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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
HORRIBLY BURNED.

Tons Of Molten Metal Pour Over . Mum.
bcr Of Workmen at tho Edgar Thomson
Steel Works In Braddock, Pa-They Arc
Frightfuly InJured-Captain Jones the
General Manager. May Die.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept IA frightful ao-
cident happened at Carnegie's Edgar
Thomson steel works at Braddock Thurs
day night. Captain W. r. Jones, general
manager of the immense steel works. and
a number OF workmen were horribly
and perhaps fatally burned. Furnace
G, one of the largest of the blast
furnaces gave W y ut tho bottom, and tons
of molten metal, like water escaping from
q reservoir. ran out The furnace had not
been working properly during the day,
and Captain Jones called to sec II he
could not ascertain the cause. He
Wis working with number Of
men near the base Of tho furnace
when the break occurred In an instant
flames OF fire shot forth and the hot metal
exploded and fell like sheets Of water.
Tons of the molten metal poured out Of
the furnace. and that any person near the
furnace escaped instant death is regarded
as miracle. AS it was, Captain Jones
and four or five others were horribly
burned, the formers life being de-
SPARED of.
Captain Jones is well-known throughout
the United States and Europe wherever
Iron and steel are manufactured. He re-
ceived q salary OF 81, ,Ooo year and per
cent on the product of the large mill,
making his income almost s5o.U0 year
1t was he who took 800 men to Johnstown at
his own expense few days after the Hood.
and remained there for couple Of weeks
directing the work OF rescue. He is ~
years of age.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
BITS Bv THE WAY.

IN taking the school census last spring il
was found that there were eighteen pairs
OF twins in Eastport, Me-, OF school age.
Form HUNDRED dollars for charity was
netted by baseball game at Harrisburg
between reporters and policemen. A girl
was umpire.
THE United States has q lawyer to every
800 Of its population, male aud adult, while
in Germany ono lawyer does the work Of
about 7,GO0 persons.
IT is estimated by the past rate Of In
crease Of population that in thirty years
hence, or in 1920, the population OF the
United States will be lGO, ,OO0,OO0
THERE are altogether about 1900 Arabs
in this country, and not ten per cent. Of
them have settled home or any other
means Of support than peddling.
THE original cost Of the right Of way Of
the Mount Washington incline railroads.
road that has proved to be gold mine to
its owners-was only ninety dollars.
A CHINESE custom practised at San'Fran-
cisco IL tho throwing into the ocean Of thou.
sands Of pieces Of paper when friends are
about to sail away. Each piece bears, In
Chinese characters, prayer.
DAVID TERRY killed David Broderick in Q
duel, David Cotton and David Brewer being
present. David Nagle, protecting Justice
Field (son Of David Field aud brother Of
David Fieldl, killed David Terry,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
SUNK MILLIONS or DOLLARS.
DIR. Pierce . Heavy Loscr by tho Collapse
OF Chisnorlcai Mining Scheme.


or . ChinerlcaI Mining Scheme.
BUFFALO. y. T.. Sept %. The Big Bend
Mining and Tunnel Company. founded some
time ago with capital stock Of s3o. O9O, 900,
has collapsed. Dr.. II. y. Pierce. Of this city,
was chief stockholdcr. and has lost nearly
sl,aO,ouO In the venture. Itwas intended to
alter the course of the Feather river in CALI
fornia so as to get at the gold and silver be-
lieved to be In its bed The enormous
powders which lie 70 plentifully around
the river made operations too costly, and
last year the output amounted to only
sl1,S2 This did not paw. and the work
has been abandoned. The stock of the
concern has never been listed. and until
recently could not be bought Tor less than
four times its par value About - OOO, 100
of the capital stock had been paid up.
The proposition was to bore tunnel two
mi es through mountain, and through 1t
drain fourteen miles of the bed of the
Feather river. Mr.. Mclaughlin, Of Butte
County. who devised the scheme claimed
the company could clean mp millions in
gold dust which had lodged at Big Eend.
Placer miners in the early days took fort
unes ont Of the river little further up,
and samples Of sand from the river bed
were very rich Mclaughlin succeeded in
enthusing DR.. Pierce and work was begun.
-Four years were spent in boring tunnel
through rock for 1900 feet When finished
It proved too small and was enlarged from
nine by sixteen feet to twelve by sixteen
feet Then about year ago the water
was turned into the tunnel and
the river bed drained But fortune
wasn't found, as 1t proved very ex-
pensiye to get gold from under the big
powders In the river bed, and the mine
soon became In the condition of nine- -tenths
Of those on the Comstock lode it could not
be run without assessments Then Pierce,
who had sunk over 81 ,OO0.O became dis
gusted, and the whole undertaking, which
has cost about $1,000, COO, will be dropped
It is reported that large number Of news
paper men in New York have lost heavily
in the enterprise.
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FIXING THE BLAME.

