Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-21
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Denver, Cola New York syndicate
has completed negotiations for all the
properties of the Victor Coal and Coke
company in southern Colorado, in the
vicinity of Trinidad, consisting of sew
eral miles of mines and coke ovens.
Elgin, Hl.-Thomas d. Burke, an eX-
alderman of Chicago and the brother
of Oil Inspector Robert Burke, died
at the insane asylum here.
Quincy, Ill.-Pike Moore has begun
$4,000 damage suit against this
county for failing to keep a contract
entered into with him for the collec
ton Of evaded taxes.
Boston, Mass.-George Wilson Phil
lips, aged 20, who invented most Of
the machinery which was used in the
first match factory in the country,
died at his home in Springfield
Washington-Lieut. Fred II. Pullen
of New Jersey died of yellow fever at
Dry Tortugas, Fla. He was attached
to the Resolute.
Cape TOWN. new ministry has
been formed by Mir. w. p. Schreiner,
the leader Of the Afrikander bund who
will occupy the offices OF premier ana
colonial secretary.
New Albany. Ind.-Mrs. Julia Will
son of tins city is dead. She was in
her 100th year and was a pioneer.
Hebron, Drank Lees two little
daughters ate jimson weed seeds while
playing Lillian is dead and Mildred
is dying.
Dubuque, lowa.-Receipts at the in
ternal revenue collectors office here
from the sale of stamps and other
sources average over $4,000 day.
New York-The offer OF Brentanos,
the booksellers, to pay their creditors
SO cents on the dollar has been accept
ed by most of them and an effort is
being made to reorganize the firm.
Out of $4,000 liabilities, creditors
representing $4,000 have signed the
agreement.
Auburn, n. Y.-Mrs. Augusta Mack,
in prison for the murder Of William
Guldensuppe, suffers from cataIacts of
the eyes and is likely to become to-
tally blind.
New Iork-The Adams & Bishop
Company, manufacturers and whole
sale dealers in paper, with Offices here
and mills at New Windsor, n. Y, have
made an assignment. 1t IS thought
the liabilities may reach 100000.
Washington-Maj. Gen. Francis Y.
Greene has been ordered to report
to Gen. ritzhugh Lee. Seventh army
corps. and will command division of
the army of Cuban occupation. Gen.
Greene took part in the battle of
Manila.
Rock Island. 1li-Thirty molders.
comprising the force at the works OF
the Rock Island Plow Company. have
struck because the company declined
to re-estabish last years scale as to
wages. Last year the men worked
piece work, and averaged $3.50 to $50
a day. The men went to work under
protest at 221a cents an hour.
Frankfort, ky.-Ex- Congressman W.
I. Ellis. whose candidacy for the sem
ate has been regarded as a certainty
by the anti-Blackburn element of the
party, has decided not to enter the
race
Asheville, n. C.-The National Re-
tail Liquor Dealers convention elected
August Koehler, Orange, president.
KilbOurn, Wis.-Rev. Elmer Yocum
died at his home in this village He
was one Of the best known of all the
ministers in Wisconsin. having
preached III every county in the state.
Paris-The Lafayette monument
committee has received a dispatch
| from President Mckinley highly APP
proving the project to erect a monu-
ment to Lafayette in connection with
| the Paris exposition of 1900.