Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 April 1898 — Page 2

im. MASONIC. PLYMOUTH K I L W INING LODGE, No, 149, F. and A.M.; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Daniel McDona!d,W.M. Tohn Corberly, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 49, R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. L. Southworth H. P. J. C.Jilsor., Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY, X026K. T.; meets secondhand fourth Thursday of each month I) McDonald E. C; L.TannerRec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 26, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs Mary L. Thayer W. M.Mrs. G. Aspinall. Sec ODD FELLOWS. AM ERIC US LODGE, No. 91; meets every Thursday evening at iheir lodee rooms on Michigan st. Ed Campbell N. G. Chas. Shearer Sec KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117 meets every Monday night in Castle Hall. Lou Allman C.C. Chas. S. Price K. of R. and S. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 409; meets the second and fourth Fri-ii-v evenings of each month, in K. of P. hall. Elmer Werbt! C. R. Daniel Cramer Sec. HYPERION TEMPLE RATH BONE SISTERS, meets first and third Friday of each month Mrs J. G. Davis, Mrs. Rena Armstrong K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 27; meets everv Tuesday evening at K. O. T. M. hall. "Dan. Jacohy, Com. James Hoffman, Record K ceper. L O. T. M. W IDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE NO. S: meets every Wednesday evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com., Alma E. Lawrence, Record K eeper. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon's hall. Moses M. Lauer, Regent. Francis McCrory, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets first and thiril Wednesday evenings of each month in K.of P. hall. C. M. Kasper, C. C. Joe Eich, Clerk (i. A. K. MILES IL T1BBETS POST, G. A. R; meets every first and third Monday evening in Simons hall 1) wight L. Ilickerson Com,. Charlie Wilcox, Aljt. SONS OF VETEKAFU Meets everj second and fourth Fri day evenings in G. A. R. hall J. A. Shank, Captain, Cora H. North, !st Lieut. CHURCHES. VW Ks i; Y T EH 1 A N CHURCH Preaching at !':; a. m. and 7 p. ni. Sabbath chooJ at noon. Junior Kndeavor af 4 p. m. Senior Kndeavor at "p.m. I'raye; meeting every Thürs day evening. Teacher's meeting immediately following. I 'er. Thorn berry, Pastor. METHODIST, ( hiss meeting ever y Sunday morning at Uj30 o'elnck IVeaeMof at lOVl a m., and 7:20 p. m. Sunday school at 12 in. Kpworth league at t'rM'-t p. m. I 'layer meeting every Thursday rvtüiri' at 7:'" p.m. U S. Smith, pastor. .1 VV. Wittfong, e!a?s ie&der. I. Pmilk Redd. Sabbath school superintendent. PROTESTANT KI'lM (l'AL st Thomas' church. Kev. Wm. Wirt Kay niond, rector, uuday services, KfcSO a. m.. 7:) p. in. Sunday service, at BOOB er vices Wednesday evenings at 7:.'u ( ommuuion on holy days it 10 a. m. CHURCH OF HOD (Jarro and Water sts. Üegular sei vices 1030 a. m.. each Sunday. Third Sunday in each month preachim? I.v -I. L. Wioce;fourth Sunday hy 11. V. Reed. 10310 Sunday morning and l'JSß Sunday evenmcr. Sunday Hchool at 12 o'clock; Bee Raitabaefc Supr. Prayer meeüng at 7::i each Thursday exeninp. INI TE 1) RRCTIIEKN. Sunday fcSO a. m., class meeting. lOjH a. ns., and äO p, nr. preaching i)y the pastor 11 JO a. ni., Sunday School, .'KJ p. m. .ninior Y. l C IT. meat iny. SsOOp. m.. senior Y. P. '". I". meeting. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. CATHOLIC UURCII Chnrch held on Sundays as follom: Pirn mass a 7:30 a. m , second mass at 10 a dj. ppers at p. m. Week day mass at 7 ?". Father Moench pastor. ARE YOU ALIVE flu ISS fan. Ikal a'l MMMSSffsl IM die ?nn en alt the) ' BIM! v-s to th' li r.l i 9.- f rmtc iakf V.'n.i not profit bjr t hei r experience!