From All Indications Engineer Twombly
Was Responsible for tho Terrible Rail-
way Accident Near Chicago-Anothe
Victim.
CHICAGO Sept G-Conductor Buford
and Brakemen Whitted and Parker, Of the
freight train which crashed into the
suburban passenger train Mt Washington
Heights Tuesday evening, were arrested
Wednesday evening on south-bound pas
sengcr train on the Rock Island road, near
Auburn. They are wanted as witnesses,
and It Is believed they were about to leave
the city.
Conductor Buford and his brakeman de-
clare that they were running ahead Of
time. He saw the danger light on the
semaphore half mile from where the col
lision occurred. and sent his men to set the
brakes The engineer did not seem to pay
any attention to the signals. and no blame
could be attached to any one but Twomb-
ly He was running with the throttle
wide open, " and must have been crazy.
Engineer Twombly was badly bruised
as the result OF his Jump from the engine.
He il under arrest at his home. 1900 Dear
born street Henry La Cloche, the fireman
OF the ill-fated engine. is also under
arrest Twcmbly denies the story that he
was drunk lie admits however. that
he was running at higher rate OF speed
than was allowed by the rules There was
nothing to show that there was passenger
train ahead, and tho first fntimation
he received was when the target
gate dropped His engine was then
within three car-lengths OF the coach,
and 1t was an utter impossibility for him
to bring the train to bait The whole ac-
cdent, he says, could have been avoided
had tho conductor of the passenger train
followed the rules. and hung a light on tho
rear end OF his last car. This he neglected
to do
Conductor Ellis, Of the passenger train,
declares that the signal lamps were burn
ing on the rear OF his train. and the light
from them was sufficiently bright to have
enabled Twombly to see them In time to
stop hts train had he been attending to his
duty. Superintendent Chamberlain dOes
not attach any blame in the matter to Con-
ductor Ellis.
Gus Mulcahv. y 19-year- youth. died
from his injuries Wednesday night MAX
ing six victims in all. The injured are in o
fair way to recover, except one. man
named Smith. who inhaled the steam that
filed the car. Only eight other persons
were seriously hurt. though q number
were shaken up and considerably bruised
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
WHEAT MUST GO UP.
rhis Country Likely to I;e Called Upon
sncr.:aSa IL Alaisaaaas4n1s

fhis Country Likely to lie Called Upon tc
increase H.r Shipments tn Europe.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept 2S-According to
the report prepared by the journal OF Com
merce on the wheat supply and require
ments. the United States will bo called
upon to fill the European NAV to the ex-
tent OF i5.OOO,OOO quarters this year. Essi-
mates made II England place her require
ments at ii, ,0U, ,0au quarters; France, . OO,.
600; Belgium. Holland and Germany,
3,0O,O00. Supplies are to come to the ex.
tent of l.oou.o0J quarters from India, l5,-
OK, GOO quarters from the United states,
and II ,O0D,OUO quarters from Russia En-
gland has never during the last five ysari
imported less that l5.4es.o0o quar-.
ters. and after producing a.oOV.OOC
quarters in 1854 imported Is III 90 quar-
tors in the same year. Last year saw these
imports nearly equaled. and it is probable
that the estimates on her wants thie
year are much too low. The average
net imports Cor ten years Of wheat
and -four into France is a,5OOOC
quarters and wants arc placed by the
United States statistical agent in Europe
at 4,OOO. 900 quarters. AS to supplies India
shipped a fraction over 4. 4.OoO, ,0o0 quarters in
the last crop year. and since the beginning
of the present crop year. April |, is nearly
1,OW, ,0OO quarters behind last years moye-
ment Chill, Argentine Republic and Aus
tralasia have paltry 4CW quarters on
passage to Europe Russia shipped Is aaio,
600 quarters in 1883. S.aiO,ec0 quarters in
1881, and is looked 10 for II .0v0.0o quarters
this year.
In large exporting districts in South
Russia tho production varies from tO to &c
per cent Of an average. The heaviest crops,
as reported by the Government, are Leyond
reach OF railroads and may be counted as
nil In international commerce. Shipmenta
since January show q decrease compared
with last year OF 100000 quarters. aud 1857
output Is not likely to be exceeded
In summing up the report says:
with II crop Oi A. 0lOuO bushels in 1886 we
m anssed to export Ia. .00l. 900 bushels notwith.
standing the previous crop had been com.
parative failure. yet the highest point
reached by No. red in our market
WAS 97ss. and during the greater porton
Of the year was under 90. Although we pro.
duced ssA0NO00 bushels this yer consider.
able portion is not suitable for Shipment. and
with stocks depleted as they were ut the be-
ginning OF the crop year any demand such
the present situation suggests must result in
values considerably higher than the present
level"
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LATER.
Cannot Survive.

