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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
FARMERS WHEAT CORNER.
Alliance scheme to Squeeze spcculator
and Traders In Grain.

Alliance scheme to Squeeze Spectators
and Traders In Grain.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, July 24.-St
l'aul has been made the headquar-
tiers of a national movement by
the United States Farmers Alli-
ancc to corner the, entire wheat
crop OF the United States. At ST Waba-
sha street for several days large force
of employees has been engaged in sending
out circulars with a view not only of
having the alliance men of the United
States but all classes of farmers keep
back their wheat crop until the
bears have all been killed off
and prices have been advanced to high
point. In other words. the alliance
press bureau and state press bureau
are working together, cndeavoring to
unite the farmers of the United States
in gigantic wheat trust, in which the
producers shall be the stockholders.
and by which the spectators and
wheat buyers will be squeezed to the
wall.
At the head of the movement is
George NJ. Muller, editor of the State
and prominent alliance man. The
circular, which rccites the benefits of
combination and urges the formation
of the trust" estimates the wheat
crop of 81 in the United States at
500, 100000 bushels. The promoters
of the farmers wheat trust be-
licvc that four-iifths of this
wheat can be held back by the
farmers for four to eight weeks, by
which time it is thought that prices
will have gone skyward. Lists bear
ing the names of secretaries of every
alliance in the United States are now
in the hands of Mr.. Muller, and the cir
cular has been sent to the alliances of
all the eastern wheat growing states.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
LISTENED TO REASON.
Through President slarrison's Interfcr-
ence the Car Iseiaxcs His Persecution
Of the Jews.

encc the Car Reiaxcs His Perscc ution
Of the Jews.
WASHINGTON, July o5. o5.--Cab!cgrams
received at the state department Fri
day brought the important official news
that the czar had temporarily relaxed
the Jewish expulsion measures. They
also brought the gratifying intelli.
gence that he had done this in compli-
ment to the United States and at the
instance Of this country. While tn.
relaxation was described as tempo-
rary and intended by the car as a
respite until he could consult with his
political advisers, there il no doubt that
it will lead to permanent motiifica-
tion Of the oppressive orders Of expul-
sion. The matter has been very deli
cately managed in its diplomatic bear
ings. Strictly speaking the action Of the
car III expeiling the Jews was matter
Of purely domestic concern, with which
neither the United States nor any
country had anything to do. A diplo-
matte rcmonstrance would have been
putting the matter in its proper
light before the car. President
Harrison interested himself per-
sonally. Some time ago delega-
ton Of leading Jewish citizens headed
by Jesse Seligman, the New York
banker, and Oscar Straus, ,,ex-minister to
Turkey, waited on him and he assured
them that the best efforts of the ad-
ministration would be used to soften
the rigors which the Russian Jews
were enduring. Minister Smith sue
ceeded in bringing the subject to tho
cars attention in q favorable light in
a personal message from President
Harrison. After the minister's de-
parture renewed representations
were made by Consul Gem
eral Crawford. lie has rep
resented the United States for
many years at st. Petersburg and is a
great favorite with the Russians To
his tact in great measure is due the
willingness of the car to suspend the
anti-Jewish policy Of the empire.
Worldwide interest has been taken in
the sufferings of the Russian Jews and
it is tribute to the United States that
this influence has been able to ac-
complish what all the rest of the world
could not do.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LATE census returns show there arc
nearly 1000, 900 more females in Eng
land than males.
INSURGENTS in Chilli were defeated at
Huasco by the government forces, the
former losi:g over 200 men.
AT Vancouver, Il. c., the duty col
lected on Cinnamon for the year ended
June 80 was Sl5,95s, an increase of
S12.395 over the previous year. The
amount collected from each Chinaman
is Sl20.
In the Red sea district of Egypt over
500 deaths daily from cholera were oc-
curing.
In Russia foreigners doing business
must become naturalized within five
years or leave the country.
BY order of Balmaceda twenty Chill
ian army officers were shot, having
been convicted of poisoning Admiral
Montt and several other members of
the revolutionary party.
FLOODS which prevailed for several
days in Moravia and Silcsia caused
enormous damage to farms and crops.
THE firm of John Mclean & Co.,
dealers in who lesale millinery and
fancy goods at Montreal, assigned with
liabilities Of $2sl. .222.
The coffee harvest of Guatemala for
1891 will reach 100000 quintels, repre-
senting Sic, 10000
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
MONEY MOVING WESTWARD.
1t Will Take e5O,OOO,OOo to Move the
Crop This Year.

