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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
THE ST. PAUL TORNADO.

ST.. PAUL, july 13.-About D. m. TO-
day, tornado, which formed abou:
eight miles to the north of st. Paul and
passed in southeasterly direction FOR
distance Of four or five miles, de.
stroyed the Schurmier and Good cot.
tages on the shore OF Lake Geryais,
about five miles from the city, killing
Mrs. Schurmier, wife of j. Schurmier, OF
Rosabel street, their son Charles Schur-
meier: George J. Miller, teller Of the
First National bank of st, Paul; Rev.
Mr.. Phaefe Of Brennan, Tex, who was
guest OF the Schurmeiers las were Mr..
Miller and his wife) and their servant
Peter. whose surname cannot be
learned.
The storm was some time in forming,
but on account of the hills, covered
with trees; lying in the direction from
which it came, 1t was either not noticed
by the occupants Of the two houses, OF
If seen was not thought to be dangerous
by some Of them, SO that no effort was
made in the Schurmeier house to seek
safety in the cellar. In the Good cot.
tage there were sixteen persons at the
time the storm struck. OF these Mr..
and Mrs. Emanuel Good, DIR. and Mrs.
Eachus, Miss Gussie King, George Nc.
Pherson, Mrs. Hastings and daughte.
and Miss Emily all of st. Paul,
went to to cellar and all escaped serious
injury. The most of them were bruised
more or less, Mrs. Hastings and her
daughter being the worst injured. Be.
sides these were Misses Minnie and
Carrie Miss, Mr.. Bernard and Simon
Good and wife and two children, all in
the Good cottage, who did not escape
to the cellar. These almost miracu.
lously escaped alive, but some Of them
were wounded, as described elsewhere.
Following are the killed and injured:
Mrs. J. H. Schurmeier, st. Paul, BODY
not recovered; Charley Schumacher, hcl
son, body not recovered; Rev. Phaefie,
Brennan, Tex, body not recovered
George j. Miller, st. Paul, body found
on lake shore; Peter -, servant OF
Sohurmeiers, body found on lake shore
Injured: }. II. Schurmeier, st. Paul
two ribs broken and scalp wounds;
Charley Good, st. Paul, serious scalp
wounds; Mrs. Phaefle, Brennan, Tex,
shoulder broken; Joseph Bernard, St
Paul.internal injuries and broken hand
Mr.. Center, st. Paul, scalp wounds and
abrasions; Miss Minnie Weiss, st. Paul,
Carrie Weiss, st. Paul, head and shoul.
der badly bruised; Mrs. George Miller
st. Paul, bruised about the head and
back; Clark Howson, st. Paul, bruised
hip; Roy Good, st. Paul, three scalp
wounds and injured in spine; Martin
MacNamara, st. Paul, spinal INJURIES
St St SoSeph's hospital
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

A MAGAZINE article which soberly dis
cusses the theory that the sun is losing
its heat and the earth is growing
colder, with the result that the human
race shall finally be frozen out. is at.
tracing some attention just now. In
view Of the recent iceless winter and
the present elevated condition of the
mercury, it will be necessary to put the
theory in q patent ice machine to pre-
vent it from spelling.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

ONE of the marvels Of electricity, and
one of the most striking of the Edison
exhibits at the Paris exposition, was the
little instrument which enables the op.
orator to sign check one hundred
miles distant. The writing to be trans.
mitted Is impressed on soft paper with
an ordinary stylus. This is mounted on
Q cylinder. which. as 1t revolves, ''makes
and breaks the electric current by
means of the varying indentations on
the paper. At the receiving end Of the
wire similar cylinder receives the cur.
rent on chemically prepared paper, on
which it transcribes the signatures in
black letters on a white ground.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
DEATHS HARVEST.
Minnesota Visited by Two Ter.
rlble Cyclones.
Four or More Pers0ns Killed ut Lake Ger
vsls, . suburb Of SC. Paul. An Excur.
sion Steamer with zoo Souls CaP-
sized ON Lake Popln.

