The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-29
JOHN Russ was lynched at Columbia,
La. for killing Miss Hager Sterling.

BRIG. GEN STANLEY, commanding
the department of Texas, in his annual
report to the war department says
more troops are needed on the border.
THE United States supreme court has
advanced the case of Boyd VS.. Thayer,
which involves the eligibility of Boyd
to the governorship of Nebraska. and
the arguments will be heard on the
first Monday in November.
In his annual report to the secretary
of the interior Gov. l.. Bradford Prince.
of the territory of New Mexico. insists
that New Mexico is entitled to state
hood.
Mr. MURPHY, the United States spc-
cial agent, was meeting with considera-
BILE success in his efforts to introduce
Indian corn into Germany.
MARGARET and Bridget Breen, aged
sisters, died in Boston Of starvation.
Although offered TODD repeatedly by
their ghbors, they were SO proud
they always refused to accept
FIFTY cases Of diphtheria. with
eleven deaths, were reported at Mobiles
vile. Ind.
SUNoL. Bonner's wonderful mare,
trotted mile in 2:OSA at Stockton,
| Cal, beating her own record Of 2:10
made a week ago and lowering the
worlds record Of Maud s. of 3:Oss< by
half a second.
THE final session of the Methodist
| Ecumenical council was held in Wash
ington.
| A WOMAN about 25 years old commit
ted suicide by throwing herself from
the top of the Washington monument
at Baltimore. Md.
| ALI. but eighteen of the forty -four
states in the union have adopted the
Australian ballot system.
AN explosion of natural gas in u
building in Allegheny. Pa, injured
Ave persons, two of them fatally.
| MAYOR BERRY and the entire city
council of Newport, Ky. were sent to
| Jail for six months for contempt oi
| court.
THE warehouse of the Speer Wine
Company at Passaic, N. j., was burned,
the loss being SlOO.O0O
The four children of John Long, q
farmer near Lime Rock. Ala, were
burned to death by the house taking
fire during the absence of their parents.
A FIRE in the Wallabout market in
Brooklyn, n. u. caused loss of $3.50,
300.
| Ross CoSGER, farmer so years old,
was bunkoed out of 5000 near Lima,
O.. by a couple of sharks who secured
his signature to note for that amount
As A result Of the trouble between
the Associated Press and the Western
Union Telegraph Company new or
ganization to be known as the National
Press association was effected in New
York with Charles A. Dana at its head
THE warehouse of Bardwell, Robin
son & Co.. sash and door manufacturers
at Minneapolis. was burned, the loss
being 500. 900.
Two LABoRERs were killed by q
smash-up on the Wabash railway al
Forrest Hill, Ill.
FRANK II. HOOKER. OF New Haven
Conn.,. was elected president of the
National Carriage Makers association
in session at Cincinnati.
MAI. GEN. ScHoFIELD in his annua
report to the secretary of war recon
mends the reorganization Of the army
He also recommends that the enlist
ment of Indians be continued.
| FURTHER advices state that four per
sons lost their lives and twenty -thre,
were injured by the accident on tn,
Burlington road at Monmouth, Ill.
WOMEN of Hiawatha, Kan, tore tn,
posters and Autographs of the London
| fSa;otu GIRLS FROM, tho hill. haa a,rJc n ~
denounced those who attended the per
for.nance as social outcasts.
| NEAR St Johns, Md, Baltimore 4
Ohio passenger train was wrecked b,
the spreading Of the rails and the en-
gineer and fireman were killed an,
three other persons fatally injured.
Two coLoRED hostlers were asphy ri
ated by natural gas in their beds at AL
legheny City, Pa
THE compress of the Eastern Texa
Express Company at Greenville, Tex.
was burned. together with 5000 bale
of cotton. entailing loss OF $3.50. 900.
DIRECT defeated Hal Pointer at Nash
Vile. Tenn. in three straight heats
pacing the second mile in 2:O9L, tn
best time ever made in q harness race
FLAMES in the building occupied b.
the Oxidized Acid Company at Cleve
land. O.. caused q loss of 500, 900.
DR.. FRANKLIN ID. CLARK, an old an
wealthy resident of Chicago, committee
suicide by asphyxiation. Famil
troubles were the supposed cause.
A MONUMENT to the late Henry w
Grady was unveiled at Atlanta, Ga.
A MISPLACED switch on the Chicago
Milwaukee & St Paul railway nea
Boone. Ia. injured several persons.
In a special report on the operation
of the weather bureau Chief Harring
ton shows that on September so ther
were over /. 200 weather signal displa
stations in operation. and in addition
there were over 2.2OO voluntary OF
servers reporting to the weather bu
reau.
A BRIDGE over the Missouri river a
Sioux City, Ia, gave way while drov
of cattle were crossing it and sevent
of the animals were drowned.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
PRoF. JOHN LARKIN LINCOLN died a
Providence II. l., in the 18TH year @
his age. lie was tifty-two years in
structor in Brown university.
JAMES PARTON. the well-known au
thor and writer, died at Newburyport
Mass, aged 50 years
Mrs. THURMAN. the wife of Judg
Allen q. Thurman, died at Columbus
O.. aged 50 years. She was the victim
of la grippe during last winter en-
never recovered from the attack.
| Mrs ANNIE DENl.Nn died af MOOD