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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
HELD FOR STEALING
A MAN KNOWN AS ROSE" IN
TROUBLE.
Hires "a Zig at south Bend and the silent
Evidence shows that lie Was ON
>hrep- k iiling Expedition.
From Tuesdays Daily.

=. +. Jacox received telephone
message from South Bend this morn
ing asking him to look out for a
brown horse with one white hind
foot and cropped tail. Ora JacoX had
hardly stepped out on the sidewalk
when he saw the Identical horse and
buggy passing by.
The proper officers were notified, and
the man, who gave his name as Rose
was arrested by Office klinger, and
placed in Jail. His horse and buggy
Wee taken to JacOx'S barn where upon
examination, it was found to be in a
very bad condition. On the SpOkes of
the wheels on the left side of the buggy
were found large blotcheS of blood, and
on the cover was sound other indIca.
tiOns that where the buggy and its Occu-
pant had been,a legitimate business had
not been practiced. Mr. John R.ShankS
Il south Bend llyeryman, arrived
here at noon. The following is
his story of the affair. This man Rose
came into his barn, and hired horse
and buggy, for the supposed purpose of
going out into the country a short dis
tance to be gone but few hours. The
man not returning last night his
suspicious were aroused. and he tele-
phoned to Plymouth with the above re-
suits.
On further investigation, pieces of
wool were found on the buggy and d
two-bushel sack marked, "Deedle.' 1t
was soon discovered that man of the
above name resides near Lakeyllle and
is a raiser of sheep. This clew was
followed until it was learned that this
man Rose had sold thirty-four sheep
pelts at Schuetheis' tannery
Mr.. Shanks took his horse and buggy
home while the thief will be returned
to South Bend on this evenings train
A report to the effect that this man
was wanted at South Bend for murder
is an entire mistake, and originated in
the brain of a sensational telegraph
reporter.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Chimney on Fire.

Monday night while the wind was
playing hide and. seek around the corner
of the houses the chimney of Mrs, ).
pearman was discovered to be on fire
a number of neighbors rushed in and
in a short time the fire was extin-
guished.
1t is reported that when Melvin Chase
and Frank Petcher arrived on the
scene they thought heroic measures
should be used. After due delibera-
ton salt was thought of as an effective
remedy. Chase being the youngest
he was called upon to scale the roof,
while Petcher acted as director.
Securing a crock full of salt, Melvin
cautiously approached the chimney
along the comb of the roof, having
some trouble to hold on to the salt and
at the same time keep his coat tail in
the proper place. After an effective
dose of salt down the chimney he at
tempted to slide the vessel containing
the salt down the roof, while Petcher
tried To catch 1t as he would a ball. lie
didn't catch it, but his head did
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
GREATEST OF TRUSTS
J. PGERPONT MORGAN'S NEW
DEAL ON COAL.
Coal Advanced b Cents a Ton by the
Trust. Which Controls over $4,000
100000 OF Capital $50 900. 600 An
nual Tax on Consumers

From Mondays New York World
y new trust, greater richer, stronger,
more important than any other trust
now In existence, has been formed.
Involving thousands of miles of rail
road and more than S2,OO0OO00O0 of
capital of the Nanderbilts and J. Pier
pont Morgan, it is far ahead of the
widest dream of wealth and monopoly
which the late Jay Gould ever con-
ceived. J. Pierpont Morgan is the
master spirit and originator of the new
trust, the magnitude of whose opera
tions makes the profits Of a gold ring
seem insignificant and triding. The
anthracite coal mining and railroad
companies sold last year 100000 tons
OF coal at an average wholesale price
of S3.0S. 1t is proposed by the new
trust to raise the price to 81 ton. On
decreased production an increased profit
of S38,0OO,000 is assured and Will be
divided among eleven companies.
The great Coal trust begins opera
tiOnS today by advancing the price Of
coal 30 cents a ton. This increase is
only the first step, but it means over
S15OO0O0O increased cost to consumers
and an even greater profit to the trust,
as many middemen and selling agents
are to be dispensed with.
The new trust is a giant, compared
to which the Standard Oil, the Sugar,
the Tobacco and the Leather trusts are
mere pigmies. The magnitude of these
interests since the monopoly of anthra-
cite coal mining has been added to the
enormous railroad interests already
centralized is so vast and far-reachlng
that bankers and railroad men cannot
estimate its ultimate effect. Excluding
bonds, the new coal and railroad trust
stands for nearly S1,OOO,OO0,OOO capital
and p, $50 miles of railroad. This cap
ital stands for two and a half times the
entire bonded debt of the United
/ States.
The advance in the price of coal made
today by the trust is the first step. 1t
is proposed soon to get about 80 cents
a ton more for coal than last years
prices.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Acknowledgements.

To THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
Press superintendent of ". G. L. L.
desires to make public acknowledg
ment of the kind favors extended to
her by our honored citizen, {. Ii. Reeve.
at the receiving of two complimentary
tickets To the lecture gwen by himself
before quite select and cultured audi
ence in the Y. NJ. c. \. hall on Friday
evening. The subject was one of inter
est TO the public citizens of the present
day. 1t was handled with ability and
in a clear, concise manner, everyone
present being able to fully understand
the doctrine referred to, references
running back of the Monroe admin
lstration for fifteen or twenty years,
including over sixty years of the past
history OF our government.
When we remember Mr.. Reeves
age, it is source of wonder TO
us, his remarkable rententiye memory,
to be SO explicit i'll explaining the con
ditions existing at the time of the Mon
roe administration, and close scrutiny
down the line To the present admins
tration. 1t certainly was an intellectual
feast to the young men of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
PRESS SUP'T.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Vehicles Taxed.

When you talk about wheels and de-
sire to discover the largest, geared to
run the fastest, we would refer you to
the city dads of Anderson, Ind. 1t is
currently reported that they have under
consideration an ordinan for the tax
ing of vehicles that appear on their
streets. For instance, if the unfortunate
farmer (he always seems to get it in the
neck desires TO go to town Saturday
and dispose of couple dozen eggs he
will be met at the suburbs by collector
and be required to pay small sum
into the city treasury, unless, perchance,
he has previously called upon the city
clerk and deposited a sufficient sum of
money which would entitle him to a
license to come into town in his wagon
as often as he wanted to, Sunday in
cluded. Of course the farmers could
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

avoid this little Inconvenience by walk
ing into the sacred precincts of this
great city, or, TO more thoroughly meet
the new condition of affairs, use pack
mules.
1t Is said that the farmers in that
section have astonished the city
they will boycott the place and do their
trading elsewhere 1t is also asserted
that the livery men and other lines of
carriers are foolish enough to object to
this new mode of raising revenue, which
informant says was introduced into
the council chamber by an aSpirant for
the position of pound-master of that
city.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Last Nights Lecture.


The lecture under the auspices Of the
Y NJ. {. ~ last night was a successful
affair and was the first event of this
kind that has been in the city this Win
ter. The hall was tastefully decorated,
was we'll filled, there being about two
hundred present. The lecture was the
chief attraction, as the subject was one
of the most important now upon the
public mind. The lecturer, Hon. Chas.
III. Reeve, discussed the Monroe Doe
trine, its origin and its present applica-
ton to our own country and Great Brit
ain. His talk was closely followed
throughout. Many of Mr.. Reeves old
friends who had heard him on various
public issues for years back were pre-
sent
AT the close of the lecture a song was
rendered, and brief talks were made by
Judge Capron, Mr. Gilmore, Mrs. Har-
riet Ault, Mrs. fl. q. Thayer and Presl
dent Redd, attesting their appreciation
of the occasion, which the \. Nj. {. y.
was giving for the benefits of its MEM
bers and the people of Plymouth.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
\ Country Social.

