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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-24
The News Condensed,
important intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL,

S~ssSh@SSbSbSSIs
ON the 12th the session OF the house was
merely o formal one. The speaker announced
the appointment Of the following committees:
On accounts. Messrs Rusk md J, Cooper nnd)
Dickerson tKy.), Moore IS. c.. Seeriey la.).
Pearson tOJ. Quackenbush lN. Y J. Griswold
IPa.) and Cutting Cali. On mileage, Messrs
Castle Mimi. Crawford IN. c.. Kendall
journed to the 10th.
In the senate on the 18th bills were intro
duced to define options in futures and i'm
posing taxes thereon; to establish permanent
census Office and to provide for taking the
twelfth and subsequent censuses: to prohibit
absolutely the coming OF Chinese Into the
United States whether they are Chinese sub
jects or otherwise: TO reimburse the several
states for interest paid on moneys expended In
raising troops. The president sent In the en-.
tire list Of recess appointments The house
WAS not In session.
AMONG the bills introduced in the senate on
the 18th were those for the purchase OF q site
for . building for the supreme court OF the
United States; for bronze statue Of Chris.
topher Columbus in Washington; to promote
and encourage the display OF the flag Of the
United States. A memorial was presented
from the Minnesota legislature to make Octo.
ber II, the anniversary Of the discovery OF
America by Columbus, day OF national
thanksgiving.
NUMEROUS petitions were presented in the
senate on the 10th against opening the worlds
fair on Sunday. Bills were introduced to es-
tablish branch mint at Council Bluffs, Ia.
and for ship canal around Niagara falls. The
following nominations for United States cir
cult judges were received from the president:
William l.. Putnam. OF Maine. for the first
judicial circuit: Nathaniel Shipman. OF Con-
necticut, second: George NJ Dallas, Of Penn
sylyania, third; Nathan Con- Of West Virginia.
fourth: William II. Taft. OF Ohio. sixth: vii
liam A. Woods. OF Indiana seventh ;. :. In the
house the speaker announced the committee
on rules Mr.. Taylor tTenn.I announced the
death Of his friend and colleague. Leonidas G..
Houk. and the house then adjourned to the
0tI
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NEW JUDGES NAMED.
Putnam, Shipman, Dallas. GO6. Taft,
Woods and Truitt Nominated by the
President.

Putnam. shipman. Dallas. Con. Taft.
Woods and Truitt Nominated BY the
President.
WASHINGTON. Dee. l7.--Thc presi-
dent has sent to the senate the follow
ing nominations: United states circuit
judges: William l.. Putnam, Of Maine.
for the first judicial circuit: Ma
thaniel Shipman, of Connecticut.
for the second: Geo. NJ. Dallas.
OF Pennsylvania. third; Nathan Golf.
of West Virginia. fourth: William II.
Taft, OF Ohio. sixth; William A. Woods,
OF Indiana, seventh; Warren Truitt. OF
Oregon, United States district Judge for
tle district Of Alaska.
William L. Putnam Is a prominent democrat
and lawyer OF Portland. Me-, and IS about 81
years Of age. For three years he was mayor
of Portland and was the temocratic candidate
for governor three years ago. He was rendered
. judgeship in ,cc state supreme court some
years ago but declined the office. Mr. Put.
MANS appointment Was not requested by any
OF the Maine delegation in congress and he was
not candidate for the ONCE. having given his
aid in behalf Of the republican candidate from
Maine tor the ludgeship.
Nathaniel shiI man is ut present United
ONCE he has held since iii He was born In
Connecticut, appointed district judge from
that state and lives At Hartford.
George M. Dallas comes Of the historic
Dallas family. being y nephew Of Vice Presi
dent Dallas. He Is y democrat and has here.
tofOre held no public ONCE. lie Is native
Pennsylvania and began the practice OF Law
in Pottsville. He removed to Philadelphia and
has been one OF its leading citizens for some
yearS He Ii regarded in the United States
supreme court As o lawyer OF excellent abili-
ties.
w. A. Woods is At present United States
judge for the district Of Indiana. He Is warn,
personal friend OF the president.
Nathan Con was secretary II the navy un Ter
President Hayes. lie was republican candi
date for governor in West Virginia In 1878 and
was member Of the Forty eighth. Forty ninth
and Fiftieth congresses.
William H. Taft il the present solicitor gen
cral Of the United States He is but q years
OF aga
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TO FORCE RECIPROCITY.
The President Said to BE Preparing to
Restore Duties on the Products Of Corp
tries which Have Not Made Treaties.

