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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
FACTS AND EVENTS.

A house in Calhoun county, Ga, has
been struck 10y lightning thirteen
times.
New York is talking of building
200 feet wide, Geo feet in length and
Is stories high.
In Melbourne there is a barber
named Taylor whose next-door neigh
Dor is tailor named Shave.
A French picture dealer says that
all of his unsold pictures are sent to
the United States. where they bring
fancy prices.
A sign in an old book store wind ow
in West Madison street, Chicago,
reads: "All of Shakspeares Works
Up To Date"
Robbing graves is the only crime
under the Chinese law for which the
thief may be justly killed on the spot
by any one finding him out.
Charles Hoffman Of Chicago has a
copy of the bible printed in 100 from
the type used in the addition of 1880,
known as the Nuremberg edition.
Stanley found tobacco perfectly &C
climated among African tribes that
had never seen a white man. The
use Of the weed is universal in the
Dark Continent
A Lewiston, Me-, pussy leaped from
third-story window, snatched an
English sparrow from a telegraph
wire, struck the ground right side up
and kept her prey.
An elephant is commonly supposed
to be a slow, clumsy animal, but,
when excited or frightened. it car
attain speed of twenty miles an
hour, and keep it up for half day.
In record of 100 pages of legal cap
paper, typewriter by Miss E. v.
Askew, sent up to the supreme court
from Tampa. Fla, it is said that there
has not been an erasure or omission
made in the transcribing.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

No MAN who has kept track of the
democratic party for the past twenty
five years and who takes the authorized
declarations of the party, made in the
recognized and usual manner, can main
tain that the party is free coinage or
silver party. OF course there are DEM
ocrats who favor free coinage and BIZ
metalism. But their are democrats who
favor only a gold basis. The fact is
that neither Of the old parties can be
called free coinage party, yet it must
be admitted that the declarations on rec
ord made by the republican party at
their conventions, in congress and every
where, are much more decided on this
question than are their opponents, and
the expressed opinions of such noted
republicans as Stewart, Teller, Ingall
ct al, are very much mole in touch with
the popular sentiment on this question
than are those of Cleveland, Bayard
Palmer, Gresham, Carlisle and the other
leaders of democratic policy.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

\ political party is always means,
it never should be master, and expert
ence shows it never will be over indie.
pendent Americans, no matter what
their political faith. To belong to a
party is not to accept as matter OF
course, and defend as matter of obliga
ton everything that may be done under
the party name, or to support all candi
dates who may contrive to get its nom
nation. 1t is to support its measures
and its men, where and when they are
worthy of support.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

TIE sudden death of Ex-Governor
Ira b. Chase was startling news to his
many friends in Indiana and his old
home in Illinois. His death occurred
at Saubec, Me-, last Saturday, caused by
erysipelas. Ira. Il. Chase made re-
markable record. lie was born in Ill
inois. When the war broke out he en-
listed in the service, rising to the rank
of major. After the war he commenced
the study of theology, entering the mir
istry shortly afterwards. He became
lieutenant governor of this state in
1888, and succeeded Go. Hovey in 1891
For the past few years he has been en-
gagged in evangelical work, being at the
time of his death thus engaged
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

TONIGHT, at the Illinois Club rooms
in Chicago, will occur one of the great
est financial debates that has ever &C.
CURED in this country. The principal
contestants will be w. III. Harvey, au-
thor of "Coin's Financial School," and
Prof. Laughlin, editOr-in-chief of the
Times Herald. The seconds of Mr..
Harvey will be G. S. barrow, Ex-Judge
s. p. Mcconnell and w A. Vincent.
For Laughlin will appear Lyman j.
Gage, w. T. Baker and III. III. Kohl
saat. The stage will be decorated with
silver and gold certificates. The sub
Ject for discussion has this significant
wording: "Resolved, That the United
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
N. A. M|LLER'S
RESTAURANT.
Boarding by the Day or Week.

Meals served at all hours,
also warm and cold lunch.
Lodging can be had on ap-
plication.
A large line of Candies,
Cigars and Tobacco con-
stantly on hand.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
RARE AND RACY.

