Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 2, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 December 1898 — Page 2

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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

C. W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. FX.YÜOTJTH, - - - INDIANA. HI Minor Happenings of the Past Week. NEWS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS. I'olitlral, Kellgion. .Social and Criminal Doings of the Whole World Carefully Conlc::el for Oar lCeader Th Accident Keeord. London Baron Ferdinand James de Rothschild. 31. P., is dead. Baron Roth-child was the second son of the late Baron Alplionse de Rothschild. Havana The New York World correspondent cables that the Spanish authorities are secretly selling large quantities of Manser rifles and ammunition .curiosity hunters being the principal buyers. Wabash. Ind. Deputy Sheriff Covington of this place has succeeded in rapturing Jarnos Ward and Charles Hunt, who escaped from the CmtcII county jail at Dolj hi last Friday. Jasper. Mo. At their home ne.ir here, William I.owenstcin. a wealthy farmer, killed Iiis wife and himself. New York - Dr. Raoul Pictot. a famous cbenii-t of (leneva. Switzerland, arrived on the s camer La Bretagne. Brooklyn -Funeral services for Harland J'. M;!sey. the author known as ()ld Sb-nib." wen held at his residence. New York Former Police Captain sudden lv. aged S' years. I!o diss Ingu:. --lie:! himself in the draft riots of war tini'-s. Havana -The Spanish evacuation commissicner-: have informed the American commissioners that the Havana suburbs (Yno and Jesus Ul Monte have been evacuated. New York -Col. Carles Carcia, eldest son of the late (leneral (Jareia, lias reached bcie from Cuba, and after visiting Washington will go -to Thoiaasville to se his mother. Turtle Creek. I'a. As a result of a coasting acoid.nt near Pittsburg; Joseph West, aged :. is dead ami eleven others are injured, two seriously, W. B. Madey and Joseph Conner. Marlboro. Mass. The Boot and Shoe Workers union has is-ued a statement that the oniplo. - .- have declined to meet a committee from the union with a view of adjusting the existing labor difficulties. London The first train from Merv, Russian Turkestan. öOu miles southeast of Khiva, arrived at Kusk. in the Jamskidi province of Afghanistan, the line thus being completed to within ninety-five miles of Herat. North Crandon, Wis. Milt Stoliker w?s shot and killed by his cousin. Joyr ph Moliker. The trouble was cans- i e.l by Joseph Stoliker payiLg attentions to Milt Stolike-'s sister, Mrs. Helsel. The murderer is in jail. Jisie. Ala. Unknown men entered the stoie of Mrs. Ida Meyers, and after fatally bounding Mrs. Meyers, killing her married daughter and badly beating an employe named Cook, stole 53,0'ifj and then burned the store. London The Duke of Connaught may go to Khartum as the representative of Queen Victoria to lay the foundation s.tcne of the Gordon memorial college to be erected there under the direction of Lord Kitchener for the instruction of Sudanese youth. (Jreer, V. Ya. Thomas Jone?, living near here, attempted to light a fire with crude oil. An explosion occurred and the clothing of his twin daughters, aged f'j years, ignited. Jones was too bidly burned to assist them and the children were burned to death. Havana Capt. (Jen. Castellanos has forbidden the letting of any important contracts for public improvements while he remains in office. Elgin, HI.-Dr. John B. Hamilton, superintendent of the insane hospital, is quite seriously ill. Chattanooga. Tenn. -David W. Hughes, a lumber dealer, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities Portland, Ind. Robert Steed, a pioneer of Jay county, died a few days ago. In looking about the house where he lived sums of money amounting in all to $3,S00 were found hidden in various places. New Haven, Conn. The Yale law school has just received a gift of another $10,000 from John W. Hendrie of Sound Beach. New York A necklace of rare stones, valued at $10,000, has been Stolen from Joseph Frankels Sons, jewelers, and dealers throughout the country have been warned not to purchase. Stillwater, Minn. Ernest U Hospes has tiled a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are $179.500, with the assets about $375. Hospes was formerly in the lumber business. St. Louis-Mrs. Eliza (!. Francis, widow of the late John D. Francis and the mother of David R. Francis, exgovernor, is dead. Chicago The Fourth Infantry has heen ordered hy the war department to proceed from Fort Sheridan, 111., to Manila. St. Lou ig. Mo. The supreme court of Missouri has decided that the law of 1895, taxing foreign car companies 2 per cent, is unconstitutional, but holds that the board has a right to levy the constitutional limit of 25 cents for state am! county purposes under the former law.