The President Said to he Preparing to
Restore Duties on the Products or Corn
tries which Have Not Made Treaties.
WASHINGTON, Dee. Is. 1t is semi
officially announced here that Presi-
dent Harrison will exercise the power
vested in him by Section Of the reci-
procity clause OF the Mckinley tariff
bill, and issue proclamation restoring
the duties on sugar, coffee, teas and
molasses from the countries that have
not negotiated reciprocity treaties
with our government. The proclama-
ton, it is said. will take effect on jan
nary l, 1892. and will be issued in few
days.
The effect Of the presidents procla-
nation will be far-reachin2. The only
countries that have concluded reci-
procity treaties with the United States,
and will, consequently. not be included
in the proclamation, are Brazil, Cuba.
Porto Rico, San Domingo and the
British West Indies.
The German reciprocity treaty has
not been ratified yet, and cannot
be until it comes before the
German reichstag, which will
not be until February Z. German
beet sugar is now on the free
list, but under the presidents procla-
nation the duty will be reimposed on
it for at least thirty-eight days, from
January to February :, and longer
if the reciprocity treaty is not ratified
by the reichstag promptly.
Reciprocity treaties are now pending
ut the state department with Mexico,
Guatemala. Costa Rica, Salvador,
Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and
Ecuador. But until these treaties
are ratified into an accomplished
fact, the president will not
take official cognizance of them.
Sugar, coffee. hides. etc. from those
countries after January cannot
come into the United States with
out the payment Of duties there
on. As soon as each treaty il
ratified. however, the embargo will be
removed. Last year we imported from
Venezuela over 1900, 900 pounds Of
coffee free, but after January
duty of three cents per pound
will be added to all coffee inn
pOTIcu from tnat country unOer tue
presidents proclamation. This will
practically shut of venezuela's coffee
trade with the United States. as it
will be unable to compete with Brazil,
which can send its coffee here free.
The rumor as outlined above is ac-
cepted as true in official circles, but
cannot be absolutely authenticated.
State department officers will not go SO
far as to admit that such is the fact.
nor will officers in the treas
ury department, but all, in .
semi-mysterious way, say they would
not be surprised If such action were
taken. The loss of revenue since the
duty on sugar was abolished and the
drain on the revenue in meeting the
sugar bounty has been seriously felt
and with countries from which the
United States receives no benefits. in
exchanging for the free entry Of their
products, it Is argued that it would
only be doing justice to the United
States to restore the duties
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TWELVE CLUB LEAGUE.
The Baseball War Is Now . Thing Of
the Past.

the Past.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 11.--At last
the baseball war has ended by the
formation of a tweive-club league.
The joint committee, or rather, the
executive committee of the league,
was in session all day completing the de-
tails of the amalgamation.' The re-
port Of the committee includes the con-
stitution of the new league. The con-
stitntion puts Sunday ball on local
option basis. 1t also declared war
upon any club or league maintaining q
club in any one of the twelve cities
now included in the new circuit
The first and most radical change
the championship season into two
series Of three months each. This, it
is believed. will greatly benefit the
game, giving those clubs which
make poor showing during the
6rst half of the season through weak
ness or disability of players a chance to
reinforce themselves and start out
equal with the leaders in the second
series. BY this arrangement the tail
cHutFS Will nave Two cndHctS at the
pennant The clubs winning first place
in the spring and fall will play a
championship series of seven. nine or
eleven games at the end of the
season to decide the real champion
ship. Should one club win both it
will of course float the pennant with
out further contest Each series will
onsist Of six games for each club
three on the home grounds and three
away. This will make the season en-
tire twelve games for each club, or LA
games for the year, four games longer
than the old league season.
The anti-Sunday clubs are said to be
Chicago. New York, Brooklyn, Boston,
Philadelphia and possibly Cleveland.
This will leave six clubs-St. Louis,
Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Bal.
timore and Washington to play Sum
days
There will be certain other changes
in the new constitution, principal
among which will be the matter Of con-
tracts with players It has not been
asserted yet whether or not the new
league will return to the graded salary
system, but some such agreement will
more than likely be entered into.
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WILL MEET IN ST. LOUIS.

