The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-21

Faucet (colored), and two other negro
women, were murdered by unknown men
near Mount Olive, n C.
At Marion, Ind. John Sage, charged with
aiding and abetting the murder Of Harry
Albert Cunningham, aged two years, was
sentenced on the 18th to life imprisonment.
The death OF John W. Street, the inventor
Of the stable car, and prominent man in
railway circles, occurred in Chicago on the
18th, at the age Of fifty two years
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
JAPAS's new constitution was promul-
gated from the throne on the 18th by the
Mikado. The constitution establishes q
House of Peers with three hundred men,
bers The right Of suffrage is given to men
of the age Of twenty five years and over
who pay taxes to the amount Of twenty live
dollars yearly Liberty of religion, freedom
of speech and the right of public meeting
are established.
On the 18th General komaroff, with a
strong force, arrived at Bokhara The Ameer
had circulated the report along the from
tier that he was advancing for the purpose
of making war upon Russia 1t was alleged
that he was causing three hundred persons
to be beheaded daily and greatly interfer-
ing with frontier traffic.
ADvIcEs of the 18th from Panama state
that much anxiety prevailed there owing to
an increase Of crime, which was attributed
to the presence OF the thousands of laborers
whom the stoppage of operations ON the
canal had thrown out Of work.
CHINA advices of the 18th say that the
famine in Anhui and Kianqsu was worse.
In one province three hundred thousand
families were starving, and altogether sew
eral millions were suffering from famine
caused by drought two years In succession.
THE Indians on the Battle River reserva-
tion at Cold Lake, Manitoba, were on the
18th suffering from q peculiar epidemic
which was fatal. The muscles Of the throat
and neck swelled rapidly, preventing the
swallowing of food. 1t was feared that the
entire tribe would be exter,ninated.
On the 14th Dolores Cordones, mulatto
girl at Havana. Cuba, was covered with
petroleum and burned to death by man
whose attentions she had refused.
THE members of the French Ministry sent
their designations to President Carnot ON
the 1ith
DURING recent earthquake not a single
house in Costa Rica escaped injury and
many were totally destroyed Whole streets
were blocked with ruins. Losses in San
| Jose amounted to more than S3tN 600. while
all the principal edifices in Alajucla were
damaged. At La Laguna the earth had as
sumed the appearance of rough sea.
Ar Lake Starnberg, near Munich. another
tragedy was enacted on the llth, when two
persons drowned themselves in its waters
Since the suicide of King Ludwig eleven
persons had drowned themselves in the
lake.
| yIscoUNT ARISoRI MORE, Japanese Minis
ter of Education. was assassinated recently
at Toxic by religious fanatic The victim
was formerly Minister to Washington.
The schooner Hippomcnes, with a crew oi
five men, which sailed from Yarmouth De-
cember 5 for Barbados, laden with fish and
with all on board.
ADyIcEs Of the 18th from Alden state that
the Russian flag had been hoisted on terri.
tory which under an Anglo-French agree
ment belonged to France.
LATER.
ONE OF the most terrible tr.gedies ever
recorded in any civilized country was per.
Ipctrated In the town Of London, FreebOrn
Co, Minn., during the late hours OF the
night of the 18th ice Chemeleck, aged Is
years went o the house Of his half brother
Philip Chemeleck, spent the evening and
then left as supposed tor the night He
went rome and procured q revolver and Q
shot gun and returned and hii himself in Q
grove close to the hous, where he had been
visiting About midnight Rose and Mary
IChemelock, aged IL and q years stepped
lout OF doors and few moments after they
were slot by Joe Chemeleck. They were
able to 60 into the house and the father
sent half-witted boy for help but not re-
turning the father went for relief As sooI
as he had left, Joe Cheme eek entered thu
house, and, going up stairs shot down thu
mother. The next morning the body o
the murderer was found about forty rod
from the house. He had killed himself
The only motive that can be assigned TO
the deeds is that the young man wanted I,
marry the eleven-year-old girl and he
family would not hear to it
WILLIAM FEAH was killed while coas!ini
in st. Paul on the 10th. His sled becam
unmanageable and carried him under tn
wheels Of railway train.
KLEIN, the Newspaper correspondent VIII,
has figured SO prominently in the Berlil
dispatches ss having led the natives in til
recent trouble ut the Samoon islands az
: rived ut San francisco on the 10th.
THIRTY feet OF the surface over n
J
Scranton Pa, cayed in on the afternoon o
the 18th breaking off the wafer and ga
mains. Several gas explosions occurre
knocking down people and endangerin
property.
| FIRE on the 10th destroyed two larg
! grain elevators, at Montreal, Ont Los
100000
JOHN ELsMER, farmer and formerly
local preacher living in Writ County, W
!. Va, went home drunk on the nigat Of tn
10th and b ,at his wife lecause supper wa
! not ready. He then took a poker an
Drained his wife ani two daughters, age
12 and II aud also killed the hired cir
then set tire to the house and burnel thei
bodies.
FRANK l. SILvERs well known hors
breeder liv ng near Tecumseh, Mic5., on tn
, night OF the 10th shot his wife aud tw
daughters Edith and Ada, aged eleven IN
nine respectively and then shot himsel
There Ia no known cause for the deed
The Owings BLOCK on Adams and Dear
born streets, Chicago, II story bui,din
collapsed on the 18th. The ten lowe
stories fell one after the other leaving tn
wallis and four upper stories end roc
standing. 4 few workman were in th
, building but they all escaped.
Gov LARRABEE, Of Iowa has been IL
dicted for libel of Mrs Turney He r,
fused to pardon her son and issrel
pamphlet giving reasQpR The libel