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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Exceedingly Chilly Time

'g&vfCrdayille. There is trouble ne
tween the Charlottesville Natural and
Illuminating Gas company ana the cit
izens nj Charlottesville. and the diff
Guilty Is to b., adjusted in court SeV
Crdl yVars agu Il company Wds organ
izeG IN CrawfordsVi!lc stock was
quickly subscribed and The people We're
soon enjoying the full blessings Of IA
tUvai Sas. They had no scarcity Of
me fuel and every Householder was a
patron. Then Il change came. The
citizens cOmpane sold out 10 the Dice
erich syndicate. and Lebanon was add
ed 10 the line which supplied Craw-
louisville Darlington. Thorntown, and
all he farmers between Charlottesville
and Sheridan.
At first The change made no great
difference. The people in CrawfOrds-
Vile experienced y shortage in severe
weather, hut accepted il good natured-
y. Las: Tuesday morning. however.
K turned bitterly cold and the gas
simply went out in many furnaces and
stoves over town. The pressure got
weaker as the day advanced. The
protests became noisy, indeed. and
scores o. people took their mixers back
10 the 2as office and had their money
refunded.
The majority Of people, however. had
made no preparation for heating their
houses otherwise than by gas. They
simply froze or adopted emergency
measures. Farmers rushed wood into
me city by the hundred of cords and
hardware men did an immense bust
ness in air tight wood stoves Mixers
were bored" by the hundred. and
many people deliberately took their
mixers off. burning what gas came
t:ickling through the pipes. The Dor
ing or taking off of mixers is IA viola
ION 0f "a city ordinance. but the violat-
ers made "a boast. rather than Il secret,
OF their action. and openly defied the
gas company 10 proceed against them
On Saturday morning there was prac-
ticaily no gas in tie pipes at all and
hundreds of fires went out Al! day
long a string of people filed into the
gas eompany's Office, bringing back
their mixers and al day long the COM
pdnS : officers paid back the money.
The bulk of the patrons are still hold
ing ont for gas however, and the COM
pany will be sued for damages or the
NIFTY -dol!araday penalty clause OF It's
franchise. Scores of private individ-
nais are contemplating bringing dam
age suits
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
A PLETHORA OF JACK RABBITS
Solid Train Loads of Them on Western
Railways.


From the Topeka Capital: Solid
trains of jack rabbits will be a novelty
in the traffic of Western railroads dur
ing the coming winter. The trains
viii be made up entirely Of refrigera-
tor cars. each OF which will contain
6,000 jack rabbits, thoroughly frozen
before being loaded for shipment. The
frciSkt charges from Idaho to the Mis-
sissippf river Will be six cents each.
or $3.50 for the car, which is consid-
cred a very high tariff, even for re-
frigerator car service but as the jacks
will bring S1.25 to S1.50 per dozen 1t is
said there will be a good margin for
both shippers and commission men.
The extraordinary rush of this meat
is due to the fact that the state OF
Idaho is now overrun by countless
numbers of jack rabbits, which are
multiplying so rapidly that the total
destruction of crops in that section Is
threatened. In the hope Of affordins
some relief the state legislature passed
a law offering a bounty of two cents
on each jack rabbit scalp brought in,
and the result is that the obnoxious
Dummies are being slaughtered in great
numbers. A prominent merchant OF
Pocatello conceived the idea OF en-
couraging the determination OF the
pests and shipping the carrcasses to
Eastern game dealers to be sold. He
mas concluded arrangements with
ST. Louis man for disposing of the
game.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
GOV. TANNER INDICTED.
Chief Executive OF LIlinolS Charged With
Neglect OF Datv,

The grand jury called n special ses-
sion Nov. 8, 70 inquire into the cause
OF the Virden coal miners riot. which
took place in the city o. Virden. III,
Oct. -. indicted hfry-four persons,
among whom We're Manager Lukens Of
the Chicago-Virden Coal company. aud
John X. TaAner, governor of the state
of Illinois.
There are three counts against Nj
Lukens for alleged murder and man
slaughter. ana those against Gov Tan
ner are for willful neglect of palpabie
duty as an officer, and malfeasanca in
office"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
4 Thrilling FxpcrIcncr.

