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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
EASTERN.

The Hubbard House and other build
ings in the business section of Clayton,
n. Y, were burned; loss about $4,000.
There were forty guests in the Hubbard
House. all of whom escaped.
Mrs. Lena Roesener, of Pitts5urg,
hanged herself to closet door, after she
had hung up two of her children in an
other room. She had been sick for q
long time, and it is supposed was insane.
The furniture of Mrs. Katharine Chase,
daughter of the late chief justice, and
former wife of the late Senator Spragu
of Rhode Isl; !, has been seized for
debt and is about to be disposed of at
auction in Washington.
Cadet Roberts, member of the
''plebe" class at West Point is said to
have been so badly hazed few days ago
that he tainted. Cadets Robert Jayne
Maxey and Wallace Bryan Scales We're
placed under arrest, charged with being
the offenders.
Rev. DR.. +. Ernest Hansen, who for
eight years had been professor of He
brew in the German Presbyterian Theo-
logical Seminary in Bloomfield, \. j., has
been deposed from his position and from
the ministry and expelled from the church
for bigamy.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Britt, who live at
Haldeon, y. j., reported 70 the Bloom
field police that they had been held up by
two footpads who rode bicycles on the
Paterson road in Brooklyn and robbed of
81. 700 in cash, besides some jewelry.
After the robbery the thieves remounted
their wheels and escaped
died of blood POISONING. Six weeks ago
Miss Cope, one of his parishioners, for
jest pricked him with n hat pin in the leg.
Blood poisoning followed, and to save his
life the leg was amputated, but he failed
to survive the ordeal. The young wom-
an is almost craZed with grief.
The social session rendered by Atlantic
City, \. j., lodge to the visiting Elks at
the Baltic avenue Casino ended III a dis
aster in which fully 100 persons were
seriously injured. The session had Just
opened and only one Of the speakers had
been heard when. without The slightest
warning. the building. which had not been
used for several years, collapsed and
fully 1000 persons were thrown to the
floor beneath.
One hundred and six acres, adjoining
the grounds of the Chautauqua Assembly.
ut Chautauqna. n. ". have been secured
by the American Brewing Company of
Chicago. Milwaukee, and Toronto and it
is the reported intention of the company
to erect beer garden and brewery there
on. Mrs. Kate Hunt. of Buffalo. who
owned the property, will receive $4,000.
The assembly tried to purchase part of
the property this spring, Offering $4,000
for fifty acres. but Mrs. Hunt refused to
sell a part Great indignation is felt
there over the sale.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
SOUTHERN,

DR.. Edward Jones, of the Eastern Ken
lucky Insane Asylum staff, was found
dead beneath his window. 1t is thought
he leaped out.
Fears are entertained at Little Rock.
Ark, that an overflow will result from
the present unprecedented rise in the
Arkansas River.
William Walker, notorious colored
desperado. who has been robbing and ter
rorizing the people of his own race near
Memphis, was killed by William Walton,
cOlored, a member of n posse which had
besieged Walk in his own house.
At meeting of coal mine operators
controlling seven-eighths of the coal out
put of Alabama, and representing over
$20,0OO,0O0 capital, held in Birmingham,
the formation of a gigantic coal combine
was practically completed. The purpose
of the pool, leading operator says, is 70
put an end to ruinous competition, by
securing better freight rates and he reali-
zatiOn of such a profit on their product as
will enable them to pay their miners good
wages. 1t is the purpose of those in the
pool to extend it so as to include all the
mines in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
FOREIGN,

