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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
TIE SMYSER SCANDAL.

An Eye -Witness' Account Of . Disgrace
ful Chapter In tho Raum Case.
Representative Smyser, Of Ohio, who.
several weeks ago, was appointed a
member Of the special committee to in
vestigate the management Of the PEN
sion Bureau under Commissioner Raum,
rose in his place and admitted that
while sitting in judgment upon the
Commissioner he was himself financial
ly interested in the chief scheme, by
the aid OF which, it has been alleged,
Raum has been able to swindle the
clerks in his employ and defraud the
Government Of services which should
have been devoted exclusively to official
duties.
The charge and the confession pro.
duced genuire sensation, but the
spectacle that followed was even more
remarkable. Smyser attempted = iusti-
fication amid the groans and Kisses of
his colleagues on both sides of the
chamber. and sat down without with
drawing from the committee. He would
doubtless still be member Of it but for
the action of Representative Morrill,, OF
Kansas, chairman Of the special COM
mittee and a political associate Of Mr..
Smyscr. Mr.. Morrill, rose in his seat
and pointedly suggested to the reluctant
Ohloan the propriety OF resigning. The
episode was decidedly edifying, and the
reflection upon Speaker Reed was SO
strong that he hastened to disavow any
knowledge OF Smyser's connection with
the Raum enterprises.
Representative Cooper, Of Indiana, to
whom credit is due for whatever light
the Republican majority Of the Raum
committee permits to be shed on the
recent management of the Pension
Office, sprang the mine that carried Mr..
Smyser of his feet. Rising to ques-
tion of personal privilege, he called at
tention to the fact that one of the
charges made in the resolution offered
by him for the investigation Of the Com
missioner of Pensions was that the
Commissioner was selling stock in a
refrigerator company to employees Of
the Pension Office. Il have in vain
attempted TO obtain tho names Of the
stockholders in the concern said he.
To-day have learned, and this know.
ledge is borne out by the testimony,
that one CT the members of the inves'
tigating committee-Representativc NJ.
l.. Smyser, of Ohio is one of the stock
holders. therefore offer resolution
discharging Mr.. Smyser from the com
mittee, and directing the Speaker te
appoint his successor
1t waa plain Mr.. Smyser would moi
take hint; his colleagues, therefore
prepared to administer the lesson. Rep
resentatiye Morrill,. of Kansas, chair
man OF the committee, tried to lot him
down easily, but only succeeded in ad
minis.ering a stinging rebuke. ut /.
due t. the Speaker and to the member.
of tho committee" said he. Ito say that
the first intimation they have had thai
one OF the members had stock in the
refrigerator company was when the
books wers produced. The conduct q
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

taking snooze and told me there was .
fakir in front about ready to begin his
performances. was as pleased as he
was Neither OF US had been able
previous to this time to sec one Of these
fellows, but we had arranged a little
plan which we were to put into opera
tion when opportunity offered. had
been impressed by theory that the OK
PLANTATION Of all their alleged supernat-
ural performances would be found in
hypnotism, but did not know just how
to get at it until Lessing proposed this
plan to test my theory: Whilc the
fakir was going through his perform
ances Lessing was to make rapid PEN
Gil sketch Of what he saw, while | at
the same moment would take snap
shot with my camera.
''Being prepared to put this plan into
operation we went out from our abode,
and there found the fakir and crowd
OF natives and one or two Europeans.
The fakir was a queer-looking chap.
Ills hair was long and matted and his
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

QUEEN VIcToEIA's family circle now
numbers Atty living descendants. in
cluding sons and daughters, grandsons
and granddaughters, great-grandsons
and great-granddaughters. Beside these
she has four sons-in-law, four daughters
in-law, five grandsons-in-law, and one
granddaughter-in-law. The Queen has
lost one son and one daughter, five
grandsons, one granddaughter, one
great-granGson and one son-in-law. II
these were living, her family circle
would number seyenty-four.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.

