davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
HUMANS ROASTED.
A Number Of distressing Fatalities by Fire
Reported.

ROCHESTER,. Y. ". Dec. 21.--A terri
BILE conflagration occurred Friday
morning whereby woman and
three children lost their lives. The VIC
Tins were Mrs. John Dietrich, of No. Z
Orchard street. and her three children,
Iibbie. aged q years: Jacob, aged 8,
and Louisa. aged II months. How the
fire originated is mystery. Mrs.
Dietrich had arisen at 4 o'clock to start
fire in the kitchen stove and awak-
ened her husband soon after with an
alarm of fire. She rushed in to save
her three little ones and per-
ished in the flames. Her husband and
one son escaped. When the firemen sue
ceeded in quenching the flames they
found in the bedroom where the
woman had slept the body of
the unfortunate woman lying
across the bed with the feet
on the floor. Beside her lay the three
little children. their bodies burned to a
crisp as well as that of their mother.
SARATOGA, n. u. Dec. 21.-Mrs. Ellen
Gibbons, aged so years, was burned to
death at her home on Ash street Friday
MIS-. 1lUDOIlS was aQulCIcQ
to smoking.
MILWAUKEE. Dee. 27.-Fire was dis
covered in Lawler's saloon building at
Freemont Friday morning. and before
it wa, under control it damaged two
other buildings. Orrin Ennis was car
rying out goods from the Lawler build
ing when the building went down, and
he pcrished in the flames. Ennis had
no family.
OskALoosA. Ia, Dee. 27.-A 4-year-old
child Of L. G. Bailey met a sad death
Friday. The parents left it at home
with other children, and while playing
its clothes caught fire and it was burned
to death.
LONDON. Dee. 27.-According to adj
vices received here the steamship
Shanghai recently caught fire at sea
and is supposed to have become total
loss. The disaster is under
stood to have occurred near
WI Hu Woo Hoo. a treaty port of
the Chinese province of Ngan-Hoei on
the lang-tsekiang. about fifty miles
above Nanllin. The crew. consisting
of about sixty natives, together with
several European officers. are supposed
to have met their death either in the
flames or subsequently by drowning
while attempting to escape from the
burning vessel.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Collapse of . South Dakota isank-Failur
OF u Similar Institution in Texas.

Collapse Of . South Dakota Bank Failure
OF Similar Institution in Texas.
MISNEAPoLIs, Minn.. Dec. 21.-The
Journals Woonsocket fS. ID special
says the Sanborn County Bank. run
by Lean l.. Stevens. has closed its
doors. The county treasurer had $1,000
of the county's money in the bank,
and number of merchants are caught.
Stevens was city treasurer. and closed
down on $500 of the city funds. There
was no run on the bank, and the rea-
sons given for the suspension were poor
business and slow collections.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dec. 27.-The
Maverick Bank of this city closed its
doors Friday morning after heavy run
that has lasted three weeks. Samuel
Maverick. sole owner. made an assign
ment Of all his property. real and per-
sonal. to Reagan Houston. The liabili-
ties amount to Ss44, l64 and assets
S1,7S9 9l5.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia. Dee. a1.-Simon
Eiseman of the firm Of Henry Eiseman
& Co., dry-goods merchants, who made
an assignment Thursday. estimates the
liabilities Of the firm ut 500, 900; assets
at $500, 900.
NEW YORK. Dee. 21.-R. c. Dun e
Co.'S weekly review of trade says that
business has progressed as well as could
be expected in week broken by the
Christmas holiday trade and great
snow-storm. The holiday trade was
remarkably heavy here, and at
nearly all other points good. which is
by no means evidence that the tight
ness of the money market springs from
any general embarrassment of business
| or industry. The business failures oc-
curing throughout the country during
the last seven days number 333, as com
| pared with Il total of 4O4 last week.
For the corresponding week last year
] the firnres We're oSH
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

FOLLOWING are few of the items of
the first square meal consumed by Sig
nor Succi after the conclusion of his
forty five days fast in New York: But
tered anchovies. caviare, chicken soup
with rice, fried calves brains, quail on
toast, fruit. ice-cream and coffee" All
OF these dishes the Italian swept clean
without pause. A lot of dyspeptic
millionaires paid sums ranging from
one to five dollars for the privilege of
seeing Succi devour the repast, and the
majority of them would doubtless have
been willing to give one thousand dol
lars for his appetite.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

