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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-29
Some Rare Minerals.

"Once in n WHILE" remarked Il min.
Ing man last evening, you hear of Il
man who claims to have found a mine
of bismuth, and basing his calcula-
tons upon Il price of say 50 Il pound, lie
heralds his find and thinks he has IA for
tune within his grasp. The fact il.
there is no bismuth produced In this
country and there are only about thirty
IONS imported. So If any one could
put 100 tons on the market it would
bring the price down TO - cents. at
least.
or cobalt not more than 100 tons
In regard to micca,hf M3rld;,
now of the uses it is put TO in electrical
appliances-the East Indian product
is driving the Canadian product out of
the market. Mica that Is in the least
associated with iron Is useless for This
purpose. Ii is much the same with
some of the rarer minerals. Were tel
lurium found in large quantities It's
value would lessen, but, as only "A few
ounces are found each year. not enough
To supply the demand, why the value is
enhanced"
Throc-iifths of the nickel produced In
the world m from Canada. The
production in other portions of the
world is so small rs to cut no figure in
the statistics OF mineral productions
Spokane Review.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-29
FOREIGN,

Rumors are current ut Bilbao. Spain.
Of greatly increased activity in CarliS,
circles. where il is hoped that the rcvcr>cs
which the Spanish forces have ~suffcre,
in Cuba and the failure of Gen. canu y
to put down the insurrectioY may rn,,so
the Spanish people against the Govern
ment of the queen regent and afir.,l ai
opportunity for Don Carlos, or Dom Jane,
his son.
A dispatch from Ekaterinoslav. capital
of the Government of that name in South
Russia. gives the details of Il fire that oc-
CURED in n theatcr there. causing large
loss of life. The fire was discovered while
Il performance was going on. The spec
tators became panic stricken and made 4
wild rush for the exits. Forty-ninc bodies
have already been taken out. A number
Of persons who are known To have been
in the tleater are still missing.
Prince Henry Of B%attcnberg. husband
Of Princess Beatrice of England. nl,o
went to Ashantce in Il special capacity
and who contracted fever there, is dead.
The news was received Ut Osborne Iious..
Isle of Wight. early Wednesday. H.,
queen and Princess Beatrice are pos
trated with grief. The greatest sorrow
is manifested throughout the Isle of
Wight ut the death of Prince Henry and
the flags everywhere are at half-mast.
A dispatch received from Osborne. Isle
of Wight. says that the health of Queen
Victoria and Princess Beatrice is affect
ed 10y the shock experienced when the
news of the death of Prince Henry of
Battehberg was made known TO them. The
remains Of the prince will be Inferred at
Windsor and the ceremony TO be followed
will be similar to that used at the burial
of the remains of the Duke of Albany.
Queen Nictoria's youngest son. who died
in 1891.
The Paris Figaro says il has received
private information that the Abyssinians
captured Makal!c, the Italian position.
Sunday. Previous to this report. the lat
est news from Abyssinia was that King
Menelik had invested Makalle. and that
Gen. Baratieri. the commander of the
Italian forces. WAS ut Erythrea and un-
able To succor Makalle. the three an
p%roaches to that place being almost impas-
sable from natural causes. besides being
guarded by GO,00O Abyssiuians.
The alleged program Of Gen. Weyler.
the new Governor General of Cuba, has
been cabled from Spain. lie will not
follow Gen. Campos' policy; politically he
will be an opportunist; war will be an
swered with war; he will be inexorable
towards spies. and rebel sympathizcrs, but
lenient towards those surrendering under
arms; he will endeavor TO establish an
efficient blockade TO prevent the landing
OF arms and ammunition from the United
States; that he will not be sanguinary, but
will deal justly. lie says that two months
ago it would nave been easy to suffoca.c
the rebellion; now 1t will not be so easy
on account Of its spread. But he prom.
ises satisfactory results in the future. The
same dispatch reports that 1900 men
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WILL PERMIT RELIEF
AID ALLOWED TO SUFFERING
ARMENlANS.
Sublime Porte, However, Will NOl
Recognize The Red Cross Society
Ban Upon Catholic Membership of
Secret Societies to BE Eternal.
Sultan Partly Rclcnts.

