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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
EARTHQUAKE PROOF.
A Remarkable Church ut Manila, Phillip.
pine IalAnda.

A Remarkable Church ut Manila, Philip
Pine IslaDds.
The United States Consul at Manila,
Philippine Islands, reports a remarka-
BILE piece of architecture now being con-
structed at San Sebastian, Manila Il
is an edifice entirely of iron. wrought
and cast, and securely bolted together,
and is to be an earthquake proof church.
1t is the idea Of Senior Don Genero Pala-
clos y Guerra, chief engineer OF the
public works of Manila, and planner Of
that city's excellent system Of water
works. who has conceived building not
to be shaken apart by the dread ''terrc-
snoto," as so many of the churches and
cathedrals of stone and wood have been.
The design is original, with two tall
steeples at the front end and shorter
spires over each abutment 1t will be
church Is one hundred and sixty-two
feet long, by seventy feet wide, the
height to the top of the arches is fifty
two feet, and it is thirty-four feet to the
spring of the arches; the nave is q span
OF thirty-two feet, and there are two
side aisles. The entire framework is
of wrought iron bolted together in the
6rmest manner possible, the futed
columns and buttresses being hollow.
The walls are Of double plate-iron with
space OF thirty inches between the
plates. The decorative wvrk. which IL
quite elaborate, Is, OF cast iron. About
sixteen hundred tons is the total weight
Of iron in the building. about one-quar-
ter Of tho weight of material in the
EifIsi tower, ,-Demorest's Monthly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
WEST AND SOUTH.

The growing orange crop In Florida
was estimated on the 18th at 2,O0O,OO0
boxes, or about the same as last year.
THE original package saloons in
Mason City, Ia, were closed on the 18th
ON an order issued by the mayor. The
liquor men would combine and carry .
test case to the higher courts.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made on the 12th as follows: Kansas,
Fourth district, John q. Otis (Farme-s'
Alliance); Iowa, Eighth district, A. R.
Anderson dem. and Farmers Alliance).
N. LUNINe, who has been q con-
spicuous figure in business circles in
San Francisco since 1S49, died on the
l2th. He leaves fortune estimated at
$50, ,O0O. 900.
FoUR men were killed and q number
injured by the explosion of 1000 pounds
of molten metal at the Illinois Steel
Company's works at Joliet, ILL.,, on the
12th.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR NOBLE
on the 18th received o telegram from
Governor Prince, of New Mexico, ask
ing for troops to suppress white-cap out
RACES.
L. L. HUcKILI. an express messenger,
was killed and several others seriously
injured in o collision on the Louisville
& Nashville railroad west of Lexington,
KY, on the 18th.
IT was discovered on the 18th that
Hume Clay, a member OF the Clay family
OF Kentucky, had forged the name OF
his grandfather at Winchester, KY, to
notes aggregating about 100000 and
fed the country.
A CoLoRED man named Sloan residing
on Lake plantation, Mississippi, called
his wife to the door of their cabin on
the 18th and shot her through the heart.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
M'klNLEN AND GARFIELD

The One Wants Protection to Check Su1e
piles From Abroad and the Other Was For
. Protection that Would Lead to Ulti-
mate Free Trade.
Major Mckinley boldly takes the po-
sition in the report accompanying his
Tariff bill that the way to reduce the
revenues Is to increase duties, and thus
exclude or dimish imports Of foreign
goods. The policy Of the bill is to give
the American manufacturer such an
advantage over his foreign competitor
as to force the latter to withdraw from
the contest
That is what Mckinley means when
he says in this report: 1--WE seek by the
increased duties recommended not only
to maintain but to enlarge our own
manufacturing plants and check those
supplies from abroad which can be
profitably produced at home."
He spoke In the same line in his
speech on the Tariff bill: There is not
q member of the Committee on Ways
and Means, there is not . member of
the minority of that committee. there
Is not member of the House on either
side, who does not know that the very
instant that you have increased the du-
ties TO fair protective point, putting
them above the highest revenue point,
that very instant you diminish importa-
tlons and to that extent diminish the
revenue"
In contrast with Mckinley's crazy
high tariff scheme it is highly interest
ing to note the attitude of the late Pres
ident Garfield as showing how the pro-
lection party has advanced from its
former position toward the point OF ab-
solute exclusion Of foreign goods.
In his speech on July 10, 1865, Gar
field said: Il hold, therefore, that
properly adjusted competition between
home and foreign products is the best
guage by which to regulate International
trade. Duties should be SO high that
our manufacturers can fairly compete
with the foreign product but not so
high as to enable them to drive out the
foreign article, enjoy the monopoly Of
the trade. and regulate the pr.ce as they
please To this extent am . protec-
zionist Ii our Government pnrsues
this line OF policy steadily we shall
year by year approach more nearly to .
basis OF free trade, because we shall be
more nearly able to compete with other
nations on equal terms am for . pro-
lection which leads to ultimate free
trade"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
LYNCHED.
Brutal Nebraska Murderer Taken from
jail At Blair and Hanged.