LAKE CRY, July 13.--What will prob
ably prove to be the most disastrous cy-
clone that has ever struck this commu-
nifty passed over this city at Q o'clock
tonight, inflicting the loss Of life OF
perhaps 100 or 700 people and damaging
property to an extent that at this writ
ing cannot be estimated.
Considerable damage was done to
property in the town, but the worst was
the capsizing of the excursion steamer
on Lake Pepin. The steamer Sea Wing
which came down the lake from Dia-
mond Bluff, small place about seven
teen miles north OF here, on an excnr-
sion to the encan Iment Of the First
regiment, n. g. S. NJ, which is being
held mile below this city. The steam
er started back on the homeward trip
about o'clock, and, although there
were signs Of an approaching storm, it
was not considered in any way serious
and no danger was anticipted.
The boat was crowded to its fullest
capacity, about $50 men, women and
children from Red Wing and Diamond
Blulf being on board and and about fifty
people on barge which was attached
to the side of the steamer. When about
opposite Lake City the boat began to
feel the effects OF the storm. But the
officers kept on their way. The storm
increased as the boat continued up the
lake, and in fifteen minutes was at its
height.
Nearing Central Point, about two
miles above Lake City, the steamer
was at the mercy Of the waves, which
were now washing over the boat and all
was confusion. The boat momentarily
ran onto bar and the barge was cut
loose, and the steamer again set adrift
in the lake. A number Of those on the
barge jumped and swan ashore. As the
barge also foated again into the deer
water, those on the barge saw the
steamer as it was carried helplessly out
into the middle of the lake, and as they
were being tossed about on the raging
waters, they were Mortified moment
later to observe the steamer capsize and
it's cargo Of $50 people precipitated into
the lake.
1t will be some days before the entire
list Of dead is known, as full list Of
the $50 passengers pretty certain te
have been drowned cannot be obtained
Altogether fifty-ninc bodies have beer
| obtained,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

ABOUT four hundred and seventy
years ago two men in Hungary went to
law about . piece Of land valued at
$4,000. But nobody was in any par
ticular hurry. and SO the matter dragged
along until the other day. when the
court decided it. The decision. how.
ever, is Of little practical interest to
anybody. rs the land in question has
been covered by lake for the last two
hundred wears
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

THE new chief commissioner Of the
London police force is not only q very
distinguished military officer, but also
one Of the most celebrated sportsmen oi
the British army. His fame as hunter
extends throughout the length and
breadth of India, and it was during one
of his jungle expeditions that his left
arm was bitten off by an infuriated
tigress which he had attacked. It is 9
curious coincidence that his predecessor
as chief Of the London police should
likewise have been MANNED in an In
dian sporting expedition, having had
his thigh bone broken by fall with
his horse during boar hunt
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
EpitOme of the Week.
NEWS COMPILATION.
F,FTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.

fF v-eInoJ NON0HcSo.
MONDAY, July Z. - In the Senate
an attempt to get the tariff bill up for
consideration was defeated by q vote
Of 90 to 90. The conference report on
the silver bill was presented, and the
election bill was received from the
House. In the House bill was intro
duced appropriating $4,000. OOo to estab-
lish industrial training schools. The
bill for the establishment of Indian in
dustrial schools in California, Mime.
sofa, Wisconsin and North and South
Dakota was favorably reported.
TUESDAY. July &. The conference
report on the silver bill was discussed
in the Senate. Petitions were present.
ed from many States praying for an &C
knowledgement of Almighty God and
the Christian religion in the constitu-
tion Of the United States. Memorial
exercises were held in respect to the
memor- of the late Representative s. S.
Cox. of New York. In the House the
Senate amendments to the House bill
for the admission Of the State OF Wyo.
ming were concurred in. The Missis-
sippi contested election cases were de.
cided in favor Of Messrs Catchings and
Hooker, Democrats. A bill was intro
duced to establish public schools in New
Mexico and the bill giving army nurses
q pension of $12 month was favorably
reported.
WEDNESDAY. July 9.-In the Senate
the sundry civil appropriation bill
1881, ,24l .6sO) was reported and the silve,
bill was further discussed. The pre-.
siding officer Senator Ingalls) an
nounced his signature to the bill fol
the admission of Wyoming as a State.
In the House a resolution was adopted
calling for information on the negotia.
tions between Great Britain and the
United States on the Behring sea ques
tion. A favorable report was made on
the bill appropriating $500 for pub
lie building at Wausau. Wis.
THURSDAY. July lO.-The conference
report on the silver bill was adopted
in the Senate by vote of SO to 26
In the House the journal was approved
after long discussion. by vote OF 10:
to 81. The conference reports on the
diplomatic and consular and the agri
cultural appropriations bills were
adopted and the land grant forfeiture
bill was further considered. A concur
rent resolution was introduced provid
ing that the President of tho Senate
and the Speaker of the House be author
lied to close the present session of the
Fifty-first Congress by adjourning their
respective houses the 3lst day of July
1890, at 2 D. m.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