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. C. W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - - INDIANA.

TOPICS OF TODAY. PRICES OX CUBAN BONDS. Cuhan bonds are looking up. They are now quoted as high as 60 in the n.aritime exchange and It s said at the junta that Gen. Palma is in receipt of frequent propositions trom persons Who are willing to take blocks of the bonds, at options, say, to be paid for at liar as soon as Cuba shall be free. There have been issued in all $3,000,000 of bonds of the Cuban republic which are made payable ten years after the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish forces. Five hundred thousand dollars of these have been sold, realizing about $250,000, and the members of the junta feel proud of the fact that while bonds of the Confederate States of America were sold for 10, no Cuban bonds have ever been disposed of below 40. Friedrichsruh was en fete April 1 in celebration of the eighty-third birthday of Prince Otto von Bismarck. Although the aged ex-chancellor seldom rises before 11 o'clock, the little town donned gala dress long before that hour, and so large was the throng of visitors and villagers assembled at the gates of Sachsenwald Jark that it was found necessary to employ a squad of gensdarmes to prevent the crowd overrunning the grounds about the castle. La'er in the day, after the prince had breakfasted and been wheeled in his chair about the gardens to enjoy the fresh air, the regimental band of the Ratzeburg Chasseurs was admitted inside the gates and played a series of popular pieces, which were enthusiastically encored by the crowds outside. THE PRESIDENT'S HARD ROAD. Those who are most severe in their criticisms of the president cannoi but admit that he has anything except an easy or pleasant undertaking on his hands. If he can invent a plan for settling the war that will be satisfactory to the Spaniards he must, in order to accomplish his purposes, devise one that will be aeceptable to the Cubans. But this is not the extent of his trials, for he has the people of his own country to appease and. from the tone of the American press, it is evident that this ta?k is not the easiest of accomplishment. About the only party to this triangular controversy which is absolutely certain as to what will satisfy it is the free Cuba faction. BLANCO'S DELAYED DECREE. Better late than never is not always applicable. Things may come too late, aiter occasion for them has vanished. This is the comment to be made on the Blanco decree revoking entirely the recon centra do order of Gen. Weyler in the four western provinces of Cuba, the only provinces controlled by BpaiB. Had this important decree hecn issued months or eveu weeks ago it might have had considerable effect on the course of events. Now it can have no influence whatever. The question of terminating Spanish rule in Caha finally and absolutely is to be settled by diplomacy or war. and any concessions short of surrender of sovereignty are out of date. CENSORSHIP IS VERY STRICT. The Associated Press has sent out the following notice: It is suggested for i lie Information of editors who arc a? a loss to understand why the Associated Press does not furnish a daily morning bulletin from Havana thai ihe office of the censor in Havana : i aol open until 11 o'clock a. m.; rhaJ the cable company refuses absottttely to recrie anything until it has passed the censor's office: that frejueatly ottf Havann correKpcndents are required to wait an aonr after the arrival of the censor, or until noon, befere that functionary can be inuueed to pass opoa their diapatchflo. Practically the sanif rule applies to service from Madrid. AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS. The shortage of gruin continues at Chicago. Railroad rates are still on tht incline, which in a measure accounts for the stiffness of the markets ai thiv . iting period. In the thickest of the war rumors wheat kept up a s'ir.' adync. Reports of short crops Texas, Kansas. Missouri. Indiana. Michigan, Minnesota and the Dakotas F u courage the lioliiej- of bard wheat. Leiter let go of L'k"i'.tM husheis last week .i aa haaaeaae pofu. it was at oi. p Tiipped froni Chicago to the sea1 o. !(:. Corn, oats aad provisions are Imoat equally sinm. CINCINNATI GETTING RSADT. Th peonlc of Cincinnati art prpar;j ig for the O. A. R. encampment in September. Leading husinrs? mi a tl! -; hate determined to c.vced every other city in th elaboration ot entertainment. Om hundred committed ban been appointed ami all are now at work Banking arrangements. If the present plans are successfully can led out tiie encampment v. ill no donJM pi o i ;: j ie.it i access. Topeka, Kan By a rots of "" to is tht e:,.rral Methodist onference in tessiOB lute easl it; influence against the resolution for eoual lay representation in ihe general eonfarenee. Parte The Princess ie Joinrille, nife of Prince Praneii of Orleaas, is dead, ' I in, O. Ocornc ami Anthony Alderamoit, yonng sons of John Aldersinoft. were killed by an stsetric Street rar. Their lotns were tnauKied Iiornh'.y. London Lonl Salisburj . SlhOSS health hm been impnired for mibm time past i....' gOBS to he Riviera.

