Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 January 1899 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. C W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop.

PLYMOUTH, - . INDIANA II' H u Minor Happenings of the Past Week. EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS. Political, Religions. Social and Criminal Doing of the Whole World Carefully Condensed for Our It.ndcrs The Accident Record. Lexington, Ky. An epidemic of slip has broken out unions the blooded hums it! this vicinity. London -The Urit ish government has o:il( ;e'i L'T.it members of the Irl-Ii fusil ei s. now in Alexandria, Egypt, to Khartum, to garrison the defenses there. Willi;' msburg. X. V An unknown num. with his lioail burned off, was found dad in a lime kiln, lie had, it is be;ieed, gone to tin1 kiln to get warns and been overcome by the fumes. Newcastle, Pa. The city council ami county eniiniss jene rs have offered a reward f ?I.mm for the arrest und miction of thn men who murdered City Tiras' rer John Itlevins and robbed his office. London - The Daily Chronicle urges the I'nifed States to demand of Spain the pardon of Colonel Julison San Martin, who v as sentenced to life imprisonment for having abandoned Pome. 1'orto Hieo. when (Jen. .Mi1.. - troops lane'ed. ; . Cincinnati President N. Baxter ot the 'I enr.e:-r.. Coal, Iron and Ua it road company denies the report that the America!! Steel Wire company bad secured woiking control of hi- company and would use it in a light against the Federal Stf"! company. New York IJaik r Decker, colored, who murdf-red his wife near Tottenville. Statcn island. last .March, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. Hampton. Iowa The grain elevator cf Pope tV ,Ioli!jM)n of this city burned to the ground. The loss is about $10,Ot'O, with $7. ceo insurance. Sioux City. Iowa - drip is so prevalent in Sioux City that business is seriously hampered. It is estimated that 2" per "cut of the population is affected. Everett. Wash. .1. I). Rockefeller's representatives are planning the erection of a mammoth electric plant to operate a. railroad and factories hero which Rockefeller controls. Lisbon Three steamers arrived from Cuba, bringing 5.C0O repatriated Spanish troops. Summit. Miss. Former Congressman Thomas R. Stockdale. formerly judge of the supreme court of Mississippi and a prominent confederate officer, died, aged 71 years. London- Charitable bequests, of a public nature amounted to JL; l,:;u:,7-n in England last year. Philadelphia -Miss Sophia Dallas, daughter of George M. Dallas, who was vice president of the Cnited Stales under President Polk, is dead in her 7 tub ye;,r. (Ileneoe. Minn. Burglars broke into Albrecht's hardware store and robbed the j iost office. Two safes in the postoffice weie blown, open, am' about in stamps and currency taken. Travels.' City. Mich.. Reuben Goodrich die!, aged 7l. He was a pioneer of Michigan, coming here when it was a territory, and served in the Michigan senate and held other prominent public offices. Denver. A. K. Willis, a farmer living near P.righton, Colo., has been robbed of $7.bMj which he had in a bureau drawer. Herman Matson, a tramp, to whom Willis had given shelter, has disappeared and is suspected of having taken the money. Sterling, III Fire destroyed the Masonic temple, causing a loss or $40,000. The building was a four-story structure. Haid ii r, Man. Two men gagged and bound Municipal Treasurer narrower and robbed him of $700. Goshen, Ind. Will A. Jackson until recently a largs manufacturer of carriages, committed suicide at his home by hanging. No motive is assigned. He was in good circumstances financially. Wabash, Ind. Mrs. Thomas Wallace, one of the oldest residents of North Manchester, this county, and a sister of Calvin Cowglll. former member of congress, died at her home, having been poisoned by eating pork. Hedforcl, Iowa Joseph Willard of Dillon, Mont., who was visiting here, committed suicide by hanging. Heaman, Iowa Fire destroyed over half the business portion of Heaman. Six business houses, all frame structures, were burned. Loss f 10,000; insurance $ß,000. Angola. Ind.- Graham Kerr of Paris, Ky., a student at the Tri-State Normal college, attempted suicide by shooting and will probably die. t : i ....... i. . . .uiividiin'f, wis. i ne grip has in vaded the city and an extraordinary number of people are now sufferinq from it. Summitviile. Ind. The jail burned, anu hki uorlin of Anderson, Ind., who had been incarcerated for drunk enness, perished. Victoria, B. C. Fire which broke out in a cigar store on Government street, in the heart ef the city, caused

