Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-30
NEWS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
Minor Happenings Of the Past
Week.
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS.
Political, Religious. Social ami Criminal
Doings OF the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Our Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.

death or Sebastian Bach Mills. the we'll
known pianist and composer. aged 90
years.
Constantinople- Ghani Bey. the sui
tan's aid-de-camp. was murdered by
Hafuz Pacha in a quarrel which took
place at pastry cooks shop.
Paris.-The chamber of deputies
adopted a bill imposing a stamp duty
of l per cent on foreign securities.
Havana.-The Spanish transport
Darmstadt sailed for Cadiz with 2.727
officers and men
Washington. Major John Brete;on.
quartermaster |. S. Y. captain TWEEN
ty-fourth. I. s infantry. has been or
dered to Ceinfuegos. Cuba. to take
charge of the custom house there.
San Francisco. Californian Grun-
berg. aged 102 years. is dead in the
Pacific Hebrew Home Nineteen years
ago Grurberg bought his coffin and
shroud and selected his pallbearers.
Pontiac. ill.-M. f. Thornton's gro
Gerry store has been closed by the sher
if on a $500 Judgment in favor Of
Mrs Handy Hutson. Other claims will
bring the liabilities up to $4,000 AS
sets not more than $500
New York.-The Atlas Line steamer
al has announced the establishment of
the following seven additional military
postal stations in Cuba: Pinar del Rio,
Guanajay. Mariel. Trinidad. Las Tu-
mas. Sancti Sp!.itus and Cardenas.
New York The Atlas Linesteamer
Andes, which went ashore on Plum
Point reef while bound from Kingston.
Jamaica. to this city. has been re-
leased and taken 10 Port Royal. She
is not seriously damaged
Santiago de Cuba-Private Richard
Sheehan. Company f.. and Private
James r. Pugh. Company b, Third vol
unteers, are dead
Jackson, Tenn.-The New York store
OF Wayzniski & Fishman has been
closed by creditors. many of whom are
Chicago business men,
Spokane, Wash Bertha BOggs. who
the police say is Bertha Wier of the
notorious Wier gang in Chicago. is
Admission, Ala.-John Cherette of
Eau Claire. Wis. private of Com
pany X. Fourth Wisconsin volunteers.
is dead in Camp Shipp, of typhoid
fever.
Washington. Private George Unger-
ing. Company H. Nineteenth infantry.
and Private William Ford. Fifth cav
airy. are dead in Porto Rico. the latter
from smallpox.
Savannah. Ga-The headquarters
and one battalion of the First Texas
regiment. together with Col Wheaton's
headquarters. left on the transport
Michigan for Cuba
Brooklyn Engineers who have in
spected the battleship Massachusetts,
now in dry dock in the navy yard. re-
port that it will cost $4,000 to repair
the amage to her plates. The board
Of inquiry has concluded its investiga-
ton into the accident.
Washington secretary of
the navy has ordered tn; the distilling
ship Iris. now with the battleships Ore
gcn and Iowa, leave Callao, Peru on
her arrival there, and g across the Pa
cific to Manila. where she is needed by
Admiral Dewey's fleet.
Columbus, Ohio-S Irgeons have
found that Corporal Tracey. Companv
l., Seventeenth L. S. infantry. who has
been practically paralyzed for several
days, is suffering from a broken neck
An operation will be performed in the
hope of saving the mans life.
Charleston. S. C.-Judge BrawIey of
the United States district court has
made an order discharging the Olinde
Rodriguez, the French steamer made a
prize of war by the cruiser New Or
leans. July II, holding that the San
Juan blockade was not effective.
London-The first train from Merry.
Russian Turkestan, 300 miles south
east of Khiva, arrived at Kusk. in
the Jamshidi province of Afghanistan.
the ne thus being completed to with
In ninety-five miles of Herat.
Auckland n. Z.-Steamers which
have just arrived here report that the
French are actively engaged in forti-
isHS idHltl, tine principal lSldUu OF
the Society group. which is under the
control of France.
New YOrk-Former Police Captain
John J. Mount died suddenly. aged so
years. He distinguished himself in
the draft riots of war times.
fredericksburg Ohio-Fire destroy
ed the Farmers Bank buildings, in
Guiding Porterfeld's carriage works.
the Central Whip companys works
and halter factory, with their contents.
Loss on buildings $4,000. with So. 600
insurance The total loss is about $780,
coo. with $4,000 insurance.
Maysyilie. Ky. Fire burned out the
whisky warehouse OF ]. w. Watson &
Co. and caused $4,000 damages to the
adjoining warehouse of j. II. Rogers
Il Co, besides causing loss OF $25. 900
on other buildings in the vicinity
Total loss, 100000; insurance about
one-half