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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
INDEPENDENT VOTERS.

women VIII Not Be Bound by Party Tlss
Nor submit to Political Bossism.
It is said that were women enfran-
chised, their votes would either be
thrown away or given under the dicta-
tion Of this or that party Boss" Ex-
perience, says the Woman's Journal, 30
fas as it goes, points to different con-
clusion. In the municipal elections Of
Kansas, the women have shown per-
sistent disposition to vote for the candi-
date who bears the best moral character,
irrespective Of party. It Is even made
ground Of complaint against them. In
Washington Territory, one Of the chief
arguments urged against incorporating
woman suffrage in the constitution OF
the new State was that the women had
refused to be bound by party ties. It
was declared that the women should not
have the right Of suffrage restored to
them until they learn to ''stick to their
party" 1t may be said that the exper-
fence of Washington and Kansas has
been too short to be fair test. But In
Wyoming the women have been voting
for twenty years. Hon. Francis G.
Warren, the present Governor Of Wy
oming, says: .sOur women consider
much more carefully than our men the
character of candidates, and both polit-
ical parties have found themselves
obliged to nominate their best men In
order to obtain the support of the wom-
en-" Ex-Chief-Justice Fisher, Of Wy
oming. says: '.The women watch the
nominating conventions, and II the Re-
publicans put . bad man on their ticket
and the Democrats good one, the Re-
publican women do not hesitate . mo-
ment in scratching Of the bad and sub
stituting the good. It is just 50 with
the Democrats. Hence we nearly al
ways have q mixture OF office-holders.
Governors Of Territories and judges Of
the United States Courts are appointed
by the President, and not elected by the
people. They are not dependent on the
women's votes; hence their testimony 10
impartial. 1t is a significant fact that
the constitutional convention Of Wyom-
ing. after twenty years experience OF
woman suffrage in that Territory. has
just Incorporated woman suffrage
clause in the Bill Of Rights for the now
State, without dissenting vote.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
STUDENTS AND STUDIES.

Comparison Between Male and Female
Scholars In the Study Of Mathematics.
As bearing on the question Of women
and mathematics, says writer in At
lanta Constitution, beg leave to state
. few of the facts, and take them from
one college where 900 young women are
studying. In respect to geographical
distribution these students represent
the entire United States, including
Georgia, with half . dozen foreign coun-
tries in addition. All Of them study
mathematics throughout their freshman
year, and all candidates for the degree
Of Is. s. continue the study. reading
analytic geometry through the sopho-
more year.
In the last two years mathematics Is
elective for all. At the present time
the class in calculus numbers twenty
five, being % per cent. Of the entire
junior class. l invite . comparison Of
this per cent. with the per cent. of
young men who elect calculus under the
same circumstanceS--i. e.. who are pur-
suing course in the liberal arts and
are not reading for the profession OF en-
gineer. Young men in polytechnic
schools, where calculus is . required
subject, have been known to express
surprise that SO many young women take
, the subject when not obliged to.
Nobody Is dragging these students
through calculus. nobody urged them to
elect it, they simply enjoy mathematics
and wish to learn more. And 1t need
not be imagined that the course is .
''soft" one, adapted to the female
mind" Comparisons may be made or
this point also. Last year six young
, women. members Of the senior class in
| this institution, read Celestial Dynam
ics'' and the ''thcory Of Orbit Deter
mination." Near the close Of the year
they were given their choice-more
theory or the determination Of the orbit
/ Of comet. They were distinctly in
! formed that the latter would be yer,
laborious, and they knew that one IN
detec ed mistake would yitiatc the no
sult. They chose the orbit, went pluck
| ily TO work and completed the computs
Men, 6ssssntnins tho slsmsnts With Sue
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

MASSACHUSETTS appears to be rioting
in adulterated foodstuffs. OF total Of
51s articles recently examined 2o4 were
adultcrated. The articles examined were
milk, butter, cheese, lard, oil, spices,
cream of tartar, molasses, honey, vine-
gar, tea, coffee, confectionery, other ar
ticles OF food and drink (five) and drugs.
The Board of Health examined only sus-
picious articles Of food, and the percent
age Of adulterations found in these was
S9.4. But the probability is that Massa-
chusetts has no more adulterated food
than many other States whose anti
adulteration laws are not SO strictly en-
forced.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
THROUGH A BRIDGE.