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CASUALTIES.

Neenah. Wis. James Christensen and wife, while crossing the Northwestern railroad tracks, were ctruck by a north-bound limited passenger train and killed. They leave a family of eight children. Durango. Colo. Three men were killed in the Columbia mine, located in the La Plata district. They are: Ray Burnett, Joseph Faragher, Walter Ezeling. Norfolk. Va. The steamer Cape Charles burned to the water's edge in this harbor. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is believed that her crew escaped with their lives. Shelbyville, Ind. While hunting Al bert McCabe shot at a rabbit. The bullet struck a rail, glanced off and killed Ira Wilder instantly. Jacksonville, Fla. A passenger train on the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad was wrecked near Madison by a collision with cattle on the track, six persons were killed. Imlay City, Mich. A south-bound engine, light, on the Pontiac. Oxford and Northern railroad, struck a sleigh containing five people, seriously injuring two and killing three outright. Canton, Ohio The plant of the Acme Roofing and Supply company was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $50,000, with about $-J0,000 insurance. Mechanicsburg. Ohio Fire destroyed the Farmers' Bank buildings, including Porterficld's carriage works, the Central Whip company's works and halter factory, with their contents. Loss on buildings, $15,000, with $S.000 insurance. The total loss is about $50,vOv. with $-0,000 insurance. vYir.lield, Kan. Fire caused a loss of $S5,0'!U. It started in the dry goods house of A. F. Dauber & Co. and spread to the adjoining building, occupied by P. H. Albright & Co., abstracts and leans; thence to the grocery stoics of D. H. Sickafoos and M. I'. IIa n Ion, and the feed and seed store of 11. Silver & Co. Aggregate insurance, $20.oo ; Sacramento. Cab The Union iron works of Root. Xielson & Co. have been destioyed by lire, which started in the eine-icom. Loss, $00,000; insurance. i1;. ,C(;0. FOREIGN. Bombay A British soldier has died from bubonic plague at Bangalore, the capital of Mysore. The barracks was abandoned immediately after his death. Rome It is announced that Monsignore Delia Volpe. major domo of the Pope, will be created a cardinal at the next consistory, and that Monsignore Stonor wiil succeed to his present office. London The Elder-Dempster company, whoso steamships run between Liverpool and Boston, have absorbed the Beaver line, running between Liverpool and Canada, and will build four new first-class ships. London A dispatch received from Lloyd's agent at Skibbereen says there is no truth in the report from Baltimore, Ireland, that a steamer, supposed to be a transatlantic liner, was throwing up signals of distress off that place. Rome - In the Italian chamber Signor del Baono asserted without ministerial contradiction the existence of an agreement, equivalent to a treaty, between Italy and (Ircat Britain for the maintenance of the status quo in Africa along the Red sea and the Mediterranean, as well as in the Sudan. Malaga The Spanish transport St. Argustin has arrived from Cuba with l,30t; repatriated Spanish troops on 1 card. Two died on the voyage and eighteen were sick when they arrived here. CRIME. Oquawka. 111. Miss Kate Logan was fhot and probably fatally wounded by R. G. Jenkins of Vermont, 111., whom she had rejected. Jenkins then trieJ to kill himself, but failed. Washington Joseph W. Pearson, arlested for stoning the British embassy, has been declared insane and will be placed in an asylum. Miss Pauncefote, daughter of the ambassador, who was injured by the missile thrown by Pearson, is confined to her room. Milwaukee, Wis. lierman Stahlschmidt committed suicide, being found in his room with the gas turned on. He was the son of a millionaire dynamite manufacturer in Siegen, Cerinany. Lincoln, Neb. Frank A. Graham, mayor, has been acquitted by order of the trial court of the charge of accepting a $50 bribe from an cmploje of the city water works department. Colorado Springs, Colo. Harry A. MacDowell, a private in Company M, First Colorado regiment, who committed suicide in Manila, was a native of Chicago, where he was born 29 years ago. His parents live here. New York Michael O'Donnell has served ten years of a thirty-year sentence in Sing Sing prison for a burglary which his brother James and two other men committed. On his deathbed in the Presbyterian hospital James confessed the crime for which his brother is suffering. Cairo, 111. Mrs. Mary Tanner, widow of George Tanner, committed suicide by taking morphine, her reason being she could not live without hef husband, who killed himself a few weeks ago. New York Henry Walke, a member of one of the most prominent families in Virginia and a wealthy merchant In Norfolk, committed suicide by shooting. Charleston, 111. The Supreme court having refused to Interfere, the execution of Carter Eugene Martin for the murder ol Albert Buser took place Dec. 16.