L.oganspuri Ind Miss Cleuor.
Gansion. ~ employe of the Golden
Hui" store. of this city. had a thrilling
experience Saturday night by being os-
sauli"d on the street by an unknown
rntilan She was returning To the store
about o'clock in the evening. and in
tue business portion OF the city was
sccosted by a burly bastard. who grasp
"a her around the waist with one arm.
covering her mouth with the other
hand anu dragged her quite a distance
up an alley. Miss Ganglofl retained her
presence or mind and struck the viii
lain several blows In the face with her
list and managed to scream until he
Vas frightened away. The police were
uoiited. but the fellow escaped.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

There will be no winter evolutiOns
of the North Atlantic squadron. As
soon as it is possible 10 do so all men
of-war will be assembled at Hampton
Roads. where they will be divided into
squadrons for duty ON such stations as
may be established.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09


While burial services were being
held over the remains of the late S. w.
McHenry eX-postmaster of Pleasant
Lake, James II. Van Auken. q farmer.
took a seat near the casket. and made
sneering remarks concerning the dead
man and the Masonic fraternity. An
eHort was made TO remove him. when
It was found that le was suffering
with dementia. He has been placed IN
der restraint.
The gas pressure failed so rapidly at
Wabash that all manufacturing con-
Germs were cut OFF. and the secretary
OF the logansport and Wabash Valley
Gas Company stated that the draft on
the wells had reduced the pressure so
that 1t was impossible TO supply fac
tories in pipeline cities in cold
weather.
Mrs. George Green of Cementville
was shot and wounded while standing
III her doorway. and her husband has
caused the arrest of Clara Brown and
Charles Mitchell OF that place. alleg-
ing that they did the shooting. He
alsc alleges that the Brown woman
was dressed in male clothing at the
time.
Steam was turned on boiler in the
Pittsburg plate glass plant, at Koko-
mo. not knowing thai Matthew Drink
water was engaged in cleaning the
flues. and he was horribly scalded be-
fore ne could be dragged out.
Henry r. Kabrick, who purchased an
interest in the Warsaw Union and was
preparing to take charge. was arrested
AT Columbus, o., as the defaulting city
clerk of Fitzgerald. Ga. He has been
returned to- Georgia for trial
During a dance on Thanksgiving day
in Jackson township. Howard county.
Berry Cooper and Robert White fought
with knives. and White is reported as
fatally hurt. Cooper is under arrest.
Jasper Pace. residing near Preble,
has been arrested and confined in Jail,
to avoid mob violence. growing out of
an alleged criminal assault upon a
young girl in his own home
The Lindeil hotel ut Kokomo has
been sold at receivers sale to the
kokomo Loan and Savings Association.
The furnishings. which originally cost
$1,000. brought Sl.65O.
Charles e.. Smith. a Panhandle en-
ploye at Richmond. who was injured
while working In the railway yards.
wants $1,000 damages from the com
pany.
Freddie GLAND. eleven years old. has
been indicted by the Delaware county
grand jury for killing Andy Bodemil-
Ter. five years old.
Gladys Moore. seven years old.
daughter OF Thomas Moore. of Cass
county. was accidentally burned TO
death
Frank Phiscator wealthy Klon-
diker. and Mrs. Nellie Boyd. OF South
Bend. were married ut ST. Joseph,
Mich.
The new Christian church. at Hunt
lngton, costing $4,000. has been dedi-
Gated. The Rev. w. r. Wells Is pastor.
The coal miners at Newburg. who
are paid 30 cents a ton, are striking
for 80 cents.
The miners at Shelburn have been
paid and the strike at that point Is
over
II. T.. Meyer. an Evansville mer-
chant. Is dead Of paralvsis
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Caiiic Have Suffered Heavily

Reports from the west and south
west show that the recent blizzard was
disastrous To live stock. Range eat
lie in Kansas, Oklahoma. indian terri
tory and the Panhandle Of Texas suf-
fcrcd severely.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

Gen. FitZhugh Lee has rereiveG or
derS from the war department. in
structing him to prepare one division
OF the Seventh corps for immediate Ge-
Darture to Cuba.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
SAYINGS ABOUT WOMEN.