Several Lives Lost by . Railroad Accident
at Hsllettsville, Tex.
HALLETTsvILLE, Tex, Jan. 4.-Thurs-
day night at o'clock freight train on
the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass road
went through the bridge at this place.
There were twenty-five cars in the train
and all fell through. On the cars were
. dozen men. Up to last evening seven
had been taken out, four Of them not
seriously injured. Four have not been
recovered yet 1t is reported that the
bodies Of three dead men have been
found about seven miles below here
0ati ng In the river.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
AN AVALANCHE.
4 saow-slide ut Sierra City, Gail, Crushes
Every Thing In Its Ira k-sevcn Lives
known to Have Been Lost.

EScfy tulm8 IN 1I0 .R-OOVCn 1LVOS
Known to Have Been Lost.
SIERRA CITY, Cal, Jan. An enor-
nous quantity OF snow suddenly thun-
dered down the mountain side here Fri.
day, tearing every thing before it and
causing the death of at least seven
persons. For day or two past fears
had been entertained that q huge
mass of snow which had accumulated
at what is known as Butts fume might
give way should q further fall take
place. The weather had, however, re-
mained clear, and people were slowly
becoming reassured. just before noon
Friday, however, the citizens sud-
denly heard . subdued rushing
sound, as il of strong wind
among trees. On looking up toward
Butts fume they saw their danger and
everybody took to fight. Those in the
immediate track of the landslide, how
ever, had not sufficient time to make
their escape, and OF these seven were
overwhelmed. The victims are as fol-
lows: Mrs. Rich, with her little son and
daughter; Miss Ryan, Of Downieville;
Mrs. ]. T. Mooney and daughter, and
Miss Ethel Langton.
The force Of the snow-slide was so
great that big trees in its path were
snapped like twigs. Four houses were
crushed nat, and the Catholic church
was also reduced to ruins. Besides
those whose names are given several
were caught by the landslide,
and one Chinaman and lit
tie girl are still buried. It is not
known whether they are dead. Several
others we're injured. Two of the VIC
Tins were alive when dug out of the
snow, but died very soon. 1t Is feared
that another tremendous bank of snow
near Butts fiume may give way. Should
1t do SO still greater disaster is certain
to ensue.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
SHE WANTS MILLIONS.

Mrs. McMordo Brings Suit Against the
Portuguese Government to Get %. BOO,-
600.
MAYsvILLE, KY, Jan. 4.-The widow
Of Colonel Edward McMurdo, formerly
OF Washington, this county, has brought
suit against Portugal to recover
~, soc, 900, claimed to be due her
by the confiscation Of . railroad
owned by her husband, running
from Delagos bay In Africa to the
Transvaal gold mines. It 10 said the
government admits the claim, but dis.
putos tho amount.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
DOM PEDRos DEAD WIFE.

6emalns OF the Ex-Empress OF Broxu De.
posted In IN Oporto Church.
OP0RTo, Jan. 4.-The remains of the
ex-Empress Of Brazil were removed Fri
day to the Lapa church. The bier was
covered with beautiful wreaths. An
imposing cortege followed the body
to the church. The mourners
were all the members OF the Inn
perial family except Dom Pedro,
who is still quite overcome by the death
Of his wife and was too i'll to attend. The
Duke Of Oporto represented the Portu-
guese royal family. A deputation Of
Brazilians and former residents Of Brazil
were present. The corps from che gar
rison formed guard Of honor. Dom
Pedro has received 500 kilograms ex-
pressing sympathy with his affliction.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
THE SILVER QUESTION.

