The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
VOL. XXXlII. NO. 6---WHOLE NO. 1910.


Hal Pointer in three straight heats in
made in pacing race.
MURDERER WILLIAMSON, under SEN
tence of death at Sedalia. Mo-, for kill
ing his wife, has confessed that in 1888
he butchered an entire family near
Centralia. ILL.,. and also killed an old
German named Koch.
THE farmhouse Of William Elliott
near Shoals. Ind, was destroyed by
fire, and Mr.. Elliott, who is so years
old, and his wife, were probably fatal
ly burned.
AN explosion in the building Of the
United States Mine Supply Company
at Cleveland. O., caused the destruction
Of the building and the deaths of three
young men.
THE works Of the Clifton Distilling
Company at Cincinnati were complete
ly destroyed by fire, the loss being
Sl5O.OOO.
FoUR men were killed near Great
Falls, Mont, by the premature explo-
sion Of powder and five others were
fatally injured
fdENI Va SuC
Georgia Farmers Alliance. has settled
his $40, 900 shortage with the state al
lance exchange
DAVID CHAPMAN, an old resident Of
Oshkosh Wis. died at the age of 68.
and his wife expired while sitting at
the side of her husbands body.
A FLY-wHEEL burst in Kimberly's
rolling mill at Grecnville, Pa, injuring
five men, two fatally.
AT Glenwood, Mimi. o. E. Holmes,
Fred Renn, Conrad Prince, Brazil Lyle
and John Coffin were killed in a COLI
sion on the 800" road and seven other
persons were injured.
WILLIAM l.. MUNsoN. assistant secre
tary of the Fulton Building and Loan
association in Cincinnati, was said to be
short $4,000.
THE grand jury Of the United States
district court of the Boston district has
indicted the officers of the Louisiana
lottery for illegally using the mails.
THIRTY houses were destroyed at
conneaut. O., by a cyclone. No lives
were lost.
THE New York court of appeals has
rendered decision against the valid
ity of the will of Samuel j. Tilden.
The estate of $4,000. 900 will be divided
among the seven legal heirs of the mil
lionaire.
THEODORE STEVENSON. one of the
largest real estate and insurance men
at Cortland. n. ". has failed for
$780, 200.
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missioners to compel banks to show q
list Of their depositors has failed.
FOREST fires near Evansville, Ind .
burned over large tract of land, and
many farmers lost their houses and
other property.
A LIBRARY of 2sO.O0O volumes has
been secured in Europe for the new
university Of Chicago
RuDYARD kIPLING, the author, has
come to America to prosecute several
publishers who have been reprinting
his stories in defiance of the new inter-
national copyright law.
HERMAN LOPEZ and Rafael Cayaz,
two sheepgrowers, were killed at Hol-
brook, Ark, in saloon fight with
cowboys.
FIVE HUNDRED kegs of powder ex-
ploded in the glaze mill of the Ohio
Powder Company at Youngstown,
killing two men and wrecking the
building.
TEN head of horses and several
buildings were burned at Hamilton,
Kan.
JOSEPH HOWELL. a school-teacher oi
Brookfield, Mo-. was sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of Mrs. Minnie
Hall and her four children January 10,
1852.
AN incendiary fire destroyed two cot
ton warehouses at Newman, Ga caus-
ing loss of 100000.
/ EIGHTEEN houses at North Muske.
gon, Mich, were destroyed by fire.
THE new United States cruiser De.
troit, officially known as No. 10, was
launched at Baltimore.
/ The two small children of Jerrard
Jensen, living near Austin. Minn.,
were torn to pieces by wolves.
/ JACOB DICK. of Boston. pleaded
guilty and was fined 800 and costs for
importing six musicians from Bavaria
! AT Farmers Alliance mass meeting
in Buckport. Ark. Il riot occurred over
politics and five men were killed and
several others We're injured.
! MANY business houses at Rice Lake
Wis. We're burned in fire started by
tramps.
w. II. Dill, president of the Firs,
national bank of Cleartield, Pa. was
said to be a defaulter to the extent ol
100000.
AN unguarded express car on the
Central Branch at Leonora. Kan, was
robbed of the safe. which contained a
large sum of money.
BUSHNELL & BUSHNELL. real estate
dealers at st. Paul. Mimi, made an as
signment with liabilities of Sl5o. OOC
and assets the same.
THERE have been 1000 applications
for admission as students to the new
Leland Stanford, Jr, university in
California.
CORA STAFFORD. a 6-year-old colored
girl at Lincoln. Neb. was said to be
gradually turning white The change
began with her left foot and half of the
left leg was now white. Doctors wer.
puzzled.
THE centennial celebration of St
Mary's seminary, the oldest religious
institution in the country, took place in
Baltimore.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
"ArNrY" HALDY. the oldest woman
in Terre Haute. Ind. cele brated her
l0ad birthday
Miss MAY WHITE of Lansing. Mich.
hos 81 o..