Owing 10 the energetic representations
of United States Minister Terrell, Miss
Barton and her party will be permitted
10y the Turkish Government to distribute
relief to the distressed ArmcnianS. al
though the Red Cross will not figure IN
the work. This news came 10 he State
Department Friday in Il cablegram from
the minister To Secretary Olney. i'll which
he say that while the porte refuses such
permission 10 the Red Cross. or 10 the
members Of the Red Cross. as such. and
thereby declines To officially recognize that
society. it will permit any person whom
the minister names and approves TO dis
tribute relief i'll the interior of Turkey.
provided the Turkish authorities are
kept informed of what they are doing.
There can be no question that Miss Bar
ton and her party will be 50 designated
by Mr.. Terrell. But il is apprehended
that they will encounter almost insur
mountable obstacles in reaching the field
of action. as the mountain passes between
the seaboard and the interior are 10Y
practically impossible owing to the deep
SNOW.
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EASTERN.

New York society has snubbed Mrs.
Oliver Ii. l.. Belmont. formerly Mrs. W.
h. Vanderbilt. A musical in aid of a hos
pital has been declared off, the patron
esses refusing To serve when they learned
il was To be held at her house.
An explosion of gas occurred Tuesday
in the factory of Frank Il. Pfagar n Co,
New Haven. Conn. One man was in
itantly killed 10y the explosion. W Others
lost their lives in the fierce fire which
followed. The buildings and contents
were destroyed, and Il loss OF SlOO,Ooo
was caused.
At Erie, Pa. Agent Frank Moore of the
Agricultural Department, with Is. l..
Mead of Pittsburg as attorney. prose-
cuted Fred Hale, the Armour X Co. agent,
for violating the State food law by selling
oleomargarine. Hale was convicted and
sentenced to pay a fine of SlvU and costs.
Two civil actions against the company
are pending
The steamer Seaguarancc. at New York,
from Mes:can ports and Havana. landed
four sailors from the wrecked Norwegian
bark Borghild. which, while proceeding
down the Mexican coast on Jan. l., was
knocked down 10y a norther and capsized.
| All hands were saved. Two seamen of
the schooner q. W. Jones. which was
wrecked on the bar ut SAINTS Anna, while
bound for New Orleans, also arrived OH
the S-caguarance.
Gen. Thomas Ewing, ex-member of
Congress from Ohio, died Tuesday morn
ing at New York, from the effects of in
jurics received 10y being struck by a cable
car. Gen. Ewing. who was a member of
| the law firm of Ewing. Whitman X Ew-
inc. of New York. was born in Lancaster,
Ohio. i'm 1879. He was admitted 10 thu
bar in Cincinnati in 1896 and went Ia
Kansas during the free soil struggles.
| When the State of Kansas was admitted
To the Union. he was appointed chief
justice. but resigned to enter the Union
army in the civil wal as colonel of the
Eleventh Regiment of Kansas. He ros,
to the rank of b%rigadicr general. and al
forward was brcveted major general and
had command of the Department of tie
Missouri. He went to Washington II
1866 as the assistant of ex-Secretary "l
the Interior Browning. and returned tC
Ohio in 1870 and entered politics. liz
was a member Of Congress from 1871 to
1881 and in 1879 ran for Governor on th'
Democratic ticket. but was defeated. III
1881 he went To New York To practic'
law. and for many years he was presidcn
of the Ohio Society there. Gen. Ewin:
had five children. all grown up. Mrs
Ewing is still living.
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IN GEN <

The wife of Hon. George y. Curzon.
who was formerly Miss Mary Letter. IF
Washington, was delivered Of Il daughter
Monday.
Eugene v. Debs says he is going to re-.
tire from the A. X. l.. and become n
newspaper man. and that he will proba-
bly, locate in Chicago.
A large number of American ~scalers
have become dissatisfied with the manner
in which the Customs Department of the
Government is handled on Puget Sound.
and are seeking protection under the Eng
lish crown.
The China ships. Clarence :. Bennett.
Captain Franck. and William II. Common.
Captain Pcndleton. crossed the New York
bar together Wednesday night war
bound. The John Curricr. Captain Law
renee. and the .Iosephus. Captain Kilkey.
left latcrsfor the same port Shanghai.
The ship that first reaches her dcstina-
ton will win n purse of $4OO. which the
captains have made up.
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BREVITIES.