Eecretary Windom's Recommendation
Said to Have Been Approved by Prcsi-
dent Harrison.
WASHINGTON, Jan. At is reported
that the President has decided con-
,erning Secretary WINDOWS rec
ommendation that the Government
shall accept silver bullion and
Issue certificates therefor at the
market rate, the certificates to serve
ns currency, and has adopted WINDOWS
view of the matter. A bill embodying
the recommendations of the Secretary
will probably be submitted to Congress
very soon. 1t is likely to be offered
simultaneously in both houses.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

THE Pail Mall Gazette records freak
In the way of handwriting. A littl<
girl of four years writes with her left
hand and writes her words backward rs
they arc reflected in mirror from ordi-
nary writing. Her friends have to read
thcm by means Of a looking-glass. Tho
child was taught writing with sister,
but would do things in her own way,
with tho result that she writes fluently
in this fantastic stylc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

THE doctors who attended the late
King of Portugal during the last few
weeks of his illness presented bills for
their services amounting to nearly $780,
600. One Of them demanded S14, 900 for
ten visits, another demanded 81, 600 for
fifteen, while third thought that $50, 900
was not too much to ask for his attend
snce at eighteen consultations. Event
ually the new King succeeded in effect
ing . settlement of their claims by
means of lump sum of S6O. 900.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

A NOVEL. cure was effected by the Use
of the dynamo recently at Westgate-on-
the-Sea, Eng. A Mr.. Brown was fitting
q false bottom to Crate and while chip
ping it to make it tit, very small splin-
ter of iron few off and struck him
in the eye. An electrical engineer who
met him shortly after, seeing his
plight, took him to dynamo that
was working near by. Brown placed
his eye as close as possible to the ma
chine, and the magnetic attraction was
sufficiently intense to withdraw the
splinter Of iron from the eye, which WAS
instantly relieved and gave NO further
<ronE1A
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

A MAN once told me, says writer in
the Christian Union, how q party Of In
dians fresh from the wilds greeted their
first -iew Of locomotive. They made
no comment and didn't even get up off
tho ground to examine it. But when q
lineman walked up telegraph pole like
woodpcckcr up maple, they fell into
paroxysms of enthusiasm. Simply one
thing was within the range of their
establishment and the other wasn't.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

cess Tho manuscript Of the work con-
tains over eight hundred logarithms.
This year eight students have select
cd the same subject and are reading Op
polzer in French and German, since
there Is no English translation Of the
Bahnbestinomung. 1t Is . study which
young men rarely undertake, unless as
they arc looEing forward to careers -
astronomers.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

THE reorganization of the Cincinnati.
baltimore & Washington railroad is
announced, with General Oriand Smith
as president. The capital stock is So
100000, and the company will be known
as the Baltimore s. Ohio Southwestern,
covered by the initials ''B. O. S." which,
IL is expected, will cause tho limo to be-
como known as the "Boss" road.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

MRs. HARRISON has found in the base
mont OF the White House two old ma
hogany cabinets which wero used in
the Executive Mansion when it was
first built The cabinets are of Dutch
manufacture and were imported from
England. Mrs. Harrison, who is lover
OF antique furniture, is delighted with
her discovery, and will restore tho cab
incts to their former place in tho White
H0lisc narlOrs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

A DROUGHT which has prevailed In
South Africa is said to bo due to the
same cause that ruined Egypt, Mcsopo-
tamia and India, once the most fertile
countries in the world. 1t is tho de-
Struction of the forests
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

TIE Harvard University catalogue
for 1Soo-0o shows that in the current
year the net gain In students u 1s0. the
largest annual increase since DR.. Eliot
became president. The total number of
students is 2. .O19.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