A very enjoyable social event oc-
Cured at the elegant country residence
of David Staley, just north of lnwood,
on Friday evening last.
Quite a number of intimate friends
gathered at about o'clock, and perpe-
trated a very pleasant surprise on Miss
Mary Staley in honor of her 18th birth
day. An excellent program of music
was well executed by the accomplished
musician, Miss Bertha Staley. After
partaking of light refreshments the
participants of the happy occasion de
parted for their homes, wishing their
hostess many birthdays as happy as
the one just spent.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

The Valparaiso Messenger says:
"The Warsaw band is assisting in a
series of revival meetings being held in
the Goshen Nj. +. church. This is a
new departure getting out band to
drum up sinners. Goshen must be
tough
Not necessarily tough Brother Zim.
They realize the need of ratting
among the dry bones, and are honest
enough to utilize every proper means to
produce the desired effect. Try it In
Valparaiso.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Obituary..

Mrs Ellen JllsOn was born at Phila
delphia Pa, on Oct. 20, 1914, and died
at Dayton, Tenn, Feb 9th 1896. Mrs.
.JIlsOn was married to Sidney Jilson in
1884, and moved to Dayton, Ohio, where
three children were born, John c. Jill
son, of our city, Arthur Jilson, of
BrooktieId, Mo-, and Mrs. W. L. Bailey,
of Dayton, Tenn. She leaves one sur
viving sister, wfo resides at Holmes
burg, Pa, who is in her 90th year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jilson lived in Plymouth
with their son, for some time, and after
the death of her husband, Sidney Jill
son, which occurred some two years ago
she went to Tennessee to live with her
daughter. The remains were brought
to Plymouth and laid to rest by the side
of her husband in Oak Hill cemetery
last Sunday.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

James Mcdowell, of Logansport,
passed through Plymouth Monday
with silver mounted pair of bracelets
on. This is the fellow, who a few days
ago got badly mixed with Logansport
liquor, and then went home. When he
arrived there he desired his aged mother
to give him five dollars. She refused
to give it to him; the brute then beat
her almost to death. 1t did not take a
jury long to mete out the proper pun
ishment to him-only five years.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

and S3 per month for his service. Day
before yesterday Grenner asked the doe
tor to become his surety for pair Of
shoes and a suit of clothes
The doctor bought him a pair of shoes
for which he paid - but would not eX-
tend credit TO the amount of a suit of
clothes whereupon Grenner took offense
and skipped" Friday night leaving the
doctor II in the soup
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
DIR. Roy Discovers "a Fraud.

DIR. Roy says that the longer he lives
the more experience he gets. He re-
Gently rendered some slight medical as
slstance to Alonzo Grenner stout,
short young man about % years of age,
young man whom the doctor now
says has had according to his own state
ment two or three wives.
When Grenner represented that he
was poor and wanted home the doc
tor says he gave him shelter and food
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
GOES TO SHELBY COUNTY.
The Belt Ia he the Property of the Most
Cowardly Set of Men. Goes to
shelby County


1t is common phrase that" self preser-
vatiOn is the first law Of nature, and it
county some of those people who wear
pants, and pass as laen have studied
the above quotation, and stick to the
text. An exchange tells of Miss Wal
lie Cooper, an estimable lady and sec
retary of the NJ. f. church Sunday
school, who was keeping company with
Charles l.anneham, whom the father
disliked. She started for the church
Friday, and when out, met her lover
went 10 attend party at Henry Thorn
as residence. The father heard OF it
put himself in rage, took buggy whip
and went directly to Thomas house
where the party was in progress and
the couple was. He dashed into the
room, seized the girl and began be
aboring her with the whip, broke it
and then kept up his pounding with
the butt until the lady fell fainting to
the floor, he meanwhile saying he
would Kill anyone who intertered.
Afterwards he picked up the senselesS
girl, put her i'll his buggy and drove
home. The surgeon was called, who
pronounced her injuries serious. Her
clothes were saturated with blood, two
fingers aere fsightfully lacerated and
her condition is critical.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
st. Thomas Church Items.

The Altar Guild will meet with Miss
Ida Schultheiss next Monday after
noon. Important meeting.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
MATTINGS,
OIL CLOTHS.
AND RUGS.

