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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

TwENTY-oSE trustees have beeh
chosen for the Columbia Annex, OF
whom thirteen ar, women. u
TIE Utah women arc organized to
regain the suffrage which they had for
seventeen years ard which they were
deprived Of by the Edmunds law.
The officers OF the Alumnn Associa-
tion Of tho Harvard Annex for the
coming year are: President Miss Annie
L. Barber. of Meadvillc. Pa. vice.
president. Miss Edith Stearns Cushing.
Of Cambridge. Mass. secretary and
treasurer. Miss Mary Goes. of Wor-
ccstcr. Mass.
The Primrose League. enrolling over
50. 900 ladies. and the more recently or
ganized Women's Liberal Federation.
now numbering $4,000, are organiza-
tions Of no little force in the politics of
England, the Primroses being intense
ly Tory. and the Federation as in
tcnsely Liberal.
CERTAIN property-owning women in
Verpont-the Legislature having. re-
fused women the right to vote in mu-
nicipai elcc;ions--havc sent in /. petit
tion declaring that taxation without
representation is tyranny" and asking
to have all taxes removed from prop
erty owned by women.
Miss MARY A. BRIGHAM has been
chosen president Of Mt. Hoiyokc Sem
mary and College. She was educated
ut Mt Holyoke, has been for twenty
seven years associate principal OF Prof.
Vests Brooklyn Heights Seminary.
and has twice been offered the prcsi-
dency Of Wellesley College.
TnE city editor of the Muncie lind. }
Evening Herald is woman-M Miss
Minnie Mckillip She is an energetic
newsgatherer. meet trains. getting inter-
views at the hotels and furnishing the
printers with more copy than any
one else on the paper. Miss Mckiliip
is eighteen years old. petite in figure.
and is said to be quite pretty
THERE ara in this country forty-eisht
national societies Of women, with di-
rect membership of five hundred thou
sand. The largest is the Woman !
Christian Temperance Union. with
2l0, 600. Then follow the missionary.
peace. suffrage, phiianthropic and ed
uca,ional organizations. Twelve OF
these have joined with the National
Council, formed TO unite all the women
societies into one great league.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
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NEGROES IN THE NORTHWEST.
Preparations Betns Made SOr an fxOsius
nf CoiOrcd People from the south Mon-
tana and Washington Their Mecca.

ATepdTaIO0A neSuS M3ue tOF Nm Sa1OuuS
~ CoiOrcd People from the south Mon-
tana and Washington Their Mecca.
MILWAUKEE,, Sept. There are strong
indications that plans have been laid for
another great exodus Of colored men from
the South. and the significant feature lies
In the fact that the new States or Mon
tana and Washington are the objective
points Of these migrating hordes Of the
house of Ham, The man who figures as
the head Of the movement is Rev. +. w.
Henderson, pastor Of Quinn Chapel In Chi
cago, and he is peculiarly fitted tor the po-
sition. as he ok leading part in the
great exodus OF Mississippi negroes to Kan
sas in 1872. Rev. Mr. Henderson was seen
Friday and said:
'1fhs movement has been quietly worked
for long time and VIII be continued
tana and Washington Territory from end 70
end with refugees Plantation negroes are
no better of now than they were before the
war. When they hire ont it is for the year
and they contract TO buy all Their supplies
from the masters stores SO that when they
i1ake final settlement they always come out
IN aebt So their condition is really no better
than that OF the Mexican Eeoas. who slave for
ever as creditors OF Their employers The noye-
ment Is thoroughly organized and on such
solid basis that no one in the South will real
ize how the colored folks have escaped unit.
all are gone who wish to 70. We
have better underground railroad now
than cx sted in the days OF old John
Brown. IL was who originated and conducted.
under Governor ST. John. the great exodus
OF my people from the State OF Mississippi ~
Kansas in 1872. At that time was editor OF
two newspapers In Kansas. We got over Ga, -
colored people to move TO that State gavo
most OF them mule, and sold them forty acres
OF land each on five and ten years time. II
was great success. Many Of them are now
rich: all are well-to-do.''
Work Will be begun at once toward organ q
ing the parties OF Southern negroes who may
desire to leave the South and settle in the
Northwestern States. Rev. Mr. Hende erson il
sanguin, that thousands and thousands OF
South crn negroes Will gladly take advantage
o. the opportunity offered to escape IRON
bondage" as he puts it, and predicts .hat all
who settle in the new land viii thrive and
prosper. He refuses. however, to go into de-
tails as 70 how these negroes, who do not pos
sess dollar, are going 10 travel several thou
sand miles, but says that every thing is ar-
ranged satisfactorily.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
Two Men Drowned,

