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The Delta independent., 1890-04-01
A Southern Tornado.

COLUMBIA. S. c., March 24.-The
particulars Of Saturdays storm say that
tho fury of the cyclone was principally felt
in Sumter, where much damage was
done. Ida Richardson was killed by =
falling house, and two men whose nsmes
arc unknown were fatally injured, while
many others were badly bruised and cut
Tho railroad bridge over Broad River at
Shelton was blown OF the piers, and an
unknown man who was standing on the
bridge was carried away.
In Chester County the tornado did great
damage. Al Blackssock ono women and
several children werc fatally injured.
In the city . score OF convicts at the
State pcnitcntiary narrowly escapcd death,
tho Immense vcntilating roof being blown
OF.
1t 10 reported that the town Of Prosper
ity was swcpt away, but - the wires are
down nothing can be learned. II IN feared
that immense damage ives done.
Al Camden the cyclone struck o house,
killing Mrs. Easterling.
The Delta independent., 1890-04-01
A Landslide.

GLENwoop SPRINGS, Colo, March
~. The finst section Of Denver & Rio
Grandc freight train No. 1856 left here
about IL o'clock this morning, and when .,
q point about mile and . quarter above
the city, and Just through the nrst tunnel,
the engine ran into q landslide and left the
track fitting over at an angle Of forty-fivo
degrees, the tender der.iline but staying
on the ties.
Tho cnginemen and head brakemen saw
the obstruction and all jumped, thus escap-
ing injury.
Tho track is close to III Q river at this
point. and had II not been for tho soft
earth Of tho embankmcnt, thus embedding
the engine, the entire machine would have
gonc into tho river.
The second section was close behind and
was tagged. The freight cars were pulled
back into this city and word sent to Lead
willie to tho wrccking train. Passengers
were transferred and came into town At
two o'clock. 1t will take but eight hours
to clear the wreck.
The Delta independent., 1890-04-01
What the Farmers Want.

TorEKA. Kas., March Go The
Farmers Alliance Conference, composed
Of the presidents OF sixty-two county alli-
anccs, has been In session here for two
days. A resume of the objects accom-
plishcd is seen In tho following resolutions
adopted:
First That We demand u legislative
enactment apportioning the shrinkage Of
farm values that arc under mortgage obli-
cations, by reason Of contraction of the
circulating medium or other unjust iegis.
gagcc, In proportion TO their respective
interests at the time tho mortgage was
drawn. -,
Second.-That We demand that Congress
appoint . committee TO investigate tho
original bill relating TO national bonds, for
tho purpose Of asccrtaininR whether tho
word "for'' WAS erased and the word
''aftcr' substituted. making tho bonds
payable with tho premium OF twcnty-oight
or thirty per cent.
Third-That we demand tho election OF
United States Senators by direct vote Of
tho people.
Eourth--Wc demand the election Of rail
road commissioners by tho direct vote of
tho people and that they be given plcnary
powers to regulate rates as IL now the law
In the State OF Iowa.
Fifth-That We demand that a constitu-
tional amendment be submitted to the pco-
plc Of Kansas, allowing legislative enact
mont exempting homestcads occupied by
their owners from taxation in whole or In
part and that u cumulative system OF tax
ntioh be lcvied on lands held for spccula.
tive purposes by on-rcsidcnts, aliens or
corporations, In proportion TO the increase
Of valuation. ,b.a
Sixth-That We recommend the organic
alton Of y lecture bureau for tho State of
Kansas, under tho supervision Of tho Ex.
districts, for the better education Of tho
members Of tho order.
Sevcuth-That tho taxes paid by rail-
roads built by tho aid OF county bonds
shall bc part Of tho county school fund and
where townships have been bonded, taxes
20 accruing shall bo divided among tho
school districta Of tho township.
notwithstanding tho fact that
John J. 1ngalls has represented Kansas
for eighteen years In tho United States
Senate, tits difficult matter for his con
stituonts to point TO . single measure he
has ever chAmpionod In the interests OF
tho great Agricultural and laborine ole
ment Of Kansas, and that we will not SUP.
port by our votes or influence any candi-
date Tor tho leglslaturs who favors his rc i
election to tho United States Senate.
A proposltiou 10 make tho alllauce App ;
lIt,cal organization wa defeated.
The sASna tate uet th4 pJopositAqn ~ d.,
4tHd ~ ssegA sessies Of ths lse'slatuyt
The Delta independent., 1890-04-01

During severe electrical storm
that swept over the mining pueblo Of
Huanuco, in Puru. recently, lightning
struck . magazine, exploding 800 cascs Of
dynamite and giant powder. The entire
works werc wrecked, Ave persona killed
outright and forty moro or less seriously
injured.
The Delta independent., 1890-04-01
Ae.rmsr.' Alliance Factory.

