Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 March 1900 — Page 2

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

i 1! Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record ot Happenings of Mach or Idttl Importance from AU Parts of the Civilised World Irlcea of Farm Frodue In Western Market. London 13 angered by Due d'Orleans approval of a notorious caricature of Queen Victoria and resents the insult of the French, pretender. Russia sends a warship to Bandar Abbas, on the Persian gulf. Britain sends one after it. French papers violently attack the American government for "Yankee intrigues' in Martinique. One woman lost her life and several girls were injured in a fire In Philadelphia. Col. Parker proposes that Filipinos, Cubans and Indians be educated free at the Chicago institute. Colored wurkingmen of Chicago formed a council of the National Federation of Labor for Colored Men, and will fight other labor organizations. Gen. Anderson denies that American authorities promised independence to the Filipinos. William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewali Leid a secret conference in Georgia Friday. Joe Walcott. the colored welter weight, stopped Joe Choynski in the seventh round In New York Friday. The Allan line steamship California ctranded cn a rock mar Portland, Me., Sunday morning. Building Material council of Chicago has ordered all unions affiliated to prohibit their men from -working in yards or mills supplying non-union builders. Lyman E. Cooler nays the Chicago river's condition will have to be radically changed to protect navigation Interests, and blames the sanitary trustees. Lycurgus Laflin, ol.l Chicagoan, died at Old Point Comfort Sunday. The American league has at last announced that it will put a baseball club in Chicago. Austrian paper says coloniol expansion will force conscription on the United States. The German government was defeated in the reichstag by a lcrge majority Wednesday. Seventeen persons were hurt in a wreck on the Wisconuiu Central near Curtis, Wis. The magazine cf the Header Stono company, at the quarries of the company on Fairmont road, in East Cleveland, Ohio, blew up Monday, destroying the office of the company and fa tally injuring Irvin Reader, son of the proprietor, and seriously injuring Murphy, a driller. Excitement Continus around Elk City, Idaho, over the rich gold strikes. Soldiers fire on strikers at Francois, Martinique, killing eight, mortally wounding five and injuring eleven. The snowfall in Chicago Saturday right and Sunday was so great as to cause a partial suspension of street car traffic. Patrick Crowe, suspected of bclns Implicated In the daring Northwestern train robVjry between Maple Park and DeKalk on the night of Oct. 13, was arrested Monday afternoon in Chicago and has been spirited away by the police. The place of his confinement is kept a secret. Von Bulow is said to be tue probable successor of Hohenlohe as chancellor of the German empire. Norwegian and German sailing ship owners may start a line to run from Chicago through the Canadian canal. Sentiment In Paris is still strongly pro-Boer and some predict British defeat. The black plague has appeared in two more islands of the Hawaiian group. Eight deaths are reported. President Jaeob Gould Schurman of Cornell university addressed a largo audience at the Auditorium in favor cf expansion Thursday In Chicago. Senator Mason and others addressed an audience of 2,000 at a pro-Boer meeting in Tattersalls in Chicago Thursday night and raised ?3ü0 for the Beer cause. Plans have bcn completed for a three-story building for the Chicago Institute, or Blaine Normal school, in North Park avenue. A crowd of boys pelted a British flas hanging before the residence of Consul Wyndham in Chicago Thursday ?nd was dispersed by the police. Chinese Minister Wu in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania Thursday said Washington's policy of justice and the Monroe doctrine will win the orient for America. Sentiment of the democratic national committee favors Judge Caldwell for Bryan's running mate. A new Vanderbilt railroad line between Pittsburg and Chicago is said to be assured. Treasury department officials Bay currency has increased 243 per cent, tlnce 1S7D. and that the per capita amount is now $20. Plans to celebrate Washington's birthday In Chicago, It Is said, Surpass any program In former years. The populist national convention will meet at Sioux Falls, S. D.. May 9. John Root's manager has Issued a sweeping challenge to all mlddlo weights, McCoy and Ryan preferred. Specie shipments from Chicago during the month of February have averaged $33,000 a day, an increase of 20 per cent, over February, 1803. Benjamin Wood, proprietor of the New York Daily Newa, died at the Fifth Avenue hotel Wednesday of Urlght's diseaEO. Ohio Town rnetofflce Knbbed. The postofiice at White House, Ohio, was robbed Wednesday morning and several hundred dollars worth of ttamps and $23 or $30 In money stolen. The heavy iron safe was blown open, nearly demolishing the frame building. The robbers escaped.

