Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East,

has broken In two and gone to pieces. The
officers and crew were on board at the time
but escaped in boats. One of the passengers
of the Inflated vessel published in the New
York papers fve-column account of the dis
aster, and saws that it is due to the criminal
carelessness of the Captain, who rushed or
through the fog day after day at full speed
although warned by passengers and subordi-
mates that he was going too far North. The
Canadian Government has ordered an investi-
CATION into the matter. Frank Walworth is
probably the most eheerful-minded crimi-
nal inside of penitentiary wall. On don
ming his prison togs at Sing Sing,
he laughingly remarked II have gained
seven pounds in clothes since came here. 1
feel now like engaging in a baseball match.
An officer in the army told me the other day
shat the only difference between this suit and
the West Point uniform is, that in one the
stripes are round about, and in the other they
are up-and-down." He whiled away the time
of the journey to prison by pleasant illusions
to events as they happened, and said of the
handouts which linked him to Gillern, the
wife-murderer, 90 They are the stdrchiest cuffs
/ ever wore" Tom Scott has gone to Eu-
rope to place the bonds of the Texas and
Pacific railroad to settle the French claims
against the Ell Paso Company, and at the same
time to vindicate Gen. Fremont, the former
official representative of that company.
Utica BROKER. sister of Woodruff and Clafiin
died the other day in New York, from the
effects of long indulgence in intoxicating
liquors.
ALL the Union Pacific stock which was
tainted, directly or remotely, by the Credit
Mobilier, has been posted in the New York
Stock Exchange as no longer negotiable, on
account of the Credit Mobilier suits now in
progress at Hartford. The dark mystery sur
rounding the murder of Charles Goodrich, a
wealthy citizen of Brooklyn, who was found
dead in his room on the morning of the 22d of
March last, has at last been unraveled. He
was murdered by Minnie Waltham. alias Kate
Stoddard, who, strange to say, has been living
all the time within few rods of the house
where the deed was committed, notwithstand-
ing the detectives have beeu professed-
~ ransacking the whole country in
search of her. When arrested, she made full
confession of her guilt, and gave circumstan-
tial account of the killing, explaining many of
those curious features of the deed which gave
some color to the theory that Goodrich had
committed suicide. Although more than once
on the verge of starvation the murderess had
kept sacred In her trunk the money and jewels
she took from her paramour. Among these
articles VAS found the six-barreled revolver
with which the murder was done, and which
had apparently, not been touched since.
Three of its barrels were still loaded; the 9TH
er three she had emptied into her lovers body
The only plea she makes for herself is. that.
after living with her for long time, he wished
to throw her off, and that she could not bear
So she - killed him for love-"
REBEcCA ". EAsTERBRooK. a well-known
authoress and contributor to Hd,per's Maqa-
zine. is dead. "A shocking tragedy was enact
ed recently at Harmony Pa. young man
and woman who were betrothed drove to the
hotel in the place and engaged room.
Shortly after shots were heard in the room,
the man had shot the woman through the
head infiicting death wound, and then COM
mltted suicide by shooting himself The
steamer Tigress sailed from New York in
search of the Polaris survivors on Tuesday, the
18th inst. Suit has been commenced
ct New York against Duden Freres
& Co., the lace importers who are charged
with having defrauded the revenue -.
1t is charged that the steerage passengers by
the City of Washington received the most
shameful treatment at the hands Of the Off
GERS of the steamer after the disaster. They
were left for five days on the beach without
any shelter; were given such food as putrid
beef and scant allowance of hard crackers
and. in addition, many of them were robbed
by the crew. The cabin passengers. officers
and crew, on the other hand, Jared sump-
tuously.
GEN. AMOS PnLsBURY. Appointment citizen of
Albany, n. Y, is dead. Frank Walworth
has gone TO work as a clerk in the shoe de-
partment of Sing Sing Prison. Mrs. Walworth
and family have taken up their residence in
Sing Sing village, and regularly attend Catho-
lie service in the prison chapel. July II was
the centennial anniversary of the first Metho-
dist Annual Conference in America, and the
event was celebrated by the Methodists at
Philadelphia, in the same building est. Georges
NJ. E. church, in which the first Annual
Conference was held Bishop james presided,
and the exercises were of an interesting
character.
One thousand Mormons from Europe ar
rived at New York the other day Another
large cargo will follow. Five OF the six
students sent to this country by Japan two
years ago have been recalled, and left New
York for home last week. One theory sub
united by the officers of the City of Washing
ton, In the official investigation to account
for the accident, is the deviation of the COM
pass. One of them testified that he had
known the presence of large installnent of
sewlng-machines in the cargo to give the COM
pass serious instruction. The Court of
of to 1, that the lease of the New Jer-
sey railroad to the Pennsylvania Cen
trail for 999 years cannot be con-
summated under the laws of that State 80
The case of Lizzie Lloyd King, alias Kate
Stoddard, who is charged with the murder of
OAo1AOS W. OOOUI1Cu, VI DIOOklyu. continues
to attract large share of public attention
Crowds flock to the Jail to see her, but very
few succeed in doing So She is dumb on the
subject of the murder. She will not talk ex-
cept to counsel, and for him she is writing
full statement of her case, and her history
from her childhood up to the present time
She is now &c years of age; was born in
Plymouth, Mass, and lived there until she
was IS years of age. Her fathers name is
Isaac King. He is still alive and carries on
the trade of mason. She has one sister,
named Augusta. married. and living at Wal
bridge, Mass. The family is in comfortable
circumstances. Opinion is divided in regard
to her sanity, many believing her crazy. while
others contend that her insanity is all as
sumed.
OAKEs AarEs' will, as probated, amounts to
IS, 754. 254. .Advices from Springfield, Mass.
indicate a decided improvement in the pro-
duction of postal cards, although it is said the
contractors have not come fully up to their re-
peated promises. Two Hoe presses are run
ming day and night. and printing from 100000
to 100000 cards daily -. The first bale of
cotton of this years crop was sold in New
York at 36c per pound. The cotton was grown
In Cameron county, Texas.