Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-26
bonfres will burn in all of the 105 coun-

| bonfres will burn in all of the 100 coun-
| ties of the State, but whether a certain
day will be set apart for the destruction
of old documents is not known. The last
Legislature passed law providing that
chattel mortgages which have become out
| lawed or released for certain length of
time. and other worthless instruments
| filed in the Office of every register of deeds
in Kansas, might be destroyed. The bill
is one that will afford great relief to these
officials in Kansas. Their offices have
been stocked and crowded with these
documents and it will be Il relief to get
rid of them.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, two fremen were
killed aud fifteen injured in fire in the
extensive feed store of Hermesch & CO.
| at Water and Walnut streets. 1t started
from some unknown cause. The aggre
gate loss of property will not exceed
| $4,000 The fire burned steadily and
fercely for two hours without serious ac-
cidcnt to any one. 1t progressed north
wardly and at the northeast corner met
the walls of the new Simmons q Norris
| commission house The firemen were
warned but rushed under it to save the
property of Nelson Morris Il Co. of Chi
cago. This had been saved and the fire
wall fell across the street, burying the
| men beneath the ruins.
For Il month 4 gang has been at work
rebuilding n bridge on the Santa Fe at
Monument, Colo. Wednesday morning
the east-bCund passenger train, heavily
loaded, passed over the bridge. The vi
brations caused by the train had not
| ceased when Il freight train of twenty
eli 4
safety until within three spans of the end,
when suddenly, with lightning swiftness,
n trestlc gave way and the whole train
fell through the opening, piling up in q
most frightful manner. grinding the cars
into kindl'1 g wood and heaping the i'm
mense weight on the body of Mrs. Albert
Cooper, who had just brought her hus-
bands luncheon and was sitting under the
bridge. ]. c. Childers. of Kansas City,
and tramp were also killed.
Gov. Richards, at Cheyenne, Wyo., re-
ceived a telegram signed by the justice
of the peace and constable of Maryville,
in the Jackson Hole district. saying:
mine Indians arrested; one killed; 9TH
ers escaped. Many Indians reported here
threatening lives and property. Settlers
are moving miles away. Want protec-
absolutely necessary" Gov Richards
forwarded the message to the Secretary
of the Interior and asked him to take i'm
mediate action. The Governor says the
entire trouble can be stopped by the Sec
rotary of the Interior instructing the In
dian agent at Fort Hall, Idaho, to send
out his Indian police to call in all hunt
ing parties of the Indians who are in
Wyoming. If it becomes necessary to
send State troops to the region &C npa-
MES will be sent from Evanston and
Lander.
Prompted by the finding of the chill
dren's bodies in Toronto the police of
Chicago began a systematic search Fri
day of the building in Enslewood built
by III. Ii. Holmes. the insurance swindler,
and once occupied by him. Neither dig
ging in the cellar nor tearing down of
wall will disclose the bodies of the Will
Jams sisters if the suspicious of c. f..
Davis. who aftcrward occupied n room in
the building, shall prove true. Mr.. Davis
says that the emptying of Il stove which
had been Holmes property showed that
a body or bodies had probably been
burned in it. Remnants of what looked
like human bones ratified ont on the floor.
he identified as having been worn by
Minnie Williams, hooks and eyes and
other incidents of n wOman's apparel.
The stove was amply large enough TO have
contained body Holmes had been n
doctor. and was a chemist of some ability.
To dispose of the bodies was no difficult
matter for him. The motive for the muir
der Of the sisters was to secure control
of property in Fort Worth. Texas, which
had been left to Minnie Williams by her
father. Holmes heard of the property
and the girls while he was in Englewood.
Nine imprisoned miners ut the Pewabic
mine at Iron Mountain, Mich, were re-
leased about midnight Thursday. Not
one of them was injured in any manner
and none suffered any great inconvc-
nience from the thirty-six hours conine-
ment. All heard the crash of the break
ing timbers in time to make their way to
q dry drift on the first level. Their mir
aculous escape is considered one of the
most remarkable in the history of mining.
II was Il most difficult task for the hys-
terical wives and children of the mpris-
oned miners to fully comprehend the joy
full shouts of the rescuing party when
the last mass of debris and timber had
been pulled aside. disclosing the nine
miners who had but few hours pre-
vious been given up as lost. For IN in
slant the rescued men were staggered by
the influx of fresh air and light, and then
their haggard faces were lighted by the
smiles that only humanity and love of the
dear ones at home can produce. The
meeting of the miners and their families
renewed the hysterical JOY of the women.
Children Rugged the big. brawny limbs
of their fathers and cried their joy.
Miners who had labored all night i'll the
rescuing relays, with pick, shovel and
tamping rod. smiled grimly and endeav-
ored to disparage their own heroic work
by rcmarking: I'VE knowed that the
boys was all right in the first level air
chamber. and a blast or two would help
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