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1 CASUALTIES. Yates City, III Peter McFarland, a painter, was found iu his house frozen to death. Escanaba, Mich. Capt. Byron Winegar was burned to death in the home of his son Frank. . Lima, O. The Lima paper mills were almost destroyed by fire. The loss is $12.".000; insurance, $70,000. Visalia. Cal. A brick wall of a bu:Ming collapsed and buried five men ia th" ruins. Harry Hughes was fatally injured. Washington. Pa. The Hotel Main and the Levins building adjoining, were de.-1 roved by tire. Loss, $U0.000; i n s u ra n ce. $S.",0'j0. Clinton. Ind. James Phipps, white, and Van Suggs, colored, were fatally burned by a terrific dust explosion, in Terry mines. PcmuerviMe. O. An explosion of ga-oiine in t lio hardware store of Keil & Son canail the death of Augustus Keil, the jv.nior partne r. Charlotte. N. C Fire in the ShawHow ell Harness Company's building, and in adjoining structures caused a loss of $75.000. Phillips. Wis. Jacob Dick was instantia kilted while skidding logs. Genesee. N. Y. Tin large granaries cf Balden it Co. and Ferriu Brothers were burned, with loss between $SU,000 and Sf'0,000. Troy, N. Y. Fire in the furniture house of J. R. A: L A. Myers spread to the building on the north occupied by duett. Pea body & Co., as a storehouse for collars, cuffs and shirts, and to others on the south. The loss is estimated at $1000d. Wnusaukee. Wis. A woodsman r.nmed Schönes was struck by a log that fell off a load and instantly killed. Sidney. Ohio The residence of W. H. C. Goode was damaged by fire. It cost $l5o.0oö. The loss on building ami furniture was S30.000. Sioux City, Iowa While drunk in his tepee on the river front, George Humphreys, a Winnebago Indian chief, fvll into his fire and burned to death. Jacksonville. Fla. The physicians in attendance upon David F. Mitchell,

lying unconscious as the result of injuries received while playing p.olo. report their paiient in a much improved condition. Packwaukee. Wis. Mrs. Jane Sastman was severely burned by her clothing catching fire. Galeton. Pa. Fire in the new oil held caused a loss of $50,000. FOREIGN. Berlin Emperor William has recovered from an attack of the grip. Paris George Damhmann, an American, who is prominent in Paris in Franco- American business circles, has been decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor. London Lionel Walter Rothschild has been elected member of parliament for the Aylesbury division, Buckinghamshire, succeeding his uncle, the late Baron Ferdinand James de Rothschild. London Viscount Cromer laid the foundation stone at Khartoum of the Gordon Memorial College, in the presence of Gen. Lord Kitchener, the British officers and native sheiks. London The Duke of Marlborough has been appointed paymaster general in succession to the Earl of Hopetoun, who was recently made lord chamberlain, succeeding the Earl of Lathom. Berlin. The philosophical faculty of Marburg university has conferred an henary doctorate upon the American geologist, John Mason Clarke. Madrid. The official gazette announces that on Jan. 1 Spain's floating debt amounted to 554.810,595 pesetas, an increase of 11,812,095 pesetas over the figures at Jan. 1 of last year. London The Exchange Telegraph company's Paris correspondent says that the Duke of Orleans on Jan. 1 received 1,000,000 francs from a French manufacturer as a contribution to the royalists political fund. CRIME. St. Louis, Mo. Henry Ringbeck, arrested in Philadelphia, will be brought to St. Louis for trial on the charge of using the United Slates mails for fraudulent purposes. Phenix, R. I. The outside doors of the vault of the Phenix national bank were blown open by dynamite, but the three men who attempted to rob the bank were frightened awa-. Garretson. S. D. J. B. Discliner committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Madison, Wis. "Big George." the Indian who killed Swan Swanson, a Swede, was .sentenced to ten years in prison. Hopkins. Mo. James Willard hanged himself. Blandinsville, HI F. P. Hicks committed suicide by hanging. Banks, Ala. A barn belonging to a white farmer named Green was burned. Suspicion was directed toward Marshall McGregor, a negro in Mr. Green's employ. Next day his body was found hanging to a tree near where the barn had stood. Pittsburg, Pa. Silas Anderson, colored, who shot and killed his wife, was hanged in the county jail. Niles, Mich.- Miss Marion WorthIngton committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. East Liverpool, Ohio The mystery in the case of Attorney A. R. McCall, who disappeared while insane last July, has been leared up by the finding of his skeleton in a ravine almost in sight of the home of his parents, lie had hanged himself to a tree by a strap, the body finally falling owing to decay.

