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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
Family Reunion.

On last Sunday there was a reunion
of the family of William Zehner at the
parents nome in North Plymouth. 1t
was the third gathering in the history
OF the family, the first being sixteen
years ago, and the second in 1895. This
reunion differed from previous ones
from the fact that the family circle had
been broken through death. A beloved
daughter and sister had gone to the
spirit world, and there was a vacant
chair. The day and date were in view
of the fact that Wednesday of this
week one of the daughters with her
husband and children expects to leave
for North Dakota as their future home.
There were present six children and
twelve grand children, the only one
from any distance being a daughter,
Mrs. o. A. Carpenter, of Ashley, Ind
After royal dinner, fond and tender
recollections and hopeful prospects for
the future, all Joined in singing "GOd
be with you until VIC meet again." be-
fore speaking the parting word.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01

say nothing of the advantage we have
of the abundant wharve room where
four large steamers can unload at one
time We still own our ShOup street
the one half ofthe lot l2xl6 and one l0X
IL feet. Ne have them both rented
and get $50 month 0,it of them. That
is The way rents are lii Skaguay. This
is a good piece Of property near the cen
ter o. business and count is as good
as gold. also own 50x5C on the cor
with another man. We bought ii six
weeks ago, we think it has doubled its
value Jim and | still own two corner
lots located on Runnells street. | built
cabins on both of them and we live in
one The one we live in is l2x14 and
the other is lix20 and II, story high
half pitch shingle roof, is Quilt of small
logs of uniform size, looks fine and is a
dandy. They are starting to put in a
water works plant. They are damlng
the creek up tie mountain TO make a
big Reservoir ana lay mains down the
side OF tie mountain and will have un
limited pressure. This is the creek |
wrote you ABOUT last fall. The enter
prise is good one and Will De done
very cheap as it requires no machinery
at all there is a fortune in 1t. Iou
spoke about epidemic here There have
been few people died here but no
epidemic; the death rate has been re.
narkaDly low considering The number
OF people that are here There has on
ly been about twenty dearh hs from natur
al causes since came and there are
perhaps eight or ten Thousand people
IN and around this pace. The steamer
Whltau from San Francisco was burn
ell here in the hartOr d week ago, no
lives were lost bnt the cargo vas AL de
stroyed Her hull and n lchlnery lays
on the beach now There are reports
of rich strikes Oh Big Salmon river.
-iSh soy IL tOttpoCo InC hiOuQihC
This suits me as l am going that way
1t is not so far as Dawson by more than
onehalf. If the report is true we who
go early can undoubtedly get a hold
Now don't be uneasy about me as | am
well equipped, grub enough to last me
, years In case | should stay and don't
sell any, | Will move my goods to
Bennett and then come back to Skagu-
ay and wait for the lakes to open when
will be ready TO go down. Well good
bye; will write you when | can.
Your loving son,
FRANK l.. THOMAS.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
smooth Cary.

O.G. SOice received a letter from the
Chief OF the secret service at Richmond
giving full particulars as to the manner
IN which Forger Cary did his work
The following letter was found in Mr..
Carv's valise after his arrest.
Plymouth Ind, March 9th,
M Cary Dear Sir: Enclosed please
find certified check for SIS. 75 balance
due you on my account. Trusting that
you may have good trip | am Truly
ours. Ii. r. Buck.
Accompanying this letter, which Cary
used was certified check, and also q
statement showing the kind of goods
purchased from Mr.. Buck by Cary, and
the amounts paid, and back salary due
him. lie was convicted on four counts
and got four months on each, sixteen
in Jail. Just as soon as his term ex-
pires he will be turned over to the Pink
ertons, who have first claim on him.
Cary has done time in the Saltwater pen.
ltentlary in Minnesota. A photograph
of Cary will be sent to Mr.Soice in few
days. He was considered ladies man.
and had number of strings to his bow
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
We Have The Ross Girls.

