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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
STORY OF Al OLD NINE

Stories of gold strikes at Cripple
Greek have revived those ancient le-
gends of accidental mineral finds which
lend such Il glamour TO the avocatl0D
of the proSpector. If one can find an old
miner with an un9ccupied half an hour
lies rare and picturesque and sufficient
in number To freight 4 train can he had
for the asking. Colonel Thomas JeffcT-
son Naloney. now an operator in Grip
pies properties. has been through all
the flush times Colorado has known.
and has likewise frightened his belt for
lack OF Il more satisfactory dinner in
those times When Colorado was not SO
flush.
There have been so such strikes in
the last five or six years said Colonel
Maloney. las we used to have in the
good olddays when old manTabor grub
staked the two German shOemakerS.
Hook and Richie. ANA went To sleep i'll
his clothes two nights afterward Il mill
ionaire owEcr of the Little Pittsburg.
1t was hard getting him 10 bed. too. l
think he would have been celebrating
the strike yet if the boys hadn't chic
reformed him. Now when Il man makes
a find he goes and overs it up until he
can con his neiShbOrs ont of their
claims. In the other days | speak of
Il man who struck it rich wen out OH
the causeway and proclaimed his great
luck. He spent all his money in add
ing TO the general ~joyouSness of the
n,t N on.i mad. ma I1trfT NJ y-ar.l- until
his means for inducing celebration were
wholly exhausted.
Nearly all the bonanza strikes have
been made ny accident. There was Adj
ans famous luck over in the Sandia
range. Adams said he was Il descend
ant Of the family that had so many
Presidents and signcrs of the declara-
ton in it. always set him down for Il
liar-he came from Elgin. Ill. He was
invariably making this declaration Of
Independence play when he should have
been doing assessment work. This
mans name was John Quincy Adams
same as the last President of the
namc-andh he never let YOU go 10 sleep
In ignorance of the fact. Why Provi-
utn't SiVNit pI'h NNt Al Hftth w
shower favors on | never could imag-
Inc. 1t was his idiotic carcleSSncSS tina
made him Il plutOcrat. Any man with
a morSel of sense would never have got
rich as he did. He was always pros
pecting around in the most unpromising
spots. He packed Il jack-load of plum
der with him. pans and picks and shov-
els and powder. besides his grub. One
day he projecting around the Sandia
hills. thinking he was looking for float
and letting his heart swell with family
pride. He had his haversack slung
over his shoulder. and among other
truck in it We're ten or twelve cartridges
for blasting. His magnifying glass
lay at the top of the bag. Adams sat
down against Z; rock to rest. and the
glass focused the sun so it So; fire To
the canvas bag. Adams said subSe-
quently he made the quickest play of
his life in getting from under that hay
crsack strap. He hit one ridge and
landed forty rods away behind another
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
BREVITIES.
daughter

Mrs. Eliza j. Nicholson. proprietrcss of
the New Orleans. La. Picayune. died Sat
nrslay morning. She WAS suffering from
the grip when her husband died, and the
event so shattered her system that the dis
ease developed into congestion of the
lungs.
Sarpy County officials arrived in Oma-
la with warrants tG arrest all United
States soldiers engaged in Il prize fight i'll
4hat county ON Sunday. Over leo of the
pri,atcs ut Fort Omaha are said To have
witnessed the fight between Two soldiers.
who. it j. alleged. fnug lIt for n purse put
up BY officers who Were present. The fort
commander denies that any officers were
present.
Frank j. Miller. u butler in the employ
of j. l. Franklin. of San Francisco. Cal,
shot and killed John Anderson. Il burglar.
and was himself shot through the neck
and dangerously wounded. The dead
thief was a sailor with Il criminal record.
a year ago an attempt was made To rob
The Franklin residence. Miller kept the
burglars out of the house, though fright
fully beaten by them.
A sensation was created ut Springfield.
o.. by a dispatch from Leonardsburg. Del
aware County. To the effect that Mrs. G.
VI. Powell. formerly Il boarding house
keeper at Springfield. had been arrested
there. She * charged with poisoning II.
:. Mal0ney's two children. who died: his
wife. who recovered. and also Prof. Van
Sickle, who died in Mrs. Powelrs house
last December and was buried ut Gallipo-
lis. Mr.. Maloncy makes the charges.
Henry Vine. a tinsmith at Omaha.
wrote Henry Sesal at I.add. H.. announc-
ing that he intended To commit suicide
Feb. IL. Segal sent the letter 10 the POI
lice. who found Vine and took him before
the captain. Vine said he had written the
letter and had nothing to %retrnrt. If he
wanted To commit suicide he would do 50
regardless of the poke. lie is a single
man. His landlady says Vine had been
very respondent. owing to sickness an,
want of employment.
The Hutchinson. Kan. Hardware Com
pany. one Of the largest concerns of its
Kind III Central Kansas; was closed by
mortgage. John w. Woods. its manager.
was connected with the Valley State
Bank, which recently failed and the lat
ter is supposed 10 have involved the hard
ware company. Liabilities, sd. 900: as
sets. $iJ,0O0.
The Exchange Bank of David Wilson
4 TO. assigned ut F~lemingsburg, Ky. "a
X. *. Hart and Robert Sourley. The
estimated liabilities are 10000. with as
sets of over 100000. The bank will
more than pay ont.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
Firing Bio Guns.