The Kansas Republicans have all
joined the Farmers Alliance in order
to oppose the Mckinley bill-Atlanta
Constitution.
There is no need of looking up
another headsman to succeed Clarkson.
He didn't leave any thing for another
headsman to do.-Buffalo Courier.
MIR. Farwell and IN old times
were Democrats. We went into the
anti-slavery movement together.
went into the army: he didn't. He made
money; didn't.--John NJ. Palmer.
The spoils system under Harrison
never gets q vacation. Although Har-
rison is at Crescent Springs, he goes on
making removals and appointments as
industriously as il at the White House.
Chicago Herald.
Hon. Clifton r. Breckenridge
could hardly have higher compliment
than to be turned out OF Congress con-
trolled by Reed, Quay and Dudley. It
will be accepted as evidence that he
does not conform to the blocks-of-five
standard.-St Louis Republic.
Mr.. Kennedy, the rampant roarer
from Ohio, declares that the g. o. D. has
never assisted in riveting the shackles
on a human being The &. Q. p. Is con-
tent with robbing poor people in order
that it may have campaign fund and
hold the offices.-Chicago Evening Post.
a great deal might be said in
favor Of Reeds gag rule ii it were some
times applied when 1t ought to be. 1t
is often used to cut Of the debate of
Democratic members on important pub
lie questions. but it is never used to
choke of such indecencies as that late
ly perpetrated by Cannon. Chicago
Herald.
Senator Paddock has told the
gentlemen engaged in passing the Nc
Kinley bill that the West believes that
tariff revision should mean tariff reduc-
tion, and there is not the slightest
doubt that the coming elections will
show that he is correct Nevertheless,
in the language Of late carpet bag
Senator from South Carolina, there may
be two years of good stealing In tho
Mckinley bill.-Providence Journal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

1T appears that there are people in
Italy who derive q dismal satisfaction
from being admitted to watch the pro-
cess OF cremation at a charge Of one dol.
lar head, and that it is the revenue
from this source that defrays the cost Of
Gre mating the poor folks of the place.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
BEAT AxTEILsS RECORD.

Mi'e Covered by Nelson, the Maine
stallion, at kankakee, ILL.,, In 2:1l 1-2.
Thus Defeating tho Rest Previous Time
by Ono- Half Second.
KANKAKEE, Ill.,. Sept 27.-Nelson,
the Maine stallion, on Friday lowered
the stallion trotting record for mile
by halt second. he making the dis
tance on the new kite-shaped track in
2:ll1s. The best previous record was
2:l2. held by Axtell and made on the
fast track at Terre Haute October II,
1889. Nelson moved in beautiful style
and made neither skip nor break Of
any kind
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
LATER
leass0d the House.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 27.-The
House took the conference report on
the tariff bill and discussed it at length.
Mr.. Mckinley having the closing argu-
ment. When he had finished the pre-
vious question was ordered-yeas Isl,
nays 70. The conference report was
then agreed to--yeas l52 tthe speaker
voting in the affirmative), naysSl. The
only deviation from strict party vote
was on the part Of Messrs. Coleman,
Featherston and Kelley,who voted with
the Democrats in the negative. Mr..
Mckinley then reported from the COM
mittee on ways and means resolution
providing for final adjournment on
Tuesday next, and it was adopted with
out division, and tn, house adjourned
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

NINE. CoUDERE is one hundred and
eleven years old. Others have reached
that astonishing age; but madame re-
members clearly the reign OF terror,
and can tell just how Napoleon and Jo-
sephine looked. She is such bright, re-
markable woman withal that the whole
town OF Bergerac, France, where she
lives, put on gala dress to do her
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

DIR. JUNkER. who learned In Central
Africa to relish fried ants and lived for
years on negro bill Of fare, expresses
decided views in his new book on the way
to get along In the Dark Continent. He
Eoes 50 far - to say that in his opinion
the white man who accustoms himself
to native food will keep in better health
than II he enjoyed the best of European
cookery.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
\ LOt; cutter found a hottie

A LOG cutter found bottle contain
ing $1,000 in gold dust near Sly Park,
El Dorado County, Cal. He was saving
. tree down when he struck something.
He could not imagine what the saw
could be striking in the middle OF a
tree three feet thick. After the tree
Was down and an examination made a
bottle containing $1,000 in gold dust
was found in the center of the tree. 1t
was probably put in there many years
ago by some old miner.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

