Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-03-04
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 Our Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.

Cleveland, OnlO.-l ne convention Oh
the Student Volunteers has come to
an end
Galesburg. Ill.-Fire damaged the
TROLL block TO the extent of $4,000 h.
b. Bashford and C. A. Peterson are
heaviest losers.
Cortez. ColO.-The entire business
portion of this city was destroyed by
fire which originated in Blackmore's
Hotel The loss will be about $4,000.
Montreal Delegates from the east
ern roads. who have been holding a
conference with the Canadian Pacific
officials have returned home bearing an
offer which is accepted may end the
present western rate war.
Cleveland OhiO.-The New England
Hotel was Quilted by fire and about
dozen guests had narrow escapes,
though nobody was hurt. The first
started from gasoline explosion.
Building was owned by 3. B. Frazier,
who estimates loss at $4,000.
Washington.-An order has been
made by the commissioner of pensions
reOpening the cases OF the veterans
whose applications for pensions were
unfavorably affected by the Bennett
decision in 1893, uder the Clevelad ad
ministration. when the application was
thrown out.
LOndOn.-Fredcrick Tennyson, the
poet, eldest brother of the late poet
laureate, Lord Alfred Tennyson, is
dead
Bloomington, Ill-MayOr Carter
Harrison and City Attorney Devine of
Chicago have accepted invitations to
q banquet to be given by the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians of this city on the
evening of st. Patrick's Day, March II.
New York-The monitor Terror is
anchored off Tompkinsyille at 1:05
Madrid-There is an appalling scar
city of food in many provinces of
Spain. The price of wheat is unpre
cetlentedly high. Bread riots are of
daily occurrence at Salamanca. and it
is feared that martial law will be pro-
claimed.
GreencaStle, IDd.-An unknown man.
bearing a letter addressed to Louis
Graneman, ElwOOd, Ind, care Ameri-
ca Tin Plate Company. was killed by
train last night.
Warren. Ohio.-Warren officers cap
tured Angelic Bill. the Italian who
shot four members of the Fernando
family at Hubbard, in this county.
One of his victims is dying.
Pekin.-The government has agreed
to open Yuen-Chau, on Lake Tung-
TingTu, as a treaty port, but declines
to entertain proposal tending to the
abolition of the Likin dues
Clinton Iowa.-Fred S. Kelsey's res
idence was entered by three men, who
bound Kelsey, robbed him of $500 and
jewels and escaped.
Milwaukee.-JOhn and Edward En-
CERT, two boys, 8 and IL years of age,
the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Engert,
were drowned while fishing for min
nOwS on the ice.
Terre Haute, Ind.-James Hurd,
owner of the Calumet mine at LyfOrd,
has sold the property to a syndicate Of
Cleveland men.
Portsmouth, N. H.-Orders have been
received TO send the warship Alliance
to sea on April l. She will be put in
first-class repair by that time
LOndOn.-LOrd Salisbury. the prem
Ter, is confined to his room at Hatfield
House with a slight indispOsition
Henry w. Corbett's right to a seat in
the senate from Oregon was under con-
sideration for five hours. Early in the
session an attempt was made to get up
the Alaskan bill, but it failed.
ArcOla, Ill.-An insane man was
found lying across the Illinois Central
track by the trainmen. His name is
not known
Menominee, Mich.-The car barns of
the Menominee Electric Light, Street
Railway and Power company were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
Rockford, Ill.-CoroRer Frank Nj.
Marsh will investigate the wreck in
which Engineer r. c. Tilden was kill
ed
Nebraska City, Neb.-Mary Kuwitz-
ky. II years old, while her father was
asleep, blew his head off with shot
gun. Kuwitzky had abused his family
for some time.
Huntington. w. Va.-Rufus Schaefer
was assassinated before his own fire
side.
Loon Lake, Ill.-William Ccrkhill, n
farmer, committed suicide.
Port Townsend. Wash.-The steam
er North Pacific, en- route TO Alaska,
| Is still here. her crew and 100 passen-
gers having deserted her. believing she
| is not seawOrthy.
Wabash, Ind.-Mrs. Susan Logan. a
housekeeper. has filed suit against the
estate OF Isaac Crane for $4,000.
New York-The American Paper and
Pulp Association, in annual session,
| elected Hugh j. Chisholm president
] and adopted resolutions favoring the
gold standard.
Madison. Minn.-In the Tiburg MUIR
| der trial the jury returned verdict OF