Some remarkable records ia biz. gun
firing were made by the gun crows OF
the British flagship Royal Arthur
off The Pacific coast Il week ar 80 ago.
At the battle of tie Lalu river. in the
Chinese-Japancse war. an average Of
one shot in fifteen found lis mark. and
even at this rate the havoc among
the war ships was terrible. In the
Royal Arthur'S practice eight shells.
with ii bursting charge. Wer.. fired
from the twenty-five ton gun at l.SoO
yards. mt Il target in the water ten
feet high ,and twelve feet square. AMI
every shot burst within a radius Of
fifty feet of the target. The d%estruct-
iveneSs of such firing in The ease OF n
war ship some 200 feet long may be
imagined. OF course. such marksman-
ship might not be possible i'm the cx-
element of an actual fight. On an
other practice trip recently one gunner
with Il siX-inCh quick-firing Gun. put
eleven out of twelve shots hrou-h n
any target ten feet square at 1.SuU
wards.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
vanished it. He says the Adamses are
on earth for the second time

Il never let fewer than three men
work in one of my mines" said an own
er of property in the Clear Creek dis
trict. 1T may be an idle notion. but |
have been haunted 10y the idea that |
came ear committing murder OF the
most coid-bloOded character Il few Years
ago. If there had been three of us. in
stead of two partners. the Thought
never would have come to me-. and |
wouldn't have the bad dreams that dis
turb me occasionally. | have never
since put myself in Il position where IL
possible homicide Wouid not have at
least one witness. | will not work alone
with another man iff Il mine.
Il got my start up in Farncomb Hill.
Jim Souther was my partner. We had
a fairly good claim: nothing of the ho-
narZa in its nature just IL good. honest
oUncc-and-a-half or two-oupce PROPOSE
ton that beat day wages 10y Il shade
only. There is one thing about Farm
comb Hill. that is It's uncertainty. You
never know what the next wallop with
the pick or the next shot with Il car
fridge will ncove Souther waS down
in the hole and | was On the windlass
hosting the buckets he filled with ore.
We had Il soft thing so far as labor was
concerned. and could almost shovel the
ore up. 1t was Il soft tale. a cross be-
tween chalk and putty. 1 got Il bucket
at last-alOng about > in the afternoon
that weighed like q ton. could scarce
ly lift it. / dumped it and almost drop
ped dead. The ore was 50 rich in gold
/ could see it shine. | examined the
bucket and found little strings of wire
gold hanging to it. Jim had struck II
of these celebrated Farncomb freaks.
and it was so dark down there he hadn't
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

Prince Bismarck is fond of skiing
questions, but does not like TO answer
them. On one occasion. says London
Million. the Chancellor called i'm 4
young physician who. Indifferent to his
patients rank and prestige. coolly pro-
cecded to put him through an exhaust
i've professional examination.
Bismarck became impatient and final
~ declared he would not answer anoth.
er question.
VERY WELL" calmly replied the doc
tor. IF you do not want TO he uues-
toned YOU had better send for a vetcr-
mary. He is accustomed TO treat his
patients without requiring
from them to any questions"
The audacity of the young doctor
caused the Chancellor to remain dumb
for Il moment; then he grimly said, IF
YOU are as skillful as O are imperti-
ncnt. young man, You must he Il great
physician
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
A T'SGHASTLYLOAD
FIVE CORPSES AND SIX UNCON-
SCIOUS MEN.
Drifts Ashore OH a Florida Island
Depot Usher Killed by the Nan He
Was Trying to Servc-kansas Town
Has Oil Fever.
Cn~~ Up by the Sea.