Brutal Nebraska Murderer Taken from
Jail 1t Blair and Hanged.
BLAIR, Neb., Aug. 16.-N. R Towne.
an old resident OF Washington County
living southwest Of Kennard, was shot
and instantly killed and his daughter
daughter Hattie probably fatally
wounded by Charles Pratt at an early
hour Friday morning. Pratt had
formerly been employed on Mr..
Towne's farm, but was discharged for
making love to Hattie. Friday morn
ing about sunrise he called and was
talking to the girl when her father ap-
preached, when Pratt drew re-
volyer and shot him through the
heart The girl started to run
and Pratt shot her in the back,
producing probably fatal wound.
Pratt fled, tut was overtaken and
lodged in Jail. Shortly before mid
night . mob Of between 800 and 400
men went to Washington County Jail,
overpowered Sheriff Frank Hartman
and his fifteen deputies, and taking
Pratt, the murderer from his cell,
hanged him to tree about mile from
town.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
BLEW UP A TOWN.

Careless Contractors Cause tho AlmOat
Total Demolition of Rcd Ciin, Col.
RED CLIFF, Col, Aug. 16.-Contractors
for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad,
finding that they could not finish
piece of road according to contract put
in q heavy blast containing over one
ton Of powder. After notifying all the
people to leave town and seek
safety farther up the mountain they
touched off the blast. After the smoke
cleared away it was found that the
village had been almost demolished,
nothing being left but Ave houses, while
thirty others were badly wrecked and
rendered inhabitable. The houses will
be rebuilt at the expense Of the con-
tractors. In the meantime thirty-dve
families will be compelled to 1.-Two in
tents.
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THE EAST

Tng parade at the National reunion
Of the o'rand Army Of the Republic took
place III Boston on the 18th. and was re-
vic ~ea oy President Harrison anu other
distinguished persons. The parade was
Owe i've hours in passing given point.
The first annual report OF the New
Hampshire Commissioner OF Agricult-
ure issued on the 18th showed that of
1,349 abandoned farms in the State .
year ago 3Ol were now occupied.
GENERAL WHEELocK v. vEAzEY was
elected Conmander-in-Chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Boston
on the 18th, and Detroit was selected rs
the place for holding the next annual
encampment.
The remains of the late John Boyle
O'Reilly were laid to rest in Mount Cal
vary Cemetery, near Boston, on the
18th. The funeral csvalcade was said
to be one of the largest ever seen in
Boston.
J. A. SARGENT, aged Is years, and his
grandson, aged years, Of Erving, Mass,
while crossing the railroad tracks on the
18th were struck by train and instant
iy killed.
The steamer Teutonic, which reached
New York from Liverpool on the 18th,
made the run in Ave days nineteen
hours and five minutes, the fastest time
on record.
CENSUS figures of Vermont, complied
on tho 18th, credit that State with q
population Of $4,000, falling of of
286 since the census of 1880
Two UNKNOWN men were swept over
Niagara Falls on the 14th. One was
clinging to boat; the other leaped
into the rapids before the boat reached
the falls and tried to swim ashore, but
failed.
BY an explosion in the soap factory
of tho Kendall Manufacturing Com
pany at Providence, R. l., on the l4th
ten employees were badly burned, two
fatally.
1T was reported on the 14th that q
plan was on foot to establish in New
York City National university. to be
modelled after the great institutions OF
Europe, with an endowment at the out
set of $40. 00O, OOO John d. Rockefeller
and Rev. r. s. Macarthur, Of the Bap.
tist church, are the promoters Of the en-.
terprise.
MRS. CARRIE HOWARD. OF James town,
N. Y, found her stolen child. which had
been abducted some weeks ago. in an
asylum at Erie, Pa, on the 14th, where
it had been taken after being abandoned
by Its abductors.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

