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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

TWENTY years ago diamonds were at
three times their present value. The
discovery of the South African mines
brought down the price, but amalgama-
tion in the last twelve months has put
it up above 100 per cent The rough es-
innate is that during the last few years
the output of diamonds has been 4,O0o.-
600 carats per annum, and that these,
cut into 1900. 900 carats, have sold for
$4,000. 600. 1t costs 10 shillings per car
1t to cut diamonds. The South African
mines being now amalgamated, the out
put is reduced to one-half, i. e., 2,Oo0,-
900 carats, but the merchants estimate
that this will still produce "a, ,0O0, o0a.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
ROASTED ALIVE.

A Railway Collision Near Cincinnati In
Which the Debris Takes Fire from IN
Overturned Car-Stove. and Five Pas
sengers Are Burned to Death-Several
Seriously Wounded.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1s.-A disastrous
railroad wreck occurred at few min
utes past o'clock Thursday night
within the limits of the city. The
local accommodation on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton 4 Dayton railroad left Winton
place at I o'clock for this city. It was
behind time about forty minutes.
After leaving Winton place the
railroad cuts through Spring Grove Gem
etery. The track here is on sharp
curve, and the end Of the accommoda-
ton train had not yet disappeared
around the curve when the express was
heard approaching, and in Ia minute moro
1t rushed past at high rate Of speed.
A mile further on, and directly over
the tunnel that burrows beneath the
tracks connecting the two parts of the
cemetery, it crashed into the rear end
of the local train. With such tremen-
dous power did the engine strike the
rear car that 1t plowed right under 1t
for half . cars length, elevating the rear
portion Of the car right into the engine.
Engineer Coadly reversed his lever and
jumped, but the speed OF the train was
SO great that it ran fully quarter Of a
mile before stopping. The stoves and
lamps in the local train were smashed
by the force Of the collision and set fire
to the coaches. In less than five min.
utes they were wrapped in flames. There
were about fifty passengers on board. and
nearly all got out safely. Five per.
sons, however, were caught and pinned
among the breaking timber and were
slowly roasted to death. The passen-
gers on the express and residents of the
vicinity, together with the Cincinnati
fire and police departments, who were
quickly on the scene, could do nothing
for them. In quarter Of an hour it
was all over. The killed are:
John Wilson, OF winton place, thirty sec
ond degree Mason and superintendent OF the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Of this
city; Louis f. Kellar, OF Winton place, a hard.
ware merchant Of this city; Conductor F. w.
Witherbee, OF Toledo, who was In charge Of the
local train; James Staley, baggagcmaster Of
Dayton; William Plannetts Of Carthage, O., q
plumber
The latter two died after removal tc
the city hospital. Tho legs and arms Of
both were partly burned of. All were
bound by the broken timbers, and met
slow and agonizing death by fire.
Their bodies were all recovered but
were hardly recognizable. Engineer
Coadly and Fireman Barker, Of the col.
liding engine, were both badly hurt by
jumping.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

The new vessels launched in Great
britain last year aggregated about L.
e70. 600 tons, against 9O4, 900 tons in 1888,
end it is estimated that the unfinished
york now on the stocks makes it certain
that fully another 1000, OGO tons will be
added during the current year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
At LIBERTY.
Governor Larrabce PardOns Chester Tuf
ney-End Of Celebrated Case.

Governor Larrabce PardOns Chester Tuf.
ney-End OF . Celebrated Case.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Jan. 1.-THE end Of
the Chester Turney case has come. Gov
ernor Larrabee pardoned him Monday
and he was released from prison Tues
day, though the fact was not made pub
lie till Wednesday.
ITurney was sent to Anamosa prison Decem.
Der 10. 1885, for seventeen and half years on .
charge OF burglary and arson on twelve indict.
ments The young mans mother claimed that
he had been convicted without . fair trial and
. great effort was made to secure Q new trial.
The Governor did not act 80 promptly
In the case ~ tho friends OF young
Turney desired. He was bitterly ss.
sailed in the press. In defense OF his action
he printed circular giving copies Of some Of
the remonstrances filed In his once. One Of
these contained reflections on Mrs. Turncy Z
character. Her friends had tho Governor In.
dicted and tried for libel He was acquitted
after q sensational trial.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
The actual amount of malt LIQUOR

