Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-12
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
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burned to death in her home.
Pittsburg. Pa.-William WascO, a
bookmaker. killed Annie Sestak and
then shot himself. He will probably
die.
Ogdensburg. n. Y.-Harry McRostie,
while sailing on the ST. Lawrence. fell
from his yacht and was drowned.
Mount Victory, Ohio-Deputy Sheriff
Frank Morrison was shot dead by
Ike Bird while trying to arrest him.
Bird then killed himself
Franklin, Pa.-The residence of Will
liam Bowser. an aged farmer. was
burned. Bowser and his two grand
daughters being rescued with diff
Guilty
Pirole. Cal.-The nitroglycerin house
of the California powder works OK
ploded and Foreman Arthur Graves
ard l.. j. Wilkins were killed.
Scufletown. n. edward Lowery,
a nephew of Henry b. Lowery, the
famous outlaw of eastern Carolina,
shot nd killed Tucker Dial. Lowery
escaped. - Sal
ST Louis. NO. Mrs. Edwin +. TIL
OF Grand Rapids. Mich, was reelected
president of the National Federation
of Music Clubs The next biennial
convention will be held in Cleveland
ST. Louis. Mo-The German Evan
gelical Lutheran synod passed reso-
luton CT thanks to the Rev. DR.. Fl. c.
Schwan for his twenty-One years SER
vice as president and bestowed PEN
sion OF $1,000 annually on him for life.
Madison. Wis.-Andrew Olson, an
employe of the Fuller-JOhnson COM
pany. was struck by a train and killed.
Omaha. Neb.-William r. Bowen
shot and killed himself. Financial
troubles were the cause. He had been
secretary of the Nebraska grand lodge
of MaSons for twenty-six years.
Cumberland, Wis--County Clerk
Simpson received from the state treas
urer the $4,000 appropriated for the
relief of the fire sufferers of this
county
OF strange young man. supposed to
be a Chicagoan. was found near the
railroad track No marks of violence
were found on the body. and the cause
OF death is a mystery. A Maccabee
button was in the lapel Of his coat
Peoria. Ill.-The canvas for the new
city directory. just closed, shows a
total of more than $4,000 names The
customary system of multiplication
would give the city population OF
1920
Calumet. Mich.-The Calumet and
Hecla Mining company has granted a
franchise to John ID. Cuddihy and Ed
ward Ryan to build an electric street
car line through their property, con-
Meeting the cities of Laurium and Red
Jacket.
saltwater, Minn.-John G.. Wagner.
who has carried a bullet in his head
since the Custer massacre in 1876. COM
mitted suicide with morphine at no.
tel. He served in both the confederate
and federal armies during the civil
war.
Milwaukee, Wis = Mrs. Gertrude
Ludwig. the aged mother of Judge John
c. Ludwig of the superior court, was
found dead at her home, 1913 Jackson
street. 1t is supposed she died of heart
failure. She was 10 years of age.
Decatur, Neb.-John Egleton and
Oscar Zeager quarreled over the boun-
Diary line of their property, and Egle-
ton struck Zeager on the head with a
singletree. Zeager was picked up in
sensible and never rallied, dying in q
few hours.
Alexandria. Ind.-While working to-
gether in the Union steel mill Gillian
Graves and Andrew Bunk became in
volved in quarrel. Graves struck
Bunk over the head and pushed him
upon piece of hot iron. burning him
SO badly that he cannot live
Joliet, Ill.-John w. Gray, alderman
from the Sixth ward. and Daniel Feely.
ex-alderman from the Fifth ward
were Jointly indicted by the grand jury
for malfeasance and misconduct in Of
fee in connection with the canvass of
the returns of the late municipal cleo
ton
Minneapolis. Minn.-Bernard Golling
attempted to shoot his wife, from
whom he was seeking a divorce. Judge
Gilfillan, who was passing, interviewed
and struck up Ceilings arm, causing
the second shot to go wild. Golling
then ran short distance and sent a
bullet thrown his own head.
Atlanta, Ga.-The famous asbestos
mine at Sail Mountain, in White coun-
ty. has been sold for 100000 to Ban
croft & Kennick, mining engineers in
London.
New York-Addison Johnson of Port
Chester, N. Y, has succeeded o. V.
Sage as warden of Sing Sing prison.
Salt Lake City, Utah-The ground is
covered with about four inches OF
snow. 1t is feared that much damage
will be done to the fruit crop.
Toronto. Ont.-The failure is an
ncunced OF the Comet Cycle company
che Of the oldest and largest bicycle
manufacturing firms in Canada.
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