The New York Herald's correspondent
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, telegrlphs that
it is impossible to print the 1etails of the
finding of the bodies of those who fell
q fter Admiral Saldhana da Gama's death
There is Il profound sensation in Rio de
JaneirO at the recital of the barbarities
practiced
The Spanish foreign Office has cabled
to the Spanish Minister in Washington,
Senior Dupuy de LONE, concerning the
reported interview of Ambassador Eustis
i'm the Paris Figaro with view to having
the Minister ask the State Department
to disavOw the reported Itterances of
Mr.. Eustis.
The Red Star Line steamer Westerland
sailed for Antwerp Wednesday from New
York with the second American national
pilgrimage, under the auspices of the
Fathers of Mercy, to the European
shrines. The first pilgrimage took place
last year and the present was or
ganized at the request of the Pope.
Yellow fever is increasing alarmngly
in the West Indies. The week ending
June % recorded twenty eight deaths in
Santiago. while there is an average of
five deaths daily at Puerto Principe, 4
city of $4,000 persons. There are 100
cases in the military hospital ct San
Juan, Island of Porto Rico, and the dis
ease is rapidly increasing.
1t is the belief among officials in Wash
ington that Japan will use n large part of
the war indemnity which China is TO pay
her for the purpose of materially increas-
ing her navy The financial resources of
Japan will be very abundant during the
coming year, as she will receive over
500. OOOO before next May and there
after about $2O,O0O,0OO year for five
years. This will be drawn entirely from
China and will be i'm addition to Japan's
usual receipts from customs and internal
revenues. The customs receipts promise
to be very large, as the new treaties
which Japan has effected With leading
nations will bring about a readjlstment
of tariff duties, so that much greater re-
turns will be realized. 1t is owing to the
assurance of an ample treasury that
American ship-buiding firms have turned
their attention toward Japan.
The stringent relations of Germany re-
garding the importation into that country
of American products have again been
brought to the attention of the Agricul-
tural Department in report 10y Euro
pean Agent John Mattos, Jr., on Ameri
can evaporated or dried fruits i'm the Ger
man empire. Shippers of these fruits are
given warning of the severe restrictions
imposed by Germany, which the depart
inent views rs commercial rather than
hygienic, and merely intend I'd to shut out
American trade. The report cites a re-
cent court trial at Frankfort-on- theMri in
TO determine whether these Tried app es
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
NEWS NUGGETS.

The steamer Ariel, reported sunk i'll the
James River with a crowd of colored en-
cursiOnists, arrived safely ut Petersburg,
Va. 1t was delayed by the storm.
Relatives of persons killed in the coils
ion at Craig's Road. Quebec, have sued
the Grand Trunk Railroad for damages
exceeding in property loss $15O,OOO.
A railroad and wagon bridge is to be
constructed across the Missouri River at
YanktOn to connect the Great Northern
with the Yankton and Norfolk Railroad.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared 10 per cent. dividend in favor
of the creditors of the insolvent Evanston
Ull) National Bank. Also n 10 per cent.
dividend to creditors of the Oregon Ma
tional Bank of Portland. Ore.
The President has issued proclama-
ton stating that as Spain has extended to
American citizens the privileges of copy
right as contemplated by our copyright
act. Spanish citizens are granted the
privileges of American copyright.
Mrs. y. X. Fairbank. wife of the we'll
known Chicago capitalist. died at her
home at IL O'Clock Monday morning. She
had been suffering from peritOnitis for
several weeks and underwent an opera
ton a month ago, which proved unavail-
ing to save her life.
The claim of Capt. Lamothe. of Alton,
H., to the site of the city of London,
Ont, which he says was leased in 119S by
an ancestor, only excites ridicule there.
There is no such lease as he speaks of i'll
the local archives. The first one on rec.
ord dates back only to 1920.
The controversy over the leasing of In
dian lands on the Omaha and Winncbago
reservation took new turn when the
District Court enjOined the Indians
agent, Beck, from making further evic-
tons. 1t is not believed Beck will obey
the injunction and more trouble may
follow.
Within the last two weeks the average
of deaths at Chicago from gasoline stove
explosions has been three u day, as re
ported by the health department Never
before has the slaughter been so great
and the only explanation which the cor
oner has to offer is that it is the beginning
of the gasoline season, and that all of the
fools are not dead yet.
A bill for receiver of the Hotel Rich
ellen, Chicago. was filed in the Superior
Court by III. V. Bemis, proprietor of the
hotel. Judge Payne appointed William
G. Hugunin. The bond was fixed at SO,
600, which was furnished.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago-Cattle. common to prime
1915 to $625: hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, SD
to $3.50; wheat, No. > red, &C to &c;
corn, No. ,, 4Jc TO Acc; oats, No. ,, 23c
TO dc; rye, No. =. 52c to 54c; butter,
choice creamery, 16c to lie; eggs, fresh,
lie to 13c; potatoes, new, per barrel.
S2.2J 40 $215; broom corn, common
growth to fine brush. 4c to GI4c per Id.
Indianapolis Cattle. shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to SOB
sheep, common to prime. $500 to $500;
wheat, No. y, 63c TO 65c; corn, No. l,
white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. white, 2Sc
to Soc.
St Louis-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $5.25; wheat, No. = red, 65c to
&c; corn, No. yellow, 4Oc to Ale; oats,
No. white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. =, Acc
to 4Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to 1925; sheep, $3.50 to $3.75;
wheat, No. Q, Gee to Csc; corn, No. =,
mixed, 4Sc to 49c; oats, No. = mixed, 2Ic
to 2Sc; rye, No. =, 49c to sic.
Detroit-Cattlc, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to 1915;
wheat, No. > red, zoe to tic; corn. No.
to 32c; rye. 41c to 49c
Toledo-Wheat. No. red. roc to re;
corn, No. mixed, 46c to 4Ic; oats, No.
white, 23c to 25c; rye No. .. 4Sc to soc;
clover seed, prime, $3.50 to $500.
BuffalO-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $475;
wheat No. 1 hard. 73c to 74c; corn, No.
2 yellow, 81 to 52c; oats, No. white,
Bic to 33c.
Milwaukec-Wheat. No. . spring, 6Ie
to Csc; corn, No. 3, 47c to 4Sc oats, No.
2 white, DC to Csc; barley, No. 2. 47c to
49c; rye, No. /, 53c to 55c; pork, mess,
$11.00 to S11.50.
New York-Cattle. s.. 90 to 5000: hogs,
$500 to $5.75; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2,
zoe to J2c; oats, No. white, 33c to 34c !;
butter, creamery, loo to 1Sc; eggs, West
ern. 13c to lac.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

