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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Two Murders and "a Prophecy

Written for the Independent.
few days ago in the city Of Chicago a
worthless character by the name OF
Mulcahy went into a saloon and asked
for drink on credit, and on being re-
fused shot the saloon keeper dead.
A week later in another saloon Ger.
man baron, so called. land whether he
be or no is not of the slightest conse-
quencel deliberately provoked a quarrel
with plain, inotfesive man. and then
murderously shot him. down. Shoot 10
him not once, as did Mulcahy. but three
times To make sure that he had finished
his victim.
This Baron(? p Beidenfeid, for that is
his name, had come 10 this country, as
many of the so-cailed mobiles" of the
old world do, Ia sell his title for q rich
wife. lie found one, and of course is
now In good form and pet of society.
Now what will the harvest of this
double slaughter be- Mulcahy will be
sent to the penitentiary for life, or
hung, as he ought TO be. Beidenfeld
Will either be set free entirely, or given
IA brief prison sentence for manslaugh-
ter. and then pardoned almost before
the prison doors close on him, and yet
he IL guilty Of just as foul murder as
the former.
Watch, reader, these two cases as
they progress, and see how near my
diviniation IL at fault.
And yet the claim IL put up that in
this country there is an equal admins.
tration Of justice. There never was
greater travestic on fact. IL is TO our
shame that IL is so. We - sewing the
winds; we will one day reap the whirl
wind.
The rich, the powerful, the titled, the
pets of society, are exempt from the
penalty of crimes, that, committed by
the poor, the toiler, the friendless, are
visited with the direst punishment.
Some months ago one Capt. Carter, o.
the army, was tried and convicted of
robbing and assisting to rob the govern.
ment of the United States of S2,5OO,OOO.
lie was sentenced To be dismissed from
the army In disgrace, To be fined $1,000
and To be imprisoned for seven years.
But he has powerful friends; he has
stolen himself immensely rich; he is
member In high standing of the z. o. D.:
and what Ia the resultp Though
months have gone by since his trial, he
Is still free man. The president who
has absolute power in the premises, has
The papers for review, and in his own
good time he Will determine how much
Of the sentence, IL any, shall stand and
be executed.
Ii one of Plymouth's volunteers in
Lhe Spanish war had stolen $50 or 800 |
while In the service, he would have been |
anguishing in bsstile within fort
night of his conviction. The president
would have had no time or attentive
BAR for appeals In his behalf.
Some years ago an officer high in the |
English Army, close personal friend |
Of the Prince of Wales, was convicted |
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Odd Fellows Home.

The state committee of the Grand
Lodge, L. .. o. F., has formally ac-
cepted the 1900 gift of Greenburg and
100 acres of land, on which there will be
erected three large buildings, costing
from $4,000 10 100000 each, where
Odd Fellows INDECENT wives, widows
and orphans are to be kept. The lay.
Ing of the corner stone of the first of
these buildings will take place in May,
1899, the occasion to be one of the
largest gatherings of Odd Fellows in
Indiana. NJ. f. Ingalls, of the Big
-Four, donated $1,000 to locate the home
at Greensburg. John r. Walsh, of the
Indiana Southern was also a liberal
donator.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Tyner MAY BE Ouarantined.

A scarlet fever epidemic is raging IN
Tyner at fearful rate. Many of the
,bouses have been qusrsntined The
board of health has sent word to the
trustee to close the schools Immediately.
Every child in school, and in fact the
entire population, has been exposed.
The disease started in that mild form
which so closely resembles quinsy and
common sore throat that il is hard 20
detect. Within the last few days II has
made rapid strides and developed into
malignant form. The board of health
expect TO make a thorough inspection
Thursday
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
To 100. 900 Pounds Cnpncliy.

