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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
COLUMBUS RACES
Run in the Mud, But Very Fair Time
Was Made.


COLUMBUS, o., August i-The track
at the Columbus Driving Park was heavy
to-day as a result of recent rains, but
very fair time was made in the three
races run in the mud. The Pill pace fur
nished the sensation of the day Charlie
B. was backed by Hubinger to win this
race, and it is said his losings aggregate
$500. In the pools Charlie B. first
brought 1925 TO $500 for the field and Hub
myers nervy betting soon forced the field
down to 500. 1t is said the pools on this
race amounted to 5,0o0. The sensation
was furnished when Indiana, a horse
that was never considered, won the race
in straight heats. Indiana has speed but
is bad actor. The mud just suited him.
however, and he paced without a break,
never being in danger The best Charlie
p. could Go was to take fourth place.
Murphy is said to have been a big winner
in the pools.
The favorites won in both the other
races. Directum lost the second heat of
the 2:24 trot by break, but did not again
disappojrt his hackers. Split Silk also
lost the third heat of the 2:27 pace by
break, but won easily.
An effort is TO be made to finish the
programme Friday and Saturday. Owing
to the condition of the track. Star Pointer
will not go against the track rec 1Td until
Saturday. Summarizes:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
Sporting Editor Of the Register.


Sporting Editor of the Register
Sir:-In to-day's Pittsburg Post the
statement is made that from the account
received by them, the audience at the
Campbell Bezenah contest was the row.
Giest ever known at contest, and if this
be so the club has a great deal to learn
This statement, like others which have
appeared in the P,etsburg papers, is ut
terly without foundation. except in so far
as it refers to the club s. learning We
are learning fast, however. One thing
we have learned ard that is that Pitts
burg sports have no more idea of the
binding quality OF a contract nor the
common courtesy of one gentleman to-
ward another than a land turtle has Of
managing a war ship.
The dirty action of the Pittsburg con-
lirgent will not soon be forgotten in this
neck of the woods. The plain statement
Of the case is that Mr.. Connolly. after
having Henniger introduced in the ring on
the previous night. and having filled his
home papers with dire predictions of what
''Yock' would do to Oscar. suddenly found
ont that his champion was sick and i'm
n2ediatelY proceeded to notify-the club?
No, if you please, but every one he could
fird in Wheeling, except any one con-
nected with the club that there would
be no contest.
After having this fact spread for three
or four hours, ne condescended to tell the
club. ana accompanied his rejection IF
his contract by the interesting fact tina.
he would make another match in two or
three weeks. Perhaps he will and per-
haps he wont. This club has no author
ity to speak for Oscar Gardner, but we
feel sure that one dose of Pittsburg cour-
tesy will be enough for him. Henniger
or Connolly might have another attack Of
heart failure.
The facts of the unfortunate occurrence
seem to warrant the opinion which IS held
by this club. although not being mind
readers, we are not positive. Connolly ex-
pected to win with Campbell. and either
win with Henniger on foul or take the
losers end. Not having been able to win
with Campbell and not being able to get
a referee who would play the Peter Ma
her act, as was done at the Metropolitan
Club, and knowing that Referee Pearce
could not be tempered with. he simply
threw up the whole business. The club
is satisfied that the experience it has had,
though costly, will be useful for the flu
ture.
The Bridgeport Athletic Club.
Geo d Fisher President
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
TILE IIIGu e.c.HcnI.