MISCELLANEOUS. Brazil. Ind . F. 0. Marshall of Sidney, Iowa, died ia this city of erysipelas.

San Francisco, Cal. J. L. Bardwell. j a retired merchant of this city, was found dead in his bed. Deerfield, 111. The dead body of Julius Christiansen, aged 50. was found frozen in a ditch beside the road. Denver, Cob Mrs. Florence Ritchie, a member of Frank Daniels' company, now playing at th- Broadway, fainted while taking a bath at the Albei t hotel and was drowned. St. Louis. Mo. Congressman Richard Marthodk is seriously ill at his home as the result of an attack of the grip. Lancaster. Pa.- Edwin W. Crantz, a Michigan volunteer, died of lung trouble following typhoid fever. Halifax. N. S.--Fears are entertained for the safety of the stamer Damara, from London, now twenty days out. Washington Lion' 1 E. G. Garden has been gazetted British consul general for the Island of Cuba. He was until recently British consul at the City of Mexico. Applcton. Wis. Pap?r manufra Hirers from the Fox River valley of Wisconsin left for Washington to make arrangements before a congressional committee relativ, to the tariff on paper. Washington The secretary of war has directed that the army camp at Knoxville, Tenn.. be broken up and thai the Thirty-first Michigan volunteer infantry and all other troops now there be sent by rati to Savannah, with a view to their transportation to Santa Clara. Cuba. Warren. Ohio Rev. A. A. Abbott, rector of Christ Church, has accepted the position of general missionary and archdeacon of the Episcopal diocese o Ohio, offered by Bishop Leonard. Rev. Mr. Abbott will have headquarters in Cleveland. Covington. Ky. Several months ago Judge Tarvin sent several councilmen to jail for ooniemit of court in disobeying an order of court to furnish supplies. Now the five councilmen imprisoned have sued Judge Tarvin collectively for $10,000 for false imprisonment. Milwaukee. Wis. Chalotte E. Downer, w ife of John A. Downer, has been granted a decree of divorce. Chambersburg, Pa. Mir.s Alice Hagle, a school teacher, died from the effects of having a tooth extracted. Dubuque, Iowa Judge Shiras has ordered the sale of the Eighth street electric line on the first Monday of .March. Bridgeton. Ind. George I). Noise, aged 10. shot and probably fatally injured Ray Miller, a prominent citizen. Anderson. Ind. All the money necessary to construct an electric railway between Hartford City and Noblesville has been raised. Indianapolis. Ind. A company with $500.000 capital stock has been formed to develop the gold-bearing resources of Morgan county, this state. Janesville, Wis. Gustave Wallin, who joined company E of Beloit. and served in the Spanish war, was found dead in Rock river, rear Edgerton. Crawfordsville. Ind. After one week's service as pastor of the First Baptist church of Crawfordsville, the Rev. W. W. Hicks has resigned his charge, stating as his reason that he has received a call to the Baptist church of Flint. Mich., which pays him $500 a year more than Crawfordsville. Springfield, III Dr. Frank S Whitman was appointed superintendent of the Elgin insane hospital, vice Dr. John E. Hamilton, deceased. LATEST MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $1.00 G.OO Hogs, common to prime. 1.25 3.12Sheep and lambs 2.00 (5.15 Wheat, No. 2 red 09 .70 Corn, No. 2 35 (ft) .30 Oats, No. 2 white 281 .2SU Eggs .20 Butter 12 & .20VL Rye, No. 2 54 .54 V2 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 .73 Oats, No. 2 cash .2S Corn, No. 2 cash .35 Cattle, all grades 2.00 Hogs 3.25 (7?3.70 Sheep and lambs 2.03 5.50 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 cash .71U Corn. No. 2 mixed .30 Oats. No. 2 mixed .28 Rye, No. 2 cash .50 Cloverseed, prime cash.. 4.30 KANSAS CITY. Cattle, all grades 2.75 (J15.60 Hogs, all grades 3.00 3.70 Sheep and lambs 2.50 5.30 MILWAUKEE. Wheat. No. 1 northern. 09 .9 Vi Oats, No. 2 white 20"i .28 Barley, No. 2 .50Vi NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red .797 Corn, No. 2 431,i .437 Oats, No. 2 .33 PEORIA. Oats, No. 2 white 27U .27i Corn, No. 2 .35 tf To Succeed Senator Morrill. Gov. Smith has offered the place In the United States senate left vacant by the death of Senator Morrill to B. F. Fifield of Montpelier. Vt. To Help Silver Cause. Preliminary steps have been taken at Denver for the organization of the United States Sixteen-to-One Money League. ;o to Manila Soon. The Fourth infantry at Fort Sheridan, 111., will he in the first detachment of troops sent to Manila.