Perhaps you will say, IL need a carpet" Well
and good. Come in and let us show you through quote
you prices. Let take the measure of your room or
and if cannot get the figures low enough
You will find them in the basement where there
Is plenty of space to show them up nicely and plenty of
light to see them to good advantage
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Getting ready to receive an enormous

No parallel will be found in this city. 1t will be
the BEST, BIGGEST and HANDSOMEST line you ever saw
The ever-increasng growth il this line has
thermoe, years of practical experience have taught us
that to be successful in the carpet business you must
handle it by the roll, and plenty of them.
Well we have got them, and you will not gainsay
it when you once have seen the line
You will 6Ed here the cheapest the medium and
the very best
In addition to this, will carry a large and choice
line of
MATTHIAS
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN OFFERS.
Otter Hunting a Sport Very Much Enjoyed
by Englishmen.

Otter Hunting Sport Very Much Enjoyed
by Englishmen.
Otter hunting is sport very much en-
toyed by Englishmen. The otter is q great
fish eater, and that is why tho fishermen
feel themselves compelled to kill It, Some
angling clubs and societies offer rewards
for otter Kills, and that makes tho hunters
angry.
Otter hunting is done with dogs and
men. They go whooping up stream on
the otter's trail, tho hired men keeping in
the water in n line to prevent tho animals
turning down stream, as the beast cannot
DO trailed while going down. Tho dogs
como up with and tear tho otter to death,
II the hunt is successful, but ofton the
otter tears the dogs. An otter will whip
any dog In tho water.
An English otter of over 80 pounds
weight is q big ono, and fow reach that
weight The biggest ono remembered
weighed 81 pounds and was killed at Bow
thorp, near Norwich. A 80 FOUNDER was
caught in Skcgglcs water, Wcstmorland
Some Englishmcn used to eat tho hearts
of the animals, considering them to be
fine.
The American otter is a sly animal.
which is not often killed by a gunshot and
as seldom taken with traps, since nothing
but the utmost care in setting and batting
the trap will deceive it. Once in awhile
trout fishermen sec offers along an Adiron-
dack stream, and otter trails are common
on the snow covered ice back in tho woods.
or on streams opposite oloarings. Some
times the animals arc seen on the Ice by
rabbit hunters and are shot at, but few of
the wounded or even killed creatures are
recovered, since they IRE usually on the
ice near holes, and If merely wounded 90
under tho water and drown rather than
let man get them. Their last kick is an
endcavor to got out Of rcach.-New York
Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21

Train No. 40 from Bridgewater and Dayton
connects ut llarrisonburg with b. 4 .. train for
winchester, Harper's Perry, Baltimore. Wash
FiEt' ana al points North. Also connects at
Elkton with Norfolk IL Western train for Basic
Bnena Vista, Natural Bridge, Rosnoke, Knox
vile, Chattanooga. and ali points South, West
ana southwest, and at Roanoke with Winston
S Mie Division) for Rocky Mount, Martinsvlle,
winston, and points in North and South Carolina
Train No. 9 connects at Elkton with Norfolk u
western train for Luray, Front Royal, Riverton.
junction and Hagerstown.
fAseengefs from Hagerstown, Shenandoah
Junction, Charlestown. Front Royal, Riverton
and Luray, connect at Elkton with train No Tor
POI points p on e. g. w: R. Passengers from Roam.
points South with train No. 10 for all stations on
G. q w. X. Il.
Passengers from points on Valley Branch (B.
a % North OF harrisonbnrg desiring to reach
points North OF Elkton on Norfolk Il Western r.
K, can take Chesapeake h Western train No 2.
leaving Harrisonburg at S.22 p. m.
Passengers for Rockingham Virginia SprInos
take stage At McGaheysville
For Information rs 10 rates routes etc apply
TO any agent e. Il w. X. r. or
y. ID: 7. CORNELL, A. S. wEISIGKR,
acting superintendent. GEM Pass. Agt.
Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
Relating to War.