JOHN GRASS, who is considered one Of
the brightest Indians in the Sioux tribe,
made q reputation as humorist st tho
hearing given to the Sioux chieftains at
the Interior Department. Washington.
He gave graphic description OF the re-
turn Of the chiefs to their homes They
would, he said, each carry o
sachel, and when they entered their
homes the women and children would
surround them and ut once examine their
sachels to see what presents they con-
tanned. The chiefs, he continued. did
not want to disappoint their families, and
If they were given thirty dollars apiece
could 20 home in triumph.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

INVENTOR KELLY looks old. He has
changed great deal in appearance dur
ing tho last five years, and his hair
has turned white. The effort to keep
his great secret has worn upon him, and
his face shows deep lines of care. He
still maintains confident air, however,
when talking about his motor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

JOURNALISM is looking up in China.
Thcrc arc now three newspapers pub
lishcd in that country, and there is .
prospect that another will soon be start
ed. The prospectors are waiting until
they can find out whether it will be q
lons-felt want In China. by the way, if
a paper publishes an untrue statement
about any ono not only are the editors
punished, but all the readers as we'll.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

IT Is all very we'll for man to insist,
when struck BY argumentative streaks.
that woman is the weaker vessel; but
when 1t comes to the matter of holding
up trains, she can beat them s'all hol-
low" and not half try.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
Thomas Williams COmmits Murder and
Then Takes AIs Own Lie.

MONTREAL, Que, Jan. 4. - Thomas
Williams, bricklayer. murdered his
wife yesterday morning by cutting
her throat He then cut his own
throat from ear to ear and expired
in the bed where his dead wife and
baby few months old lay. Neighbors,
being attracted by the continuous cry
ing Of the baby, broke into tho house
and found the infant lying in a pool of
blood. The man and wife were dead.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

A MONTREAL police sergeant says that
there are many hundreds Of men, women
and children in that city in such abject
poverty that they are almost destitute
OF both fire and food.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

An explosion on the 2sth in the show
case mandatory of Schmitt & Co. ut
Cincinnati killed three men.
THE annual report of the coroner on
the 2sth showed that $50 persons were
killed last year in Chicago by the rail-
roads.
THEODORE GROSS family, consisting
of the parents and eight children, with
one visi .or, Miss Lena Erbst, were cre-
mated by tho burning OF the house in
which they lived at Hurontown, Mich,
ON tho night Of the Goth.
OWING to domestic troubles William
Major, farmer living near Mount Yer
non, Mich, ON the 2sth killed his wife
and his daughter, Mrs. Depew, and her
child. and then took his own life.
AT Barnwell, s. C., eight negroes were
taken from Jail by mob on the 2sth
and shot They were accused of murder.
On the Goth Mrs. Elizabeth Price, OF
Normal, H., celebrated her ninety.
ninth birthday. She was in good health.
A HEAVY snow-storm prevailed
throughout the Northwest on the Goth.
blocking all the railways. In Stevens
County, Kan, there was much suffering
from lack Of fuel and food, and many
were on the verge Of starvation.
OK the Chesapeake a Ohio road pas
senser train wss wrecked b. hfoke1
sxls near White sulphur spriaSA ",
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09
The Death List from the Tilden school
Fire ut Detroit Now Number Eight.

FtrO 0t Detroit Now Number Eight.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 4.-The list Of
those whose young lives have gone out
as q result Of tho terrible Tilden
School tragedy now reads: Jennie
Lankshear, Bertha Moody, Flor
inc Westgate, Edith Wheeler,
Nellie Thatcher, Edna Fonda, Bes-
sic Bamford and Lucy Renshaw. Bes-
sic Bamford was among those most
cruelty burned. Death came as well
come relief Thursday evening. Lucy
Renshaw passed away Friday. The
other children who were burned are in .
fair Way to recover.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

In little town of Schleswig- Holstein
there is > tax exemption for dogs ''tbat
sleep with their masters and mistresses
and SO preserve them from gout, rheu-
matism and like pains"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

Ir Is said that Jane Detheridge, OF
Kingston, Jamaica, has refused thirty.
seven offers Of marriage. She has 81, 600.
600 and is an orphan.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