THE announcement came from Wash
ington the other day that a number of
United States Senators had been
swindled by man calling himself
William Duvall, residence Baltimore,
who wrote to each statesman inform
ing him that he had named his first
born child after him and setting forth
that he (the father) was in financial
straits, being prevented from working
by broken leg. Some of the Senator's,
as stated, sent currency. to which
others added silver mugs appropriately
inscribed and other articles Of value. 1t
was believed he would be prosecuted for
his illegal money making operations.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
POINTS OF PROGRESS.

WOMEN are gradually being intro
duced into the savings bank department
of the London post-of1ice, and their work
gives great satisfaction TO the author
tiles. 1t is said that Algernon Turn
our. the financial secretary. desires to
have only female clerks In that depart
ment and to oust the mon.
CONSIDERING that s2aa5. 900, 900 Of prop
erty in the United States is possessed
and controlled by twenty-seven women,
one might argue that parents should
give their daughters as thorough bus
mess education as they accord their
sons. No ono with girls to raise can
tell in this democratic country. where
fortunes shift like quicksilver. whether
at some future time they may not have
vast sums Of money to control.
THE roads in a certain town of Maine
had recently fallen into very bad con-
dition, and the men of q particular dis
trict refused to repair them-said they
were too busy. and it was thankless
task, anyway. The women of the town
thereupon urged and procured the APP
pointment Of woman superintendent,
and with the aid Of a road machine and
some men whom she employed. the
roads were soon in excellent condition.
Mrs. FESwIcK MILLER, well-known
London journalist and lecturer, was
late asked by correspondent whether
she really thought that women could, If
they liked, do all that men can do. She
replied as follows: speaking for my
self, there is at least one thing that
many men have done and now do which
| know should never have the courage
to do. l have studied medicine, con-
tested elections, written political lead
ers--all like a man'-but though. have
never yet in my life worn on my head a
tress OF hair which had not grown there
l am sure l never, never should have
the courage to go about with bald
head"
Mr. john L. WHITE, head-master ot
the Berkely School, New York, Is
authority for the statement that, in our
cities at least, almost every American
girl of good parentage of the age Of six.
teen or seventeen is taller than her
mother. with larger waist, better physi-
cal development, and more staying
power" This gain he thinks largely
due to the present-day love of open-air
games and exercise. Indeed, SO hearth.
~ does he believe in the efficacy Of ply
steal training, that he would put an ex-
ercise-room in every school-house, sure
that forty minutes daily drill and in.
struction in hygenic laws would in the
following generation reduce the number
Of the criminal population one-balf.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

THE smallest town in the United States
which has an electric street, railway in
operation is Southington, Conn, with a
population of 5,4O0. Two cars are in
service over two miles of track, and the
average daily receipts are 50 per car.
The power for the operation of this road
is furnished by the local lighting COM
pany, and costs Sl.25 per car per day.
The largest electric railway is at Bos-
ton, Mass, sixty miles being electri-
cally equipped, and there are 3l2
motor cars in operation. During
the month of August they had 800 motor
cars in service, making total mileage
of 3s4, 100000
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

