Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 May 1899 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

Q T7. IfETSKSS, Pub. mnA Pve PliTKOTTTn, - Minor Happenings of the Past Week. EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS. Political, Religions. Social and Criminal Döing of the Whole World Carefully Condense ! for Our Krader The Accident It cord. an Franci.co,Cal. Jud:rp Coffee has rendered a decision declariug Mary 1 "Wnldron to be the legal widow of Daniel G. V.'aldron. Bridgeport, Conn. An Italian named O. II. Minotte was killed here by some of his enraged countr; men for attacking a 5-year-old girl. Crowley. Ala. .Tcse A. Allen, night operator, and Janus V. Warner engaged in a duel. Allen was killed instantly and Warner fatally injured. Harrisburg, Pa. do v. Stone has made a cut of $1,000,000 in the school appropriation and reduced several other items, whereby he saves in the aggregate $1,500.000. which will be applied to reducing the floating debt of the commonwealth. Fairbury. Ul. The large farm residence of Ch istian Kierurcli burned with all the 'ontonts. Kenosha, Wis. The Northwestern Wire Mattress company announced to Its employes that their wages would be advanced 10 per cent. The company now employs T-'u men and will shortly employ J. 000. Guthrie. 0. T. Judge Rurfjrd of the United States court sent Charles Base to the penitentiary for five years for passing one counterfeit nickel. Stanley, Wis. Ole P. Iligholt, an engineer, was caught between a belt and a pulley in the planing mill of the Northwestern Lumber company and killed. Lostant, 111. Alfred 1. Osgood, a prominent lumber dealer and extensive land owner, died as the result of an accident which he suffered about a month ago. Tekin. 111. Henry Wyatt was lodged In the Tazewell county jail on an indictment charging him with being one of the murderers of Perry Green at Delavan two years ago. He was arTested in Peoria county. John Blackburn and X. C. Dowey are indicted on the same charge. Blackburn has been arrested, but Dowey is still at large. Peoria, 111. Annie Tracy, 16 years of fige, ran away from home Saturday, and when her mother sent an officer to arrest her the child swallowed a dose of tincture of iodine. She is in a hospital and will probably die. Sioux City, Iowa The receipts for one day of the Sioux City Traction company, v.hich operates all the street car lines n the city, weie donated to the Morniagside college fund as a part of $30,000 promised by Sioux City. Berlin, Wis. August Smith, who recently attempted to kill his wife with an ax and then hacked himself with the ax and took poison, has been taken to the Northern Hospital for the Insane, near Oshkosh. His wife is recovering. Kankakee, 111. A second case of smallpox was discovered, the victim being a negro woman whose husband works in the quarry. She was in a boarding-house with twelve other negroes. The place has been quarantined. Madison, Wis. John Walsh, a petty officer of the cruiser Raleigh of Admiral Dewey's fleet, who is on his way from Xew York visit relatives in Minneapolis, was robbed on a train of all his money, some $C0, and reached Madison without a cent. Madison, Wis. The remains of Paul Scofleld were taken to Oconto. The body was accompanied by Gov. and Mrs. Scofleld, George Scoiield, the governor's son; Mrs. Grunert of Oconto, a cousin; Col. W. J. Anderson, the governor's secretary ,and Adjt.-Gen. Boardman. Dayton, Ohio While being exhibited to a large crowd, Hing, one of the trained elks owned by Prof. W. H. Barnes of Sioux City, Iowa, was drowned in Fairview lake. The elks would dive from a high platform and ewim ashore. While swimming Ring got tangled in his harness. Sioux Falls, S. D. Two sons of J. D. Casteel, one H and the other 10, on the Yankton Indian reservation, were suddenly taken ill and died before a physician could be called. Investigation showe-I that the boys had eaten raw potatoes that had been frozen in the winter and thawed out. Nashville.. 111. The body of William Meyer, Jr., the wealthy young farmer who so mysteriously disappeared from his country residence last Monday, was discovered near his home with a bullet wound in the head. It is thought he was murdered. Washington The projected German cable will touch at the Azores and will be worked by the Commercial Cable company and the Postal Telegraph company. Detroit, Mich. The biwuWal grand division convention of the Order of Railway Conductors met in th-Is city. Washington. Gen. Wop. who commanded the Spanish forces in the Philippines, has been authorized to return Ig Spain. New York. The Sewing Machine Attachment company, with a capital stock of $.",00,000, incorporated in Delaware.

