The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-05

nj INC UublHoSS Ue0tln& ON Cn0 .Jtn Oh
the Grand Army Of the Republic encamp-
ment at Milwaukee DR.. Horace P. Porter.
Of Kansas. was chosen Surgeon General. w.
IL ch:ldcrs. of Kentucky, Chaplain, and T.
J. Lovett. OF New Jersey, Junior vice-Com-
mander. resolution was passed recog-
nfzing the Sons of Veterans as an auxiliary
Of tho Grand Army OF the Republic. A res
olution was also adopted appropriating
81 .OUO yearly for the care and maintenance
Of the cottage of Mount McGiregor In which
General Grant died In the evening the
naval battle took place. and was witnessed
by two hundred thousand persons
JUDGE MCCONNELL granted Woodruff,
one of the Cronin murder suspects, in Chi
cago, a separate trial on the 18th. but ruled
that the other FIVE prisoners. Coughlin.
Beggs. Burke. OSulllvan and Kunze, must
be tried together.
IN convention on the 29th at Huron tho
Republicans of South Dakota nominated
Arthur G. Mellette for Governor; J. H.
Fletcher for Lieutenant Governor; A. O.
Ringslud for Secretary of state; W. A.
Smith for Treasurer; l. G. Taylor for Audit
or: Robert Dollard for Attorney General
and o. s. Clifford and ]. s. Pickler for Con-
gress. The resolutions favor protective
tariff and prohibition.
On the 18th the Citizens Bank Of Prairie
City. la, failed for 100000 It was
thought the liabilities would be paid in
full and that the bank would soon resume
business.
The North Dakota Democrats In session
on the 29th at Fargo nominated the follow
ing ticket: For Governor, w. N Roach;
Lieutenant Governor, s. X. McGinnis;
Secretary Of State. A. 8. Froslid; Treasurer,
n Arr u
ncy- General, T. Il Bangs; member of Con.
gress Dan w. >Naratta The platform re-
affirms the National Democratic platform
Of 1855, and asks for the repeal Of the tariff
on all the neccssaries Of life.
ON the 18th the entire business portion Of
tho village Of Big Rock, Ill, was swept away
by fire.
A FIRE destroyed the entire western por.
tion OF the business section Of Dansvtlle,
Mich, on the 29th.
The thermometer at Des Moines. Ia,
marked 1Q2 degrees in the shade on the Goth
ult at Madison, Wis. 80; at Topeka. Kan,
05; at Rockford, Ill, lou; ut st. Paul, Mimi,
81; at Neche. d. T, 0S; at Chicago, 20; 1t
Detroit, Mich !. 80, and all over the North
west the weather was extremely hot and
rain was badly needed.
THE American Bar Association at it's clos
ing session in Chicago on the 3oth ult
elected Henry Hitchcock, Of St Louis, presi-
dent, to succeed David Dudley Field, Of
New York.
THE G. A Il National encampment at
its closing sess ON in Milwaukee on the 30tb
ult adopted resolutions favoring the Disa-
bilitv Pension bill, and also calling for the
passage OF o per-diem service pension bill
JOHN TURNER lcoioredl. who killed
Charles Walker at Rush Run, w Va, In
July, was taken from Jail on the 3oth ult
and lynched by mob.
The following executions for murder
took place on the 3lth ult: william Walker
tcoloredl and Jack Spaniard, Choctaw
Indian, at Fort Smith, Ark, for killing
Deputy United States Marshal Erwin Sep
tamber IL, 1855; Milvtn G. Garlitz at Cum
berland, Md. for the killing OF his wife
March 10 last, and Wilson Nickum tcolored)
at plaquemine, La. for killing Ben Fisher
last March.
THE death of Mrs. W. Z. Christian, only
child OF General Stonewall jackson, oc.
CURED on the 39sh ult at Charlotte. N. c.
In session on the 30th ult. at Detroit the
National Editorial Association elected
Charles A. Lee, OF Rhode Island, az presi-
dent
AN immediate trial was agreed upon by
the parties to the Cronin murder case In
Chicago ON the 3oth ult., and the bailiffs
were summoning a special yenire Of tales
men from which to choose a jury.
OK the :i5th ult A. L. Amidon, q promi.
nent lawyer OF Painesville, O.. was shot and
killed by Stanley &. Jones. . cigar manu-
facturer. Jones' wife is an applicant fog
divorce and Amidon was her counsel.
In NMontana forest fires had on the 3Oth
uit. burned over millions of acres of land,
causing loss of thousands OF dollars
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FouE boys were killed by lightning at
Matamoras. Mex. on the eth. which struck
q stack OF corn-staiks under which they
had taken refuge from storm.
On the Russian frontier an earthquake
was experienced on the eth. and in the
village OF Khenzorik 10 persons were
buried alive.
OK the 3Jth ult. the British Parliament
prorogued till November lG
ADyIcEs OF the 30th ult. from Japan say
that ten thousand persons perished In re-
cent floods in Wakavama and twenty thou
sand others were rendered homeless.
CHINA advices of the 3oth ult say that o
number of high Chinese officials had petit
toned Prince Chun, son OF the Emperor, to
have all Americans employed in China ex-
PEELED from the empire, and 1t was reported
that Prince Chun had consented