MISCELLANEOUS, New York Col. John MoKenna. a prominent citizen, who thirty years ago was one of the best known Irish nationalists in the United States, died at his home in Boston, aged 50 years. New York A company will soon be incorporated at Albany with a capital of r,7,00O,000, whose purpose is to consolidate the cab and livery business of Manhattan. Anderson, Ind. Mrs. Maggie Piessinger, while groping for her medicine in the dark, got hold of a bottle of silver-plating polish and drank it. It contained poisons which resulted in her death today. Princeton, X. J. John Stillwell Schenck, M. D., for many years professor in chemistry in Princeton university, and one of the most distinguished and learned scientists of this century, is dead. East Liverpool, Ohio The new tin plate trust has taken possession of all the mills in this section. Neenah, Wis. Professor W. N. Parker, principal of the Neenah high school, has been appointed assistant state superintendent of schools under Professor L. D. Harvey. Washington Representative Rixey of Virginia has introduced a bill providing for the admission of confederate as well as union soldiers to all soldiers' homes and government institutions maintained by the government. Washington Chairman Ixuul of the house committee on postoffices and post roads has reintroduced the bill relating to second-class mail matter and known as the Loud bill, with an amendment allowing the mailing of sample copies of newspapers at onehalf cent for every two ounces, stamps being attached in advance. Helena, Mont. The supreme eoirt granted a writ of review staying all progress in the suit involving the receivership of the Boston and Montana Mining Company at Butte until Jan. t. Madison, Wis. In apportioning the Wisconsin state school fund, Sup?:intendent of Schools Fmery has held that a common school in which sectarian instruction is given is not a common school in the eyes of the law. Quincy, 111. William Richardson has forwarded to Washington a protest against the annexation of the Philippines, signed by over 100 prominent citizens. Washington In a report to the state department Commercial Agent Stern, at Bamberg, predicts that the United States will soon surpass Great Britain in the value of export of machinery to Germany. Boston, Mats. Henry A. Rice, exgovernor of Massachusetts, died at Iii 3 home here, aged S2 years. Mr. Rice had been in the wool commission business the greater part of his life. He was also interested in banking. Oshkosh, Wis. Edward Casey, who was acquitted of murdering James Morris, a striking woodworker, in the riot at McMillen's factory last summer, has brought suit against the city for $10,000 for injuries sustained at the hands of the mob. Baltimore Col. Wm. Louis Fchley, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, died at his home here of Bright's disease. Buenos Ayres A violent hailstorm has caused the loss of 3 per cent of the crops in the various districts of Ria de Janeiro. Santiago Private Joseph Taylor, Company II, Ninth Illinois volunteers, died from consumption. Toronto, Out. Of six bye-elections held in Ontario, Prince Fdward island and Quebec the liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier carried five. These elections were keenl' contested.