The Pennsylvania road Ia changing
2,l00 cars of 10000 and $4,000 pounds
capacity to 100000 pounds capacity by
putting heavier truck under them.
When these cars are changed the road
will have, including those being built,
3,SOS cars of 80 tons capacity. The
trucks from under the 35 and 40 ton oars
are being put under new bodies built at
the Altoona shops.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Another "Innocent Initiation :"

Dr. Wm. Il. Sensibaugh, while being
inflated into q fraternal lodge at Port
Byron, Ill.,, was blindfolied and given
several shocks from an electric wire.
One of the initiating teams seeing the
candidate was about TO evsde the wire,
gave him a shove which threw him of
his balance and he fell hands down up.
on the battery, receiving "a shock which
rendered him unconscious, Paralysis
IL threatened.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02

Ex-senator Edmunds, of Vermont, a
statesman of large experience in public
affairs, who has been the friend and
trusted counselor of every president
from Lincoln to Mckinley, was asked
by ex. x.Congressman and ex Gov. Stewart
of Vermont, to state what he thinks re-
specting the proposed scq uisition of The
Philippine islands by the United states
In reply he sent long and able letter,
which has been published by its recip-
lent.
Mr.. Edmunds declares unqualifiedly
against the acquisition of the islands.
lie says that before the war with Spain
nine-tenths of the intelligent people of
the United States would have thought
1t bordering on madness to have taken
those islands into our domain. Their
population is absolutely incapable of
anything that civilization would call
self government. The only motive for
acquiring the island must be, therefore,
the material advantages supposed to
flow from our controlling the products
Of the island and their trade.
But we get all the products of the
islands now that we wish for, and on
equal terms with other nations. We
can get no further advantage unless an
exclusive policy is adopted, In which
case retaliation will certainly follow
and our ships and goods will be exclud-
cd, In like manner, from the colonial
possessions of the great manufacturing
and trading powers, which would leave
the balance Of disadvantage vastly
against US.
Mr.. Edmunds points out that IN
business point Of view We must take In.
to consideration the cost of governing
the islands and this cost cannot, In all
human probability, be met by the tax
alton OF the inhabitants TO any consid
cradle extent. Nature supplies them
with substantially all the food and
clothing they require, and they are of
course, indisposed TO labor or thrift.
"lf we take them," Mr.. Edmunds
says, I'VE must govern them by extern.
al power, and not through any autono-
my OF their own. This means a large
aud expensive civil list. governors, coun.
cilors, administrators, officers OF justice,
etc., who must, In the main, be paid ont
OF the treasury of the United States.
The climate Ia, OF course, very unwhole.
some for Americans, and the death rate
OF our officers and soldiers there would
be very large. IL will also require an
American army Of defense and for the
preservation of peace and order, of
many thousand men and an American
navy OF six or moro ships, and proba-
bly, 1900 men, all exposed, like the CT
villains, to the constant hostility of the
climate, to say nothing of that of the
inhabitants of most, II not all, of the
islands. Are we under such. circum-
stances, to force government upon
them 7"
To take possession of the islands
against the will of vast majority of
the inhabitants who have shown no dis.
position to be annexed to the United
States. would be, Mr.. Edmunds says,
expressly contrary to our declaration of
independence and to the principles up
on which the government of the United
States rests. |
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
Tippecanoe.


Protracted meeting began week ago
Monday evening.
Mrs. Baker of Warsaw IL visiting at
III. Horns.
VIM. Taylor was at indianapolis a
few days last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rhodes visited
Iii. Williams of Plymouth last week.
The Saints have commenced series
of meetings In the Crull hall.
VIM. Hand and Mrs. w. II. Moore of
Argos visited Mrs. Moore's sister. in
law, Mrs. Isaac Rhodes, Monday.
Crowds from far and near went 20
Deer Creek Sunday TO see the drsdge
work.
Fernando Cox of near Argos visited
his sisters, Mrs. Joseph and Mahala
Rhodes, at thif place one day last week.
DIR. Miles Putin ltiis are guaranteed To sfop
headache In 70 minutes "One cent dose"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02

William Scheffer, a blacksmith at
Hanna, was killed Sunday while hunt
Ing, by the explosion of shell which
he was attempting to extract from his
gun, wound being torn in his side
which caused his death In a few min
utes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN.