The Prohibition National Convention to
Assemble In the Missouri Metropolis
June 80. 1892.
CHICAGO. Dec. 16-The national pro.
hibition convention will be held at st.
Louis on June 90. 1892. This was de-
termined by the national committee in
session here Thursday after session
continuing six hours. A good deal of
politics got mixed up with the
prohibition conversation which
took place during the time. The
contest on the date for the
convention was almost as animated as
that which occurred over the choice OF
the city to have the favor. After
speech-making and secret ballots.
about which there was q question of
accuracy, St Louis won by reason Of
the supporters of Lincoln, Neb., going
to the Missouri city on the fifteenth
ballot and giving it q bare majority of
the committee voting.
The basis of representation in the
convention was fixed as follows: Two
delegates from each congressional dis
trict, four for the state at large. and
one for each majority of 1000 votes
cast for Fisk in 1855. The committee
will at once prepare the call in con-
formity with the conditions agreed
upon.
Twenty minutes each were awarded
to cities wanting the convention to pre-
sent their claims. Atlanta. Ca, sent q
petition saying the south was entitled
to the convention. Sylvester johnson,
Judge North, H. ). Ronsibe and Miss
Mollie Hay spoke for Indianapolis; Mr..
McCleary for Baltimore; D. w. King,
j. T. Fields, Col Sobiassen and Mr.
Bemis for st Louis; Artemus Roberts,
H. +. George and F. G. Odell for Lin
coin, Neb.; Messrs. Wardwell and
Demorest for New York; E. j. Pinney,
Mr.. Talcord and Jay O'Dell for Cleve-
land; DR.. M. G. Lockwood, J. O. Al
ward and Mrs Brown for Cincinnati.
and Prof. A. A. Hopkins, w. IL. Russell
and Frederick Gates for Hartman,
Tenn
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A BIG REWARD.
Uncle Sam Will Pay s:.5OO for the Cap
fnre of the Chicago Mall Rnhl>ars

Uncle Sam Will Pay e:.5OO for the Cap
ture Of the Chicago Mall Robbers.
CHICAGO, Dec. Is. Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker has placed price on
the head of each of the five men that
committed the recent mail robbery.
Under instructions from the Post
master General Inspector Stuart has
issued the following:
$500 REWARD.
THE United States will pay $50 each for
any information that will lead TO the arrest and
conviction OF each OF the men engaged In the
robbery Of the United States mall wagon ON
Mather street. Chicago on the night OF Decem.
ber Ia 1891 By order OF
John WANAMAKER, Postmaster General
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THlTRTY-FlvE FEET or SNOW.
Railway Tranic In New Mexico Completely
PAraiyxed by the storm.

Railway Tranic In New Mexico Completely
PAraiyxed by the storm.
RATION, N. NJ, Dec. 17.-The heaviest
snowstorm ever known in this section
accompanied by fierce gale has ragged
since Monday morning. Over 35 feet
of snow has fallen. which Il strong
wind piled into large drifts com.
pletely blockading the road and sus-
pending railroad traffic for twenty-fo
hours No trains have passed here
since Monday. Several engines were
ditched. Blissbnrg is completely iso-
lated. The wires are down and the
track covered with feet of snow.
Cattle will suffer severely. as feed has
been light and the snowfall general
throughout this section.
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A BANK CLOSES.
The Failure Due to = Former Suspension