The actual amount OF malt liquors con-
sumed in 1883 was 767, 5s7 ,056 gallons.
This includes not quite 5000, 600 gallons
Of imported beer and ale. The manu-
facturers' price to the retailer is rather
above than below 90 cents per gallon.
At 90 cents the cost to the dealers would
be sl53,5l7,4ll. The retailers get an
average Of 80 cents per gallon, which
makes the cost to the consumers $780,
622, 333, which the American people
spend annually for malt liquor, princi-
pally beer. The cost OF wine to the con-
sumer is S72, $40, 1876, and distilled spirits
3s79. a26, $50. This gives total of S9l2,.
80, 1a0 spent annually for liquor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THERE were 1856, 6l7 stamps, valued
at s2s, 800, 129. 1s, in the vaults OF the in.
ternal revenue Office on tho 14th.
On the 14th the Smith Middlings
Purifier Company. organized about three
weeks ago at Jackson, Mich, failed for
S4S4, 900.
THROUGHOUT the Northwest severe
weather prevailed on the 18th and in
portions Of Minnesota the snow-drifts
were twenty feet high.
The Legislature OF West Virginia
convened at Charleston on the 18th.
FLAMES on the 10Th wiped out the
business district Of Flora, Miss, but one
small store being left intact
In the Joliet penitentiary the Cronin
murderers were set at work on the 18th,
Burke being assigned to the cooper
shop, Coughlin to the stone-cutting de-
partment and O'Sullivan to the shoe
shop.
On the 18th colored men representing
nearly every State and Territory in the
Union met in Chicago for the purpose
Of organizing an Afro-American league
for the advancement and protection Of
the race.
IN the Iowa House Of Representatives
the deadlock remained unchanged on
the 18th, the vote still standing SO to SO
on third ballot for temporary secretary.
ON the 18th the first bill passed by
the Legislature of South Dakota-to
provide for refunding the indebtedness
Of the State-was signed by the Gov
ernor, both Houses adjourning for Ave
minutes to celebrate the event.
THOMAS LENNox's stations, Adiuster
and Eugene, valued at s.. 900 each, were
destroyed in their stables ut Newark,
O., on the 18th by an incendiary fire.
AT Carmi, ILL.,, three hundred persons
were on the 18th compelled to leave
their homes by sudden rise in the Lit
tie Wabash river.
A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt
generally throughout Columbia, s. c.,
on the 18th.
A JOINT Republican caucus was held
at Des Moines on the 10th to nominate
. candidate for United States Senator,
and Senator Allison received every Re-
publican vote in the House and Senate
-seventy-eight in all.
w. A. PLEpaER, Of Georgia, was
elected president at the meeting of the
Afro-American League in Chicago on
the 10th.
THE wife OF James Mcneil. Jr.. liv-
ing near Cannon Lake, Minn., while in
sane on the 10th from continued illness
shot three OF her children fatally, COM
pelled fourth to drink carbolic acid and
then drank some OF the drug herself All
would die.
AT Fort Smith, Ark, six Indian mur-
derers were hanged on the 18th.
On the 10th the West Virginia Legis.
lature met and went into joint session to
hear the report from the committee on
the Gubernatorial contest. The majority
report gave Fleming (Dem.) 2s7 majority
for Governor, and the minority report
gave Goff (Rep.) 1877 majority.
| AT San Francisco Lucius d. Stone,
dealer in saddlery, failed on the 10th Tor
| $cO3. OOO
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