It VIII Take esO,OO0,OOo to Move the
Crop This Year.
New YORK, July o5.-The deposits of
the sub-treasury Thursday against
shipments to be made from Washing
ton to the west amounted to $3.50, 600,
making total of 81, 900 since Fri
day. The movement has now set in in
earnest and its influence is felt oil
around. Bankers anticipate consider
able advance in the rate for call money,
as the shipments to the west continue
to absorb the surplus at this center.
Fortunately the surplus reserve of
the New York banks is large,
amounting, according to last Satur-
days bank statement, to SIS. $50, AS.
Estimates Of the total amount of money
to be shipped to the interior by sum
mer and fall range from $40, 200. 0Oo to
$50, O,0OO,0 900. This will draw all the
surplus reserves from the city banks
and will drain the country banks and
the rust-companies as well. Last year
something over S35, 900. 600 was shipped.
More would have been but for the fact
that the supply of small notes gave out
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Death Of Hermann Raster.

CHICAGO, July 25.-News was re-
ceived here Friday night that Hermann
Raster. editor in chief of the Illinois
Staats Zeitung, died in Cudowa, in the
German province of Silesia, whittier he
had gone in search of health, at Gas
o'clock p. m. He was 65 years old
Hermann Raster was for twenty-four
years the life of the Stats Zeitung,
whose leading position in German
American journalism is due to his abil-
ity. He wss q resident of this country
for forty-one years. His death robs
German-American Journalism Of its
leading exponent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
A CRUISERS BLUEDER.

A ChIlian WarsIsip Blows Up the Steam
Launch Of the American Man-of War
Pensacola Under tho Impression That
It Was an lnsurgent Boat Five Sailors
Killed.
CALLAo, July 25.-The famous old
man OF war Pensacola, of the United
States navy, has just arrived here
after an exciting run along the Chilian
coast. 1t brought the first news of a
thrilling accident at africa, Chill, by
which five sailors of the Pensacola lost
their lives. The steam launch belong
ing to the man of war was blown up
in the harbor Of africa by the Chilian
torpedo boat Condell and every man
on board. five in number, were killed.
The attack took place the evening of
June |. The Condell is one of Balma-
ceda's torpedo cruisers from the port of
Santiago and was on the lookout for
the ships OF the insurgents. 1t stole
into the rbor of africa about clock.
There was a heavy fog and objects at
q distance of 100 yards could not be
discerncd with any distinctncss The
steam launch had left the Pensacola on
the regular evening trip to the shore
and was making its way slowly when
suddenly those on the man Of war saw
the little boat lifted completely out of
the water. as If a subtcrranean
monster had risen up under
the launch and tossed it in the
air. There was the dull echo of a
half-smothercd explosion, and then
wrcckage was scattered in every direc-
tion. Not q sound of human voice
was heard. The quiet that followed
told plainly that the five men aboard
the launch had either been killed out
right or SO MANNED as to be unable to
make the condition known.
The search-light Of the Pensacola
was brought into play. and at the same
instantant orders were given to lower
the boats. When the broad rays of
flash-light made specters against the
great curtain of fog the Condell was
discovered only q short distance
away. The Chilian cruiser had mis-
taken the launch for an insurgent boat
and had used torpedo with deadly
effect. There was intense excitement
aboard both vessels for the next TWEEN
ty minutes Signaling continued be-
tween the man of war and the
torpedo boat for some time, and
when the situation of affairs be-
came known on the Condell its
commander dipped his colors and
sent his chief officers aboard the
Pensacola. 1t then became known
that the explosion of the torpedo was
a stupid blundcr on the part of the
cruiser. Such apologies as could be
offered were made, but the feeling
among the comrades of the dead sail
ors was bitter. The bodies were not
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

