Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-15
IN GEN EEAL

The -. John :. y. l., Herald prints
series of letters trcm correspondents
along the south and ives; coast To- the
effect that dire distress prevails among
the poorest class of people. especially
those receiving pauper relief. The r.
trenchment policy of thu Government
nccessitatcd the cutting OF of half the
pauper grant and. the fisheries; being poor.
many find themselves IL wretchcd cir
cumstanccs The correspondents predict
starvation in numerous instances unless
prompt help is supplied 10y the auihofi
ties.
Recent arrivals from Cook Inlet report
that two miners ut Victoria. Il. C.. named
Klemar and Dirke are missing and it is
thought they have been drowned or killed
10y Indians They left Cook Inlet last
April III skin canoe. with three months
provisions. going up the .lneck River.
They intended To cross lie mountains and
prospect down the Copper River. The
streams are full eff treacherors falls and
hidden powders. and nn The Copper l;ivcr
there is Il band Of Ini:anS who have res
olutcly kept all miners 0ut of their terri
tory.
The second trial of Harry ard Dallas
IIyans. for the murder Of Wells. the first
trial having ended in Il disagreement.
opened at Toronto. 1t is rumored that
the Washington authorities have applied.
through Sir Julian Pauncefote. the Brit
iSh ambassador, for the release of the
twin prisoners on the ground that the
weight of evidence * in favor of their
acquittal-that eleven jurors TO one were
III favor of Il verdict of mot guilty, and
and that the lives Of two men who were
practically declared innocent should not
be imperiled by second trial
The series of smuggling cases against
leading ST. Johns, y. f., liquor dealers
charged with buying Struggled liquor.
knowing it TO he so, has been concluded.
The judge found the five prisoners guilty.
and sentenced them to terms of imprison-
ment Of from twenty to forty days each.
together with fines of from SltO To 500
each. All the cases were appealed To the
Supreme Court. The most prominent of
those connected is Michael Tohin. one Of
the Whitcwayite members of the assem-
bly, for Placcntia district, and the COVER
nor of the savings bank. The others are
also strong supporters of the Whiteway
lie government.
The International Navigation Compan-
has libcled the Netherlands Amercan
Line steamship Ol AIN. which WAS tovcd
into Halifax with her shaft broken by
the Pchnland. for S1OO.OW. 1t IS Tie
general opinion of shipping men that the
case is one i'll which unusually mcritorions
services were rendered. Is the vessel
would have been driven ashore on Sable
Island and become Il total loss during ti.e
storm of the following night had she not
been fallen in with 10y the cnnland \
strange coincidence is that just six vars
ago the Pcnnland was lowed into Hall
fax under similar conditions by one OF
the steamships of the Netherlands Amer
lean Line.
Shoe leather will be dearer than car
fare soon if the leather trust has its own
way" said n Chicago shoe dealer Thurs.
day. But whether the leather trust will
have its OWN way or mol is another mat
ter From Maine To California Il howl
goes up from shoe dealers. shoe manufac-
turers and shoe wcarcrs against th,.
Vaccinations of the trust. 1t is even
whispered that echoes of this how will
be heard before long in courts OF law.
where trusts are supposed To lee non
existent. or at least where any trust is
liable To be fiaycd aliv" if caught i'm the
act of being trust The leather trust.
in its own quiet. unoblrusive way, has
been doing business ever since MAY !.
1893. sleeping hides in pic kling watts. shry-
cling bark on top of Them. scr; ping the
skins. drying them and finally distributing
them all over the world for anyLudS who
had the price to walk over them. When
the trust was organized there were TWEEN
ty-nine firms doing business rs tanners,
where now there is out one