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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06
Expense of the CoucIave,

The estimate of the expense of the
grand conclave to the members of Massa-
chusettS and Rhode Island commander
les, who are the hosts, was $3.50, 900. In
addition to this each member procured
special regalia, and several thousand dol
lars represent the expense of badges for
exchange. Every frater was supposed to
carry an exchange badge: in fact,
pocket full Of them. and when another
frater met him on the street without the
ceremony of an introduction badges were
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

sold to the highest bidder Every avail
able window on Dartmouth street was
sold for prices varying from So to $50
for every front room above the first floor.
Columbus avenue for its whole length
was one reviewing stand, and the seats
were disposed of at an average price of
SIS. while window space was taken by
visiting knights for their friends at prices
ranging from SO to $50 for front rooms
above the first floor
So great was the demand for window
space and points of vantage for seeing
the parade that enormously high prices
have been been paid. A barber in Wash
lngton street offered his window space for
SD for the day and shrewd customer
in one of his chairs took it up and later
sold the privilege for So. Not less than
$1,000, 900 changed hands for the pleas
TIRE OF witnessing the greatest parade in
point of splendOr ever held in this coun-
try
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06
The Kaiser as an Actor.

The German Emperor is ambitious
to win success also in amateur theatre
Gals. This is the most difficult under
taking he has yet ventured on, and IL
he could be assured of absolutely I'M
prejudiced criticism he might learn that
there are metes End bounds beyond
which even emperOrs cannot pass.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

The Rev. Samuel Bissell died at Twins
burg, n. Y, aged 90 years. He was the
Oldest living graduate of Yale College,
and for years had an academy at Twins
burg.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

NaingloriOus men are the scorn of
wise men, the admiration OF fools, the
idols OF parasites, and the slaves Of
their own vaunts.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

that L was the impression among conser-
vativc men in that country that the fac
tionalism in the ranks of the Irish par
party had thrown back Ire
land fully twenty-five years.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

Bishop Foley. of Detroit, the travelling
companion OF Cardinal Gibbons during
the trip through Europe. says of Ireland
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06
Born with Teeth.

There is superstition In France that
children born with teeth will be bril-
liantly clever. 1t probably arises from
the fact that Henri ". and Louis XIV,
kings who left the greatest mark upon
French history, and Mirabeau, the great
orator, were all born with one tooth.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

comanderies Of the city and also by pri-
vate individuals for speculation. In ad-
dition to these every available window in
every house along the line of march was
bought up by SPECTATORS, and even the
front doors were utilized for seats and
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

able in more ways than enc. 1t was the
largest gathering of the kind in the his
tory of the order. This not only means
that there is financial hopefulness and
prosperity in the circles to which the Sir
knights belong, but il calls attention to
the fact that the great and benefcent
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06
PRESIDENT OF TWOBANKS
Thought at Times He Would Have to
Give Up the Fight, but Persever-
ance and Science Conquer HE


Troubles.
From The Republican. CooperSto,cn, " 7.
The people of the present are travelling
pace that would surprise the good old
wives and knickerbockered grandfathers
OF a hundred years ago. Things are not done
by degrees or stages in these days, but
with a rush and hurry.
This constant hurry and ever present
business pressure has not been without
its effect upon the nerves of the race, and
every year witnesses the increa Sc of nerv-
Gus disease. Medical science. however,
has been keeping abreast with the times.
and from the very demands made upon il
there have sprung new departures and
discoveries.
A reporter recently met Mr.. Philip G..
Weiting. who is president of the Bank Of
Worcester, and OF the Toledo City Bank.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06