y boat containing five corpses and six
men barely alive drifted ashore on Dog
Island. of Carrabelle. Fla. When Dis
covered the survivors were lying uncun-
sciouS on the decomposed corpscS of Their
companions. Last week the eievcn men
left Key Yves; on 4 smack 10 fish on tine
west coast. When Two days ont the
smack was wrecked the men escaping in
Il boat without food. water o. clothing.
Three days afterward Frank Mason died.
and SOON after Max Thornton. Alfred
Stafford. Joe West and Nathan Adams
Su>umbcd. The survivors were 100 weak
To throw their dead comrades into the
sea. and the coIpses remained in the boat.
For the last two days Gilbert holmes
WAS the only oie conscious. and he does
not remember all that happened. The
scene in the boat WAS horrible. The
living and the dead were tumhlcd Ia
scther. The %corl,Scs seemed 10 be guaWci
in places. and the fishermen suggested
that i'll desperation the survivors tried to
sustain life on the flesh Of their dead
companions. The six survivors are being
cared for OH Dog Island. Several of
them seem to have been rendered insane
by their Su~fferin.S.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
Tragic Death at Il Depot.

Edward X. Mastcrson. al usher ~ the
Pennsylvania Railroad station in New
Brunswick. y. j.. WAS deliberately pushed
in front of Il train Thursday night and
80 ~shockingly injured that he died an hour
later. Thomas T.. Donlan. Of Ihilaiel-
pllia. who caused MaStcrSpns death. at
tempted 10 escape. but WAS seized and
taken 10 the police station. In the angry
crowd were several who attempted - 10
him injury. but they were kept away.
NaSterSon was standing nj the edge of The
platform. warning passengers of the APP
proach of Il fast freight. just as Il
switch engine WAS Fastening past 10 Get
ont of the way D"nlan attempted 10 cross
the tracks. MaSlerSon tried 10 force the
man back. when Donlan became angry
and gave the usher Il sudden push. which
sent him hcadlong to the track in front
If the passing train.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
Fire Horror at Ecuador.

Tho fire that swept through the City Of
Guayaquil. Ecuador. did not result in 50
many deaths rs mt first reported. but the
property loss was much greater. Only
five members Of the fire brigade were
killed. though forty were wounded, sew
pral So severely that the death list may
he materially increased. More than l3f
houses, including several public buildings
Of great beauty and one or more of his
torical interest. were destroyed. Among
the latter were the cathedral and the
onven adjoining. The loss is conserva-
lively estimated at $1,000. 000. The panic
that seized upon the people of the city
hampered the work of the 1re brigade, and
il is II wonder that the loss to life and
property was not much greater.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
$4,000 from that pocket and sold TIT

$4,000 from that pocket and sold TIT
claim for $4,000. Yes. Sou;her is still,
in the mining business with me. |
told him about my plan to dissolve
partnership when he WAS III the shaft.
He said: Do YOU know. Bill. | had ii
strong notion to belt you on the head
with Il pick when YOU came down the
shaft and | found what kind of a pile
of putty | had dug into Chicago
Timcs-Herald.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
M Rraudy DrODs and "Winks.'

The police department of New Ork has
begun a crusade against the sale OF
brandy drops" ''winkS" and the various
other kinds Of candy containing alcoholic
LIQUOR. Mrs. T.. Frances Lord. president
of the New York County Womans Tenn
perance Union. wrote = brief letter TO the
Police Beard some time ago complaining
that this sort of candy WAS being sold to
school children al over the city. Chief of
Police conlin sent his officers out and had
them purchase large quantities OF the
brandy drops" and "winks.' which he
employed MS leisure hours i'll testing. His
decision was that the selling of alcoholic
candy WAS ~ wrong rs the selling of al
coholic liquors without a license. and he
said h. would see that his orders We're
promptly carried out. and that all vino
failed to respect them would he severely
punished.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
EVENING NJ NIGHT