Ohcially Computed PIuralities of Repub-
licans and Democrats.
In the Official election returns com.
piled by the secretary of state the plur-
alities of congressman are given as
follows:
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02

Taking the state over, the republican
congressman had plurality of 1O,2O9
over the democratic congressman. U.
b. Hunt received plurality of 1878
for secretary of state. John V. Hadley,
OF Danville, led the republican ticket
He was elected to the supreme court by
a plurality of 1866 over James McCabe,
who was cut by some Democrats on &C.
count of the trustee decision.
The difference between the plurali-
ties on the state and congressional tick
cts is mainly due to the fact that Faris
and Cromer ran largely behind their
tickets This was in the Fifth and
Eighth districts. The other republican
candidates for congress generally ran
up TO their full party vote The same
is true as to the democratic congress-
ionsl candidates.
Most of the candidates on the repub-
lican state ticket had over 1900 plur-
ality. About 5000 democrats voted
only for one candidate-secretary of
state, "head of the ticket" About 1900
republicans did the same thing for
Hunt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-02
OF high misdemeanor towards az
humble woman.

humble woman.
No clamor of class, no use of money,
no appeals ofpowerful friends unsettled
or swayed the scales of English justice.
Col. Baker suffered as would q deliver
IN the mines for the same offence.
1t Is the glory of Great Britain that in
that realm the law knows DO distinction
of persons in the administration of Jus
tlce. When will the day arrive that the
same can be truthfully said of this fair
land of ours? 1t is not now. JUSTITIA.
The times., 1898-06-05
Chased thc Wrong Train.
CFrom the Pittsburg Dispatch.)


There are probably many occasions
when man feels like selling himself at
bargain counter rates, but there is posi-
bly, no occasion when a man feels cheaper
than when he makes a fast run for
train which is just pulling out of the de-
pot. There are couple of young men in
Pittsburg who had an exciting experience
in Cleveland last Sunday and they are
very sore thereat. They were due in
Pttsburg at noon Sunday. but slept just
a little too long. They thought they had
time. however, and started for the depot.
As they came out they saw the gates
closing and a train moving out. Without
asking any questions they shot past the
gateman, upsetting him in their haste.
and started down the platform after the
train. which was already under good
speed. Their only hope was that the
engineer would fall dead or the train
jump the track, but they went anyT-s>',
cheered by truckmen and baggage smash
ers. When they reached the end of the
Platform the train had widened the gap
and they gave it up. They came limping
back to the angry gateman. who asked
them where they had imagined they were
going. They said Pittsburg. A cold smile
played over the gateman's face as he
said:
''Youse fellers will fall out of bed in a
moment and wake up. That's a suburban
train you chased so fast Pittsburg train
left two hours ago!"
The times., 1898-06-05
Aeronaut King on War Balloons

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
An Interesting interview was had
yesterday with Philadelphia's veteran
aeronaut. Samuel A. King. He is the
eldest and mcst practical aeronaut in
the United States, and has made doz-
ems of ascensions all over the country.
Notwithstanding his experiences. 50
out of the common. Prof. King is very
modest and unassumlng.
He is very much interested in the
operations now going on to equip the
Government with the much-needed
balloon service. He has had consid
cradle correspondence with Gen.
Greely. in Washington. and also with
Major Maxfield To show the import
ance of observations from a balloon in
time Of war" he said, If our Govern
ment had been using a balloon at the
battle cf Bull Run, where there was
such a terrible retreat, the disaster
would not have occurred. The panic
and retreat was caused by the sudden
appearance in front of our lines of a
large body of Confederates. Now, an
observer in a balloon would have seen
this force arriving and forming for
and so the surprise would have been
avoided
Prof. King believes that simplicity
is what is needed in the construction
and use of balloons for war purposes.
balloon with a capacity OF -
feet, having a diameter of about thirty
five feet, is all that is required TO ele-
yate two men TO the height desired. No
telegraph or telephone instruments are
needed for communication between
the balloon and the earth. A message
attached to a ring, which is simply
placed over a rope and allowed to fall
by gravity, is all that is required for
communication The balloon should b.
inflated short distance inside the lines
behind some sheltering trees. and then
allowed to suddenly descend. From a
height of 1200 feet all necessary OBJ
servations could be quickly made, and
the balloon brought down again be-
fore any effective pieces could be
brought to bear on ii.
Fer convenience of transportation
and TO quickly and easily initiate the
balloon, steel cylinders are now used
which are able to Withstand a pressure
Of 2,000 pounds to he square inch.
Gen Greely, who is very much in
terested in getting this branch of the
Sisildl SCI we III SSou 9ii@pC' o@Aid "
Prof King that the element of danger
in making ascensions in front of the
enemy was not considered at all The
men would simply take their chances,
the same as in other branches of the
service. A rife ball striking the bal
loon would have little or no effect 1t
would require a shell or a ball from a
fair-sized field piece to bring the bai-
lon down. Gen. Greely is striving to
get an appropriation of $4,000 to be
used for equpping the balloon service.
Should he be successful, our Govern
ment will soon have as capable ball
loon service as any government of
Europe.
The times., 1898-06-05
MOI in the OmcinI Records.
(From the Detroit Free Press.)

