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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-01
LATER NEWS.

AN express train in Spain Running
between Burgos and San Sebastian col
lided with a mixed passenger train and
twenty-four persons were killed and
many others were injured. Several en-
tire families persisted, including the
Judge of Victoria with his wife and
daughter.
THE boiler in sawmill near Tion-
esta, Pa, exploded, killing J. Elva Ber-
lin, James Conser and Charles B.
Grove. all well-known lumbermen.
A RAILROAD elevator and other build
ings at Minneapolis were burned. caus-
ing q loss of $4,000 Nine firemen
were injured, some probably fatally.
ELIJAH WATT shot Miss Kate Halo
ran at Topeka, Kan, because she re-
fused to marry him and then killed
himself.
NANCY HANKS trotted mile at Cam
bridge City, Ind, in 2:O94.
THE ship Camelia was lost on the
coast of Cape Breton and Capt. Harvey,
his wife and child and nine sailors were
lost.
In the government of Astrakahn,
Russia, the whole population of villages
was dying of want, and the parents
were said to be eating their dead chill
dren.
THOMAS CARR, farmer living near
Quincy, KY, prompted by jealousy
killed his wife and sister-in-law with
corn cutter, fatally wounded his
mother-in-law and then took his own
life.
A FREIGHT train ran into work
train at McKim's siding, Pa, killing
Engineer Houghton and eight Italian
workmen.
J. X. CUMBERLAND, arrested in st.
Joseph, Mo-, confessed that he MUIR
dered James Robertson and his son
Jasper at Harlan, Ia, two years ago.
Two lots in the town of Chandler,
just plated in the land opened in Okla
homa territory, were offered for sale
for a ham sandwich, but no buyers
were found.
By the bursting of a bomb ut an
Italian celebration in Newark, N. j.,
four persons were killed and eighteen
injured.
In state convention at Lincoln the
Nebraska republicans nominated A.
NJ Post for associate justice of the
supreme court and Charles Marble and
HIP. Shumway for regents of the state
university. The platform approves of
President Harrison's administration, in
dorses reciprocity, demands protection
If American industry, denca"ces trusts
and the free coinage of ser and ar
raigns the democratic party as the
enemy of labor
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sTUNG BY REMoRsE.
Mrs. Mary Critic. Of st. Paul. Tells Of Her
Husbands Murder.

Mrs. Mary Critic. OF st. Paul. Tells Of Her
Husbands Murder.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. .4.-Mrs
Mary Critic, woman of so years, has
confessed that she poisoned Erick Critic.
her husband, August 90. After quar-
rel that morning she dropped q pinch
Of arsenic in his tea, from which he
died in two hours, and was buried the
next day. She said the crime was kill
ing her and she would have gone crazy
had she not confessed. After being ar
rested she told the police that she dis
covered from opening letter seven
teen years ago that Critic had another
wife. From that time to his death.
she says. they lived in the same house.
but not as man and wife. He had
tried to poison her dozen times with
carbolic acid, prussic acid. strychnine
and arsenic. but she had finally beaten
him ut his own game.
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KILLED KATY AND HIMSELF.

a Disappointed Lover shoots His Faith.
less Sweetheart and Commits Suicide.
CLEvELANp,O O. Sept. 24.-Michael ka-
rofa and Katy Rohaly were lovers in
Hungary. When they came to this
country Katy fell in love with another.
She broke the engagement with ka-
rofa and was to have been married to
her second lover ON Monday next.
Tuesday Karofa called on the girl and
pleaded with her to forsake the other,
but she refused. Finally he drew re-
volser from his pocket and shot the
girl through the neck, following it by
placing bullet in his own neck. Both
wounds proved fatal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-01

Ex-Gov MooREHorsE. taken out for q
drive by friend Tuesday night, but
became SO much excited that
he was taken home and
physician was called. He became
quieter during the night and in the
morning was sleeping quietly. The
two watchers were in another room.
They heard noise in the governors
room, and on entering found him lying
on the floor, blood squirting from his
throat. lie had cut cash in the left
side of his throat about inches long.
The weapon was a common pocket
knife, which he still held in his right
hand. He had folded up his coat and
vest and placed them under his head.
lGov Moorehouse was born in Delaware coun-
~, o., July 10 1885, and came to Missouri in
1850. He was lawyer. and had always taken
prominent part in Missouri politics He was
elected lieutenant governor on the democratic
ticke; IN 1854 with John S. Marmaduke as gov
ernor. and upon the death Of the latter suc-
ceeded him and took the oath as governor Of
the state December 90 1887 His wife and two
Of his children are In St. Joseph
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was . Founder OF the G. A. r.