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LATEST MARKET REPORT. CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $J.70 6.3t Hogs, common to prime S.D0 4.90 Sheep and lamb3 5. S3 7.23 Wheat. No. 2 red .71 Rye, No. 2 cash .$ .56 Corn, No. 2 white v' .31 Osts, No. 3 white .26 Eggs 10 Q .12 Butter 19 3 .2 MILWAUKEE. Wheat, No. 1 northern... .70 Corn, No. 3 33 Oats. No. 2 white .26 Rye, No. I.............. 53 Barley, No. 2 .43 Oats, No. 2 white .23 Rye, No. 1 .56 Barley, No. 2 .46 Butter 16 .20 Eggs 10 S .13 Cattle 2.00 6.S0 Hogs 2.50 4.93 Sheep and lambs 2.20 7.23 ST. LOUIS. Oats. No. 2 cash .23 Wheat. No. 2 red .72 Corn. No. 2 cash .36 Cattle, all grades 1.30 ?6.50 Hogs 4.40 94.S0 Sheep and lambs 2.30 6.S3 KANSAS CITY. Wheat. No. 3 red 70 Oats, No. 2 white " " .23 Corn, cash. No. 2 mixed.. .34 Cattle, all grades 1.73 4.73 Hos, all grades 4.10 3.02 S'aeep and lambs 4.23 7.00 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 cash .72 Corn, No. 2 mixed .36 Oats. No. 2 mixed .2' Rye, No. 2 cash .53 Cloverseed, prime cash... .S3 NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red .77 Corn, No. 2 .42 Oats, No. 3 white .32 PEORIA. Oats, No. 3 white .24 Corn, new, No. 2 .32

FIND MORE GOLD AT CAPE NOME Latent New $ar It I the KlrlirU llelt Kver DNroTr"l. News from Cap Nome indicate that further winter discoveries prove that that district is undoubtedly the richest gold belt ever discovered. In several districts men are at work this winter piling up big dumps of gold-bearing sand and gravel which will be washed out as scon as spring thaw conies. Numerous nuggets have been found, ranging in value from $36 to $1S0. The greatest activity prevails in tho Bonanza district adjacent to Nome City. Beyond Cape York the arctic district has been laid out. Rich pay has been found there, and it is certain that hundreds of prospectors will go there from Cape Nome early next summer. The beach is suppose,! to b- rich as far north as Port Clarence. There are places, however, where it will pay only for hydraulic operation.-;. Provisions are plentiful at Nome, and there will be no suffering there for food supplies. Wood and coal are very scarce. All available wool has been used for ton miles on either tdde of N-vmo City. Wool brings $30 to $50 per cord, and it is a very poor article at that. The eoal supply is very meager, and is sold by the pound, bringing 7 and as high as S cents per pound. Ci. V. Clemen' IM t fori-. A movement has been started among the populists who bolted the recent populist conference at Lincoln, Neb., to nominate (I. C. Clemens of Topeka for president ou a straight-out populist ticket. When interviewed, Clemens said: "If the 'middle of the roads would stand for international socialism, take the socialist view of trusts, let Bryanlsm and free silver go, and stand for flat money redeemable only In service by the government's transportation, telegraph and postal systems, and in products from public stores, and would denounce the imperialism issue a 3 an attempt to divide the people and make them fight another sham battle to drown the cry of misery, if nominated I will make the race." Department-Store Law Void. The Supreme court of Missouri In an opinion by Judge Robinson has declared the department store law passed by the last legislature to be unconstitutional and void for the reason th.it the law is clearly class legislation, and because the act doe3 not constitute a rule of conduct and for the further reason that the act lrnpo-es an occupation tax as a license to do business The law applied to SL Joseph, Kansas City and St. Louis and to stores in thora cities employing a specified number of clerks. This feature Is pronounced class legislation. Pierre Fight Oter Politic. In Harlan county, Kentucky, near the Letcher county line, John Manuel tnd Henry Love, while hauling logs, fell out over politics, when Manuel pulled a revolver and shot Love dead. Manuel then lied. Henry GrifSn, a cousin of Love, got up a posse and pursued. Near the headwaters of Clover Fork he came up with Manuel, who had also gathered a crowd. A figst ensued, in which some fifty shots were exchanged. Tobia Grlflin was shot through both legs, and Lcm Manuel had his right arm broken. The Manuel crowd fled to the mou.'iin3 and escaped. Kyi lilt Brother. II. S. Knight, a prominent farruet living at Oakland. 111., was shot In the forehead and instantly killed Monday night. The body laid where it fell until Tuesday afternoon, neighbors being afraid to touch it until the coroner of Edgar county arrived. The coro ner's verdict elicited no Information a3 to who did the deed, and returned a verdict that the deceased had come to his death from a gunshot wound from party unknown. Knight's brother Newt went to Paris and gave himself up, stating that he had shot his brother In self-defense. Trlbnne Injunction Denied. The injunction asked by the Chicagj Tribune Publishing company to re strain the Associated Press from pirating cablegrams of South African war news, received by special agreement with the London Time3, has been de nied by Judge Seaman of the United States Circuit court