Indications are for an enrolment ~ pu-
pills at the high school which will greatly
exceed the enrolment at any time iast
year. The Board OF Education has made
provision for additional room, and has
added Prof Lewis. formerly ohio county
superintendent. to the faculty u II ex-
pected that some changes In text books
will be made This matter IS now under
consideration by the high school commit.
tee Of the Board.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05

which was to have been a feature of
the Turner's picnic at the Fair
grounds took pace last night in Tur-
ner Hall. Wheeling defeated Steu-
benville in rather one-sided game,
tween the same teams last year re-
suited in tie score, to 6.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05

sufficient to attract to the grounds the
banner crowd of the meeting.
The club has arranged a grand hurdle
race to be given on the fair grounds
track on Saturday afternoon of next
week. The horses will be required TO
make seven Jumps. A hurdle race will be
a very decided novelty in Wheeling, and
it will no doubt attract an immense
crowd to the grounds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05

George Church, a bantam weight
fighter, Of Buffalo. n. Y, has arrived
in the city, and makes his head
quarters at Louis Probes place. He
will remain in Wheeling until the
first of the year. at least. Church
challenges Joe Bruner. of Cincinnati,
Chick" Brooker, or any man in West
Virginia at lie pour, Oscar Gard
!: !: :: !:
ner excepted, make a side
WI
The gams for the
championsh ailey'
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were postponed on account of rain.
CHICAGO, August 4.-The teams split
| even on their double header to-day Nc.
James pitched the first in good form,
holding the Orphans down TO four singles
and giving them their first shut out OF
the season. In the second Griffith was
hit hard by nearly every one, but the hits
We're kept scattered. Nops was invinci5Ie
until the eighth, when ne was found for
four hits and three runs Attendance,
5000 Score:
Chicago .....0 0 0 0 0 90 4 5
Baltimore - 0 0 1 0 O-5 s 2
Earned runs Baltimore /; batteries, CAL
lahan and Chance; Mechanics and Robin
son. time, hours; umpires, Swartwood
and Warner.
Second game:
Chicago .....0 0 0 0 So ii 2
Baltimore 80 l 0 0 c O-1 II .
Earned runs, Chicago 2; Baltimore ]:
batteries, Griffith and Donahue; Nops
and Clarke; time, 2:o5: umpires, Swart
wood and Warner.
LOUISVILLE, KY, August 1.-Two
games We're played to-day the tie game
OF Tuesday being played off The Bean
NN'-NAN
first contest, while the Colonies batted
Lewis at will. The Colonies tried their
new pitchers in the second game and Bos-
ton was winner from the start Todd
lasted but one inning. Attendance, $500
Score:
Louisville % 3 i / 2 3 0 al 10 0
Boston .......0 e 0 0 0 0 PAP .
Earned runs, Louisville Z: lston 4: bat
tories
Bergen; time, 200; umpires, O'Day AMI
Mcdonald.
Second game:
Boston .......4 0 0 O 0 0 O-S p 3
Louisville 30 0 Q / o / O. 9 3
Earned runs; Boston 8: Louisville .;
batteries, Nichols and Yeager; Altrock
Todd and Powers; time, 1:45; umpires
Mcdonald and O'Day.
CINCINNATI, O., August THE Giants
had all the luck in the first game. Stupid
base running prevented the Reds from
! winning the second in a galop. Second
game called end ninth inning on account
, of darkness. Attendance. 4,133. Score
Cincinnati 90 9 0 Is 10 0
New York,....0 0 0 ) 0 &C 10 ?
Earned runs, Cincinnati 2; New York
1; batteries, Dwyer, Dammann ana
Vaughn; Seymour and Grady; time, 2t5:
uEnDires, Gaffney and Brown
Second game:
Cincinnati IL 0 0 O-5 II 4
New York 80 0. % 6 3
Earned runs, Cincinnati ,: batteries.
Hawiey and Vaughn Gettig ana Warner:
| time, 2C5; umpires, Ganney and Brown.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August A
Cleveland took two games from Philadai-
phia to-day without any great effort. The
Phillies could not hit the opposing PITCH
ers when hits meant runs, while the
home pitchers were batted freely. Al
ten 'ance, 1870 Score:
Cleveland - 0 / I 0 o. 10 I
Philad'a ......0 0 Q 0 0 ii 2
Earned runs, Cleveland 2; batteries,
Young and CConnor; Fif-ld and McFa1-
Land; time, 2 hours; umpices, Lynch and
Andrews.
Second game:
Cleveland III 0 I 0 0 Is 10 8
P6ilad'a ...."0 0 0 0 % ! !
Earned runs, Cleveland 4: Philadelphia
l; batteries, Jones and Criger; f. Muir,
phy, Orth ard NJ Murphy; time, hours:
umpires, Lynch and Andrews
ST. LOUIS. No, August 4-The Browns
won to-d2ys game in the ninth inning By
a -gre$te batting rally. Brooklyn went up
in tffe' tsh~tTying three pitchers Attend
ance, 1900 Score:
St. Louis 80 0 0 SIS 0
Brooklyn 80 o 0 / . IL Il 2
Earned runs. St. Louis ?; Brooklyn 8:
batteries. Hughey and Clements: Yeager.
KernadV 70 nd Criy 9.tp
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
INTERSTATE LEAGUE.