RUSSIAN officials have decided that
the telephone is dangerous to the
State" In Warsaw orders have been
given that telephones be removed from
all restaurants, coffee-houses and liquor
saloons. Similar orders have been is
sued in all other large Polish towns
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup
ply Of wheat and corn on the 14th was
respectively Ss,17s,12 and 10, $50, ,695
bushels.
THE death Of Walker Blaine, aged
thirty-ive years, eldest son Of James G.
Blaine, occurred in the family residence
at Washington on the 18th from pneu-
monia, superinduced by an attack OF
Ia grippe. Deceased was examiner OF
claims in the State Department.
THE House special committee to in
vestigate the Ohio ballot-box forgery
commenced hearing evidence at Wash.
in1ton on tho 10th.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

EDITOR WILLIAM o BRIEN, during his
incarceration in various Irish prisons,
has written semi-political novel
which will shortly be published. It is
expected to throw considerable light on
the Irish question and to create strong
impression among English readers
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.

FlFTY-FiRST CONGRESS.
MONDAY, Jan. 13. In the Senate
Senator Mitchell introduced bill to
prohibit the coming Of Chinese into
the United States whether subjects Of
the Chinese empire or otherwise. Bills
were reported for public buildings in
St. Paul, Minn., $500, 900; Sioux City,
Ia, $500, 600, and Cedar Rapids, Ia,
$500, 900. In the House bills were in
troduced for the admission of Wy
oming and Idaho into the Union; for an
Indian industrial school in Michigan; to
transfer the Pension Bureau to the War
Department.; declaring that no Mormon
shall be eligible to vote at any election,
or hold civil Office in the Territories of
the United States, or be naturalized as
citizen of the United States or settle
upon any public lands; providing that
the public lands shall be sold only to
citizens Of the United States.
TUESDAY, Jan. Il. Mr.. Sherman's
anti-trust-bill vas reported favorably
in the Senate, as was also the de-
pendent pension bill. The Florida
swamp-land frauds were discussed by
Senators Call and Plumb in an acrimon-
ious manner. In the House the day was
spent in discussing the bill to refund to
members the amount stolen from them
by Silcott, the Seageant-at-Arms, but
no action was taken.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. IA resolution
was offered in the Senate to investi-
gate the laws OF the United States
and of the States relative to immigra-
ton; also concurrent resolution pro.
viding for the settlement Of disputes be.
tween nations by arbitration. The
resolution to recognize the republic OF
Brazil was read and discussed. In the
House the bill appropriating $780, to
cover the losses sustained by members
by Silcott's defalcation was defeated by
vote Of 142 to 1876.
THURSDAY, Jan. 16.-In the Senate
bills were reported for public build.
ing at Milwaukee, to cost s., ,0OO, ,OOO
and to establish a customs collection
district. to consist of the States oi
North and South Dakota. Mr.. Butler
spoke on his bill to provide for the emf
grafton OF the negroes of the South a,
Government expense and Mr.. Hoar re-
sponded. Adjourned to the 10th. In
the House, after long debate, it was
decided to leave the Worlds Fair ques
tion in the hands Of the committee Or
foreign affairs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

EVIDENTLY grass grew not under the
feet nor moss upon the tongues Of the
iife-insurance gentlemen last year. A
total Of about $3.50, 900, 600 standard new
insurance written during 1889 is to be
credited to the efforts of these tireless
WyorkorS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

s. l.. LOOMS. who in 1880 predicted
the result Of the census within Is, 900 of
the actual figures, is out with the pre-
diction that the population of the United
States in 1890 will reach 67,250, ,OOa, an
increase during the past decade Of more
than thirty per cent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THE contest for an eight-hour day
seems to have engaged all the working
men of the world. Not only In this
country but on the continent and in
Great Britain the fight for shorter hours
Is one Of the most prominent subjects Of
discussion. In London it is the question
of the day. In Scotland and Northum-
berland the miners have succeeded in
securing the day of eight hours.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

