Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-17
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agreement regarding wages, and the
strike which has been on for two weeks
has been called off.
Bristol. Tenn.-Gen. Walker and At
torney Hamilton. who were wounded
in q shooting affray at the courthouse,
are resting easily Neither of the
wounded men will make a statement in
regard TO the affair.
Santiago de Cuba--A movement is
On foot to persuade the United States
government to purchase San Juan hill
TO be used as public park. Gen.
Leonard Wood military governor. and
other prominent Americans favor jhe
project.
Paris-The government inquiry re-
garding the explosion of the naval
powder mas aZine in La GOubran has
shown that il was not of accidental
origin. and much credence is now
anarchist outrage
Wheeling W Na.-At the session OF
the PittsbWg conference of the Latter
Day Saints church. which claims TO be
the true Mormon church. a resolution
Was adopted praying congress not TO
admit Representative-elect Roberts
the alleged Utah polygamist.
London-The Cairo correspondent OF
the Daily Telegraph says Khalifa Ab-
dullah. the Gervish ruler in the Sudan
is suffering from leprOsy which he con-
tracted few years ago through TAX
ing unto himself the wife of black
emir who has since died of leprosy.
Paris-M Secretan. founder of the
Societe DIES MetauX and chief agent in
the great copper ring of 1883. is dead.
The formation of the combine caused
wild speculation III copper. its collopso
being follow ed by wides pread panic
bringing ruin To thousands.
keokuk. IOwa-Dr. William Burkitt
is dead He was one of the prominent
men OF Keokuk. He was in the city
council for several terms and was well
known in the state.
Philadelphia Williams. aged
2s years. and his wife. Margaret aged
%. were asphyxiated by illuminating
gas at their home Ii is believed &c
have been due to an accident
Vienna-The cottage at RohraT
composer. Joseph Hadyn. was born on
March 81. 1882. was destroyed by fire
Niles, Mich-Mrs. E. l.. Seward oi
Three Oaks slightly scratched the end
of one of her fingers with pin week
ago. The poison permeated her entire
system. causing her death after in
tense suffering
Niles. William Trubey. n
prominent Colon farmer. was smoth-
cred to death by the topping OF q
straw stack. His 6-year-old boy was
caught with him. but was rescued.
Bishop Warren, who
has been i'll in Buenos Ayres, contin-
ues to improve
.Wymore, Neb.-Fire did damage &c
the amount of $4,000 in the business
section. Insurance. about $4,000
New York-The American Mission
AIRY association has voted TO establish
Christian schools in Porto Rico.
Phiiadelphia-The Geographical So
ciety. backed by the United States GOV
eminent, will within the next month
send several whaling vessels from San
Francisco TO the Arctic Ocean TO test
the arctic currents.
Naugatuck Conn.-Engineer George
Dean of Hartford and Fireman Daniel
Kennedy OF Danbury were killed in a
collision between two freight trains
Several Of the trainmen were slightly
injured.
= New York-George Newberger. 50
years old, an uncle of A. ii. Hummel
of the law firm of Howe & Hummel
was crushed TO death by hook ana
ladder truck.
EldOn. Ill.-Two new cases of small
Fox have appeared. Sparta, a small
nearby town. has established a shot
gun quarantine and the state health
authorities have been notified.
Denver. Colo-The United States
land office has decided against the
Roxanna Gold Mining company in its
attempts to patent mineral land claim
ed by the Isabella Mining company.
Detroit, Residents of Berrien
county. Michigan, fear a small box cpl
demic. the disease having appeared in
Watervliet and Benton Harbor. The
public schools have been closed and
the infected homes guaranteed.
Fort Worth, Tex.-Willams Jen-
nings Bryan spoke to and was enthu-
siastically received by 1000 people.
Trenton, N. 1.-THE United States
Dye Wood and Extract company. with
a capital stock of slO.OOO,O 900. has in
corporated. The companies forming
the new combine are all in the east.
Santiago. Cuba Corporal William
Sparks of Company ID. Eighth Illinois,
died OF pneumonia March 4.
San Francisco, Cal.-Prof. Louis
Swift wires from Lowe observatory on
Echo mountain in southern California
that the comet which he discovered on
March is growing fainter.