FORT WAYNE, August 4-Score:
Springfield 30 0 0 0 "a 10 l
Fl. Wayne....0 0 0 0 0 0 o. ,
Dolan and Granius; Herr and Camp
bell
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NEW CASTLE. Pa. August 4-Seore:
New Castle...0 0 0 8 Q o-s 10 ?
G.. Rapids...3 o 0 0 - Il {
Hewitt and Zinram; Wayne and Cote.
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YOUNGSTOWN o., August 4.-Score:
Youngstn - 0 0 0 o. II 9
Toledo ........o 2 0 90 Q 60 /
Knepper and Sehrecongost; Madden
and Arthur.
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DAYTON. O.. August T. Score:
Dayton .......o 2 0 2 Sc 10 0
Mansfield 90 o ! 0 o 0 n-I 4
STREET. and Donahue Kostal and Belt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
CLUBS STATEMENT

Concerning Henniger's Failure TO Fight
Gardner-Inc!dental References to the
Press.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
ROWLING.

Following were the results of games
last night in the Mozart summer tourn2-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
THREW Up The Sponge.
s'Jack" Kinlow Could Only Go Twenty
five Rounds.

Of THE FAST FIGHTING WHICH Ed
DIE GARDNER INDUCED IN BE-
FORE THE BRIDGEPORT ATTiLET-
&c CLUB LAST NIGHT-A VERY
PRETTY CONTEsT-RACES TO BE
- RESUMED TO-DAY-RESULTS OF
:. :, NATIONAL AND INTERSTATE
=. LEAGUE GAMES AND
OTHER SPORTS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
Saturday, Summaries:
2:27 pace, purse 50, GO,

2:27 pace, purse s., 600.
Split Silk. oh. m, by Bourbon
Wi!kes-Nannv Etticoat, by
BellWood (Wils0n) ........... I
The Swift. Oh. m. (Allen). ...2
Edward o., b. &. Curry. .......3
Gypsy Red. oh. m (Rollifus)..
George Hoof, b, h. Murphy.
BAY Leaf. b. &. GFinleyl....... dis
Mazie Strathmore, b. m.
Time 2181l: 2:ilA 2:i9M; 2:1S5
2:24 trot, nurse $2,C00
DirecJum Kelly. b. c.. by Di-
rect-Rosa Ludwig, by Anteo
True Chimes, b. g. tGeers)..... 8 . 8
Clay Fullerton. CHI e (Cosne!D. . (
Fred Lader, b, g. (SDlaul.....4 2
Quarterstoff. hr h CYearance) 2
Lurline McGregor, b. m.
Nancie King. bik m Uaird) I 6 E
Viola. b. m. C(ViIson) ...........S s 6
Time. 2:1S: 2:t5M 2:15la; 2:1312.
2:it pace. PURGE $1,000
Indiana, b g. BY King of Bell
aire, dam by Woodford NC
Carthy) go. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Auoris. b. h. Oudson) ........2 2 10
Fairview. b. 9. (Allen) ............ 3 ,
Charlie B., blk. &. 0ames) ........S 4
Sibila. b. m. fMcCIeary). > 3
Newton W.. sbr. b. Clark ....... =
Oddly. oh. h. Jacob .............. 10 Q
Lutv Wilkes, b. m, Gantz)...... G G
Neeta W. c. m. (Erwin) ..........6 s
Pilot Medium. Jr., b. h. GStarrl.... 8 Z
Ergerita. h. m. fMcLaughun).. dis
Time, 2:11h: 2:1GM: 2:l24.
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ST. LOUIS No, August 4.-The Browns
won to=d2y's game in the ninth inning By
q -greSt, batting rally. Brooklyn went up
in tfe' ah~tTying three pitchers. Attend
ance. 1880. Score:
St. Louis 80 0 0 SIS 0
Brooklyn 80 o 0 0 l . IL Il 2
Earned runs. St Louis ?; Brooklyn s:
batteries. Hughey and Clements; Yeager
Kennedy. McKenna and Grim; time, 2:l9:
umpires. Ernslie and Hunt
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THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