or "ring apples" were impure and :nJuri-
Gus to public health and subject to seiz-
ure under the provisions of the pure food
law. Government experts testified that
they were sprinkled with tinge of ace
tate of zinc TO give them a bright color
and more inviting appearance. Apples
SO sprinkled, they claimed. brought on in.
digestion, dyspepsia, and in children v0m-
iting and diarrhea. The Am >ricin goods
were ordered destroyed as unwhOlesOme.
The exporters are advised that if they
wish to increase the trade with Germany,
now assuming large proportions, they
should be-careful not to dry the fruit on
zinc CRATES, but TO use CRATES made of
canes. The department officials say they
are confident that if any zinc is intro
duced in the fruits the amoInt is infinite
ly small and cannot be Injurious. 1t is
denied that the practice exists here of
drying fruit on zinc plates, as claimed 10y
Germany, and the warning to discontinue
the galvanized iron trays Used for dry
ing is intended TO do away with the posi-
bility of introducing the zinc, and thus
giving opportunity for foreign criticism
on that score.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
IN GENERAL

Lytton Taylor, United States attorney
for Alaska, has resigned 10 20 into the
mining business.
Mrs Coleman Drayton has sailed for
Europe. and it is said she is TO become
reconciled TO her husband.
1t is not anticipated that the Window
Glass Workers Association will affiliate
with the knights of Labor.
The German stamer Norstrand loaded
800 tons of Alabama coke at Mobile for
Mexico. 1t will be tested in one of the
furnaces of the Mexican Smelling Com
pany.
The exports from Vancouver Island to
the United States for the year ending
June 80 amounted to S2,500,000 The
value of coal exported amounted to ST.
100000, while gold bullion comes next
with total of $325.00O.
Z. III. Fitzgerald of indianapolis, or
ganizer of the soldiers colony. which is
to go to Georgia from the Northwest CO.,
coo strong, has arrived in Atlanta to
close the contract for 10000 acres of
Georgia farming lands. Mr.. Fitzgerald
says the colony will start South in the
fall
II. D. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF
trade says: "A business flood so strong
and rapid that the conservative fear i
may do harm is out of season in July
But the seasons this year lap over and
crowd each other. May frosts anG
frights. it is now evident. kept back
much business that would naturally have
been finished before midsummer. and the
delayed accumulation of one season gets
in the way of efforts to begin another on
time But the volume of business. how
ever. it may be assured. is remarkably
large for the month. even for good year.
The exaggerated fears about crops have
passed. the syndicate is believed both
able and determined TO protect the treas
ury, and the time draws near when the
marketing of new crops will turn into a
national balance if speculation does not
hinder The week has been notable for
n sensational fall in wheat of $ cents III
two days, followed by recovery of ) cents,
though neither affords any Interpretation
of the quite disregarded Government re-
port. The sudden drop i'll prices was the
result of speculative rather than CONNER
cal influences, though exports not half
as large as last year, 2.09I 60 bushels
flour included from Atlantic ports for
two weeks of July. against 1927 80 last
year. had their effect. as well as Western
receipts of 1,93I.414 bushels, against
2,1J6.91S last year"
Following is the standing of the clubs
of the National Baseball League:
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