Ar ten years Of age boy thinks his
father knows great deal; at fifteen he
knows as maeh as his father; at twenty
he knows twice as much; at thirty he is
willing to take his advice; ut forty he
begins to think his father knows some
thing after ali; at fifty he begins to
seek his advice, and ut sixty-after his
father is dead he thinks he was the
smartest man that ever lived.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

The Photographic Society of Geneva
has been testing the theory that the
long companionship Of man and wife
tends to make them look more and more
like each other. Photographs of seven.
ty-eight old couples, and Of an equal
number OF adult brothers and sisters,
showed that the married couples were
more like each other than the brothers
and sisters of the same blood.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE does not put
on the air-brakes in the matter of ex.
penditures on his new cottage at Lenox,
Mass. The cottage is being built en-
tirely Of marble. and already over
&5OO,OOO have been expended on the
property. A large marble building is
now being erected in which the electric
light plant will be housed. Eighty men
are kept constantly employed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
THE EAST.

At Jersey City, n. j., four election Of
ficers were on the 7th sentenced to
eighteen months each in the State prison
for conspiracy.
AT Plattsburgh. N. Y, on the Sth.
several lives were lost and an immense
amount of damage was done in short
time by wind-storm.
In New York on the sth over 5000
starving, locked-out cloak-makers pa.
raded the streets, and the spectacle Of
SO many pale, hungry. poorly-clad men
and boys was sight that would never
be forgotten.
A CYCLONE wrecked portion of the
village Of Winthrop Me-. on the Sth and
the wife of Chester H. Shaw was killed.
ON the Sth storm broke over Mead
Vile, Pa, and trees were blown down
in all directions and the roads were
blocked everywhere. The damage in
the country was great.
On the Sth the United States Book
Company, with capital of So. 500. 900,
was incorporated at Trenton. N. j.
AT New York on the Sth the ther-
mometer reached 100 the hottest for a
number OF years. Many persons were
prostrated.
Mrs. ELIZABETH WHITE died on the
9th at Newburyport, Mass, aged lOl
years and months.
A FIRE destroyed the little town of
Roseville, Pa, on the 9th.
NINE men were drowned during, q
terrific storm on the 9Th at Balls Bluff,
n. Y.
THE death of General Clinton B..
Fisk occurred at his residence in New
York at 1880 q. m. on the 9th in the
62d year of his age. He was for years
identified with the Prohibition party
and was it's nominee for President in
1883.
AT Mount Washington. n. j., the
mercury marked % degrees above zero
on the 9th, and ice formed in all ex-
posed places.
HENRY POWERS was nominated fol
Congress on the 9th by the Republicans
OF the First Vermont district.
AT railway crossing near Owego, N.
Y, a carriage was struck by train on
the 10th. and Mrs. Cleveland, widow oi
ex-Sherif Cleveland, Of Tioga County,
Mrs. James Shay and Mrs. Avery Whit.
marsh were killed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

QUEEN VICTORIA, having completed
the fifty-third year of her reign, has
now reigned longer than any English
monarch, excepting Henry Ill; George
III. 8 sixty years on the throne being
left unconsidered, as 1t was SO inter.
rupted with regencies.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOTES.

