Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
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 Oar Readers-Tbe Ac-
Gident Record.

$4,000.
Kewanee, Ill.-Benjamin Hokum, of
Galva, H., was struck by an engine
and killed.
Moweaqua, Ill.-The tabernacle Of
the Christian church was dedicated by
Elder j. V Coombs, of indianapolis.
Paris, Ky.-John Shea, Waterman,
was assassinated by an unknown negro
near the negro senttlement of Clays-
Vile
ST. Louis, Mo.-A COW derailed the
Texas special at Hematite Engineer
Franey and Fireman Childs, both OF st.
Louis, were killed.
Fort Madison, Iowa-The new First
Baptist church was dedicated by the
Rev. Dir. NJ w. Haynes, of Chicago,
and the Rev. E. B. Moody, of Detroit.
Washington, Ind.-SiX non-uniOn
coal miners pulled revolvers upon the
police and citizens and defied arrest.
One negro was beaten into insensibility
by strikers.
Oshkosh, Wis.,. Earle Morgan, of
Morgan & Co., was granted a divorce
Al Jill lud gan anu given lAC Jus
tOdy of their children. The complaint
alleged desertiOn.
Dallas, Tex.-J. c. Arnold, who had
been chief of police for nineteen years
and a member of the Dallas police
force twenty-three years, is dead as the
result of a hunting accident.
Princeton, MO.-At Mercer, ten miles
north of here, Andrew Alley was shot
dead and Joe Alley, his cousin and part
ner in general store, was MORALLY
wounded by Peter Kindred
Thorp, Wis.-The examination Of
Mrs. Mary Miles, on charge of plac
ing ties on the tracks of the Wisconsin
Central railway, resulted in her being
bound over to the next term of court.
Carson City, Nev.-Sheriff Brockliss,
of Douglass county, where the lynching
of Adam Uber recently occurred, has
been indicted for willful neglect OF duty
in not taking steps to prevent the il
legal execution.
Topeka, Kas.-The state supreme
court, affirmed the decision of the lower
court awarding Miss Lillian Wolfers-
berger $3,191 damages in her suit
against DR.. George A. McElree, Of New
ton, Kas., for breach of promise
Baltimore, Md.-Mgr. Edward McCol-
gan, honorary member of the pontifical
household, vicar-general of the arch
diocese of Baltimore, and for more than
half century pastor of S.. Peters
Catholic church, is dead, aged sc years.
Houston, Textile mystery sur
rounding the murder of Mrs Mary
Benchley more than a week ago has
been cleared up by the arrest Of An
drew Atkins, her son-in-law, and Cal
vim TOlson, negro, at Richmond, Tex.
TOlsOn has made a confession impli-
eating Atkins.
Akron, O.-Spreading rails wrecked
fast freight on the Pittsburg & West
ern road at Monroe Falls Engineer
George HUFFMAN Of Chicago Junction
was crushed to death under the loco
motive. Fireman w. Gildow of Chica-
go Junction was badly injured
Winamac, Ind.-Joseph Smith OF Co.
lumbus, Ohio, stole several hundred
dollars worth of dry goods from the
store of William Sabel and has com
menced a fourteen-year sentence in the
reformatory at Jeffersonville.
Kansas City-Charles d. Etue has
been arrested on suspicion of being i'm
plicated in the murder of Miss Emma
Schumacher last December.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Judge Elliott of
the district court declined to grant
new trial to Alderman George A. Dur
nam, convicted of soliciting a bride
Unless the supreme court overrules
this decision Durham will have to serve
term in the penitentiary.
st. Joseph, Mo.-Henry Lobe, a we'll
known resident of Taylorville, ILL.,, was
arrested at Cover, Mo-, to-day on
charges of horse stealing.
Sioux City, Ia.-Burglars cracked the
safe in the postoffice and secured $500
in cash and $500 in stamps. The safe
was completely shattered and the Office
furniture badly damaged.
Marseilles-Baron Carlingford (Chi
chester Samuel Observation-Disclosures
formerly president of the British Board
of Trade, and lord president Of the
NOuhtil, 10 uCdu.
St Joseph, MCMILLAN Higgins Of
Des Moines, Iowa. WIS arrested here.
1t is said stolen property was found
in his possession.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Emilia Raegner is
suing J. f. Holl for $4,000 damages
by reason of having been bitten by
bulldog owned by the defendant.
White Pigeon, Mich.-The boiler of
the traction engine used to furnish
power for wood-sawing blew up. Sc
verely scalding eight farmers.
Almonte, Ont.-Three hundred oper-
atives in the Rosamond wooden mills
| are on strike against a proposed re-
| duction of wages.
LOndon-In n fistic bout OF twenty
| rounds at Birmingham between Joe
| Films of Boston and Johnny Simpson,
the Englishman, Simpson knocked
| ELms out in the fourteenth round
Detroit Mich.-O. w. Shipman, one
| Of Detroit's oldest business men, is
dead. He was go years of age.