Theodore Runyon. United States am
bassadOr to Germany. expired suddenly
and unexpectedly at Berlin at | o'clock
Monday morning of heart failure.
At London Ambassador Bayard sent
Queen Victoria Il message from President
Cleveland expressing sincere coincidence
with her Majesty on the death of Prince
Henry of Battenbcr..
The first assay Of rock taken from the
new Bonner District i'm San Diego Coun-
~, California. assayed S161.2JO To the
ton, or SS3,62I 10 the pound. The field
closely resembles that of Cripple Creek.
The American ship Roanoke, CAPTAIN
Joseph Hamilton. which left New York
217 days ago. has reached San Francisco
after Il season of disaster and delay. Three
of her original crew We're lost i'm the At
lantic and sixteen were left i'm the hospitol
at Rio Janciro.
that by the terms Of a treaty signed Jan.
IS the Island of Madagascar is declared
a French possession.
The conference of silver leaders at
Washington resulted in a decision H.
put a national ticket in the field. The
convention to make nominations will be
held at st. Louis on July -.
The general merchandise and hardware
store of J. q. Burcbfield .Ir. and the resi-
dence of Mark McBee. at Howard, Kan.
seventy-two miles south Of Emporia. were
totally destroyed by fire. TIE loss is 500.
900, insurance $4,000.
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Chicago-Catt!e. common to prime,
$3.50 to $500; hogs. shipping grades,
$500 to St.25; sheep, fair TO choice, $3.50
to $50; wheat, No. = red, zoe to SIC:
corn. No. ., Doc To zoe: oats, No. 2, 1Sc
to 19c; rye. No. =. 3Sc to Soc; butter,
choice creamery. 19c to de; eggs, fresh,
Zoe to lie; potatoes. per bushcl, 1Sc TO
25c; broom corn, $50 to $50 per ton for
poor 10 choice.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. shipping. $500 70
S4.75; hogs. choice light, $500 to $500;
sheep. common 10 prime. 500 to 1913:
wheat, No. =. 65c To 6Gc; corn. No. l
white, &c 20 pc; oats, No. . white, 2Cc
to 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500: hogs,
$500 to $4.25: wheat. No. > red, 64c Ia
&c; corn. No. = yellow. 2Jc To &c: oats.
Mo- Whit, 1sc to 19c; rye, No. =. ;;lc
Cincinnati-Cattlc. $3.50 to $4.75; hogs,
$500 to S4.25; sheep, $3.50 to 1913:
wheat, No. .. 69c to lie: corn. No. =
mixed. 2Sc to 29c: oats. No. > mixed, 2oc
to pc; rye. No. >, l2c to 43c.
Detroit-Cattle, $50 % $500; hogs.
$500 to S4.2J; sheep. SEQ TO S3.75:
Wltut, NO. Ttu. Ovt 10 tDt, GOTH. M. -
yellow. pc to 29c; oats, No. > white, pic
TO 2Sc: rye. 3Sc to SOC.
Toledo-Wheat, No. = red. Csc 20 10c:
corn. No. = yellow, 27c to 29c: oats. No.
2 white, 2Oc to pc; rye, No.. >, 3Sc /, soc;
clover seed. $40 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. = spring. aDc
TO Gle; corn. No. ., zoe to BE; oats. M.
2 white. Zoe to Zoe; barley. No. =. 33c to
35c: rye. No. /. soc TO Ale: pork, mess,
$1O.25 to S1O.I5.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to 500; hogs.
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $50 to 800;
wheat, No. = red. 73c to Toe; corn, No.
2 yellow, Bic TO 32c; oats, No. = white,
24c to 2Jc.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $5.25 hogs,
$500 to $4.75; sheep, $500 to $I.75:
wheat. No. > red, I2c to 74c; corn, No. =,
3Gc to SIC; oats, No. = white. 24c to o5c:
butter. creamery, 15c to Ole; eggs, West
ern, tic to Zoe.
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Novel Use OF Searchlighf.

The electric ~searchlight was used re.
Gently to put down a riot in Lancashire.
England. A manufactures. whose men
had struck, was determined to keen his
mill going, and he promptly se,ura.l
new hands and set them TO work. Al.
II same time lie fixed a Searchli.sh,
on the factory building to prevent the
strikers from setting fire to the sheds
erected for the new hands. During
the continuance of the strike this li.nt
was used nightly In conjunction with
the police established in the works. 10
scour the country and TO illuminate Tie
part where pickets were placed. 1t WAS
found so effective that n large nuni;.Y
OF temporary police were Dispensed
with.
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a WHARF RAT.
One Seen in a Walk Along South
Street.