Burglars broke into the cellar I'M
der the U. P. church at Pottstown,
Pa and stole ton OF coal.
A Baltimore colored woman, who
lately gave birth to triplets, all girls,
has named them Faith, Hope and
Charity.
Remains of the orohippers, an ex-
tinct species of horse found in the
Bad Lands, prove that it had five toes
and was not larger than a goat.
One of the balloons recently sent
up by French scientists with automat.
ically registered thermometers and
barometers reached height of ten
miles, where the thermometer regis
tered ITO degrees below zero.
A Blue Grass belle of nineteen, who
recently eloped and got married, took
the precaution to paste the number
twenty.one In her shoe so that, if the
preacher asked awkward questions,
she could truthfully say that she was
"over 81"
w. s. B. OBJ Robinson, who has
been elected judge of the superior
court in North Carolina, is said to be
the first Roman Catholic to hold a
state Office of any kind in North Caro-
lima, where there are, perhaps fewer
Of his fellow churchmen than in any
other state in the union.
Some amusing blunders are made
by customers in ordering books. One
person asked for copy Of the "Ha-
warden Horace" by the funny title OF
Hard on Horace" Another called
for "The Crockit Minister" by Stick
EFT; and third demanded q copy OF
"Sheep That Pass In the Night"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

TIE report that President Cleveland
sent $500 to the father of three children
at Decatur, Ind, is denied. 1t did seem
rather fishy, when considering the large
campaign fund that will be needed, to
impress upon the minds of the PEOPLE
what an excellent busineSs-like admin
istration Cleveland gave us during his
reign
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

States should enter at once upon the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of l6
to 1, independent of the action of any
other nation" Great interest is mani
tested throughout the entire country
over this the first gun of one of the
hottest campaigns this country has ever
witnessed
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17

II was a current question during the
time that resumption was agitated, that
the way to resume specie payment was
to resume. 1t is now suggested that
the way to have bi metallism is to have
bi-metalliSm.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
IT Is reported that Queen Victoria
will abdicate the throne on her seventy
sixth birthday, May 81.

GEN. HARRISON left for New York
this week. 1t is said in political circles
that this is very significant. The eX-
president has adopted this rule-never
to be interviewed upon the silver ques-
tiOp
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
Money to Loan.

Am still prepared to loan money and
furnish abstracts. Money at 6 and
per cent. l.. NJ. LAUER.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
Wolf.

The celebrated Coach Horse will be
kept for this season at Porter's livery
and feed barn.
For particulars call and see either NJ
Altman or Sylvester Lowell.
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position Is the favOrits patriotic sonr Of shs
Nation. IL is proposed to lay the fQundatios
Of the monument next September. on the ocea-
sion Of the sesquicentsnnial Of Frederick.
Mayor Strong, of New York, has been liberal
to the veterans in his appointments so far.
Deputy-CommissIoner c. II. T. Coils, DEPART
ment of Public Works; Fire Commissioners
o. HI. LaGrange; Excise Commissioner Joseph
Murray; and Frederick Foster, Inspector in
the Department. Of Public Works, are ali men,
bers OF Lafayette Post, GAR.
Gov. Mckinley has consented to deliver the
Memorial Day address at the celebration by
U. s. Grant Post, GAR, Of Brooklyn. Gov.
Morton viii also be present. The Lincoln
statue, now Standing in front Of the Plaza
fountain, is to be removed TO the Park and
rededicated on Memorial Day
To Commander Frederick Vincent, Of Adam
Goss Post. $50, n. Y, has been voted medal Of
honor for conspicuous acts Of bravery. He was
a scout in the I'd n. Y. Cav, and at one time.
at the risk of his life, obtained valuable infOr-
nation.
The Veteran Association Of the 2d Regiment,
N. Y. S. NJ, OF SD ". Y, has elected the fol-
lowing officers for tho ensuing year: Pres,
Denton Z. Mcgowan; y.-P., Henry H. Dsrr;
Treas, John Bozls Fin. Sec, George B. Weth-
erali; Rec. Sec, William J. Darbey. The vet
Grams are making preparations for the annual
dinner which celebrates the Saith anniversary
Of their departure for the war.
A correspondent 10 the New York Tribans
deprecates the belittling Of good descent in the
following words "The number and ever-in-
ereasing popularity Of patriotic hereditary so
cieties which are cow established in the coun-
try will, hope, have sufficient influence to
counterfeit the vulgar and pernieious sentiment
which delights to hold up to public view Lin
coln as a rail-splitter," Grant as tanner"
and Garfield as roustabout" These, and
almost all the great men of the Republic, vera
come of good and well-seasoned American
stock and while 10 is true that there are only
40 families in tho United States that can prove
their origin from the aristocracy Of the
mother country, it is equally true that the
vast majority of the early settlers in the cole
MES were of respectable descent and bonorabIs
birth, and not, some would have it believed,
the ofseOuring and scum Of England in the
18th and 18th centuries
Gen. Harrison is now rapidly recovering
from very severe illness which threatened to
be dangerous during the past week. His ply
stefan has prohibited all study, and does nos
even allow him to indulge In the lightest read
ing. 1t is thought that he will be out in few
days.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 81, 1895
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