Lady compOsitors in Kansas do not
always show proper respect for the
editor, Judging from the following ad-
vertisment which recently appeared in
the Robinson (Kan) Index: "W anted
at this place. young lady who can set
type without trying to run the editor.
We know we are not pretty and some
times go around with our suspenders
down, and our shoes off if our corns
hurts us, but that is our own affair. We
don't propose to be hee-hawed at by any
man, woman or child. This is snap
for some quiet, considerate girl, who
ain'G afraid of homemade socks and
red whiskers."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
OBtTt AIRY.

Mrs. Flora Ball (nee Dunnuck) was
bern Nov. 22. 1868. at Palestine. Ind.
Her mother dying while Flo as she
was commonly called WAS only two
years of age. her grandparents, Mr.. and
Slrs. j II. Dunnuck. of Mentone, Ind,
received with open arms the m0therless
infant and well supplied the fostering
love denied her by the early removal of
her mother. Here her days of infancy
and girlhood We're spent. Her grand
parents, devout, God fearing people,
still living at the advanced age of 50
Years, guarded we'll the youthful charge
committed to their care. AT the age of
nine years she was again taken back
to the home of her father who had in
the meantime removed to Warsaw
iiere Flo, always his pride, matured
into wOmanhoed. The last two years
of ! er single life were spent with her
uncle, VIM. Everly, of Plymouth, Ind.
At an early age She gave her heart to
God and lived directed by Ills guidance
and precepts. Thus she followed the
even tenor of her life until the close of
her mortal career. Her last moments
were indeed happy. Her pure soul puri-
fled and fortified by suffering and the
last rites of the church was waited on
the wings of angels to that eternal
home where sorrow and pain are un
known.
July 3. 1897. at Toledo, Ohio, she
was united In holy wedlock to Jerome
o. Ball, of Plymouth, Ind To the lat
ter city the devoted husband brought
his loving wife. and here they have
since remained until death, echoing the
voice of God, called her away. He had
prepared a beautiful and comfortable
home for their occupancy. This he me,
greatly appreciated by them, was their
idol, and the dearly departed one ar
IDENTIFY lOnged to remain to enjoy the
blessings lowering over this domain, but
God, in Ills infinite wisdom, deemed it
best to remove her to a better one.
Her untimely death occurred on the
9th of March, after less than week s
illness. She died recOnciled to the will
of the Supreme Judge, saying: IF lie
so wills, L am prepared and willing to
leave all on earth to join my Lord in
that beautiful! home, and there await
the coming of my loved ones.
The funeral services were held at st.
Michaefs church, Plymouth. Ind, by
Rev l.. A. MOench, Saturday, March
26. The remains were then removed to
Warsaw and lay IN state, in her fathers
home, until the following day. All that
was mortal of beloved Flo was then con-
veyed to OakwOod cemetery and laid tC
rest beside her brother who, about five
years ago, preceded her in death.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
lIOw il This.

1t is reported that school, Vaudeville
Mae Lewis and Blanch Cogle were in
Otis Saturday, having jollilication
after their approved style. They left
their Saturday night for Michigan City
where it is presumed they held one of
their protracteG meetings. 1t is quite
clear that the reformation which was
promised has been deferred to date
fixed for the Lord knows when. -
LapOrte Argus. School was recently
acquitted OF the charge of numbering
Mcclellan in saloon in Laporte. 1t
was thought that he had reformed, but
the above does not bear out the state
ment.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
How Is This!

This morning when Councilman
porch peculiarly constructed bomb. y
1t consisted of a cigar box filled with
coal dust in which was placed nnm-
Der of 80 caliber cartridges, a couple
of two ounce phials filled with some
kind of liquid each phal being sup
piled with fuse. A row of matches
was so arranged that in lifting the lid
they would come In contact with sand
paper attached to one box. This would
ignite the matches which in turn would
fire the fuse and a terrific explosion
would naturally follow Columbia
City Commercial
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
For North Dakota.