there report that no lives were lost. On
the Grand Rapids and Indiana the village
of Morley is threatened, and fires have
been ranging along the track between
Manton and Mancelona. The summer re-
sort, OdenOden. was surrounded by for
est fires and was in danger of being
burned. Wallin consisted Of one hotel.
one store, a saw-mill, warehouse, coal
kiln and about twenty houses. People
are without clothing or food. One child
is missing. Many were overcome by the
heat. Already number of farmhouses
have been burned and the people are COM
ing into the towns with tears streaming
down their faces. because, as they de-
clare between sobs, they have lost all the
property they have on earth. From the
ports along Lakes Michigan and Huron
come messages that The smoke from the
forest fires are proving a serious menace
to naviGators.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
To Purchase Discarded Arms.

James VI. Webb, of BROOKLYN. has re,
turned from Washington, where he has
been trying to secure some of the small
arms which are being replaced by the new
magazine rifle for use in the army. Ii the
Captains negotiations with the War De
partment are successful the condemned
rifles will find their way into the hands
of the Cuban revolutionists. That is adj
mitted by Webb and the local representa-
tives of the Cubans do not deny it. The
Captain says: 1t may not surprise our
Spanish friends to know that small arms
intended for Cuba are being sent out of
brooklyn and New York ut the rate OF
about 1000 every week. None of the laws
Of this country is violated by the shippers.
but the arms get to the rcvolutionists in
due course, nevertheless.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
A JUVENILE BORGIA.
AN INDIANA GIRL GIVES HER
FOSTER PARENTS POISON.
Dead Bodies of Pitzcrs Missing
Daughters FOund-Riflcs for Cuban
surgents-BIoody Decd of Peter
Inser-Mora Millions in Sight.
CHASTITY Discovery at Toronto.

Fleming Sarver and wife, of Union
town. Ind. had an adopted daughter,
Dollie Belknap, aged II. The couple are
60 years old each and we'll off. The girl
has been keeping company with Hays
Robins, the son of one of the wealthiest
farmers of that section. Saturday morn
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Sarver were taken i'll.
Poison WAS found in the coffee-pOt. 1t
was learned the adopted daughter had
purchased Il package of the poison few
days before. She finally confessed she
had placed Il teaspoonful in the coffee-pot
Friday evening. When questioned as TO
why she committed the crime she pro
duccd letter signed by her lover-Hays
RObins-in which he tells her if she
would make away with her foster par
entS she would come into possession of all
their property and they could then get
married and have "a good old time" Dol
lie says she took the letter TO Josie Der
ringer, aged ii. and her sister Mary and
let them read it, and they advised her TO
purchase the poison. Mr.. Sarver died
Monday afternoon. When Mrs. Sarver
heard of her husbands death she took q
relapse and is not expected to live Since
the death of Mr.. Sarver the girl says she
did not intend to kill them. but only
wanted 10 give them enough SO they
would think they would die and make
her a deed To- their property. She also
says she does not believe Robins wrote
the letter, but that it was written by the
older Derringer girl.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
FALL WITH A FLOOR.
Two Hundred People Manned at an
Elks' Social Session i'm At autiC

More than 100 men and women were
seriously hurt at the social session ten
dered by Atlantic City. y. J.. lodge to the
visiting Elks at the Baltic Avenue
Casino Wednesday evening. The session
had just opened, and only one of the
speakers had been heard, when. without
the slightest warning. the building. which
has not zen used for several years, col
lapsed, and fully LOCO persons were
thrown TO the floor beneath. Many wo-
men. the wives of the visiting Elks, went
down in the ruins. Fully 200 persons who
were on the first floor of the building,
and Immediately beneath The banquet
hall. were crushed beneath the imbers,
and lay helpless. One man was killed in
the crash and many were desperately
wounded. The fact that I'LL the electric
lights went out at the time the building
gave way, added To the confusion.
An alarm was Immediately turned In
and the city's force of 200 firelnen and
every available police Off er in the city
were callel to the scene rs hospital
corps. The police ambulance and car
riages of every description were utilized
to convey the injured TO heir hospital
and to the hotels. When the police and
firemen arrived on the scene the excite
ment was intense. Within few minutes
they succeeded in clearing The space in
the immediate ncighborhood of the build
ing and placed ropes around to keep the
crowd back. In the meantime he fire.
men had set TO work TO extricate the
wounded from beneath the mass of tim.
bers. and they were aided in their work
by the hOtelkeepers and residents near the
scene. Every house was thrown open for
the reception of the injured and every
available conveyance was pressed into
service to carry them to their hotels
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Chicago Mans Crime.