OCEAN GiIy, MI. Sept Captain j. L.
Roblnson... FORMERLY OF Long Island, and
Captain William Short, of this place, were
drowned here Friday They, with several
Others, started out in two boats on a fish
Ing excursion. The sea was very rough
and Captain Eobinson's boat capsizcd be-
tween the first and second bars. Robinson
anu sport were drawn by the under tow
and drowned Tho others were rescued Dy
ths iiie-Saving crew The accident uc.
cured in full view oil the 40 guests OF tho
he.cl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
A Young man who had rece

A young man who had recently
commenced the use of the gymnasium.
and who was carefully reading up all
he could find on the limo OF ply steal de-
velopment, put on his call card at a
library Beecher's Morning and Even
ing Exercises" Another. while pre-
pairing for vacation on the banks OF
SchrOon Lake, asked for "under Tan
vas. q book which sets forth the evan
gelical work which the author carried
on during several summers in tent
known as The Muslin Chuvch. !,
LibrsrS Jeusaak
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
WORSTED BY ITS TREASURER
An Eastern Company Made InsOivent by
nGfa faulfcr--I lalA lAili4ixs 4A.xar axAaA

An Eastern Company Made InsOiveDt Ivy
Observation-Disclosures Over $4,000
BosToN, Sept The Douglas Axe COM
pany Is expected to 60 into insOivencr.
owing to dcfalcatiOns by its treasurer, Dc.-
nison d. Dana. Dana il supposed to be. IN
Canada The liabilities OF the company. 1t
Is said by u gentleman familiar with thu
case. will exceed S5OO,Nuu, but it is hoped
will not exceed :l,0OU,0M The defci; in
Dana 8 accounts extend over several years,
though the accounts were audited regular
~. Dana received salary OF $500 to
$S,O0O year and lived in good style, and is
not known to have bad habits. He is q
deacon in the Congregational church as
Brookline and teacher in sunday
| school He has n wife and five children.
He raised $4,000 before leaying.
1t is learned that the case has been placed
in the hands OF the police and That to-day a
criminal prosecution will be begun against
Dana on the charge OF cmbezzlemen. 1t is
thought there are sufficient grounds on
which to secure his extradition should he
60 to Canada, and 1t il generally supposed
that he has gone there.
Mr.. Storey. upon being interviewed, ac-
knoWledged that q petition in insolvency
would be flied to-day. He said: Mr. Dana
seems to have absconded with large sum
of money. The liabilities OF the company
are chiefly TO banks The company was
capitalized Mt s+OO.0N"
Experts were put to work on the books
Friday. and have already discovered that u
deficit has apparently been going on sys-
| tcmatically for number of years. Mr.
Perkins said his suspicious we've arous ed
some time ago by the reluctance shown by
Mr. Dana to supply him with some informa-
tion regarding the accounts OF the COM
pany. but the accounts were all audited
by the auditors appointed by the stock
holders only last month, and they declared
they wero all right Mr.. Dana's salary
varied from ST. to 5000 year lie has
an elegant residence in BroOkline A man
who is we'll acquainted with him says he
had no bad habits and that there was no
entangling alliances. He was seen in New
York City Wednesday afternoon
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

SnME one with nothing else to do
has figured out that no one now living
will ever lc able to date document
without using the figure nine. 1t now
stands ut The extreme right, 1889.
Next year it will take third place,
1890. where it will remain for ten
years. 1t will then move up to second
place. 1900 and remain there 100
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

THE claims OF various sections for
possessing the oldest living man, the
oldest dog. and the Oldest horse, hav-
ing all been submitted and duly
weighed. kentucky now comes to the
front in the person Of ID. j. Charbon-
nean, Of WiIliamstown. with the Oldest
living hen She is sound and healthy
Mt the age OF fourteen. but has stopped
laying eggs. By and by we shall get
ut the old women.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
IDENTIFIED.

