Marshall County independent., 1895-07-05
WESTERN.


has joined the Fargo, y. D., divorce col
ony.
At Seattle, Wash, three boys were
drowned in the bay while playing on a
boom of logs.
The alleged lynchers of ex-County
Treasurer Barrett Scott have been acquit-
ted by the jury at Butte, Neb.
"Rainmaker" Frank Melbourne has
confessed to a Cleveland reporter that
his performance in the West several years
ago was a humbug.
Charles Taylor, colorcd burglar, was
caught in the residence of L. Nj. HydOck,
South Omaha, Neb., citizen, at mid
night, Saturday. and after desperate
struggle was shot and killed by Hydock.
At Greeley, Colo, Deputy United States
Marshal Lowell arrested John Z. Klug. of
Box Elder, charged with having fenced in
portion of the public domain embracing
about ten thousand acres. Klug claims
that he either owns or leases all the land
which he has fenced.
The steamer Chilcat from Juneau to
Port Townsend, Wash, brings news of
the disappearance of the steamer Che
south. but inquiries at the ports on the
news of the vessel Much anxiety exists
| concerning her whereabouts.
| At Idaho Springs, Colo, George r. Nc
| Clelland has resigned as cashier and di-
| rector of the First National Bank and
| has turned over to his bondsmen all his
property. His brother has also deposited
| collateral sufficient to protect the bank
Mr. McClelland had borrowed money
| largely to carry on mining deals in which
| he had paid options to the amount of
| 100000.
l.. A. Condee, n constable and detec-
| tive for the Ritzville, Wash, Cattlemen' s
| Association, was found dead in the road
| with three bullet wounds in his body.
| Condlee arrested Alfred Shines and started
| for Ritzville with him on horseback.
| Shines, who is known as "Jesse James,
| is supposed to have Overpowered COndlee
and taken his pistols, as signs of a strugg' e
were visible in the road.
| Indian Agent Beck, at Pende-, Neb.,
notified the reservation settlers that they
must come before him and make new
| leases secured by bond or cash or vacatc
|
every one of the renters has already given
notes for rent to the Flournoy company,
it is not likely they will make new leases
or yield peaceable possession without an
| order from the courts.
On petition of stockholders in the Is.
| and Nj. Packing Company of Denver,
Judge Butler has appointed George W.
| Ballantyne receiver of the company. The
assets are valued at S93, 600; liabilities,
$9S,0OO. 1t is alleged that Andrew ].
| Campion, Henry II. Mills and Barnabas
Huber gave their notes TO the company
| for $137 GOO worth of stock and have paid
only $4,000 of the amount; also that they
have converted to their own use large
| sums of the companys money.
AT the conference between the iron man
ufacturers and the Amalgamated Associa-
| tion conference committee at Youngs-
town, Ohio. it was finally agreed that the
scale adopted at the recent Cleveland
convention should be accepted. This in
cludes 81 Il ton rate for pudding on a
card rate of 40 cents, the increase to be
% cents for each one-tenth increase i'll the
card rate up to ~ on the present mini
mum, which would make the rate So ton
pound.
1t has developed that Harry II. Hay
ward, now in Jail at Minneapolis under
sentence of death for the murder of Cath
crime Cling, has made formal application
to the New York Life and Travellers
| Accident Insurance Companies for the
| $4,000 insurance on the life of his vic
TIM He is supposed to have taken this
action to bear out his claim to innocence
The executors of Miss Ging's estate viii
bring action to have the assignment of the
policies to Hayward set aside fraudu
| lent.
| Volcanic disturbances are again re
ported in the CocOpah country of Lower
California. George Neal, mining man
has just returned to San Diego, Cal. from
that region and says that on Sunday he
saw smoke ascending from the centra
peak of three mountains that rise severa
hundred feet above the desert. The
smoke ascended high in the air and was
accompanied by sounds like distant can
nonading The Indians told Neal that
mud volcanoes, gas fissures hot springs
and fire volcanoes were at work more ac
lively than ever.
Six fircmen dead and others seriously
injured, with property loss of 100000
are the results of n fire at Minneapolis
Minn.. Thursday night. The dead are
Joseph Hay, Walter Richardson, Franz
Rulaine, John Horner, Bert Thomas ant
an unidentified man. Several others were
seriously injured. The property loss con
sisted of the entire destruction of tn,
building occupied by Mcdonald Bros.
dealers in crockery, chinaware, glassware
silverware and gas fixtures. The tOta
loss will aggregate over 100000; insur
ance unknown.
Secretary John Il. Moon, of the Kansa:
Life Insurance Association, has been il
Kansas City in conference with the Off
cials Of other companies interested con