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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
FOREIGN,

President Faure Of France. may re
sign in consequence of undcrhanded at
tacks on him because of scandal nvoly-
ing his fathcrin-law.
A special dispatch from Rome an
nOunces that numerous wrecks have oc-
cured during the great storms which have
swept over Italy. Much damage has
been done especially along the coasts.
The severe storms which have prevailed
over Switzerland and throughout Europe
III general have caused great damage.
especially in the villages in the mountain
districts of Switzerland. An earthquake
shock was felt at HASH. also known as
ber-Hasli in Bernc canton.
A dispatch addressed to the Associated
Press and signed 10y number of Ar
menans of Constantinople has been re-
ceived in London. 1t saws: Armenia is
at her last gasp. The number Of people
massacred reaches 100000 and half Il
million of survivors have taken refuge in
the forests and mountains, where they
are feeding on herbs and roots. Hunger
and cold have begun 10 make great raw
ages among them. In the name of hu-
manity and Christianity save us
In her struggle for independence Cuba
has found Il powerful ally i'll the Island of
Porto Rico. According to the latest in
telligence Spain has two instructions on
her hands. or will have if the plans matur-
Ing are carried into execution. An army
Is being formed by the scparatist party
of Porto Rico, and as soon as the leaders
are ready the new campaign will open.
As In the Venezuelan affair, the reyola-
tionists are Cuban patriots residing in
New York. and the same secrecy attends
their movements. The leaders claim that
vigorous declaration of independence
has been prepared by the leaders of the
Porto Rican separatist party. and that
it is their intention to ISSUE this as soon
as they can feel sure that they can de-
fend themselves against any action Spain
may take III consequence. One OF the
most prominent Porto Ricans in New
York declared Tuesday that this might be
in less than Il fortnight.
The White Star line steamship Ger
manic. Captain McKinstry. from Liver
pool Wednesday for Queenstown and
New York. collidcd at the mouth of the
River Mersey with the Scotch coasting
steamer Cambrae and was obliged to re-
turn to London badly damaged. The
Germanc has hole 9 feet 10y in its
bow above the water mark. The collision
occurred in the fog. Both vessels We're
going dead slow at the time. About an
hour after the Germanic started it had
an extra lookout man. but it was impossible
to avoid the collision. The cries of the
Cambrae's passengers were heartrend-
ing when they found the vessel was sink
ing. The Germanic's bulkheads were
Immediately closed. so that little water
penetrated the hull. \ volunteer crew
from the Germanic and the Cambrae
started to draw the fires and TO save 1he
valuables on board the Cambrae. but it
sani- L. rVir they reached it, This crew
thus left behind losf traces of the Ger
manic. but fortunately their cries at
tracted Il tug, which rescued them.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
TClexra ISrcNifics.

Over 1000 hogs have died Of cholera
during the last three weeks in Harper.
Barber and Summer Counties. Kan
A receiver has been appointed ut Nan,
sas City for the Pennsylvania Invest.
ment Company. The liabilities gre esti.
mated at $365,0OO.
The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
has decided 10 erect new building on
the public square. which il To cost, to-
gether with the site, half million dol
lars.
The Kirkham cold storage buildings
at Anderson, Ind, were wrecked by a
natural gas explosion and Harry Gather
was severely but probably not fatally
burned.
Senator Sherman receives a ROYALTY on
his book of 81 for each copy sold As
over 12I 900 have been sold the Senator
is reaping a satisfactory financial return
from his effort.
Emma Davis. the sixth victim i'm tho
fire in Il Cincinnati tenement. died. She
made an ante-mortem statement that she
was the common law wife of The late
Thomas Hanna. millionaire whose es
tate owns the building that was burned.
Russians were the instigators of the
conspiracy of Ii lIau Shin against the
King of Corea. The Russians who as
sisted in the affair have identified some
of the Americans who participated in
the plot. 1t is alleged that the latter
joined in the conspiracy owing TO the
revocation of the gold mine concessions
granted by the Queen and because their
salaries as advisers were reduced.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
MARKET REPORTS.

