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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

tai, where he died the next day a
court marital was appointed to sit on
Hollis case as soon as the Tenth ca
valry reached Huntsville. whittier they
went a few days afterward. The SOL
emn ceremony of trying brother SOL
dier was duly carried out, and the
prisoner was found guilty and ordered
to be shot to death. Gen. Wheeler put
his signature to the findings, and the
verdict and documents were forwarded
to President Mckinley for final in
dorsement. 1t now remains entirely
ed States as to whether or not SOL
der of our last war shall die the most
ignominious death that it Is the lot
of man to have meted out to him.
In the meantime the comrades OF
Holt In the Tenth cavalry are whis-
pering of the fate that is in store for
the unfortunate man, who will be the
first soldier to die by rifle bullets in
times OF peace in a military camp. Not
since the civil war has the death SEN
tence been passed upon soldier OF the
Union.
For thirty-fivc years the records OF
the army have been clear of such "a
blot, and there is strong hope that
even this man may escape with some
other form of punishment. The stern
demands OF discipline are such that
clemency Is seldom shown, and even at
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
General State News.

Mrs. Lucinda Rees of Clay county
has brought suit for divorce from her
husband. claiming custody of seven
minor children and $4,000 alimony,
besides $500 annually for the support
of the same. Mr.. and Mrs. Rees have
been married for thirty years, and
are the parents OF fourteen children.
She alleges i'll treatment.
George Stubs has brought suit ip
the Hamilton Circuit Court against Mr..
and Mrs. +. NJ Rondebush, parents OF
his wife, claiming $4,000 damages for
alleged alienation of her affections
Stubs volunteered as a soldier in the
Spanish war. and upon his return his
family declined to receive him. Pre-
vious thereto there had been domestic
differences
Prof. II. G. Reddick OF the chemistry
department OF the state university has
brought suit against the Monroe coun-
ty commissioners, claiming $500 for
making an analysis of the contents of
the stomach of the late Charles Evans
of Bloomington, who died of strych-
nine poisoning.
While Miss Leota Waymack OF
Rochester was walking homeward in
the early evening she was seized in
quick succession by two burly men
and kissed. There was a fire alarm
sounding at the time, and in the ex-
element the assault went unnoticed by
the crowd hurrying along the street.
The town council of Lebanon has
refused to accept the resignation Of
Representative Artman as city attor-
ney, and the local papers allege that
the resignation will be hung up un-
til the return of Mr.. Altman from the
legislature.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
Signaling nv Sea at Night.

Interesting experiments have lately
been made with an instrument for sig
mailing at sea. invented by Mr.. J. w.
Haywood. The Telegraph is c0mbi-
nation of typewriter and stereopticon.
Instead OF screen a rapidly revolving
disc or wheel is used, on which are
thrown the signal letters. i pure white
light thrown upon the disc is intend
cd as a signal Of attention. When
answered by another vessel the letters
representing the international code
messages are thrown upon the disc.
The letters vary in size, from mini
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

partial critic can Internationally adj
mire it, he will not fall into the error
of treating it as rubbish. He will not
fail TO recognize the fact that every
progress on the field of literature as
elsewhere involves Reputation of an
established something at every step
and that this task OF repudiating and
clearing away which is necessary in
order To bring the plane of the Ger
man drama 10 a higher level has been
performed by the daring poets of 1889
and that the credit for this work OF
demolition is due to them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
"RFADY!' " AMP 'FLRE!"