CASUALTIES.

Sliarcokin, Pa. Four men were instantly killed by a slide of a portion of a large culm bank at Centralia. Pari.-;, Texas A reviewing stand on whim were seated 4,000 persons, witnessing a display of fireworks, fell. No one was killed, but a great number were injured, some probably fatally. Hochester, N. Y. The National Banking company's three-story building was burned. Loss, about $100.000. Sparklets. Pa. William Wo'cott. brakeman on a construction train on the Pittsburg and Western railroad, was killed. The train jumped off a trestle. Six were injured. Seattle. Wash. The North American Transportation and Trading Company of Chicago lost $.10,000 in a fire at Hamilton, on the Yukon, last month. Sheboygan. Wis. Alexander Vollrath of this city and John Dewey of Baltimore, students at the Franklin Mission college, twelve miles from this city, were drowned in Jetzers lake by a boat capsizing. Dalton, Ga The residence of Dr. L. C. Bagwell, ten miles east, was burned. Dr. Bagwell, his three children, and their negro housekeeper were burned to death. It is supposed a lamp exploded. Toledo. O. Bernard W. Layton. assistant sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate, is lying dangerously injured at St. Vincent's hospital, the result of a fall. Iebanon, Pa. The large flour mill of E. Strickler's Sons was destroyed by fire. The less is estimated at $tr,000. Xanlucket. Mass. Maj. L. C. Overman. U. S. A., retired, was instantly killed by falling from a staging on which he was working at his summer home. Lancaster, Pa. Anna M. Esponshade, 27 years old. was accidentally burned to death in her home. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Harry McRostie, while sailing on the St. Lawrence, fell from bis yacht and was drowned. FOREIGN, London Herbert Lloyd of Edwara Lloyd (limited), the proprietor of the Daily Chronicle, is dead. Paris The minister of war, H. Camilie Krants. signed a degree cashiering Major Cuignet on account of his having divulged to the Petit Journal the contents of certain letters. Birmingham, England At a meeting of the committee of Birmingham university a resolution was adopted gratefully accepting the offer of Mr. Carnegie to donate 50,000 to the university. London The Daily Mail declares a group of American and English literary agents has formed a syndicate for the purpose of controlling tlie future productions of Rudyard Kipling. London Mr. Inskip, secretary of the Boot and Shoe Operatives union, who recently visited the United States, is dead. London Dr. Joseph C. Hartzell of Cincinnati, American Methodist Episcopal bishop of Africa, has returned to London from Liberia, on his way to the United States. Odessa, Russia An insane customs official murdered his five sleeping children and then attacked his wife, who is dying of her wounds. St. Petersburg The czarina has given 50,000 rubles for the relief of sufferers in the famine-stricken districts of Russia. Paris The British-Venezuela arbitration, which was to begin May 24, has been postponed until June 15. Paris The French government is making inquiries as to American coal with a view to adopting it for the use of the French navy. Berlin. Admiral von Diedrichs has been granted a leave of absence ior three months. Paris. An interpellation of the government on the retirement of M. de Freycinct caused excitement in the chamber, but the order of the day was finally voted 444 to C7. CRIME. Auburn, N.Y. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tincknall were found in their rooms. The man was dead, without a mark on him; the woman had her head battered in. New York Dr.J.Owen.C. R. Brackett and W. R. Torrance, saloon passengers on the Teutonic, which arrived from Liverpool, were arrested on the pier. Capt. McClusky believes they are professional card sharps. Dover, Del. William X. Boggs, e defaulting teller of the national bank, has been sentenced to five years in the Trenton (N. J.) penitentiary and a fine of $6,500. Alexandria. Ind. While working together in the Union steel mill Gillam Graves and Andrew Blunk became involved in a quarrel. Graves struck Blunk over the head and pushed him upon a piece of hot iron, burning him so badly that he cannot live. tH?catur. Neb. John Egleton and Oscar Zeager quarreled over the boundary line of their property, and Egleton struck Zeager on the head with a singletree. Zeager was picked up hieensible and never rallied, dying in a few hours. Washington. Ellsworth De France, convicted of the highway robbery of a mail messenger in 1893 and sentenced for life, has had his sentence commuted by President McKinley to fifteen years. Cumberland, Md. William Parish, a negro 18 years old, was shot and killed by John Meyers, white. Mayers, it is rqid, caught the negro attempting a felonious assault upon Mrs. Kate llaier, an aged white woman. Alexandria, Ind. John Ramlot was shot and instantly killed by Buckley Williams while stealing chickens from the latter' coop.