BIooMINGToN, ILL.,, Sept 24.-Capt.
John Lightfoot died here Wednesday
night, aged e. He was one of the five
men who, in Decatur a quarter of a
century ago, organized post No. l of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
was a member of the committee who
drew up the original ritual.
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UNCHECKED.

Forest and Prairie Fires still Sweepine
Throu IA Parts OF wisconsin. Minnesota
aud the pakotas-A Number of Lives
Have Been LOst-Farmers and Lumber
men Lose Heavily.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Sept. a5.-The for
est and prairie fires in this state, Wis
consin and the Dakotas are burning
more fercely than ever, and
several towns seem to be
doomed to destruction. Loss Of
life is reported from several places.
Five farmers living near Pine
City. Mimi, while fighting the forest
fires which menaced their homes were
surrounded by vail of flames and all
perished.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Sept 25.-The rains
which were expected to quench the
forest fires have not reached eastern
Minnesota, and the awful confagration
is still going on for 100 miles along the
border. J. A. Westley, who has large
contracts for government surveying,
came in from the upper Mississippi by
way of the Duluth road and reports
terrible devastation along the line.
lie says hundreds of cattle are
burned and many homesteads destroyed
The train on which he came down
stopped at one place and took in seven
teen men, women and children. settlers
who had barely escaped with their
lives Unless heavy rains fall at once
all the little villages and homesteads
along the St Paul 4 Duluth for 60
miles will be burned. There is no
doubt, he says. that many human lives
are lost and expensive logging outfits
burned
WEYArwEGA, Wis, Sept. 25.-The
FIRE along the Wolf river is raging ter
ribly. and the standing timber is one
mass of flames. which is sweeping
everything before it. A number OF
farmhouses are threatened, and there
is no possible chance to save them.
Fred and Herman Middlestadt were at
work on the marsh with team when the
marsh burned, and they have not been
seen since. Nothing but drenching
rain can now stop the destruction of
property.
NEENAH, Wis, Sept. 25.-At 8 o'clock
p. m. Thursday dense clouds of smoke
ward which rapidly increased in vol
ume. Later messengers arrived here
stating that Rat river marsh, near
Medina junction. and containing hum
dreds of acres, was all afame. Others
arriving from Waupaca state that
wide strips Of fire prevail near that
city and along the Wolf river. The
total burning area is estimated at
500 acres and hay and grain are perish
ing in great quantity.
ASHLAND. Wis, Sept. a5.-Reports
from down the line of the Omaha road
state that the forest fires are rapidly
advancing and eating up everything
before them. Homesteaders sur
rounded by wilderness OF woods
are being burned out and ar
irving in town tel. of miracn-
lous escapes from being burned
to death. The high winds have
been effective in spreading the fires.
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KILLED IN A CAR.
Taree Boys, While Stealing y Ride, Lose
Their Lives at Chicago.

Taree Boys, While Stealing Ride, Lose
Their Lives at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Sept 24.-Three boys, rang
ing in age from II to Is years, were
killed Tuesday at the stock yards,
while stealing ride on Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago train. They
boarded car loaded with lumber
Tuesday nis hit at Valparaiso. Ind. and,
on reaching this city, while it was
being switched the lumber slid upon
them where they were concealed be-
tween two piles and crushed them to
death. One OF the boys was known
only as George. The other two were
Peter Foster and Ernest Carlos. No
one has ye. appeared to claim the bodies.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Col. FREDERICK A. CoNKLING, broth
er of the late Roscoe Conkling, died at
his home in New York Of cancer of the
stomach, aged IS years.
GEN. ISAAC w. QUINBY, who was a
classmate of Gen. Grant at West Point,
and who served with distinction in the
army, died at Rochester, N. Y, aged 70
years.
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Gen. sigel's Son Pardoned.