SABErHA, KAN. Sept. 30th.-One Of tho
most brutal outrages ever perpetrated In
this country was made to-day upon tho
person Of Miss Eva Purity, the twenty
year-old daughter OF Oliver Purity. .
wealthy farmer of this county. Miss
Purity received note from an unknown
villain few days ago, threatening her
with dire vengeance unless she would
renounce her intended husband and be.
stow her affections on the sender. Search
was at once began, but the scoundrel had
disappeared. About IL o'clock to-iay,
whilc Miss Purity WAS at home alone in
the kitchen medium sized masked man
entered, and, se.zing her around the neck,
applied bottle of chloroform to her nos
trils After losing consciousness she was
dragged to a corn field near by and out
ragged. A large quantity OF carbolic acid
was then poured down her throat and the
victim left for dead. Miss Purity cannot
survive.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
HUMOROUS.

Little girl-You ask il 1t is proper
for a gentleman to "kiss little CIR
who is ten years old, going on eleven.
Yes it is proper; but It is hardly worth
while. e.-Puck.
Bobby = MA, I've pretty nea,
outgrown my slippers. haven't l?'
Mama-..Yes. Bobby" Bobby And
say. ma. how long will il be before
outgrow your slippers9' Oman;
World.
Wealthy old gent--.What. marry
my daughter! You are being support
cd by your father" Suitor-"Yes
sir. but my father is tired Of support
ing me, and l thought Id better &c
into another family. IN. Y. Weekly
-Englishman Ito strangely -.Ex
cusc me. sir. but aren't you for
eigner?" Stranger Foreigner? No
sir; I'm an American. pure and sim
ple." Englishman-''Ah! and wha
tribe 90 you belong to. please?-
Harper's Bazar
Fond mamma-.'Come here. dar
ling. What have you been playing
with?" Darling-''Don't wemember.
Fond mamma-"Your hands are per
fectly covered with dust Darling
Il dot the dust of o dat big book
Fond mamma. why. declare. tn.
child has been playing with the famil,
bible"
Proprietor of museum-..l an
glad to soc that you are looking on
for my interests 50 we'll. That last frea!
the girl who hasn't slept for four
teen years--is dandy Manager
.Sh-h! Not so loud She has jus
gone into the next room. and she tolt
me not to wake her until half an houl
before show time. Texas Siftings.
First citizen-'.This electric li.h
is 4 great thing" Second citizen
.Mighty mean thing, think" Firs,
citizen Why. what's the matte
with ito" Second citizen Matte.
with it! Why, they have planted on.
right in front Of my sitting-room win
dow. there it lights up the who!,
house, and I've got six unmarrie.
daughters. boston Courier.
Moses said coiored man, .aie
you ebah break 4 commandment
..G way; d you tink Id crimina,e ny
.se'f?" But did you:a' Look hyah
serves de Scripters ali dc veal
roun'; but when de watah millym
season comes. sut'niy do tink it,
'scusabic to take 4 vacation on ons
out Oh de ten commandments. "-Mer
chant Traveller.
-Smith-.'What are you loatin.
around town at this time Of nigh
forah Brown -" "'Fraid to 90 home
Wife told me to be sare and remcmh h.,
something. and I've forgotten what i
was Smith-.'lt wasn't dry good.
| or groceries, was it2" Rfown--"No.
Smith '.Baby-food. taeks or ,hea,e,
ticketsa" Brown No, but | hay.
just thought OF it." Smith h--'.Wha
was it," Brown. Sic wanted ms t.
remember to como it..ns early -
Chicago ieurnal.
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~4------As----A---
DIDN'T GET jT AL.
Bandits Board Train In Aiabama and
Secure o?,7OO and SOino Registered
Letters, but Overlook Package Con.
tanning About $4,000.