! A CORK rope is the latest invention.
1t Is made Of small corks placed end to
end, and the whole covered with a braid
ing Of cotton twine; over this coarser
.braiding in heavy strands According
to the inventor rope one inch thick
will stand strain Of one thousand
,s~Ac
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02


from under his knee a ball OF gray
twine. Taking the loose end between
his teeth he, with quick upward mo-
tion. tossed the ball into the air. In
stead of coming back to him it kept on
going up and up until out OF sight and
there remained only the long, swaying
end. When we looked down after trying
to see where the ball had gone. We were
all astouiBhed to see standing beside
the fakir a boy about six years old. lilo
had not been there when the ball was
tossed into tho air, but he was there
now. and at . word from the fakir be
walked over to the twine and began
climbing it good deal after the
fashion of q monkey climbing grape
vine. As he was starting I got his
range and made picture Of him. Less
ing at the same time making sketch.
The boy disappeared when no had
reached a point thirty or forty feet
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

AT Cincinnati an agreement has been
reached for the consolidation Of the
Louisville and Cincinnati tobacco ware
houses. The title Is to be the Western
Tobacco Warehouse Company. and there
will be issued 81. 600, 600 in bonds, 81.
OO0, 900 Of preferred stock and $4,000 900
common stock.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

The new steel safe in the office OF the
Wellington Hotel at Chicago was un-
locked and opened recently by blind
folded man who had never so much as
seen the interior Of the hotel before. 1t
was a miracle OF m:nd-reading per-
formed by Paul Alexander Johnstone.
the young Minneapolis gentleman
whose feats for some time past b ave
been marvel unaccounted for by scien-
tiiic men. The feat accomplished was
considered more difficult than driving
through the streets blindfolded and find-
ing name in hotel register. Both
have now been successfully performed
BY Mr.. Johnstone in Chicago
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
uoivs % tsia, before srdsrias s,sswAsu>

sworn ! saw the shawl pushed three
feet into tho air. Again he stopped and
removed the shawl This time there
was a perfect tree, two feet or more in
height, with long, slender fat leaves.
Lessing nudged me, and took my pict-
ure while he made a skeleton sketch.
While we were watching this creation
OF the queer old man. 1t seemed 70
vanish before our eyes. When 1t was
gone he removed the bowl and spread
the shawl on the ground before him.
Then there was more music and more
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

FOURTEEN years ago John Clark, Of
Bridgeton, N. J., became i'll with epi-
lepsy and 1T the same time had para
lyttc stroke. Since then he has not
moved from his bed. Recently he had
another stroke Of paralysis and vitality
has returned. Clark can now walk
nearly as we'll as he ever did.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

A STORY is going the rounds that q
young lady in an Eastern sanitarium is
slave to the chocolate habit. and will
eat two pounds OF chocolate candy at q
sitting II she can get it. All the grocers
and confectioners for miles around have
been warned not to sell her any thing
containing the forbidden article. She
has eaten 80 much Of it that her skin;
has become the color of chocolate. Such
IL the assertion Of the veracious in
dividusa that started the story. 1t will
be followed shortly by the marvellous
and pathetic account of somebody who
has become a hopeless victim to the
mashed potato habit
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
ElEIY-EiRsT CONGRESS.