One Which Sc Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of IJ.@s5
SURF ivGFS and S.2S2 widows, and
something over 5000 cases were
pending AT latest reports. This
mal ee a total of 30. 49,. or sew
eraE thousand more men than
the Rited States had i'm Mexico
az any ono lime during the war.
These all receive either S. or
SI2 month.
Among tlse names are those
of the widow Of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. a New Yorker 10y birth,
who was Acknowledgement of
the United States Army at the
outbreak of the WAR. and used
his teositiOn 10 aid the rebels in
preparing for the struggle. lie
resigned his position TO become
AdiIIfant-Genera of the South
ern Cenfederacy. and ofticiated
as such until the rebellion coli
Iapsed, Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing a pension since June
6.ISsS.
Tlse widow Of Thomas j.
fs@St0newaIl") Jackson, who
was next 10 Lee the most popu-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The w idow of NAL Gen. George
H. Pickett. who commanded a
divist ion i'm the rebel army.
widow of Mai .-Gen. Gideon
J.F-lft9w. w kf0 commanded "a tii-
vision ina the rebel army.
The widow of Lfeut.-sten. A. H.
Hill. WHO commanded one of
the tEircc corps of Lees army.
The widow Of Sidney smith
Lee. Wkto was dismissed from
the Navy for "going over 10 the
enemy" and afterWard became
n Commodore ira tEFe rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. R. Chalmers.
who WIS FORESTS chief Lieu
tenant.
MaI.-Gen. Dakney III. Maury.
who commanded the rebel
troops at the battle Of Clricka-
saw 1sayeu.
Hen. +. B. Maxey. late United
States Senator from Texas. who
has been drawing his pension
since May %. 1852. He Was q
Maior-Generai in the rebel
army.
Hon. las. ~. George. Senator
from Mississippi, and who
served i'm The rebel army as a
Colonel. The number of his
certificate IL I1.2IS.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who were educated
at the Government expense. and
affeFNaFd fought 10 destroy flie
Government. They went on the
roll at once. while last April
there were pending the claims
of 1850 widows Of Union SOL
dfers who had not get been able
10 get on the roll.
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Commissioner.

Whether this notice is sufficiently ex-
plicit to fulfill the requirements of the
law is nice question that may require
judicial determination.
But no matter what it may be tech
nically, and according to the exact let
ter of the statute, there is no doubt that
it is a notification of the spirit of the
law. The act of Dec. Il. 1893, was
passed to prevent this very thing. The
intent of that law was to confirm every
honest pensioner in the possession of his
pension. The object was to make all
previous adjudications final and irrevo-
cable, except where neaO euidence showed
that they had been obtained by fraud.
The obvious intention was to estop the
Commissioner of Pensions from review
Ing and disturbing the decisions OF his
predecessors, except where the obtaining
Of additional evidence showed that those
decisions had been wrongfully procured,
and the pensioner was to be fully informed
as to the nature of this new evidence, so
as to be in shape to meet it.
In other words, the law attempted to
place the pensioners upon the same foot
ing that all men stand in ordinary legal
proceedings. There case once decided
becomes res adjudicuta, the evidence
once passed upon cannot be reviewed,
and the decision cannot be disturbed,
except upon the production of new and
material evidence, as to which the OPP
posing party must have the fullest notice.
This was what was meant by making
pension " vested right"
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We have much reason to fear that
the State Departments bungling with
Hawaii may end in bringing us into
collision with Japan. Of the $4,000
people in Hawaii, 10000 are japanese
the largest of any of the elements of
the population. The moment that
Japan gets through with her Chinese
job she is going to address herself to
what she considers her natural
destiny that Of becoming the Eng
land of the Pacific. The possession
Of Hawaii would be of inestimable
value to her, and unless we have
it hard and fast by the time she gets
ready to take it, We may have great
trouble in getting it.
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THE unbroken series of japanese
victories still continues. No matter
how strong European officers may have
built the forts, nor how many fine Krupp
guns and breech-loading rifles may have
been given the defenders, the Chinese
scamper away at the first serious attack,
and leave everything to the victorious
Japs. In the meanwhile, talk of Russian
Intervention to prevent dismember-
ment of China increases. This is i'm.
possible. While Russia is Colossus
and has more bones in her than China,
she is in no sort of shape to make fight
with Japan. 1t is doubtful if she could
put SO much as fair-sized army corps
into the field in China, and this would
be small obstacle to the disciplined
hosts of the Mikado.
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TIE CENTURY WAR BOOK.