PlTTSBURG, Pa, August 1.-Two
games scheduled for this afternoon be-
tween the Pittsburgs and Washingtons
were postponed on account of rain
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
AFTER THE BANTAMS.

The Bridgeport Athletic Club.
Geo. P. Fisher, President.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Forty-tiye Years "a Pastor.

New Albany, lnd.-The Rev. Charles
Hutchinson Yesterday completed the
fortyffth year OF his passionate of the
Third Presbyterian church, and there
was q reception at the church last
night, which was attended by the con
gregation and many friends from other
denominations. Addresses were made
by General Packard, the Rev. Albert
HurlstOne. the Rev. J ". Cloley. the
Rev. J. Il. Ford and the Rev. w. II.
Hester. DR.. Hutchinson is a native u
Vermont by birth in 1920. He grad
uated from Dartmouth University AM
the Andover Theological College, and
after two years OF mission work he
came to this city in 1853 and began his
p2storate Of the Third church. Dur
ing his ministry he has built five
churches. welcomed to membership
1888 persons. solemniZed 1850 mar
riages, conducted 1852 funerals and
baptized over 1000 children.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
EIGHT PERSONS MISSING.
Supposed to Have Persisted in a
Burning Hotel.
HORRORS AT SAN FRANCISCO.
The Baldwin House Entirely Destroyed
-Four Known 10 BE Dead Eight
Hundred Guests and Employees Were
in the Euiidiug.

The Baldwin hotel IL san Francisco
caught fire and was entirely destroyed
There were SOC guests and employees in
tie hotel When the fire broke CIt, and
four OF these are known 10 have lost
heir lives Capt. J i. White. a san
Francisco capitalist ! one OF the vic
sims. but before he gave Up his life the
gallant man saved he lives Of three
women. The following persons are
missing - Siler. 81 Louis. adyer-
Using agent: Tate Pryor raeing-sheet
writer; +. Il Andrews, cashier cafe,
Fred Webster. TWO ehambermaids;
John Carter. race track Judge; Joe
Sammerfeld. Chicago bookmaker.
The injured ave: +. T. Noon, St.
Louis. Mo. both ankles broken, George
Huber. san Francisco, cut about body;
Miss Bridget Mitchell, San Francisco,
badly bruised, Fire Marshal Towe,
san Francisco cut about head, George
Carroll. cut ard bruised about the
hands and arms.
Search IS being prosecuted active'y.
but the debris Is piled in such a mass
that the work is very slow, and If any
bodies went down With the burning
partitions ana furniture into the cell
lar. it may be week or ten days be
fore they are recovered.
The building of the Baldwin hOtei
and theater was begun III 1913 and fin
ished in 1877. its total cost. including
ground and furniture. being S3.0O0,oOo
The building was in the French renais-
sance style, with Corinthian columns
and mansard roof. six stories high and
with principal dome l62 feet Iii
height
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Orders Professors Arrest.