THE WARUHJOUIK flfl. Gens. Kitchener and Roberts Turn the Tide for British.

NOW IN ORANGE FREE STATE. Uon Reported Driven Hack Over To Cla ltUer Farmer IIepaMlc.HU Making Heroic I'reparatlonK for I-at Stuud Against Overwhelming Numbers. Tnemlay, Fob. CO. British under Gen. Buller capture Colenso. Lord Roberts nearing Blöemfontein. Gen. Kitchener with a large army is still pursuing Gen. Cronje. Lord Salisbury fears a milittaLiallot act would drive Englishmen from the country. Such a bill was aefeated by the house of lords. The house of commons refuses to rccpen the Inquiry into the Jameson raid. Chamberlain and Harcourt denounce Cecil Rhodes. It is believed in Berlin that Col. Hay and Dr. von Holleben have agreed to try to Intervene in the Transvaal war. Anti-German sentiment in Great Britain is causing solici tude in the Berlin foreign office. Wedneadar, Feb. 21. Fierce fighting is in progress between Lord Roberts' army and Gen. Cronje's command. British flying column on Its way to Blöemfontein was intercepted by the Boers near Boeder's rand. Rumors are many that Gen. Buller Is about to enter Ladysmith. Canadians löst nineteen killed and sixty-one wounded In fighting Crcnjo's army. Thar1iy. Felw S3. Though without official advices, Lon don believes Cronje is as good as crushed and Ladysmith is practically relieved. Cronje, with 8,000 men, is surrounded in Modder river's bed by Roberts with 45,000; asked an armi stice to bury his dead, and when re fused said he would "fight to the death." Botha came with reinforcements, but was attacked and cut to pieces. Total British losses: Dead, 2.39S; wounded, 5.9G0; missing. 2.740. Boers under Gen. Cronje have been fighting four days with great desperation. They seem unable to escape. Trldar, I'mU 23. Kitchener, with 15,000 men, continued to shell Cronje's 8,000. Roberts attacked Dewct, who. with 15,000 men, made stand at Petrusberg, fifteen miles southeast of the Modder. Kitchener's losses estimated at 1.090, of which 200 are killed. Warren's division of Euller's army crossed Tugela. Boers strongly Intrenched, although main body has been withdrawn from Ladysmith's vicinity. White made sortie, capturing many wagons. Boor forces generally reported to be withdrawing northward from Cape Colony. Pretoria claimed Cronje's losse3 at Paardcberg were Fmall compared to British. Students at Glasgow university mobbed a professor for his pro-Boor writings. Unconfirmed rumor of Ladysmlth's relief. Satordny an.l Fnnrtay rV. "5 1-15. Gen. Cronje's forces have a good cover from the British artillery fire and have considerable stores of provisions. It 13 reported that the Boers were in strength at Fourteen Streams, to the north, on Wednesday, having two guns and many wagons. They had destroyed the bridge over the Yaal river. British forces under Gatacre near Moleno were muted with heavy loss, Capt. Mont

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He has been put forward by leading Republicans of the East as a probable running mite for McKinley. His recent speech "Tho East and the West," I.ouhet'n Candidal Win. The election Sunday in the department of Ardeche resulted In a victory for the government candidate, despite the fact that Gen. Voison, for whom all the royalists, nationalists and antiBern ites had voted, ran against him. The fact that the successful candidate got 7,000 votes and his opponent 2,000 is additional evidence of the real strength of the government. To Teat I.lqnor Law. The city authorities of Harrisburg, 111., have arrested R. H. Wills, agent of the American Express company, charging him, as agent of the company, with selling whisky without a license. Wills had been delivering packages containing whisky from a firm In Kentucky to parties here C. O. D. Steel and Spring; Work Horn. The Detroit Steel and Spring works burned Sunday night. The loss Is estimated at $100,000, partly covered by Insurance. Timothy Keohaine, fireman of truck No. 8, was killed by the falling of a smokestack