The air is very still.
On yonder wooded hill;
The old day slowly dies
In Paradise.
What colors manifold.
Red molten with the gold.
Islands of amethyst.
In lakes of azure mist.
The hour whispers peace,
The tired reapers cease.
And rudely sweet and strong
Riscth tie harvest song.
The evening star above
kindles her lamp of love.
And lends her light to bless
Their song OF th~ankfulncss.
And from the utmost rim
OF the horizon dim.
The harvest moon comes sweet
Over the shcaved wheat.
Her chastc and holy light,
The Silly hush OF night,
The incense in the air.
Proclaims Gods presence here.
Still is the starry East.
Sleeps every bird and beast,
Still is the faded West,
Rest. cleaner. rest.
Pail Mall Budget.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

George Jones. of Ccnterville. Ia. shot
and killed his sweetheart. Ieal. Martin.
her mother. Mrs. w. j. Martin. and then
put a bullet into his own head. Jones was
uf Il good family and the Martins are also
highly respected people. The scei.e in the
house Indicated that Jones had gone there
and had a quarrel with the girl and that
the mother interfeTel between them; that
Jones shot the mother first and then the
I,rrl-~
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
NEWS NUGGETS.

BY Il vote of pa TO 90 Friday the House
refused to concur in the Senate's free
silver amendment to the bond bill.
The Brisbane river at Brisbane. Queens
land. has been greatly swollen recently.
owing to the floods. While Il small steam
ar was crossing the river Thursday. with
about eighty passengers ti board. she was
rapsized and only forty persons were saw
I'd.
A bloody battle took place at a school
house in Hopkins Cunty. Texas, in which
Charles Walker was killed outright. Viii
liam Walker receiving Il fatal wound and
Elton Walker a scalp wound. Jack VIII
liams was shot through both thighs and
will die.
A man who has lived in Butte. Mont.
or several months under the name of John
Ladusky was betrayed by his wife as the
man who destroyed the residence of Mar
tin Buckly ut Basin, Mont. with dyna-
mite several months ago. with the inten-
ton Of killing Buckly and his entire fam
lily. The woman betrayed her husband
because he beat her nearly 10 death.
\ negro burglar. or a white man black
ancd up. entered the house of Jefferson
Smith at Dallas. Texas. at midnight
Thursday night. Smith %grappled with
him and was stabbed in the back three
times and is believed To- be fatally in
jurcd. His wife tried 10 assist him and
the assassin crushed her skull with Il
blow from an axe. She is unconscious
and cannot recover.
Edward Webster. chief grain inspector
NJ (tfyf., owns frpreArf fl,lf fraa.l
Oct. T. TO Jan. % there was exported
from that port To foreign points 2.i1S.69I
bushels of corn. So far during the present
month there has been exported about
300, 900 bushels. making the total grain
exports thus far this season nearly 5000
600 bushels. with nearly 1.OO0,00O bush
els on hand awaiting tonnage
Bronson. a small town in Kansas. is
much excited over the action of the
Standard Oil Company. which intends 10
open OIL wells plugged there a year ago.
The company Il year ago drilled several
wells ut Bronson. but soon plugged them
up. and this gave rise To Il suspicion that
oil had been found and the company WAS
suppreSsing the fact. The company has
now begun to unload oil-drilling and oil
pumping machinery at Bronson. and the
citizens believe this substantiatcs their
theory of deception.
Wood Il Robinson, New York lumber
~lealers. assigned To Andrew NJ. Under
hill. with preferences for 50. Assets
and liabilities about $4,000 each.
Fear is entertained in Valparaiso that
Argentina will begin war with Chill in
April. A Valparaiso dispatch says ii has
been agreed to settle all the French claims
for $4,000
At Terre lIaute. Ind, the jury in the
case of the three kellers. indicted for
The murder of Clara Shanks, Friday
morning brought in a verdict of not
guilty. The ease was brought on a
change of venue from Parke County.
The amendment To the bond hill to coin
the American product of silver was de-
feated in the House Thursday by Il vote
of IL yeas to lis nays.
Paderewski's manager. Herr Won Cor
litz, has been arrested AT San Francisco
for n%on-payment of a bill OF SOL for dry
goods contracted Seventeen years ago.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
No AlIigatOrS.

