Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-25
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.

LAGRANGE, Ind.-SwindlerS are work
ing among the farmers.
Gainesville. Ga.-The Rev. Sam
Jones will run for governor.
Runeberg, Minn.-Olaf Karlunen,
postmaster. was burned to death.
Dayton, Ohio.-C. Murphy is accused
of swindling Mrs. Nora Griffin out of
$500.
Racine. Wis.-Charles NJ. Rock is ac-
cused of assault with intent TO kill
John Waters.
Appleton. Wis.-The Kimberly &
Clark company bought the Quinnesec
Falls mill for 100000.
Stuartsville. Ohio-C. S. McCOmb's
leg was cut off by train. He had no
help for nine hours. but will recover.
Rockford Ill.-Coroner Frank NJ.
Marsh will investigate the wreck in
which Engineer r. C. Tilden was kill
ed.
Aurora. Ill-Mrs. r. B. Potter. who
was prominent in WOman's Christian
Temperance union circles, died sudden
ly.
Massillon. OhiO.-Burglars stole Wal
ter Snyder's horse and Perry Young's
buggy, then robbed the postoffice safe
and escaped with $3.50.
Menominee, Mich.-The car barns of
the Menominee Electric Light. Street
Railway and Power company were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
St Louis. Mo.-Charles w. Bristow.
dealer in paints. oils and naval stores,
has filed chattel deed of trust to Sc
cure creditors to the amount of $780,
600.
Center. Ala.-Two weeks ago a ne
gro boy, John kellogg, assaulted a a.
year-old white girl named Roberts. liv-
ing near Blancb. The negro ran away,
but he was pursued The party re-
turned and reported kellogg had es-
capped. 1t now develops he was caguht
by them and hanged in a wood about
twenty miles north of this place.
st. Paul.-The postoffice and stores
at Runeberg was destroyed by fire.
| Postmaster Olaf Karlunen. who slept
in the building, was burned to death.
| There is no evidence of foul play.
| Karlunen had been postmaster nine
| years.
Madison, Minn.-In the TibUrg muir
| der trial the jury returned verdict OF
| guilty of murder in the first degree.
Kansas City, Mo.-Arthur and Harry
Wright, brothers. charged with the
murder of John Hess at Lees Sum-
NIT. were acquitted.
Port Townsend, Wash.-The steam
er North Pacific, en- route to Alaska
is still here, her crew and 120 passen-
gers having deserted her, believing she
is not seaworthy.
| York, Pa.-The Pennsylvania Y. NJ
c. A. convention adopted resolutions
of sympathy for the families of the
| victims of the Maine batt!eship disas-
| ter.
| Anderson, Ind.-Henry Ebbinghaus-
er, while intoxicated, placed a pisto
against Sheet Desmukes breast and
snapped it twice, but it failed to ex-
plode. He was disarmed and escaped
Little Rock, Ark.-E. G. Mussey, a
constable of Franklin township, Ar
kansas, was murdered by ambushet
negroes whom he attempted to arrest
His body was riddled with bullets. Hi.
murderers will probably be lynched il
captured.
Virginia, Ill.-Three business houses
were burned, causing $4,000 loss. On
account OF high wind the whole towf
was threatened and Springfield anC
Jacksonville were called on for aid, bu
the fire was conquered by the HON,
brigade after hard work
COpenhagen.-A dispatch received
here from Helsingfors says that the &c;
fishermen who we're carried to sea las
Wednesday on tract of ice that brok,
adrift on the coast of the Gulf of Fin
land. have been saved
| Washington.-The senate committed
on education and Labor day decided BY
a unanimous vote to report favorably
: the bill prepared by the trainmen o.
the country and recently introduced il
the senate by Senator Kyle providing
for the arbitration of railroad strike!
by board of arbitrators to be chose.
by the strikers and the interstate com
merce commission.
New York.-The directors of the Chi
cago. Burlington and Quincy railroad
have declared quarterly dividend o
IL per cent. payable March Is. Thi.
increases the annual rate from PEI
cent to per cent.
Sterling, Ill.-Despondency over tn,
loss OF his fortune caused Carl Butall
German farmer, to kill himself.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Wm. Geuder. tn,
chairman of the republican count,
committee, resigned. He has an
nOunced himself as a candidate for tn,
nomination for mayor.
Logansport, Indulge Mcconnell
has rendered a decision holding tn,
will Of the late Banker Whistler O
Wabash, which was contested by hi
son, to be valid.
Great Falls, Month. II. Chandler
a mining man well known Throughout
| the northwest drOpDed dead