(From the Detroit Free Press)
An old soldier of Detroit has a couple
of stories of the late war that will not
be preserved in the archives of accepted
history.
.In the pioneer brigade to which l be-
longed." relates this veteran, there was
a Wisconsin man who seemed to have the
gift. of perpetual good feeling. After
Bragg had left Tullahoma on his way to
some safer locality. We pushed on to Elk
River to repair a bridge. The Wisconsin
man. whom / remember as Hank, went
down the stream a little way to take a
SWIM and while he was disporting him.
self in the water five of Bragg's boys ap-
peared on the bank covered him with
their guns and cordially invited him to
come in out of the wet. He promptly
yielded to the persuasion, and dressed
while laughingly telling his captors that
would have declined to recognize them as
a superior land force and fought them
from the water.
''While the prisoner was awaiting an
order to march the five surprised him by
stacking their arms. notifying him that
they surrendered and asking to be taken
into camp. Like hundreds of others in
IoWer tennessee uuflnS tne summer or
1863, they were tired of the fight and glad
to get within our lines The last time l
was at a national encampment I came
across the hero of the occasion, and I'll
be blowed if he wasn't telling in solemn
earnest how he made sudden dash upon
those five Johnnies surrounded them
disarmed them and marched them to
headquarters. Such stories are apt to
grow, even with one who participated in
the event, and I was convinced that
Hank thought he was telling the Gospel
truth
The veterans other story is about big
member of the red sash brigade who had
done yeoman service in the pine woods of
The times., 1898-06-05
Echoes of n Dead Sailor.
From the Chicago Tmcs-Heraid.)

a. rom the tmcdgo Tunes Herald
ApropOs of the Spanish sailors love
OF a parrot is this story of a Spanish
vessel shipwrecl1ed on an unfriendly
coast No succor was given to the
drowning men, until at early morn a ten
der-hearted maiden. who could not sleep
for the cries Of distress. hurried to the
beach 10 relieve any who might yet be
living. She was urged on by a strange
wild cry that from time to time reached
her. and she slipped from one silent
form stretched on the sands to another.
and still that cry rang in her ears.
.'Oh. Christusr'
fastening to find life and save it. she
followed the sound until it brought her
20 sailor. under whose jacket was a
strange fiuttering. and again rang out the
wild despairing cry:
''Oh. Christusr'
There was no motion of the stony lips.
but the fiuttering Of the breast attracted
the girl and STOPPING she slipped her
hand inside the sailors jacket and start
ed as il touched something warm and liv-
ing. and heard the cry repeated. ''Oh,
Christus," II was the dead mans par
rot. who had caught from the lips of the
drowning man who had sheltered IL his
last cry for help.
The times., 1898-06-05
OPEN DAY AND EVENING

Michigan before he entered the army
didn't see this he acknowledges, but 1
can bring the proof If it be demanded Al
the Bull Run retreat the woodsman stop
ned to assist a wounded comrade. While
he was doing this good Samaritan Work
he was suddenly surrounded by pursuers
and ordered to surrender. He had not yet
been weaned from the favorite method OF
fighting in the lumber camps, so he threw
aside his gun and bayonet as useless in
and sailed in for rough and
tumble. repeatedly announcing that he
could lick the whole outfit. The onslaught
was so sudden and so ludicrous that those
assaulted were temporarily paralyzed by
laughter and half a dozen of them had
gone down with damaged heads or bleed
ing noses before they could rally Then
the bold puncher was taken by a good
natured exert;on of force. and was only
reconciled when assured that some man
would be found to do him battle in
rough and tumble
The times., 1898-06-05