A REGULARITY about the blind is that
there is seldom one Of them who smokes.
Soldiers and sailors accustomed to smok-
ing, and who have lost their sight in
action, continue to smoke for short
while, but soon give up the habit. They
say that it gives them no pleasure when
they can not see the smoke, and some
have said that they can not taste the
smoke unless they see it.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
Disaster Near JOhnstOwn.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, Jan. Is. - The
limited express, West-bound, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, struck and
killed Edward Gallager, aged II;
Michael Gallagher, his brother, aged Is,
and Mrs. Kate Stockhouso, q married
sister, aged 25, at Morrellville, near
here, Thursday night.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
Act OF = Disappointed Lover.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 16. - At
Chilliwhack George Rutherford shot
and killed Edward Hall and John Sogers
and then killed himself. He was in q
despondent state of mind owing to dis
appointment in love affairs, and accused
Hall and Segers Of attempting to put
poison In his food.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 16.-The first bill
passed by the Legislature Of South Da-
kota reached the Governor at exactly
2:sO o'clock p. m. Wednesday. The
bill is Senate bill No. 4, pro-
viding for the refunding OF tho
outstanding Indebtedness of the State Of
South Dakota. Both houses adjourned
for five minutes to celebrate the event.
After loud cheering prayer was called
for, and the Assemblymen bowed their
heads while fervent prayer was said
by the chaplain asking that this first
act Of the new Commonwealth be blessed
by the Omnipotent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THE Norwegians are said to be the
longest lived people in the world.
Official statistics show that the average
duration of life in Norway is 1888 for
the men, 5l.30 for the women and 40. n
for both sexes. The duration of life has
increased of late years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

A TELEGRAPH message costing S237 !
word was recently sent from Portland to
Hong Kong and an answer received in
twelve hours. 1t was first sent to New
York, thence to London, across the con-
tinent to Yokohama.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THE oldest officer in the United States
navy Is Commodore Henry Bruce. now
on the retired list and living in Boston
He was born on February 12. 1889. and
was appointed midshipman in the navy
from Massachusetts on November 9, 1918.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
One store Loft.

NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 16.-The business
portion of Flora, Miss. with the excep-
tion of one small store, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday night. Flora is on the line
of the Yazoo City & Mississippi Valley
railroad, q branch of the Illinois Central
running from Yazoo City to jackson,
Miss. The town is the most important
point on the branch, having about 1000
Inhabitants,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THE total Indian population is less
than $50, ZOO. OF these 2i,232 live in
houses and 9,612 families are engaged In
Agriculture. And among these so-called
6avages there are 2s,663 church men,
hArs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
The Oldest Member Dead.

LONDON, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Christopher
Rice Mansel Talbot, in point Of service
the Oldest member Of England's Parlia-
ment, is dead. He was . Liberal and
served continuously for sixty years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THE unwelcome news comes from
Northern Maine that the spruce gum
supply Is giving out, and that in re-
gions usually prolific it can not now be
bought at any price.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
THE EAST.

In the Massachusetts, Senate an order
was adopted on the 18th requiring cities
and towns to place the United States
flag on every school-house.
In Western New York hurricane on
the 18th did great damage at Rochester,
Lockport, Oswego and Utica.
THE four little children of Carl Rog-
alinski, of Erie, Pa, were burned to
death on the 14th during the absence Of
their parents.
THE Legislature Of New Jersey which
convened on the 14th at Trenton raised
Governor Abbett's salary from $1,000 TO
$4,000 year.
Mrs. MARY ELIZABETH Mort cele-
brated her one hundredth birthday on
the 18th in the old homestead at New
Hackensack, N. Y.
AT the Henry Clay shaft at Shamokin,
Pa, the largest mine Of the Reading
Coal & Iron Company, employing eight
cen hundred men, work was suspended
indefinitely on the 18th.
HENRY r. PIERsoN & Sons bank at
Albany, N. ", failed on the 18th for
S15O,OOO.
FLAMES destroyed the first Universal
ist church in America, erected in 17SO,
on the 10th. It was located on the old
Pierce farm at Gloucester, Mass, and
had for years been used as barn.
In Philadelphia on the 10th the Johns
town Pa food-relief commission made
arrangements to take care Of the 32a
children orphaned by the disaster. The
secretary's report showed that there
were estimated to have been drowned
in the Conemaugh valley 1850 persons
number of bodies recovered, 1875
identified, 1,O31; unidentified, 65a; miss
ing. COS. The total amount of money
received from all parts Of the country
was 81, 9O2, orr. IS; total expenditures, S3,'
$50, 3,747.1l.
On the 10th Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott
was installed as the pastor of Plymouth
Church at Brooklyn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
OVER AN EMsANkMENT.
A Dozen People Badly Injured ON q
Union Pacific ROad In Utah.

