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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.

One Girl Burned to Death and Eight Osh-
ers Injured ut . Christmas Rehearsal -
Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2O.-A shocking
accident occurred at the Tilden public
school Thursday evening while some
sixteen girls were rehearsing Christ
mas cantata. The costumes of the girls
were made of light gauze and trimmed
with cotton batting. One Of the
performers had wand with which she
accidentally struck candle, igniting
the wand. The flames were then COM
municated to the children's clothing and
oil were burned more or less. Bessie
Zeley was the girl whose costume was
first ignited by the wand. Immediately
the other girls gathered around her and
endeavored to extinguish the flames.
The result was that in q moment .
dozen terrified children were running
wildly around the room with
their clothes ablaze. A terri.
BILE scene ensued; the panic
stricken children ran from the room
and rushed wildly through the building
calling for help, but none was at hand.
Finally, however, the janitor appeared
and dashed pals of water over some Of
them. The janitor's timely appear
ance undoubtedly prevented the
disaster from being much more ter
rible in it's results. Jennie Lancashire
was carried to q house near by, where it
was found every article Of: clothing.
with the exception Of her shoes,
were burned from her body.
She fingered in the greatest agony
till death relieved her sufIerings.
The number of seriously burned is now
put at eight, but 1t is not thought that
their injuries are necessarily fatal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES
Statistics Showing wonderful Increas
During the Last Nine Years.

Statistics Showing Wonderful Increase
During the Last Nine Years.
New YORK, Dec. 20.-The World has
obtained from the Treasurer of each
State the value Of property as assessed
for taxation. The Census Office in 1889
made report Of its exhaustive and la
borious inquiry into the proportions ex-
listing in each State between taxed
property and actual wealth, which
ranges between 25 per cent. in Illinois
and 6S in Wyoming. The Worlds re-
port shows an increase in taxable prop
erty of S8, 96s, OOO. 900 and an increase in
actual wealth of $1s,682, 600, 900 since
1880. The total wealth is $61, 459, 900, 600
exclusive of public property, and s., 093,-
600, 900 property invested and owned
abroad. The assessed value of taxed
property and our actual wealth at differ
ont dnoa adnS ovn hnon.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

LIVING within two and a-half miles
Of Mattapoisatte, Mass, where all were
born, are nine brothers and sisters
named Bolles, who range in age from
sixty-nine to eighty-eight years. AL
together there were twelve children,
but three died, one at the age Of sixty
two, another at the age Of sixty and
the third when he was twenty-five. The
mother lived to be nonagenarian.
The father died in his hfty-eighth year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
A wyoming Corporation Fails.

LARAMIE, Wy. T., Dec. 2O.-The Lar
annie Plains Land and Cattle Company
has made an assignment The ranch is
on the Laramie river, near this place,
and consists Of 1900 acres with cattle
and improvements, valued at sl26, 1l6.
The assignment was caused by recent
heavy failures of stockholders residing
in Waynesboro, Pa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

JOEL BARLOW, the author and patriot,
who died in 1912 while on his way to
meet Napoleon in France to get the lat
ter's signature for treaty Of commerce
with this country, Is buried in Poland.
The Historical Society OF Connecticut,
his native State, has decided to memo
rialize Congress to remove the remains
to Putnam, Conn.,, and to give them .
resting place in the State park that is
now being laid ont.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

RECENTLY $50, ,666 persons were under
sentence In the German Empire for
offenses against the law. OF these ST.
sos offended against the State, religion
and the public peace; 134,67o against
the person, 152, ,652 against property, $50
we're sentenced for ''insulting majesty" !"
4S2 for arson, ATS for bribery, 26S for
offenses against the anti-Socialist law,
and 900 for adulterating food.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

ANOTHER unfortunate electric light
lineman fell , victim to the deadly cur.
rent recently in New York. His name
was Peter Clausen. He died at the top
Of the pole, and several persons tainted
ut the terrible sight. The fact should
now he considered established that elec-
tricity can kill.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

HENRY JORDAN has recovered Sl1, 800
from New York street-car company on
whose road he lost three toes by the
premature starting Of car. The road
found Jordan . costly man to travel, as
he is worth at this rate nearly 1000
per foot-iust for toes alone.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

THE feet of new American war-ships
has its Little Buttercup" in . Mrs.
Robinson, the wife of disabled man-of-
warsman. She was the successful bum.
boat woman while the ships lay In New
York and Brooklyn, and followed them
afterward to Boston.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

BOSWELL BEARDsI.Er, Of North Lam
sing, Tompkins County, N. Y, has dis
trihuted mail to the people Of that vii
lage for sixty-four years, having held
the Office Of postmaster under nineteen
successive Presidents.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
TO FREE NEEeE.