Tired OF life and Disguised with threat.
oncd divorce proceedings. Peter Haser
tried to kill his wife Monday, and. think
ing he had done SO. cut his own throat
clearly through with big sharp knife
and his worldly joys and SORROWS were
forever at end Haser Was a member of
n planning mill firm and was quite wealthy.
His murderous and suicidal orgy was
held at $50 o'clock in the morning. His
wife will bear several vicious scars rs Il
result of the encounter. but she may dis
continue her divorce proceedings, for
Haser is well dead. The woman was
stabbed several times. but her injuries
will not cause ner death. Iaser cut his
throat and died an hour later.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Maria Barberi Sentenced to Death.

Maria Barberi Sentenced to Death.
Maria Barberi, who murdered her low
err Dominica Cataldo, ut New York, be-
cause he abandoned her, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree, and will.
if the verdict is allowed to stand, be the
first woman condemned TO death since
the passage of the law making electrocu-
ton the death penalty. The case will be
taken to the Court of Appeals, and if that
court does not order new trial the Gov
ernor will be appealed to to commute the
sentence to Imprisonment. The Record
ers charge was unfavOrable to the de-
PENDANT He said in conclusions: You
must exemplify justice by your verdict. A
jury has nothing to do with mercy. The
law knows no distinction of persons. The
law does not hold woman less responsible
than man. The female sex is sometimes
used as q cloak for most horrible crimes"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Two Bold Hiyhwaymeu.

The Without Springs stage was held up
by highwaymen at Howard Hill, about
nine miles from Oregon City. Ore, Thurs
day. Henry Mattoon, the driver, and one
passenger, a Portland man, were robbed
of their money, amounting to about $50.
The incoming stage had passed that point
but fifteen minutes before. 1t had three
passengers, two of whom had been out
hunting and carried their guns i'll plain
view, which probably prevented a repeti-
ton of the recent klamath Falls double
robbery
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
To Divide the Mora Money.

AS soon as payment Of the celebrated
Mora claim can be made by the Spanish
Government and the attorneys for the
claimants have deducted their share of
the 81 .500,00c which Spain has agreed to
pay at once. Antonio Maxine Mora and
his son. of Chicago. will divide among
themselves what is left of the the money.
OF the sum to he paid by the Spanish
Government 10 per cent. will be given
to syndicate in New York which is
composed of the attorneys who have been
working in the interests of the claimants
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Te1egraDhiC HreNif;cs.

The excise law was .igidly enforced
In New York.
Brazil is said to be again on the verge
of rebellion.
DIR. Hester, of Hammond, Ind, ended
his life with chloroform.
Thomas x. Mieksell the murderer Of
Phil Metsinger, at Milton, Ky, has been
captured.
Receiver McNulta, of the whisky trust
has been authorized to offer the property
In st. Paul for sale.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Crime Il Laid Bare.

The bodies of Alice and Nellie Pitzel.
the two missing daughters of Benjamin
+. PitZel, were found ut Toronto. Ont.
buried under the cellar of house The
children are believed to have been suffo-
Gated by gas 10y III. III. Holmes. the man
who is supposed to have killed their father
in Philadelphia. A third child. Howard
aged :. is thought To have been murdered
similarly in another city by Holmes. tie
desire being to rid himself of three beings
who might rise 20 convict him of the 9th
or crime.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Japs to Put Down Formosa Uprising.

A force of 1000 japanese troops has
left Tuatula TO attack the black tia IS at
Tai-Wan-Fu, Formosa. A strong naval
force will cooperate with the land force
of the Japanese. Reports received from
the southern part of Formosa show that
all is quiet there.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
DEATH CHAIR WATTS.
WOMAN MAY PAY THE DREADED
PENALTY.

Nicaragua May Cancel Canal COnces-
-sions Because of Delay-Nebraska
Dcsperadoes May Have Been Lynched
Oregon Stage Held Up.