Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
News of General Interest Told in
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COMPLETE NEWS SUM MARY.
Record OF Happenings of Much or Little
Importance from All Parts of the
Civilized WOrld-Prices of Farm Pro-
duce in Western Markets.

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stalks
Promised Land. L. 1.-The plant oil
the American Fisheries company was
destroyed by fire. The loss cannot yet
be estimated. but ii is said the machin-
cry was worth nearly 100000.
New York-The new battleship Kear-
sarge has arrived from Newport News.
Her hull will be seraped and painted,
preparatory to her trial trip.
Havana-The remains OF Gen. An
tonic Maceo and Francisco Gomez. son
of Gen. Maxine Gomez were exhumed
and placed in temporary shrine. The
permanent mausoleum will be begun
! Immediately.
| San FranciScO-On account Of the
quarantine regulations neither mail
nor passengers were permitted to be
landed from the steamer Coptic.
Boston, Mass.-Interest in the Baker
family's troubles has been revived by
| the issuance by Mrs. Baker of an ap
peal for material assistance on the
ground that she is in poverty. Sc is
the widow of the murdered postmaster
of Lake City, S. c.
Vancouver, Wash.-J. n. Waldron,
an enlisted man of company E, Thirty
fifth infantry, L. S. V, committed sui
eide at the Hotel Columbia by taking
poison.
Decatur. Ill.-Detective Weiss of Chi
cago reports that he has secured dam
! aging evidence against Alexander Jes-
ter, who is accused OF numbering the
brother of John w. Gates
Adrian, Mo.-The case of Alexander
Jester. charged with the killing of Gill
bert Gates, has been set for hearing
the first day of the Circuit court, Mon
day. Sept. IS.
Oshkosh, Wis. - The underwriters
will investigate the many fire losses
in this city. The companies have been
heavy losers recently.
Maryville, Mo-Investigation of the
affairs Of Henry Graves, who shot and
killed himself. shows that he was s12,-
763 short in his accounts as public ad-
ministrator.
Milwaukee, Wis.-George W. Shep-
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charge of embezzling $4,000 from the
Durand estate, OF which he is admins
TRAITOR.
Darien, Ga.-The jury in the case Of
the state against Henry Delegal, whose
arrest caused the recent race troubles,
failed to agree.
head fractured. She is believed to have
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which a man drove furiously through
the street the night before.
Nashville Tenn.-The national COL
ored Baptist convention met in this
city. An address of welcome was
delivered by Gov McMillin.
Colon, Colombia-The report that
Senior NJ A San Clemente. president OF
Colombia, is dying is generally dis
credited in official circles
Viroqua. Wis.-At Gays Mills a g.
year-old child of Mrs. Lowe died from
the effects of eating sixty pills, mis-
taking them for candy.
Washington-Adjt-G Gen. William c.
Liller of the Spanish war veterans re-
ceived telegram from Miss Helen NJ.
Gould, who was unanimously elected
national sponsor of the Spanish War
Veterans association. thanking the
society for the honor
Oshkosh, Wis.-The contested will
of William Dedient, which bequeaths
his estate. with the exception of 81, 500.
to the Oshkosh public library. has been
admitted to probate.
st. Louis, Mo.-The G.. Meyer Grocery
company has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States District
court. The liabilities are placed at
| $23,392, while the assets are given at
s42572.
Boston. Mass.-In the reappointment
by Gov. Wolcott OF DR.. j. C. Selby to
| the position of medical examiner in
Barnstable county. the office was given
| to a man long since dead
| Port Townsend. Wash-The steamer
City of Topeka. which arrived from
| Alaska, brought a number Of miners
| from Copper river. who tell stories of
hard luck and death in the gold fields.
Darien. Cain the trial of the riot
cases Judge Seabrooke granted a
| change of venue in the case Of John
! Delegal. Ed Delegal and Miranda Del
egal for the murder Of Deputy Sheriff
| Townsend. The case will be tried in
| Efingham county.
Charlestown. Va.-Gov. Asa Bush
nell of Ohio, accompanied by Adjt.-
Gen. III. A. Axline of the state, pre-
scented silver service to the gunboat
Marietta. which is at the navy yard.
Minneapolis, Minn.-The Gillette
HerZog company has secured con-
tract for the construction of a $50. 900
all-steel sugar mill, to be delivered at
| Honolulu within five months.
| Chattanooga. Tenn.-It was an
nounced that the 10 per cent cut in
wages of all employees of the Southern
Railway company, made in 1896. would
be restored Sept. L.
| Topeka, Kan.-The Santa Fe railway
has agreed to transport the Twentieth
Kansas regiment from San Francisco
to Topeka after the regiment has been
mustered out and wait for payment
until the next session of the legisla.
ture
Westinghouse dispatch to Acting
Secretary Meiklejohn, dated Eagle
| City, Alaska. July 30 via Seattle, Aug.
80. reports that the Copper River ex-
petition arrived there July %, making
the trip over the all-American route
in forty days.
| st. Louis, Mo.-The st. Clair county
Ollinois) board of review raised the as