Clinton Ind.-Dr c. NJ White
mayor CT the city. today caused war
rant to be issued for the arrest Of Pro-
lessor LeavenwOrth, superintendent IF
the Clinton schools, charging assault
and battery 1t is claimed the profess
sor caught the mayors 16-ye2r-old son
smoking while enroute from school 70
his home. Professor Leavenworth or
dered the boy to quit smoking, and he
refused This angered the professor
and he struck the lad with q heavy
book and. it is claimed, after knocking
the boy down. he choked him severely
The White boy has but one leg and
was, therefore, unable to run or defend
himself. If Professor Leavenworth IS
convicted the next move will be an
effort to have him dismissed from the
school. Some of the citizens take sides
With the teacher, while some are in
sympathy with the crippled boy and his
father
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Horse with "A Sombrero,

Il good deal of amused comment has
been excited on the business end of
TchOupitoulas street during the last
few days by the peculiar headgear
worn by big bay dray horse It is an
extremely tall straw hat, shaped some
thing like Mexican sOmbrero, with
couple of holes in the brim for the
animals ears. The hat is rather rakish
and jaunty in appearance, and as the
horse happens to possess a peculiarly
Sedate and solemn expression the COM
bination is enough to draw q grin from
a wooden Indian. One of the shippers
in the neighbOrhOod declares that the
beast is the living image of an old sea
captain who used to be q popular char
acter on the street, and who wore just
such another queer hat winter and
summer. They look SO much alike,
he said the other day, that it wouldn't
surprise ME in the least if the horse
spoke to me any time it went by" The
driver of the dray is q German and
proud of the contTivance. He says the
crown contains a sponge soaked III
vinegar.-New Orleans Times-DemO-
crat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Pulled Through After AL.

Martinsville. Ind.-BurtOn G.. Parker
Of Centerton, soldier in the Fourth
infantry al Santiago, was struck by a
Mauser bullet. which ripped open mis-
forehead in the second days battle, ard
he was left for dead on the field. His
comrades discovered that life was not
extinct. and he was nursed in the
trenches for several days, and was then
turned over to the hospital corps. He
was brought home by his father early
in August. with no expectation that he
would survive. but he is now Gonzales
cent and has received his discharge
from further service.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
The Messenger Admits Deception.

Wabash. Ind.-Villiam Slagel, mes
senger for Banker Candy Of Churubus-
60, who was sent to Crown Point for
$4,000 on Friday last, and who reported
TWO days later with a story in effect
that he missed his train and was given
a seat in buggy by two strangers,
VINO afterward drugged and robbed him
OF $1,000, broke down yesterday and
admitted that after cashing the checks
ne concluded to keep part of the money
and buried $1,000 of it in a place he
promises to reveal
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Buried Underneath His Hay.

TT. Wayne, Ind.-George Miller. =
farmer living a few miles from this
city, met with peculiar accident yes
terday. which resulted in the breaking
OF his cOllar-bone. besides narrow
escape from death by suffocation. He
Was driving into the city on load of
nay, when the horses turned to the
side of the road. precipitating the load
into the ditch. Miller struck the
ground first and the entire load tum
bled over him, in which position he
was imprisoned until some other farm
ers happened along. They supposed
the driver Of the overturned hay wagon
must be underneath, and dug the un-
fortunate farmer out, more dead than
alive
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Forecasts of Storms.