WASHINGTON, Sept 24.-June last
the president granted q pardon to
Robert Sigel, son of Gen. Sigel.
of New York. convicted of forgery
and sentenced to six years i'm
prisonmcnt at hard labor. the par
don to take effect at the ex-
piration of two years and nine months
Of actual Imprisonment. Wednesday
the president granted full pardon in
view Of the extreme illness Of the pris-
.oner and the fact that the term will ex-
pire in December.
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LOST WITH ALL ON BOARD.

Three Sailing Vessels Wrecked ON the
Labrador and Cape Breton Coasts.
HALIFAX. N. s., Sept. a5-News has
been received here from Newfoundland
of the loss of two of j. and W. Stew
arts schooners on the Labrador coast
the Payslee. Capt John Kane. with
all hands, and the Amazon, Capt. John
Noble, with loss of three hands.
Several bodies and some wreckage
were recently washed ashore on the
Cape Breton coast indicating the loss
of the ship Camelia, This has been
confirmed. The ships company con-
sisted of Capt. Harvey, wife and child,
and nine sailors. They We're all lost.
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KILLED WITH A CORN KNIFE.

An Insane Man Murders His Wife aud
Her sister and Commits suicide.
PORTSMOUTH, O., Sept. 25.-Thomas
Carr, a farmer living near Quincy, Ky,
prompted by jealousy, killed his wife
and sister-in-law with a corn
cutter Thursday morning. lie
wounded his mothcr-iE-law with the
same instrument. SO she will probably
die, then slashed his own throat and
was found dead leaning with his back
against post. Carr told his wife that
he had three other living women and
that he intended to kill her. Her sister
and mother then came to the rescue and
he went at them all with corn knife.
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A Kentucky Murder.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. "a. - Near
Scottsville Tuesday w. G. Ritchey, a
well-known citizen of the place. was
fatally shot from ambush while riding
along the road. There is no clew to
the murderer.
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GREAT RACERS TO MEET.

Allerton and Nelson TO Decide the Ques-
tion Of Superiority at Grand Rapids,
Mich, October 9.
INDEPENDENCE, Ia, Sept. 25.-C. w.
Williams has wired an acceptance Of
Don j. Leather's proposition to match
Allerton and Nelson for purse Of
$4,000, the winner to take the whole
amount, the race to occur October 8 at
Grand Rapids Those who have
kept tabs on Allerton's fast miles
the last three weeks have no doubt
that he can meet and down all contest
ants. August 81 he covered mile in
2:ll, September 4 he went in 2:1O,
September IL in 2:l01s, september Il
he went miles in 2:l04 each mile.
The 10Th he made his record OF 2:O9k
and repeated the mile last Monday.
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suicide at his home
here at 8 clock
Wednesday morn
ing. Several weeks
ago he was violent
iyover!leated while
driving cattle and
has been in a very
nervous condition
since. At times he
had been dclirous
and very much de-
pressed. lie was
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-01
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

Ex-Gov. MOOrehouse. Of Missouri, Com.
mitts suicide While Mentally Inbal.
anced.
MARsHALTowS. Mo-, Sept. 24.-Ex-
Gov Albert p Moorehouse committed
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Ex-CoSGREssMAN WILLIAM L. ScoTr,
of Erie, Pa, died at Newport, r. l..
of consumption of the bowels, aged 63
years. Mr.. SCOTS estate was esti-
mated at SIC. 1000. .O0O
Mrs. ELIZABETH BORDEN BrDDLE
died at her home in Philadelphia in
her 92d year. Mrs. Biddle's father,
Judge Joseph Hopinson, was the au-
thor of "Ilail Columbia.
MARTIN KELLOGG. probably the old
est man in Ohio. celebrated his 105th
birthday at his home on his farm in
Bronson township, near Norwalk.
Ex-COSGREssMAN w. c. WHITTHoRNE,
of the Seventh Tennessee district, died
at his home in Columbu aged 66 years.
WILLIAM FERREI., probably the most
eminent meteorologist in the world,
died at the home of relative at May
wood, Kan.
REV. JOSEPH HARRINGTON died at
Greensburg, Ind, aged 81 years. lie
was the oldest Methodist preacher in
Indiana.
JosEpH TUCKER CRowELL died at his
residence in Railway n. j., aged "A
years. He published the first pictorial
paper in the United States, Crowclls
Pictorial.
Dr. g. G.. BRUCE. editor of the Live
Stock Record and an eminent authority
on live stock. died of apople KY at Lex
ington, KY, aged 81 years
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FOREIGN.