The Woman Who Was Swept Over the
Precipice at Niagara Was Miss Anna
Mead. Of BinRhamton. n. Y.
BINGHAMToN, N. Y, Sept THE young
woman who committed Suicide at Niagara
Falls Thursday morning is believed to be
Anna Mead, OF Binghamton She left her
home to take walk on Wednesday morn
ing, and her parents Thursday received a
letter In her handwriting postmarked
Niagara Falls, in which she said she in
tended going over the falls, and expressed
the hope that her body would never be
found Miss Mead was >, years of age and
well connected No reason can be given
for her act
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

PATTl has concluded to make another
farewell tour Of this country next sea-
son. The p.entitude Of American dol
lars makes parting such sweet sor-
row that foreign stars keep it up in
definitely
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
both Wore Killed.

ELIZABETH, n. j., Sept 7.-Frederiek
Schultz aud Louis Ludwig. his helper. aged
ID yeass, while crossing the Pennsylvani,
tracks at Bay Way yesterday morning in a
covered wagon did not see an approaching
express train. The locomotive struck the
wagon full III the center and threw the
occupants out, killing them instantly
Both were terribly mangled and the boy
was cat in twain The horse escaped
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

ALocAL brass band plays all day
long in room at the Edison labora-
tory in West Orange, N. j., for a
phonograph. and large numbers OF
duplicate cylinders containing the
melody are made and shipped to the
Paris exposition. The manufacture
and shipment Of the cylinders will con-
tinuc so long as the exposition remains
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

An Old Maids club ut Berlin, Ger.
in;sny, has just come to an untimely
end. The society was started in 1880,
With nearly thirty members, each oi
whom agreed to pay IL fine 0: one
thousand marks (tifty pounds) if she
we:e weak enough to marry. At first
tho spinsters kept to their colors; but
little by little they married OFF, till
now only one is left single. and she in
hcrits the zines. amounting TO fourteen
hundred pounds. She will give one
half the money to n charitable hospi-
tai and retain tho remainder for her
own use.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

two hundred thousand people in the
United States who have artificial legs
or hands. This number does not in
clude the vete ans of the Union or the
Confederate army. In New York City
and vicinity there are about five tho u
sand men and women who have sup
piled the place OF lost limbs with the
manufactured article
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

Tie only house over built by George
Washington at the capital city of the
Nation is still standing in Washington
City. ]: was originally three-story
brick. but when the street on which it
s:nnds was graded two more stories
were added. making it five-story
building. which is now used for ho-
tc!. Some Of the rooms are pretty
much in the same condition as they
were when occupied by Washington
in l1gn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

IT Is said that the common cow
catcher attachment 10 locomotives is
about the only article of universal
use that was never patented. Its
inventor was ID. b. Davies, or Colum-
bus, who found his model in the
pl0u
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
ILLINOIS COAL.
The Product toi the Past Year show.
Gecreane.

SpRiNerIELn, ILL.,. Sept i-The state
bureau of Labor Statistics has received re-
turns Of the output of coal in Illinois for
the year ended June 10 last, showing a net
decrease ef a.Seoo tons as compared with
the output fer the year preceding The
decrease is confined to the dist, lets in tho
northern par, Of the State. In the two
southern Illinois districts the Fourth and
Fifth there has been an increase in the
outpn1 OF 5000 tons. Acccrln. to these
reports the Southern Illinois mines sre
presner,nE. to the great detrirnen. Of those
In tho northern patt of the state
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

RAIN ilas made the present season
the worst in Il financial sense in the
history of tho Atlantic seaboard re.
sorts. The actual money loss Mt Coney
Island during one week ef bad weather
IL estimated at 5000, ,o00.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

SOCIETY in Munich is Mt present cx-
cited over tho determination Of a
young Japanese woman. who has
played social roic in the Bavarian
capital. Miss Ioki Mardita, the
daughter of one Of tho highest fami-
lies of the Empire Of the Mikado. has
decided TO take the vail. and next
moath will enter the Convent of the
Sisters OF Chcniailles This is said 10
be tho first instance of the kind on
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
lMMoRTALizEO IN SONG.
Fort McHenry Again to he Ro,nbarde.
and the Flag viii stIll Wave.