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Galesburg. 111. The colored people held an anti-lynching meeting. Reso lutions calling for governmental action were passed Austin, Texas The house of the Texas legislature finally passed the anti-trust bill as it came from the sen ate on Tuesday. It now goes to the governor. Cincinnati. Ohio Moritz Albert Jaeobi. for twenty-five years president of the Cincinnati Freie Presse, died at his residence in Fort Thoma Louisville. 111. Rev. Isaac Hodgen Elkin. a pioneer, aged 70 years, is dead. He came to this state from In diana in ISIS. Springfield. 111. Col. J. S. Lord, chief clerk in the bureau of labor statistics. has resigned to become chief of the division of population in the twelfth census Harrisburg. Pa. The statue to the memory of Maj.-Gen. John F. Hartranft was unveiled in Capitol park. Saginaw, Mich. Erastus T. Judd. one of the most prominent men in this section of the state, and for thirty years president of the First National bank of East Saginaw, until its disas trous failure three years ago. is dead. Montevideo, Uruguay The American cruiser Newark has arrived at this port Auburn, X. Y. Rev. George D. Stew art, D. D., of Harrisburg. Pa., has been elected president of Auburn Iheolog ical seminary, to succeed the late Hen ry D. Booth. Madison. Wis. Paul Schofield, the youngest son of Gov. Schofield, who has been ill for about two years with tuberculosis of the lungs, died here. He was 25 years old. San Francisco The twelve Filipinos who arrived a week ago have been ordered deported. The pirty consists of ten adults and two children. New York Ex-President Harrison has accepted the place of honorary president of the general committee of the ecumenical conference on foreign missions, to be held In 1900. Xew York The United States trans port Buford, Capt. Stinson. has arrived from San Juan, Ponce, and Santiago, having on board C00 discharged soldiers from various regiments. Oshkosh, Wis. Tim Murphy, the comedian, is better, and will recover unless complications set in. Peoria, 111. Martin Kingman, head of the Kingman Plow compan3r, said that his company was not in the combination effected at Chicago. Washington The remains of Gen. H. C. Egbert, the officer who was killed in the Philippines, have been interred at Arlington cemetery. Lake Flower, X. Y. The body of Robert S. Tracy of New York was found. Tracy disappeared over a month ago from a sanitarium at Saranac Lake. Washington George Earle, a lawyer of prominence, assistant postmaster general under President Grant, died of heart disease. New York After occupying the position of president of the National Academy of Design fifteen years, Thomas Waterman Wood retired in favor of Frederick Dielman. New York The Samuel J. Tilden residence in Gramercy park was sold at auction in the Xew York salesroom for $180,000. New York Gen. O. O. Howard has been re-elected president of the American Tract society. Trenton. N. J. A combination of seven Pacific coast biscuit, cracker and candy companies has been perfected. It has been incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, and is known as the Pacific Coast Biscuit company. The capital stock is $6.000.000. LATEST MARKET REPORT, CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $1.75 5.50 Hcgs, common to prime. 