TSn1s0ss
THE steamer Mondege. loaded with
cattle. was wrecked off the Newfound-
land coast and was total loss. Her
crew escaped. The boa: and cargo
were worth 500. 600.
Ex-PREsIDENT BALMACEDA, of Chilli.
shot himself through the temple in his
room at the Argentine legation in
Santiago.
TwENTy-NINE workmen met instant
death in an explosion in Belgian col
liery near Pharleroi.
THE Mexican revolutionists and gov
ernment troops had battle near Nier,
Mex, in which several on both sides
were killed and wounded.
HIGH tides caused great damage in
Westmoreland county, New Bruins.
wick. and thousands Of acres of marsh
land were covered with water to q
depth of feet.
SIR JAMES FERGUSON has been ap-
pointed postmaster general Of Great
Raikes.
THE reports of the assassination of
Louis Bogran, resident of Honduras,
were false.
A HURRICANE demolished many
houses in the city of Cansuegra, Spain,
recently devasted by flood.
The London and Westminster bank
in London was robbed of over $3.50, 900
by expert thieves who made their es-
cape.
THE pope has sent q letter to the
German and Austrian clergy urging
them to endeavor to eradicate the GUS
tom of dueling.
THE valley of the Dee in England
was inundated SO that only the hedge
tops were visible.
THE natives attacked French mis-
sion station in Portuguese Guinea and
killed ten Portuguese.
PASSENGER trains collided between
Golacsoury and Wolbrom, on the Ru.
sian frontier, and the cars were sha :
tered to splintcrs and ten persons were
killed and many injured.
Four rich mica mines were found in
the townships of Tadousac. Bergeron-
mes and Escoumins. in Canada.
AsIATIC cholera was spreading
throughout Turkey and hundreds were
dying daily.
ENGLISH warships in American
waters have been ordered home, the
government thinking there is more nse
for them in Europe just now thaa in
the west.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
TOPICS OF POPULAR INTEREST AND
PRACTICAL VALUE.

The Ramie Plant. from which Is OBJ
tained a Fine, Soft and Long Fiber,
Useful for Any Purpose to which Cot
ton, Flax or SILK Is Adapted.
An effort was made some years ago to
Introduce the culture of the ramie plant
into California. 1t was unsuccessful, be-
cause the processes depended upon for
working the plant to obtain its fiber proved
unsatisfactory. There appears, however.
to be OF late renewed interest in the
project, and it is claimed that the problem
of utilizing this plant, which thrives well
in that climate, is in fair way to be soon
solved
The ramie plant (Boehmeria nivea) is a
herbaceous shrub, allied to the true nettles
but differing from them in not having
stingy hairs. The plants throw up many
stalks from the roots, growing from three
to six feet in height, according to the quail
ity and moisture of the soil. They propa-
gate readily from root separations, which
method is almost exclusively followed, ac-
cording to the California Fruit Grower,
which illustrates the general character of
the rance plant, as here shown, and fur
nishes the following facts in regard to it.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08

The leaves of the true ramie are of deep
green color on the upper side, but are COW
cred on the under side with an abundant
coating of whitish down, which gives them
a beautiful, frosted, silvery appearance.
For many years the orientals have culti-
waited the plant for the superior fiber of its
inner bark, from which they manufacture
the famous gsass cloth so highly valued.
The fiber is one of the very finest, being
very long and almost as soft as silk, and
can be used for almost any purpose to
which cotton, fax or silk is adapted. The
fiber does not mildew or rot, and is for
some reasons repugnant to moths and in
sects which are destructive to fibers and
cloths.
The great drawback to cultivating ramie
for fiber purposes has been the difficulty of
detaching the gummy outer substance
from the fiber. The process of splitting
the bark and scraping it with knives, rs
practiced by the orientals, is entirely too
tedious and expensive for this country. A
large number of machines of more or less
value have been invented for working ra-
NEE stalks, but most of them have been
found lacking in essential qualifications.
There has come recently, however, from
California the report of a new machine
which it is claimed will work rance fiber
profitably by the dry process.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08

Plug the lower end with pine to form the
Ian and lash the two parts together. Put
on the guide rings and tip as before. You
must see the bamboo has a small tip.
But if a rod be made as have described
at length you will have at an outside cost
of four dollars as good an outfit as a man
may desire, and one with which you can
cast thirty yards of line. With it you may
have all the delights of the fly fisherman,
together with that added joy which comes
from using that which you made yourself
Only remember that in making the rod
no pains may be spared, and that no care
can be too great to give.
ALFRED BALCH.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08
Liquid Fuel.