SrAuNroN. March 26.--Major Christ
man, Jacob wissler and Mr.. Price, repre-
sonting the Farn.ers' Alliance Of the Unit
cd States, havo concluded to establish Al
lance agricultural works ~ Ironsats, vis>
ginia. The works will employ from 500 -
6oo hands, and the products are 70 20 70
every suh-allisnce IN ths country, rsprS,
ssAtise tcoooW usnesrs,
The Delta independent., 1890-04-01

Apool composed Of prominent Idaho
Syringe and Denver parties has bssu
ioywso Ter NE purpose o. boring fov bot
wates ~ IAsAs oVFiass
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
An Extinct Family.

1t is q curious fact that there are
no known descendants Of Christopher
Columbus. He had two sons, one Of
whom, Don Diego, rose to the dis
tinction OF an Admiral, and the other
Fernando, rs Q scholar. Fernando
was a great traveller. He not only
thrice visited America, but subse-
quently traversed the:whole Of Europe
and every accessible portion Of Asia
and Africa. He appears to have been
q profound scholar and q thoroughly
good man. In his will he stipulated
that his library, containing twenty
thousand volumes, which he gave to
the Cathedral Of Seville, should be
free to the people, and 1t is to this
day. From books In this collection,
the late Washington Irving obtained
considerable portion of the infor.
nation on which his Life of Colum-
bus was founded. The following
quaint epitaph, almost obliterated by
time, appears on the tablet which
marks the site Of his tomb: what
doth it profit to have sprinkled the
whole world with my sweat; to have
three times crossed the New World
discovered by my father; to have en-
bellished the shores of tranquil
Guadalquiver, and preferred by sim
pie tastes rather than riches. or that
l have assembled around the divini-
ties from the source of Castalia, and
offer to the riches offered by Ptolney,
il passing in silence over this stone,
thou shouldst fail to address q single
salutation to my fathers memory
Exchange.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
Jaw Gould's Daily PRAYER.

Our father who art in England,
Rothschilds be thy name; thy finan
cial kingdom come to America; thy
will be done in the United States as
in England. Give us this day our
bonds in gold, but no silver; give us
plenty OF laboring mems votes to
keep monopoly in power and it's
friends in Office. We know, our ia.
ther, we have done many things that
were wrong-we have robbed the
honest poor; we know it was wrong
to refund the bonds and make them
payable in coin; we know it was
wrong to demonetize silver; we know
it was wrong to water our railroad
stocks-but thou knowest, heavenly
father, we made money by that
Now, our father, thou knowest We
are above politics-it is the same t.
us whether Democrats or Republi
cans rule, for thou knowest we ars
able to sway all political jobs in ou
favor. o, heavenly father, lead u
not in the way Of strikers, but deliv
err us from the hands of the insane
| knights of Labor and the Farmer
Alliance. Thus shall We have tn
kingdom, bonds, interest, power aud
glory until the Republic shall end
Amen.-Exchange.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
BETTER THAN WOOL.
A Newspaper Said to Do Good Substi
tate for an OyercOat.

A Newspaper Said to Bo . Good Substi-
tqte for an 0yercoat.
General Bussey, the Assistant secre:
tary OF the Interior, has . somewhat
novel uso for newspapers, The other
day when the weather was sharp, he was
preparing to 60 out of the Department
building for lunch. A Star reporter who
happened to be in the room at the time
was surprised to see him unbutton the
lower button OF his vest, fold up ncws-
per and, placing it oyer his abdomen,
button the vest oyer II. 'I always do
that" he said in reply to q surprised In
auiry from the reporter, when / am
going to be out in the cold. The news.
paper Is q noncoaductpr al heat, and
when placed oyor tho stomach preserves
the supply In what has been called the
reservoir of heat of the body. A news
paper Is a good substitute for an over
coat, and in cold weather Is tho best de.
vice that people with scaaty wardrobes
can adopt. Insufficient bed-clothing can
be reinforced in the same way, and
newspapers may be said to be the poor
pan's friend IN more senses than owe.
When chilled by sudden cold q Rewspa-
per placed over tho stomach soon 70.
stores the formal temperature of the
body and prevents an attack Of pneumo'
MIA. l have frequently recommended
this uso Of newspapers, but l find that
practically very few people really ap-
prsctsts It's vslvs.-Weshtngtoa stsh
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
Pilot Grove Correspondence.