Another strong Effort TO Be Made 70 -.
cure the Convicted Anarchist's Par-
dom.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-The members Of
the grand jury that indicted the Anar-
chists are about to make another appeal
to Governor Fifer for The pardon Of Oscar
w. Neebe, who was sent to Joliet under
sentence for fifteen years. Mr.. f. >.
Dreyer, the. well-known banker, who
was one Of the grand jurors, has
become convinced that Neebe is suf-
fering unjustly, and is exerting himself
to secure his pardon. The petition
is signed by many prominent public
men, including the grand and trial
jurors, and those active in the movement
hope to obtain the signatures Of the
judge and States Attorney. II these
are given the pardon will be confidently
expected. 1t is asked on the ground
that Neebe was home on the night of
the tragedy, had no part in the conspi-
racy to murder and has been already
severely punished for some wild talk,
which was his only offense.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
want Union with tho Knights.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. 2O.-At the
meeting of the Millers' Progressive
Union Thursday q resolution was passed
in favor of consolidation with the
Knights Of Labor, and committees were
appointed to attend the Columbus con-
vention and arrange details.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
MlchiRan's Lumber Product.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 2O.-The cut Of
Michigan lumber mills for the season
Is estimated at lee, 900, 900 feet. the
lath cut IL over $4,000, 900, which ID
greatly IN sxscss Of ilst ssAsea's eutauA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
Must Hang.

BROOKLYN, Dec. 19.-Jockey James
Stone was yesterday sentenced to be
hanged on February I for shooting and
killing Henry Miller, bartender, At
Concy Island in June, 1883.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
They Danx II.

WATERFOWL, s. D., Dec. 19:-Repre-
sentatives Of nearly every county in
South Dakota met here Wednesday and
adopted resolutions denying that 0sstas
tutaeA vxlsts6 ASy Whsys In No utAto,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 2O.-Governor
Beaver issued q charter for the new city
of Johnstown Thursday. 1t includes
the boroughs Of Johnstown, Grubbtown,
Conemaugh, Woodvale, Prospect, Mill
VILE and Cambria, these boroughs hay
Ing yepulstsen 9! q jeAst le,oosh
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

THE Catholic Universe says that in the
City OF Mexico the saloons are closed
from six at night until six in the morn
ing, and advocates the same plan for
this country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

PRINCESS CHRISTIAN, the second and
most popular daughter OF Queen Victo-
ria, is said to be on the eve of entirely
losing her sight. She has been suffering
for some time past from serious sffec-
tion of toe eyes.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

IT has been scientifically estimated
that the fuel supply beneath the surface
of the earth is only 5000. O0o. 900 tons.
The public may now look for another ad-
vance in the price Of coal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
Killed by An Explosion.

LONDON Dec. 20.-Several explosions
have occurred on board the British tank
steamer Ferguson, Captain Young, at
Rouen, from Philadelphia, by which one
man was killed and four others were in
jured. The explosions caused damage
to the steamer estimated at $15,OO
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

PLYMOUTH CHURCH (Beecher's) at
Brooklyn during the year past lost 720
members. The receipts were S44,OS2.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

Mrs. RICHARD A. PROCTOR, widow Of
the astronomer, who was carried on by
yellow fever, Is gaining livelihood by
delivering her husbands lectures.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

The Bible is now translated into the
languages Of nine-tenths Of the people
Of the world, whereas in the early part
Of the present century it could be read
by only one-fifth of them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

Lost IN the Streets.

NEW YoRK, Dec 20-Two bars Of silver
each valued at $780, were lost from Q
truck this afternoon, and up to late hour
tonight no trace Of them had been found.
The bars were in transit from the Ameri-
can Exchange National bank, at Cedar
and Broadway, TO the CuEard steamship
docks. Detectives are investigating the
matter. The lost bars were part Of .
slOO. 600 shipment which was being taken
TO the steamship UmbriA. which 10 to sail
tomorrow. The driver Of the truck has
been engaged in The work of cartiuR
bullion for many year. and 10 considered
entirely Trustworthy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

THERE is said to be 'sluck in odd num-
bers"-at any rate the figure will
continue to stand In dating all letters
and business for the next 11O years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

The year 1918 was very fruitful Of Mas.
sachusetts Governors, six Of the men
who have held that Office within forty
years having been born In that year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

JEFFERSON DAVIS death leaves James
Campbell, OF Philadelphis, the sole sur
vivor of the Cabinet of President Pierce.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
WEST AND eourn.