WIND and rain swept over Cherokee
county, Ia, and two buildings in Cher
olxee were swept into the river and an
immense amount of damage was done
to crops and other property.
WILLIAM GARRETT and Bud Berry, az
the result of quarrel over a girl,
fonght a duel with knives at Ripley,
O., and Berry was killed and Garrett
fatally wounded.
THE death of Alexander Grourley. a
veteran of the war of 1872. and of the
late war, occurred at the national SOL
diers' home in Leavenworth, Kan,
aged 90. He enlisted in the late war at
the age of 6s.
MOB lynched William johnson (co,-
oredD at Henderson, Tex, for criminal
assault.
THE house of jeremiah Carson at
Huntington, Neb., was struck by light
ming and Mr.. Carson, his wife and child
were fatally injured.
THE failure of the Kimball & Champ
Investment Company of Council Bluffs,
Ia, for 800, 900 was reported.
A FLOOD in the business portion of
Westpoint, Neb.. did great damage.
AT Salem, Ind, windstorm un-
rooted several dwellings,, and great
damage was done to growing crops in
the vicinity.
IN Kansas G. w. Mckay, the alliance
judge who ignored decision of the
state supreme court was summoned
before that tribunal and made to prom
Use that he would abide by its decisions
hereafter.
IN the Burlington & Missouri round
house at Plattsmouth, Neb., boiler
exploded, killing two men and fatally
injuring three others.
GEORGE ANDERSON, at East st. Louis,
a saloon keeper. shot and killed Dennis
Ryan, another saloon keeper, and then
committed suicide in the presence Of
his wife and child, who begged him not
to kill himself
LIGHTNING struck the house of John
w. Hinkle, during heavy storm near
Goldsmith, Ind, killing his wife and
child.
AT Wellsville, O., terrific wind and
rainstorm uprooted trees, and several
small buildings were blown over and
cellars flooded. Many barns in the
outlying districts were blown down.
and crops of all kinds suffered severely.
In Norman county, Mimi, q hail
storm ruined 1000 acres of growing
crops.
WORD was received by John thinner
man, an inmate of the soldiers home
at Grand Rapids, Mich, that a fortune
of SOS, 900 awaited him in the old coun-
try by the death of an aunt
AT the age of 60 years William Cor
bin died in Adrian. Mich. He served
one term in the house of representa-
tives and was . thirty-third degree
mason.
THE cars killed Mrs. J. II. Johnson.
aged 20 years, and her grandson, aged
4 years, at La Noble, la.
By the explosion of boiler near
Litchfinld, KY, three men were in
stantly killed and five others were
fatally injured.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

A STRANGE sect has come to public
notice in Madrid. The most extraordi-
nary practice encouraged by this sect is
their mode Of contracting marriages.
Any woman is entitled to rise in meet
ing and cry out: II wish to marry" SO
and SO, naming the man. The man
upon whom her choice has fallen is
doomed to become husband. 1t is
useless for him to protest prior engage
ments. The pontiff marries the couple
then and there. Over three hundred
such marriages have been carried out,
and the popularity of the pontiff among
women desiring matrimonial partners
is unbounded.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

A BULLETIN in regard to the distribu-
tion of population in accordance with
altitude has been issued by the census
bureau 1t appears that about one
sixth of the people of the country live
less than 100 feet above the sea level,
namely along the sea boards and the
low lands of the south. More than three
fourths of the entire population live
below the altitude of 1,O0J feet, while
below 5000 feet are found 80 per cent.
of the population. The population en-
gagged in commerce and manufacture is
nearly all found below the elevation Of
500. and between the elevations of 500
and 800 are producing classes.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
COUNTRY EDITORS.
Three Who Have Produced Remarkably
Strong Works Of Fiction.