ago-Cattle. common to prime,
$3.50 to $50: hogs. shipping grades,
$500 To $40; sheep. fair to choice, $50
to $50; wheat. No. = red. JSc TO 59c;
corn, No. >, 25c 10 pc: oats. No. >. 11c
10 1Sc; rye, No. >. SIC to 3Sc: butter,
choice creamery. 24c to pc: eggs fresh.
zoe TO 21c; potatoes, per bushcl, 1Sc to
2Jc; broom corn, $50 TO $50 per ton for
poor TO choice
indianapolis shipping $500 to
$40; hogs. choice light, $500 to $3.115;
sheep. common to prime. $500 To $3.50:
wheat, No. =. &c to 6ic; corn. No. l
white, 2Gc to 2Sc; oats, No. = white, dc
to 23c.
st. LOuis-Cattle.' S3. 90 to $500: hogs,
$500 to 1913: wheat No. . red. 6jc TO
&c; corn, No. = yellow. 25c to 26c; oats,
No. 2 white, lie TO 1Sc; rye, No. >, 333c
to 3Jc.
$500 to $4.00: sheep $3.50 TO $3.50:
wheat, 10. ,, Csc To zoe; corn. No. >
mixed, Doe to SOC; oats, No. mixed, 20c
TO bic; rye, No. =, He to ABE
Detroit-Cattle, $40 to $500: hogs
$500 to $40; sheep. 500 TO $50;
wheat, No. rcd, &c to &c; corn. No. y
yellow. 2Sc TO 90; oats, No. > white. pic
to DC: rye Use TO 39c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. . red. 6jc 10 61c
corn, No. > yellow, &c to 29c; oats, No.
2 white l9c to DE; rye. No. >, 39c TO Soc
clover seed, $4.35 to S4.4J.
BuffalO-Cattlc, 500 To 500; hogs.
$500 TO 500: sheep. $3.50 to 1913:
wheat. No. = red, zoe to 13c; corn. No.
> yellow, 33c 20 34c; oats, No. > white,
23c to DE
Wheat. No. spring, SIC
to 5Sc; corn, No. 3. PC to BE; oats, No.
. white. 1Sc to 19c: barley. No. =, 32c TO
34c; rye. No. ], 3Gc TO Csc; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $500.
New York-Catt!e, $500 to $j.2j; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep. $500 to S3.75;
wheat, No. = red. 69c TO zoe; corn. No. =,
SAC to 35c; oats, No. white. DE to DC.
butter. creamery, lie to CSC; eggs, West
erns PIC to 21c.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
Six for n Quarter or No Fare.

Mayor Pingree of Detroit. rode from
his home TO the City Hall Friday without
paying any street car fare. The CON
ductor demanded it and the Mayor offer
ed it in a way that was not acceptable
to the street ear company Although his
Honor invited the conductor to put him
off he rode unmolested To his office. This
situation is part of the Mayors campaign
for cheaper fares. Recently the Citizens
Street Railway, failing to compromise
certain disagreements with the city,
adopted the plan of getting even by dis
continuing the sale of six tickets for 4
quarter and insisting on Il straight J-cent
fare. The Mayor holds that the prece-
dent of thirty years had practically made
the six for a quarter arrangement con
tract, and insists that it IS still in force.
He tested il by Offering -, cents for six
tickets. He was refused. and thercupon
declined 10 pay any fare. He advised
other passengers to follow the same plan.
and several of them did. In the evening.
while homeward bound. the Mayor again
refused to pay Il 5-cent fare, whereupon
the conductor stopped the car and elected
the Mayor. He took the matter pleasant
ly. and will begin suit against the COM
pany.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
BREVITIES.

At Evansville. Ind. George Rubright.
a veal minded young man, while in
church suddenly attacked Miss Carrie
Daum and stabbed her fatally. Rubright
has arrested.
An alleged Internal machine was found
on the doorsteps of the Spanish Minis
ter's house at Washington early Sunday
morning. The machine was taken away
by the police and will be examined. The
device is said to have been n good sized
box, filled with a graduated substance.
Safeblowers broke into the Office of a,
NJ. Levin x Co, lumber dealers at Gin
cinnati, and instead of blowing the safe
open blew it shut The robbers evidently
did not try the safe door and went 10
work as if il were locked. They drilled
q hole under the combination, breaking
two drills, then filled the hole with pow
der. The explosion blew the combination
to and locked the door. The robbers
abandoned the job, and when Mr.. Levin
arrived he had TO send for safe expert
to open the door.
Sir Julian Goldsmid, the Hebrew phi
lanthropist of London, is critically ILL.,
At Nevada, Mo. in the suit of f.. W.
Clark against Mrs. Caroline Simmons for
$J0,OOO for breach of promise of mar
riage, the jury was out fifteen minutes
and returned verdict for the defendant
1t was the first suit of the kind ever be-
gun in Vernon County.
Col. Prior, of British Columbia. has
accepted the portfolio of Controller of
Customs, with a seat i'll the Cabinet.
Senator Quay declares that he would
not accept a nomination for the Presiden-
cy il it were offered him on q gold plate
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
Turns a New Leaf.