A LIVERY stable at Trinidad, Col,
was burned on the 18th and forty horses
were cremated.
JOHN SULLIVAN and Carl Carlson,
miners, and Andrew Adamski, q drill
boy, were blown to atoms in the Osceola
mine near Calumet, Mich, on the 18th
by . premature blast.
In thunderstorm on the 18th at Jas
per, Mo-, two young sons of George
Csshell were killed by lightning.
CoLoRED men In convention on the
18th NJ Richmond, Va, psutionsd Con.
gzens - paes ; aeaerA slseNs1 law t>At
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
TNG GAoT,

JOSEPH KRAcKs, of New York, while
insane on the 10th, threw his wife and
three children from Q third-story win
dow and oil were probably fatally in
jured.
through the ice on the 10th at Cham
plain, N. Y. His little sister went to
his rescue and both were drowned.
MOSES E DoDGE psrished in an In
cendiary fire In his barn at Hopkinton,
n. H., on the 18th. Seventeen head Of
cattle were also roasted.
JOHN G. WHITTIER, the poet, cele-
brated his eighty-second birthday on the
18th at Amesbury, Mass.
THE death Of Oliver L. Barbour, tho
famous compiler Of law reports and
authority on the same. occurred st his
homo In Saratoga Springs, N. Y, on
the 18th, at the age Of seventy-nino
years.
FLAMES on the 18th destroyed the
Adelphi Theater in Brooklyn, N. Y,
which cost $3.50, 600.
THE New York Grant monument fund
up to the 18th amounted to $40, 900.
CAPTAIN LEAvIrr, master of whaling
ship, brought to Portland, Me-, on the
10th news of the alleged discovery Of
IN unknown land many miles north of
Alaska.
WORD was received in New York on
the 10th that the steamboat City Of
Kingston had been lost at sea with all
hands, forty-two in number.
DIpHTHERIA was endemic at Rock.
ford, ILL.,, on the 10th, over two hundred
cases being reported, and many persons
were leaving the city.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dec. 2l-John
Bradley, m inmate Of tho soldiers home,
fell from third story window 1t tho homo
to-day broke his neck and died instantly.
The accident was witnessed by Comman-
der-in- Chief R. A. Alger, who was just
arriving to visit John A. Logan post, made
up Of veterans in the home.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

PARIS, KY, Dec. 20.-G. g. White, of
this city, has purchased of Miller & Sib-
ley, Of Franklin, Pa, the black stallion
Clay Wilkes, by George Wilkes, dam by
American Bow, for $4,000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

Awar0c0 Thirty XhouSSnd Dollars Tor =
Lost Leg and : Broken Arm.
PALESTINE, Tex, Dec. 19.-In the dis
trict court jury gave Noel Chapman, .
16-year-old boy, verdict for $780,
600 damages for loss of leg and
the breaking Of an arm by an
accident on the International &
Great Northern railway. This is the
heaviest verdict ever rendered against
railroad company in Texas. The jury
was out only twenty-five minutes. Chap
man was an employee.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

A SALEN COUNTY IN. J.) woman, past
thirty years Of age, saw the railroad and
took her first ride in . passenger train
. day or two ago.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

REV. w. H. MILBuRN, the blind chap.
lain of the National House of Represent
stives, is a native of Philadelphia and
was born in 1922. He lost the sight Of
one eye when quite young, and the other
soon became practically useless. He
mastered the blind alphabet, and at the
age Of twenty was ordained . minister.
After that he travelled over 200, 00C
miles, filling appointments to preach In
oil the Southern States. Within the last
thirty years he has preached in nearly
every State in the Union and in some Eu-
ropean countries. He has been Chaplain
of the House since 1888 and can, in all
probability. hold the place indefinitely.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

THE authorities of Florence, Italy,
announce that out OF respect to the
poet Browning's wishes they will con.
sent to the removal Of Mrs. Browning'a
remains and the monument over he1
grave to the rsmstsry where her huseAa6
y inferred.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

Miss EDWARDS says the earliest
Egyptian paintings antedate the Chris
tian era by three thousand years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
A Small Riot

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 20.-At 10 O'Clock this
morning word was received that the pc
lice station that general fight was in
progress at the corner Of Fourteenth and
Wyoming streets. A squad of policemen
FASTENED to the spot and found between
forty and fifty mon fighting with stones,
clubs and improvised weapons Of ali
kinds. The trouble grew out Of the re-
fusal OF Q contractor to pay his men.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26

The King OF Siam has just married
twenty new wives.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
eoReloN INTell,oeNoR.