Three Who Have Produced Remarkably
Strong Works Of Fiction.
"The country editor" is the best
abused man in the nation. It is gener-
ally conceded that, whatever else he
may be able to do, he certainly cannot
make literature. That is mistake. A
very large proportion OF the truly
American literature is the work Of
country editors. Scores of instances
might be cited to substantiate this state
mcnt, but we will be content with men,
tioning three: w. D. Howclls, = w.
Howe and Leroy Armstrong. Howells'
rise from the lease" in his fathers little
Ohio printing office is familiar to all.
Howe is not SO universally known In
his preface to his '.Story of q Country
Town" he states that he is the editor Of
an Atchison (Kan.) daily, and that his
story was writtcn-every line Of it-at
night, after his evenings work was
done. The story is the best, strongest
and most natural story Of pioneer prai-
rie life yet published. The unbrokeD
strain Of sadness which pcrmeatcs the
book from beginning to end
rises to a sublimity comparable
with Dickens, in the two crucial chap
ters of the book. ED" Howe, its
author, was jolly-go-luclsy tramp
printer, who finally settled in Atchison
and started the Globe, q very small
sheet ut its birth. Howe has since ac-
quired a fortune, but is still consider
able Of a bohemian.
Leroy Armstrong, now q special
writer on the Chicago Herald, was for
mcrly the editor of q country weekly
in Indiana, where he had an oppor.
tunity to study ''local politics" at short
range. lie embodied his observations
in IAN Indiana Man." which has been
brought out by a Chicago publishing
house and has reached o sale OF some
eighteen thousand. It is a most power.
full temperance story and abounds in
the poetry Of old-time farm life. Much
OF the best short story writing that ap'
pears in the periodicals Of the day is
the work Of country editors.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

MORMON enterprise has outcropped
once more in the occupation by refu-
gees from Utah of the fertile Sonora
valley of Mexico, in which are situated
inestinable deposits of coal and pre-
cious ore. A railroad under Mormon
auspices is being built to afford north
ern outlet, and it is expected that in
time the majority of American Nor
mons will find homes thereabout
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

ASTRONOMERS agree upon three mo-
tions Of the earth. The rotation on its
uxis in one day of twenty hours, the
revolution around the sun in one year
Of ac5l4 days, and a very slow gyratory
motion of its poles around and outside
of line at right angles to the plane of
the ecliptic, and coinciding with the
line of axal rotation at its center in
c5 Sl;S wears
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Negro Colony In Mexico

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The bureau
of American republics is informed that
an association called the American Col
ored Mans Mexican Colonization Com
pany is planning to establish colony
of negro farmers, coming chiefly from
the states of Mississippi and Tennes-
see, in the state of Sonora. Mexico, and
it has arranged for the purchase of a
tract of 100000 acres about 90 miles
south of Yuma, A. T.. on the Southern
Pacific railroad, at a place where the
remains of the Lerdo colony, founded
by Mr.. q. Andrade, of San Francisco,
still exist
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

GEN. BooTH, of the Salvation Army.
who asked for 100000 with which to
regcncrate some of the social condi-
tions ct London, announces that he has
received GlO.O0O more than that sum,
and is promised an additional 100000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Too Much Autograph.

First onc-Cutter-TOo bad about
Mike, amt it? They took him to tho
'sylum this morning.
Second Stone-Cutter - What! is he
crazy?
First Stone-Cutter-Crazy as loon.
Ills boss took the contract for Gen.
Spinncr's monument and wanted Mike
to cut the generals autograph on it,
.Tndoo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

The usual signature of Mrs. jefferson
Davis is Nv. jefferson Davis" 1t was
explained by some writer not long ago
that the V. stood for the French word
widow, and that the signature as writ
ten by her was the lady's own conceit
for paying homage to her distinguished
husbands name. That this writer was
partly wrong is shown by the signature
in the reply made to the request that
she designate Richmond as the final
burial place OF Mr.. Davis. This reply
is signed "Narina jefferson Davis"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Astronomical Danger.

First Astronomer think that lons,
straight line We see in the moon, and
which is usually called the railroad"
should be given another name. Let's
callit the highway, or the ''aqueduct,s
or something of that sort.
Second Astronomer-But why not
continue to call it the ''railroad?'
First Astronomer (whisperingl-Tm
afraid Jay Gould will grab it.-N. Y.
Weekly
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
9rv rp Wu

Mrs. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, Mrs.
Charles Coils. Lillian Russell and
Miss Elita Proctor Otis. the amateur
actress, are among the few New York
women who wear thumb rings. That
which adorns the thumb Of Mrs. Wilcox
is set in diamonds and is very valuable.
The fad does not number many vota-
ries in this country, although the wear
ing of such rings is said to be rather
common in France and England
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Four I.lyes LOaf.