LATEST MAHKET REPORT. CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $1.75 (TiC.15 Hogs, common to prime. 1.00 Ö3.471& Sheep and lambs 2.00 (5.10 Wheat, No. 2 red G(! (fr .CS Corn, No. 2 :WTm .3Va Oats, No. 2 white 2Sv'$? .29 1 2 Eggs 21 .22 i Butter 11 dp .192 ST. LOUIS. Wheat. No. 2 .70 Oats, No. 2 cash .27 Corn, No. 2 cash .32 ',2 Cattle, all grades 2.00 5.50 Hogs 3.00 fa3.52 Sheep and lambs 3.20 5.40 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 cash .CS-74 Corn, No. 2 mixed .34 'a Oats, No. 2 mixed .27 " Rye, No. 2 cash .54' Cloverseed, prime cash. 4.40 KANSAS CITY. Cattle, all grades 1.S0 G.OO Hogs, all grades 2.90 03.45 Sheep and lambs 2.50 5.G0 MILWAUKEE. Wheat. No. 1 northern. .CC .CG Oats, No. 2 white 27$ .28 Barley, No. 2 48,2) .49 NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red .76 Corn. No. 2 .41' Oats, No. 2 .31 PEORIA. Rye, No. 2 .51 Oats, No. 2 white 2GH' .2GV2 Corn, No- 2 .33 Vi Demand n Heavy Itananm. The Philippine insurgents demand that Spain pay as a ransom for these prisoners the $20,000.000 whhh she ig to receive from the United States. Spain IIa No Preference. Spanish shipping is not to enjoy preferential treatment in I he Cuban and Porto Rican trade under the terms of the peace treaty. Will Not Chane Un. There will be no amendment to the war revenue law at this session of congress.

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LIBOR.

Federation in Annual Session at Kansas City. RESOLUTIONS DISCUSSED emigre Kequested to I'nact Legislation Making the Income Tax a Law AotiScalpiti Act Condctuncil Expansion Project I Opposed. The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution requesting congress to enact legislation making an income tax a part of the general taxes Cf the people. The anti-scalping act was condemned. The American Federation of Labor convention adopted a resolution instructing the incoming officials to use all honorable means to prevent any legislation in the direction of expansion. WILL BE ADOPTED. Congress to Indorse the Secretary of the Navy Program. Assurances have been given President McKinley and Secretary Long by members of the naval committees of congress that the shipbuilding program which thej' recommend will be adopted.

DEATH OF CALVIN S. BRICE.

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Calvin Stewart Price, lawyer, senator and millionaire, died last week of pneumonia in his home, G93 Fifth avenue, Xew York city. All of his family, except one son, who is in China on business, were at his bedside. Mr. Price's illness was not generally known, and the news of his death was the occasion of much surprise among his friends, especially as be bad never before been sick in all his fifty-three years of intense activity. Mr. Price was in Newport during the great snow storm of Saturday, Dec. ?.. He wanted to join his family in New York. The ordinary means of travel were clogged by the heavy storm and practically abandoned. Then he chartered a tug, which took him to Wickford. lt. I. There he chartered a locomotive, on which he rode to New York. The special schedule: arranged for tbe engine made its arrival time 10 a. m., but the Damage, to Cruiser Cincinnati. The United States cruiser Cincinnati, while leaving Santiago de Cuba, ran full speed upon a rock clcarly delined in the charts, but not buoyed. The Cincinnati is not seriously damaged. Ituilding locomotives for China The Baldwin locomotive works at Philadelphia has within the last fewdays received orders for fifty-six locomotives, of which sixteen are for the Imperial railway of China. To Pay Our Auxiliaries. Congress will put into the hands of the president $:$,000,000 with which to pay the Filipinos and Cubans for services rendered as auxiliaries during tho war with Spain. CrnUer Ooe to Klcarajjua. The United States cruiser Philadelphia has goue to Corinto, Nicaragua. Her mission is to prevent any change in the Nicaragua canal situation. Cohan to rollce Havana. A force of Cubans will police Havana temporarily. Col. Moulton of the Second Illinois will have command and the ollicers will be Americans. Oeorgla Town In Ituliift. Nearly the whole of the business part of the town of Tifton, in the center of the Georgia peach belt, was burned. Crip Amlct New York. New York is suffering from an epidemic of the grip as pronounced and unmistakable as tho great epidemic of 1890. I'ontal Savings Banks Indorsed. Postal savings banks were given a warm Indorsement by the Michigan State Association of Farmers Clubs.

