Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-31
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-
-.ident Record.


Avon. Ill-Fire consumed $4,000
worth OF property Several persons
were seriously injured. Many small
business houses were destroyed.
kenosha, Wis The common coun-
eli BY unanimous vote passed an Or
feet OF any church or school. Mayor
fettit vetoed the ordinance
Copemish. Mich.-A broken switch
wrecked 4 south-bound freight train
on the Ann Arbor road between
Churchill and Hagnaill. The engine
and eight cars left the track and were
completely destroyed The fireman
Was badly hurt
Cincinnati. Ohio Richard A. Rob
erts. barrOOm porter. ran knife
into the throat of Charles Prietsch.
mechanical draughtsman. and turned
the knife around in the wound. Death
Was instantaneous Roberts was ar
rested
kokomo. Ind. Charles Mccoy and
Carl Cromer had friendly boxing
contest. in which young Mccoy was
killed by Il heart blow. death being in
Simultaneous.
keokuk, Iowa The property and
good will of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of keokuk was sold by
Mrs j. {. Hughes, ST.. 10 the Keokuk
for $4,000. The two colleges will be
Medical college. a rival institution.
consolidated and conducted with one
faculty and one management
Des Moines. Iowa H. II. Abrams.
secretary of The Iowa Anti-Saloon
leagues. has secured from Attorney
General Remley an opinion that sa-
looms in Des Moines. Marshalltown.
Waterloo and other large cities are
running under worthless petitions of
consent. New petitions must be secur-
ed before April II or the saloons must
close
Vienna Addison C. Harris. the new
United States ambassador TO Austria
Hungary. has arrived here.
Paris -Comte Alexandra Damaze de
Chauderdy. noted French diplomat
ist. died in his 73d year.
Wheeling, w. Va.-TwO hundred
employees of the La Belle iron works.
employed in the plate mill and as la
horers. have received an increase of
wages averaging 10 per cent.
Washington-The opposition press
OF Chile criticises Minister Buchan-
ans boundary dispute award and
biames the government. When the
chilean commissioners return from
Buenos Ayres they will be greeted
with a hostile demonstration in San
ti&go
McKeesport. Pa.-Frederick T.
Clark shot and fatally wounded his
wife, who had refused to live with
him. and then killed himself.
PlttsDurg. Pain a freight train
wreck on the Fort Wayne and Chicago
railroad, James A. Bracken. engineer.
and James X. Lowe fireman. both of
Pittsburg. were killed; c. F. Brandon
baugh brakeman. was fatally hurt. and
a property loss of $25 900 was caused
Washington Rear Admiral Samp-
sons squadron arrived at Kingston.
Jamaica. and was accorded a hearty
reception. \ long series of entertain
ments has been planned
Manhattan, Ill.-Frank Schumann.
IS years of age, committed suicide by
hanging. His father committed suicide
some years ago i'm Kansas City.
Fostoria. O.-Smiths livery stable
burned. FOrtyeight horses were burn
ed TO death and more than fifty bug
gies and wagons destroyed. Loss, 500
coo.
CrestOn. lCwa-Fire destroyed the
Dunn Johnson block of this city. caus-
ing a loss of $4,000. The insurance
is put at $4,000
Perry. Okla. George w Boggs, late
postmaster of Shawnee, was convicted
in the United States court for robbing
his own postofiice of 1000
Washingt' ExGOy. Thomas G..
Fletcher of Missouri died in this city.
Joplin, MOT. Il. Kier, a mine
owner, while in his mine, was crushed
by huge bowlder that rolled down
upon him.
Port Arthur. Texas The Port Ar
thur ship canal has been opened. Over
5000 visitors from all parts of the
country were present.
Worcester, Mass Patrick Hassett
was beaten over the head with an iron
bar by Mrs. Thomas Cary and killed.
Mrs Cary was insane
Benton HarbOr, Mich.-Joseph Whit
more died of smallpox at his home at
Watervliet. ten miles north of this
city. No other new cases have been re-
ported in the past week.
Kansas City, MO.-John ID. McCrun,
for twenty years master mechanic Of
the Memphis system. is dead
Beloit, Wis.-Jack Hollister, brother
of DR.. Hollister of Northwestern, has
accepted the position of coach for Be
Lofts baseball team this season.
Cincinnati, Ohio-Judge William r.
Day, recently appointed United States
circuit judge for this circuit, is still
critically III in the south.