Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
EASTERN.

The Gale Shoe Company, at Haverhili,
Mass, has refused to treat with its strik-
ing employees, except as individuals.
George W. Bush & Sons, coal and lum-
Der dealers at Wilmington. Del, have
rallied. Liabilities, $3.50, 900; assets, $780,
OOO
Bromley Bros. of Philadelphia, have
granted their art square wcavers an adj
vance of per cent. in wages, to go into
effect at once.
The New York Central is building n
theater car, on which performances will
be given on night trains between New
York and Buffalo.
Charles Frohman has finally arranged
for the presentation in London of the rep
resentation of the American drama, The
Girl l Left Behind Me"
Three masked men near Sharon, Pa,
tortured Mrs. Stephen Ross by fire until
she revealed the hiding place of her
money. The men got $50.
The Rev. Willy Morgan Cross, of Bal
timore, has been charged with conduct
unbecOming q minister because he court
ed two ladies at the same time.
All the criminal suits against the fac
tons of the Order of Scion at Pittsburg,
Pa, have been withdrawn and the af-
fairs of the order will be wound up.
Three masked men beat two male occu-
pants of Stephen Ross house, at Sneak
leyville, Pa. into ipsensbility and then
forced Mrs. Ross. by blistering her feet
and other torture. to reveal the hiding
place of $50. The victims, bound and
gagged, were found insensble by neigh
bors
An attempt to burn st. Peters Roman
Catholic Church. in the Dorchester dis
trict, Boston. while ] 200 people were at
tending evening service. was made We'd
nesday night. The blaze was discovered
In time to prevent serious damage TO the
building and, although stampede of the
congregation occurred as soon as It was
known fire threatened. no one was Sc
riOusly injured.
The cordage works of William Wall x
Sons in Williamsburg, y. Y, have been
shut down and all the employees dis
charged. The plant during the last few
years has been controlled by the cordage
trust. 1t gave employment to nearly
1000 men and was started more than
large area of ground occupied by the fac
tory will be cut up into building lots.
HenS +. Wing, cashier of the Grafton,
Mass, National Bank, was found dead in
his barn, with a bullet hole through his
head. Beside him lay the revolver With
which he had taken his life. Mr. Wing
had been in poor health for some time,
and the settlement of large estate which
was attended with numerous law suits
had served to unsettle his mind. There
were pending against him suits aggregat-
ing more than 100000. 1t is understood
that the directors of the bank held a
meeting, and it is supposed Mr.. Wing was
with them. None of the directors will
talk.
Mrs. Micah Dyer, Jr., n Boston, Mass,
society leader and member of twenty
wOmen's clubs, filed n voluntary petition
/ in Insolvency. Her liabilities are about
100000. The value of the assets is not
40 cents on the dollar. Mrs. Dyer's diff
culties are due to signing notes for her
son, DIR. Willard n Dyer, manag ger of the
American Health Supply Company. He
is ~, Harvard graduate, and a physi-
clan of high standing. He abandoned his
profession and sunk $4,000 in the health
food enterprise. Mrs. Dyer's husband
is wealthy. He says he would settle his
wife's Indebtedness if he knew how her
affairs stood. but he does not. and there
fore advised the course she has taken.