CALVIN BR1CE DEAD. i:x-Senator from Ohio Succumbs to I'neumonia at N t tv York. Ex-United States Senator Calvin S. Price died at New York Dec. 15. 01 pneumonia. The funeral was held Dec. 17 and the remains were taken to Lima, O.. for interment.

IS BADLY DAMAGED. ItirVleship Massachusetts Will Need a (iood Deal of Ke pairs. The battleship Massachusetts must go out of commission and that practically a new kel and several new frames must be supplied to her before sha will be fit for sea. Against the Whole Kartli. Regarding the possibility of international complications. Admiral Dewey wiies from Manila: "Prior to the arrival of tbe monitors I felt uneasy, but now I am ready to hold this position against the whole earth." Tire Less at Milwaukee. Fire in the store of CI. Hartstein & Sons at Milwaukee caused a loss of $1(0(m;0. Two firemen were badly hurt and several persons narrowly escaped death in getting out of the burning buildings. Farmers Want Savings I'anks. The Indianapolis state grange reaffirmed its declaration of one year ago in favor of the establishment cl postal savings banks. delays due to snow were so long that it did not arrive until 3 p. m. On this long trip Mr. Price went without food. He was in such haste that he could not waste time looking for food. When he entered his home he was suffering from the first symptoms of a cold, which continued to grow worse from day to day. He declined to treat it seriously, for he had been often congratulated by his many friends for having never Known a day s sickness. Mr. Price's condition was so much worse last Saturday that he went home a trifle earlier than usual. That evening he reluctantly submitted to the wishes of his family and allowed them to send for Dr. A. A. Smith. lie still protested that he had only a light cold, which would soon leave him. Nevertheless he consented, after miuh objection, to go to bed and stay there. Fire at Fresno. Ca I. A fire in the Voorman block. Fresno, Cal., the lower floor of which was occupied by the extensive dry goods establishment of Hadin & Kemp, caused a loss of about $150,000. Wabash Kailroatl Will Withdraw. The Wabash railroad has given formal notification to the Western Passenger association of its intention 10 withdraw from that organization Jan. 15. Troops Arrive in Spain. The steamer Werra, which sailed from Havana on Dec. C, with about I,000 Spanish soldiers, has arrived at Malaga, Spain. Henry A. Chapln Dead. Henry A. Chapin, the millionaire mine owner and one of the richest men in Michigan, died at his home in Niles. Saltliers Die of lluncer. Nine thousand Spanish soldiers from Cuba are literally dying from hunger on the streets of Madrid. Medical Supplies for Culia. The hospital ship Missouri has sailed for Havana with 300 tons of medical supplies. Will Not It ui Id Canal. It is announced that the Russian government has no purpose of building a ship canal to connect the Paltic with the Plack sea. llrlhery Charges Are Referred. The charge of bribery against Senator Hanna, made by the Ohio state senate, has been referred to a subcommittee. Uraln Duty Kept Fp. The French government has decided not to withdraw the duty imposed upon grain.

VERY LOW RATES.