They say that when Speaker Reed
came into the House the day after
Blainef letter was published he looked
gloomy. lie sees in Blaine's reciprocity
scheme q fire-brand which may start
serious contiagration on the Republican
side and jeopardize the Tariff blll--cer-
,ainly delaying action on it and SO de.
ferriny action on 1t unit it will be i'm.
possible to pass tho Force bill,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. l8.-Wash-
lngton Waterman, one Of the most
noted horse-thieves in the West, was
arrested again Thursday for horse.
stealing. Waterman is 81 years Of age
and has spent twenty-dvetyears in the
penitentiaries Of Missouri. Kansas and
Illinois. He completed ten-year term
in the Missouri Penitentiary last
Wednesday.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
Proctor SAYS No,

WASHINGTON, Aug. l6-Secretary
Proctor, in an interview expresses him.
salt as opposed to the filling in OF the
outer harbor at Chicago for the worlds
fair site. He said this harbor had been
provided by the Government at great
expense, and he could not see the pro-
priety in running it for q merely tempo
rary purpose
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
HFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.


MONDAY, Aug. Reconsideration of
the tariff bill occupied the attention
Of the Senate. After disposing of
unimportant business the House pro-
ceeded to consider the conference re-
port on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The report was agreed to and .
further conference ordered upon the
amendments still in dispute. The floor
was then accorded to the committee on
the District Of Columbia, and the bill
comforting certain privileges on the Bal.
timore & Potomac railroad Company
was taken up, but no action was taken.
TUESDAY, Aug. 1a-ln the Senate
the House bill to amend the census
law SO IS to compel unincorporated ex-
press companies to give information
about their business was passed. De-
bate on the tariff bill was renewed. In
the House = concurrent resolution ex-
tending to August % the appropriations
for the support OF the Government not
already provided for in appropriation
bills was passed. Senate amendments
to the House bill for the establishment
of National park at tChickamauga were
non-concurred in and . conference
ordered.
WEDNESDAY,. Aug. 1s.-In the Senate
. resolution was passed directing the
Secretary OF the Navy to investigate
the alleged counterfeit stamping Of
steel plate at the Linden steel works
The conference report on the Indian
bill was agreed to- The tariff bill was
further discussed. In the House bill
was passed authorizing the Secretary Of
the Interior to sell certain lands and to
grant the proceeds Of the sale to the
town Of Pelican, Oneida County, Wis
A bill was passed authorizing the con-
struction OF bridge across the Missouri
river at St Charles, Mo. The confer
ence report on the fortification appro-
priation bill was agreed to.
THURSDAY. Aug. 14.-In the Senate
the joint resolution appropriating for
the relief of destitution in Oklahoma
the unexpended balance Of the appro-
prlation made last April for the re-
lief Of the district overnowed by the
Mississippi river, was passed. The tar.
iff bill was further discussed. In the
House no business OF importance was
transacted aside from the discussion OF
the Nat Mckay bill, no quorum being
present
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

THE next trade to try for universal
eight-hour day will be the miners. The
executive committee of the Federation
Of Labor, in conjunction with the Ma
tional organizations of miners. has
named May l, 1891, as the date for i'm
augurating the movement, and no con-
tracts are to be made with mine-owners
beyond that date except on an eight
hour haaiS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
FOR THE FAIR SEX.

a Call Iasuesl for WOman's Interna.
ttOMal Industrial Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IL. - Charlotte
Smith. president Of the Woman's Ma
tional Industrial League of America,
has issued . call to the women Ut the
civilized world. inviting them to attend
the Wolnan's International Industrial
Congress, to meet at Chicago during the
quadro-centennial celebration in 1893
This congress Is intended to consider
problems Of woman's advancement in
connection with the woman's industrial
department Of the worlds fair, which
the league is working to establish.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
4 NOTED PHYSICIAN GONE.
Death 1t Chicago Of DR.. j. Adams Allen
Dean Of Rush Medical College.