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Report of Proceedings in Senate and House. PEACE TREATY CONSIDERED. Document Immediately Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation Action Taken in the Dentil of benator Morrill of Vermont. Wednesday, .Ian. -I. The session of the house was set apart, under special order, for the consideration of the 'bill to define and punish crime- and to provide code of criminal procedure for the territory of Alaska. Without disposing t,f this matter the bili went over as unfinished business. Maj. Pruden, one of the president's .ecretaries. delivered to the senate the treaty of peace with Spain. The tr.aly was referred to the loimniitce on foreign relations. Mr. Allison made a formal announcement in open session of the death of Senator Morrill. Resolutions of sympathy were agreed to and the senate adiourned. GEN. MARCUS P. MILLER. THE General Marcus F. Miller, in command of the United States forces at Iloilo, is the American military hero of the new year. The Philippine rebels are folding him a hard man to handle. They demanded that he take no action until Aguinaldo could be heard from. The general said "No" and prepared to land his troops. Then the foicign residents besought him to wait. Again Miller said "No." The general is evidently going to make a Dewey of himself. The insurgents will find in General Miller a soldier of far more experience and ability than any Spaniard they ever encountered. He is a regular army man, a West Pointer of the class of '5S, and has served a pretty fair apprenticeship in righting wild men in his own America, where he had several interesting jousts with Indians. He should feel more or less at home with the Malays, Thursday, Jan. 5. The judiciary committee had the right of way in the house for three hours Thursday and quite a number of bills of minor importance reported from the committee were passed. Little business, except that of a routine character, was transacted by the senate. Mr. Caffery of Louisiana concluded his speech begun before the holiday recess in opposition to the pending Nicaragua canal bill. Friday, Jan. fi. The anti-civil service reformers scored a victory in the house. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was taken up for consideration and when the appropriation for the civil service commission was reached, Mr. Evans (rep., Ky.) made a motion to strike it out. This motion carried by a narrow majority 67 to 61. In the senate, in support of the resolution offered some time ago by Mr. Vest (Mo.) in opposition to expansion, Mr. Caffery (La.) delivered an extended speech. Will Hold an Exposition. At a meeting of citizens it was decided to hold an international exposition in San Francisco in 1901, opening in June. Appropriation will be asked from the city, state and nation. Indiana's State Debt Reduced. The gilt-edge credit of the state of Indiana in money markets has been still further enhanced by the reduction of the state debt to 55,600.000 by payment of $400,400 last year. Jan. ttO the Date. The Spanish minister of war announces that the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish forces will be concluded by Jan. 20. Not Planning a Itettolntlon. Prince Victor Napoleon, the head or the Ronapartists, denies the report that he Is planning a coup d'etat in France. Will Appear for Trial. William Kent, slayer of his brother Noble, at Carlinville, Hi., will be forthcoming when wanted for trial.