Via the Missouri, Kanas and Texas Hail ray. Semi-monthly excursions to tba Southwest. The greatest opportunity j to visit Texas, the empire state of tho union, unparaiieieu as to resources i 1 products and with an area exceedluj all t'ae Eastern and Middle states. Tho statistical reports of products as compiled by the commissioners of Texas 1 indicate this section as having the greatest possible advantages in its mild and equable climate and in tho variety and productiveness of its soil. For further information, descriptive pamphlet and dates of excursions, apply to H. A. Chcrrier, N. P. A., 316 Marquette bunding, Chicago. 111. Solidified Alcohol. A new invention of grej.t importance has just been patented by a German chemist of Aldenhoven. Germany, -who has succeeded in hardening alcohol until it becomes a solid mass. It now comes in small cylindrical pieces, i packed in patent tin boxes, that can bo used for cooking, lighting, heating, and the various uses of every day life. The solidified alcohol burns without a wick, can be blown out after use, and then hardens again within a minute. The danger of explosion is absolutely done away with, and the neat little tin package, with its stick of alcohol, is always ready for use in the kitchen or bedroom, on the toilet table or under the milk pot, on the road or in tife field as a night lamp or going upstairs at night. Can You Solve This I'uz.la Verge? "A sirriplo po-between am J, "Without a tlio;:glU Jt pride; 1 part th gathered thoughts of men. And liberally divid?. J sot the soul of Shakespeare free. To Milton's thoughts give lilx rty. Bid Sidney speak with Ireer speech, let Spenser sing and Taylor preacn. Though throuuii all learning swift I glide, No wisdom doth with me abide." If you can solve the foregoing, and send the correct answer to George H. llfafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee t St. Paul Railway, Old Colony Uuilding. Chicago, together with a two-cent stam:, he will l send you what it calls for. Kor the Sake of Variety. Stranger "Do you live in this part of town?-" Native "Yes, sir." Stranger "Can you direct :ne to the big garbage dump that's somewhere about here?'' Native "Great Scott! What '.o you want to find that for?" Stranger "I'm tired of these other smells." Lane Family Medical?. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Had No Attraction for Bartender "Colonel, are you foing to any watering place this summer?" Col. Rye, of Kentucky "Well, J guess not." A. B. Stickney, president of the Chicago Great Western Railway, has received the following cable from London: "London. December 7, 1SD8. A. B. Stickney: Reported here that Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Rock Island & Pacific have given notice of boycott against Chicago Great Western Railway. Is it true, and what will it amount to?" The following is A. B. Stickney 's answer: "Their last boycott increased the west-bound business of the Chicago Great Western Railway to Kansas City from less than four to more than ten per cent. Too eariy to say how profitable the present boycott will be." The Judge You must stop these interruptions! I won't allow you to waste the time of the court! The PrisonerPut, my lord, you know I have got no Iawver to do it for me. ood Waits on appetite, or it should do o, but this can be only when the stonach is in a healthy condition. Hood's Sarsaparilla so tones and strengthens the stomach that it digests food easily and naturally and then all dyspeptic troubles vanish. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. Prico Jl. Kood'S Pills cure Liver Ills. 25 cents. TOURIST VIA You will practice Rood economy In writing C. S. CRANE, C. P. &. T. A., St. Louis, for particulars. ENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON. D. C. Lat frlndpl Eitmiaer U. S. Pentioa Bureau. Sjrs. la laut war, ljadjulicatiug ciaiius, ntj sine. Dr. Kay's Renovator, SÄ,? sla. constipation, liver and kidney diseases, lulliousness. headache, etc. At druggists -fc & tL OlARl MUlAiAiN UKW IVIUVLM lot prcMr.ii( ..J nmvm ri ba!r to ll trl Fx kr a kn qtirt. lit ). 1 ctala L J. DIB I DEIU eCNPANT. KOLLa. UlaSOt'Ei. WANTK1-Ce of bad nealih that K l I' A-N" s will not benefit. Send S rents to l;iiM fhiMiilcitl Co., New York, for 10 auiple kcd l.uiu tesilumoialH. "(Thompson's Eye Water I tuifWhfnnitrri I Beat Coach St rot. Tum U I In time Mdb:

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