A few days ago, on the farm of John
Howard, it wac our pleasure to wit
ness q practical contest between
Towers Pulverlzer, q machine con.
structed on the knife principle, and
Clark's Cutaway, form Of disk har.
row. q. T. Watros and John How
ard, both having large amount OF
sod to pulverize, and desiring the
best machine possible, inaugurated
the contest.
The place chosen for trial was an
extremely tough. wild, roughly -brok.
en- slough. There were present ut
the trial the writer, J. w. Boucher,
representing Towers Pulverizer, &. T.
Watros, John Howard, N. b. Libbey,
and Elmer Coppns.
After witnessing q thorough trial
Of both machines, all were unani-
nous and outspoken in declaring
Towers Pulverizer prominently vic
torious; and &. +. Watros and John
Howard sealed their approval by
each ordering Towers Pulverizer.
This decision OF such intelligent and
practical farmers as Watros and John
Howard, will be appreciated by farm
ers as decisive verdict.
While the disk principle OF harrow
Is only sod chopper, Towers Pull
verizer is thorough sod shaver, clod
crusher, and leveler.
We have no hesitancy in saying
that Tower Bros. have perfected a
pulverizer that farmers everywhere
will hail with delight.
j. w. Boucher also handles Towers
surface cnltivator for the cultivation
Of corn. We will not undertake to
enumerate the advantages of surface
culture over and above deep culture,
but every farmer should read the re-
ports Of experiment stations every.
where approving surface culture OF
corn. The plan Of surface culture il
In the line Of progress and has come
to stay. G. E. T..
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
Montana, Oregon and Washington

Montana, Oregon and Washington.
A correct map Of the north west
will show that the Northern 7 cific
Railroad trnverses the central "por
ton OF Minnesota, North Da ota,
Montana and Washington for dis
lance Of nearly 1900 miles. it is the
only railroad reaching Jamest own
Bismarck, Miles City, Billings, Liv'
ingston, Bohemian, Missoula, Cheney
Davenport, Palouse City. Sprague,
Ritzville, Yakima, Ellensburg, Taco ;
ma, Seattle, and in fact. nine-tenths
Of the northwest cities, towns and
points of interest.
The Northern Pacific is the short
est trans continental route from St.
Paul and Chicago to Helena, Butte,
Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Spokane
Falls. Walla Walla, Dayton and Port
land, and the only one whose through
trains reach any portion of the new
state OF Washington, Land seekers
purchasing Pacific Coast second class
tickets via st. Paul and the Northern
Pacific have choice from that point
OF Free Colonist Sleeping Cars or
Pullman's Tourist Furnished Sleepers
at charges as low as the lowest.
For the benefit of settlers the Nor
thern Pacific also gives a ten day
stop over privilege on second class
North Pacific Coast tickets at Spok-
ane Falls and each anu every point
west, including over l2j stations in
Washington, thus enabling persons
seeking q home to examine this vast
territory without mourning an ex.
pense Of from % to *25 in travelling
on local tickets from point to point:
Insure for yourself comfort and
safety by having the best accommo
dations afforded. thereby avoiding
change OF cars, re checking OF bag,
gage, transfers and lay overs Ell route
Money can be saved by purchasing
tickets via st. Paul or Minneapolis
and the Northern Pacific.
For Maps, Pamphlets, Rates and
Tickets enquire Of your nearest Tick
ct Agent, any District Passenger
Agent of the Northern Pacific Rail
rond; or CHAs. s. FEE, General Pass
enger and Ticket Agent, st. Paul
MINI. 24ti
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
$50, 900 Nov Farms . Year.