The Failure Due to = Former suspension
and Recent Run.
IRWIN, Pa, Dec. l7.-Thc Irwin bank
did business up to the usual hour Tues.
day, but failed to open in the MORN
ing. p. S. Pool & Son, the proprietors,
have made an assignment Mr.. Pool
said the bank could not recover from
The shock caused by former suspen-
sion. 1t is said between $4,000 and
100000 have been drawn out within
The past week. The Pools claim that
every dollar of the deposits will
be paid. The excitement is At fever
heat
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A MOST daring diamond robbery was
committed ut William Wilson's jewelry
store Pittsburg, Pa, the night of the
18th. Mr.. Wilson and his sister were pre-
pairing to close the store for the night
when an unknown man threw coup
ling pin through the window. Mr..
Wilson rushed to the door but found
that it had been fastened from the out.
side. Before he got it open the thief
seized q tray of diamonds valued at
So, 900 and made off with it. The street
was crowded at the time and a number
of persons saw the robbery but were
unable to identify the robbers.
TWELVE carloads of Canadian poultry
arrived at Boston, Mass, the 18th. The
value of the cargo was sa6, 900 and the
duties amounted to IS, 900.
An unknown tramp was hung at EN-
met, Ark, the 18th, for making an as
sault upon Miss Bette McGough .
school teacher.
A DRUNKEN hag, Sophie Rompt, aged
fifty years. in jail at Patterson, N. j.,
received word the 18th that her father
died in Germany leaving her So, 900.
THE noted Indian fighter, Gen. Pat
rick O'Connor, died in Utah the i1sth.
ANOTHER revolt has broken out in the
state of Rio Grande, Brazil.
THE telegraphers on the Fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Ry have
been ordered to leave their secret order
or be dismissed from service.
EDWIN NJ. FIELD. the New York
banker, was indicted on the 18th. The
charge against him is forgery.
THE police of Cincinnati, O., were
called out the 18th to prevent q riot,
growing out Of a rush of taxpayers at
the Treasurer's Office to avoid delin.
quent penalties,
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A TEXAS FEUD.
Three Men Killed ~ the Reauit Of .
Quarrel at East barnard.

WHARTON. Tex. Dec. 17.-I.G. Delone
and Denton Duke were killed ut East
Barnard Tuesday night by Frank
Sparks, who fired at the two men after
they had opened on him. There had been
several quarrels between the men be-
fore. Sparks was not hurt. Late Tues
day night Joe Duke, q brother of one of
the dead men, called Jim Doolan out of
his house. accused him of completely in
the above murder, and opened fire on
Doolan. Doolan returned the fire kill
Ing Duke immediately.
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HANGED At MIDNIGHT.
William Fitzgerald Pays the Penalty .
Columbus. o.. Tor POltcemRn's Murder.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. ls.-William +.
Fitzgerald was hanged at 1880
o'clock q. IN. at the Ohio PEN
iten:iary for the murder of Po-
lice Officer Freed at Youngstown
last May. Promptly at the hour of
midnight Warden Dyer took his place
on the scaffoid Three minutes later
the condemned man was led from the
death-cell. He walked with steady
step, though assisted by Father Logan.
He was perfectly composed and met
death unflinchingly.
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LATER NEWS.
Italian Coun .erfeiterS /.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.-The United
States secret service officials made an
important capture this morning in this
city. when they took in a gang of coun-
terfeiters. Those arrested are three
Italians and a woman. The coin dealt
is an imitation of the silver dollar of
1888, and is the same as has been passed
so frequently for the past year. The
paper is a counterfeit Of the SIS treasury
note with the portrait of jackson, and
is fairly good one and extremely dam
gerous. The gang has been disposing
of from $500 to $1,000 . week of the
counterfeit money. The reason none
was found when they were arrested
was because they had disposed of all
they had and were awaiting fresh
supply.
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FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
The one thousandth anniversary Of
the establishment Of the kingdom Of
Hungary will be celebrated with na-
tional exhibition in 1895
DURING debate in the French cha,E-
Der of deputies NJ. de Cassagnac called
NJ Floquet. president of the chamber,
liar. Upon. his refusal to retr:lct NJ.
Floquet challenged him to duel and
the challenge was accepted.
THE search for the missing Mexican
vessel Tahaiti has been abandoned.
She had on board crew of sixteen
men. Messrs. Levitt and sScrysncr, OF
New York, and 200 laborers-
THE congregation of Mongol:an mis-
sions at Gohent has received news con-
cerning the report that 500 native
Christians had been massacred in the
Patton district and that all the Euro
peans escaped.
IT was estimated that the expenses
of the congressional party in the revo-
luton of the government of Chill
against Balmaceda were SIS. 600. 900.
THE insurgents in Rio Grande do Sui.
Brazil. have been disbanded. and the
governors Of two states. appointed by
Fonscca, have resigned.
INHABITANTS of villages adjacent to
the volcano of Colima, in Mexico have
been advised to abandon their homes
lest they should share the fate OF
Pompeii.
THIRTY persons were reported lost by
the founaering of the British ship En-
terkin near Ramsgate.
AN overweighted brewery collapsed
in Pinneborg, Germany, and fifteen
employees were killed.
JOSIAH MlNoT. once the law partner
of President Franklin Pierce, died at
Concord. n. H.. aged IS years.
JOEL Is. MAYEs chief of the Chero.
kee nation, died at Tahlequah, Ind r.,
aged So years.
JOHN DILLON was struck on the head
with stone and badly hurt in polit
ical riot at Ennis, Ireland.
A CROWDED ferryboat capsized in
the Elbe at Hamburg. Germany. and
ten persons were drowned.
PLAcARDs had been posted in many
parts of the province of Shan-Si, West
China. urging q general massacre oi
the Christian missionaries.
LEPRosY was sa d to be on the in
crease on the lsthmus of Panama, and
government m .asures for its prevel.
tion were urged.
AN incendiary fire at Montevideo,
Chilli, caused loss of $500. 900.
II was RI p 'rted that state of siege
had been declared in many of the fam
ine-stricken districts Of Russia owing
to the prevalence Of brigandage a
anarchy among the starving peasants
PETROLEUM equal to the product ol
Pennsylvania wells was said to have
! been struck near Sheerkstown, Ont.
TEN THOUSAND young seals were sait
| to have starved to death in Behrine
sea on account of the killing of their
dams.
FRANCES imports decreased Z. 1O7, ,0Ol
francs and her exports increased 4, 4o5,
900 francs during the month of Novem
ber, as compared with the correspond
ing month one year ago.
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A. y. Il. STAFFORD. who was governor
of Arizona territory two years under
President Grant died at Tarpon
Springs, Fla
EDMOND :. Cos.oR, the oldest actor
in America. died ~ his home in Ruther-
ford, n. j.. aged s. years.
TIMprHY MURPHY. a wealthy Wild
over. died at Dubuque, Ia, aged 9s
years lie witnessed Jackson's inaug-
uration i'm 1s29
DAtIEL +. SoPER. secretary of state
for NJ !chigan. rendered his resignation
to Gov Winans. Sopcr was charged
with malfeasance and misfeasance in
Office. and did not deny the accusation
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RICHARD q. DOVE, the oldest employe
IN the government service. died in
Washington. He was q clerk in the
treasury department appointed during
President Jackson's administration.
RUSSELL NJ. LITTLE died ut Glens
Falls, N. ", aged 81. He founded the
Glens Falls Insurance Company and
was its president since 1864.
Miss JULIA A. AMEs, editor of the
Union Signal, the official organ of the
Woman's Christion Temperance union,
and resident of Evanstoh, Ill died at
Boston. Her remains would be for.
warded to Streator, ILL.,. for burial
DIR. WASHINGTON +. PECK, q promi-
nent physician of Davenport, Ia, died
1T the age of So years.
JOHN w. DANIEL was reelected
u.lited States senator from Virginia
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TIL. csmp.iur,n ohio.

