Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-01-04
will be replaced by steel and stone

will be replaced by steel and stone
structure, to cost S1,00O,000.
Harry Hayward, charged with instigat-
| ing BliXt to murder Miss Cling at Mime
| apolis, has tried TO bride the Sheriff to al
| low BliXt to commit suicide.
The st. Louis Grand Jury has returned
| over fifty indictments for election crimes.
Among them is one against Sheriff elect
| Henry Troll for election bribery.
A c. Mclaughlin. special agent of the
| United States Treasury 1T San Francis
| co, has been arrested. charged with muir
| derous assault en- two laundrymen and
| Il strcet-car conductor.
Despite the seemingly conclusive fact
| that Matson. husband of the woman muir
| dercd at Topeka. Kan. was in California
when the crime was committed. witnesses
testified he was in Topeka at the time
Despite the seemingly conclusive fact
that AIatson. husband of of the woman
murdered at Topeka. Kan, was in Cal
ifOrnia when the crime was committed,
witnesses testified he was in Topeka at
the time.
In Il collision between two Big Four
freight trains near Lafayette. Ind. Engi-
neer Elijah Campbell, of indianapolis,
was instantly killed a tramp, George
Spence, from Canada, was dangerously
hurt, and Charles Henry, brakeman,
was injured in the back.
Col. l.. W. Tattoo, Inspector General
of the Utah National Guard, has made
his official report TO Gov. West on the
recent invasion of Utah by the Colorado
Ute Indians, saying the Utes had decided
to return to Colorado after being threat
ened with military force.
Two Sticks, the noted Sioux Indian
murderer, for whose reprieve many eff
forts have been made in vain. was hanged
at Deadwood. $. D., on Friday. The
crime for which Two Sticks was hanged
was the murder Of Emanuel Bennett,
Rodney Royce, James Bacon and Will
lam Kelley at Humphrey & Stringer's
cattle ranch, on the Sioux reservation,
Feb. 4, 1898.
The warehouse of the Pioneer Paper
Stock Company at Chicago was burned
Thursday evening, entaiiing Il loss of
So, 000-$4O, 900 or building and $1,000
on contents. The building was a five
story brick structure. The roof and
floors fell i'll and only the wall on the
west side is standing. When the south
wall fell out it wrecked two One-story
frame cottages and two families were
rendered homeless. From the cottages
twelve people had been taken by police
officers just before the wall fell.
At Silver Lake, Lake County, Ore,
while n large party was attending Holt
day festivities, lamp exploded and set
fire to the building. Forty-one persons
were burned to death and fifteen injured.
A large crowd had assembled in Christ
man Brothers hall to attend the festival.
While the merriment was at its height
some one climbed OH q bench, from which
point he expected to get better view of
what was going on. In doing SO his head
struck lamp hanging from the ceiling,
Overturning it. The oil immcGa tely
caught fire and everything in the room
being dry and of an infiammable nature
the room was soon mass of flames. Some
one shouted: shut the door and keep
quiet; it can be put out" By this time
the confusion was SO great that people
began scrambling in Il wild endeavor to
reach the door. Women and children
were trampled under foot. and as there
was only one exit TO the hall and the fire
being between the majority of the crowd
and the door many rushed headlong into
the flames. Silver Lake is Il village of
about 100 inhabitants, and it is 80 miles
from the nearest telegraph office.
The box Office at Pixies Opera House.
Cincinnati, Ohio where Col. Breckenridge
lectured on Thursday night, was the
scene of an exciting fight. Attorney Gus
Meyer. who represented Madeline Pol
lard, had bill of $40 against Col.
Breckenridge. There had been rumors
of an ATTEMPTED attachment and the box
office was barrcaded. Constable Kin
ney went up to the window as if to pur-
chase a ticket. At that instant Constable
Nolker gave him a lift, shove, and Kin
ncy was propelled clear through, knock
ing down the ticket-seller, Overturning
the cash register, and breaking Il picture
on the wall. Then began al exciting
struggle for the possession of the money,
which had rolled from the smashed reg
lister. Kinney mana ged TO pick up about
SEQ Col. Breckenridge and his son Desha
rushed in. You robbing--" shouted
the Colonel while Desha yelled: You
come down to the Grand Hotel tomorrow
and give me satisfaction" Kinney de-
cined the invitation to Il duel. and, after
counting the money he had seized, re-
turned $13 to Manager Ballenberg. Col.
Breckenridge Immediately after the fight
delivered his lecture on the Era Of
American History" There was nothing
striking in the DISCOURSE and it met with
chilly reception. There were exactly
200 i'm the audience, twenty-four of whom
were women.