Fort McHenry Again to be Gsombarded
and the Flag viii stIli Wave.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Sept - Secretary
Tracy has ordered the Yantic, Pensacola
and ossipee to Baltimore TO participate in
the sham naval battle aud sham lombard
ment OF Fort McHenry September II,
which closes the festivities In COM
memoration Of the seventy-iifth an
niyersary Of the battle OF North
Point The tort garrison and State militia
will defend the fort Many prominent
naval officers will participate in the naval
engagement. and Secretary Tracy will
probably witness the fight and review the
naval procession Nearly 1900 troops. in-
cluding regulars and State militia OF PENN
syivania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia, will take part in tho sham
battle ut Pimlico September H.
The historic and industrial parade will bo
from six to eight miles in length Anarmy
OF aOo sons, grandsons and great-grandsons
Of the defenders Of Baltimore will march
in the historical division. The flag OF the
famous Twenty-eeventh regiment and the
musket carried by Roger B. Taney will bo
borne in the line Since Eben Appleton, the
grandson Of Colonel Armistead, who com.
manded Fort McHenry during the bonl-
bardment, refused to loan the old fiag to
be carried in the historical division, twenty
ladies have reproduced the old flag that
Key immortalized in the song sStar Span.
gled Banner"
In tho industrial section OF the parade
over 5000 employees Of the Baltimore &
Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads will
march, and on twenty floats will be repre-
sentations Of tho progress made since the
time Peter Cooper ran the first locomotive
on the Baltimore Il Ohio. Moro than :soO
floats representing the industries of Balti.
more will be in the line
President Harrison and other prominent
Government and State officials will review
the first days procession, after which the
President Will give a reception at tho city
hail.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

The full titlc Of the Sultan OF the
Sulu islands is Paduka Baginda yang
di per Tuan Maulana Sultan Moham-
med Buddcrooddin. He is a strong
man brt always looks tired.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

EiGHTY years ago Tennyson, Dar-
win, Gladstone. Lincoln, Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes. Edgar Allan Poe and
Lord Houghton were born. Eighteen
hundred and nine was a great year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

JOHN ]. BLAIR, the New Jersey rail-
road king. worth from $4O,O0O.OO0 to
500. 900. 900, says that he laid tine
foundation OF his fortune by trapping
when i boy. 1t was while living on
the homestead farm near Blairstown
that tho spirit of money-getting seized
him. a:,, lie began trapping for rab-
bits. The local market being dull. he
walked to Easton. Pa. twenty miles
away, and sold lot OF skins for one
dollar i'his was the first money he
ever owned. and Mr.. Blair declares
tha: he then felt richer than he ever
has since. despite his wealth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

OF the lis students just graduated
rom the school of medicine Of the
Boston University nearly onc-half
were women,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
A Great Gathering OF Rod Men,

BALTIMORE, Md Sept THE great coun-
Gil OF the United States Improved Order OF
Red Men will meet In this city next week.
aud large gathering OF the members 10
eapcctsd from all parts Of the country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

Nkw YORK, Sept. "A very disastrous
fire broke out at about no o'clock this
afternoon in the mammoth sugar plant Of
Dick, Meyer g. Co., on North Seventh and
North Eighth streets, Wiiliamsburgh.
Ths fire started with an explosion, the
exact cause of which Is not known. The
total loss is not less than S2s,ooo0OO A
number Of men were in jured.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

SOME fish swim deep. The Govern
ment steamer Albatross, investigating
the coast of Southern California,
caught black cod at $50 fathoms.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
HANGED HIMSELF.
DR.. -. I. RrOWn. an Expert In Insanity
Cases, Takes His Own Life