Remember woman In most perfecs
when most womanly. Gladstone
All am. or can be. ] owe 20 my
angel mother. Abraham Lincoln.
Earth has nothing more tender than
a pious woman's heart.
Disguise our bondage "a we Will. It's
woman. woman rules us still. Moore
No man can either live piously or
die righteously without a wife.-Rich-
ter.
Even Ia the darkest hour OF earthly
III. womans fond affection CLOVIS
Sand.
I do not meet my wife there. Andrew
Johnson.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
INSURGENTS WILL RESIST.
Fiiipinos Not TO Recognize Cession
the Islands.

AdviceS from the Philippine islands
say the insurgents there have decided
not 10 recognize the cession of the ISL
ands To the United States. and that they
will resist 10 the last. [; is also claim
ed that the United States will require
10000 troops To put down the rebei-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

Taking the state over, the Republic
an congressman had a plurality OF TO-
2O9 over the Democratic congressman,
a loss of $4,000 since 81. L. b. Hunt
received a plurality OF 1918 for secre-
tary OF state. John V. Hadley. of
Danville. led the Republican ticket. He
was elected 20 the Supreme Court by
plurality OF 1866.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Grooming Horses bx Electricity.

The electric current is now applied
to operating horse grooming machin-
cry, less than three minutes being suf-
ficient for going over an animal
Horse-clippers can also be operated by
electric power at high speed.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

The cruiser New York. flagship OF
the North Atlantic squadron, Is at an
chor In Havana harbor.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Insurance Companies Suffer Heavily.

Marine underwriters say the losses
sustained by their companies as the re-
suit of the storm or the New England
coast will probably amount in aggre
gate 10 something more than 81. 600
nnG
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
House Wrecked by Dynamits.

At Augusta, H., the residence Of Or
the town, was wrecked by dynamic
Mrs Ringer discharged domestic. 4
under arrest for the crime.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

United States Senator VI. S Quay Of
Pennsylvania. his son Richard Quay
and eXState Treasurer Benjamin J.
Haywood. indicted for the embezzIe
ment Of state funds, vii be tried Dec
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
GIGANTIC FLOUR TRUST
Company Formed to Control NeatiY All
the American Output

i gigantic flour trust has been form-
sl TO control nearly al of the produc.
in this country and also the supply OF
three-fourths OF the world. The trust
will have approximately he cnormou
capital Of $50. 600 900.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Fire Loss Of - $1,000.

The seven-story granite building AZ
Wooster and Third streets, New York.
was destroyed ~ fire, causing an ag
gregate loss Of SlS5000.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Further Time l. Refused.

The Colombian government has re-
Iectcd the petition of the Panama Ca
nal company to extend for six years the
time for completing the construction Of
the canal.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Call tn OHM Miners.

President WILTON Morgan Of the dis
trict miners organization has issued a
call for convention in Massillon,
Ohio. Dec. IL, Of the coal miners of four
counties
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Sentenced to Life ImprisOn mcnt.

Mrs. Sarah Shenkenberger. charged
with poisoning her daughter-in-law at
Frankfort, Ind. has been declared
guilty by jury and sentenced TO life
Imprisonment
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

Levi Hall. the oldest editor in Mich
igan. died AT Miles. He was 70 years
of age and for fifty years an editor %
the st. Joseph County Advertiser
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Alleged Firebug Under Arrest.

b. Condor, suspected by the police ~
being a member Of the gang OF firebugS
that has been firing barns in the Vi
entity of ST. Joseph, Mich. has heen
arrested
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

Negotiations are pending for foot
ball game between the universities %
Wisconsin and California. TO be played
in San Francisco Oh Christmas day.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

After unpaid workmen of the Mid
land Railway Company had levied on
everything tangible To satisfy unpaid
wage claims they turned their atten-
tion To the furniture In the general Of
ices ~ Anderson. and nothing which
suggested "A dollar was overlooked.
The transaction has been closed
looking to the location of an I. O. o. r.
home at Greensburg. and the corner
stone Of the new building will be laid
in May. with the dedication 10 follow
next November. The new building will
cost $4,000.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
France Watching Our Navy.