! Masonic brotherhood which has been ia
woven with the most important features
of our national history is experiencing a
healthy and continuous growth. The fact
that there are now in this country upward
Of 100000 members Of the order OF
knights Templar alone is full of encour-
aging significance.
1t is maintained that the Masonic fra
ternity. not TO speak of others scarcely
less influential. has done an incalcua5le
amount of good in conserving respect for
the basic principles of true religion
among Il class Of men most likely To be
prolific in ScOiferS. And not less inn
portant is the part played by this order i'll
the perpetuation of patriotic sentiment
throughout the Mon. From the laying
of the cornerstone of the national capital
at Washington. a century ago To the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the Masonic
Temple in Chicago, this society has played
an important part in the public and semi
public events that have made up our his
tory as a nation.
1t is forty-tiVe years since Boston has
been the scene of Knights Templar grand
cOnclave. and the members of the order
in the city eXerted themselves to the ut
most to Guido all that have taken place
since. Boston boasts of the lar .sest CON-
mandery in the United States. and this
one body appropriated $35.0OO to be
spent in making the guests appreciate
their welcome. Even with such an eX-
ample tie visiting communicates were de
termined not to he cxc.'ilcC. and though
none of them expended any such sum of
money, all planned to more than do their
part in the festivities. Special trains were
chartered from all parts of the country TO
carry the members of the visiting COM
manderies to the East and in many in
stances the trips were arranged md add
ed to- so that the route included not only
Boston but many other Eastern cities and
points of national interest.
The Grand Parade.
The cOnclave was opened with parade,
which was the greatest Of its kind ever
held. More than 10000 Knights Templar
were in line, and fully 900 of these we're
mounted. In addition to these was the
members of the Grand Encampment OF
the United States. as well as other high
officials of the order. in carriages. The
parade was commanded by Grand Master
McCurdy. of the Grand Encampment,
who Is the head of the order.
The decorations of the city were SUI
oerb, and all along the route Of the par
ade mammoth grand stands had been
erected, each artistically decorated, and
It Is estimated that the seating accommo-
dations for the retrieving of the parade
exceeded 10000 The stands seated
anywhere from twenty-five to 5000 per-
sons aud were erected by the different
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-06
CHEATER CHEATED:


Y THAT is now related took
NV place in ''ye good old times"
when the farmer knew but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
THR LOST LETTERS.
Two Amusing Anecdotes Told by Post
once EmpIore.

Two Amusing Anecdotes Told by a Post
once Emp1oye.
An English merchant was advised
by his agent that a check for $500
would be sent to MIN by the next mail.
It did not come, and the merchant at
once made complaint at the post office.
The postman on that route was called
In by the postmaster, and in answer
TO questions, said that the missing
packet was duly received and deliv-
cred. He remembered it distinctly
ITS shape, color and postmark. As his
habit was, he had poked it under the
house door, with two other letters and
q newspaper. The merchants wife had
picked up three packets, and was posi-
tive that there had not been fourth.
The postmaster went to the house
and examined it carefully. Then he
looked into the back garden. His eye
lighted on a litter of puppies. A
thought struck him.
Have the dog-kennel cleared out
please
Nonsense! Why?"
kindly have it cleared"
''Well. if it must be. Thomas. take
OUT Iue straw.
On the floor of the kennel, torn into
hundred bits, lay the missing letter
and check. A current of air along the
passage had blown the letter about; the
puppies, naturally enough, had
bounced upon it as a plaything and
had had good time.
Mr.. Baines, who tells this story in his
Forty Years at the Post ONCE, adds
another equally good. A merchant
complained of the loss of a letter
mailed from his office containing some
hundreds Of pounds in Bank of Eng
land notes. Finally an expert from the
Post Office Department called upon
him.
Believe me, sir" the expert said, L
have an object in what ask. Will you
kindly sit at your desk and recall each
operation connected with the missing
| letter %
with pleasure. I sit here. I take
a sheet of this note paper and one OF
those covers. Then 1 write my letter
and fold it up so. Next 1 go to my
safe and take out the notes, enter their
numbers, fold them, put them in the
letter, and the letter into the cover.
Then seal them all up as you now see
me do"
''Just so; and what next?"
''Why, my clerk comes in and clears
off my desk for the post
''But you wrote this one at noon, and
the post does not go out before night
ooh, yes, of course. I quite forgot to
say that money letter, for greater Sc
curity, put it in left-hand drawer
(Which one?'
(Which? Why, this one. open II
so, and BLESS my soul! Goodness
me! am very sorry for all the trouble
I've given. Here is the letter!'-
| Youths Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
SHOT THEM EVERY ONE
An Entire Family Shot Near
New Orleans.
A Murderous Italian Fires at
Every One He Meets.
WITHOUT WARNING.
WITHOUT WARNING.
While at Supper He Shoots
Mother and Children.