An application is soon to be made u
the State Of New Hampshire for the ad
mission Of q woman to the practice o,
law. New Hampshire is the only State
in New England where women are no,
allowed to practice, and the rule will
probably be broken now.
MRs. ORMIsTON CHANT, before Saline
for England. gave lecture OH .What 8
Woman Should Be-" in Jacob Sleeper
Hall, by invitation Of . number OF
prominent Boston ladies', and on Sun
day morning she preached to . great
congregation at the Church Of the Unity,
by request Of the pastor, Rev. NJ. J. Say.
age.
TME same men who are always insist
ing that women should keep to thei,
sphere now aver that lin ninety mine
cases out Of hundred woman touchee
speculation at her cost, and her best pol.
icy is to let it alone" Marriage includ.
ed. Of course; but her sphere will have
to be dubbed . semi-circle, as this leavee
no chance for the perfect round."-
Commonwealth.
WOMEN are beginning to appear On
the list of applicants for patents in Eng.
land. Among them were, Louiss
Lawrence, of London, for an inven.
tion Of Improvements in lotte,
and bill files;' Elizabeth Aspinwall, oi
Berkenhead. for an invention for ''pol.
ishing and cleaning laundry irons and
fatirons;" Florence King, OF West Ken.
sington Park, for an invention of feed
ing-spoons for infants and inyalids."-
Inventors Gazette.
In South Dakota school suffrage Il
conferred upon women, and full womas
suffrage will next year be submitted Il
the voters. Governor Mellette, An out
spoken suffragist, Is elected Governor.
and Major J. a. Pickler, the champion
Of woman suffrage in tho Legislature
three years ago, is U. s. Represents
tive. Many strong suffragists hav.
been returned to tho Legislature. Con
stitutional prohibition is adopted by )
decisive majority.
IT is said, ''W,man has her sphere
and she ought not to 60 beyond It," Ny
friend. who gave you the right to deter
mine what that sphere should be? i,
Nature prescribes it, Nature will carr,
out her own ordinances without your
legislation. should have very little
respect for any decree, enacted with
whatever solemnity, which prescribe.
that an object shall fall towards ths
earth and not from 1t; and have just a.
little respect for any statute OF mas
which enacts that woman shall continue
to love their children by shutting them
out from political action and prefer
ment lest they should neglect the dutie,
of the household. Hon. VIM Dudlsy
EoulkA.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup.
ply of wheat and corn on the 7th was,
respectively, 19.63s,475 and II, 46S. 46y
bushels.
THE Navy Department on the 10th
ordered two war vessels to proceed to
Central America to protect American
interests and subjects in the event oi
war between Salvador and Guatemala.
THE President on the afternoon of the
10th approved the act for the admission
of Wyoming as State of the Union.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

NEVER waste time telling people what
lot Of good things you have done. In
the frst place they won't believe you,
and in the second place they are waiting
for chance to tell you what lot OF
good things they have done themselves.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

GENERAL MIDDLETON. the command
er OF the Canadian militia who was
censurea by Parliament for question.
able transaction involving the transfer
of valuable furs belonging to citizen
Of Manitoba during the Riel rebellion,
has resigned his post.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

A TERRIBLE famine prevails in the
Soudan. Food is SO scarce that the na-
tives have revived their ancient prac-
tice Of cannibalism. They are not only
eating the bodies OF the dead but are
killing each other for food.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

AT Mount Hope, Ont, Joel Smith
hoisted the stars and stripes on the
Fourth over his house. Neighboring
farmers requested the flags removal,
and when refused, shot it into shreds
and divided the pieces among the crowd.
Smith fioated . second flag with similar
-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

JOHN H. LESTER, of the Henry County
tGa) poor-house, claims to be one hun
dred and twenty-three years of age;
also, that he was three times wounded
in the revolutionary war and fought
under jackson in 1872 OF course he
knew Washington, and was personally
acquainted with Lafayette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

The English crown is made up OF
diamonds, rubies, sapphires, pearls and
emeralds set In silver and gold bands
It weighs 80 ounces and pennyweights
troy. In 1t there are 8, 452 diamonds,
978 pearls, Q rubies, II sapphir.s and II
omeralds.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
kEEN-EYED vDOcOs.
Organization Of the Detective Force
the French CaDital.