The following Marshall County people
said good by to their many friends
yesterday afternoon, and boarded the
train on the Pittsburg and turned their
faces toward the "setting SUM- their
destination being North Dakota. Chas.
G.. Echert, w. Miller. VIM. Hampton,
Lewis Fogel. Phillip Hess, Lewis Drei
belbis, Isaac Dreibelbis, John Dreibelb
is, F. j. Holley, John Wickey, Clark
Thompson, Chas Woods and wife, J Ohm
Cox. f., Ii. Cox.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
on fO North Dakota

A colony of eighty-five deluded farm
ers departed from Milford Junction for
North Dakota this morning. These
people, for the most part, will return in
a year or two much poorer than when
they went away. North Dakota is no
place for white man to make his home
Crops ara uncertain and the climate is
abominable. People are deluded into
moving to the Dakotas by the railway
corporations and land agents. 1t was
never intended that man should live
where trees will not ow.-Goshen
Democrat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
Dead Beat Dillon.
FRANK l.. THOMAS

Prof ( y Il. j. Dillon, who claimed to
possess hypnotic powers, and who held
the boards In the opera house for the
past three nights, has skipped the town
leaving several unpaid bills which he
contracted for during his stay in Ply
mouth. Among the number we might
mention the Independent and Evening
News. Landlord Bowel suspected
that he was going to jump the town,
called the professor (?) into his private
office and told him he must pay up.
He took an inventory of his cas- and
1t was found that the professor y lack
ed the full amount. The only thing he
could DO was to put up his watch, and
the same is now in possession of Mr..
Bowel. Ills exhibitions were not very
well patrOnized during his stay in the
city, and as no one took any stock in
his ''tricks of trade" he did not prosper
financially. Just where he will land is
difficult TO conjecture, but as spring is
here, we think he would have no trouble
in securing work on a farm, which he
could probably learn under the direc-
ton OF supervision of some good tiller
of the soil.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
CITY DADS SESSION.

Petitions Presented and the Usual Bills
Allowed.
Chas. Miles petitioned for side walk
on North Walnut street and the same
was granted and the walk ordered to be
built.
street commissioner made his report
and the same was filed.
j. ID. McLaren presented a petition
to the council for branch sewer on
jefferson street TO Yellow river. Re
ferred to proper committee.
Mrs. Thomas Shakes petitioned coun-
ell to run drain in alley IN the rear OF
her property to Center street. Referred
To proper committee
G-f
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
Go to Niagara Falls Free.

Some interest has already BET n mani
tested in the popular lady contest. Re
member that you get one vote for each
penny paid in on subscription. If you
are Indebted II pay this and Sl50 IN
advance and you will be allowed 80
votes. So far the vote stand as follows:
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01
Citizens Meeting

A citizens meeting will be held in
the Logan block, LaPaz, Ind, Wednes
day evening, April 6, 1898 Everybody
invited,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-01

Ella COrmican, of Bremen. lJO
Jennie DAVIS, of Rutland, 300
Mary Hand, $50
Mary Stayton, of Argos, 3l5
May Brugh, l5O
Blanch ArtZ. I3O
Sarah EisenhOur. of lnwood. $50
Nettie Cra ford, 200
Sarah kirkley, Of I.l0kville, 400
Cora Lemler, of Bourbon. $50
Serena Peppinger, I2O
Dora Gabel, 225
These contestants should see to il that
their friends east their votes for them
The list of contestants will be large so
it is likely, if four, five, or six friends of
a candidate should give her thsir votes,
that she will be the winner in the contest
Every new subscriber paying for one
year i'll ad-aDce will be allowed 500
votes. Hustle for new subscribers and
your vote will grow rapidly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07
Weather Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Nov. 6.-The Lake storm
has moved eastward over the lower
st. Lawrence valley, attended by clear
ing and colder weather in the Atlantic
coast and east Gulf states, the Ohio
valley and the Lake regions and by
-sOutherly, shifting to westerly gales
over the great Lakes and along the
middle Atlantic and New England
coasts. West of the Mississippi the
weather has been fair with rising tenn
perature. A storm has moved from
the north Pacific coast north of Wash
ington, eastward over the British
Northwest territory.
The indications are that fair weather
with rising temperature will prevail
east of the Mississippi, Monday. Show
ers turning into snow flurries are in
Dictated for the states of the upper Mis-
souri, valley and rain is likely to oe-
cur in the middle Mississippi valley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07
DEAD LIST NUMBERS ELEVEN.
Three Men Still Buried In New Wonderland
Building Ruins at Detroit.