1.60 (&3.95 Sheep and lambs 3.10 5.20 Wheat, No. 2 red 72 .72?4 Corn, No. 3 .33 Oats, No. 2 white 26 '2 .2714 Eggs .1134 Butter 10 .17 Rye, No. 2 .37 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 73 .74 Oats, No. 2 cash .27 6 Corn, No. 2 cash .324 Cattle, all grades 2.25 (5.50 Hogs 3.70 3.95 Sheep and lambs 3.50 5.13 TOLEDO. Wheat, No. 2 cash .734 Corn, Xo. 2 mixed .34 Oats, No. 2 mixed .... .27 Rye, Xo. 2 cash .58 Cloverseed, May 3.70 (34.33 MILWAUKEE. Wheat. Xo. 1 northern .73 Oats, No. 2 white 29 .29?4 Barley, Xo. 2 .41 NEW YORK. Wheat. Xo. 2 red .82 Corn, No. 2 .41 .30 Oats, Xo. 3 KANSAS CITY. Cattle, all grades 2.00 5.25 Hogs, all grades 3.30 3.75 Sheep and lambs 2.00 5.30 PEORIA. Oats, No. 3 white 2714 .281,2 Corn, new No. 2 .33 4 To Deal In It abhor. The Manufacturers Rubber company, capital $6.000,000, has been in corporated to manufacture and deal in rubber. To firing DrryfVi Home. Soldiers have gone to form an escort to bring Dreyfus to France. His return may be expected by the end ol June Forty-ninth Iowa Mastered Out. The Forty-ninth Iowa, Col. Dows, was mustered out at Savannah, Ga., and left for home.

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Cyclone Sweeps Over Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. HEAVY LOSS FOR FARMERS. Much I.ie Mock Ilniu ned Crops ;ind Itailroad Track Wah-l A way--Itnil.l-ings Wrecked by Wind and Kain One Mau Killed at ( Idut r, Kau. Severe wind and rain storms passed over southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma May rj. At Coldwater, Comanche county, Kan.. Joseph Bowers was killed and twelve houses were blown down. Mulvane, on the Sedgwick and Sumner county line, had sixteen buildings destroyed. No lives were lost and no one seriously hurt. At Springfield, .Mo., a cloudburst did great damage. Many head of live stock were drowned. The damage will reach over $."0,000. Traffic on tne Chier.go. St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha roaJ was blocked at Emerson, Neb. Telephone messages from Homer, Xeb.. announce a cloudburst there, with heavy property loss. An immense acreage of planted crops is washed out THE WAR IN

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and hundreds of head of stock are drowned. Xo loss of life is reported. CAPITAL OF $100,000,000. Thrasher TruM Now Heine Formed Will Itutld iu Itnssia. News is given out from inside sources that the capital of the thrasher trust now being formed will be $100,000,000. Twenty-eight companies will be absorbed. It is said a fund of $10,000,000 will be set aside for the purpose of building a factory in Russia. Law ton Defeats the Kebels. The Filipino forces, which were in trenched behind strong fortifications at San Ildefonso, north of Balinag, have been driven from their position by Gen. Lawton. One American was wounded In the engagement. Saloon Men Not Ilarred. The Illinois state council of the Im proved Order of Red Men will meet next year at East St. Louis. Charles T. Bish, Springfield, was elected grand prophet. The proposal to bar saloon men was defeated. Will Halse Defense Fund. Illinois coal operators decided to raise a defense fund of $1,000,000 to protect the members of the organiza tion in future trouble with labor unions. Work of Itible Society. The total issue of the American Bi ble society for the year amounted to 1.3S0.892 copies, more than half of which were distributed in other lands. Fatal Cyclone in Mexico. Xine dead, eleven missing, and twen ty wounded is the result of a cyclone n Mexico, 100 miles from Eagle Pass, Texas. The dead are Mexican laborers. Pittsburg; Man Fleeted President. The association of police chiefs elected Chief Leslie, Pittsburg, president. It was voted to hold the convention next year at Cincinnati, Ohio. St. Petersburg Espel Jews. The Russian government has forbid den Jews to reside in St. Petersburg. Several French Jews are among those who will be compelled to leave. To Meet at Philadelphia. The American Federation of Musi cians adjourned to meet in Philadel phia next June. Owen Miller of St. Louis was chosen president. Transport Sail for Home. The United States transports Puebla, ennsylvania, Charles Xelson and Cleveland have left the Philippines, bringing soldiers home. Will Also Advance Price. An advance in the price of plows by he northwestern manufacturers will be followed by a similar advance throughout the south. Praise the American Administration. La Patria, one of the best edited pa pers In Havana, comes out with an ediorial strongly indorsing the Ameri can administration. Ilurglars Hob Iowa Hank. Two burglars robbed the Ellsworth state bank of Ellsworth, in Hamilton j county, Iowa, of $3,800, and escaped.