FlFTY-FiRST CONGRESS.
MONDAY. Sept. 22.-In the Senate
the time was occupied in discussing the
bill to define and regulate the juris-
diction OF the courts OF the United
States. In the House no business was
transacted. A resolution was intro
duced to fine any mem Der $500 who abb
sents himself on the second roll-call for
tho purpose Of breaking quorum. A
bill was reported to pay "a, 2l1.7l4 to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation of In.
dians for title in fee simple to 8, 1O1, ,633
acres OF land in the Indian Territory.
TUESDAY, Sept. %. A resolution
was introduced in the Senate for the
erection in the District of Columbia OF
. memorial building which shall be
suitable monument to the memory OF
o. s. Grant The bill to regulate the
jurisdiction OF the courts Of tho United
States was further considered. In the
House . quorum was secured and the
election contests OF Langston against
Venable, from Virginia, and Miller
against Elliott from South Carolina,
were disposed Of, in both cases the
sitting Democratic members being un-
seated.
WEDNEsDAY, Sept. 24.-In the SEN
ate bills were passed to recognize the
merits and services OF the officers and
men Of the Jeannette Arctic expedition,
and to define and regulate the jurisdic-
tion OF the courts of the United States.
In the House Mr.. Kennedy's speech as
sailing the Senate in general and Sem
ator Quay in particular was ordered ex-
plunged from the record by vote of 150
to 80. Bills were passed granting pen
sions Ct $4,000 . year each to Jessie
Benton Fremont and the widows Of
General Mcclellan and General Crook.
A resolution was adopted calling on the
President for information about the
killing OF General Rarrundia.
THURSDAY. Sept 25. - Bills were
passed in the Senate to establish a
port OF delivery at Peoria, ILL.,; extend
ing for one year time for payment on
land claims in cases Of crop failure; re-
quiring the United States to defend
homestead titles where the land Is
claimed to be mineral because of phos-
phate deposits and other minerals, and
for the relief OF the Stockbridge tribe
Of Indians in Wisconsin. In the House
bill was passed appropriating l,00O,-
600 for the purchase OF nickel ore or
matte for nickel steel armor. A bill
was introduced to locate branch mint
of the United States at Chicago for the
coinage Of gold and silver. A resolu-
tion was introduced to investigate
charges OF extortion brought against j.
L. Wheat. postmaster of the House.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

PEOPLE leaving the Park Theater at
New York the other night were horri-
ded at seeing Lineman Kopp meet his
death on an electric light pole. near the
theater entrance. They had just wit
messed roaring farce, and reached the
street In time to be spectators OF q
Rhastly tragedy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

An automatic Photographic machine
has been invented in England. The
patron, after placing penny in the slot,
takes his stand in front of the lens and
adjusts his position by small looking.
glass placed above it. He leans against
. post few feet in front Of the camera,
and In about Ave seconds the ringing Of
. bell announces the completion of his
sitting, while forty seconds subsequent
ly his photograph is delivered to him
by the machine, requiring only half q
minutes exposure to tho sun or ligh ted
match to dry or finish it. An additional
halt-penny placed in the slot produces .
frame for the photo.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

a MANUFACTURER of one Of the stand
ard tyPewriters Of the market says that
there are seventy-five thousand women
and twenty-five thousand men making
living In this country by drumming
the keys Of writing machines.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
THERE MAS No Roy.

from the ground. at least we could not
see him
II had no facilities for developing the
camera films. and it was these l.essing
took with him, as we'll as thousand or
more other negatives, to be developed.
The fakir pictures, with few others. !
received this afternoon. After tho fa-
kris departure Lessing filled in his
sketches. and these he left with me.
You'll see BY comparing the ones Less
ing made with the photographs that in
no instance did the camera record the
marvellous features OF the performance.
For instance, Lessing's sketch shows
the tree grown from tho bush. while
the camera shows there was no bush
there. Lessing saw baby and so did |.
and he has got it in his sketch, but tho
camera demonstrates that there was no
baby. Lessing's sketch OF the boy
climbing the twine is evidence that he
saw it. but the camera says there was
no boy and no twine. From which I'm
compelled to believe that my theory is
absolutely correct-that Mr.. Fakir had
simply hypnotized the entire crowd. but
couldn't hypnotize the camera"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
THE EAST