Detroit. Mich, Nov 6.-Three more vic
Tins We're, today, dug from the ruins of
the New Wonderland building which coll
lapsed, yesterday afternoon. This makes
the death list so far IL. The bodies re-
covered, today. We're identified as Peter
Peif1e. carpenter: Frank Wolf timer:
and Max Pott, VOLTS helper. All the IN
jured at the hospitals are reported am.
proving except Edward Fisher, who is
expected to die.
mass meeting of representative cfti-
ZenS was held at noon today, in the may
or's office, and over $1,000 was subscribed
for the relief of the families of those who
were killed: The loss on the property
was estimated, today, for the first time
1t is believed that $102, 200 will entirely
cover it. Z
What caused the collapse is still UNI
known and probably will be until the
coronerS inquest, Tuesday. prominent
local architect, In an interview, today,
stated that he did not believe In the the
ory that the steel work was faulty, bur
said he did believe that it was not heavy
enough.
All three bodies discovered, today. were
in the center of the builuing buried under
tons of debris. Frank Wolf was found
strangled to death by heavy girder
which lay across his throat, being Other-
wise uninjured. Both the other bodies
We're frightfully mangled. In addition to
those kpown To be dead. there are still
missing Fred Miller, Charles Mielke and
o. Mullin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07
REV. Mr.. NICHOLS DISAPPEARS.
Mad lust Arrived at Saco. Believed to Be
Temporarily Insane.

Saco, Me-, Nov. 6.-While temporarily
insane, Rev. George E. Nichols of New
Haven, Conn, who recently accepted q
call to the pastorate of the Saco Baptis,
church, and was to have begun his du-
ties, today, left the home of Charles E
Tuxbury, where he was stopping, early
TINS morning, and, up ITO a late hour to-
night, he had not been found. A large
congregation gathered at the Baptist
church, this morning, to listen to the in
itial sermon of the new pastor, and after
waiting for some time after the hour
when the service should have begun, the
announcement was made that the past OF
had mys'teriously disappeared and could
not be located.
He left the residence off Deacon Tux
Dury. on Main street, shortly after Z A.
NJ. and when ne did not come to break
fast the family became alarmed. The
woods and unoccupied buildings in the
vicinity were searched without avail.
Finally it was learned that man an
swering the description of the pastor had
been seen on the Boston & Maine Rail-
road track at Pine Point station about
9ao A. NJ, going in the direction of Port
tilted to he on the lookout for the clergy
man. but they were unable to find any
trace of him in that city.
sage a'e was ANS ra Afternoon hx She following mes
from Mr.. Nichols. which was dated Port
land: Am better; going home.' After
leaving the Western Union Office in Port
land, where the telegram was filed at
22l p. M, no trace of the pastor could be
found.
1t is thought that insanity was brought
on by overwork, as Mr. Nichols recently
graduated from a theological school and
has been working early and late settling
up his affairs in New Haven to come
here. He is about AZ years old and has a
wife and two sons. His disappearance
caused great sensation in this city. AT
all the city churches. tonight. prayers
We're offered for the safe return of M.
Nichols
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07
Special Forecast for Election Day.

Washington, Nov. 6.-The following
special forecast covering election day
weather east of the Rocky Mountains
has been issued by the chief of the
weather Bureau. Rain is indicated for
the middle Atlantic and New England
states and the upper Ohio valley and
the eastern Lake region. In the states
of the middle and upper Mississippi
and lower Ohio valleys and western
Lake region, rain, Monday night, in
southern. and rain or snow in northern
parts of the districts named, will be
followed, Tuesday, by clearing, colder
weather. Fair weather is indicated for
Tuesday, for all districts west of the
Mississippi and Southern states.
(Signed) WILLS b. MOORE,
Chief of Weather Bureau.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07
THE DEAD is ALIVE.
Daniel B. Kennedy Returns to
Home in Lynn, Mass.
Supposed to Have Been Murdered at
Portland, May Il, 1898.
Remains We're Identified and Inferred But
Daniel insists He Is Alive.