instead OF me and mine? In other words.
Is my husband bound to support me and
our children, and to what extent may
purchase necessaries and luxuries on his
credit? Can go into business in my
own name and form legal partnership?
Can make q will, and il SO, must he
consent to it? To what extent may
dispose by will OF my property. and
what portion, il any, may my husband
claim despite my will to the contrary?
II leave no will, how much OF my
property may my husband take. and
how much will go to my children
or other kindred? On the other
hand, IL / should be widowed,
what share Of my husbands prop
erty can ! claim. and do / take such
share outright, or only the income for
my life? Does the law in this respect
discriminate in my favor when no child
survives my husband? II he leaves a
will, what claim have ] on nv husbands
estate Notwithstanding his will? Can |
act as executor, administrator, or guar
dian while married, or after my hus-
bands death? II worse misfortune
than that of widowhood befalls me,
what claim have for support for my
self and children from husband who
deserts me, and how shall | enforce it?
Can | keep my children. or can he take
them from meo Can l apply for a d.
yorce, and If SO, on what grounds and on
general mode Of procedurco Can l OBJ
tain alimony and custody Of children?
All these and many more are ques-
tiOns which women are constantly ask
ing OF lawyers, and many, alas! ask too
late. The ''ounce Of prevention" is too
seldom thought OF. | have said that
every married woman should have as
much knowledge as possible on the SUBJ
jects which have indicated by queries,
but If every woman would give them
some attention before marriage, many
misfortunes might be avoided by taking
suitable measures in advance In States
where a woman's property goes in part
or wholly to her husband at marriage, a
pre-nuptial contract should be made,
settling it on herself and empowering
her to dispose of it by will; and in many
other ways wise precautions may be
taken, il one is not too much in love to
think of any thing so commonplace as
property and property rights. But in
any case to know what she may do il
she chooses. will do no woman any
harm, for here as elsewhere. knowledge
is power. Leila Robinson Sawtelle, L.
L. b, in Chautauqnan.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
THE EAST,

In wreck on the Western New York
4 Pennsylvania railroad near Watson
vile, Pa, twenty-one passengers were
injured.
GENERAL B. F. BUTLER said during a
criminal trial in the United States Dis
trict Court at Boston on the 23d that
it was his last case in the courts. and
that hereafter his business would be
confined to office practice.
FRANKLIN W. Hull and Ellis G. Bard,
who embezzled $4,000 from the Lin
coin National Bank of Lincoln, Pa,
were sentenced to five years imprison-
ment each.
DIR. WILLIAM r. HARPER, professor of
scientific languages at Yale College, has
decided to accept the presidency of the
Chicago University
Mrs. JOHN SULLIVAN, of Orange, N.
j., on November 10 gave birth to a
strong. healthy baby. On the oath inst.
she gave birth to second child, also
strong and healthy. Physicians said
such a case was never before heard Of
In Pennsylvania the law prohibiting
the sale of oleomargarine has been de-
clared unconstitutional.
JUDGE HALL declared, at East Lyme,
Conn.,, that a ''paster" put on blank
space on ticket made the ballot illegal
under the State law. If sustained the
decision would invalidate $500 Prohibi-
ton ballots and elect Morris Dem
Governor
AT Dover, N. H., Isaac B. Sawtelle
nf - 4 g
brother, and was sentenced to be
hanged the first Tuesday in January,
1892.
In New York an unknown woman
aged about 60 years fell on sidewalk,
and her long hat-pin was driven into
her brain, causing almost instant death.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, conspiracy to
flood the United States with counter
felt silver dollars was unearthed by the
arrest OF nineteen Italians employed to
pass the coins.
WHILE out hunting John Frick, of
Johnstown, Pa, accidentally shot and
killed his 7-year-old son.
THE labor commissioner of Maine
says that there are 3,2lO abandoned
farms in the State
AT their home in Rochester, N. Y,
Mrs. John Dietrich and three children
were burned to death. Her husband
and one son escaped.
In the East blizzard prevailed on
the Goth and New York City was buried
in snow. Street-cars, elevated railways
and ferry-boats were delayed. The
coast was swept by strong gale, and
at Narragansett Pier two schooners
went ashore and three men were
drowned. In Buffalo, N. Y, the ther-
mometer registered 10 degrees below
zero, and at Lyndonville, VT, the mer-
curry sunk to so below Zero
In runaway accident George II.
Green and wife, of South Coventry,
Conn.,, were killed:
In powder-house at Lake Hopat-
cong, N. j., an explosion killed Mahlon
Srec-y and John r johnson.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

THE Parnell candidate was said to
have been defeated by the Mccarthy cam
didate by 1000 majority in the election
at Kilkenny on the 22d.
In storm at Toulon, France. a brig
was wrecked in the harbor and five men
were drowned.
At Holstein, Germany, twelve girls
We're crossing the lake on the ice when
it suddenly gave way beneath them and
all were drowned.
A VAST army of idle men and their
families were said to be dying of hunger
in London.
In London Mrs. Nellie Pearcey was
hanged for the murder of Mrs. Hogg
and the latter's infant child on October
- last. She confessed her guilt.
WHILE en- route to London from Cal
cutta the Hamburg ship Libussa col
lided with the British ship Talookolar,
and the captain, twenty-five of the crew
and ten passengers of the Talookolar
were lost.
In the Kilkenny district Sir John Pope
Hennessy. the McCarthyite candidate
for Parliament, defeated Vincent Scully,
Mr.. Parnell's candidate, by majority
of LII.
In Peru an insurrection was sup
pressed at a cost of forty lives.
NEAR Woo-Hoo. China. the steamer
Shanghai was destroyed by fire, and
several European officers and sixty ma
tives were burned to death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