w. II. Wheeler, who has devoted
many years to the study of such mat
ters, says that in the Bay of Biscay,
frequently during the autumn and win
ter in calm weather, heavy sea gets
up and rolls iii On the coast four and
twenty hours before the gale which
causes it arrives, anG of which it is the
prelude. In this case the wave-action,
generated on the other side of the At
lantic by the wind, travels at a much
greater rate than that of the body OF
disturbed air, and this gives warning
of the coming storm. Upon the great
lakes of North America fishermen and
boatmen have learned to forecast
storms by observations of the undula-
tons TO which the water of the lakes
are subject, and direct inquiry into
the matter. by means of self-recording
gauges to show the fluctuations of level
of the surface of the water. has now
proved that these undulations provide
earlier and more distinct indications
of approaching storms than are given
by the barometer.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
PRINCE OF WALES THEATER.
OId-Timc Fashionable London Playhouse
to BE Demolished.


to BE Demolished.
The coming demolition of the old
Prince of Wales theater, off Tottenham
Court road tits proper address is p
Tottenham street,, may be mourned by
those who remember the days when 1t
was one OF the most fashionable and
crowded playhouses in London, but
the majority of the people will hear OF
its disappearance without q panS or
regret, says London Graphic. Even
in its palmy days. when the Bancrofts
had it in hand, the theater could never
lay claim to much external beauty, and
nowadays, with its walls Il patchwork
of ugly posters, and its dirty and
squalid surroundings, il is really q
most deplorable looking object. AS a
playhouse it was closed decade or so
ago. and since then its only attempt at
notOriety was when the Salvation army
took it over for time. Originally 1t
was the concert room Of Sig. f. Pas
quail: then the directors of the con-
certs Of ancient music bought and en-
larged it and built magnificent royal
box for George III. and Queen Char
lotte. Next, it became the home OF
The Picnics, a body of amateur play
ers, whose celebrity" writes Mr..
limbs, rendered them objects of
alarm TO the professional actors of the
day and exposed them to the attacks
of the caricaturist Gilray.' About
1907 it was transformed into a sort of
circus, but it could never be compared
in this line with Astleys. Converted
into a theater, it passed through many
hands and under almost a. many IT,
ties. Among it's earlier rames were
the Regency, the New theater, the
Theater of Varieties, the West London,
the Queens and the FitZroy. 1t was
a dingy, dirty enough theater in those
days, SO much so, indeed, that it was
popularity known as 'the dusthcle.
When, however, the house was taken
over By Miss Marie Wilton (afterward
Mrs Bancroft), who improved the con-
structiOn of the building and gave it
its name as the Prince of Wales, the
tide in it's fortunes took a decided turn
for the better and the days of its pros
perity began. During the fifteen years
in which it was under the management
of the Bancrofts it lived up TO the best
traditions of the English stage and
was associated with the names Of Fan
ny Brough, Madge Robertson (Mrs.
Kendall, John Hare, Charles Coghlan,
and a good many others. When the
Bancrofts gave UP the management the
house was taken over by Edgar Bruce,
but it was finally closed as theater
sixteen years ago. Its name, how
ever, has been handed down 20 what
was formerly the Princes theater, in
Coventry street west.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02

Mrs. Anna Maria bruce has been
granted permit by the faculty of the
diocese of London 10 open and inspect
the coffin in which. il is alleged, the
remains of her father-in-law Thomas
c. bruce. are buried. Mrs bruce as
serts that bruce was the fifth duke OF
Portland, and declares that the coffin
which is said TO contain Druce's re-
mains does not contain any body and
never did Fifteen days are granted
by Chancellor Tristan FOR an appeal.
Notification of the appeal was imme-
diately filed. The dukedom of Port
land has an annual rent roll OF $1,000
900. This case Of the Duchy OF Port
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02

land is so remarkable that ii rivals
the story OF Too Strange Not TO Be
True" Stated in the briefest and sim
plest way. the nub of the matter is
this: Mrs. Anna Maria bruce claims
that her son. who. until recently. lived
in Australia, is the rightful duke Of
Portland. the grandson of the fifth
duke, and that his present grace is
wearing the title and occupying the
high places attaching TO the title
wrongfully In other words. Mrs.
bruce married. or claims she married,
the son of the fifth duke, and hence
that her child is the legitimate heir by
the force OF primogeniture.