morency being among the killed. But ler has advanced slightly nearer Ladyerntth, fighting his way. Cen. Wynda has been wounded. Boers have a strcnj position at Globler's kloof. Late dispatches from Lord Roberts tell of con tinued fighting with Cronje's army. A German writer doubts Britain's ability to defeat the Boers and still feel safe in her colonial possessions. The shab of Persia makc3 warlike preparations in hostility to Great Britain. Austrian press urges Europe to combine for forcible Intervention to prevent tho Boers being crushed by England. Dr. Leslie I- Keeley I Dead. Dr. Leslie E. Keeley, the discoverer of the "gold cure" for the liquor habit, died at Los Angeles, Cal., of heart disease Wednesday. He had a severe cold and while going to the bath room had an attack of heart failure. He soon recovered and made light of his illness, but before a physician could be summoned, expired. Dr. Keeley left no children. His estate will go to his widow and his sister, who live at Dwight, 111. Ciomocr Si.ll for Cnba. President fcamuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor sailed for Cuba Wednesday on the steamship Orinocs, having obtained a six months' leave of absence from the executive council of the federation to recuperate from the effects of his recent bicycle accidents. Mr. Gompers has been Instructed to study the labor matters In Cuba while he is away, with a view ol fcrinins unions there.

Fire In a St. Louis Hotel. Five persons were injured by a fire in the Cherokee hotel in St. Louis Thursday. The injured arc: L. D. Price, a guest, who jumped from a third-story window; John Blake, who Is badly burned about the hands, arms and head; Peter McCune, a guest, who jumped from a window; Robert Eldon, night clerk, face and hands burned, and Jacob Klein, fireman, right hand broken. ITllI IVrmlt Tretle to Laps. It can be positively stated that tha reciprocity treaties pending before the senate will not be withdrawn by the president, at least for the present. Neither will they be ratiCd, as it seems to be the consensus of opinion anions th senators that it would not be advisable now to press the treaties to final action. They will thcreforo be permitted to lapse. Iilo anil Vri3l1t .Are Named. Judge Ide of Vermont, fomierly chiel justice of Samoa, and Luke Wright of Tennessee, described as the "head of the bar of the state," will be new members of the Philippines commission. One more member is to be appointed, who, with those mentioned and Judge TafT and Prof. Worcester, will compose the new commission. llnand' Lote Valuwblc. Gertrude Hamilton, a dashing younfi woman, gifted with rare personal charms and considerable wealth, who recently left Chicago to locate in tho staid little village of Pimento, Ind., has been named as defendant In a suit for $10 000 damages for alienating tho affections of Emma J. Bowne's husband, William Bowne. Joint Seat Committer Aree. The joint scale committee or miuera and operators of Illinois have reached an agreement in regard to the Streator thick vein In northern field. Both sides agreed to a 2-ccnt differential, giving an 11-cent advance over last year, and fixing the new scale price at 5S cents. delivered In Chicago on Washington's birthday, is regarded as the opening gun In his campaign for the Republican vice-presidential nomination. "Ilundrod Ottka la Sold. the Paulirt Fathers of New York have acquired "Hundred Oaks," the family of the late Gov. Marks of Tennessee, and will establish there a missionary house. "Hundred Oaks" is situated near the southern boundary lino of Tennessee, in the summer resort region of that state. It is In sight of tho Protestant Episcopal university of the south, and of Mount Eagle summer school, where G.000 teachers gather each year. The Paulists expect to derive their support from the largo farm connected with the estate, and will devote their energies to the prosecution of mission work in the south and west. Stop ArchbUhop'a Salary. The French cabinet has decided to Btop tho salary of Cardinal Richard, the archbishop of Paris, fcr an unlimited period in order to punish him for visiting and condoling with the Asumptlonlsts. The bishops who sent felicitations to the AssumptlonisU will have their salaries stopped for snort periods.

Financial Bill in Conferees Committee. MACRUM HOLDS THE STAGE.

