The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-03

CHESTER u. HUBBARD, who from
1865 to 1869 represented the Wheeling
Nv. Val district in congress as re-
publican, died at Wheeling, aged u
years.
WILLIAM J. HAISEs. Of Chicago, aged
1O3 years, and a veteran of the war OF
1872 and the late war, is the oldest PEN
sioner in the country.
THE Vermont legislature convened
in special session on the 18th.
HoN. REDFIELD PROCTOR, now secre-
tary of war in President Harrison's
cabinet, has been appointed United
States senator to succeed George +.
Edmunds by Gov. Page, of Vermont.
MARTIN SMITH celebrated his forth
birthday at his home in Montville,
Conn.
The prohibitionists of Pennsylvania
in state convention at Harrisburg nomi-
mated w. w. Hague. Of Warren, for
attorney general, and George Drayton,
of Media, for state treasurer.
DIR. LYMAN c. DRAPER, the noted his
torian. died at his home in Madison,
Wis, of paralysis, aged rs years.
FOREIGN.
THE casualties in the recent hurri-
cane on the island at Martinique grow
with each additional report. Two hrn-
dred and eighteen persons were killed
in the coast towns alone, and many
lives were also lost in the interior vii
lagos.
FouR men i'm search of gold in Mani
toba were drowned in passing through
Great Death canyon by the upsetting
of their canoe.
A TERRIBLE battle was raging near
Valparaiso, Chilli, on the 2ad between
President Balmaceda's forces and the
insurgents. and over 5000 soldiers had
been slain.
The stories of misery received from
Russia are almost incredible. In
Bessarabia peasants were selling their
children in order to buy food.
HENRY CECIL RAIKEs. the British
postmaster general, died in London,
aged 53 years.
ADvIcEs from Chihuahua. Mex. give
fearful picture of the destitution Of
the peasantry. For twelve months not
drop Of rain had fallen, cattle had
died by thousands. and the small farm
ers and ranch hands were starving.
IT was announced that the Ven.
ezuelan congress had rejected the rec
iprocity treaty proposed by the United
States.
CALLS and hurricanes We're reported
all along the Spanish coast. Many yes
sells had been wrecked on the north
coast and heavy damage had been done.
The total crop of sugar and molasses
produced in Cuba this year is estimated
at 75O.95O tons of sugar and Ga 247 tons
of molasses.
IT was stated that Emin Pasha had
defeated the African dervishes and re-
organized all the old stations in Equa-
torial Africa.
ADvIcEs from Santiago. Chilli, say
that sixty unarmed youths belonging
to good families while holding polit.
ical meeting, We're massacred by de-
tachment of cavalry by older of Presi-
dent Balmaceda.
THE 4-year-old SON of Omer Fechette,
of Montreal. was attacked by fero-
cious bulldog and literally torn to
pieces.
THE Canada census returns indicate
a population of about 5000, 900 for the
entire dominion.
EDWARD O'MALLEY died at Emily,
county Tipperary, Ireland, aged 1o6
years.
SIXTY deaths occurred on board the
steamer which arrived at Singapore
with 500 Chinese coolies for the Penang
market, cholera breaking out.
FoUR women have been arrested at
Szenttamas, Hungary, for numbering
their husbands with poison.
LATER NEWS.
FEosTs in the northwest greatly