Lindsay T. Holt. negro private in
the Tenth cavalry of the United States
army. has been found guilty of the
crime OF murder by a regular army
court martial, and sentenced TO be shot
10 death by a provost guard. Holt is
now in jail at Huntsville. Ala. await
ing the approval of the sentence by the
president of the United States. This
Is the only ease during the late war
"here a court martial has ordered
soldiers death at the muZzles OF a
provost guard. Hollis crime was COM
mitted at Camp Wikoif Montauk Point.
Sept. %. and consisted OF firing three
Fate lanes Twishy, also a negro MEM
Der of Hollis troop Strangely enough
the quarrel had its origin in a dispute
concerning the ownership of a Span
ish gold coin o. the value Of ten pc
setas. II was trophy that Holt had
brought back from Santiago after the
famous battle at San Juan HILL where
the negro troops fought valiantly,
shoulder to shoulder with the Rough
Riders. At Camp Wikoff Holt eXhib-
tied the coin to his comrades. Twishy
attempted To grab it. There were hot
words, and both men separated to go
in search OF weapons. Holt got q
siX-shCOter and Twishy a razor. Later
in the day the men met again. Twishy.
who was the more powerful. rushed
upon his enemy. waving the razor in
the air and utteIing threats to cut
Hollis heart out. The latter fred
three shots and Twishy. receiving
them all. was carried off to the hOspi-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
NJ easuring Thunderstorm

AS a matter of fact thunder and
lightning occur simultaneously; the in
terval observed between the phenom-
ena being due to the fact that sound
only travels at the rate OF 100 feet
per second, while the passage of light
Is almost instantaneous. But it is an
easy matter to tell. at least approx
mately, how many miles thunder
storm is away. a normal pulse will
beat about one stroke to the second
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
THE MODERN GERMAN DRAMA.
Cordially Hated by IdeaIIsts. Morali5ts
and the Conservative Minds.

ana the conservative Minds.
The modern German drama has
many foes says the Columbia LITERARY
Monthly. II is decried as literary
monstrosity-if the quality literary
Is allowed to it at all. 1t is called the
direct offspring of what is most vile
and abhorrent in the fin de steele at
moSphere. Conservative minds hate If
because ii broke with all traditions.
ldealists hate il. because il rent the
Veil their idealism had woven 10 hide
unbearable face of truth. The Spiess-
burger Matthew Arnolds Philistine Of
Germany-hates il because. he saws.
he does not go to the theater TO see
what he can find AZ home: he does ncr
want 10 be tormented. hat reused; he
does not come To look for problems
and ideas and bitter earnest. but for
life. action and excitement. The NOR
alist hates it because he complains
that y poisons the Younger generation
and undermines its morality by bring
ing immortality upon the stage. But
the modern German drama has friends
as well as enemies. Though no i'm
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
Our Six Wars.

Since the Declaration of Independ-
ence the United States have had six
wars, not counting the little differences
with the Indians. These were-the
war of the revolution. the war of 1872,
the war with the Barbary States. the
Mexican war, the war for the union,
and the war with Spain.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

and by counting the puise-beats during
interval of the lightning and the thun-
der. the lapse OF seconds is arrived at
and consequently the number OF feet
which can be reduced to miles. For
example. If thirty seconds elapse be-
tween the fash OF the lightning and
the crash of thunder the storm center
is at distance OF SO, 900 feet o. about
: * and a quarter miles.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
Ills COBundrum.

Merry Andrew-Can you tell me the
dlnerence between a man and a mon
key?
Busy Man-How much do YOU
weigh?
Merry Andrews-One hundred and
forty-eight pounds.
Busy Mana hundred and forty
eight? ! weigh hundred and sixty.
three. The difference is just fifteen
pounds. Cleveland Leader.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
Weighed and Found Wanting.

Our neighbors are shiftless people"
How do you know When | go over
to borrow anything they never have
it,"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

