Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-07
BREVITIES.
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Tinsey Mcmillan (AIrs. Mark was ex-
amined before q United States commits
sioner at Buffalo. y. Y, on the charge of
selling counterfeit stamps. Chicago per-
sons appeared as the witnesses against
her
The worst fire ever known in Fredericks-
burg, Va, occurred Tuesday morning The
Kingzie factory and Excelsior mill and six
dwelling houses We're burned. William
DeshaZO, engineer at the Excelsior MILL
was burned to death.
1t is reported in London that Oscar
Wilde. who was recently sentenced to two
years Imprisonment in Pentonville prison
at hard labor, after having been convicted
of gross indecency, has become insane and
is confined in padded room.
Four members of the San Francisco
Cal, Civic Federation have been arrested
on charge of criminal libel. The COM
plainant is DR.. Marie Livingston, candi-
date for health officer. upon whom the
federation had been making war.
A special from the City of Mexico says
that five more passengers of the Colima
have been added to the list of saved. The
five We're picked up by one of the rescue
y.
of them are now at Pueblito on their way
to Colima.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Boston, Judge Colt appointed John l.
Waterbury, of MorristOwn, n. j., and
William f. Strong, of Strong & Cada-
walader. as receivers of the United States
Cordage Company, on petition of f.. Rol-
Inns Morse, as representative of the cred
itors. 1t has been known for some time
that the company was in financial difficult
ties.
The Columbian Liberty Bell Committee
Mt New York is in receipt Of letter from
Clifton II. Breckenridge, United States
minister to Russia, in which he asks for
a full description and photograph of the
Great Columbian liberty and peace bell
for Mr.. Berthauld, the Russian artist
who is charged with making n design of
the BELL of the Peace that is to be pre-
sented, as the result of popular move
ment of the people of Russia. to the peo-
pie of France.
The locomotive of n lumber railroad set
fire to the woods south near Hunter Rum
a small settlement III miles southwest of
Kane, Pa. AS soon as the fire was dis
covered men were sent 10 the scene to
fight it. A high wind was blowing the
greater part of the day and the progress
of the flames could not be checked. The
fire finally reached the oil property of the
Midland Oil Company and threatened it
with destruction. When the extent of the
fire was realized 300 men were sent to
Hunter Run. They fought the fire through
Saturday night and all day Sunday before
they succeeded in getting it under control
large number of logs were destroyed
and two tanks and two boiler houses of
the Midland Oil Company were burned.
The fire RACED about five square miles of
forest.
Mrs. Bert Elder and baby and Mrs.
Powell and baby were drowned in Doug
lass, Wyo. Their wagon tipped over in
creek.
Henry +. Schwartz, a merchant and
member of the firm of Charles w.
Schwartz 4 Co., carpet manufacturers,
Philadelphia, Pa, committed suicide. Con
tinued illness was tie cause.
The latest report is that Howard Gould
is engaged to marry Katherine Clemmons,
the actress.
There were JOG cases of cholera and 33
deaths in the Department Of the Volga,
Russia, from April IA to April q.