Dr. -. i. KrOWN. an Expert In Insanity
Cases. Takes His Own Life.
AURORA. ILL.,, Sept. 6-Dr. David Tilton
Brown, wealth. retired farmer, hanged
himself IN his barn near Batavia Wednes-
day night. DR.. Brown was ut one time
chief OF the famous Blocningdale
insane a,ylnm Of New York. and was re-
garded rs an authority on the treat
ment of insanity In ISL he became in
sane and went to Europe for treatment,
where It was supposed he died in an Eiin-
burgh asylum. During all this time. how
ever. he has been living in compal at.ye
scclnsien on his be tutiful farm near Ba-
tayia lie was nc doubt suffering from in
sanity when he hanged hims
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

a sINGtLAR fact is reported asto
the Italian immigration to this coun-
tr.;. OF fo"ty-tive thousand Italians
who landed in Castle Garden. New
York. last year, thirty-four thousand
were males. The emigration of fe-
m;,les from Italy is smaller than any
other county, averaging but fifteen
per cent Of the whole number who
land From Germany the percentage
is forty; from Ireland. forty-iive Ital-
ians mostly come to the United States
TO acquire little fortune and expect
IL return. For tnat reason their fam
tiles do not accompany them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

THERE will be eighteen contested
election cases in tho next House OF
Representatives.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

DIX. AGNew says that healthy
woman can kill herself In about u year
by horseback riding.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

Mis-. OSCAR WILDE is one OF the
NEST popular women orators in En-
gland.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

Bosros UNIVERSITY has graduated
Ats doctors OF medicine. nearly one.half
oil Nhcm are womea,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

The Oregon Pacific Railroad company's
foundry at iaquina City. Ore, was do.
stroysd by irc Loss. sao, ,eo0.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

A PEARL spoken Of by Boetius, named In
comparable, weighed thirty carats, equal to
tive pennyweights, and was about the size
Of Q Ipuscadiue pear. -
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12

WASHINGTON, Sept Tho President has
made the following appointments:
Thomas II. Anderson, OF Ohio, Minister Res
ident and Consul-G eneral to bolivia.
Consuis-Joseph T. Mason, OF Virginia Mt
Mannheim; Bernard L. MacAuley. OF New
York, at Managua, Nicaragua; Aulcek Palmer,
OF the District OF Columbia. at Dresden; John
y. DsLittle, OF Texas, at Bristol.
Secretaries OF Legation - Edwin Dun. to
Japan: Arthur w. Barrett, of Massachusetts,
TO Venezuela; William B. Gardner. of Indiana,
Secoad Secretary Of Legation to Japan.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
LATEH.
Over Niagara Alive .

NIAGARA FALLS. N. ", Sept. 7.-Steve
Brodic accomplished tho periious foat to-
day of going over Niagara Falls in q rub
bcr suit. Brodic left the hotel with the
party at 4 a. III. John Mccarthy and Err
nest Eerald, with Brodic went point 200
feet above the falls. He then stripped
and had his body padded with cottonbat-
ting. Then ht put On the rubber SUIT.
which was inflated scyenty-twO
inches around the waist and seventy
five inches Ground the chest, the headgear
being also inflated while two STEEL bands
protected his body. At $3.50. Brodlc with
his paddle entered the water. He caught
the currant, waved lis paddle to Gerold
and Mccarthy and a few seconds later was
shot over the center of the Horseshoe
Falls, and luckily, he was shot with light
ming rapidity ovO. the outside Of one of
the falling volumes of water and WAS
quickly lost in the mist and foam.
He was buried from view for
for nearly two minutes when he appeared
and in shorS time was caught in the
rushing waters and carried at q brisk pace
toward the American shore, and then all
of sudden he was hurried toward tho
Canadian shore where he was pulled on to
the land. On Brodie being lifted on the
rocky shore, ho was quickly stripped.
Brandy was poured in sma!! quantities on
his temples. while he was rubbed and
chafcd, but he was insensible, and blood
oozed from his mouth, nose and cars,
probably from the shock or concussion.
For twenty minutes Brodie lay until
ammonia was apples to his ncstrils. and
he began to SILVER aud gesticulate with
his hands He gradually recovered Con-
sciousness. and it was then found that his
in lures were rot serious.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
.Prince Hal" Is No Nor.

new ioRk, Sept. s.-Henry w. Genet,
we'll known rs ..prince Hail. OF the Tweed
ring. Is dead