Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
WESTERN.

John Brady. one of the bandits who
held up Southern Pacific train in Te-
hama County. California. and murdered
Sheriff BOgard Il few weeks ago. is said
TO lave been surrounded by posse near
Sacramento.
In response to an appeal from Rev. J.
L. Irwin, of Pond Greek, o. r.. who is
in Denver, the secretary of the Denver
Chamber of Commerce has appealed to
the public 10 contribute generously for
the people in that territory,
The Oregon Democratic State Central
Committee will not call p convention to
take action on the silver question. The
secretary has received replies to his cir
cular from the chairmen of seventeen
county committees who are opposed to
such action. This is Il majority of the
county committees.
Reuben Lloyd. of San Francisco, attor-
ncy for two of the heirs of the Fair es-
tate. is authority for the statement that
Special Administrator GOOdfellow had
been offered $2J0.OO0 to withdraw from
the case. Mr.. Goodfellow declined the
offer. He refuses to tell who tried to in
duce him TO resign his position.
At Syracuse, Kan, the bridge across the
Arkansas River was washed away by
sudden rise in the river. The two shore
sections were carried down by the cur
rent, leaving the middle span intact.
There were seven men ON the middle span
and they were threatened with drowning
They managed to build raft, however.
Heavy damage was caused by fire Fri
day i'll the Deering Harvesting works. at
Chicago. The fire started in the fiber
room and was soon spreading itself all
over the building in which this room is
located Two volunteers who attempted
to f ght the fire had narrow escape from
death, while many others were more or
less injured by the smoke.
Wheat went soaring in price on the Chi
cago Board of Trade Wednesday, the adj
vance being caused by higher figures
abroad ard remarkable falling off in the
receipts at winter wheat receiving points.
1t is thought by many operators that the
trend of the market from now on will be
upward until the S0cent mark shall have
been reached and passed again.
]. III. Robbins, of Millersburg Ind,
died before the funeral escort had re-
turned from the burial of his wife, Mr.
determination to die as soon as his wife
should have passed away, and he request
cd that his funeral sermon should be
preached at the same time as that of his
wife. His wishes were gratified and the
unusual incident of a man listening to his
own funeral discourse was witnessed by
those present.
After listening to the testimony of G.. +.
Shedd, Il. A. Shedd and j. II. Williams,
the grand jury at Chicago unanimously
voted this indictment: w. ID. Miller. for
attempted eXtortion by threats. Miller
is the man who. it is said. acted as go-be-
tween for the Aldermen, Finkler and Mar
tin, who were indicted by the recent spe-
cial grand jury for soliciting brides from
different ice companies. The penalty for
the offense of which Miller is accused is
a fine not exceeding $500 and imprison-
ment not exceeding six months.
A strange and bloody murder was com
mitted Thursday night on the farm of
Ernest Lanse, seventeen miles west of
Minneapolis. The body of Maggie
Craigie, the 1f-year-old daughter of Cap
tain Charles Craigie, of the Minneapolis
fire department, was found with the top
of her head blown off by a charge from Il
shotgun. Futile efforts had been made 20
remove the traces of blood in the upstairs
room where the murder was committed
and on the stairs where the body had been
dragged down. The LANCE shotgun was
found with one recently fired shell in it.
Mrs. LANCE claimed to have been away
from the house ut the time, and later her
S-year-old son, Freddy, confessed that he
had killed the girl by accident.
The story of an Indian uprising at
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, told Saturday
by an Associated Press dispatch and pub