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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-08
cReeNeAck PRINCIPLES.

Tho Coming National Convention WIN
Adopt Platform Dsnunciatory ~
Trusts, Alonopoiists and British Capital.
lists.
WASHINGTON, July 81. 3l.-Chairman George
@. Jones. OF the National Greenback Conn
mittee, will issue q circular letter IN which
he will say:
I'm reply to my inquiries from Prohibition.
ists female suIragisis and representatives Of
other sentimental and semi-rolitical or.
ganizations asking admission 70. or
what acton will be taken by, tho coming
Greenback convention on the questioes they
represent, desire to say that it is the almost
unanimous opinion among National greenbacli.
crs lat the National Greenback co invention. TO
be held at Cincinnati September ~, confine its
declaration of principles to the questions Of
restored fraternity and spirit Of true
American nationality amo.g the entire pco-
pie; opposition 10 the dangerous sec.
tonaliSm OF solid North and solid
South; TO payment OF pubic debts accord
ing TO original contracts under which they
were issued; TO tho money, land and transpor-
tat.on trusts; board OF trade gambling on and
making prices for American farm products;
English control over the volume Of our money; ;
English capital manufacturing or handling
products OF American labor, and 10 such other
questions as afiect the material interests and
welfare OF the American people and free gov.
crnment."
Tho letter then says that trade and COM
merce is languishing for want Of more
money. and declares that the application OF
greenback principles would stimulate busi-
ness and increase the prosperity of the
lab0ring classes and OF the merchant and
manufacturer.
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At Cleveland, O., Axtel Lowers the Three
Year.Old Record 10 y: ~ 3-4, and Guy
Trots = Mile In 2 10 3-4.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. :. - Thursdays
events on the programme for the grand
circuit meeting attracted about lO,OUO
people The track was in beautiful con-
dition and the weather generally favor
able for good work. A slight
breeze from the north swept over
the grounds early in the afternoon
but soon died away. The sensational
events on the programme were the two
single heats to be trotted by Axtell and
Guy to beat their own records The three
year-old colt Axtell was driven by its own
or, G. w. Williams, OF Independence.
In Tho colt was given good
start aud with q running mate
made the mile without . skip in a:l4s<<,
beating its Minneapolis record Of 2:l5,5 by
thrcc-quarters Of second. A special purse
OF S2, 500 was awarded for the feat. Tho
quarters were 33lss, l:Osi.. i:4l, ::l4s{.
After this event w. J. Gordon's phenom-
email little trotter Guy was brought on to
the track to beat his own record Of 3:l3 for
u silver cup awarded by the associa-
tion The little horse was never
In better condition As usual some
difficulty was encountered in starting him,
but after several unsuccessful, attempts he
got away at = beautiful pace, running
mate accompanying him. The first quar-
ter was made in Sl4, the half mile turned
In 1:051f, and three-quarter pole in :3S1{<,
aud he came down the home stretch amid
burst OF enthusiastic applause, passing
under the wire In a:lOs4. He never made q
akip, and worked like machine every foot
OF the way
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ONE OF THE PANELS.

dress The assembly then sang an an-
propriate closing hymn by r. ". Thomas
Power, to the tune Of America" The ex-
ercises concluded with proclamation by
the Grand Marshal. benediction by the
Grand Chaplain and the Pilgrim chorus by
the band.
Meantime tho procession had been form
ing and ut IL o'clock moved over m ex-
tensive route In seven divisions. At the
completion of the parade the officers aud
members of the Pilgrim Society, with this
orator, poet and invited guests, took their
places In the great dining tent, and the
feast provided for the occasion was dis.
cussed for an hour.
Governor Long, the chairman, arose to
introduce the orator of tho day, Con-
gresham Breckenridge. When Mr.. Long
had finished speaking Mr.. Breckenridge
arose and, amid appreciativc applause, de-
nvered an eloquent and appropriate ora
tiOn.
John Boyle UReilly. the poet Of tho
occasion, was then introduced and read
his poem, "The Pilgrim Fathers"
After the reading of the poem addresses
were made by Lentenant-Governor Brack-
EFT on behalf Of the State, Senator George
F. Hoar, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. Hon.
William Cogswell. Hon. T. A. Morse, Hon.
James 6. Biaine and others.
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AMERICAN CATHOLICS.
A Congress Will He Held ut baltimore
November Next.