An American naval officer. wishing to
battle in n Ceylon river. asked Il native
Ia show him n place where there were
no a%lligators. The native took him TO
a pool close to the estuary.
The officer enjoyed his dip: while
drying himself. he asked his guide why
there were never any alligators in that
pool.
because, sah," the Cingalcse replied.
they plenty 'fraid Of shark
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

Sixty anarchists have been arrested at
Lisbon, Portugal. as n result of the eN-
plosion of a bomb in the house of 4 physi-
elan who had testified to the INSANITY nf
the man who threw a stone at the kim.
Senior Antonio d'Aszevdo. minister of ms
ticc, declared in the chamber Of deputies
that the Government was determined I,
adopt the severcst measures to suppress
anarchy.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

During 1894. 1915 patents relating
to electricity were granted in Great
Britain. the United States and Ger
many. OF these 1,13O were British.
being one-twentieth of all British pat
ents. 1.1Gf were American, and ISL
were German.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

Miss Clara Barton, president of The
Red Cross Society. with her party. has
left London on her way 10 Armenia for
the distribution of the relief fend in her
hands.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
BICYCLES Used i'm Armies.

Nearly every army has now Il bicycle
corps. In Germany six men of every
regiment are mounted on wheels 10 act
as scouts.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

1t is much easier to make that which
is ugly uglier still than it is to improve
that which is already handsome.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
MANAGUA CAPTURED.
CUBAN INSURGENTS CAPTURE
q BIG TOWN.

Only Twelve Miles Distant from Hav-
aua-Ncw Witness in the Bryan Case
New York Crusade Against lntoxi-
eating Confectionery.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19

The amendment TO the bono bill to coin
the American product of silver was de-
feated in the House Thursday by u vote
of IL yeas to lis nays.
Paderewski's manager. Herr von Cor
litz, has been arrested at San Francisco
for ~non-payment of a bill of SOL for dry
goods contracted seventeen years ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-16
A MICHIGAN TRAGEDY.
FIVE UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS KILL.
ED BY A LAWYER,
Ends His Tcrriblo work by Taking His
own Life-Shoots q Client Then Muir.
dcrs His wife aod Three
Children.

Pentwater, Mich, April 1o.-S b. Minis
hall. an attorney of this town. last night
shot and probably fatally wounded Will
liam b. Sands, president of the Sands
and Maxwell Lumber company. He then
went to his home and shot his wife and
three children dead; then committed sui
vide Minshall was Sands attorney. No
motive is known for his attack upon Mr..
Sands.
Sands died at O'Clock this evening from
the effect of his wounds.
When Sands met Minshall last night
the latter had Winchester rifle and de-
manded that Sands accompany him.
Sands attempted to disarm him, when
Minshal fired. the bullet striking Sands
in the upper part of his right arm and
shattering 1t badly. Sands then ran to-
wards his home, but was unable to get the
door open. 'Minshall, who had followed
his victim fired four more shots, three Of
which took effect. BY this time Sands had
managed to unlock the door and as he en-
tered he fell insensible and Minshall fled
to his home.
The noise caused by Sands fall aroused
his family and help was summoned. a
general alarm was raised by the use of
the towns fire whistle. A cartridge was
found near where the shooting occurred
and it was identified by S. w. Fincher. a
druggist this morning, as belonging to d
rowed from him yesterday for the purpose
of shooting crows. This turned suspicion
| toward Minshall as tho attempted assassin
of Sands and the big crowd which had
gathered went to his house. The house
was found lighted, but as nc response
| could be obtained to the repeated knock
ings OH the door, ii was forced open.
Mrs MinahalPs body was found lying
against the door IN the main room. IIcl
| throat had beer cut from cal to car. The
| body OF Ruby Il 1G year old daughter and
IL promising musician, was found In one
! corner Of the same room. She had beer
shot through the head Mr.. Minshall,
| body was found near his wife's with hi,
throat cut In a bed room were found tn,
bodies OF Georgia, aged 4. and n two yea
| Old boy. one shot from the Wincheste
had ended both of their lives. Mnshal
had always been considered an inoffcnsv
man. He was 45 years old.
Sands was Pentwater's leading citizen
and he was very wealthy. He was vilag
president and a member of the G. A. K
and was 65 years old One of the letter
which Minshall left was to n friend 4
Chicago asking him to care for his fami
/. In case they should survive him. In tn
letter he complained bitterly of the com
pany's treatment of him in business mat
tiers. lie wrote that he would deman
/ satisfaction from Sands and If he did nc
receive 1t he would take him along wit
him ito mix with the elements" Fror
this letter It would appear that the mui
: der of his family was an afterthought o
the part OF Minshall.