DENVER Col, July 25.-The narrow
gauge east bound express from Salida
Col, on the Denver & Rio Grande, col
lided with the broad gauge Salt Lake
express going west a few miles from
Carlile. The trains were running at
full speed and were heavily loaded.
The engine and front coaches of both
trains were completely wrecked and
four persons killed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
THE EAST.

FRANK HANCOCK and four of his chill
dren were found dead in his yard at
Kettle Creek. Pa, in April, 1889. and
it was supposed that Hancock had muir
dered the children and hanged himself.
His wife died recently, and at the last
moment confessed that she and two Of
her paramours had committed the MUIR
ders- The names of the men were with
held.
THE Easton pa national bank was
robbed by three men Of 81, 900 in broad
daylight who escaped.
HERMAN i. SMITH, a young physician
of New Haven, Conn.,, died from ex-
cessive cigarette smoking.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, Mrs. Mary
McCaffrey and Mrs. Farris gave their
babies carbolic acid, thinking it a cough
mixture. and both children died.
MASSACHUSETTS republicans will
hold their state convention in Boston
on September l6.
THE home for widows and orphans of
odd fellows was dedicated at Laurel
Station. Pa.
IN Edwardsvillc, Pa, the earth caved
in at many places, causing houses to
tcpp,e over and rendering the land in
the vicinity useless for further building.
HARRY BOYD struck John Myford a
blow which caused his death in prize
fight near Monongahela City, Pa
An Indictment was found against
Charles Hennessy, city editor of the
New York Daily News, for publishing
an account of the recent Sing Sing ex-
ecutions by electricity.
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A Pointed Answer.

Mr.. Lee (who in pleading hopeless
passion has knclt down suddenly)-Oh
Heaven, what agonyl
Miss Bullion-Do not take it SO tc
heart. Mr.. Lee. did not think my re.
fusal would bring on such IN attack.
Mr.. Lee-It's not an attack, it's tack
and point up. too. Great Scott
judge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Not 4 Teaser.

Aunt Fanny-Don't you believe,
Emmy, that God answers little girls
prayers?
Emmy IS. S. Scholar, aged seven1-
Yes, know it.
Aunt Fanny do you say your
prayers every night?
Emmy-No, Aunt Fanny. | hate
people who, the more they get, tho
more. they want--Life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

THERE are more women in British
India n24, 000, ,00O) than there are men,
women and children in Great Britain,
France and Germany put together,
with the population of several minor
EurOpean states,cast in as well.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Length OF Soldiers. steps.

Among the continental armies the
German soldiers have the longest legs.
judging by the length OF step, which is
eighty ccntimeters. The step Of the
French, Austrian, Belgian and Swedish
soldiery averages scventy-five centimet-
ers, while that Of the Russian soldiers
rarely exceeds sixty-nine.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
WV Norlx l,arl ~

THE New York board of education
has prohibited the use of pet names Of
teachers on the official records. Thus
there will be no more Sallies and Bes-
sizes and Mamies and Maggies on the
payroll. but in their place will be in
scribed the more sensible and dignified
Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
Can Such Thtnys He /?

81 bought this broad-brimmed hat to
keep the light out Of my eyes" she said,
sonfdingly.
Nothing can do that" he answered,
gallantly, and the world revolved on its
regular twenty-fours-a-day system just
as usual-Detroit Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30

LIGHTNING played queer freak in a
New Hampshire town. It took off
the tail feathers of each of twenty
hens sitting on roost, and affected
rooster SO that he has not been able to
crow since
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
May Return the Fiass.

PARIS, July 25.--President Carnot
has intimated that the French govern
ment will return the flags which were
captured by the French troops during
the Crimean war from the Russian
church at Eupatoria, in the Crimea.
and which have since been in the In
valideS