Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-01-25
WESTERN.

Families of striking miners at Akron.
Ohio. where the men have had but six
weeks work since last April, are on the
verge of starvation.
1t has been made clear that insanity
and undue influence will be the grounds
OH which the contest of the will of the
late Senator Fair will be based.
Ex-Congressman George T.. Dorsey and
Il. c. Outcalt were indicted by the Fed
eral grand jury ut Omaha. charged with
aiding in the wrecking of banks.
An ec;ort to instruct John N. ThurstoH
when Senator to vote for the foreclosure
of government mortgages on the Pacific
Railroad was lost liz the Nebraska House
of Representatives..
Twelve pupils have been expelled from
the Ann Arbor high school on account of
their connection with fraternities. Con-
siderable feeling has been aroused among
the parents of the expelled pupils.
The great Cincinnati and New Orleans
steamer State of Missouri went to the
bottom of the Ohio River 1T Wolf Greek,
thirty-five miles above Hawesville. Ky,
at 6 o'clock Saturday night and forty
people met death. The steamboat WAS
one of the largest steamers belonging TO
the Cincinnati and Memphis Packet Com
pany, and was new boat worth 100000.
She had about half cargo of furniture,
nails, acids, etc.
After the whole country was searched
over Barrett SCOTS body was found Sat
urlay night at 10 o'clock in the Niobrara
River, about thirty feet below the bridge
of Boyd County. Neb.. close up to the
bank and in about seven feet of water.
The body was in shirt sleeves. but Sc0tt's
watch and chain and ether personal eff
fects were found just as he wore them in
life. A new hempcn rope, about one and
cne-half inches in diameter, was found
around the neck of the body, and the end,
about three feet long, was dangling in the
water Scott was hanged by vicilant; be-
fore being thrown over the bridge into the
water. There was Il slight wound on the
right side of the neck where Il bullet had
grazed It.
Officials of the Kansas pcnitentiary at
Lcavenworth, KAN. were astonished the
other day on the appearance of Il we'll
dressed man in the Warden's office, who
said: Il have come TO put on Il striped
suit" He pulled Il commitment, sentenc-
ing him to the pententiary for two years,
out of his pocket and it developed that
without an official OF any kind to guard
him the prisoner had come all the way
from Guthrie. Ok, 10 undergo confine
ment. The prisoners name proved to be
l.. Il. MillikciI. until recently City Clerk
of Guthrie, and who was convicted of EN-
beZZlcment and given two years in The
United States Court few days ago. He
is the first prisoner ever to arrive at the
pententiary without guard. and the
officials would scarcely believe his story
at first.
Mayor Johnson of Springfield, Ohio,
has begun active work as attorney for the
heirs. scattered all over the country, of
the james Holmes estate. which is said
to be valued at about $4O0,000000. This
! is largely i'm money in the Bank of Eng
land. A big meeting of the heirs was
held at Decatur. ILL.,. resulting in Mayor
Johnson's employment. Holmes was n
South Sea Island trader in 1927. An
effort was made sixty years ago by Amer
lean heirs to obtain possession of the prop
erty, but it was abandoned on account of
the death of the principals. Among the
prominent heirs interested in the case are:
Judge Alfred Ennis of Chicago, Mrs. Blu
ford of New York City. Charles Nimrod,
millionaire of st. Louis; DR.. Alex.
Holmes Shaw of Cincinnati; DIR. james
/ baldwin. cashier Commercial Bank Of
Pittsburg: John Baldridge. coal operator
Of Springfield. Ohio. and DIR. L. J. Me-
Laughlin.
Because he could not assent conscicn-
tiously to verdict ordered by Judge Sea-
man i'm the United States Circuit Court
=. Chi>lgo, "Wednesday. Juror julius