NEW ORLEANS, La, July z2.-Last
Friday night, on the Terre Haute
plantation in st. Johns parish, a terri
BILE butchery of human beings took
place. While Rosario Giordano and
his family were seated at the supper
table Joe Noska walked up to the door,
and 1eveling a double barreled shot
gun, fred. Mrs. Giordano fell to the
floor a corpse, and the bullets that did
not go through her went through both
legs of the 4-months' infant she held
IN her arms. Giordano, fearing that
the tender babe would be killed in the
fall, sprang forward to clasp it, and
the assassin then fred again. The
buckshot entered the groin and leg of
Mary Giordano. The 1G-year-old little
girl, on seeing her mother fall, ran
forward and received a portion of the
load of buckshot that struck her
father. The shot entered her alb
domen, literally tearing it to pieces.
At the same time little Nicolina fell to
the floor, wounded through the head.
The assassin, Joe Noska, did not
move from the spot. but when he saw
Benedetto Giordano, nephew of the
dead woman, and Charlie Colum bano
coming toward him he coolly placed
two fresh shells in his gun and waited
until they got very close to him. Then
he raised the gun and fred both bar
rels, the two men falling to the ground
dead. Then the murderer, throwing
his gun over his shoulder, made his
escape to the woods. When the citi-
zens ascertained the extent of the
deed, they organized posse, and, led
by the sheriff, attempted to capture
I the assassin. The wounded were
brought to the Charity hospital in
this city. The assassin has not yet
been captured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
HOME TRAINING.
What 1t Means to the Son When He Is
Launched Upon the World.

What 1t Means to the Son When He Is
Launched Upon the World.
The youth who his launched upon the
world without the advantages of good
home training is placed at a sad dis
advantage to start with. He will often
give offense without intending it, and
cause embarrassment when he means to
please. And the laws of etiquette are
like the laws of country-every one
is supposed to know them, and is pun
ished if he does anything to break
them. For this reason it is proper for
a man to pay attention to acquiring
the art of etiquette and in one way it
is more requisite for him than it is for
a woman, for a man can never remain
passive in society, but has number
of active duties to perform. Neither
can he pick up so many hints upon de-
meanor as a woman can; he has not
the feminine gift of seeing without ap-
pearing to look, of covering a mistake
almost before it is made. He has no
eye in the back of his head, neither
does he appear capable of carrying on
a conversation while taking in every
thing that is going on around him.
Under these circumstances it is plainly
necessary that a man should study ETH
quette; he cannot imbibe the manners
of society unconsciously, so his best
plan is to find out exactly what he has
to do Grace should not be consciously
attempted, but when ease of manner
is once obtained, grace is likely to fol-
low.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
AMERICANS CAUGHT.

a United States Senator. a Representa-
tive and Others Arrested in London.
LONDON, July 22.-It has developed
that a police raid was made upon the
Palace club on Thursday. A number
of prominent Americans were caught
in the raid The club is one of several
fashionable night clubs in London
where the demi monde resort. 1t
opens at midnight and closes at 6 a. m.
Lately the Palace has been very riot
Gus.
The club is elegantly appointed,
having twenty-five men servants and
band playing nightly. A hundred men
and women, all in evening dress, were
captured. Among them were a United
States senator. a congressman, prom
inent law official of an Eastern state
and an American police official All
save the proprietor and servants of the
club were released. They were re-
handed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
IN NINETY DAYS.
Purchasers of Otoe and Missouri Indian
Lands Must Settle Up.