Hooae raea Resolution Asking for an lureatlgittlon of the Kx-Couaal'a Charge The Canal Treaty I Still Before the Senate. Taeaday, Feb. 20. The senate heard Mr. Kenney in opposition to-retention of Philippines, and then resumed consideration of Hawaiian bill. The house heard Mr. Hopkins of Illinois in support of the Porto Rican tariff bill, and Messrs. Newlands of Nevada and Swanson of Virginia against it. Wedneadar Feb. 21. The senate passed a number of bills of local interest and spent the rest of the day in debate on the Hawaiian government bill, little progress being made. In the lioure tho debate on Torto Rican tariff bill was resumed. The senate resolution authorizing the president to appoint one woman commissioner to represent the United States and the national society of the D. A. R. at the unveiling of the statue of Lafayette at the Paris exposition was adopted. THEATER OF MAP SHOWING THAT FART OF FIGHTING HAS Tburatlar. Feb. 22. In the senate Washington's farewell address was read with fine elocutionary effect by Mr. Forakcr. Owing to the absence of some democratic senators Mr. Penrose announced that he would not call up tho Quay case until Friday. In the house the debate on Porto Rico tariff bill continued, a notable speech being made by Mr. Grosvcnor. Friday. Feb. 2.". The senate by a vote of 31 to 2S decided to take up the Quay case, and Mr. Daniel made a speech in favor of seating Mr. Quay. Mr. Wst and Mr. Foraker delivered notable speeches anent tho Hawaiian government bill. Both were constitutional arguments. Mr. Foraker's being ia reply to that of Mr. Vest's. The house continued debate of the Porto Rico tariff bill. Mr. Littlefield (Mo.) making a noteworthy speech in opposition thereto. Saturday, FHu-iiary 21. The senate debated the Hawaiian government bill. The discussion took a wide rane, but the basis of it was an amendment offered by Mr. Piatt (Conn.) as to the appointment and enure of oflicoof the judges of the Hawaiian courts. Mr. Tillman embraced the opportunity to make a characteristic speech, in the course of which he made an attack upon Mr. Morgan and vigorously opposed miny provisions of the bill, particularly these which related to suffrage. The house continued debate on Puerto Rican tariff bill, tho principal speech being by Mr. Tawn?y of Minnesota, who replied to Mr. Littlefield's speech cf Friday. fttmnni lMitit Iet. William Cecil Elam. editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, died Saturday near Trevelian, Va., aged CI. He was born at Fayetteville, N. C, in 1836, becamo a well-known lawyer, and served in the rebel army. lie fought three duels, the first with a confederate midshipman, on which occasion he fired In the air; the second in Richmond, where he f.iced Thomas Smith, now United States district judge of New Mexico, and was shot through the chin, and lastly with Col. Richard V. Bierne, editor of the Richmond State, who shot him through both hips. To l-:ab1!h n Cfmnt Mill. A syndicate of New York and German capitalists are negotiating for the purchase of a large tract of land near Milltown, Ind., with a view of establishing a cement mill for the manufacture of Portland cement. Samples of the oolite limestone found in large quantities In that section have been seut to Germany to be tested by expert chemists, and it is said that the celebrated Portland cement, the manufacture of which has hitherto been restricted to Germany, can be manufactured from it. Katlded for a Third Time. At a Joint session of the democratic members of the house and senate, held in Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday, the action of the democrats in the gubernatorial contests was ratlaed for the third time. This resolution accepts the report of the contest committee declaring Goebel and Beckham governor and lieutenant governor respectively. Not a single republican was present, they having agreed at their caucus not to take part in the Joint session. Four democrats were absent. Frlneeaa Cantacncrne Ia III. Princess Cantacuzcne, who was Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of U. S. Grant, is 111 with typhoid fever In St. ' Petersburg, Russia. Her mother, the i wife of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, now in the Philippines, sailed hurriedly ou the American liner St. Louis Wednesday.' She hopes to reach the bedside of her daughter within ten days. She took with her an American trained I nurse.