If thing doesn't seem possible 1t
is sure TO occur.
The record-union., 1899-03-30
EVENTS ON The TURF.
RESULTS OF COAST AND EAST
ERN RACES.
Racebud, Silver Tail, Faversham
Alarys Garter, Tony Licalzi and
Crossmolina Win at Oakland.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.-
Weather at Oakland fine; track fast.
Five furlongs, selling, Racebud
(Thorpe), 3 to l. Won; Somis (Ruiz),
to /. second; Lanigan Piggott), Z to /,
third. Time-1.OS Earl Islington, Gin
Sling, Florence Fink, Limatus, Peach
Blossom, Sylvan Lass, Cleodora, Crutch,
Noma, Gold Carter Dicky Bird, Ora
Copa and Gold Baron also ran.
Three and a. half furlongs, selling, Sill
yer Tail (Macklin), 10 to l, won; Solace
fThorpe), 5 to 2, second; Rachel c. q.
Daly). 10 to /, third. Time-0:44 Gar
bo. Sjsuuoc, Pidalia, Florentia and Rose
of Hilo also ran.
One and e-sixteentn miles, selling.
Faversham (Ruiz), to /, won; Anno-
wan (Jenkins), 8 to /, second; Romany
fMcNichols), 10 to l, third. Time
1:dA. Peter Weber, Napian, Gilberto,
The Wooer, Glengaber and Dunpraise
also ran.
Three and half furlongs, selling,
Alarys Garter Piggott), even, won:
Bamboulia (Hennessy), S to 5, second !;
Tanobe (PowelD, third. Time-0:43A
Fannie Mills, Tom sharkey,. Yoioco, La
Amiga, Flush of Gold and Halifax also
ran.
six furlongs, selling, Tony hcalzi q.
Reiff), 5 to /, won: Moringa Devin), 5
to 2. second; Peixotto Gray. to 5,
The record-union., 1899-03-30
s. B. ARMOUR DEAD.
Was the Head Of the Kansas City
Packing House.

KANSAS CITY (Mo.), March 29-S.
b. Armour, head of the local packing
mouse OF Armour & Co., and brother of
2. D. Armour of Chicago, died at his
home here at $50 this morning of
pneumonia. Mr.. Armour had been i'll
Tor two weeks. He had practically re-
covered on Monday, but suffered re-
lapse yesterday.
Simon Brooks Armour was born on
a farm in Madison County, N Y, Feb
ruary /, 1923. He was bred to hard
work on the farm, and lived there until
1870, when at the request of his broth
er, Philip, he came here to open &
branch of the Chicago house In the
fall of 1870 and the winter of 1871 the
firm of Plankington & Armour began
business in a rented building. In the
spring of 1871 the first building owned
by. Plankington & Armour was bull.
1t is now a part of the big plant that
covers acres.
S. B. Armour was married June q.
1856. to Miss Margaret Klock of Oneida
n. Y They had no children.
Mr.. Armour's most marked character
istics We're great insight into human
nature, great business tact and shrewd
ness, economy, nlOQeSty ana simplicity
of character and life and great tender
ness. Mr.. Armour was very active in
all public affairs, and did much to en-
hance the city's worth. He helped or
ganize the New England Safe Deposit
and Trust Company of this city in
1889, and acted as one of it's directors
up to the time of it's conversion last
year into the New England Bank, in
which concern he held the Office Of di-
rector at the time of his death.
No arrangements for the funeral
have yet been made.
The record-union., 1899-03-30