To within n few days IL has looked M
N the Complexities Ia Ohio were going
To let the election 40 by default Bu,
tho advent OF Roger q. Mills upon the
scene Of battle has thrown some inter.
est into the campaign. Mr. Mills says,
Away with tho silver question and let
us talk tariff" But that IL not what
he meant; he means let us talis mo
tariff" lie forthwith proceeds 10 clu.
cidntc the fact that the tariff IA n tax.
NO matter whether the price Of mn nrti.
Gle Is less than the duty or not
Another speaker for Mr. Campbell
will no doubt he Hon. NJ. d. Unrter.
who will represent the democrats OF the
Fifteenth Ohio district In the Fifty
sccond congress- a quotation from "a
spcech made by Mr.. IIarter last year
will serve To show the kind OF tariff
he would like Co have:
would abolish every custom houae In the
land. would rather voto for the establishments
of an institution 10 spread the cancer or nold
In which TO propagate tho cholera. or school
~ teach yioo and crime. rather than 70 vote
for u protective tarin OF any kind.
A. regards the sentiment OF tho anti.
protection press OF Ohio the following
from the Cincinnati Enquirer. the lead.
Ing paper OF the state, will bo of inter.
est:
IT'S q humilating and disyraceful confession
base Islander 90 say that the American peo-
pic need any laws 20 protect them from com
petition with any other nation Nothing has
made England what she IL but her free trade
her unfetterod commerce.. Compare our re-
sources and advantages with hers. ana imag ne
what our position would TO among tho nation.
81 unhsmpered by tho letters Of protection
What has become OF the tariff ere.
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