Organization Of the Detective Force oR
the French capital.
Much interesting information respect
ing tho Paris detective police has re-
GENTLY been given by NJ. Valbel in his
book Of the Surete, which is in reality
. series Of biographies Of the principal
members of the force. The Police de
Surete m,St be distinguished from the
Surete Generale, which is r, ally the
Political Police Force" acting undcr
the orders OF the Minister Of the In
terror, and in most secret manner.
The Police de Surete, on the other
hand, is body the members Of which
look for their orders to the Prefect OF
Police, or Cabinet du Prefect, and per-
form their duties openly and without
any Of that impenetrable mystery which
envelope the proceedings OF the Minis
terial myrmidons. The Dogberry Of the
Surete could not, in fact, pursue his in
vestigations without making himself
known-generally speaking--although
when following up clew in criminal
case he does not disdain to adopt the
disguise which is supposed to be perma-
of blood and thunder fiction"
Tho ordinary ''plain-clothes" rejoices
in the high-sounding designation Of "In-
spector, and has as his respective chiefs
the Sub-Brigadier, the Brigadier, and
the Principal Inspector. This force was
first founded by the famous Vidocq in
1882, when it only comprised thirty-one
men, to whom were added fourteen ''0ut-
siders," who were called indtcateurs. In
lS4s the body was increased to 16n men.
being afterward reduced to sixty, until
it was at last brought up to its present
redoubtable number Of 800 inspectors =
who are directed by NJ. Goron.
lie has under him on the staff one
ief clerk, who acts as his principal
deputy or ''under-study;" four other
clerks or secretaries, five chief inspcc.
tors; ten brigadiers and twenty-sub'
brigadiers. Tho 800 detective-inspec.
tors are attached to sections. such a.
the Special Brigade of picked men, the
Department Of Information and War
rants, that of Requisition or Searches, >
the Pawn Office, the Streets and the
Disorderly Houses. There is also an,
other important section, that OF . Cen
ter or Pormanence, TO which belong
the detectives told of for various event
ualties.
During . period of ffty-seyen years
the Surete has had twelve chiefs, o.
whom the best known-not including
Vidocq-Was Claude, whose memoix.
obtained worldwide reputation. Not
withs anding sharp criticism, the
French Surete maintains high charao
tar Tor efficiency. london Telegraph.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

SPEAKING Of brief names, there Is a
family in France named B. one in Bel
GUM named o. river in Holland called
the Y and village in Sweden named A.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

A KANSAS doctor recently reported to
mis- medical society acase OF lead poison
ing, which be attributed to the patients
habit Of putting the end Of his lead PEN
ell in his mouth
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
His Career Closed.

OwENsHoRo, KY, July u. Thomas
B. McCreery, ex-United States Senator.
died Thursday night in the 74th year Of
his age. He suffered stroke of paraly-
sis in 1879. which was repeated on two
or three occasions, and for three years
past he had been perfectly helpless. His
death had been expected for several
lays He leaves large estate.
Mr.. McCreery was first elected United
States Senator in February, 1868, to fill
out the unexpired term OF James Guth-
rie. This term expired in 1871, and he
was subsequently elected for o full
term, from 1878 toLs79. At the close
Of his term hs retired from public Me.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

REV. Ma. STURGEON inherited large
sum of money recently from an admirer
In an English town, but distributed the
entire amount among the testator's poor
relations
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17
An Insane Mother Murders Two Of Her
Children and Cuts Her Own Throat.

Troy. N. Y, July 1a.--Mrs James
Williams. who resides about two miles
east of Fair Haven, Vt. murdered her
two children, q girl II years old and q
boy Of 8, set tire to the house and cut
her own throat The terrible tragedy
was enacted about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. One other child, boy of Is
years who was sleeping upstairs, es-
capped with his life. She was nndoubted-
~ insane. About two weeks ago her
husband was killed in his slate quarry
at Hydeville, by falling from consid-
erable height.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-17

A NEW electric brake, recentlv ex-
perimented with in England, stopped
car travelling at a rate OF thirty miles
IN hour in two hundred feet.