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Minor Happenings cf the Past Week. EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS. Political, Religioua. Social and Criminal Doings of the Whole World Carefully Condensed for Our Readers The Accident Record. Chicago Fire in the Central Union block, on the northwest corner of Madison and Market streets, did damage to the extent of $75,000, and only the effective work of the fire department prevented the entire block from being swept away. Charlotte. N. C. Fire at Rock Hill. S. C, destroyed twelve buildings, involving a loss of $250,000, upon which there was an insurance of $150,000, distributed in sixteen companies. Waukegan, III. People here were surprised and pleased with the news from Washington that Congressman Foss had introduced a bill for the erection of a $75,000 public building here. San Francisco. Cal. The steamship Alameda, from Sydney, via Auckland and Honolulu, which is due here next Wednesday, carries $2,000,000 in English sovereigns in her strong box. Washington The wife of Justice Brewer of the supreme court is dead. Lowestoft It was the German steamer Magnet, from Pomaron, March tJ, for Stettin, that was sunk March 16 in collision oft Gabbard lightship, with the barb British Princess. Captain Scon, from Leith, for Liverpool. Lebanon. HL The Methodist church building here was totally destroyed by fire, involving a loss of $10,000 or $15,000. The structure was built thirty years ago at a cost of $20,000. London Lord HUUngdon (Charles Henry Mills!, chairman of the committee of London clearing bankers, died suddenly in church at Wilton. Little Rock. Ark. A desperate revolver duel occurred at Haynes. Ark., between Dr. W. W. Scott, a prominent physician of that town, and John J. Hughes, a leading merchant. Both mm will die. Cleveland, O. The Brown Hoisting and Conveying company has received an order for hoisting machinery for four coal stations on the Gulf of Mexico, two of which will be located on the Dry Tortugas. The contract price is $151.000. Joliet, 111. The penitentiary commissioners hare accepted the resignation of Prison Physician Ferguson, appointing Dr. Thomas O'Mallcy, former assistant, to the vacancy. Anderson, Ind. Permanent injunction was granted by .Judge licClare njoining the Standard Oil Company from operating in this county because of wasting gas in mining oil. Topeka. Kas. The secretary of the Kansas state live-stock sanitary commission announces that there slnil' ! no "open season'" next winter for the shipment of cattle Into Texas and Oklahoma. Topeka, Kas. Representatives of the Kansas Millers' awoSiatioa completed an examination the last week of the wheat fields in central Kansas and report that the recent cold weather has not injured the growing crop. Springfield, I IL The Stuart school, the largest public school house in the city, was almost destroyed by fire. The building coal 130,000, and contained twelve rooms, Waahi&gtoa i unanimoua ote of the executive committee of the Society of the Arm) of the Cnmberland, Gen. David S. Stanley has been designated to act as president of tht society, vice Gen. Rosecrana, deceased, until the next annual reunion. New York A tetter was received at the Manhattan Chens "ini from Arthur H. w. George, honorary secretary of the Oxford University Chens Cluh, accepting on behalf of that club the challenge of the United State universities. La Salle. 111.- John T. Donoghoe, a prominent member of the Ui Salle county bar and one of the prominent leaders of the "sound moosy movement in 18t'i. died here of heart disea?e. Dublin In connection with the centenary of the revolution of iths the police have Starched the tanners' bonaea in the conaticn f Limerick and Cork, taking possession of all firearms found and announcing that they will he returned ;ifer the ceiehcatiooa. Monroe. Ohio Nancy Degraf Toll is dead, aged tUl years. Vnanhfort, lud. J, r. Kern fen iart at his home of heart disease. Milwaukee. Wis. Hreivecy oasplojcg have presented a contract demanding shorter hOOTO for inside men and teamsters, and si days to COBStttUtS a woek's work for maltsters. The brewers refuse to tdgn. hut another confernee may he held. Baltimore, Aid. William 11. Bd munds, founder ami editor d the Southern XagnsiBO, is dead. South Bend.. Ind. The Miit brongh! by ax-Senator Clem Kara of Valparaiso and others In set aside the will of bin brother, Annan s. Kara, and secure about $7i.uuii. failed, Aurora. 111. William M Micken, -mayor and pioneer business maa, is dead, aged 9$ years, ,'eweu. JM. w. H Os. Goldsmith, postmaster, Is said to be flM short in his money-order aceonotn. tloldsmith was removed and S, r. Hallet! appointed. 8L Paul- David M. hmmons, - heavy holder of the Sonthall time cheek securities, asalgned to Attorney J. c. Miehael. Tern Hanl. Ind. President BatchEord of the United M i u Worken baa ,ik'd W. G, Kiiiht to accept the position of national organizer.

