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

PRESIDENT JAMES II FOLK WIDOW ccie-
brated her eighty-sixth birthday on the
4th at her home in Nashville. Tenn.
AT East Point. Ga. Warren Powers. n
negro. Was lynched on tha 4th. He had as
sa,,itei a young white girl and was taken
from the jaii by masked force.
The Republicans of w shing'on Terri
tory mt in convention ut Walla Wa la on
the ;th and nominated T. r. Ferry for Gov
ernor.
The seventeenth season of the Chicago
exnosition opened on the it'll
THE Iowa Union Labor party met at Des
Moincs On the 18th and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For Governor. s. b. Down.
ing. of Davis County: Lieutenant Governor,
Ezra Bfownell, Of Madison County. super
intendent of Schools, Mrs Harriet BelIan.
gee. Of Polk County: Railroad Commission
er. l. II. Griffith. of Cass County.
In ball game on the 4th at Darlington.
s c.. the umpire, William r. Marshall. Ut
Wadcsbcro, was killed by Leon Dargan. the
seventeen-year ron Of Congressman
Dargan. in dispute over q decision.
GOVERNOR HUMPHREY. of Kansas. on the
4th pardoned Mrs. Henrietta Cook. Of Os-
borne County. who had been confined inthe
peniteniary for thirteen years for the mur-
der Of her husband. She was found to have
been innocent
OK the 4th the largest bar OF gold ever
cast In the world was turned out at the
Helena IN. IT, assay Office. 1t weighed
9l00,0W
IN different parts of Kansas City. Mo-,
three buildings were destroyed by inccn-
diary fires on the 4th
On the 4th A. c. Staley. president of the
Staley Woolen Mills Company at South
Bend, Ind. was fatally poisoned by NOR
phine given him by druggist for auinine.
john MCCLELLAN was dying at Jeffcr-
sonvillc, Ind. on tho 9Th from the effects
OF mosquito bite. His right side was
paralyzed and he was in frequent con-
vulsiOns
THE Republicans OF Washington Terri
tory on the 9Th nominated John l. Wilson
tor Congress-
DEMOCRATS of South Dakota in conven-
tion on the 5th at Huron adopt ed plat.
form favoring free trade and opposing pro-
hibition, and nominated q State ticket
headed by T. f. Mcclure. of Pierre. for
Governor ]. o. Jeffries and s NJ Booth
were nominated for Congressman
MISS CARRIE ERNEST and William Bon
nett, Of Baltimore. were killed by an ex-
press train near Perrymans, Md, Oh the
9Th.
FIFTY delegates, representing about thirty
9TH and reorganized the Greenback party
of Alabama.
FLAMES on the 9TH in the lumber yari of
Laird, Norton g. Co.. ut Winona. Mimi,
caused loss Of s:'li.oO.
As A result of the race war in lie Fiore
County, Miss, twenty-five negroes had
been killed on the 9TH The negroes
threatened to burn every house in LIE Flore
County, aud all were being closely guarded
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
In Turkey q severe shock Of earthquake
was experienced on the I'd, and the village
of Kantazork was ingulfed in lava. one hum
dred and thirty-six lives being lost.
MALIEToA, King of Samoa, who was de-
, ported by the German naval forces nearly
two years ago. has returned to Apia from
his exile and was royalty received
On the I'd William O'Ericn. editor OF
United Ireland, was taken to 6alway prison
to serve sentence OF two months upon
| conviction of holding q proclaimed" Ma
| tionaiist meeting.
AFTER an absence of fifteen years In
Africa DR.. Fricke, who was with Gordon
| in Kharroum. returned to Berlin on the I'd.
At Coyoacan, Mex, excavations were De-
| ing made on the Sd for the purpose of re-
| covering gold and jewels supposed to be
| hidden by Montezuma ut the time OF the
Spanish conquest The value of the
| treasure was estimated ut from $n,OOO, 90
| to ssl.UOo.e coo.
| Ok the 3d boiler explosion in mill at
| Munster. Eng. killed the owner, his wife,
his mother and the foreman, besides two
employees
| The German expedition for the relief Of
Emin Bey had on the 18th been abandoned.
| AT the session on the 4th of tho Trades
| Union congress at Dundee. Scotland. tho
census report on the eight-hour law showed
| 39,6.a for and u, SsS against the question.
| MEx1co has placed heavy duty on inn
| ported cattle aud other animals which
! were formerly admitted free Of duty.
| NEAR Suakim, Egypt. u fierce encounter
took place on the ith between a detachment
! OF friendly tribes and body Of dervishcs,
| in which the former were routed with ter
rible slaughter
| IL the western part o. France earth
| quake shocks were felt on the 5th. The
shocks were most severe at Anglers and
Nantes but no damage was reported.
| ON the 5th sixty-two Scotch miners were
imprisoned by an explosion at Midlothian
colliery. Four bodies had been taken out,
| and it was believed that none of those re-
manning underground were alive.