Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-29
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Frank j. Cannon and Arthur Brown
have been elected To the nited States
Senate 10y the Utah Legislature.
a San Francisco paper says President
Cleveland has accepted an invitation
from Attorney W. w. Foote to spend part
of his vacation next summer on the Pa
ciflc coast.
The Westlichc Post. of ST. Louis. the
leading German Republican paper of the
central west. came out strong Wednes-
day morning in favor of Mckinley for
presidential nomination.
Lord Sholto Douglas. son Of the Mar.
quis of o~uecnsberry. found fault with the
orchestra leader of Lady Douglas troupe
ut Orville. Cal. and rs Il result was
thrashcd 10y the musician.
The mammoth gas pumping station II
Ind. exploded and car. -n;"qnJ ;r1rSaay
explosion caused buildings TO shake and
sway as 10y an earthquake. Two men
were killed and four injured.
The secretary of the Oakland. Cal.
branch of the American HALLWAY Union
has received n letter from the private see
rotary of T.. Y. Dcbs in which the state
ment tclcgraphcd from the East that Dcl,s
Is TO resign the presidency of the union is
denied. lie says Dcbs will win The fight
IN which he IL now engaged on behalf of
organized labor OF die in the attempt.
Nine. Modicska. who was taken i'll NJ
Cincinnati Monday. is suffering from the
same disease of which Lawrence Barrett
died. The glands Of the throat are badly
swollen and the trouble extends down into
the lungs and. by sympathy. the physi-
cian5 say. to the shoulders and arms.
What the nature of the disease is no one
pretsnds 4" define precisely. but il is GER
tam there is reason for alarm.
The engine Of the New York aud 81.
Louis express on the Little Miami Rail
road exploded Wednesday morning forty
miles from Columbus, Ohio, KILN. Clark
n. Trimblc. engineer. and George Waters.
fireman. both of Columbus. M other
persons were killed or injured. Thc track
was all torn up. requiring transfer If pis-
sengcrs temporarily Ut that point. All of
the ears were wrecked except the sleclcrs.
The 9ycar-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Freeman. near Delaware, o.. discov-
cred the family shotgun under the bee.
- I'iH''u ~ l'.iuHs at Ills DIDN DTOlil-
er, and saying. I'm going to shoot YOU"
pulled the trigger. The cap failed to ex.
plode. Turning the muzzle toward the
cat. which was sitting on the hearth. he
said: I'll try my luck on 'Tabby.'" This
time the gun fired, and there was nothing
left of "Tabby.'
Almost the entire population of Cuba,
Putnam County. o.. was engaged Mon
day dragging Blanchard river for the
bodies of five children, II girl and four
boys, drowned Sunday afternoon. Three
children of John Shuman and two oh;i-
dren Of George Formas were playing on
the Ice when it broke and four of the
children disappeared. The eldest. u boy
OF IL. attempted to rescue the girl and
was drowned also.
As the result of q fire in the buildin.
at No. 415 Broadway. st. Louis. Mo-.
Tuesday night five fircmen were buried IN
the ruins. Owney Hines, foreman of truck
NO. u. who was taken from the burning
building soon after the fire started. badly
suliocatcd and cut. died while being taken
to Mercy Hospital in an ambulance. The
dead are: Milton Curly. Capt. Granville.
Owncy Hines. james Rloddy. - Staun-
ton. The total loss caused 10y fire and
water is estimated at 500, 600. fairly in
sured.