ty-four hour clause in giving his testi-
mony en- previous occasion, and his
statement then that its insertion was a
clerical error.
Major Lee asked the General If he
thought it perfectly feasible to keep
refrigerator beef for even twenty-four
hours after leaving the refrigerator,
and he replied in the affirmative. But
not" he said, ''if left in the open sun
or dumped in dirty carts, as it was in
some instances"
General Eagan said he had secured
the opinion of the Surgeon General that
refrigerator beef was most acceptable
He had never had any idea that the
troops could be better supplied by Civ
ing them beef on the foot He had no
recollection that the Secretary of War
had suggested TO him that the refrig-
orator beef should be taken from Ar
mour or Swift merely as a trial, being
convinced of it's superiority over all
other beef. THE Secretary gave me a
free hand" he said. "He approved my
award of the contract, and there was
no further conference with him or in
structions from him on the beef SUBJ
ject."
on the trial of the Powell process for
preserving beef made in Florida, Cen
eral Eagan said a report had been re-
ceived on this subject from General
Weston, but that he tEagan) had not
known of it's purport until long after
the contract was let to Swift & Co.
He recalled a letter he had written to
Alexander B. Powell on May 26th re-
Ii leo ~fa tad
that he had heard that Powell had in
duced Swift or Armour to investigate
the process and some of the bidders
proposed to use it. But he gave the
subject no attention. For that mat
ter" he continued, there was a great
deal of talk about the Powell and other
processes about the department, but
not on my part, as l did not propose
that any but the best frozen beef, such
as is used in the best hotels, should b.,
eaten by the army"
do you Srecall,'' asked Major Lee,
being present when a conversation
took place concerning the letting Of
these contracts when Senator Hanna
was PRESENT."
II never spoke to Senator Hanna in
my life," responded General Eagan,
and I don't think / would know him
if he should step into the room now"
Explaining the purchases of the
canned roast beef, General Eagan said
that during the entire war not to ex-
ceed twenty-four days rations all told
of it for the entire army had been is
sued. 1t was only intended as make
shift to be used when fresh meat could
not be secured. Some reports favor
able to it and others unfavorable came
to me concerning it, he said. Some
of these were complaints and some
concentrations"
Continuing, he said that he had at
tributed the objections to this food
largely to the ignorance and prejudice
of the men, which has he said. s.heen
the cause of the army's refusing many
wholesome articles of food"
The witness said he had conversed
with neither General Miles nor General
Shafter concerning the army rations,
but that General Brooke had made
some recommendations concerning ba-
con in cans.
With this General Eagan's- testimony
closed, and the court adjourned for the
day, with the understanding that some
witnesses in General Miles behalf
would be heard tomorrow.
The record-union., 1899-03-30
ECUADOR'S MONETARY SYSTEM.
WILL SOON DO AWAY WITH
SILVER BASIS.
Congress Enacts Law Which
Within Two Years Will Place
Her in Gold Standard Ranks.

WASHINGTON, March 29-Consul
General De Leon at Guayaquil reports
to the State Department. that the
change of the world to a gold basis
has finally driven Ecuador to adopt the
same course, Congress having just en-
acted a law which within two years, he
says, will place the monetary system
on a gold basis.
/ Ecuador has heretofore been upon a
so-called bimetallic, but practically mo-
nometallic silver basis-no god in cir
culation and her silver irredeemable
The circulation of the country was
and is almost altogether paper money
ISSUED by the banks and redeema Bile in
silver only. The effect of the present
/ law, he says, will be to put Ecuador on
a gold basis, and while paper will con-
tinue to be the money in circulation, it
will be redeemable in gold and not in
silver as at present. The condor, which
may be regarded as the unit Of value,
will be practically OF the same metallic
value as the pound sterling, and the
silver sucre will possess an actual value
of about 1876 cents in American gold,
ten Of them being equal to one condor.
Exchange on New York has been ar
bitrarily fixed by banks and merchants
during the last ten months at 1G5 to
los, but this rate has not been strictly
adhered to; 40 and more has been
paid.
The Consul General says that another
anomaly is that American gold has been
worth from 10 to 10 cents more than
the exchange. The stable condition of
Ecuadorian currency, the financial re-
sources Of the banks of issue, which
the Consul General says are relatively
as solid as any in the world and the
crying need for a fixed monetary stan
dard, he says, seem to give assurance
that the present measure is wise. Con-
ditions hitherto existing have been
most favorable to the wealthy cocoa,
coffee and sugar planters, who sold
their products for gold and paid in
silver for all they bought in Ecuador,
notably for labor which has been the
/ chief sufferer. Wages now at best,
have been lower still since payable in q
deprecated currency.
The law recently enacted, the Consul
! General says, is expected to be thor
oughy for the needs of the country.
He adds that after thorough examina-
tion the mercantile interests came to
the conclusion that the only remedy fer
the unsatisfactory state of affairs which
has prevailed for the past five years
was the adoption of the gold standard
at the rate of 30.6 to l. Ecuador is
the fourth country of Latin-America to
adopt the gold standard, Venezuela,
Costa Rica and Peru having already
taken the step. Brazil, Uruguay and
Chilli, while nominally on a gold basis,
1 the Consul General says, are really sub
! ject to the disadvantages of paper
money. because their internal financial
condition precludes an easy conversion
of the currency
The record-union., 1899-03-30
SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Trade Continues Fairly Good in
Produce Circles.
Sacramento, Ma