THE following populations make an
interesting comparison: Russian EN-
pire, 113,354,649; United States. 81, $780,
$40: Germany, 46,s5a, 40; Austria-Hun-
gary, 40, O,464. sos; France, 3s.2iS. .903:
Great Britain and Ireland, 35,ai6. 1868:
Italy. 2s.46o,000; Spain, 17.55o,a46. 1t is
only question Of time when we shall
lead even Russia, and with our increase
will be the leadership of the English
speaking civilization.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE United States Supreme Court de-
cided in a polygamy case that wife
was not competent witness against
the husband.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain in store on the 22d was:
Wheat. 25.364. 16s bushels: corn. 3,117,-
s92 bushels: oats, 3.454, 45a bushels.
THE President nominated Henry B.
Brown, of Michigan, to be Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Justice Samuel +. Miller.
COLONEL CHARLES SUTHERLAND has
been nominated by President Harrison
to be Surgeon General. with the rank
of Brigadier General, vice J. ii. Baxter,
deceased.
THE President issued proclamation
declaring that the Worlds Columbian
Exposition would be opened on the lst
day of May. in the year 1898, in the city
Of Chicago. and would not be closed be-
fore the last Thursday in October of the
same year.
ESTIMATES made from figures in the
Census Office show that the aggregate
mortgage Indebtedness of the whole
country is in the neighborhood of $3.50,
900. 900.
DURING 1890 there were 5.115 miles OF
new railroad tracks laid in this country,
against 5.095 miles in 1889. The total
amount of railway now completed in
the United States is 1911 miles.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 10Th numbered 333, against 4O4 the
preceding week and 2ss the correspond.
ing week last year.
AT Washington the snow was ten
inches deep on level on the Goth.
TREASURY officials discovered frauds
which had robbed the Government oi
over 81 100000 within the last twelve
months. They were committed by the
Consuls and Consular agents of the
United States in Canada and by the ex-
porters of Canadian goods to the United
States.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

There was little social gathering at
the residence OF Judge Peterby, and
Colonel Ierger, who was present, OBJ
served tho ladies, who were all together
in the parlor, We're not very talkative.
80 he said to Judge Peterby:
"How little those ladies have to say
to each other?'
'Just wait until one of them goes
away. and then listen to what the rest
have to say about her. You don't un-
derstand the fair sex. Colonel Yerger. +"
-Tsxas aiftingss
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
A Monument Unvailed.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 21.-Captain
Foss, of the German man-of-war Spei-
fer, has unvailed monument at Apia.
Samoa, to the memory of the men lost
on German war-ships during the hurri-
cane of March Is, 1889. Consul-General
Steulel and the German residents of
Samoa were present at the ceremony.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

New YORK buys more lace than any
ether city in the world. and there are
said to be scores of New York ladies
whose collections of lace vary in value
from $4,000 to $4,000. The Wander
bilts possess laces which rival the Prus-
sian and Austrian crown laces. and are
valued at $500, The late Mrs. Astor
had lace dress that cost SIS. 900, and
another was recently sold to an Amer
ican lady for S25. 900,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

IT is said that no graduate of Vassar
College has ever been divorced from her
husband. Such is the statement of a
man who married one of them, and who
declares that the young ladies who have
been educated at the college are the
best cooks in the world.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

THERE is project to construct ship
canal across New Jersey from the Del
aware river to the Atlantic. The
scheme was first suggested by mer-
chants of Philadelphia. who desire a
shorter water route to New York and
an abbreviation of the journey of hun
dreds Of miles down the bay and around
Cape May to strike the ocean paths to
Eurnna
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

CHIEF GALL, who succeeds Sitting
Bull as head of the Sioux nation. led
the Indians in the battle that brought
defeat and death to Custer. He is not
only fond Of fighting but is capable of
handling body of Indians successfully
when in the field, and has frequently
exhibited the qualities of generalship.
He is. moreover, an Indian of some hon
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

THE American passenger pigeon COM
passes the whole Atlantic ocean The
speed of its flight is approximately
known, and it is able to cover sixteen
hundred miles in twenty-four hours.
This, indeed, is marvellous when it is
seen that, flying at the rate Of nearly
seventy miles an hour, it takes the bird
two days and two nights to cross.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
Fatally Burned.