Death 1T Chicago Of DR.. j. Adams Allen,
Dean Of Rush Medical College.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. - DR.. j. Adams
Allen, dean OF Rush Medical College,
died at his residence, a00l Michigan
avenue, after years illness with liver
troubles.
fMiddlebury VT, was the birthplace Of jon
athan Adams Allen. He was born on January
III. lsss Ills mothers family came from
England on the Mayfiower liz 1870, and
his fathers M Wales III 1904. in
ls4, DR. Alien graduated from Middle
bury College, and In 1910 resolved his
medical degree. He vas Iags.ea Ii Miss Mary
Marsh, OF Kalamazoo, Mich, on January l.,
ls4., and moved to Chicago In 1859. As .
physician DIR. Allen not only enjoyed Q
large practice, but was also prominent
rs . medical educator. He filled sew
eral chairs at Rush Medical College, and was
for many years its president. Many valuable
scientific papers came from his pen, and
he travelled extensively through Europe
and Northern Africa. His journals written
during these journeys are very interesting, and
parts OF them have been published. As .
Mason DIR. Allen WAS particularly prominent.
He was Grand Master OF the Masons IN Michi-
gam Grand Commaeder Of Knights Tempiar.
and an honorary member Of the Thirty third
degree Scottish Ritel
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
vEAzEY'S STAFF.
The New Commander Of the @. a.
Makes His First Appointments.

the New Commander OF the q. A. y.
Makes HIS First Appointments.
BosroN, Aug. 16.-General Veazey,
the newly-elected Commander-in-C Chief
Of Lac Grand Army of the Republic, has
issued his first general order. He an
nounces officially the election results
and then makes the following staff APP
pointments: Adjutant-General, Comrade
Joseph H. Goulding, Of Rutland, Vt;
Quartermaster-General, John Taylor, of
Philadelphia. The headquarters Of the
Grand Army of the Republic are estab-
lished at Rutland, Vt. Announcement
of the council of. administration elected
and further appointments upon the
staff will be made in subseq uent orders.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

AT last, after many years Of waiting,
there seems to be fair prospect that
lighthouse will be built on the Dia-
mond shoal at Cape Hatteras. The cape
is considered the most dangerous point
anywhere on the United States coast
line. More wrecks and injuries to ship
ping occur there than anywhere else.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
The Fever Epidemic In London.

LONDON, Aug. l6.-The extraordinary
number of those who have succumed to
the fever now epidemic in London is
attracting public attention and exciting
considerable uneasiness. 1t is estimated
there are now l,7OO cases in tho differ
ent hospitals.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
Property and Lilo Destroyed by Flood

property and Lite Destroyed BY FlOods.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-Recent floods in
Beloochistan have done enormous dam
age to property, and many persons have
been drowned. The Bolan railway for
. distance of six miles has been swept
away and the great military road has
been partly DESTROYED.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

Mrs. THOMAS A. ScOrr's residence in
Philadelphia IS one OF the largest
private dwellings in the United States.
It contains as many rooms as good
supervision of young man. who goes
about with so many keys in q broad
girdle around his waist that the trades
men who visit the house call him
''St. Peter" There are seventeen
bath rooms in the house.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
POTATO CROP A FAILURE.
Had Reports from states North Oe the
Ohio River-Aversging the Probable
Yield. 1t VIII Bo tho Smallest Ever