MISCELLANEOUS. Washington The announeenn nt that William K. Vanderbilt had offered to fit out a war vessel at his own i -pense at a cost of several million dollars was true. Washington The comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures during March shows that the total receipts were 32,958.?50, a loss of $3.000.000 as compared with March. 1897. New York The New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church decided In favor of equal representation from each annual conference. The vote was 1 IS to 80. New York Noah Raby. an inmate of the Piacataway township almshouse, near New Brunswick, N. J., says he is 126 years old. Detroir- Kobert Keitsel, editor of Der Arme Teufel ((the Poor Devil), the German anarchistic weekly, is dead. Washington Secretary Gase began a series cd' conferences with bankers, eastern and western, for the purpose of ascertainii'i; the best practical means for raining war funds. Tncoma, Wash.--Travel to Alaska has fallen off tremendous'y. During the last two weeks arrivals from eastern states have been fewer than at any time Bines December, while almost every day has seen another steamship added to the Alaskan fleet. Kenosha. Wis. Ira B. Helms, a pioneer of this county, died at Salem, aged 75. He was the father of Judge Helms of Hudson. Niles. Mich. For the third time in the past tv o years the town of Gallen is battling the epidemic of diphtheria. The disea.-e has now broken out worse than ever and the death record will be great. New fork Bugne Taaye, the violin virtuoso, will he the successor of Anton Sei! I In this country as the director of Wagner and Beethoven concerts. Pontine, 111. -The new scale of prices has taken effect at the coal mines, th; miners getting an increase of 10 eeuta on a ton. Racine. Wis. Over Jon carpenters, painters, paper-hangers and plast-; ei s quit work April l pending a esttlenieni of thehr differences with the contrarian over the wage scale Cor an eighthour day. Washington The Domination ' Louis Kaiser of Illinois, consul at M.tzatlan. Mexico, was confirmed by the senate. MadUon. Wis, .iauiea L. Meg of Lake 3n-vi! has been tendered ihpost of superintendent ol the proposed state reformatory at Green Hay. Wilmington, i.-i. -Janca L. Wolcott, former chancellor of Delaware, died at bis home la Dover, aged 5S years. Lincoln. 11!. The two Lincoln German papers were consolidated, appearing as ile- lolasbiatt-Rundschnn. The former was founded in 174. Fairbnry. lü. Benjamin Besi was found dead in bed. Sturmis. .Mu h. -Lloyd C. Church died of tu bereu losis ;i th boneenaged IT years. Sioux City, losra The Northwestern Lumbermen's association elected J. W. Bruce of Sibley president and J. r. Worth of Cherokee secretary. Knoxville. Tenn. Mrs. Robert Ton! of Conkllng, Washington county, gave birth to four girls, each weighing about lour pounds. All are nell. Osgood, Ind. Trains are running ov