TWENTY-NINE DEAD. Remit f the CoIlUioii on the Philadelphia A Kradinc; Kailrnari. The total number of dead as a resuit of the collision on the Philadelphia and Reading railway at Exeter, six miles below Reading. Pa., reached twenty-nine. Thirty-three wfie seriously injured, of whom many will die. BLAMES THE GERMANS Report of It. ar Admiral Ka nl z a tu 1 tu Affair in Samoa. There is reason to believe the report of Rear-Admiral Kautz places the entire responsibility for the trouble in Samoa upon the German consul, aided and aletitd by certain German citizens. l ire in Kailroad Yards. Nearly SlMt.ooo worth of property was burned in the Southern Pacific and Mexican International yards at Eagle Pass. Tex.. Mav 13.

"Kid" .McCoy Challenge Kvan. 'Kid" McCoy has forwarded to Tommy Ryan a formal challenge to fight in Denver for the middle-weight championship of the world. Will Take I'atific Itmitc. All troops now under orders for Manila, or to be ordered there during the next few months, will be sent by way of San Francisco. THE PHILIPPINES. DEWEY LEAVES MANILA. Th. t .1 : . -. . ..r aiiminii nas iun'(i ror Homo on III Flagediip Olympia. Admiral George Dewey has left Manila for America, in the flagship Olym pia. At Hongkong the Olympia will be docked and some necessary repairs made. These finished, the boat will start for America by the Suez canal. NINE WERE DROWNED. Schooner Nelson Sunk in lake Superior Off (irand Mara is, Midi. The schooner Xelson. with a cargo of coal, foundered in Lake Superior off Grand Marais, Mich., and carried down all hands except the captain. His wife and child were lost. Twenty-two Killed by Tornado. Late reports from Hando coal mines. in Mexico, show that twenty-two persons were killed and over a hundred others injured by a tornado. One American was killed. May Form Stove Trust. Owing to the increased price of raw material since the recent organization of trusts, there is talk of all the stove manufacturers organizing a combine. Doer Prepare for War. The commandants on the western border of the Transvaal issued instnn tions to the burghers to prepare to take tl e field at a moment's notb e. Confederates in Annual Reunion. The United Confederate Veterans annual reunion was held at Charleston. S. C. The city gave a hearty welcome to the 35,000 visitors and veterans. Honors for Admiral Dewey. Admiral Dewey's home coming by way of the Mediterranean is certain to give occasion for distinguished honors from the navies of Europe. Fire Loss of $40,000. At Waukegan. 111., fire destroyed the feed-house at the United States sugar refinery. The loss of about $40,000 is covered with a blanket policy. Western Tour for McKinley. President McKinley proposes tr make a tour of the west during his coming summer vacation. Arrangements are not yet perfected. Fx. (iv. Drake Is 111. Ex-Gov. Drake of Iowa is critically ill at his old home at Centerville. lie has been in poor health for some time Chicago Keacheit 2,000,000 M rk. Chicago's actual population at the present time is approximately 2,025.000, according to the city directory. Refuse to Admit Women. The Catholic Knights of America decided by a vote of 274 to ITS not to admit women to the organization. Harvard Winn Oratorical Content. Harvard was the victor in the annual oratorical contest with Yale. Two Illinois men were among the Harvard debaters. Purdue I'nWendty Defeats Chicago. Purdue university defeated the University of Chicago baseball team by the score of 10 to 1.