The new management of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway has
wiped q big wet sponge over its slate and
will start out with an entirely new deal.
In other words, it has decided to cancel
every contract of every description held
by or against the old company and begin
all over again as if none of them were in
1rs- ssi'piINS
hc contracts, contracts for supplies. con-
tracts with other corporations, railroad
and otherwise, and, in fact. contracts of
every kind, down To the one for the wicks
for the brakemen's lanterns. How many
of these contracts there are not even the
general accountant of the road can tell
without a long search of his books. They
run into the thousands and are such as n
railroad corporation naturally acquires
in many years of business.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
Red Cross to Helm.

The American Red Cross Society has
decided to accept the duty of distributing
the relief funds for 100000 Armenian
sufferers and has issued an appeal for aid.
Miss Barton, president, says such wide
spread want can be met only by relief
funds running into the millions. IL is es-
timated that the cost of relief per capita
will be much heavier than in the case of
the JohnstOwn and Sea Island sufferers,
owing TO inaccessibilty The Red Cross
party, including Miss Barton. will leave
Immediately after being assured of a suf-
hcient sum TO carry forward the work.
The start must be made soon. 1t takes
FIVE weeks to get TO the distressed district
and demand is urgent
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
AVERAGE PRICE OF PRODUCE.
What the Farmers Were Asking for
Crops the First of This Season.

The December returns to the statistical
division of the department of agriculture
relate principally 10 farm prices Dec. /.
The farm price of corn averages 26 Z
cents, against 4o.6 last year. The aver
age price of wheat is So cents per bush.
el, against 1913 last year: of rye AZ :
cents, against 800; of oats 200 cents,
against 800; Of barley 3J.4 cents, against
ALB; of buckwheat SOP cents. against
o6.2 cents last year. The returns show
the average price of hay TO be S9.3S per
ton, against $3.50 same date last year
The average price of tobacco is returned
at &C cents. against Ga cents last year.
The price of potatoes on the farm is re-
ported at 2S.S cents per bushel, against
$50 cents last year. Z
The condition of winter wheat Dec. 1
averaged fer the country S1.4 per cent.
against 80 last year and 80 in 1893. In
the principal winter wheat States tho
percentages are as follows: Ohio. 81:
Michigan. 40: Indiana. SO: Illinois. 80;
Missouri. 16: Kansas, so; Nebraska, 80:
California, 102. The returns make tho
acreage of winter wheat just sown 1046
percentage of that harvested in 1895.
This estimate. which is preliminary to the
completed estimate OF June next. makes
the area sown for the harvest of 1890
%, 61I 900 acres.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
Bad WnrIS Cost Money.

There seems to he determination on
the part of the authorities of Red Bank,
y. j., 10 suppress swearing on the public
streets. Grover Reeves WAS arraigncd
before Justice Childs and fined $50 for
having used seven bad words on the
street This is the second case of the
kind that has occurred in few weeks.
All who wish 10 swear on the public
highway may do So, provided there is no
objection to pa. ing for each swear at the
rate of 30 cents q word
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18

alton another bond issue Is altogether
probable within the next few months at
the farthest. The present condition of
the exchange market, and the commercial
situation generally, il is said. point I'M
mistakably TO further large Withdrawals
of gold, ard unless something is done to
prevent the usual heavy exports during
January and February, which for the
last two years have forced the issue of
bonds to recoup the depleted gold re-
serve, similar situation will confront
the treasury before the new year is far
advanced.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
BOATS ON THE BEACH.
FIERCE GALE SWEEPS THE EAST
ERN COAST.
Disastrous Early Morning Blaze at st.
Paul-Swcar Words Are Assessed al
Fifty Cents Each in Red Bank, New
Jersey.
Gloucester schooners Meet Disaster.

Gloucester SChoOners Meet Disaster.
Dispatches TO the Gloucester. MASS.
Mutual Insurance Company say that the
schoOners Hattie II. LHneil. =. l.. Willard.
Mabel r. Bennett. and Jennie SeaveTns
parted their cables while lying at anchor
in the roadstcd between the islands of St
Pierre and Little MiquciOn during ter
rible gale Thursday and drove ashore.
The Linncll is Il total loss. and after 60
ing ashore was burned To the waters
edge. Tht Bennett was forced 10 slip
her chains or be sunk with all hands at
her anchorage by the French steamer
POuyer Quiertier which had parted her
cable an was driv Ing n shore. The steam
or is Il total loss. The Willard. Seaverns
and Bennett are in bad positions and full
of water. and it is feared they Will be
total losses.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
Will BE Lively After HoIidays.