A Congress will Be Held ut Baltimore n
November Next.
BALTIMORE. Nd, Aug. An, important
gathering of representative Roman Cath
olics Of the United States will be held be-
ginning the llth OF November next, the
centennial anniversary OF the establish
ment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy IN
this country through the consecration
Of DR. Carroll a. Archbishop Of Balti-
more. The cali was issued Wednesday.
The congress is intended to demonstrate
the unity of the entire Catholic body In all
that concerns the Catholic faith; the har-
mony, mutual attachment and good will
among the different orders in the church,
the hierarchy, the clergy and the laity;
and 1t will afford am opportunity to testi-
fy In public manner the loyalty of tho
Catholics of the United States to tho
laws and the constitution" The project
has the approval OF Cardinal Gibbons and
other Archbishops and Bishops OF tho
United states. 1t is expected that the
session will last at least two days The
local arrangements are In charge OF q COM
mittee OF Baltimore gentlemen All Roman
Catholics are invited to attend, but Gre
dentials will have to be issued by the yari-
ous Bishops and Archbishops through the
ordinary Of the dioceses and archdioceses
Coincidently with the meeting Of the con-
gress will occur the formal opening of tho
Catholic University of America ut Washing
ton
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MISCELLANEOUS.

livery man has his role in life. cs.
pcciallg the man who tries to ride the
bucAing mule at q circus. Burlington
Free Press.
An old lady residing in Michigan
has Il very large white cat over ten
years old to which she has become SC
attached that she has made provision.
in case her demise occurs first. that il
be put to death and buried with her.
An Alabama woman heard q ghost
in the house. Her husband heard moth
ing but rats. She stuck to ghosts and
he to rats, and they began suit for
divorce the next day on the ground of
incompatability of temper.
American machinery in many re-
spec.s seems unsurpassed. yet we see
it stated that the United Kingdom ex-
ports over $50. ono. 900 worth in single
year rs compared with less than 410,-
OOO.O 900 sent to other countries by the
United States
A young lady Of Mount Ayr, Ind.
challenges any girl in her Congress
sional district TO gum-chewing con-
test. promising that she will show 1.-THE
most marvellous performance On record
chewing in any position. ON two sides
at one time. without getting my jaw
glued. and talk ut the same timc."
Open book ut random and select
a word within the first ten lines and
within the tenth word from the end OF
the line. Mark the word. Now double
the number Of the page and multiply
the sum by five, then add twenty, then
add the number OF the line you have
selected, then add five. Multiply the
sum by ten; add the number of the
word in the line. From this sum SUBJ
tract go. and the remainder will i'm
dictate in the unit column the number
Of the word. in the ten column the
number Of the line, and the remaining
figures the number Of the page.
The death of Mrs. Tyler leaves
but four women living whose husbands
were at any time Presidents Of the
United States. These are Mrs. Polk.
Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs.
Cleveland. There arc two other
women still alive who also acted
as mistresses of the Presidential man
sion j Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson and
Mrs. McElroy. The former. who was
tho niece Of James Buchanan did the
social honOrs for our only bachelor
President, while Mrs. McElroy acted in
Il similar capacity for her widowed
brother. Chester a. Arthur, when lie
| was III the White House. Only two ex-
Presidents are living Rutherford B.
Hayes and Grover Cleveland.
A fashion paper says that hair
work il again fashionable. and instead
of giving your autograph il Is tho
proper thing to give Il lock Of hair.
which Is preserved in an album. When
| young man gives young lady ono
of his locks. she knows whcsc hair she
Is getting; but when a young lady pre-
tresses. he doesn't know TO whom it
originally Belonged; and this is calcn-
lated to weaken his interest in the new
! .'fad" This fashion in hair-work, by
the way. was evidently originated by
the indians. The red man has long
been engaged in the business OF maxi
| ing collection of locks OF hair. But
he is not proud. He doesn't preserve
'em IN an album. 4 cheap belt at the
waist is good enough for the untutorcd
child of the forest.--N. Y. Ledger.
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PROMPTED ey VICTORIA.