u06 6ASJ
CONGRESSIONAL nominations on the
ED were as follows: Pennsylvania,
Seventeenth district, s. p. Wolverton
(Dem.). Connections, Second district,
&. NJ. Whitmore lRep.). New Jersey,
Third district, John Kean, Jr. (Rep.);
Sixth, Thomas q. English (Dem.).
AT Buffalo, N. Y. Frank Miller, q
widower and the father Of five children,
while drunk fatally shot Mrs. Marie
Kurtz, his housekeeper, and then sent
bullet into his own brain.
In New York large sum of money
has been raised for the relief OF Mrs.
John C. Fremont, said to be in impov-
erished circumstances in San Francisco.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made on the 23d as follows: Penn
sylvania, Twenty-fifth district T. w.
Phillips (Rep.); Twenty-seventh, G.
w. Stone (Rep). Connecticut, First
district, William E. Simonds (Rep.) re-
nominated; Second, G. NJ. Whittemore
(Pro.). Massachusetts,, Third district,
Edward L Pierce (Rep.); Fifth, James
A. Fox (Rep).
The United Labor party has nomi-
mated Theodore p Rynder for Governor
of Pennsylvania
NOMINATIONS for Congress were made
as follows ON the gath: New York,
Twenty-ninth district, l. N. Page
(Dem.); Thirty-third, George A. Davis
lRep). Connecticut Fourth district,
Robert De Forest (Dem.); L. d. Bald
win pro-. Massachusetts,, First dis
trict Charles s. Randall (Rep.j;
Tenth. Joseph II. Walker (Rep. j;
Twelfth, Francis w. Rockwell rep }.
New Jersey, Seventh district, Edward
+. Mcdonald (Dem.).
THE State Prohibition Committee of
Pennsylvania has nominated John D.
Gill for Governor to take the place Of
Charles Miller, who declined.
OVER 500 women cast their ballots
at school election in Binghamton,
N. Y.
NOMINATIONS for Congress- on the 25th
were: Massachusetts, Fifth district
Sherman Hoar (Dem.); Eighth, Moses
H. Stevens (Dem.). Pennsylvania,
Thirty-eighth district. c. f. Krebbs
(Dem.). Virginia. Fourth district,
James F. Eppes (Dcm.l.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

IHE largest fruit farm in West Vir.
ginia Is the Becker farm near Harper's
Ferry. 1t contains 5000 apricot trees,
$1,000 peach trees. 5000 plum trees,
5000 miscellaneous fruit trees and 35,-
600 grape vines.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
The Fat In the Fire.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2s.-Fowler Bros
packing house at the stock yards was
damaged by fire this morning to the
amount Of $500, 200. The fire originated
at 1-3O o'clock in the morning in the
packing room, or the engine room ad-
Joining, and no cause is assigned for
the fire. The firemen worked against
obstacles from the first. Water had lit
tie effect on the grease-soked floors,
and the fire soon reached the tank room,
where thirty-two tanks Of lard were To-
Gated. These exploded one after an
other with loud reports, and the boiling
lard fed the flames more fiercely.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
Fifty Lives Lost in the Floods.

PARIS, Sept. Eft is believed that
ffty lives were lost in the floods in tho
south Of France. The driver and pas
sengers OF an omnibus going to Mayres
are missing. 1t is feared that the con-
vega nee was swept away by the flood
and that all perished.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

a coLoRED man living in Worth
County, Georgia, is the owner OF little
red steer that recently trotted twenty
two miles in four hours hitched to Z
cart
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

BosToN is to haye q Chinese theater.
II will be managed by Cinnamon and
devoted exclusively to the production
Of Chinese plays. There is only one
way for San Francisco to get even. Let
the California metropolis 60 in for beans
and theosophy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
Msrcier,s Prizes to Large Families,

QUEBEC. Can, Sept a7.-Mercier's
act providing that every family Of
twelve or more children shall be en-
titled to 100 acres of Government land
Is being largely taken advantage Of.
So far 100, 600 acres have been claimed
by families of twelve or more children.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

OFFIciAL figures published at Ottawa
snow that while Canada in 1883 im5
ported 2,134.764 tons Of hard coal. the
imports during 1889 fell to 1,276, ,OS5
tons
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
A Mean Reply,

Husband-No, don't mako mo mad.
When get angry am a wild beast.
Wife - Humph! You have never
stopped being angry.-Texas Siftings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

Robinson bismarck has got tho
rheumatism again.
Brown-IIe has, eh? Perhaps ho will
not kick SO much hereafter.-Texas
EiftinrS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
A MACHINE for making shoestrings
out OF paper Is recent Philadelphia
invention.

PROF. I. c. MENDESHALI, the new
CHIEF OF the coast survey, Is gping 70 at
tempt to locate afresh the magnetic
pole Of the Northern Hemisphere
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
I'm the EditOrss Desk.

"Dry up!" said the blotter to tho ink.
II want TO make an impression on
you flrst." replied the ink.-Munsey's
Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02
A Chance at Last.

Waiter (excitedly)-Ou restaurant Is
on fire!
Customer-Come, then, hurry up, and
perhaps at last we may be able to got
something hot.--The Jury