THERE are ten Gentle churches In
Salt Lake of tho leading denominations
The Methodists, the Presbyterians. tho
Bapt;sss and the Congregationslists-
through tho New West Educational A.
.ncistiou-ali hsvs mission schools, No
,Nethodist beius . boardang-sohool.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

RECENTLY compiled statistics show
that during the last ten years to every
forty-ninc marriages performed in New
Jersey there has been one divorce.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

A letter containing SOC. 900 has been
stolsn while u syansit between lesth
and y!sa1e.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09

IT took ffty-one serious accidents dur.
ing tho last season to put and keep sew
enty-sevcn football players in the field
for seven colleges.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-09


week.
JOHN CARLISLE, aged eighty-nve
years, died on the Sd at Portsmouth, N.
II. He was Past Worshipful Grand
Master Mason of New Hampshire and
was the oldest active member Of the
thirty-third degree of Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite in the world.
JUDGE SAMUEL RICE, once Chief
Justice of Alabama and an 1S4S elector
ON the Taylor-Fillmore ticket, died at
Montgomery, Ala, on the Sd.
The ministry Of Spain resigned on
the 3, and Senior Sagasta would attempt
to form o new Cabinet on Q basis that
will reconcile the various Liberal
groups.
JOIN RUSKLE and William Hughes
were killed by the explosion of . saw
mill boiler at Chillicothe, NO., on thesd.
AT Beebe's logging camp, eighty
miles up the Tennessee river from Pa
ducah, KY, cabin in the woods caught
fire on the Sd and four inmates were
burned to death.
THE Democrats OF tho Kentucky Leg
islature renominated j. G. s. Blackburn
for United States Senator on the Sd.
SEVEN people lost their lives and four
houses we're almost entirely wrecked,
including the Roman Catholic church,
by snow-slide at Sierra City, Cal, on
the Sd.
LOUIS NATHAL, composer, author and
playwright, died Of the grippe on the
Sd at New York.
BURGLARS entered the residence Of
DR.. Kniffin, Trenton IN. j. dentist,
pn the night of the I'd, chloroforming
his wife and young lady visitor. In
tho morning Mrs. Knifan was found
dead In her bedroom. Her companion
was unconscious, but wss revived and
told the story o the attack.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-22
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY
OLD NAN AND HIS WIFE FOUND, WITH
THR0ATS CUT,
By Their Dsughtsr-Ths Man Lives Long EncHgh
to Tell that BE Murdered Hs Wife and
Inflicted Death Injuries on Himself
No Cause is Assigned.

CHICAGO, ILL, December 2l.-llenry
Christiansen. Gl years old, choked his
aged wife TO death In the bedroom OF
his home, at 2l09 DreXel avenue, and
then cut his own throat, some time dur
ing Saturday night. The tragedy was
seen by no one, and the exact time 10
occurred is not known. Mr.. and Mrs.
Christensen have been living with their
daughter and son-in-aw. They were
absent until midnight. When Mrs. Mel
son went into the room TO waken her
parents this morning her first glance
did not show anything wrong. APP
preaching the bed she was horrilied 10
see that her fathers face and breast
were all bloody, and as he breathed
spurts OF blood came from the great
cash in his throat. In moment she mad
called her husband, aud they attempted
10 waken the mother, only TO learn that
she was dead. The blood on the blade
showed that the act had been committed
early in the night, aS the blood was dry.
Christensen was still alive and con
scious. He could not speak, but could
understand what was said 10 him. When
asked II he had killed his wife he nod
ded ailirmatiyely, and horrid gurgle
came from the wound in his throat as
he attempted TO reply. As he acknowl-
edged the crime he m0tiOned with his
hands TO show how IL had been done.
He also signifed that he had cut his
own throat and pointed To the razor as
he nodded his head, sending spurts Of
blood out and over his shirt. He can
not recover. 1t is difficult to find mo-
tive for the crime. Christensen was
somewhat morose and taciturn, but war
not usually quarrelSome.