er the Baltimore AL- Ohio Southwestern for Ihe first time since last Sunday, and the rood is clear from Cincinnati to St. l,ouis. Freeport, III. Peter J. Bentley, who settled bore in 1 H. 1 . died. at;-! ST ye ars. Cheyenn Wyo. - Gor. Richards wired Preflidenl MeKinley offerina 1 1 1 Immediate sen i ea of Wyoming national mmrds In the event of war P'itli Spain. Rockford, 111. William J, Bryan aas accepted an Invitation to deliver an address In this city Monday evening, April 26, under the auspices of the Rockford Democratic Reform clnb. Flint, Mich. .lohn M Lough 1 In was re-elected state president of the illbernians. Ottawa, Ont. The government Vuiu railway hill was thrown our of the senate by a vote of to 14. The senarc Is overwhelming! Konservative. Washington The act for the relief the aufferers by the Maim disaater has been approved by the president. LATEST MAHKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Urittle. all grades -.") fj "..;" HLoga, (niiiton to prime. 3.85 i i.ou Sheep and iambs :.rti :i;.0U Corn. Xo. I 8f JH If heat, No. : spring ... sn (i .91 Oats. No. white Kfi ..'! Kkk Rye. Xo. i JO Mutter II 0 TOLEDO. Whent, No. :: cash MM Corn, No. - mixed .31 Outs. Xo. mixed Rye, No. 2 cash .r. Cloverseed, prime cash.. 2.S5 KANSAS CITY. rattle, all grndea 6-5.06 Moms, all grades IIA' Sheep and lambs 3.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat, No. 2 northern.. .95H Onta, No. '1 v hile 27'..(Vf- ..-v. . Barley, No. 2 tt sr. Lofiia Wheat, No. i! .S-; Oats. No. ': cash Corn, No. 'i canb ,SQ$k Cattle, alt grades i."o fn ;. ! I logs 8.70 (g '!.''." Sheep and lamb 1.25 ft5.5 NEW N, KK Wheat, No. 1- red l.Ol Corn. No. I JWh Oats. No. i PEORIA. Rye. No. 1 .Üt'j Oata, No. 1 arhtts -T',4 Corn, No. 2

Condensed Report of the Doings in Senate and House. NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. nee rrovltle for the Addition of any VRel to the Navy Johnson of Indiana Make a Strong Plea for Feaee Proceeding In the Senate. Wednesday, March SO. In the house a mation by Mr. Bailey of Texas for the intervention in Cuba was declared not a privileged question hy Speaker Reed, whose ruling was upheld by a vote of 180 to 139. The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported to the senate from the committee on appropriations. The committee made a large number of amendment?, the net increase in the amount carried by the amendments being $4.f..8.87S. Thursday. M;reh 31. During the discussion of the naval

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appropriation hill In the boose Mr. Johnson of Indiana delivered a s. athing rebuke or the "unwise . a o:' congress," which, he ;n'i. was hurrying the country into a wholly nnn r-esaary war. General Groevenor denied the report thai ih- administration had erer contemplated or proposed that Cuba should lie compelled t.i purchase, her Independence. Reprea ntative Wheeler of Alabama Introduced a bill appropriating $000,000 to feed the Cuban non-com i.a tan is. The senate decided r,-. recommil '( the committee on fir igi. relations! ;hresolution catling on the president for the consular correspondence from Cul)a. I rid:i; . Vpril 1 . The li'Hi.- passet! the naval appropriation bill and adjourned until Monday. The house Increased the number of torpedo uoatü and torpedo !;:; dotroyerg to twenty-four, h bill as reported providing for but twelve. The senate spent the day In tin discussion of the resolution reported from the eeaste committee on foreign relations for the acquisition of the West India island- owned by Denmark, and the session vvas closed bj the vi;hdrawal of the resolution by Senator Lodge, its author.