The French government will estao-
lish u naval attache at Washington in
connection with the staff of the en-
baSsy.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Miles prepares Army nm.

Gen. Miles. commanding the army
has prepared the draft OF bill provid-
Ing for reg liar army of Toe. 600 men.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
The Woman Of IT.

Mrs. Awe just been giving my
dressmaker fits. Mrs B.-What forf
Mrs. A.--why. because she didn't give
them to me.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Fire mt Marion, III.

Fire consumed onc-half Of the brick
block on the north side of the public
square at Marion, III. The loss Is es-
timated at $4,000.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
signs or Cariist Activity.

Police at Bilboa, Sp~in report tho
discovery OF 1876 rifles carefully secret
ell underground. 4 number Of charges
being connected Herewith.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
WnrshIp Acnt tn uaNnnn.

The armored cruiser New York. the
flagship of the north Atlantic squad
ron, has been sent to Havana.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

viii Kent. wanted for the murder OF
his brother, Noble Kent, at GIrard. H..
II still at liberty.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
TIE NEWS OF INDIANA.
Minor happenings OF the Past Week-EventS in fiooserdom
TerSely Told in kilograms
Congregational Vote.

In the official election returns COM
piled by the secretary of state the plur-
alities of congressman are given rs
follows:
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
CarIists Arrested in Spain.

Several Carlists have been arrested
in the province of Heurel. Spain, for
trying to enlist soldiers Tor Carlism.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

In three years the expenses OF run
ming an Atlantic steamer exceeds the
cost OF construction.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-28

A careful examination of both wrecks
conclusively proved that the explosives
the vessels contained remained prac-
tically intact.
Turning from historic illustration, we
shall have to confront an elaborate
classification to define the various
kinds of torpedoes. There are three
chief divisions consisting of buoyant
mines, subaqueous mines and locomo-
tive torpedoes. The first class of tor
pedoes, as well as the second, is purely
for purposes of coast defense. Although
the authorities on the subject enter
tain pretty diverse views, it is gener-
ally held that these contact mines are
available for use only in rather shall
low water. Their use involves many
perplexing conditions, such as the
twisting and wearing of the cables and
moorings, the depression due to cur
rents, the danger of sympathetic ex-
plosons, the leaking of the cases. So
difficult, indeed, is the problem that
the best torpedo system of today is
really a compromise between conflict
ing requirements. AS obstacles in
shunting off hostile squadron, the use
of these mines is imperative in modern
warfare. Beside the surface mine are
the submarine mines, sub-divided into
% observation mines, fired by an cleo
trio current when the enemy appears
within the destructive area of the
mine; (2) electro-contact mines, which,
on concussion, explode by automatic
ally completing the electric circuit
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-28
Many of the Best Informed Assert That Ten Years
Hence All Naval Conflicts Will Be Fought
With Them Exclusively