Lord PalmorstOn said of tho Sleswick-
HolStein war that nobody understood the
cause of the war but himself, and he was
not sure.
Lieutenant General Schofield says that
while war today would not result in such
loss of life as heretofore 1t would be fear
fully destructive to property. Cities and
ships could BIO blown up at long range,
while the armies were under cover
Lord Kelvin has been making expert
monts to discover what tho effect of O con-
slant oannonading of quick firing guns
would be on board tho vessel bombarded
and the assailant. He says that Mt the
end Of Is minutes the survivors Of both
crews would be reduced to a state of men
tai and physical incapacity on account of
the terrific noise and conclusions.
1t Is of interest to compare tho war
methods of 100 years ago with those of to-
day in England. Then instead of q flying
squadron 80 or 40 men of-war werc put in
commission ut once. Necessarily there
were not enough sailors to go around, and
the deficiency was made up by pressing"
mon into service. a certain community
would be marked, and ON one night as
many rs 1000 men would be torn aWoy
from their families sometimes never to
return, carried to the ships and put to
work. Once In awhile there would be a
largo haul of prize money from the capture
of some ship. The Harmione leads all
records, with 81, 900 for each man of the
crew rs result of her captures. In other
cases the admirals share would DO $780,
600, and tho other officers and seamen
shared accordingly.-Ch News.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
No Noticeable Chance.

Naborly-I understand, aunty, that
your husband is dead.
Aunty-Yassir. OATS wat dew done
tell me.
Naborly-That's what they tell you
Am TO understand from that remark
that you have your doubts about it?
Aunty-No, sab! Not zackly dat, sab /
But JUS layin dar dom muffin seem Sc
match al to i'm dat 1 kyen seem ter
max up mer min dat dar's any diffunce
twlx I'M now an wat dey alters has
ben. Boston Courier.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
3 : e = acknowledgements

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 10, 1896.
Westbound Leave Roanoke Daily.
500 .. m. (Washington and Chsttanooqa
imited) for Bristol, intermediate sta.
tons and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and
Memphis. Connects ct Radford for
Bluefeld and PocAhontAs.
4;se p. m. the Chicago Express for Rad.
ford, Blueheld, Pocahontas, Kenovs,
cincinnati, indianapolis, ST. Louis,
Kansas City. Columbus and Chicago.
pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke
TO Columbus. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheville, Bristol, Knoxville, Chat.
tanooga and intermediate points.
Trains Arrive at Roanoke.
From Norfolk 7;35 q. NJ; AIS o. IN.
Hagerstown TAO .. M; 4:O5 D. m.
Winston 400 p. m.
Bristol and the west 1905 noon;
$3.50 p. m.
North and Eastbound. Leayc Roanoke
Daily.
1915 noon for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
1918 noon for Washington, Hageru.
town, Philadelphia and New York.
1910 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
1905 p. NJ. Washington and Chatta.
nooga limited) for Washington,
Hageratown. Philadelphia and New
York. Pullman sleepers to Washing.
ton, via Shenandoah Junction and
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Durhsm Division-Leave Lynchbura
Union station) daily $3.50 p. m. for
South Boston and Durhsm and inter.
mediate stations.
O., n;.t.t~-
noke (Union ststion) daily 1925 noon
and 500 a. m. daily, except SUNDAY
Campbell street ststion), for Rocky
Mount, Martinsville, Winston-S Salem
and intermediate stations.
For all additional information apply
tickSt Office or to w. B. BEVILL,
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va
M. r. BRAGG
Travelling Passenger Agent.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
1t Had Actually Doubled.

The vice president Of the company
overlook the manager on the stairs ut
the Union station. The face Of the man
ager was the face Of disguised man,
and the vice president noticed it, but he
refrained from questioning him until
they had almost reached the office. Then
he spoke
Little late this morning, aren t
your" he asked.
YES, it is after my usual time. l
went out to see some property recently
acquired
Hal Going to join the glorious
army of suburbanites? Is the property
far out?''
"Quite distance. 1 did think some
of moving out, but the city is good
enough for mo now"
Try the other awhile. The trip al
ways seems long at first. Where are the
lots?''
The manager betrayed some embar-
rassment. For moment he was silent.
Then he took the vice presidents arm.
Il might as well make @ clean breast
of it, he said, ''but don't tell the folks
at the office. was fooled ON those lots
-dreadfully fooled. I bought them on
another mans word. He said that the
population of the place had doubled
within q few months"
"And hadn't it?''
Yes, it had, all right The farmer
and his wife, who live there, had been
blessed with twins "-Chicapo Tribune