Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-28
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
Condensed for Our Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.

steamer Gen. Whitney were sighted
and rescued.
Halifax, n S.-The steamer Manito-
ban, from Liverpool. before reported
disabled off Newfoundland, arrived.
She was not disabled. but merely seek
ing or a passage through the ice.
Kansas City, Mott is announced
that Joseph l.. Bristow. fourth assist
ant postmaster general. has entered the
race for the Kansas senatorship.
\Treval Texas-In shooting ARRAY
EdWard Harding and James c. Ire
bathan were killed and i, C. Harding
fatally wounded.
-London-A dispatch to the Daily
Mail says Emperor Williams new
drama. Der Eisenzahn,' will probably
be staged during his forthcoming visit
to Wiesbaden.
Atlanta. Ca Eight companies OF
state militia are guarding the Fulton
county Jail, owing TO a report that
mob from Woolsey and Fayetteville
were coming to lynch George w. ker-
lin, who murdered Miss Pearl Knott
Fort Worth, Texas-Leading fire in
surance agents in Texas declare that
the fire insurance men intend enjoin-
Ing the antitrust bill now pending in
the Texas legislature within forty
eight hours after il becomes law.
Toledo. Ohio-N W Kendall, a
wealthy capitalist, has been elected
ing company. He will also act as the
general manager OF the company which
has been recently recognized and the
capital stock raised from 100000 to
100000
Washington = President Mckinley
has received letter from Lieut.-Gov.
John T. Kean of South Dakota strong
" opposing Gov Lees demand for the
recall of South Dakota volunteers from
Manila
Washington-An official denial is
made at the Chinese legation of a pub
lished report that Minister WI Ting
Fang had resigned or been recalled.
ST. Louis. Mo.-Almost the entire
s5,OOO,O 600 that the citizens have pro-
posed to raise TO clinch the PROPOSE
ton of holding a worlds fair is in
sight.
Ripon. Wis.-Zinzow Bros. Manu-
featuring company's plant was burned,
entailing a loss Of $4,000.
Nashville. Tenn.-Mill A of the Cum
berland -four mill plant was totally de-
stroyed by fire The loss is estimated at
$4,000, fully insured
Atlanta. Ca. Gov. Chandler appoint
ed Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, a member of the board
of trustees of the University of Geor-
gia.
WooIsey. Ga.-George W. Kerlin. a
wealthy farmer and deacon in the
Baptist church, has been found guilty
of the murder of Miss Pearl Knott.
Birmingham, Ala.-GOv. JOhnson's
effort to repeal the recently passed law
providing for constitutional conven-
ton will be fought to a bitter end by
the democratic executive committee.
Paris-In the f1fty-kilometer bicycle
race here Tom Linton, the Englishman.
won in So: 80 3-5. Edward TaylOre was
second and E. A Walters third.
Smith Center, Kas.-Charles Stock
man of Kensington was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by his former
wife Stockman secured a divorce re-
Gently
Mishawaka, Ind.-The 3-year-old son
of Lincoln Giske, living south of here,
fell into a cistern on neighbours lot
and was drowned.
Evansville. Ind.-James Halpy, aged
s5 years and single, committed suicide
by taking morphine. He was despon-
dent because he lost his position a
month ago
Detroit. Mich.-Edward Ascher, alias
Robert Lang, was found guilty of muir
dering Valmore G.. Nicholas on August
10 last.
Oshkosh. Wise. B. w. Ryckman
was disbarred from practice at law for
two years by Judge Burnell. Ryck-
man collected S1S5 on two notes and
neglected to turn the money over to
his client.
Gainesville, Ala.-Andrew Mack, a
young farmer, shot his wife and then
himself, both dying at the home of his
father-in-law, w. l.. Weir.
Laddonia, Mo.-Business property
estimated to be worth between $4,000
and $4,000 was destroyed by fire
here.
Cincinnati.-The twenty-sixth an
nual meeting of the national conference
of charities and corrections will BIZ
held May IL to %.
St Louis-The national convention
of the National Union of Brewery
Workers of the United States al
iOurned sine die.
Springfield, Ill.-The auditor OF pub
lie accounts granted permit to or
ganize to the Farmers and Merchants
State bank at Pana, with a capita
stock of $4,000.
Knoxville. Tenn.-Harry Fret.
tailor, has come into possession o
z175 900, left him by his grandmother