The census Of 1880 showed that in
every year since 1870 there had been
opened in the United States ON an
average upwards of l5O, 900 new farms
per year. This fact explained the
mystery, for even to some OF the
manufacturers themselves 1t seemed
mystery as to where all the new
self-biRders and mowers went to.
William Desrinc & Co., Of Chicago,
alone manufacture between twenty
and thirty thousand complete se!f-
binders and as many mowers every
year, and with reapers and various
their products run, up to many taoas'
ands. OF course - they stand at the
head the product 0f other works il
smaller. but in the aggregate it takes
many new farQ2. TO make places FOL
all.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08

HENRY M. STANLEY's Book describ-
ing his Expeditions, Discoveries and
Thrilling Adventures, will be pub
lished about June LIST 1890, and will
contain about 200 illustrations, most.
" engraved from photographs and
sketches made by himself.
Anticipating great demand for
this Book, INSCRIPTIONS publishers
are flooding the country with agents
for so-called Stanley Books, who rep
resent their worthless trash to be
'.Stanley's Own" Persons who would
discountenance such frauds upon the
public should positively refuse to take
any Stanley Book offered for delivery
unless it be in two volumes, entitled,
In Darkest Africa" written by STAN
ley himself, with imprint Of Chas.
Scribner's Sons, New York, on title
page. Reliable Agents wanted. w.
ID. Condit & Co., General Agents,
Des Moines, Iowa. 26t8
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08

We want to find one Of those who
says over production makes hard
times that Is willing to be charitable
to himself and give his surplus to the
poor who have nothing. or else quit
lying about overproduction and tell
the truth and soy that the more peo-
pie have the happier they should be,
and II we had just system Of dis.
tributing the products Of labor. there
would be very little suffering for the
necessaries to make comfortable
homes for those who labor.-National
Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
Disarm-Disband the Troops.

The Pope of Rome said in recent
interview q few days since. referring
to the subject of q European disarm-
ament, that the military life sur
rounded thousands Of young men
with violent and immoral influences
and crushed and degraded them. Ar
mics drained countries Of their
wealth; they withdrew labor from
the soil; overtaxed the poor, impoy.
erished the popnlace, set the people
against each other, and intensified
national jealousies.
They were anti-C Christian. The doc
trine Of arbitration as accepted by
America was the true principle, but
most Of the men controlling Europe
did not desire the TRUTH
This puts the matter very clearly
and no man can deny it. The man
butchering business is too horrible
and degrading to think Of, and yet
the nations Of the East are devoted
to 1t, as II it were their only salvation,
and the United States keeps. or tries
to keep q rotten army just to be Ia
fashion. Tribune.
The modern use of an army in the
United States has been to protect the
person and property Of men who
plumber laboring men and starye
their families, supplementing the
work Of the army with Pinkerton
thugs. There is absolutely no use 10,
any soldier in the United States to.
day, and no legitimate use for ouI
state military organization. The OBJ
ject is not a healthy one. An arm,
such as the volunteer soldiers of the
late war, when the necessity comes
il far better, just as efficient, and i,
not an expense upon the labor and
industry Of the country. for the sole
benefit Of the monopolies, corpora
tions and individuals that have pau
perized, plundered and robbed labo,
Of ITS just reward.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08

The following resolutions were
adopted recently by the executive
committee OF the Minnesota Farmers
Alliance:
Whereas, The United States su-
preme court has recently decided, In
case appealed from this state, that
the railroad commissioner-and in
ferntially the state legislature has no
right or power to prescribe rates Of
transportation on the railroads Of the
state or to do more than establish
prima facie reasonable rates, each
detail to be fought over in a success
sion OF courts with interminable liti-
cation, thereby practically multiplying
or reversing the great decision Of the
same court made some years since in
the granger cases; therefore,
Resolved, BY the executive CON-
inittee of the State Primers Alliance,
speaking in behalf Of 10000 farmers
in Minnesota, that we regard the said
recent decision ms one of the greatest
incidents in the history Of our coun-
try, and as signifying the subsection
of the people and the state
to the unlimited control Of railroad
corporations of this country.
Resolved, That we appeal from this
second bred Scott decision to the
people Of the nation, and we ask
them to consider whether any other
race would submit to have their lib
critics thus wheedled away from them
on technicalities by few men sit
ting as q supreme authority high
above congress, president and the
people; we call attention to the fact
that the citizens of England from
whom we have largely derived our
form Of government, would not per-
init for one instant n bench Of judges
to nullify an act Of parliment.
That the people are properly omni-
potent, and that no civilized govern
ment on earth has ever conferred
such powers upon any court rs are by
our constitution granted to the Unit
ed States supreme court. In our an
xiety to protect the rights Of proper
ty we have created machinery that
threatens to destroy the rights Of
man.
Resolved, That copies of these reso-
lutions be sent by our secretary to the
Alliances Of the several states Of the
Union, with the request that they
unite with us in an effort to SO amend
the constitution o: the United States
as to abolish this new slavery of the
state and nation, established for the
benefit of corporate wealth, and to
make it SO plain that the people are
masters in this event that no court,
however shallow or corrupt, shall ev-
er again attempt to subject them to
the domination Of the artificial per-
sonages they have themselves created
Resolved, That we recommend the
holding Of convention by the ALI
ance OF the United States at an early
date to consider the very grave and
momentus questions arising out Of
this extraordinary decision.
Resolved, That we hereby express
the gratitude Of the farmers of Min
nesota to Judges Bradley, Lamar,
Gray and other judges Of the supreme
court who dissented from the said
decision and stood by the people up
ON the question.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
Some New Tariff Figures.