Bandits board Train In Alabama and
secure o.,7OO and somc Registered
Letters. but Overlook Package Con.
tanning About $4,000.
MOBILE Ala, Sept. &c The Mobile Il
Ohio south-bound mall and passenger train
was boarded by thieves at Buckatunna,
Miss, seventeen miles north OF this city
Wednesday morning As the train was
leaving that station two men mounted be-
hind the tender and crawled over into the
cab Of the locomotive There they
covered Engineer Jack Shercll and
Fireman Hust with their reyolvers. The
robbers, who were well masked, then
ordered the engineer to stop the train at
the bridge, two miles south Of Buckatunna
This order was given at the point Of re-
volver, and the engineer was compelled to
obey it Arriving at the bridge. the en-
gineer and fireman were to deIach the mail
and express cars from the balance Of
the train and to pull these two cars across
the bridge away from the other cars. At
That point two other men joined the rob
bers. The express messenger was then
forced to dump the contents OF safe into
. canvas bag. The amount thus obtained
was about 81, 100. The robbers overlooked
SO 000 Of Government money on route for
IlOlluH- 4nC mail CO1 ~ - UUOu AdlACA 0uA
. pouch filed with registered mail matter
secured This pouch was made up at
Meridian and the value OF the contents are
unknown The robbers then fred several
shots at the train mon and disappeared in
the underground. The train then pro-
ceeded to CitrOnelle. where Iosse was
made up and started in searca OF the rob-
bera
The leader Of the train-robbers Is boz
lieved to be Rube Burrows, noted des-
perado the man whom search for created
30 much excitement In the northern part
OF the state o few months ago.
A special to the Mobile Register from
Buckatunna says the suspected parties were
seen camping near the bridge about 8
o'clock making their way east on foot.
They were armed and were avoiding the
houses by going around them. They are be-
lieved to be the train robbers. 4 posse
was in pursuit up to last accounts and con-
fident Of overtaking the men. The Mobile
4 Ohio railroad offers 81 600 reward for the
arrest and conviction Of the robbers
THAT TEXAS ROBBERY.
AUSTIN. Tex, Sept. ~ Tho Governor
has received no particulars of the big ex-
ess robbery on the Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa
Fe near Fort Worth, Tuesday night II Is
rumored here, however, that the robbers
succeeded in getting away with at least
e3Q,O00
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
THE BANKERS.

They Conclude Their Annual Convention
at Kansas City Tuesdays Proceedings.
KANSAS Cry, No, Sept 27.-Thc bankers
convention concluded Its work Tuesday.
President Parsons and Vice President Nc.
Michael were reelected and new
executive council chosen The council
reelected Secretary Baker and Treas
urer Green. Resolutions asking Con-
gress to take action and revive the Amer
lean marine and indorsing the dcep-wateE
harbor scheme were referred to the coun-
ell. resolution asking Congress to pro-
vide for at least one more regular state.
ment yearly Of the condition Of the M.
tional banks was adopted Reports OF OFF,
GERS were read and special committee re-
ported In favor OF amending the law In re-
gard to usury so that q usuri0us bank shall
forfeit only the amount Of interest taken In
excess of the legal amount twas decided
to consider Mr.. St Johns plan for the re-
tirement Of legal-tender notes and vote
upon IL by mail
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
PLAIN DEALER.
EVERYTHING IN TIE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
Satisfaction h Neaiaess, ProRptnsss aal
Price 6uaranteed.
1-Gixa m = feia1 hefore aedarina alxAHhnnn.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Jay Gould's "History OF Delaware
younty, n. y" written when he was
Il. is . rare book now, worth $40 a
fot ame.
George w. Childs owns many Of
he epapers Of Andrew johnson. Among
hem is the account-book which he
kept when he was a tailor
Bessie Chandler. whose name is
subscribed to some Of the most grace
III verees OF the day. is Mrs. Leroy
'arker and daughter of tho late
3ear-Admiral Ralph Chandler, U. 5.
Navy.
a large number OF famous men
we're once book agents. Among them
we're George Washington, Longfellow.
Bret Ha tie. Jay Gould. ex-Fresident
Hayes. Daniel Webster, General Grant.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Prince Bis
narck.
Henri Rochefort. the fiery French
sditor. is now in his 59th year. He
mas small but exceedingly choice
collection OF valuable paintings. and
Is known as lover OF fine arts. He
appears often in society and is always
faultlessly dressed and agreeable.
Bronson Alcott's dietctic views
color these epigrams in his daughters
.Jcurnal:' Vegetable diet and sweet
reposc. Animal food and nightmare.
.Pluck your body from the orchard;
do not snatch it from the shamble. :
apollo eats no flesh and has no
beard; his voice is melody ITSELF"
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe once
visited Edinburgh. where she was in.
vited to dinner by William Chambers,
the dull but pompous publisher OF
Chambers journal. Of which he was
exceedingly vain. Mrs. Stowe acci.
dentally mentioned that she believed
he published journal of some kind.
but she really forgot its name. Mr..
Chambers was speechless with aston
ishmcnt
Joaquin Miller. who. after he went
into Wall street and lost his little Pile,
used to rail at the rich and revile lead.
ing New York capitalists, has become
capitalist himself Some years age
he bought two hundred acres o. land
near San Francisco and now they have
become valuable for town lots. The
poet says that he shall spend the &c.
mainder Of his days on the Pacii.
slope.
Books were scarce in Puritan days.
and perhaps that is the reason the
writer's made the most Of the titles.
using such choice Dnes as "A Reapinc
Hook Well Tempered for the Stubborn
Ears of the Coming Crop: or. Biscuits
Baked IN The Oven OF Charity. Care
fully Conserved for the Chickens ol
the Church. the Sparrows OF the
Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows OF Sal.
vation;" ~ Pair of Bellows to Blow
OFF the Dust Cast Upon John Fry
Mrs. Humphrey Wards father
states that she and her family were
astounded at the success OF 'Rober'
Elsmere. He says: Wise and de
voted counscllors, after reading the
manuscript, gravely discouraged her
from attempting to print il. When,
despite their timidity. she found a pub
Usher. her household and intimate
friends, who were in the secret. ex
pected that it might possibly attrac
the attention Of few reviewers.
That it should become, as it still in
deed is. the sensation Of years, was
and is to them a mystery
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CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.