X. q. Dan & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says: 1T has been a very quiet
week, without any disturbances. Prices
of manufactured products slowly rpcede
from the high water mark of speculation
and no material increase in demand is
now expected until after the holidays, but
there is general confidence that greater
activity will then appear, and that works
which have stopped little earlier than
Usual will again be called into operation
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
Waun Building at ST. Paul Burns.

At o'clock Friday morning fire broke
out in the Wann Building. st. Paul. oc-
cupied by Henry :. SternberG as Il job
bing dry goods and clothing house and by
Guiterman Bros. manufacturers OF
shirts. pants. ovcralls. etc. The whole
department was called out. The fire
spread rapidly to the roof OF the building
adjoining which is occupied by Price X
Robbins wholesale paper house. The
whole upper floor of the building in which
the fire originated was damaged. The
pipemen had hot and dangerous fight on
the top floor. They were forced from the
building 10 the extension ladder. and ut
one time the ladder became charged with
electricity from the wires below. but they
were cut before any fatalities resulted.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. fully COW
cred by insurance. Five hundred en-
ploycs of Guiterman Bros. are thrown out
of work
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
WASHINGTON,

The Republican national convention
will be held ut ST. Louis on June 16 next.
That was the decision reached by the
Republican National Committee assem-
bled in Washington Tuesday. after spirit
Ell ballotipg lasting two hours. The sue
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18

Washington dispatch: The statement
is made hy persons who are among those
best qualified to Judge thar in the absence
of legislation to relieve the financial stu
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
PUGNACIOUS PINGREE
WILL FORCE THE STREET-CAR
FIGHT AT DETROIT.

Death Dealing Electric Wires Squ1rni,
Splitter, and Hiss with Blue Blazcs
in ChicagO's Streets-SaDta Fe Road
Cancels All Contracts.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18

Pearl Barton, the Wilkcsbarre girl
who has been asleep since Nov. - died
Thursday morning without awakening.
Recent compilations show Senator
Sherman one of eleven children TO begin
with. to be now thirty seven times an
uncle and the graGduncle to sixty-three
children.
The evening times., 1895-11-05
INFAMOUS LEATHER TRUST.

For some time operations of the Leather
Trust have resulted in a constantly upward
tendency of all kinds of footwear. and it is
announced in a telegram to The Times to-day
that the gigantic organization has shut down
all of the 100 tauneries under it's control,
that not hide will be taken from them for
two months, and that at least 10. 900 en-
ployes will be forced into a condition of idle
ness. or course, all this is for the purpose OF
advancing the price of footwear to 4 still
higher figure, Just as the winter season is
setting in.
The action of this monopoly is n crime
for which prison bars and prison fare seems
to be altogether too luxurious. The tread
mill would be a too healthful exercise.
Some new punishment should be invented
to meet the emergency. Perhaps managers
might receive their just dues down in
Texas, where niobs have peculiar methods
of dealing with criminals.
AS Attorney-General Harmon appears to
have decided IL is unnecessary for him TO
devote further time to answering Inquiries
in regard to Cuban meetings, possibly be
might find it entertaining both to himself
and the public to give an opinion upon tue
antics of leather trusts. Possibly he may
mention the matter in his annual report to
Congress and possibly the President may
even be led 20 discuss such pernicious Or
ganizations.
The evening times., 1895-11-05
cARNEGIE,s MoNuMENr.