A paper read few days ago before the
Shipmasters' society, of London, is attract
ing considerable attention in shipping
circles. The author Captain Carmichael,
has had much experience in the use of such
fuel in steamers ON the Pacific coast of
South America, and he has been able to
give the results of this in very interest
ing paper. Already liquid fuel is in use in
the locomotives of one of our railways, but
for heating marine boilers its advantages
are extraordinary. Furnaces become al
most self firing, and the steam is entirely
under the control of the engineer on watch.
The space now needed for immense coal
bunkers can largely be devoted for the
sto~age of cargo, and in cases of long voy-
ages would be of the utmost Importance,
says the London Iron and Steel Trades
Journal,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08
The Rotation of the Globe.

When next you chance to eat an egg you
can easily make an experiment, which is
not only productive of much amusement,
but also illustrates in a manner so clear
and simple that even a child can compre-
hend it, the double movement of the earth,
which revolves simultaneously around the
sun and on its own axis.
Moisten slightly with water the rim Of
your plate and in the center paint with the
yolk of the egg (you see that you have not
far to go for coloring materiaD sun with
golden rays. Then all that you have to do
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08
DOUBLE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH

is to place the empty half shell of your egg
on the rim of the plate, and keeping this
latter duly sloped and shifting it gradual
ly around SO that the shell may always
have an inch or two of descending plane
before it, you will see the egg shell begin
to revolve rapidly on its own axis, at the
same time travelling round the plate. The
slight cohesion caused by the water which
moistens the plate counteracts the centrif-
ugal force and so prevents the egg shell
falling off the edge of the plate.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-08
ADMINISTRATORS SALE AT PUB
Lie AUCTION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT in
IN pursuance of an order of the superior
court of Los Angeles county, California, made
on April %, 1891, in the matter OF the estate
of Jacob Hommel, deceased, the undersigned
administrator of said estate will sell at public
auction TO the highest bidder for cash, and
subject to confirmation by said superior court,
on Saturday, the 23d day of May, 1891, at the
places and hours hereinafter mentioned, all
the right, title. interest and estate OF said JACOB
Hommel, at the time of his DEATH and all the
right, title and estate that the said estate has
acquired, other than or in addition to that OF
said Jacob Hommel at the time of his DEATH
in and to that certain real property hereinafter
described, situate in Los Angeles county, Cali
fornia, to wit:
II, 15, 10, 20, 21, % and %. of block H., Fort
Hill tract, in Los Angeles city, will be sold on
said premises, corner of Philadelphia street
and BELLEVUE avenue, at 10 o'clock a.m.' on
The following lots situate in Los Angeles
city, VIZ Lots &, q, 8, block ! ID RSsemont S,eda
Rosemont tract, under contract of sale from =.
H. Burks to J. d. Fyke, dated May. IL, 1887,
by FSke f BTrHs sad o
and interest from May IL, 1887, at per cent.
per annum.
Lot 20, block 80, Los Angeles Improvement
companys subdivision of part Of lot 2, block
49, Hancock's survey; lot 8, block l, Waterloo
tract; undivided one,half Of lot =, Dlock q
Marathon tract; lots ., 8, %, block A; lot 2:
block d; lot 22 block G, and lot ~, BLOCK r, Oh
the Gable Road tract.
Also the following lots in East Santa MONICA,
to wit Lot 8, block AZ; lot AL, block 80; lot 1,
block 80, will be sold in Los Angeles city, Los
Angeles county, in front of the county clerks
office, at the old court house, at the hour of IL
M on said May 49, 1891.
Terms and conditions OF sale: Cash, lawful
money of the Uuited States; 0 per cent. of the
purchase money to be paid to the auctioneer
on the day Of sale, balance on confirmation of
sale by said superior court; deed at expense of
purchaser. w. s. WATERS,
Administrator of the Estate of Jacob Hommel,
deceased
Dated April 49, 1891. 4-3O I'd