Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-10-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.


1913 on the 10th inst, the lowest point since
the war. Predictions were freely INDUCED
in by the press, a few days ago, that the Sec
ond breaking out of the stock panic in Wall
street was the sure precursor o. the downfall
of the venerable cormorant, CCrnelius Van
derbllt. There was great tumble in Wander
bilt stocks, and for the moment matters did
wear Encouraging look for the Commodore
but so far from being on his last legs, was
predicted and fondly hoped BY many he APP
pears to-day stronger, financially, than ever
before. There has been rise in Vanderbilt
stocks. and New York dispatches announce
that the Commodore is preparing for heavy
bull " campaign. and there is fear and
trembling among the timid bears"
THE sad death of Mortimer Leggett, a young
student of Cornell University, and son of the
United States Commissi oner of Patents, occa-
sions the most profound excitement at Ithaca,
n. Y, where the tragedy has just been brought
to light. 1t appears that young Leggett was
the victim of the most barbarous treatment at
the hands of a number of his fellow-students,
who had undertaken the task of initiating him
into the mysteries of q college secret society.
The usual practice of bIndfolding the candi-
date and cutting him with q whip-lash, and
otherwise ill-tfeating him, appears to have
been carried out to the letter in this instance,
and to have resulted in the most tragic con-
sequences.
PITTSBURGH is agitated by crime of I'M
usual atrocity. An aged widow lady, who lived
alone, was found murdered in her bed, her
head beaten almost into pulp Robbery was
the incentive, as her trunks were rified of
their contents. :. Philadelphia reports great
stringency in the money market of that city.
Notes with irst-class collateral security sell at
15@1S per cent, Endorsed paper of high grade
at about the same rates, with sales of less
favorably known names at "a per cent.
Financial matters are improving in New York.
The foreign export trade. at ono time seri-
ously threatened by the panic, is in a healthy
condition, and large shipments made by
every outgoing steamer without material
alteration in rates. One man was instantly
killed, and four others fatally injured, by the
explosion of blast furnace in Bangor, Maine,
on Saturday.
A GOOD many of the Rhode Island cotton
mills are running on short time. Six canal
boats were wrecked near Peekskill, n. Y. by
the late gale Loss about Sl50,000
SERIOUS charges of malfeasance are made
against the New York detectives in connec-
ton with the arrest of the Bank of England
forgers. 1t is alleged that they were in collu-
sion with the forgers, were aware of the plans
from the first, and were to share equally the
proceeds. Mcdonald, one of the forgers has
made confession, in which he reveals the
whole plot, and also charges that the detec-
tiyes have in their possession some $40 900
which he turned over to them under promise
that they would use it in securing his escape.
The officers deny the ST ry but the weight of
the testimony is decidedly against them. .
The recent storm at the East was one of the
severest experienced for many years. Great
damage was done to railway tracks and
bridges, and several accidents have resulted
In consequence
THE indebtedness of the New York banks is
s14 OO0, 900 larger than it was last year at this
time. Mr.. Shanks, the city editor of the
New York Tribune. has been committed to Jail
in Brooklyn for contempt of court in refusing
to disclose the name of the writer of an article
in that paper commenting upon the action of
one of the Brooklyn CityEJudges.
Tho west.
THE Trans-Missouri Irrigating Convention
at Denver adopted a memorial to Congress
asking for a grant to the States of Nevada,
Oregon, California Nebraska, Kansas, and
Texas, and to the Territories. of one-half of the
arid lands within their borders, the proceeds
to be devoted to the construction of an extern
sive system of irrigation. The memorial also
asks for the division of the homestead and
presumption lands, so that they viii be more
equitable i'll their character. &C. W. Mead,
General Manager of the Northern Pacific rail-
road, asserts positively that work on the road
will be begun and prosecuted with vigor in the
spring The Texas cattle fever is said to be
raging in Daviess county, No.. The Ameri-
can House, Minneapolis, Mimi, has been de-
stroyed by fire. One Of the guests was burned
to death.
THE Chicago and Atlantic Railroad Company
has received notification by cable of the sale
in London of $1,000, COO worth of bonds of the
road. The colored people Of the Indian
Territory have adopted memorial to Con-
gress asking for equal rights in the Territory
with the Indians, and for the organization of
Territorial Government. The Hon. W. b.
Williams has been nominated by the Republi-
cans of the Fifth District of Michigan for
Congress, to succeed Wilder B. Foster
Winter has set in early in the Far West.
Eight inches of snow fell in Wyoming and
Utah ON the 18th of October, and the Union
Pacific trains were delayed several hours
thereby The National Crop Reporter, of
Oct. Is, states that additional reports indicate
still greater losses to the corn crop than have
as yet been estimated. =. The Executive Com
mittees of the State Oranges in the Northwest
held a meeting 1t Keokuk. Iowa, on the 10th
and 18th of October. Their sessions were
held with closed doors, and only portion of
their work is made public. One of the resolu-
tions adopted contemplates an extensive sys-
tenn of agricultural statistics, to be collated by
town assessors and tabulated by Commits
sioDer OF Statistics, at the capital of each
State. for publication in the papers. Bakers
field. Kern county, CAL, was the scene of a
bloody ARRAY on the day of therecent election,
in which three men killed.
AT Kalamazoo, Mich, few days ago, a
colored man was caught in the machinery of a
machine-shop and run around at the rate Of
200 revolutions minute, literally tearing him
to pieces. One foot was thrown through the
skylight, lodging on the roof. One Kelly,
his wife and grandchild were burned to death
in Toledo. the other day, by the burning of
the shanty in which they lived - The Execu-
tive Committee of the Iowa State Grange of
Patrons of Husbandry have decided to estab-
lish large reaper and mower factory in Dss
Moines A fire in Madison, Wis, on IN,
18th Of October, destroyed 100000 worth Of
property.
CLEVELAND and Buffalo were visited by a
severe snow-storm on the Goth of October.
A terrible double tragedy was enacted at New
Bedford, Ind, last week A blacksmith.