The republican party promised US
tariff reform, but if the bill prepared
by the tariff boss Mckinley is an in
dication of how the promised reform
will be carried out, the people will in
all probability be heard from ut the
next congressional election. We pre-
dict that if this tariff schedule is
adopted the republican majority In
the next House will be more than
wiped out.
The average per csntage OF tariff at
present is 46. 70 per cent. Under the
new schedule proposed by Mckinley;
it il Al. SO per cent. About the only
reduction is Oh sugar. On wool and
wooden manufactures the duty is in.
creased from 5s.9s to 1892. What
the poor man saves on his sugar II
mostly absorbed in the increase OF
the tariff on his clothing.
Notwithstanding the clamor Of
tax ridden people for relief, the bur
den is increased rather than dimin'
ished. They asked for bread andthf
republican borses propose to give
them stone.
We admonish the republican man
ayers to read the hand writing on
the wall, and heed its warning before
it's too late. Redeem the pledges YOU
made to the people. Honesty in pol
tiles as in everything else will pay
Remember that the toiling masse
read, and that the daily newspaper
carry to them every day a full &C
count Of your subserviency to trusts
combines and corporations, and you
disregard of their interests, and ten
der regard for manufacturing monop
oIies. The day is past when you cal
successfully conceal from them tn
character of your work. There ar
waite hmen on the outer wall, an,
they will not continue to cry ''all
well" when the interests of the ma.
ses are imperiled. Change your tae
tics or the alarm will be sounded an
you will be driven from power. b
wise therefore.-Celar Rapids Ge
zette. (republican
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
RETURNING THE FAT.

During the presidential campaign
OF 1888. the manufacturing and job
bing monopolies were heavily taxed
for campaign purposes in the interest
of the republican party. which Quay,
Dudley, Clarkson, Wannamaker l.
co. denominated frying out the fat.
The money 50 bountifully poured
into the lap Of Wannamaker l. Co..
it was understood was simply loaned;
and if the party succeeded, would be
returned in bounties, subsidies and
gratuities.
This tile party is striving to do
through the Mckinley tariff bill in
part.
Instead of reducing the tariff, 1t
upon nearly everything increases it.
Sugar is about the only article in
general use that is reduced in the
list, while the reduction is fully made
mp in subsidies to sugar manufacture
ers and producers.
To offset this. the bill provides for
an increase of the duty on tin plate
1875 per cent. Every family especially
among the rural population, use tin
ware almost as universally as they do
sugar: their tin pals, basins, pans
and creamery cans sggregating
rs much annually as their sugar bill.
That the people may see the propos-
ell increase of tax and prepare for a
corresponding increase in the cost OF
these indispensable utensils Of the
farm and the dairy, we append the
present and the proposed duty on tin
plates, all of which are produced
abroad and imported into this coun-
fry:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
Home Seeker Excursious.

The G. M. s. st. p. has arranged
for homeseeker's excursions at rsduc.
ed rates Of fare. April %, May 20,
Sept. o and %, and Oct. Q, to points
on the company's lines in Missouri,
Kansas, Indian Territory, New Mexi-
co, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado.
Utah, Idaho, Montana. North and
South Dakota, Arkansas. Texas.
Tennessee. Mississippi and Alabama,
at one regular first-class fare for the
round trip for nearly every one Of
these points, Tickets will be good
for thirty days from date OF sale with
stop over privileges both ways. For
full information as to terms Of sale,
apply to the local agent Of the road
nearest YOU.