Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-15
A WEEK IN INDIANA.
RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR
SEVEN DAYS.
Effort to Break "a WilI-CIaim of Heir
ship Through Earlier Marriage
Woman Pretending TO BE Daug liter
of Thomas Chapman.

of Thomas Chapman.
Kokomo. Ind.-Mrs Rebecca Dun
ming, of st. Mary, o., will bring suit
in this city for share in the estate
of Thomas Chapman, of Union town
ship, who died twenty years ago, ana
whose property, of very considerable
value in farm lands. has since been
enjoyed undisputed by his widow and
family Of six children. Mrs. Dunnine
says she has proofs to establish her
claim that she is a daughter CT Thomas
Chapman by an earlier marriage. and
that he abandoned her in infancy in
Jefferson county, near Madison. She
was born near that place, she says.
and her mother q ed when she was two
years Old Her father left her in the
care of neighbors and went TO Flat
rock, Rush county. AS girl, she
heard that he had married again, but
he soon left Rush county, and she
heard nothing of him until few
months ago. She grew to wOmanhOod,
married and moved to Ohio. Here she
met a Howard county woman who
gave her a clew which she followed.
The widow Chapman and her children
diScredit her claims, and will resist
them in the courts. They have em-
ployed legal counsel. and one of their
lawyers. together with Mrs. Dunning 5
attorney, left for Madison today to in
vesugate the story at that end Of the
line. Thomas Chapman came TO How
ard county thirty-five years ago. bring
ing with him a young wife. His neigh
bors say that it was well known at
that time that he had been married
before. He prOspered and died, one Of
the !XrgeSt land owners in this county.
Claim the Trust Killed It.
indianapolis, Ind, telegram: The
Mutual Savings Union and Loan assO-
citation of this city filed an assignment
Monday. with $4,000 liabilities. Hiram
w. Miller, president of the State bank
is treasurer of it. 1t is stated that the
association would have been able to
dispose of its unproductive realty had
not the talk of the trusts taking in
and closing down the mills at Mont
pelier put stop to the active land
market in that place. The officers at
tribute the assignment largely to this
cause.
Indiana Corn Crop Is GOoo.
Indianapolis Ind. telegram: The
weekly crop bulletin for Indiana says:
Corn is maturing and drying rapidly;
it has been fired in several fields of the
northern portion. and some has been
cut; in the southern portion all corn
will not be safe from frost until about
Sept %; in the central portion within
two weeks, and some is now safe in
the northern portion; an exceedingly
heavy and good yield is expected"
Three Hurt by a Runaway.
South Bend, Ind, telegram: In run
away this morning Frank Bertholf.
proprietor of big cigar factory, was
trampled and badly hurt. His wife's
skull was crushed and she received
other injuries that will, in all proba-
bility. result fatally. A young woman
operator in the telephone office WAS
knocked down and severely injured.
Brevities.
Good. Stalled worms are in great
demand by fishermen at Bear lake
and are quoted at 81 a pint. with light
receipts during August. Caterpillar6
and acknowledged worms Are slow
and quiet. with indications Of d drop
if the angle-worm market gets more
buOyant
While thrashers were employed in
John Denny's barn. near HaSersto1D
spark set fire TO the straw, and sew
eral men in the NOW were Scorched
while escaping The machine, owned
by Harry Cheesman. was destroyed to-
gether with the barn Total loss.
81 200
w. s. Wright, formerly of the Lo-
gaTsport Journal, as proprietor and
editor of the Havana Herald. is rapid
~ coming to the front in the capital
of the Cubas. Recently he was com
missiOned to report the San Domingo
revolution for the Eastern press
Charlie Anderson, for forty years n
resident of Laporte. and a war veteran.
is dead. He was seventy years old.
but managed to fish and do enough odd
jobs to earn living He lived alone
in an old tumbledOwn house but had
many friends.
The four weeks steamboat war on
The Ohio. between Louisville and Gin
cinnati, is over. and the old rates Will
be resumed. Thousands of passengers
reaped the benefit of cheap fares, but
the steamboat companies made no
money.
Citizens of Jackson township. which
Is said to have more good roads than
any township in Cass county. are not
yet satisfied, and will file a petition
with the commissioners for another
free gravel road. to cost $4,000
Riley Jones, in the suburbs Of Union
city fired shotgun, into his patch OF
melons to brighten away treSpassing
boys. and Newton Tucker. fourteen
years old. was probably fatally
wounded
The siX-year-old daughter of George
Moore, a farmer near Perrysburg.
while crossing field was attacked by
ram and WAS SO seriously injured
that she died in few hours.
During the conservation of st. Boni-
face Catholic church at Lafayette. Sun
day. September "a, the choir and a
f,I1 DIV "A