Sacramento, Mar. 29th.
Trade continues fairly good in local pro-
duce circles. Shipping is quite good,
orders for Sacramento Vegetables from as
far East as Denver, while the mountain
districts are depending almost wholly on
Sacramento for their garden truck
Following are the retail prices for the
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras, S195 per 100
tbs; 81 for 80 rbs.
FRUIT--Oranges, 15c, Csc, 3oc. 4oc and
soc per uozen; Lines, l5c; Lemons. 25c;
Cocoanuts, 1oc each; Bananas. 25c per
dozen; Apples, 81 per box; Dates 10c
per 10.
VEGETABLEs-To Tomatoes, 1oc per ID;
Celery, &c per head; Caulitiower iOc per
head; Carrots. Lettuce. Radishes, Eeek.
Green, Onions, Oyster Plant. PIC per
dozen bunches; onions, &c per fp: Roman,
per n; Cream Squash; &c pei. 10: Spinach,
&c. Peppers, 2oe; Hubbard Squash, 21sc;;
Onions. &c per ID: Asparagus, 5n6c per ID;
Potatoes, &C. per n; Rhubarb, SC per nj;
Artichokes, 75c per dozen.
MEATS Beef Prime Rib Roast, 121k0
sQ1zc per ID; Corned Beef. SQ121zc; Sau-
The record-union., 1899-03-30
OUT IN The THIRD ROUND.
ED. JOHNSON WINS THE CON-
TEST WITH JOE REAY.
a Sharp and Aggressive Glove
Fight With a Quick
Ending.

1t took scant ten minutes to settle
the glove contest between Joe Reay OF
san Francisco and Ed. Johnson of Sac
ramento last night at the Athletic
club, 1t ending in the third round with
Reay being counted out
The men We're middleweights, Reay
weighing in at 1862 pounds and john
son at 1864 pounds yesterday morn
Ing. 1t was announced before the men
stepped into the ring that they had
been examined by a physician and de-
ciared in fit condition. A large audi
ence was present, and the fact that the
Former contest between the two men
had been declared a draw at the end
OF the twentieth round of fast fighting
caused unusual interest to be taken IN
the result. 1t may safely be said that
the quick termination was surprise
to every one, as it was generally
thought that, although the twenty
round limit might not be reached, at
least half that number of rounds would
be fought.
1t was a good, clean contest, the men
having agreed to break away clean,
and both kept their agreement to the
letter. There was nothing that could
possibly be construed into a foul from
either. A noticeable feature was the
almost entire absence of swings and
hooks, both hitting straight from the
shoulder in old-tine style, and, al
though there We're many in the audi
ence, doubtless. who would have liked
to have it last a little longer, every
one went away satisfied. It was. con-
test of skill, pluck and endurance, and
johnson won his laurels fairly and
easily.
The preliminaries We're interesting,
and two of them very humorous. The
first was between McGraw and Bush
of the Athletic Club, with Mr.. Finn as
referee Their three minute rounds
were boxed very cleverly, McGraw
probably making the most points. It
was a clean and manly bout, and drew
out unstinted applause The next was
three-round contest, one and a half
minutes to the round between Swalen-
berg and Root Swalenberg was far
and away the cleverest. Root was too
heavy and fleshy. Nevertheless, it was
a well-contested friendly exhibition,
and greatly pleased the spectators.
The third event was a six-round
match between Kid Berry of Fresno
and Ed Wiley of Sacramento. The
latter is a good deal of a clown in his
work. and can take any amount of
punishment with apparent pleasure. at
times actually inviting it, greatly to
the amusement of lookers-on. Berry
IS slight youth. and not equal to the
hard knocks of Wiley, unsklled as the
latter is. In the second round the
Fresno boy was withdrawn, as it was
clear he could not last. Jack Pendergast
was referee in this event. An i'm
promptu was then arranged between
McGraw and Wiley for three eround
friendly bout. McGraw claimed to have
misunderstood instructions, and went
at Wiley in way that would soon
have finished him, and made the matter
not at all funny, even with all of
Wiley's monkey business. The referee