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THREE KILLED IB A FIGHT.

ratal Itcsnlt ot u Ouarrel Over a Suit for a Hont riebt. Walter Stevens, a prominent planter, sued Sylvester Hinson, his nephew, for a rent debt, and the ca;:e was to have been tried at Birmingham, Ala,, Friday, but a continuance was granted on request of Hinson. As the men were leaving the courtroom Hinson and Stevens quarreled over the matter. Both had friends present, and a general battle followed, in which pistols, knives and stones were used. Jack Boyd, a bystander, was shot through the heart and killed; Hinson was shot through tho breast and died a few moments later. Stevens was shot through both legs, and died two hours later. Another man, whose name could not be learned, was seriously cut, and another was hit by a rock and badly hurt. No arrests have been made. Further bloodshed is feared. Ieena llopea of Canada. A French-Canadian statesman, now in Paris, speaking of Anglo-American relations, says the Quebec convention failed mainly because of the Alaska frontier difficulties, and tho rights whkh Canada deemed the Clayton-Bul-wer treaty conferred on England. This latter point is now settled, but the impression is likely to grow up la Amer ica that England hns gained rather j than lost by thr Hay-Pa.uneefote ! treaty, and it is likely that America j will in any future negotiations demand 1 compensation and an exacting public i RECENT BATTLES. MODDER RIVER WHERE HEAVY BEEN IN PROGRESS. opinion In America may compel It. Thus it Is extremely unlikely that Canada will be able to obtain access to tho Pacific through Alaska, cud without considerable sacrifice. Will Contet Derided. The Bradley will case, on trill at Kokomo, Ind., for ten days, was decide-J in favor of the plaintiff.-?, the. jury holding that tho will was genuine, and that the testator, Hiram If. Bradley, was cf found mind. Bradley died six j-ears ago, and no will was found until a few weeks ago, tho widow hi the meantime 'holding the estate, valued at $30,000. The widow claimM the "will was a forgery, and restet ?d its probation. The will gives the widow but $10,000. A brother, John Bradley, is allowed $1.000, and the remainder, about $19,000, is devised to the Frankfort com mandery, Knijjits Templar. The will was found among the papers of the late Judge J. C. Suit. The widow, now a Mrs. Miller, still believes she is the victim cf fraud, and will appeal the case. President Ktne Inatal!et. Dr. William I. Kane was inaugurated president of Wabash College at Crawfordsville, Ind., Thursday. Fitting ceremonies marked the occasion, which was perhaps the most notable In the history of the famous old institution. Hundreds of alumni gathered from far and near. Among the visitors were Gc-n. and Mrs. John C. B'ack of Chicago. Rev. M. L. Haines, Judge W. A. Woods, Simon Vandes of Indianapolis and Congressman Landis. Iee Ilerlinari 1 Chourn, Lee Hrdman of Omaha, a democrat has been appointed clerk of the Nebraska Supreme court, a position paying about $8,000 a year. His chief competitor was J. A. Edminstcn, chairman of the populist state central committee. The court is composed of one democrat, one populist, and one republican, and a deadlock has existed for two months. Holcomb, the populist member, finally siding with the democrats. Several Injured In a Wreck. An extra west-bound Panhandle freight was derailed west of No. 4 tunnel east cf Dlnsmore, Pa.. Friday night, and pasener No. 31, known as "the Greaser," east-bound, came along before a flagman could be sent out. and a wreck followed that injured several persons and damaged engines and cars. Both engines are complete wrecks. Fire started in the passenger and baggage cars, which were coaturned. narntaliee Itlll I I-fofol. In the Iowa house the Eiker bill, fcr limiting the exemption of persona wages to $8 a week was defeated Friday by an overwhelming vote, only five votes being recorded in favor of the measure. The bill has been championed by the business interests of the state and bitterly fought by the labor unions. Fire I.a la 25O.0OX The best business block la London, Ont., which included a magnificent Masonic temple and an excellent operahouse, upon which Mr. Whitney, the lessee of so many theaters, recently spent several thousand dollars, was destroyed by fire Friday, the los3 being estimated at a quarter of a mlllioa dollars. Ulli Fleht In Kan Framlico. San Francisco has been r.grced upon as the battleground, and April 10 cr thereabouts the date for the mill to be fought between Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett The change from March 15 was made at the instance of the lighters, who have Insisted on an extension of time In which to become acclimated. lloeri Not Short of Money. A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques sa3s that the South African republic has 5,000,000 In bullion at Pretoria nnd is coining 33.000 fioverelfni monthly.