The Next Congress viii Have Large
Number to Decide-Death as Factor In
Politics.
WAsHINGToN, Sept 26. The Government
printing Office has finished printing the
testimony In the contested election cases
which will come before the next House for
settlement The contests are:
Chalmer VS.. Morgan, Mississippi: Langston
vs. Venable, Nirg MIA: Wadd.ll VS.. Wise,
Virginia: Posey vs.. Parrett, Indiana; Miller vs..
Elliott, South Carolina; Bower vs.. Buchanan,
Virginia; Kernogan vs. Hooker. Mississippi;
Threetvs. Clark, Alabama: Akinson VS.. Pendle.
ton, West Virginia; McDufle VS.. Tnrpie, Ala.
bama; Hill VS.. Catehings, Missss .ppi: Good.
rich VS.. Bullock. Flor .da; Eaton vs.. Pht Ian.
Tennessee: Mudd vs.. Compton, Maryland
Featherstone vs.. Cole, Arkansas: MeGinniss
VS.. Anderson, West Nirg MA; Smith vs. Jack.
son, West Virginia.
Thus far death has claimed five members
OF the Fifty-fir Congress. Cox, of New
York; Burnes, Of Missouri; Gay. Of Louis
lana; Townshend, of Illinois, and Laird, OF
Nebraska, and others may follow before
the assembling Of that body. The narrow
margin which must determine the organi-
xation of the House is subject to other in
calculabls contingencies than that Of cou-
tested seats
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Nova SCOTIA is remarkable for the
number Of its old people. 1t has
larger number Of ccntenarians than
any other country, there being one to
every 1900 inhabitants. while En-
gland has only one 10 every 100000
Inhabitants. They are chiefly of the
farming class, in comfortable circum-
stances. accustomed 10 exercise in the
open air. plain food and plenty OF it.
with good inherited constitutions.
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NO VERDICT REACHED.

The Jury In the Ives Case DisasreeS, la
Discharged. aud the -Oung Fina lsncicr
Sent Back to the Tombs to Await An
other Trial
New ioRK, Sept III The Jury III the
Ives ease was discharged Wednesday morn
ing ut II :45 o'clock, having tailed to reach
an agreement The jury stood ten for con-
viction and two for acuuittal Ives was re.
manded to the TombS
Colonel Fellows'says that Ives will again
be placed on trial as soon rs the district
attorneys Office can perfect the arrange
ments There will probably be n notion
argued before Recorder. Smyth to-day
which will'decide the place Of abode Of the
young tinancier until his next t9ial.
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SUNDAY. OBSERVANCE

Resolutions Adopted at tho Paris Con.
grcss President Harriseh's Views
PARIS, Sept 2l-Ths Sunday Obscrvan K
congress passed a resolution Thursday tt
the effect that in casessAxhere tiisspbsery.
ance of Sunday is impossible weekly hHf
day should be Xiyear to employees. The
congress also adopted resolution advising
employers not to pay their men OH Satur
day or sunday
PARIS, Sept. 27-In his letter to the Sab.
bath Observance cangv.ss n-o..,;.n. dar,
rison says Experience teaches me that
workers with head and hands need such
rest rs the Sabbath alone can gtve Man,
whether reg aydod - 40 animal Or @ "A i'm.
mortal being, ahould Do assured that rest