eight hours.
A HEAVY rain-storm on the 9th at Johns
town, N. Y, caused the Cayadutta creek to
become raging torrent which soon burst
its bounds, and two dams gave way, being
unable to stand the enormous pressure
Several factories along the banks were
swept away, and many buildings and out
houses were carried off. The Fonda, Johns
soMn & Gloversville road lost seven or eight
bridges.
Oh the 9th Governor Beaver and the
State Board OF Relief Commission decided
TO distribute 800, 600 among the sufferers in
Johnstown. Pa The money would be paid
20 the needy survivors in checks, and
would be the first installment of the
n 800, 600 contributed for the relief OF the
people which was being held by the Gov
ernOr.
Up to the 10th the expenditures for re-
lief in the Concmaugh valley. Johnstown
and vicinity, aggregated Al 100000. This
included disbursements of the State in the
abatement of nuisances and the payment
Of the military detailed TO staff and police
duty. Tho number of persons to be fed
bad varied from maximum of 81 $50 to a
present commissary roll of 1000
On the Central Vermont railroad a pas-
scnge train was ditchcd on the 10th by a
washout near Brandon, Vt, and a dozen
passengers were injured, none OF them
seriously.
D1srATcHrs of the 10th say that in the
freshet at Johnstown, n Y few DAYS ago
eight persons lost their lives and ten were
missing. and many buildings along the
banks of Cayadutta creek were swept away.
In Glovcrsyille. two miles distant, the
streets were flooded and several houses were
wrecked he general belief was that the
Hood was caused by cloud burst near
Johnstown
NEAR Grccnsburg, Pa. n rain-storm on
the 10th caused great damage to crops, and
high water carried away buildings and
bridges
On the 10th John Kelly was hanged at
Canandaigua, N. T.. for the murder OF
Eleanor OShca, at Geneva, November 4,
lsSs
ORE believed to be rich in silver, was dis.
covered on tho llth near the county house
In Warren County, N. Y, by Mr.. John Nut
ting.
PELATIAH Ely, cighty-four years old. was
married on the lith at Long Meadow, Mass,
to his housekecpcr, aged fifty five years,
within twent y-iye days Of the death of his
former wife,
GEORGE LAW, wealthy young New
Yorker was swindled out of $4,000 on the
llth ut Long Branch, n. J., by gamblers
On the llth New York transferred $50,
700 and Philadelphia ss0o,oaO to the Cone
maugh tPa) Flood Commission.
At Johnstown, \. Y, it rained on the llth
and tho water in Cayadutta creek rose to
such a height that the search for bodies lost
In the recent freshet there had to be
temporarily abandoned. It was known that
the number OF lost was five, and several
were still missing. The total loss by the
food was estimated at 200, 900.