Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-26
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 Acct
dent Record.

is $4,000.
St Paul, Minn.-Thomas T. O'Brien,
who came from Chicago two weeks
ago. was found dead at the Pittsburg
hotel
Osgood. Ind-Louis Smith commit
ted suicide by shooting himself. Two
years ago he tried TO kill himself by
cutting his throat. but failed.
Kenosha, Wis-B. F. Hetherington
disappeared under mysterious circum-
stances He left letter saying he was
weary of life and intended to jump into
the lake.
Marietta, Ohio-Joseph c. Oberly.
who came from Cincinnati. baggage
master at Union depot. was arrested
for stealing a package from the United
States Express company containing
$3.50.
Bloomington. Ill.-Two more cases
of smallpox have developed in Mclean
county. The new patients are Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Coal. living on a farm at
Gillum. The disease is OF a mild form.
Milwaukee. Wis-The strike of the
Feeders. Helpers and Pressmen's union
has been successful. The demand OF
the men for higher wages was acceded
to by the bosses and they will all re-
port for duty.
Burlington. 1owa-The Burlington
Electric Power and Lighting company
has purchased the franchise and prop
~ no BURLINGTON Cast iOht pOn-
pany for 100000 and will consolidate
the two plants.
Fort Monroe. Va.-The battery of the
Third artillery now stationed here has
been ordered TO California.
Houston, Tex-Fire destroyed the
Morris building on Main street. The
loss is $4,000, covered by insurance.
Savannah. Ga.-Three companies of
the signal corps encamped at Savannah
have been mustered out of the service.
Guthrie, o. T.-Henry Towner and
George Dress were fined $500 each for
failing to put war-revenue stamps on
two notes.
Denver. Colo.-Snow fighters are still
at work with dynamite and shovel on
the mountain system of the Colorado
& Southern road.
Peoria, Tex-A horse attached TO a
picnic hack ran away, killing Thomas
Lovejoy and injuring several young la
dies, two probably fatally.
ST. Louis. Mo.-David j. Field. a re-
tired capitalist, who shot and killed his
negro man servant, was exonerated by
a coroner's jury and released.
Fort Monroe, Va.-Frank A. Wander
lip and Surgeon-General Wyman made
an inspection OF the detention stations
of the lower Chesapeake
Bayone, y. 1.-THE German oil-car-
rying bark Ariadne, Capt Ehler. was
burned to the waters edge. Hans
Rencke is believed to have perish>>..
Fort Smith, Ark-Two alleged cat
tie thieves, John Washtub and Joseph
Starr, have been publicly nogged with
100 lashes each at San Bots, |. T. Sew
eral hundred Indians watched a deputy
sheriff apply the lash.
San Antonio Tex.=Pedro Salazar, a
full-blOOded Mexican. and his newly
welded American wife. living on the
Medina river, fifteen miles distant,
were dragged from their homes by
whitecaps, tied to tree and both
whipped Neighbors objected to the
marriage of a Mexican and an Ameri-
can.
Galesburg, Ill.-The colored people
held an anti-lynching meeting Reso
lutions calling for governmental action
were passed.
Lostant, Ill.-Alfred |. Osgood. {
prominent lumber dealer and extensive
land owner, died as the result of al
accident which he suffered about {
month ago
Harrisburg, Pa.-Gov. Stone ha
made a cut OF 100000 ia the schoo
appropriation and reduced severa
other items. whereby he saves in tn
aggregate $1,000, 900, which will be ap
piled to reducing the floating debt o
the commonwealth.
Philadelphia, PA troop of artil
lery stationed at Fort Sheridan will
take part in the Philadelphia hors
show. The exhibition will begin OF
Decoration day and extend to June 13
Anderson. Ind.-The famous Indial
mounds were placed under forest res
ervation laws, insuring the preserva
ton of the mounds, which the Smith
sonian institute archaeologists say ar
the most interesting of any in tn
country.
Atlanta. GA trolley railroad 10
miles long is to be built from Gaines
vile. Ga, via Dahlonega, to some poin
on the Southern railroad in Tennessee
Waynesville, Ill.-RaymOnd Kasey,
years of age, drank carbolic acid, sup
posing it to be cough medicine, an
died in a few minutes.
New York-Columbia university wi
give the honorary degree of LII. ID. t
Carl SchurZ on commencement day.
Austin, Texas-The house of tn
Texas legislature finally passed tn
antitrust bill as it came from the sen
ate on Tuesday. 1t now goes to tn
governor.