Gracious Queen.
A delicious story. for the accuracy
Of which we can vouch. 10 '.going
round.' anent Mr. Twins and Miss
Ellen Terry visit to Sandringhan. II
appears that all was going well with
the Merchant Of Venice-her Majesty
seated in front. stick in hand and all
attention--un Miss Terry's time
came as Portia to deliver her great
speech about mercy" We all know
how she does it, advancing toward the
Jew and making marked and peculiar
pause before delivering her Grafton.
The kind Queen. who was all atten-
tion, and had probably been carefully
instructed in her own youth by the
Duchess Of Kent or her good govern
ess in Shakespeare's ..tid-bits." was
eagerly following the gifted actress.
but quite mistook the pause for some
sudden failure of memory. Fancy
Ellen being overawed by her Majesty
into forgetting her part! So the Queen
began prompting her quite low" the
quality Of Mercy" etc.. but Miss
Terry did not take the cue, and her
Majesty then repeated rather more
loudly and encouragingly: 1.-The
quality OF mercy is not strained.
This was almost too much for Miss
Terry, but. with u violent effort TO
suppress her twinkling merriment, she
controlled herself and gracefully %
cepted her cue from our gracious
Sovereign. Good Queen Bcss, wc
know, used to shout at the preachers
and correct them openly in theology
when they preached before her, but
this is probably the first time that an
actress has ever been honored by hav-
ing = Queen and Empress as stage
promptcr. Mall Gazette.
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EX-SENATOR ROLLINS DEAD.
The Venerable Statesman Succumbs
the Effects or . Stroke Of Paralysis.

Tho Venerable Statesman Succumbs TO
the Effects Of : Stroke Of Paralysis
PORTSMOUTH, n j., Aug. i.-Ex-sen-
ator L. II. Rollins died ut o'clock
a. m. ut the Appledore House, Isle
Of Shoals. He passed away very quietly.
having never recovered consciousness
from the severe shock sustained on Satur.
day last His wife and three sons were
present at his bedside ut tho time Of his
death. Friday morning the remains will
bo taken to Concord, where funeral services
will be held Deceased was O. years old
Edward Henry Rollins was born in Somers
worth, N. H. October J. 1874. His ancestors
were among the first settlers of New
Hampshire. He was educated in Dover,
". H., became druggists clerk In
Concord, and subsequently entered business
there on his own account. In Is he
was elected to the State Legislature, serving
part OF the term as Speaker, and in 1850 was
appointed chairman OF tho State delegation
70 the National Republican convention.
He served in Congress from 1861 to
1857, where he was conspicuous foi
his opposition TO the measures for
the granting of land to the Union Pacific rail.
road. In 1877 he was elected to the United
States senate. lie was the founder OF tho
First National Bank OF Concord and prcsi.
dent of the Boston, Concord & Montreal rail.
road.l
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NEAR anderson, Ind. stick Of dynamite
was fed into thresh;ng machine on ths
3lst ult and the machine wna blown to
pieces and three men and four horses were
killed
OS the morning of the 3ist nit one of tho
heaviest earthquake shocks 1t had known
in many years visited San Francisco, but did
no damage.
FIEE on the 81 ct ult. DESTROYED the furnace
and casting buildings Mt KOkomo, Ind,
covering three acres of land belonging to
the Diamond plate glass works
OK the 3lst ult boat containing threo
young iades-M Miss Lizzie Farrell. Miss
Annie McCabe and Miss Alice MCCLELLAN
was swept over the falls in the Menominee
river at Norway. Mich, and all were
drowned
Is the vicinity OF Peru. Ind, many
horses were on the 3lst nit afflicted with
gIander&
AT Louisville. KY, Charles Dilger and
Henry smart were hanged on the 3ist ult
for murder. The former killed Officers
Jones aud Rosenberger IN August, 1858. and
the latter took tho life OF his mistress, Belle
Ward, July 5. 1855.
On the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton
rOad passenger train collided with .
freight train on tho 3lst ult near Oxford,
o., and five persons were killed and over
twenty injured, rome fatally.
THE Maryland Prohibition party in State
convention ut Glyndon on the lstnominated
Dr.. d. L. Stone, OF Frederick County, for
Comptroller.
TIMBER to the amount of s5CO, ,OO had
been destroyed by forest fires in Montana
on the lat. In Idaho timber valued at
el. .00O, ,OOO had been burned
FLAMES destroyed eleven business houses
at Peruville. Mich. on the let
On the 1st Mrs. Henrietta Smell. widow OF
the late Amos ]. Smell, Of Chicago, renewed
her offer OF q SO, ,OOO reward for tbs sr-
rest and detention of William b. Taecott,
the supposed murderer of her husband
The reward will hold good for q year from
date.
IL tho vicinity OF Gaiena. ILL.,, the low
grounds were visited by frost on tho night
of the lst which did conside.ab damage
to growing vegetables. Corn suffered in
most exposed places.
REPORTS which were received by the
Auditor o. the State Of Ohio on the 1st
showed 9.G02 saloons in the State.
LIGHTNING caused the burning OF tho
street railway stables at Richmond. Va,
on the 1st, and sixty mules and horses were
cremated
AT Deland Fla, william Gaskins
(colored, was hanged on the lst for the
murder of his wife about year ago.
The discovery was made on the lst that
the Bank Of Wheeling, W. Va, had been
fieeced out of S3l,UOO by two employees,
George Hennig and Harry Seabald, the
latter son OF the president of the bank.
Ar Mobile, Ala trust was formed on
the lst to control the manufacture and sale
| of artificial Ice in the Southern States.
On the 1st a second flowing well was
struck near Terre Haute. Ind. giving prom
iso OF great petroleum and natural-ga
| field
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For the fiscal year ended May !.
1889. there We're sold in Illinois 2.OO2..
s58 barrels of malt liquors. New York
sold 8. l39, eS2, Pennsylvania 2.364, 1924
and Ohio 2, 1892 In Iowa the sales
were but 10000. The grand total
was %. 600. 900 barrels. nearly third
Of q barrel for each inhabitant OF the
United States. In sales by cities Chi
cago was outdone only by New York
and St. Louis, the figures being 4. 253,-
$50, l.496,527 and 1,49O. $50. The in
crease in Chicago over the previous
year was 124, ,Osl barrels. much larger
than in any other place.
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monument at 9:31, when the dedi-
catory exercises were carried out by
the Masonic Grand Lodge according to the
ritual OF their order. These exercises were
very interesting. The band rendered u
choral by J. X. Paine. following which the
song Of praise. written by r. W. Thomas Pow
or, wass sung by the Temple quartet Follow
ing song came the address OF the president
OF the Pilgrim Society-ex-GoverDor Long;
the response Of the Grand Master, Henry
Endicott; proclamation by the Grand
Marshal George II. Rhodes: reading of
Scripture selections by Grand Chaplain
Rev. Charles A. skinner; prayer by
the Grand Chaplain; report ON tn
examination Of the monument and liba
tions Of corn and wine by the Junior ana
Senior Grand Wardens, respectively. The
libation OF oil. by Deputy Grand Master
Samuel Wells, WAS followed by the inyo-
cation by the Grand Chaplain. Grand
Master Endicott then delivered an adj
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Eight Of the Crew or k'ronch Train,n:
ship Killed and Seventeen Wounded ~
the Explosion of . Machine Gum.
PARIS, Aug. |. = The training frigate
Courenne. while of Hyeres, In the south
Of France Wednesday morning, burst one
Of her machine guns, killing eight OF her
men and iniuring seventeen others The
accident occurred IN the course Of practics
ayiny.
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NINE. ETELKA GERsrER still cherish.