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THE TRADE REVIEW.

Prosperona Tear Expected in All Lines Of ltllil'A. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "The year begins with the kind of business demand that counts. For months there has been a rising demand for materials, but now the crowding demand for finished products begins to advance prices, iu the iion and steel industry about 1 per cent. j without quotable changes in pig, ex- , erpt at the east. j Tiie wheat movement has to sustain 1 the largest foreign demand movement i ( vt r l. noun for wheat and corn ;o- ' gether. and Atlantic exports of "i.'.'l!.- ', 420 bushels, hour imluhd. a v.; ii:st 2..vbi.ois bushels la-t year, wiih P:m i-i' epott of tSU.s:1.:;. against S72.1-!'. i ' -' year, would g've -orr.e reason, to anticipate high'T prices were not ihe ?...-;-ei n reet ii.-ts 4. 10 1.5". 2 busiu Is. again.-t 2.S7..!'72 büshels for the v ";c ; last ear. i "Failures for the we, 'k have 1 u 2e! in the Cnited Stales, again:-! -22 last year, and 21 in Canada, atainst :2 hi ! , -t I year." I ietnxes in S-i:tuK t;il,:iiet. it is expected tiii't there w'll shortly be seme changes iu the " gast :; cabinet. FIRST HERO OF THE YEAR. who are kind of first cousins to the noble red man of the plains. General Miller distinguished himself in the civil war. He was hrevetted captain, major and lieutenant colonel for his services at Malvern Hill, in the Winchester campaign, and in the battle of Dinwiddie Court House. For his skillful and courageous conduct in the Indian wars of Idaho and California he was given brevet of colonel. Fver since he left the military academy, forty years ago, General Miller has been in the service of his country, and his record has Tje'jn capital. As a colonel of the regular army, before his promotion, he had full charge of the defenses of San Francisco, and at that time he was in command of the Third United States infantry. He is brave and will take no nonsense from the Filipinos, who have been high-handed and exacting. FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED. Fatal Head-on 1'ollUion Near Valley, Tenn. Near Elk Valley, Tenn., on the Knoxville and Ohio branch of the Southern railroad, a head-on collision occurred between the regular possenger train and a double-header freight train. Four trainmen were killed and two fatally injured. Cyclone Sweeps Over Arkansas. A heavy windstorm swept over a remote section of Scott county, Arkansas. At Boles a schoolhouse was blown down and three pupils were killed, another was fatally wounded and twelve or more sustained more or less serious injuries. Dewey Wants More Ships. The navy department has received a long cipher cable dispatch form Admiral Dewey making requisitions for ships and supples urgently needed oa the Asiatic station. Will Strengthen itritiOi Fleet. In the early part of the year the British China squadron will be strengthened by the addition of the cruisers Orlando and St. George. Illness of Don Carlos. Don Carlos, pretender to the Spanish throne, is suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis and his condition is considered dangerous. No Conflict at Hollo. All is quiet at Manila. The American troops which arrived at Iloilo have not landed. They are awaiting instructions. More Hattleships for Italy. Next year's naval estimates, it is asserted, will provide for eight new battleships for Italy, two being of the first class. Senator Hale Is Kenoiuinated. Eugene Hale was renominated for United States senator by the Maine republican joint legislative caucus by acclamation. Mackay ! Kerlotiftly Sick. John W. Mackay, the mining millionaire, is seriously kli with the gout at San Francisco.

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