The most ingenious and indeed, the
most destructive engine of modern
warfare, is the torpedo. People do not
commonly realize that this instrument
of annihilation was already in use in
1885, In that year an italian engineer,
Zambelli, constructed vessels CARRYING
heavily charged magazines which float
ed down the Scheldt river at Antwerp
and, ignited by clock-work, DESTROYED
the bridge. A certain Van Drebbel ex-
perimented in England, in 1924 with a
diving boat which, laden with expIo-
sives, was so directed as to strike a
ship below the water line. But the
first genuine submarine torpedo was in
vented in 1870 by a Frenchman. Desa-
guners. Thls rocket torpedo, as it was
called, destroyed several boats The
first craft actually sunk by submarine
mine was one attacked by device of
Robert Fulton, of steamboat renown
in 1901, charged with twenty pounds
OF gunpowder. Four years later the
brig Dorothea was completely demol-
ished at Dover, England, by two tor
pedoes fired by clockwork. Yet it was
not until our Civil War that the for
pedo became a successful, systematic
agent of destruction On December 12
1862, the United States ironclad Cairo
was destroyed in the Yazoo river by
two torpedoes which exploded directly
beneath her. She was so shattered she
sank in twelve minutes. Again in the
following year we lost the ironclad
Baron de Kalb in the same fashion.
From this time on torpedoes of diver
sit1ed types have been in pretty general
use. On May 6, 1864, an electric torpedo
charged with 1850 pounds of gunpow-
der completely demolished the Com
modore Jones. Directly after this event
two federal transports and the moni-
tor Tecumseh were sunk almost in
stantly on collision with submarine
mines. In the succeeding year, the
monitor Patapsco was destroyed at
Charleston with siXty-two men. The
Confederates, during the war, suffered
only the loss of the irOnclad Albemarle,
which was blown up by a so-called bar
rel torpedo.
In recent years the most vivid ex-
emplifications of the effectiveness of
torpedoes have been in South American
waters. A Peruvian guard boat was
the first craft to be sunk by an "auto-
mobile torpedo. Still fresh in our
memory is the collapse of the Brazilian
Aquidaban from the same cause. A
torpedo was fired from a gunboat
broadside at the Aquidaban, striking
her twenty-five feet from the bow and
ten feet below the water line, and MAX
ing hole fourteen feet by twelve on
one side and tLtee-foot hole on the
other. Quite as illustrative of the
eruptive force of the torpedo was the
destruction of the Huasear by Paul
Boynton, who placed a torpedo under
her bow and discharged it from a safe
distance by means of an electric cable
Curiously enough, the wrecking of the
cruiser, Blanco Euclada, in the harbor
of Valparaiso was much like that of
the battleship Maine in Havana harbor
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-28

duplicity, and Roman arrogance, and
Vandal greed and Moslem intolerance,
Spain belongs to the dark ages-an alta
vistic survival. We look upon her with
Rmazement as she sits in The tawdry
remnants of her ancient grandeur"
intent upon her bull-fights, metaphori-
cal and literal while all the other ma
| tions of the earth are marching onward.
But this ancient grandeur" never
was anything but tawdry; like all
things Spanish it has been made the
subject of gross eXaggeration. In the
case of a people whose more than Chi
nese vanity makes them almost incap-
able of listening to the truth, who
habitually turn defeat into victory-in
words-and magnify the most common
place occurrences until all sense of pro-
portion is lost, the statements which
they make in glorification of themselves
must be taken with large allowances.
Many passages in Spanish history read
like a mixture of their Cuban war dis
patches and their melodramatic ro-
mances. Especially is this true of the
eXtravagant tales about Mexico and
Peru-where the too credulous Prescott
seems to have relied with rather child
like faith upon his authorities Later
Investigators have been more cautious,
and perhaps there is still room for the
skeptic.
1t may we'll be doubted that Spain
was ever prosperous in any proper
sense of the word. In her best days
the number of beggars in the country
was appalling. hesitate to quote the
figures-for they are Spanish-but 15O,-
900 is the estimate. During the same
period there were scarcely any manu-
factures. The exports were in the main
the products of soil practically un-
tilled,-such as wool, hides, minerals,
raw silk. kermes, and olives What
does this signify? 1t means that Spain
in her palmiest estate was largely oc-
cupied by mining camps and cattle
ranches; AMI this conclusion is in per-
feet accord with Spanish Characters
tics.
| The popular ideas about pastoral life
are diametrically wrong. Far from be-
! ing one of the most peaceful occupa-
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-28

"Spain and the Spaniards" was the
topic submitted by our correspondent
to Col Ingersool. 1t interested him and
the words that flowed from his lips had
in them indignation and contempt and
the fire of eloquence. Here they are
exactly as he uttered them:
Spain has always been exceed
ingly religious and exceedingly cruel.
That country had an unfortunate
experience, The Spaniards fought
the Moors for about seven hun
dred or eight hundred years, and
during that time Catholicism and pa
triotsm became synonymous. They
were fighting the Moslems. It was a
religious war. For this reason they be-
came intense in their Catholicism, and
they were fearful that if they should
grant the least concession to the Moor.
God would destroy them. Their idea
was that the only way to secure Di-
vine aid was to have absolute faith,
and this faith was proved by their
hatred of all ideas inconsistent with
their own.
Spain has been and is the victim of
superstition The Spaniards expelled