Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-14
WESTERN.

Flat River, Mo-, caved in, killing three
men.
The McMyler Manufacturing Company
of Cleveland, o., has increased wages 10
per cent.
J. ii. Heney, former coiner of the mint
at Carson. Neb., and alleged TO have
stolen $4,000. was caught near Phoenix,
Arz., working on a railroad grade.
Three murderers were hanged at San
Quentin, Cal, Thursday. Five men We're
to have been executed, but Gov. Budd
granted respites in the cases of two.
Two elevators, with 1905 bushels of
malt and barley. belonging to the Wis
consin Malt and Grain Company, at APP
pleton, were burned. Loss, $15O,OOO.
The manufacturers of iron and brass
bedsteads who have been meeting at the
Victoria Hotel, Chicago. disbanded. No
organization was effected, as was at first
expected.
]. A. Jones and Thomas Barnes, broth
ers-in-aw, engaged in a pistol duel on
horseback near Crawford, Neb. Jones
horse was shot from under him. He con-
tinued the battle afoot and was killed.
For the first time in almost a year the
Missouri river is running bank full at
Omaha, and is within ten feet of TIE dan
ger line. Every river in Nebraska is on
the point of overlooking, and all bottom
lands are flooded.
The President has denied the applica-
ton for pardon in the case of George Nj.
Van Leuyen. convicted in Iowa for viola
ton of the pension laws, and sentenced
Dec 10 to two years Imprisonment and
to pay fine of 1000.
The Bolt and Nut Manufacturers As
ISOLATION, in session at Cleveland, o.. ad-
vanced prices 10 per cent. The National
Wrought Iron Pipe Association of Pitts
burg, Pa. has made an advance of 10 per
cent in all lines of pipe.
The Illinois State Bankers Association
closed its convention at Rock Island after
adopting resolution denOuncing the at
tempt to establish silver legal tender
| currency at a ratio of 16 to 1. w. p.
Halliday was elected president.
After three weeks of the highest prices
on record during recent years, dressed
meats have taken n tumble at Cleveland.
| Friday the best native beef sold at $50
to $3.50 per hundredweight, a drop of
| from 30 to 40 cents Texas beef also went
down 30 cents per hundredweight. while
dressed sheep are 81 lower. Dressed
| lambs are 90 cents below the selling price
Thursday.
| A dead man kept guard over the Os-
bourne Chemical Works at Cincinnati Ii
Wednesday night. John Nelson, the night
Waterman, died of apopleay in his chair
in front of the open door early in the
night, but his watch was effective and the
place was undisturbed. Brother officers
who passed during the night saluted Mel
son and it was not till morning that he
| was found to be dead
Fire early Monday morning in the cen
| ter of the Milwaukee, Wis, lumber and
| tannery district, and only eight blocks
from the business center of the city, die
$3.50, 600 damage At 3 o'clock the flames
| were under control. Fosters and Uhrig'.
lumber yards, Galluns tannery, tn,
steambarge Raleigh and the steambargt
Lucy Graham were destroyed. The
Schlitz brewery had narrow escape from
being burned. Other shipping was damag
ed, as was considerable other property il
the neighborhood.
Gov. Morrill, of Kansas has removed
s. w. Chase from the wardenship of tn,
penitentiary and appointed J. Bruc,
Lynch, of Chanute, as his successor. TIL,
removal was made Mt the suggestion of tn,
investigating committee which recent,
found Chase guilty of immortality an,
malfeasance in office. Chase's lawyer ha
instructed him not TO give up his office
claiming that Gov. Morrilrs action is lille
gal. He says he will carry the case to thu
Supreme Court. 1t was rumored last nigh
that Chase and his adherents are quetl,
arming themselves, and that they will, i
necessary, hold the Office against Lyncl
by force.
The free silver convention at Spring
field, Ill.,, Wednesday declared unani
mously i'm favor of the free coinage of sill
yer at q ratio of 16 to l with gold. Thi
declaration was adopted without dissent
ing voice from the $50 delegates who com
posed the convention. The delegates ais
went on record as being in favor of tn
holding of national Democratic conven