! MARION, Ind, Dec. a7.-Iohn @.
Thomas was fatally burned Wednesday
night while playing Santa Claus at the
Second Nj. +. Church. lie approached
too close to a gas jet when his costume
| took fire, and in moment he was
Mrapped in flames
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

JOHN w. You've, son of the late
Brigham Young, has purchased three
million acres of land in Northern Mex
leo. and ten thousand Mormons will
colonize on it. their object being to find
place where they can practice polyg-
amy unmolested.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

THE safest piece of water Oh earth is
the Lake Of Trumia in Persia. situated
more than four thousand feet above the
sea level. 1t is much salter than the
Dead Sea. the water being found on an
aiysis to contain nearly twenty-five per
cent of salt
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01

MOUNT HOLLY, n. Y, Dec. a7.-Gen-
eral Charles $. Taylor well-l1nown
citizen of this place, committed suicide
by drowning in the creek here Wednes-
day night at the identical point where
his brother drowned himself few
NearS lrn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
Fatally stabbed In Drunken Row.

MARTINsvILLE, Ind. Dee. 27.-While
engaged in drunken brawl Wednesday
night Joe Phillips stabbed Morgan Gun.
ningham in the left side. Cunningham
is reported in critical condition with
the chances against his recovery. Both
are tough charaftere,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
Good for POrkers,

ROME, Dec. 2s.--The Italian govern
ment several years ago prohibited the
importation of American pork and lard,
and soon after extended the prohibition
to all countries. 1t has just taken a
step, however, which, it is believed,
will result in the removal of the re-
striction against the United States.
NEAR Fergus Falls, Mimi, on the
night of the 2sth, Henry Reher a shoe
maker, drew two revolvers and began
shooting at his wife, son and three
daughters. He hit his son twice in the
arm and stabbed him once before he es-
capped. The three daughters escaped.
He stabbed his wife several times after
shooting three or four shots. Then he
hanged himself after putting a bullet
into his head. When neighbors arrived
Reher was dead, his wife was dying and
the son will die from the effects of his
wounds.
By the explosion Of a boiler on the
27th, on the premises of G. Lowenstein,
Jr., a butcher and sausage maker at
Cincinnati, O., no less than seven build
ings were wrecked. Bertha Gray, aged
one and half years, was killed, being
found under tho debris of one of the
houses. Mrs. Loewenstein has broken
back and cannot live. Several others
were injured but not seriously.
JANET WEss, q schoolteacher, was
found on the 2sth. near Hamlin, West
Va, frozen to death. lie lost his way
in the storm of the Goth.
THE ice on the river Avon. near Lon
don, England, broke in on the asth
while thousands were skating. Apanic
followed and several disappeared under
the ice and were drowned.
NJ. A. DAUPHlN, a native of Alsace-
Lorraine, and for twenty years presi-
dent of the Louisiana Lottery company
died at his residence in New Orleans on
the 2sth, His aSs WAS 80 years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-01-01
FOR A MONETARY UNION.
Delegates Reported from Nearly All SOut
American Countries.


American Countries.
WASHINGTON, Dec. a7.-The recon-
mendations of the international Ameri-
can conference for the establishment of
an American monetary union and the
issue of a common silver coin have been
adopted by all the American repub-
lies except Guatemala. Uruguay and
Paraguay, which have not been heard
from. The first meeting of the union
takes place at the Department of
State at noon on Wednesday, the 7th of
January. Delegates have been APP
pointed from Argentine Republic. Bra
iii, Colombia. Mexico, Venezuela, Chilli,
Salvador, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica,
Honduras and Bolivia. The delegates
from the United States have not yet
been appointed.