Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-15
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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.


child laudanum. Mrs. Gala
CHER der 4mOnths-old baby are
dead
Chattanooga. Tenn.-Over 500 men
employed in the COPPER mines at Duck
town have struck because of the re-
fusal of the companies 10 recognize
their union.
St Louis. MO.-The eighteenth an
nuaI convention of the National Asso-
citation of Stationary Engineers adj
journed to meet in Milwaukee in 1900
Herbert f. Stone of Boston was elect
ed president
Washington Adjt.-Gen. William C.
I.iller of the Spanish war veterans re-
ceived a telegram from Miss Helen NJ.
Gould. who was unanimously 3lected
national sponsor Of the Spanish War
Veterans ISOLATION. thanking the
society for the honor
Alhambra. Hl.-Charles Ryder. one
of the wealthiest farmers and old set
tiers of this section. was buried al
Marine. He was % years old. \
widow and several sons and daughters
survive him
Terre Haute. midtown Marshal
John at Cayuga fatally shot James Sill
va. who had taken possession of the
town while drunk
New York Henry HOfheimer, for
merly of Henry HOfheimer. Son & Co.
wholesale dealers in boots and shoes
at Norfolk. Va. has filed a petition in
bankruptcy Liabilities. $43o, S04;
nominal assets. $4,000
Scranton. Pa.-The National Letter
Carriers association has protested to
the carriers against their permitting
nonuniOn carpenters to build the
arches and columns which form the
main feature of the decorations for the
carriers national convention.
Rosedale, Ind.-The sand mill was
destroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
Boston, Mass.-Prof George a Hench
of the University of Michigan, Ann Ar
Dor, died at the city hospital. after un-
dergoing an operation for a fractured
skull.
Lexington, Ill.-Fire destroyed the
home company's telephone exchange
and Hineman's bicycle establishment.
Loss on bicycle stock and telephone
apparatus. $500. building. $4,000.
Bridgeton, y. THE Cumberland
Glass company has come to terms with
the union and vii, unionize the big bot
tie factories
Lansing, Mich.-The flag of the Pc
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in the Michigan archives since the civil
war, was turned over to George w.
Stove. who has been commissioned by
Gov. Pingree 10 return it,
Alexandria, Mo-A wagon contain
ing two boys, Wilbur and Wessie
Bash. sons of a farmer. was run down
at crossing by Keokuk & Western
passenger train and both boys in
stantly killed
Charles City. IOwa-Fire at Marble
Rock, this county, destroyed six bust
ness blocks and contents: also two
dwelling houses Loss, SIS 900; insur-
ance. $4,000.
Bath ,Maine.-By the capsizing Of the
yacht Ahadia in Sheepscot bay. DR..
John H. Steadman. William Mason.
Harry Higgins and Frank Avery of
Georgetown and James A. Martin OF
Boston were drowned.
Lincoln, I'LL. w. Hesser, one OF
the oldest and best known citizens.
was knocked to the pavement 'by BIZ
cycle and suffered a conclusion of the
brain, which ii is believed will prove
fatal
Oakland, Cal.-Andrew Carnegie has
written letter in which he says he
will give the city $4,000 for public
library building. provided the city will
pay $4,000 a year to maintain the Ii
brary.
Nevada, Mo.-Ten prisoners out OF
fourteen in jail here escaped by dig
sing their way through the wall
Atlanta, Ga.-Sigmund Landauer,
president of the Southern Agricultural
works, died from the effects OF NOR
phine. whether taken with suicidal IN
tent is not known
Benton Harbor, Mich.-The Rev.
George b. Simmons resigned as pastor
OF the Baptist church to take the pas
an ROCK
Island. H.
Lebanon, Ill.-JOeeph Fielde. whose
parents reside at Mount Vernon. be-
cause of jealousy. attempted to kill his
sweetheart, Nellie Agles of this place
with razor. and then killed himself
with the weapon.
Winnipeg, Man. Frederick Johnson
of Gilbert Plains. who for some time
had been lOw-spirted shot his wife
his baby and his two sons. Arthur }
years old. and Clifford, years old. He
then killed himself.
Decatur, Ill.-Charles Trimmer was
killed by foul gas in well.
MiddlesbOro, Ky.-COl. David G. Gel
son, former congressman from the
Eleventh Kentucky dist-ict. was strick-
en- with paralysis. II condition is
critical.
Hampstead. n. Y.-Albert Golden OF
Greenwich Point and Furman Hicks.
40 years old. of Hampstead, were
drowned while sailing in Hampstead
bay, Long Island.
Eclectic, Ala.-Peter Louin and his
15-year-old son. who were under arrest
for shooting Hall Jordan. were taken
from Jail by mob of masked men and
1ynched.
Torrington, Conn.-Michael Lynch,
a farm hand. and Arthur Ahearn.
each about % years old, were drowned
in Bdttam lake by the unsettino of a