Had Reports from states North 81 the
Ohio River-Aversging tho Probable
Yield. It Will Be tho Smallest Ever
Known.
CHICAGO, Aug. l6.-According to re-
ports from the principal States north Of
the Ohio river 1t appears that the potato
crop this season will be almost .
failure. Averaging the probable
yield in these States 1t will be
the smallest ever known in one
season. In some parts the failure is al
most complete, in others the yield is
fair, but nowhere above the average.
The surplus will be small, hence prices
higher. though the unfavorabls Deason
precludes the raising o. any superior
quality. In many places there will not
be enough for home consumption.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dako-
tas are the only States in the Northwest
where there is any prospect Of surplus
Of potatoes, and even there 1t is not
large. The province Of Ontario, Cana
da, makes good showing. There is
tariff OF 25 cents bushel, but prices
are much lower in the province than in
the States, so the tariff would not en-
hance prices above home market In case
potatoes are imported.
There seems to be lament:.ble short
age in Kansas, and Nebraska is little
better of. Iowa is favored little
more, but the greatest shortage ever
known prevails in Indiana, Ohio and IL
linois. Although the season began
with an extraordinary fall Of rain, con-
tinuing through several weeks, the
principal cause OF the failure Of the
potato crop seems to be tho drought.
The last few weeks, the most important
to the crop, were unusually dry, and
caused scarcity Of potatoes in the hills.
The observations upon which the
above conclusions are based cover the
entire area from Nebraska to the At
lantic seaboard, including the States Of
Minnesota. Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois. Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Missouri, Michigan. Pennsylvania,
New York. Massachusetts, Colorado,
and the province Of Ontario, Canada
DUBLIN, Aug. l6.-The potato blight
is spreading in the counties of Donegal,
Cork, Waterford, Tipperary and Liner
lex. Prices have already doubled at
Westport, where the guardians and the
Government authorities are exerting
themselves to avoid rioting. The
blight has spread to the whole Of Gal.
way and is not confined to any particu.
lar soil. 1t is partly due to the plant.
ing Of old seed in old ground, but in .
greater degree to the rainy season.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21
eoRElGN INTELLIGENCE.

DURING . storm on the nth at Gre.
feldt, Germany, a house containing
fifty persons fell. and thirteen were in.
stantly killed and twenty badly In.
jured.
THE British steamers Halcyon and
Rheubina collided on the Jlth near
Vigo, Spain, sinking the former, and
thirteen persons were drowned.
THE eminent English Catholic divine,
Cardinal Newman, died at Birmingham.
Eng, on the l1th after . short illness,
aged 50 years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

GENERAL Fremont, at the time OF
his death, was engaged on paper for
the Century. to be called Finding
Paths to California" It was not only
to deal with the several exploring
sypeditions, but to narrate the
writer's intimate connection with the
vents which led to the conquest and
occupation OF the territory. The work
srill be continued by Mrs. Fremont
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LATER.
A Big Robbery.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 17.-The Kansas
City limited express from st. Louis, on
the Missouri Pacific railway, fell into
the hands of bandits early this morning.
The train was crowded with passengers
and the safe OF the express company
was stuffed with money, most of it con-
signed to western banks. The train
left Upton, Mo-, at about 3 a. m. Two
mysterious figures were seen by the
engineer lurking around the forward
end of the train, but no particular at
tention was paid to them. just after
leaving Upton the fireman turned
toward the tender to fire up the engine
and looked squarely into the muzzles
of two revolyers in the hands Of two
masked men, who were lying on their
faces on the top of the coal.
The bandits compelled the engineer
to stop the train at Otterville water
tanks, and then commanded him to go
the express car and tell the messenger
to open the door. He did 80 under the
threat Of death if he should fail. When
he reached the express car he found
the two robbers had Ave confederates
stationed at convenient places about
the car, all heavily armed and their
faces concealed behind masks. He
walked to the door of the express car,
and, covered" by the revolvers of
three of the robbers, called to the ex-
press messenger, Sam Avery, to open
the door. Avery, suspecting no danger
pushed back the door.
Once inside Of the express car, short
work was made. One of the robbers un-
folded gunnysack and into it were
placed the entire contents of the safe.
The robbers then made cursory ex-
animation of the car to see if they had
Overlooked anything, and finding moth
| ing more of value, backed out of the
car, their reyolvers always pointed at
the messenger. 1t Is supposed that
nearly 100000 was secured. Officers
began at once to scour the country, but
the trail Of the bandits was lost.
AT Albany. N. Y, on the 18th one of
the Pinkerton men claims to have been
struck with stone and his companion
knocked down. Then he fred his re-
volver into the crowd, the ball striking
small boy aged fifteen years, named
Richard Dwyer. Dwyer received an
ugly wound on the hip and is now in
the hospital. In the afternoon Of the
same day another Pinkerton squad fred
into a crowd wounding Mrs. Hagar
who was standing on her door step.
The Pinkerton men have been placed
In Jail.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-21

BosToN, Aug. iG-The Letter-Car-
riers' National convention has adopted
resolutions indorsing the movement for
. monument to the late s. s. Cox, the
champion Of the free delivery syatem.