Lynn, Nov. 6.-Daniel B. Kennedy re-
turnde to this city, yesterday and wac
welcomed by his relatives with the ar
dor and pleasure which comes only
after being convinced that he was
dead. The aged mother, who had fol-
lowed the body of man supposed TO
be her son to the grave and had ii in
tered in cemetery, was overcome
with joy at his appearance in life,
while friends gathered around anxious
to meet the man they supposed they
looked upon in death and had followed
to the church and burial ground, and
all within few months.
Kennedy is the man supposed to
have been murdered at Portland, Me-,
on May II last The body was identi-
fled by his mother and sister, and
brought to this city to the home OF the
kennedy's on Pleasant street. The
body was taken to st. Mary's ceme-
terry.
A few weeks ago a letter was receive
ed in this city purporting to come
from Kennedy, and written in Dakota,
stating that he was well and would
soon return home. 1t was thought by
many people to be a cruel hoax, as
they were positive Kennedy was dead
and buried. but the mother chung to
the idea that her son was alive and
would soon get home. Saturday he
walked in and surprised the family.
Before reaching home he encounter
ed several people whom he had known
from boyhood, but he had difficulty In
convincing them that he was himself.
The news spread, and soon a crowd
had horad tho
Kennedy tells story of wandering
since he left home in April last to seek
employment in Maine. He met several
companions, he says. and they went to
Portland, but he soon left there and
went to Pennsylvania and from there
to the far west. He knows nothing
about the murder in Portland, he says,
and did not hear of it until he met a
friend in Dakota who told him that it
was supposed he was dead and buried.
The news that Kennedy had been
murdered by a companion, while 1t was
claimed robbery was contemplated.
was received in this city a few days
after the crime was committed. The
body was identified by people in Port
land as New Haven Larry and this
nan was supposed to be Kennedy. A
coat on the dead man bore the trade
mark of Lynn clothfer. and Ken
nedy's relatives said that the coat was
worn by Kennedy when he left.
Later, the mother of Kennedy and
his sister went to the Maine city and
identified the body positively as that
of their son and brother. The body
was brought to this city and viewed
by large crowds. and among them were
many lifelong friends of Kennedy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07

Upon the receipt of the news the ma
val officer attached to the navigation
bureau Immediately consulted the
charts to locate the scene of the dis
aster. The glance satisfied them that
the last had been seen of the Maria
Teresa. AS near as they could calcu
late the vessel lies in about 5000 faith
oms of water.
The location is "a degrees north lat
itude by 1870 longitude west, about 235
miles distant from Nassau. At the
time the Teresa sank she was about 80
miles distant from Caimanera. the port
from which she started little over
two days before.
Looking at the chart it was not diff
cult for the officers of the department
to see how the ship had foundered I'M
der the influence if the heavy north
west gale reported. She had just
emerged from the Crooked island pass
age, and to make her course was oblig-
ed to lay with her head about north
west
This would bring the heavy sea fairly
over her forward side, and under such
severe pounding the vessel must have
soon succumbed. On her lee lay the
rocky Bahamas and innumerable
shoals, with shadows between, and
with shallow water in every direction
except straight ahead or directly
astern.
To have turned about and sought an
other passage would have been an ex-
tremely perilous undertaking to begin
with, and even after getting fairly
about the vessel would have been
obliged to travel many hundred miles
more than intended in order. to pick up
another course.
1t was said at the navy department
that Lieut. Commander Harris would
be ordered at once to Norfolk, where
the rescued seamen will be placed
aboard receiving ship.
The greatest regret was expressed in
official circles regarding the loss of the
Maria Teresa.
Secretary of State Hay said that he
was very sorry. indeed, to hear that it
had been found impossible to bring the
vessel to the United States, when
everybody was SO much interested in
her. He expressed qualification that
no loss of life had been reported in
consequence of the disaster.
Acting Secretary Allen Of the navy
said the loss was much greater than
any intrinsic value represented in the
ship. She was the link that connected
the great naval victory with the Uni
ted States. 1t was a sentiment bred IN
this country that succeeded in raising
her, and it was the wish of the whole
people that she should be brought to
the United States.