NINE. ETELKA GERsTER still cherish
cs tho hope. in which she Is encour.
aged by experts, that she will recover
the full use of her voice. and she
works and practices as methodically
as IN the starring days when she used
to star in the United States. Her
famous baby has grown into chubby
little girl. who has already shown
signs Of possessing voice worth
training. The whole family are liv-
ing quiet, happy life in villa near
Bologna
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OUR FoREFATHERS.

A Beautiful Monument Dedicated tO the
Memory Of fhs Pilgrims at fIymOuth.
Mnss.-A Zig Parade-An OratSOn ~
Congressman Breckinritlge. OF kentucky
and Poem, by john Boyle O'RstlIy.
PLYMOUTH. Mass. Aug. 1.-The grand Ma
honal monument In honor Of the Pilgrims
has been dedicated. The sons and daugh-
tors OF Plymouth were out In great NUM-
bers. also visitors from far and near. Tho
weather Of the early morning was unpropi-
tioua. It was necessary to view the parade
from beneath umbrellas. The celebration
began at sunrise with salute by Battery A
and the ringing of bells The morning
trains brought vast numbers OF strangers.
and great throng surrounded the new
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-08

The manufacture Of postage stamps,
which for twenty-eignt years has been
carried on ut New York, is to be- trans
ferred to Philadelphia. Charles r.
Steel, OF that city. having put in the
lowest bid. The business is a large
one. Two hundred hands will be en-
ployed and the annual output will b
about 14O, 600. 900 sheets.
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STATISTICS show that in In,

STATISTICS show that in the State OF
Maine women are engaged in over fifty
different cmployments, ranging from
cotton and other manufactures to the
professions. BY far the greatest num-
bcr are employed in manufacturing.
there being about seven thousand
thus employed. The average weekly
salary is eight dollars. and one maker
Of portraits in crayon gets sixteen
dollars. One woman is proprietor Of n
newspaper; another owns an extensive
orchard; there are a dozen regularly
Endorsed physicians In practice, and
several ministers, all Universalists.
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BURKE COMING BACK.
The Warrant for ExtradttiOn signed
the Canadian Minister.