Purchasers of Otoe and Missouri Indian
Lands Must Settle Up.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The district
land offices in those parts of Kansas
and Nebraska, where parts of the
former Otoe and Missouri Indian reser-
vations are located, have been in
structed to inform the purchasers of
these lands that the balances due by
them must be paid within ninety days
or their entries will be cancelled.
These lands were bought at public
auction in 1883 at prices largely in ex-
cess of their appraised value. One
fourth of the purchase money was paid
down, and the rest made payable in
one, two and three years at five per
cent interest. Congress twice extended
the time of payment of these deferred
amounts and two years each time. In
March, 1898, it passed a bill giving re-
lief in the case the Indians would ac-
cept it's provisions. The Indians have
refused to do this, and the department
will enforce the original contract.
There is now S192, 122 principal and
$4,000 interest due on the lands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22

The Mexican mustang pony will very
likely be introduced into the United
States Army. The mustang is a small,
tricky animal, mostly used by cowboys
in running down stock. Recently the
War Department made a series of
tests, and the official report shows that
it is stronger, faster, cheaper, and can
endure more than the large cavalry
stock Of the East. One Of these tests in
cluded a horseback ride from Santa Fe
N. NJ, to San Antonio, Tex. The an
final averaged forty miles per day, and
once went without water or food for
forty-eight hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22

The word woman" was often used
contemptuously or in an unkindly
sense by old English writer's. In this
country, only a generation ago, it
would frequently have been unsafe to
speak of a lady" as a woman" es-
pecially if there were ladies or gentle
men within hearing. The toast, THE
ladies. God bless emp was always
given amid applause, but there would
have been trouble if the POSTMASTER
had put the word women" for Ga
dies" In our time the word woman
seems to have attained a new dignity.
The woman-the right kind of woman
is all that the lady ever was, and
more, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
MR.. BLAND TALKS.
The Democratic Party WIN Be swamped
If It Doesn't Stand Up for Silver.

The Democratic Party VIII Be Swamped
If It Doesn't Stand Up for Silver.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 22.-Ex-Con-
gresham Bland is in the city, and
speaking of the silver question said:
''There is no use trying to dodge this
issue any longer. If the Democratic
party does not declare for the free
coinage of silver twill be wiped off
the map. The newspapers in the large
cities like st. Louis talk about the sill
yer movement dying out, but they are
not going to fool anybody. There
may be a few Democrats in the cities
who will follow the administration,
but there are practically none in the
country. This convention will show
how the Democrats of Missouri stand.
In order to win in the next campaign
we have got to take a bold stand for
silver, and we must be getting into
line"
''Do you think the next Democratic
national convention will declare for in
dependent free coinage?''
81 do not know whether it will or
not, but if it don't the party will not
stand the ghost of a show. The peo-
pie are not going to follow a platform
any more which is meaningless or in
I0nOeQ 10 OecGlV0. t0Q0Td1 OI1cOuO1O-
ers and whisky gaugerrs may succeed
in controlling conventions, like they
did in Kentucky, but the people will
not follow them"
''Your name has frequently been
mentioned as candidate for the presi-
dency; what can I say about that?"
SIT is all foolishness to talk about
candidates. There is no Democratic
party. There is nothing but chaos and
disorder"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
PREJUDICEs OVERCOME.
Remarks of a Catholic at the Pan-Amer-
lean Congress.