81 had read about wharf rats, and
heard about them often" said a man.
1.-THE other day | saw one. l was walk
Ing along South street. and | saw u
Sound boat whose sailing hour was
about due, and thought I'd like to See
her start out. You couldn't see much
of her from the wharf ut which she lay,
on account of the pier shed; and so |
went round and down the wharf on the
other side of the ship. The wharf was
housed over, but il had the usual open
ings in the sides, and from II of theE1
/ got n good view of the boat l wanted
10 see, directly opposite at Work taking
on the last of the steamers load. Over
there it was all activity; where was
1t was all quiet. There was no boat on
either side, II only n truck or two II
three or four men on the wharf.
while | stood there in the broad
opening looking at the boat and at the
flags floating over it n rat appeared SIX
or eight feet away, on that side of I'll"
opening toward the river end Oi III"
wharf: it came out from alongside OF
or under the stringpiece. where ii was
cut off so that the floor of the wharf
might in the opening be unobStrdcted
10 the edge.
Il don't know how big wharf rats
grow. but this was the biggest rat ever
saw: it was a big rat, and yet. biz aS II
was. ii didn't seem monstrouS: that l.,
it didn't seem like Il rat Of unusual
size for the place. for it acted rs though
it belonged there and was perfectly
familiar with the place and its sur
roundinSs. 1t was quick and smooth III
its movements, but not hurried. The
instant it appeared it started across the
opening. 1t crossed in front of mo.
within Il few inches of where stood,
but without d%eviating from its course,
and disappeared under The correspond
ing end of the stringpiece OH the other
side.
"In the presence Of that rat felt like
n stranger. Where he came from and
where he was going l didn't know, nor
what his GRAND was, but it was plain
enough from the ease and certainty
with which he moved that he knew that
wharf from bulkhead line To pierheaI
in every Spite and brace, and probably
lie knows all South street just as well.
He didn't stop to look ut the boat; h:
wasn't interested in it, as | was, for hc
lives there and sees it every day
New York Sun
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SatoIIi Declines to Hear Appeal.

The ban placed by the Roman Catholic
Church upon the orders of Knights of
Pythias. Sons of Temperance and ODD
Fellows * absolute and admits of no fur
Their discussion. This is the mandate of
the pope. through his official representa-
tive. Cardinal SatOlli. The three orders
named have a Roman Catholic member
ship in round numbers of nearly a hun
drcd thousand. One month ago Il num-
Der of prominent Catholics connected with
the Pythian order organized Il
of appeal in the hope that Il proper pre-
sentation of the ease before the papal
delegate would result in Il recall of the
interdict. In response 10 invitations the
committee received Il thousand letters
from prominent Roman Catholics in all
parts of the country heartily indorsilg
the movement and plcdging moral and
financial aid.
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Would lynch the Murdercrs.

Webster Grove. the st. Louis suburb.
was wildly excited over the tragedy. when
Bertram 4. Atwater. the young thicag"
ed. was waylaid 10y highwaymcn. One
OF the robbers. John Schmidt. wounded
to death by the plucky Chicagoan. will
die. The other thug. sam Foster. a col
ored ~ex-conyict. who fired the fatal shots.
and Peter Schmidt. who arranged the
trap into which Mr.. Atwatcr was unsus-
pcctingly lured and then slain. are in Gus
tody. At their examination they tried
To escape. and only determined action 10y
The officers prevented Il mob from lynchiug
them.
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NEWS NUGGETS.

Anatole France. the author. has been
elected a member of the French Academy.
Nine. Modjcska is so seriously i'll :hat
all her engagements have been cancel,.t !.
A receiver is asked for the Lincoln
tNeb.l Savings Bank and Safe Deposit
Company.
Bcrtram f.. Atwater. the Chicago art
list and designer. was shot and killed 10y
highwaymen in Il ST. Louis suburb.
William Poster. .Jr.. of New York city.
engaged in the business of mining and
manufacturing. has made an assignment
to his son. The liabilities are expected
to be about 100000. and the assets are
largely in excess of that amount. The
assignment is made in order Ia enable Nh.
Foster. who is in i'll health. TO retire from
business.
An explosion of chemicals i'm the labora-
tory of the Swanson Rheumatic Cure
Company. in room 219 of the old Stock
Exchange Building mt Chicago. caused Il
fire that wrecked all the Offices on the sec
ond floor. frightened into panic or hys-
terics the occupants of the building and
resulted in the severe injury of two per
Cons.
Miss Clara Barton and the staff officers
of the Red Cross Society sailed Wcdnes-
day from New York for Constantinople.
President Cleveland declares that the
Davis Monroe doctrine resolution is mis-
chievous. inopportunc and unfortunate"
-
Jennie Goldthwaite, the Kitty Glover
of the Princess Bonnie Opera Company,
Is engaged TO marry Frank Murphy, the
Chicago broker.
The Democratic members Of the Missis-
sippi Legislature have nominated Con
gresham Ii. ID. Money for United States
Senator to succeed j. u. George.
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II