xhhUU0hOOT 08l1CA8s AuSVIl8y
famine was on the 10th prevalent,
owing to short crops and the recent ter
rifle snow-storms. !,
In Granada, Spain. severe shock Of
earthquake was felt on the 18th.
OFFICIAL estimates on the 10th Of this
years cereal crops in England were Is
follows: Wheat, 73,257, ,O07 bushels; bar
ley, 81, 47S. 799; oats, 1l3,543,06
In London on the 10th eleven persons
were drowned by walking into the river
or canals during fog.
Castle was wrecked in the Irish sea, OF
Ilolyhead, and eleven Of her crew were
drowned.
On the 18th THIN Bros, Of Montreal,
the largest wholesale grocers in Canada,
failed for $500, 900.
BRAZIL advices Of the 18th state that
the Republicans were tearing down all
emblems Of royalty, and the names OF
streets bearing any connection with the
late dynasty were being changed to
conform with republican ideas. Every
thing was quiet in the republic.
SIR JOHN MACDONALD, in . speech st
Kingston, Ont, on the 18th, said that
separation from Great Britain would re-
suit in ruin and misfortune 70 the
Dominion.
FIRES set by Indians In the Canadian
Northwest were said on the 18th to have
caused the destruction since 1851 OF
500, 000, 900 worth Of lumber and loss
to the Government on timber dues Of
s., OoO, 900.
PETROLEUM exploded on the steamer
Furguson in London on the 10th, kill
ing several persons and causing loss
Of $3.50, 900.
DISPATCHES Of the 10th say that
Malietos had been proclaimed King Of
Samoa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-26
eaoaA WASHINGTON.

bSN0WO VvSS0SvUvvOV ~gV0
The Supreme Court decided on tho
18th that the Law taxing telegraph re-
ceipts was unconstitutional.
On the 10th Secretary Blaine sent =
cablegram to Henry NJ. Stanley tender
ing the Presidents congratulations
upon the success which had attended
his tour Of discovery through Africa.
The Senate committee on the Worlds
Fair decided on the nth to begin on JAM
uary 8 the hearing Of claims Of various
cities who want the big show.
AT the Post-Onice Department nearly
one hundred thousand bids had been re-
oeived on the 18th for the twenty thou
sand contracts for carrying mail on star
routes and steamboats, in tho Western
States and Territories.
On the 10th James Tanner, extension
Commissioner, WAS admitted to practice
as . member Of the bar Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia.
FIGuREs on tho 10th showed the
wealth Of the United States to be 9e1,.
$50, ,ooo, 900 exclusive Of public property,
IN increase Of $1s, ,669, ,000, 900 In the
past nine years. The property owned
by Americans abroad was valued at S.
ooS, ,0o0, 900.
On the 10th the Sioux chiefs called
upon President Harrison and expressed
themselves as satisfied with the cession
Of half their Dakota reservation to the
Government.
Ar the request Of the Moorish Gov
ernment William r. Lewis, United
States Consul at Tangier, was recalled
ON the 10th.
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would guarantee them better right Of
suffrage than they now enjoy.

would guarantee them better right Of
suffrage than they now enjoy.
In an accident on the 18th on the Dem
vel & Rio Grande road near WalsenbuIg.
Col. William Gleyer lengincer) and
Thomas Baker (fireman) were killed
and the cattle in seven cars were
crushed to death.
AN extra session Of the West Virginia
Legislature to settle the Governorship
contest will meet on the third Wednes-
day in January next.
JAMES H. Wilson's barn at Barr
township, Ind, was burned by tramps
on the 18th. and six horses and several
head of cattle and hogs were cremated.
THE firm Of Mead, Van Bokkelen 4
Co., Of Chicago, dealers In California
fruits, failed on the 18th for s25O, 600. !.
on the 18th Ave children on their way
home from school near Fort Recovery,
O.. were bitten by . mad dog, and
each had developed symptoms Of hydro
phobia. !.
OK the 18th representatives Of nearly
every county in South Dakota met at
Waterford and adopted resolutions deny
ing that destitution existed anywhere In
the State. :.
AT Paris, KY, Patrick Hunt was
hanged on the 18th for the murder Of
James Abnee on February ~ last.
FIRE at indianapolis, Ind, on the
10th completely destroyed the Indian
apolis wheel works, causing loss Of.
500, 900. !.
on the 18th Chief-of- Police Hubbard.
OF Chicago, removed i've officers and de-
tectives on account Of their connection
with the Cronin murder case.
FLAMES in the Commercial Printing
Co. . establishment at ST. Louis ON the
10th caused loss Of $3.50, 900. .
The dress of Jennie Lancashire
caught fire at the Tilden school in De-
troit on the 10th and she was burned to
death, and eight other girls were badly
burned in trying to save their companion.
AT Springfield, ILL.,, IN organization
was effected on the 10th to be known -
the Interstate Live Stock Sanitary As
sociation, and T. G. Jones, Of Ohio. was
elected president. The object is for the
suppression and prevention Of the spread
OF infective and contagious diseases.
Of Seymour, Ind, left her seventeen
months old child alone for short time,
and when she returned the child was
lying in an open fireplace dead.
Two FARMERS named Holman and
Gill ended longtime feud on tho 10th
at Norfolk, Ia, by killing each other.
A NEGRO barber named Jones was
taken from the Jail ut Owensboro, KY,
on the 10th and lynched for the murder
Of John Westerfield, . white man.