Remarks of a Catholic at the Pan-Amer-
lean Congress.
TORONTO, July 22.-The proceedings
of the Pan-Americrn congress yester-
Gay were confined to a meeting in
Massey hall, where missionary work
and effort was the subject of the
speeches. The meeting was presided
over by Rev. Father Ryan, rector of
St. Pau1s cathedral, Toronto. After
prayer had been offered up by the
Rev. George Coulson Workman of
Toronto, Father Ryan remarked to the
audience that while he had been asked
to lead in prayer and refused, still he
had heard nothing in any of the
prayers offered that any good Roman
Catholic could take exception to. He
thought this meeting in which all the
Christian denominations were repre-
scented was the most significant of the
convention, as it showed that the
preiudices, intolerance and bitterness
had disappeared forever from Toronto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22

WICHITA, Kan, July 22.-At o'clock
yesterday afternoon an electric car
was held up by a highwayman on
South Main street. Fred Miller of
Kansas City was the only passenger on
the car and he was robbed of $40 in
money and the conductor was made to
give up his gold watch and some small
change. The robber ran through an
alley and escaped, while at least fifty
people stood and looked at him, but
were afraid to interfere. There is no
clue to his identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

e Ex-Chief Benjamin Pikey of the.
Choctaw nation is dead.
DR.. Jenkin W. Morris, enc of the
richest n.en of Leavenworth, is dead.
Governor Stone has issued commits
sion to J. B. KeshIear as marshal of
Jackson county, Mo.
The Pullman Palace Car company
has declared its regular quarterly div
idend of ~ per share.
Elk Cashier Cox of the defunct Da-
witt, Mo, bank is under arrest charged
with embezzlement.
The secretary of the interior has
drawn on the treasury department for
$l3, 225, 900 for the quarterly payment
of pensions.
The plant of the National Linseed
Oil works af Chicago was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $40O 600.
Four hundred business men of Wich-
tia have signed a call for mass meet
ing to protest against the enforcement
of the prohibitory law in that city.
The Sound Currency club of Kansas
City, Mo, advises all Democrats to re-
frain from having anything to do with
the Democratic silver state convention
at Pertle Springs.
George Dixon, champion feather
weight of the world, has been matched
to fight William Dixon of Rochester,
for So, 500 a side.
At Fort SEQ t Lee Morgan, propri-
etOr of restaurant, shot and fatally
wounded Albert Shirley, a baker, in
dispute over a SO board bill.
Frank F. Hall of the Standard Oil
company, was murdered at Whiting,
Ind Six hundred dollars was taken
from his pockets and the corpse placed
across the railroad track, where a
freight train ground it to pieces.
Secretary Hoke Smith has gone to
| Georgia to swing that state into the
gold standard column and knock out
| Cx-Speaker Crisp for the senatorship.
Frank Ware and Mrs. NJ. J. Black of
| Fort Worth, Texas, are under arrest
| for poisoning Mr.. Black, a railroad
money. Mrs. Black has confessed and
! says that she and Ware were to have
been married after her husband was
put out of the way.
While detectives were digging in the
cellar of the house formerly occupied
in Chicago by II. H. Holmes, the in
| surance swindler, for the bodies of the
missing Williams girls. gas explosion
occurred and fatally injured two of
| the detectives.
The burial of NJ Stambuloff, the ex-
premier of Bulgaria, who was assas-
sinated by political enemies, was the
occasion of fierce rioting and shocking
scenes of disorder. Men and women
were knocked down and tramp1ed
upon, and the body was lowered into
the grave amid hooting and hurrahs,
and without any ceremony. Violence
to the remains was only prevented by
strong military guard
Judge Hazen has denied the applica-
ton for a receiver for the Topeka
| Press.
At picnic near Braymer, Mo-, Arch
c. Kavanaugh was shot dead from am
bush. The crime is mystery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-22
Remains Of Early Settlers.

FRANKFoRT, Ohio, July Wv. K.
Moorehead, curator of the state uni
versity, made some important discov-
cries in the ancient mounds here
during the past week. One mound
which he opened contained nine skele-
tons buried two feet below the surface
in layer of gravel. The bones are
those of short, heavy, muscular men.
The skulls are thick and rather round
and the facial angle is low. Several
skulls give evidence of artificial fat
tening of the base during infancy.