Did Not Spend It. A tourist in Ireland was talking to a man who was breaking stones on the roadside when a carriage drove by. "Who's in that carriage?" inquired.

the tourist. J "Ah, shure, that's the jtidire: an' I'm J tould he gets a pound a day for being that same!" "I should say he gets a great deal more," remarked the touri.-t. "Ah. don't believe it. y-r honor! I don't believe be gets a po:ind a day Itself; for many's the toime I sees him passin' the road here, an' I never see'd. him drunk wansht." Financial embarrassment doesn't eeem to embarrass sonjo p-.-oie very ! much. 4 4 Keep to Your Place and Your Place will Keep You. ' " Without good health we cannot keep situations or enjoy life. Most troubles originate in impure blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the blood rich and healthy, and ivill help you keep your place. ' ' Built Up -" Was tired out. had no appetite until I took Hood's .Sarsaparilla. It built me rieht up and I can eat heartily.'1 Ktta M. Hager, Athol, Mass. Hood HIli cure liver ill ; the non-irritmtir.p anJ only cathartic to take with Hood'i .Sirsapanll Annual Meeting German Baptists, (Dunkards,) Roanoke, Va., May 23, 1899. ONLY One Fare Round Trip VIA "Big Four" Ticket will be good going M&v 1 6, 19, 20 and 2JJ, 1899. Returning good until Jan 34,1899. One Mopover will be allowed on return trip. ubjert to local regulations of the lines over which ticket reads. For full information regarding tick is, rates and routes and time of trains, call on agents "Big Four Route-"' or address the undersigned, s. o. Mccormick, warren j. lynch, Pa&s. Traffic Mgr. Asst. Gen. Pass. & TU. Agt. CINCINNATI. O. I Excursions ; to I California 1 Every week an orjymicc party leaves irom .nicago via Denver and Salt Lake, in charge of a special conductor. Pullman Tourist cars are used. They lack only the expensive finish of Palace cars, while the cost per berth is about onethird. Similar parties leave I each week from St Louis also. For particulars address T. A. S Grady, Excursion Manager, 211 Clark Street, Chicago. THE Spalding OFFICIAL ue Ball is the onlv official hall of theN'ational League and must be ued in all pames. l'.ach ball warranted. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES If a dealer does not carry Spalding's athletic Roods in Mock, send your name and address to us (and his. too) for a copy of our handsomely illustrated catalogue. A. C. SPALDING & BROS. New York Chicago Denver TENTS Auy size or style. For i esid:mce or More. Vri: for CatulopiiA AWNINGS and state which is wanted. IiKCATl'K TKNT AND AWNING CO., Decatur, III. A FCXHT I BOOKLET j. HOU V? ! TO ) yak:is J INKPICTURES V Froebytnall If yon write II with Carter's Ink to J CARTER'S INK CO., BOSTON, MASS. DAHGERS CURED f Scarcely a failure la 16 year. Write No Tai austic Blood. DR. HESS. OF GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. Ä";:.'""" Cancer o! the Breast, If not broken out, treatment can be sent. Kindly amy where yuu saw till. CANDY CATHARTIC Dr. Kav's Renovator, cuarantoed sia. constipation, liver and kidney diseascs.MlUousness. beau acne. eta. At drutfilsts Sc CURLS TWHfRfc ALI FISF lAllfL Best CouKh Bjrup. Twtestiood. Veo In tlm. Bold by drncflrta.

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