The Warrant for ExtraditiOn signed by
the Canadian Minister.
OTTAWA, Ont. Aug. l.-Si John rholnp-
SON, Minister of Justice, yesterday after
noon signed warrant for the extradition
of Burke.
WINNIPEG. Man, Aug. i.-Chief-o Of Police
Hubbard and Lieutenant Ross. of the Chi
cago police. arrived here Wednesday and
are making arrangements for taking Burke
back. They have secured special chr for
the accommodation Of the prisoner and
the Chicago party now here. Hubbard
says he does not apprehend any at
tempt ut rescue, but will take every pre-
caution. Tho party will be fully armed,
80 as to be ready to resist any attack on
the train
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We are not yet through with cen-
tennlals in this country. One hundred
years ago. in August, the first pe,ro-
leum well was sunk in Pennsylvania,
and it is proposed to celebrate the oc-
currence by rousing demonstration
in the oil regions of the State. New
York and Ohio. There is poetic and
ethical symmetry in the fact that about
the same time when America started
out to illustrate liberty enlightening
the world it also furnished the globe
with the greatest illuminator it ever
DOsSessed.
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MRs. CYRUs w. FIELD is said to
guard as the chief among her treas
ures small silver box presented to
her husband by the municipality of
New York. and containing the free
dom Of the city. This was given to
Mr.. Field after the successful laying
of the Atlantic cable, and was the last
time that the honor was bestowed.
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OwING to declining health Queen
Victoria is making arrangements by
which the Prince of Wales will relieve
her of much labor on state documents.
The Prince. in case he assumes these
new responsibilities, wishes. it is said,
TO take the title Of Prince Regent and
to have the use of Buckingham Palace
and Windsor Castle, the Queen retir-
ing to the palaces at Osborne and Bal
moral. In the event of this arrange
ment being carried out Prince Albert
Victor will obtain the Marlborough
house
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The most valuable book in the
world is said to be the Hebrew Bible
Mt the vatican in Rome In 1912 Pope
Julius. then in great financial straits,
refused to sell it to a syndicate OF rich
Venetian Jews for its weight in gold.
The Bible weighs more than 325
pounds and is never carried by less
than three men. The price refused by
Pope Julian was therefore about &l25. :
600. and that. too, when gold was
worth ut least thrice wha. 1t is now
wOpfh
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No Cheap Rate.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. ITO q committee Of
twenty business mon, appointed by the q.
A. Il council to have President Miller, of
tie St Paul road, use his influence to
induce tho railroads to mako .
lato OF ono cent . milo to tho
National encampment, President Miller
stated 1t was impossible for him to grant
tho rate. and rs one road had no power to
make such rate he knew tho associations
would not be unanimous for it This puts
m ond to tho rate question and one fare
will be charged on all roads to Milwaukee
10 the G. l. Il encalnpment
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THE SUN HIDDEN.

Tho Orb or Day Unable to Pierce tho
:Dense smoke Aris,ny from Forest Fires.
HELENA, NJ T., Aug 2.-The forest fires
show no signs OF abatement. great black
cloud hangs over the country west. north
and south Of this city. The sun has not
been seen for six days It is believed tim
Der to the amount of $JOO,OOO has been de-
stroyed The buildings and sidewalks Of
Missoula are covered with ashes The fire
now aging in Boulder canyon has been very
destructive to property. In the neighbor-
hood Of Phillipsburg the damage has been
immense. The town of Granite is in immi-
nent danger Of being consumed The
mountains about the city are NIL on fire.
The heat and smoke IL almost sitting.
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TwENTY-F0uR lives are said to hare
been lost by the recent food in West
Virginia. which swept away the most
Of the village OF Norristown and sew
sral adjacent farm-houses Such ca
lamities are SO sadly current this year
that they fail to occasion surprise any