Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-16
NEWS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Minor Happenings Of the Past
Week.
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS.
Political, Religious, Social and Criminal
Doings of The Whole World Carefully
Condensed for OR Readcrs-The Ac-
cideDt Record.


their experiences in the war with
Spain. This information is sought for
the benefit of the Gillian navy in an
ticipation of war with Argentina.
Springfield. Ohio-The Masonic tenn
pie at Washington Courthouse. Fayette
county, was destroyed by fire, together
with several other buildings. The to-
tai loss is $4,000. partly insured.
Camp Wikoff. ~ Y.-The rough rid
ers are collecting money to purchase
a statuette of broncho for Col Roose-
welt
Arcola, Ill-Benjamin Andrews,
aged 60 years. dropped dead Of heart
disease in this city. He was an old
soldier and a pioneer resident of Doug
las county
Plainfield, visa hard frost is re
ported all through this section, Ice
was formed on standing water. Crops
are killed or seriously damaged.
Niles. Mich.-Joseph and Morton II.
Marshall of Otsego. who went TO Alas
ka last February. have been murdered
by thieves
Grand Rapids. Mich.-Jesse Badge
row, the young farmer who killed his
wife and her sister in Georgetown, OF
tawa county. later killed himself as the
officers called upon him to surrender.
Birmingham. Ala.-A tremendous ac-
tivity in the pig iron. coal and coke
trade has followed the close of the war.
Every furnace in the Birmingham dis
trict has sold its output mp 10 Jan. l OF
next year.
Charleston, Ill.-Augustus II. Chap
man, one of Charleston s oldest citi-
zens, died He was born in Orange
county. Indiana. in 1922 He held the
rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Fifty
fourth Illinois volunteer infantry in
the civil war.
Liberty Mo.-A mob took Ben Jones,
aged over 20, from jail and hanged him.
He was accused of assaulting a little
girl. 1t is said that Jones confessed the
crime.
Vienna-In the worlds cycling cham
pionship races here George a. Banker,
the American cyclist. won the profess
sional mile. unpaced. by six inches in
three minutes and one second.
independence, Ore.-Del Norte equal
ed the worlds record as a guideless
PAGER, covering a mile in 2:O4s4. The
time is as follows: 30L. 1:02. 1:32
2:O4A.
Naples There is a distinct recru-
iesence of eruptions from Mount Vesu-
7iuS, accompanied by rumblingS and
explosions
Dry Ridge, Ky.-Joseph Michaels.
Jr.. and James McCrau are dead and
James w. Watson and Ben Michaels.
Sr., are dying as the result of fight
over fences.
New York-A bicyelist who shot
himself in Central Park has been iden-
titled ais Thomas l.. Belden of Nara
gansett Pier. r. l.. who has wealthy
relatives in Minnesota.
Brunswick. Ga.-Postmaster Symons
has OBTAINED positive evidence that the
schooners John III. Plat and Jessie C..
Woodruff were lost in the storm of
L
the two boats.
Knoxville Tenn.-Private 4. ". Sui
Ivan of the Macon company of the
First Georgia regiment, encamped here.
killed Private Arthur Burns of the
same company and regiment. The men
were terminates and quarreled, when
Sullivan stabbed Burns. The murderer
was arrested.
Providence. Il. AT a meeting of
the corporation of Brown university
the resignation of President f. Benja-
min Andrews was accepted. Benjamin
Clark was chosen to succeed DR. An
dreWs.
Platteville. Wis-Dr Charles ID.
Lockwood of Chicago and Miss Clara
Sanford Of this town were married at
the home of the bride.
Toledo, O.-Iudge Hammond of the
Uni ed States court named James b
Townsend Of Lima receiver for the De
troll & Lima Northern railroad.
Niagara Falls. ~ VI. Is. Marvin
of Buffalo and Constable Macken ol
Lewiston were drowned in the Niagara
River at Lewiston.
Ashtabula. O. Congressman s. \
Northway OF the 18th district o.
Ohio is dangerously ill.,
Rock Island, Ill.-Charles Geisler
aged 16, while handling n rifle which
he did not think was loaded, accident
ally shot and killed his brother viii
liam. aged 10.
Warrensburg. Nov. II. Hartman
senior member of the firm of Hartman
& Markward, proprietors of the Mag
nOlia mills, was shot and killed by
AdOlph Iubrick.
Simia-Lieut. Gen. John Duncan
commanding the forces in the presi
dency of Bombay died at Poona.
Metamora. Mich.-Township Treas
urer Albert Liscombe of Goodrich com
mitted suicide, his mind having beef
unbalanced by illness.
Simla-There is a great gathering o
Afridis at Tirah. in the Punjab, an
the question of tribal allowance !