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bic record Of our great civil strife. The
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as good, at one-serenth the money.
Three hundred and twenty large, bean
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THE Columbus CO., Dispatch pub
fishes remarkable story told by Mr..
John Radebaugh, a resident of that city,
and who was during the war Chief
Clerk for the Assistant Quartermaster-
General stationed at Columbus. 1t is
in effect that Secretary Stanton saw that
the imprisonment of John Morgan and
his companions in the penitentiary was
contrary to the laws of war, but that pub
lie opinion would not permit any more
lenient treatment that the rebels threat
ened retaliation, and that therefore he
made a secret order to the authorities to
arrange for the escape of the great
raider. The Warden of the peniten-
tiary took Morgan and his party outside
the walls, conducted them to the sta
ton, and saw them aboard night train
bound for Cincinnati. The tunnel was
q fake, gotten up to explain their alb
sence. Mr.. Radebaugh's story lacks
some elements of probability; though,
on the other hand, the tunnel story, told
with so much detail by John Morgan,
Basil Duke, and others, always was
rather hard to believe. Penitentiaries
are generally constructed with special
reference to tunneling, and it always
seemed mysterious that casual military
prisoner should escape in this way from
an institution intended to defy the cum
ming efforts of the thousands of desperate
men incarcerated therein. Tunneling is
very old-fashioned trick, and only sue
cesssul in prisons built long ago, or build
ings not originally intended for prisons.
All modern prisons are built with special
safeguards against this method of es-
cape. On the other hand, Secretary
Stanton was not given to tricks or sub
terfuges. He was a strong, resolute,
manly man, more disposed to the other
extreme in accomplishing his ends, and
to force results. If he decided that John
Morgan was put in the penitentiary in
of the laws Of war, he would
have ordered him to Johnston's Island,
Fort Delaware, or some other military
prison, and those who didn't like it
could have done the other thing. There
does not seem to have been any neces-
sity for releasing him7outright. AS for
retaliation, that is, all bosh. The rebels
were doing the worst1they could to our
prisoners, and there was nothing to fear
on that score. Iso
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-21

IT appears that the Lexow committee
was not the be-all and end-alI for the
corrupt police officials of New York.
The Grand Jury has been taking turn
at them, which was not quite SO spec
tacular but equally deadly. Eleven in
dictments against Inspectors, Captains,
ETC., are known to have been found SO
far.
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE CLUBBING LIST.

The National Tribune and Any Other Paper
or Magazine Sent Together at Reduced
Rates,
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and any other paper or magazine in the
country at reduced rate for the two. The
following is partial list of the publications
we club with:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-21

The Populists and Democrats in
Georgia having gotten to the point of
slapping faces, drawing revolvers, and
lining up for fight in contested cleo
tion cases, there are bright prospects for
fair ballots and honest returns in that
State. The trouble heretofore has been
down there that nobody has believed
enough in honest elections to be willing
to fight for them.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-21
"REMINISCENCES OF THE ATLANTA
CAMPAIGN

Maj.-Gen. Richard w johnson, who COM
manded a brigade or division in the Army Of
the Cumberland from the formation until
severely wounded at New Hope Church, and
who commanded a division of cavalry at
Nashville, hiss written an interesting sketch
of some of his remembrances of the atlanta
Campaign, which will appear in an early
issue OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Many
thonsand readers will he glad TO hear from
their old commander
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OKLAHOMA is to become the Mecca of

OKLAHOMA is to become the Mecca OF
those who consider their particular case
of marriage a failure. The new law
there only requires 90 days residence,
allows the Probate Judges to try divorce
cases, and no other service is required
than publication in County newspaper.