k WEEK IX INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Salt Ailnt Iron Trnst Fallot to FoU low Weekly IVaj Law Prufcutor F.dwartl WIlo I'rcfiarin? tlie Silt for the Le anaru Clicuit Court. Fait Against Iron Trnat. Muncie telegram: Prosecuting Attorney Edward White te preparing to file suit in tbe Delaware Circuit court against the Republic Iron and Steel company, on the charge of having failed, last Saturday, to follow tha weekly wage payment law. It was understood a week ago that the company would follow the law, and th men in the mills were jubilant, but last Saturday their wages wero not forthcoming. The local olüce men, and those in charge cf the two iron mills belonging to the trust, will not discuss the situation, claiming that they know nothing concerning the plans of the combine. The majority of the workmen appear to be out of patience on account of the tardy action on the part of tht? company, and lack of action on the part of the authorities. One ironworker Bays: "Bofore the garnishee law was found to be unconstitutional, in some of its objectionable features, there was no delay in forcing obedience to that law. Every Saturday a horde of lawyers anil bill collectors, assisted by constables, would be watching tho pay offices cf the factories. There wus no tardiness about enforcing thi.i lav,' that worked disaster to the workingnun. I see no reason why the Republic company should not have been prosecuted months ago. Merely because it is a powerful trust is no reason for all this delay. One State law is as good as another. The garnishee law worked a hardship upon nar.y workingmen, but it was enforced wita alacrity. Th5 weekly wage payment Jaw may work an inconvenience on thy trust, but it should be enforced." Several labor unions have passed resolutions, urging the speedy enforcement of the statute. I'.rlef ti-ir. Thomas McDonald and A. F. Van Vactor have been cited to appear in court at Marion on March 5 and show cause why they should not be held for contempt. The court ordered th?m to close oil wells on Van Vac tor's farm, from which gas was allowed to escape. Harry Long, of Creentown, has been granted letters patent on a new invention known as an electric lamp support. Through this device it is claimed that it will be impossible for men to receive a shock while placing carbons in arc lam;s. The implement factory building at Tipton, which was never operated owing to a scarcity of capital, has bori leased by the T. A. Snyder Preserve company cf Cincinnati, and will be converted into a catsup factory. Mrs. Lulu Bainbridge Zink, of Lawrenceburg. has brought suit against Albert Zink, in the Dearborn Circuit Court, fcr divorce and custody of children. The principals are well known in social circles. John P. Britton, formerly an inmate of the Drown county infirmary, Js suing Supt. John Bornd for $5,00i damages, alleging that he was assaulted and badly hurt by the superintendent. John A. Zfgelbauer of New Albany and Miss Bertha Harbaugh of Chicago were united in marriage last evening. The bride was formerly a teacher of elocution at De Pauw college. The murderer of John F. Stone, formerly of Wabash county, who was killed at Kingfisher, O. T., is supposed to be James Walcher. who has been arrested at Juarez, Mex. The Laporte county commissioners have rescinded the franchise granted lo the Northern Traction company for nn electric line between Laporte and Michigan City. The Sheffield Oil company has developed a well In Wells county that flowed at the rate of a barrel a miaute for a time after it was shot with nitroglycerine. The secret leaks out that F. P. Tuttle, state organizer of the Den Hur fraternity, and Miss Alida Hubbcll cf Huntington were married on th2 27th of December. The striking mold boys employed by the Sneath Glass company of Hartford City, have accepted 10 per cent advance in wages and returned to work. Perry H. Lanjr. who died very suddenly at Van Düren, was addicted to the use of intoxicants, and it is supposed that he drank wood alcohol. Lewis Hardin, an old soldier. di?d at the Lafayette Soldiers' Home of hornia. He was fifty-nine years old, and formerly lived in Marion county. Business men of Elwood are bothered by the circulation of counterfeit dollars, that are so well made that it is di.Ticult to detect theca. The Indiana Medical society will meet at Anderson May 21-25, and the Madison county doctors are arranging to entertain the visitors. Preparations are making at Crawfordsville for the construction of th new twenty-thousand-dollar Masonic temple. George Hoelocker, a Laporte furniture dealer, drowned himself In Clear lake. His mind was unbalanced by lit health. In two hours after Frank Favey committed a theft at Michigan City he was under sentence to the Prison North. Mr3. Lewis Harness of Kokomo was thrown from her carriage in a runaway accident and her arm was broken. The Rev. J. M. Francis of Columbia City has accepted a call to the Graco Lutheran church of Springfield. 111. John Read, of Noble county, a prisoner In the reformatory at Jeffersonville. Is dead of tuberculosis. The city council of Marion has passed an ordinance reducing the rate for natural gas about 25 per cent. The body of Carr Burgctt, who died of fever In Cuba last May, was buried at Muncie yesterday. Mrs. Jesse Link, wife of an Evansvilla attorney. Is dead at iht age of 60 years.