Whatever may be said of the apparent
economical and humanitarian inconsisten-
cies of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, the telegraph
operator of n quarter of a century ago and
The multi millionaire of today. that gentle
man is making use of his wealth during his
life as few men have done in the history of
the world.
He docs not erect churches for the dis
senination of sectarian dogmas; nor col
leges, whose teachers must wear the pet
theories of their builders upon their sleeves;
nor ante-mortem cemetery shafts or vaults.
He erects edifices which shall be repositO-
ries for works of art in literature, In sculp
ture, in painting, in music, in all that is
aesthetic. His libraries must contain vol
umes of all great authors, Buddhistic, Mo
hanmedan, Confucian, Christian, Infilel
and others; all religions, all PHILOSOPHERS
all sciences; novels, ancient and modern;
idealistic.- realistic and idiotisuc; poetry
from Job to Omar Khayam; from Omar to
Shakespeare, and from Shakespeare to
William Morris, and Verlaine and Meter
linck; economical theories, from Adam
Smith to Karl Marx, and his myriad of
disciples. Here the student and thinker
may read and reason for himself, without
suffering the dominion OF the do mimic or
the university doctor.
These suggestions are prompted by the
statement that the great Pittsburg Car
negie Library building in schenley Park
is 10 be dedicated this evening. Mr.. Car
negie has given libraries to his native town
of Dumfermline in Scotland, and to many
other Scottish towns and cities. He has
given Allegheny City its finest architectural
ornament in a splendid library and fine arts
building. New York city is indebted to
him for a music hall, and Pittsburg for
the mag nificent library building now about
TO be opened. These be monuments, indeed.
Mr.. Carnegie may be blamed for permit
ting person by the name of Frick to con-
troll the lives of thousands of workmen; he
may well be criticised for his vaciIation
upon economical questions; but many sins
of commission and omission may be forgiven
in such as he.
The evening times., 1895-11-05
Curious Callines.

A woman in q tenement house removes
gray hairs and moles. The gray and long
white hairs are sold to hairdressers for
switches, as white hair is hard to get.
Tony, the garbage raker, goes over every
ash barrel and garbage box he finds. He
sells the paper to be made into pasteboa rd
corks go to the costunier who prepares them
for the theatrical profession, bottles are sold
and melted over again, the glassbluwer's
art giving them new beauty. Tony makes
from 20 cents to ST. day.
Boston has an echo destroyer. A fine
looking Swede goes about picking up peach
stones, which he carves into charms and
amulets and sells to his cuuntrymen.
A French hairdresser and perfumer In
Philadelphia does good business selling
skeletonsur parts of the humanform. Small
bones, such as thvse from the ear, he does
up In cotton and sells for 81 apiece. Anam
or leg fully articulated brings from So to
So, while whole skeleton brings from
$50 to $40.
There is q mar who makes snug sum by
raising spiders, which he sells to wine mer-
chants, who train them to wind webs
around new bottles, thus giving them an
appearance of age.
Many men live by rat catching. One man
who does this has laid by a snug sum and goes
about the streets carrying q yellow bag
marked with his name and profession
There are different ways of catching rats
and the devotees are jealous Of revealing
their especial method.
The evening times., 1895-11-05
Several Noted Ones.

II is a curious fact that not one Of the ma
jor generals or OF the brigadier generals now
on the active list will succeed Gen. Miles
should he live 10 the age OF retirement,
which occurs in 1903-General Brooke,
VINO approaches nearest, arriving at the
retiring age in 1902.
Mr.. Gladstone. on alightlng at a rail-
road station in England recently, was
cheered by the spectators present. one
OF whom, an elderly, gray-hared man.
advanced with extended hands TO greet
him. After shaking hands " ith Inn Mr..
Gladstone inquired his age. Seventy
years DID," was the reply. why. you are
quite youngster STILL remarked Mr..
Gladstone jodllarly, amid the laughter
of the bysaaHlcrs.
In the privacy OF his study Emperor
William smokes big china-bowled pipe
OF the typical German kind.
Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones died
at SOuthsea. England, the other day in his
ninety-,iglab Gear. He entered the navy
in 1907, 5Hf in. the follow ing year took
part IN tef s,WAlcberen expedition. After
the close d the French " ar he was present
at Lord Exneuth's bombardment of AL
giers. in s1sIS, and by the time he had
reached his; siktl-sixth year he had been
forty -four Eyears afloat and in active
service.
Andreas Hofer. the Tyrolese patriot, is
TO have colossal statue erected to his
memory on The top of the Kuchelberg.
The Duchess of Albany has Inverted a
school-room desk and seat for " iIich the
Sanitary Institute has awarded her a
gold medal al its exposition in London. 1t
was designed some time ago, and is row
used in most of the royal and imperial
nurseries in England and on the continent.
The invention has special reference fO
the effect OF posture on the health OF school
children.
Lord Knutsford, who was recently pro-
NOTED TO the rank OF viscount, is married
to the favorite niece OF the great Lord
Macaulay. II V as to his Dearest Babba,"
as he called her, that Lord Macaulay adj
dressed his Lays OF Ancient Rome"
" hich he composed for her special en,er-
tanmcnt and Instruction.
When in The best OF health Lord Rose
berry seldom sleeps more than five hours
out of the twenty-four.