Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-13
WESTERN.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt
in Helena, Mont. People rushed from
hotels and buildings and much excite
ment was caused.
The war between the Sum Yup and See
Yup factions of the Six Companies bids
fair to end in their permanent disruption
and the recall of the Chinese Consul i'll
San Francisco.
George w. Russell was arrested at
Smithsville, Mo-, charged with numbering
Daniel Stone. wealthy farmer. who was
found June p ut his home. Il mile east of
Smithsville, with his head beaten to a
jelly.
Minneapolis is making elaborate ar
engagements for the reception and enter
tainmcnt of the delegates to the national
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States, which opens
early in October.
independent Americans party or
ganiZed in Kansas to consolidate free sill
yer interests, met at Topeka and issued
an address. They hope to convene ut st.
Louis next year and put candidate for
Persistent in the field.
AT Grand Haven, Mich. May Pierce,
IL years old, was found guilty of man
slaughter. The child was accused of be-
ing an accomplice of George CheesbrO,
aged IS, in the murder of her mother on
July s. Cheesbro was convicted of MUIR
der at the last term of court and is now
serving life sentence
Hans Bjornstern. Edward Latshaw
and wife. and their two sons were killed,
and three terribly injured. by dynamite,
at Specht's Ferry. near Dubuque, Iowa,
Tuesday. The elder Latshaw boy was,
shooting at Il mark. ana accidentally
struck stock of dynamite which his
father used in a stone quarry.
Westminster Church, Il stone structure
at Minneapolis. Mimi. in the heart of the
retail business district, was burned. The
loss is $4,000, covered by insurance
The congregation is the wcalthiest and
largest of the Presby terrain denomination
in the State. The fire was clearly incen-
diary.
James Ward. living near Hymera, Ind,
induced his fatherin-law, John Hunter,
to go coon-hunting and murdered him.
Ward returned to the Hunter house and
called Hunters son, boy of L. years,
out of bed, and killed him. He then
threatened to kill the boys sister. but in
stead shot himself in the neck. inflicting a
mortal wound. The tragedy is supposed
to be the result of Il family feud. 1t is
said that Ward has twice been an inmate
in an asylum.
The will of Joseph A. Ford, of the
wholesale dry goods firm of Murphy,
Grant n Co., was filed at San Francisco,
Cal. The second clause of the will is as
follows: "As my wife has i'm all cases
acted entirely of her own free will and
against what she knew to be my wishes,
and has asserted that the only reason she
did not ask for divorce was the living
she received from me, | expressly de
sire she shall not receive one dollar of my
estate OF what will come to me from the
estate of my mother" The bulk of the
estate is left to his 1J-year-old son. Mrs.
Ford is Il stepdaughter of T.. j. Baldwin,
the millionaire turfman. The estate is
valued at upwards of 81 100000.
Il. ID. Hughes. L. l.. Davis, Il. l.. Mann
and Pete Chrismann. of Gonzales, and H.
n. Norman and l.. Jennings, of Gilroy
sailed from Santa Cruz, Cal. for n lone
island in the Pacific Ocean about eight
hundred miles west OF Ieru III search oil
buried treasure. Forty-three years aga
Mr.. Jennings was Il sailor in the south
seas, and he is said TO have been one of
six who buried on the island three large
jars of Spanish doubloons valued at be-
tween 100000 and 81 100000. Mr.. Jen-
nings is the only man alive that knows
the location of the money, as the other
five died in his presence on the Peruvian
coast. He bas chart of the island and
claims it is volcanic and uninhabitcd
Three months will be required to make
the trip.
A profound sensation was caused in
Butte, Mont, by the issuance, at the in
stance of the County Attorney, of war
rants for the arrest of several men in
high standing and connected with the