mense daikon. or japanese radishes,
nearly three feet long and as large round
as his arm, and his dainty little wife drew
a plateful of roasted sweet potatoes. the
merriment knew no bounds.
After the fuku-beki was over and the
guests began to compare their prizes
and chat. little bags of cakes and oranges
We're passed around with cups of milk
less sugarless tea. Then followed neat
boxes of thin. unpainted wood, each con-
tanning a variety of native food, and ac-
companied by tiny pair of chopsticks
with a bamboo leaf for a plate. We then
formed ourselves into groups and ate our
bento with much chattering and laughter.
our party could not stay to the end of
this pleasant entertainment so We sought
out our hosts and found them in the
kitchen. standing around the fireplace
boiling good things, where we made our
adieu in an Informal manner and hurried
away, the sound of laughter reaching our
ears after we had left the house and We're
climbing the hill beyond Toxic.
The times., 1898-06-05
Acme of IconocInsticism.
fFrom the Chicago Chronicle. J


The latest shock to our rekindled pa
triotism is in the form of an iconoclastic
announcement that Yankee Doodle is
not an American air at all, but an i'm
portation from Biscaya, one of the Span
ish provinces. Even the Basques claim
that the air was brought to them by their
great forefather. Tubal. and that its real
origin is shaded in the moldy gloom OF
forgotten centuries. This is a nice time.
truly. to displace our idols. We may ac-
cept some limitations the theory that
most of our martial music is of foreign
origin. but We naturally rebel at the mere
suggestion that we must borrow any of it
from Spain.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-12-21
A Modern Battleship.

A battleship is not only floating
fortress, but is also steam power plant
Of the largest size, with greater va
riety and number of engines or ma
chimes than is ever dreamed OF by the
uninitiated. or all this combination
there is no portion that can be permit
ted to remain in state OF repose for
any length Of time without endangering
its effective action when the emergency
arises for which it was designed. 1t is
only by constant use that they can be
kept perfectly efficient.
On an armored cruiser like the Brook
Ign of the United States navy, taking
her as sample of an mp to date war
ship, between battleship and an or
binary cruiser there are altogether 81
separate engines, having total of 1865
steam cylinders.
Add in imagination to this number,
imposing in itself, tho vast quantity
and extent of steam, exhaust and water
piping needed to connect all these en-.
gines to the boilers. condensers and wa
ter systems, the thousands of valves to
be- kept workable and efficient. Then
include the seven great boilers, capable
of evaporating into steam, under forced
draft, 1876 tons of water an hour, and
one can begin to comprehend the vast
hess Of the steam plant of modern
ship. -Cassier's Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-12-21

ago I thought she would net be able to
como down. but she has stayed in bed and
taken every care. She knew IT would
spoil our Christmas if she We're not among
rs. All! what was | saying? Last year
she walked down; this year she must be
earried--next year, perhaps My baby!
The last of them all. | can't face it,
can't let her goi ! have nursed her night
and day for nineteen years. | should have
nothing to do if Nellie were not here. And
vet to see her grow more aud more help
less: to suffer worse pain! She would be
well and strong, and she has had nothing
but suffering here-neyer any enjoyment
like other girls. There are worse troubles
than death-much worse. If could think
of Robbie in heaven. All, my boy, where
are you tonight? What are You doing?
Have you forgotten me, Robbie, alto
gether: Twelve o'clock striking. Father
in heaven. Thy Sons birthday Hear a
mothers prayer. My children Remem-
Der my children
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-12-21
India Rubber.

Not little singular is the fact noted
by chemists that, contrary to the gen
eral belief, natural india rubber is not
waterproof Indeed since the article has
to be dried to be freed of its moisture
the conclusion is obvious that it Will
absorb moisture again, and, according
to experiments mentioned by e. Schulze
i'll the Gummi Zeitung, it does so with
certain rapidly
1t is found that rolled rubber plates,
which by virtue of their treatment are
in somewhat compressed condition,
absorb from s to 20 per cent OF water
in two hours. When the water is heated
to about 1870 degrees f., at increased
pressure, the absorption takes place
much more readily, and piece of rub
Der, kept in cylinder under pressure
Of l40 pounds, absorbed 20 per cent OF
water in five minutes.
Oils, of course, stop the water. Vul-
canized rubber remains dry, though not
entirely SO, and badly yuloanized goods
deteriorate, owing to this reason.
Schulze kept plate of the best Para
rubber in water not above 10 degrees
f., and after az months it had be-
come hopeless, smeary mass.