Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-11-02
| who has been IL collision with the
vendors of fraudulent certificates;


southern pat of Cherry County and
the northern part of Grant County.
Neb The fire has burned over a strip
of country fifty miles in width and de
strOyed hay stacks, homes, and in some
instance; stock Two men, names un-
known, have persisted in the flames.
The hay of a number of stockmen was
burned and large srace of range
ruined. The fire Is spreading and ex-
tending further north. The destruc-
tion OF property is great and number
of stCckmen will be ruined financially.
The difficulties OF the Hiawatha
tkas. Pullman Cooperative Company
have been ad listed and charter l. as
been applied for. The capital stock is
$1,000. The workmen take 5000 of
the stock and pay for it in work.
Eighteen families and thirty-two men
will arrive at once from the Pullman
works. The superintendent of the
Hiawatha mandatory will be ID. H.
Nannas sche, said to be one CT the finest
workmen employed by the Pullman
conn any. The new works vii not
now manufacture cars, but will make
furniture and collins and anything
there is demand TO-.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire RACED for an
hour Frida, morning in a large three
story brick warehouse belonging to
the VIM. Deering company, II, a. Chi
cagO. The fire started in room filed
with hemp, out of which twine for the
binders is made. The stuff burned
like finder and the whole warehouse
was soon in flames. Beside the hemp
the building contained much machin-
cry and it was aim st totally destroyed.
The loss on building and contents will
probably reach So 600. No cause has
yet been assigned for the origin of the
fire, but even spark in the hemp
room could have caused it. The the
CRY of spontaneous combustion was adj
vanced by many who knew the sur
roundings.
SIXTEEN persons-ten men, three
women and three children-were
burned to death in the West Street
Hotel Seatt Q. Wash. Saturday
morning. Thirteen bodies have
been identified. The financial
loss is less than $4,000 well
insuredly. The fire was IL doubted
ca sed by the explosion of a
lamp in the kitchen. The pro-
pr ietors son was arOu ed by the noise
of the explosion about | o'clock, but
befO c he could investigate the fam Is
hal spread all through the house.
The corrugated iron eheeting kept the
flames hid until ne .rly the whole III
terror was furna e. the thin parti
tiOns were of resinous pine covered
with cheese 9th and burned furiously.
TIE Farmers National Bank of Mall
vapp Iowa ,yac Craclyad ap6 lnotnd nv
robbers about } o'clock the other
morning. The vault and safes inside
of the vault were blown to pieces, the
conclusion completely wrecking the
inside fiXtu eS of the building. Three
distinct explosions were heard, the
third awakening residents in
the neighbOrhood, who arose
and repaired to the scene,
but did not arrive until the robbers
had fled. Some of the m)ney was
found n the street and some bills and
securities were found in the debris by
the bank officials. il is estimated that
the robbers got between $1,000 and
so, 1000. The country is being searched
for miles around fOr the robbers. The
bank officers state that the depo itors
will Lose nothing, the bunk sustaining
all the less.
THE prairie fires which prevailed in
Grant, Cherry, Sheridan, and Thomas
Countless Neb., for several days have
assumed vast proportions. They start
ed in Sheridan County, and have thus
far burned over q section of country
forty miles wide. The damage to ay
ranch property. and cattle Is enormous.
but nothing like an accurate estimate
hi
posed to have been lost, and thou ands
of tons of hay have been burned, leav-
ing the Cattlemen destitute. Homes
and stock were also burned. and
cattle ranges are ruined. Hundreds
of thousands of head of cattle
are grazing in Cherry, Thomas. Grant
and other counties where the fires are
raging. These cattle were sent there
from the southern part of the S.a G.
where the DIR ught has been fe.t so
heavily. to Craze for the winter. 1t i;
feared large proportion of these ca
G have peri -hed.
TIE fact is made public that large
sum Of money has Eeen mysteriously
taken from boxes in the safety vaults
of the Omaha Nat Bank. The
prime al loser in the case is William
Gladish, the retail druggist Last
March he placed in his box the sum of
$500 in gold. He discovered Oct >
about Fl, .0) of the amount was miss
ing. He notified Mr.. Millard, and the
investigation COmmenc. d. Another
party who claims to have lost money
frC m the vault il Blanche Wilson. She
claims three $lUJ bills have ! cen alb
stracted from her box and that she has
NJ means OF knowing how the money
was lost. The discovery of the losses
has overwhelmed the maha Natic nal
ficials with perplexity. They place
every relianc, on the pa ties who HAY G
any connection with the management
of the vaults, and are thoroughly in
the dark as 10 how the losses could
have occurred The vaults are con-
structed in the basement of the bank
Building. The pr tie boxes are sur
rounded with every safeguard the in
genuity of science can devise. Tn in
di yidual boxes. of which there are
several hundred, are inside burglar
proof vault, constructed of the best
hardened steel, and supplied with dou-
be time Lexis. Each private box has
IL strong lcck. which cam IT be OF ened
without the Use of two diffe eat KEYS.