Til BSE SIll!S tlt'ARIl (H'K SOI ili COAST.

Thomas B. tlavis and v. Brann, who killetl each other in a street duel at ITaeo, Texas, woe b.nhd at th same time in cemeteilea about a mile apart. Wrk f 1 H I Ifll I r,ni Society. The America a Trnet Society u:i:u it.s exbUence has sent out 500.0 I ks and tracts and upward of 251,000,000 p riodh a b, itu. nil Faetory Destmred. The entire plant of the Amerh in Binrnll company iras destroyed Ly Bre at Ban Pram i . anslng ;t f $150,000, well covered by Insurance, Qm I'.i it tin si-cun Mi;msli:ii It is sa'ul Qreai EUfitain has secured Shanghai from china on practically the satin terms as Russia recurod TorArthur. gnrthMnnke .! ' i" Caltfornla A asfore ihOcli ot earthquake wa. fe'.' thronghout California March 3L, Sc Ktrionj damage hi reported.

IOWA LEGISLATURE. Ilonae and Senate Transact ImportMl Legislation. The house March ".1 passed the bill already passed by the senate appropriating $100.000 with which to continue work on the new insane asylum at Cherokee. The revenues of the state for the en-

! suing biennial period have been fixed I by thi senate at $3.100.000. The idea is to wipe out the $500.000 state debt in the next two years. The house bill to increase the tax on express companies from 1 to 2 per cent, on gros receipt! was passed by the senate. The senate and boots deadlocked March 31 over the omnibus appropria tion bill. This provides for the general expenses of the state government. The hoase passed the senate bill fixing the ensuing biennial receipts of j the state a: $3.100.000. Both houses by unanimous rote appropriated $000.000. and placed it at the disposal of the governor tor use iu case of war with Spain. A resolution was passed commending President McKinley and Consul-General Lee. The lat session of the legislature closed April L. Ilij; Fire at Lincoln. 1. Two hundred thonaand dollars will not cover the loas whieb Lincoln. i i Neb., suffered from i pre, whi :,, start - i iü ;u f oVIoek the nisht of April I : burned steadily until nearly 4 next, morning. The Insurance i.- about two- ; thirds of Iii !:. " ..in" llHro It. William H. Harvey, the author i t Coin's Financial School," and other well-known works of the same aalnre, is in a dangerous condition as the result of an operation for appendicitis. Wwf I'lrahiiM niner I'nensjr. The Indications are rln- hn a Keaeral strike of the coal miners or NVfs: Virginia on account of the re-, fusal of the operators to agree to the Chicago scale of wages and bonrs. California ;r.l PamaniSWorb in 'he aavy yard ai Valbjo. Cal., has been sh it down, a comnWTatlve estimate of the damage done Wy the earthquake shock is $150,090. . KItNarckii SSrS Rlrlltfakjr. Prince ()t;o von Bhunarck Pridas celebratetl the s:u anniversary of h.i birth April i. The prime .v;; in SS- . i !iM:t in . ,1th and spirits. The Paris court of an;'';! d cided thai M. Zola simii not undcrgn a;iy puaishmcnt for bin attach on 'h French governmeni and sail! srj o l. 1 cers in the Hrryfus case. Vit tgrftmral Bf rind. Th Joint conference of llllno'fe miners and mal opera o adjourned writhm accomplishing anything. Thry will meei again Amii il i:iri.t ii I n rtmvc tier n.i,. The Anstrt-Hnngaiiaa governmeni intends u ask for 45,ono,00d ii ,090 OOS llorins for the imrpoSe ol Inerens Inf the strength of the Austria! aavy. Ui Mi HlHrn mi .i Hirikr. The miners la si South Wales collieries are on strike. Port : immnd n"u i ii: nrorku The strlki threatens tu be serious. . limn ii i-)i Drrmntn, The '.'ati;!::'.! debt atari h SI. I eaah ! in fee treasury, araa $ 1 .008.7 1 ft,3$l e j decrease for th" monta ol 18T(ft5.

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