The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-18

tice of the supreme court, Daniel B.
Turney; railroad commissioner, c. s.
Hart. The platform favors straight
out prohibition, the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, Australian ballot re-
form, q state constabulary to inforce
prohibition, and the immediate aboli-
tion of the whole United States inter-
nal revenue system.
FLAMES damaged the Concordia opera
house at Baltimore to the extent of
100000.
At Lincoln, Neb., storm did great
damage to outbuildings and numerous
houses were undermined.
The courthouse at Fort Pierre. s. D.,
was burned, and all the records of
Stanley county were consumed.
AT Akron, o., Thomas Hoffman, en-
ployed in q clay mill, slipped into a
grinding machine and was ground to
pieces.
REpoRrs from the valley of the Red
river, in Texas and Indian territory,
show the loss of life and property from
the recent floods was greater than was
at first supposed.
THE Peoria Qll.) distiller, Edward
Spclman, who was the chief officer in
Camp 2O." Clan-na-Gael, at the time
DR.. Cronin was sentenced to death in
that body, died from injuries received
in fall.
ONO prohibitionists in convention at
Springfield nominated for governor
John A. Ashenhurst; lieutenant gov
ernor, w. j. Kirkendall; supreme
judge, H. L. Blake; auditor of state,
Charles A. Recser; school commission
er, Prof. E. r. Zollers. The platform
declares in favor of prohibition of the
liquor traffic, opposes alien ownership
of land, favors government control OF
railroads and telegraph lines, woman
suffrage, liberal pensions and better
immigration laws
A TEN-AcRE tract of land slid down
hill at Oak Mills. Kan. On the land
there was . part Of wheat field, .
farmhouse and several hundred trees.
The firm of Little & Co., shoe dealers
at Cincinnati, has failed for Sl6O,0OO
THE death of Col. Nathan Whitney,
probably the oldest member of the
masonic order in the world, and SOL
dier of the war Of 1872, occurred at
Dixon, ILL.,, at the age of 100 years and
months.
NEAR Leon. /. T., the bodies Of two
men, woman and q child have been
found in some driftwood. They were
drowned in the recent floods.
Ar Dayton, O., cloudburst flooded
everything. Lightning struck in many
parts of the city and several tenement
houses were blown down.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs at jamestown, N. D, 3,
have succeeded in closing every saloon
in the city.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
In Ireland the census shows a de-
crease in every religious denomination
except the Methodists. They have in
creased by accessions from the Episco-
palians.
HAYTI reports that the rebellion had
been entirely crushed and that three or
fonr of the leaders in the uprising were
being educated every day.
BY the bursting Of waterspout near
Sal.- Luis Paz, Mex, many lives were
lost, large number of houses were
swept away, cattle were killed and 500
people made homeless.
The car has given orders to the Rus
sian authorities to observe the ukase
which directs that the expulsions be
effected gradually in order to enable
the Jews to wind up their business
News was received of the burning
of the government warehouse at Homo
lulu. Loss, $3.50, 200.
In Russia the yield of winter wheat
will be below the average and large
deficit in the rye crop is certain
NATIVES of Matonga have massacred,
roasted and devoured French expe-
dition from Loango under NJ. Crampel
In Mexico City bull fighting has been
practically abolished. the authorities
refusing to grant the necessary IL
cenSes.
In Verona, Italy, repeated earth
quake shocks were felt and many
houses collapsed. The inhabitants were
panic-stricken.
In New Brunswick belt of ~ miles
wide and over 100 miles in length in the
Lake st. John district had been swept
by forest fires and several small settle
ments had been wiped out. Hundreds
of settlers were driven from their
homes