The Louisville Paper Company III
Louisville. filed a deed of assignment. Il.
+. Fansley vas made assignee. The liza
bilities are placed at $4,000. The cause
of the assignment, as given out, is hard
Intense excitement prevails IN the new
ly discovered oil fields underlying the
border counties of Kentucky and Tonnes
see Spectators and boomers have fol-
lowed in swarms on the heels of the'first
reports of oil. but the agents of the Stand
ar, as well as other organizations and
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Rich Field i'm China.

The Chinese Government has agreed To-
open the West River provided China is
allowed to retain the territory ccdcd un.
der the Burmah-China convention i'm 1894.
The cities of Canton and Hong Kong
are situated ON the hay into which the
West River emptics. The news OCCASION
eel 40 small satisfaction in Hong Kong.
The trade of the rich province of Yunnan
had begun To he diverted by the activity
of the French in Tonquin from It's nat.
ural channel down the river.
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Fear of Death

The absence of fear of death which is
such a striking character Of the Chi
nese nature has n logical explanation.
The Chinese are taught that only those
who face death ~fearlessly enter into
happiness in the other world. Foreign
ers WHO have witnessed executions In
China bear witness that, as the exc
cutioner with his sword mows down
the knecling ranks, the convicts i'm.
variably meet death with jest.
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That not II pupil was injured in II blaze
which started Thursday morning on the
first hoor of the Dodge street school Mt
Omaha. Neb.. was due la Ohie Downs, a
l6-year-old boy. Ofic is the head drum
mer in the fire drill. He handles the drum
10 keep the children in marching order.
As soon rs the alarm was given he hurried
down To the principals office. got his drum
and. stationing himself near The door.
pounded out the tunes while the children
marched out Of the building.
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Lions.

The Mesopotamian lion is usually
without a name, although upon the
k:run River some have been found
with n long black one. Such n lion.
n recent traveller tells us. is called a
Kaffir, OF infldel, the manelcss lions
being Mussulmans. These latter. IL
properly adjured. may, say the inhal,-
itants, be Induced to spare life on or
thodox confession of faith. while the
unbelieving lion has no mercy.
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snc = unarucr , ahipanih. that the .imcri-
can lincr ST. Paul ran her nose 100 feet
into the white sands of Long Branch
Friday ut midnight. Stories differ about
the Campania. il being declared and de-
nicd that she. too. ran aground, but was
able To release herself. The stranding of
the st. Paul. it was learned when her
passengers arrived in the city ut I o'clock
Saturday evening. occurred mt the close
of n Seycntecn-hour race. called off on
account of the heavy fog. This is vouchcd
for both by Captain Walker of the Cam
pania and the passengers Of both ships.
Walker came near going ashore himself
off Elberon. but was warned 10y the men
of the lifc-saving crews and dropped an
chor in time lea save his ship. Ii is posi-
BILE the ~. Paul cannot bc iloatcd in time
To- save her.
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Decide Against Kcuefck.

The Cook County commissioners N
Chicago cancelled the contract with L..
kennefick X Co. who are charged with
delivering short-weight coal To the coun-
ty's dependents, voted To withhold fur
Their payments to that firm and appointed
a committee To present the ease To tho
Grand Jury.
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TOo Nj gel Scandal

Washington dispatch: Col. X. T.. 4.
Crofton. commander of the Fifteenth Reg
iment of Infantry III Fort Sheridan. Ill.,.
has pcen asked To retire from the army.
Secretary Lament sent him Il letter say
ing that on account of certain evidence
revealed IN the Pague court-martial trial
the President would be pleased Ia grant
his application for retirement. In six
months more Crofton could have retired
upon his own motion.
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COnfcsses on the GaIIOws.

81 did the deed. | killed George Wells
and don't want anyone else TO suffer for
the crime but myself" said Henry &. Eos
ter. as he stood upon the scaffold ut the
Cook County Jail at Chicago Friday noon.
Three minutes later the murder for which
the young colored man had been tried
was legally avenged. The BLACK Bear
died with the eXcmplitication of the nerve
that he has So often declared he would
display upon the gallows. Not once did
he betray weakness during the ordeal
which preceded the adjusting of the moose
and the paraphcrnalia of death. There
was an absence Of the brayado manner
that the young mans varied life might
have i~nstillcd in him.