Union Pacific Road In Utah.
SALT LAKE CRY, u. T., Jan. 1S.-An
accident occurred on the Wyoming di-
vision of the Union Pacific at 9:3O q. m.
Wednesday which might have resulted
in terrible loss OF life had the train been
running at full speed. Train No. l,
drawn by engines soe and 500, Conductor
Mcintosh, had Stacked up approaching
the east switch Of Hampton, sixty miles
east Of Evanston, and was running at
fifteen or twenty miles IN hour when
the switch spread and the express and
baggage cars and the arst-class coach
following rode over the switch and down
the embankment where they turned
over and were almost demolished. Near
~ every one on the wrecked cars Was
injured. The wounded number twelve.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
Famine In the Soudnn.

CAIRO, Jan. 1S.--Authentic news has
been received Of terrible mortality
among the natives in the Soudan due to
famine resulting from lack Of rain dur
ing the autumn. The fighting forces
hare dispersed. os2aa D!gna has LEI.
Omdurman for Tokar. Slatin Bey
writes that the reports Of the death o.
the Khalita are untrue.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
Dont,s for Female sho ppers.

Don't carry pocket-book in your
hand.
Don't carry pocket-book in q very
loose pocket which hangs ava, from the
person.
Don't lay your handbag, containing
your pocket-book. ON the counter Of
store while you walk across the room to
examine goods.
Don't wear watch in pocket on out
side Of dress.
Don't wear chatelaine watches
Don't judge strangers by their dress.
Don't stand long in the same spot In
crowd Boston Trsnscrio'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
BUFFALO BILL recently climbed
Mount Vesuvius. He was pleased with
the crater.

EDWARD ATKINSON declares that the
annual production of eggs in this coun-
try equals in money value the country's
annual total production OF iron.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

RABBI STERN, of Washington, in .
late lecture referred to the faith of the
Indian ~ being nearly identical with
that of the Israelite, and said that In
treatment the same fate had overtakeR
them In being driven from their possess
sions.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

CLOSE personal friend Of John D.
Rockefeller estimates his wealth at
tI29, 00O, 900, and predicts that in ten
years he will be the richest man on earth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
Part Of > Town Under water.

CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. 16.-Reports received
here state that the eastern portion Of
the village OF Carmi is ten feet under
water, driving out twenty-five families
who are being cared for by the citizens.
The waters are higher than ever known.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23
A a2,OOO.OOO l>.llnre

LONDON, Jan l6.-Artalo Brothers.
foreign bankers, with houses In London,
Paris and Madrid, have been declared
bankrupts. Their liabilities are e4oo, ,QQ0.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

THE Mexican Government has lately
ordered 100000 grape cuttings from
California, and will distribute them free
TO all who wish to plant them in
MeYic0
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

The Beers in South Africa have ex-
tended the right Of suffrage to boys six
teen years old. It Is done In order to
retain political ascendancy in the South
African republic.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-23

IT is proposed by the Jews residing in
Rome, who are numerous, and in many
cases extremely wealthy, to erect .
synagogue to cost upward OF 50, 600. 900.