Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-03
MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
Items of General Interest Told in
Paragraphs.
COMPLETE NEWS SUM MARY.
Record of Happenings of Much or Little
Importance from All Parts of the Civ
flized WOrid-Prices of Farm Products
in Western Markets

John d. Rockefeller's gift of $780,
BOO to Wellesley college causde trouble
between trustees and certain faculty
members, who objected to Standard
Oil money Trustees carried day,
Professor jerks of Cornell being UNI
pire
Warrant charging intent to defraud
issued for Edward L. Swazey, Kansas
City cattle broker. Irregularities said
to approximate $4,000.
Ones man killed and nine injured in
wreck of Buffalo Bill wild west show
train near Milwaukee Junction, Mich
New OYrk rowdies tried to break
up baptismal ceremonies of Seventh
Day Adventists at Bay Ridge.
Two members of Battery A, 1. n g.,
fatally wounded and score of militia
men and bystanders injured at Camp
Lincoln, Springfield, ILL.,. by explosion
while loading sunset gun. Unidentified
man tossed lighted cigarette stub into
powder charge.
Twelve men desert from the 5th in
fantry while going from New York to
Fort Sheridan.
Edward l.. Swazey, accused Of emu
lating Grant Gillett, the famous cat
tie plunger, is a fugitive. accused OF
irregularities totaling 10000. He lived
In Kansas City.
United States for the year ending
The total foreign commerce of the
June 80, 1900 exceed thd 81 900 ,00O, 900
mark for the first time in history.
Lord Roberts returned to Pretoria,
abandoning effort to capture General
Botha. Baden-Powell besieged at Rus
tenberg
French governments clever coup d.
etat in reconstructing general staff.
Witness in the Caleb Powers trial
testified that he heard Gov. Taylor
intimate that Goebel would be killed.
Best available data puts center OF
population of United States about
Bloomington, Ind Center of area, ex-
Guiding Alaska, is in Kansas.
General appraisers at New York
ruled merchandise imported from Ha-
wall must pay Dingley duties.
Arguments begun in Jester trial. Tel
ephOnes fixed so towns can hear ora
tory
Representatives of leading steel and
iron companies agreed to curtail pro-
duction in cases of over-supply. Some
furnaces may close.
Tod Sloan injured by fall of Mrs.
Langtry's Maluma at Liverpool.
Benoit j. Ellert, Fort Wayne, Ind,
arrested in Chicago on charge of fraud.
Poker his ruin
Lord Roberts reported Boer forces
in full and disorderly retreat J. r. ].
Archibald correspondent returned
from South Africa, said it was mis-
take to think Boer cause waning.
Wedding of Lady Randolph Church
i'll and Lieutenant CORVALLIS West
Saturday was London's social event
Duke of Marlborough gave bride
away
Replying to question of England's
defenses Lord Salisbury said in house
of lords ne believed them adequate.
French have taken formal posses
sion of coaling station at Muscat, Op.
pOsite Bombay.
In GOebel murder trial testimony
tended to show police authority wa.
defied at executive building immedi
ately after assassination. Witnes:
swore he saw a man like Youtsey close
door of secretary of states office an(
run away
Western Pennsylvania penitentiary
authorities frustrated plot to liberat,
Convict Henry G.. Berkman, who sho
II. G. Frick in 1892. New York anC
Chicago anarchists believed to be con
spirators. Noisy piano playing by &C
complete to shield tunnel diggers.
Three thousand pilgrims venerat'
relic OF st. Anne at st. Anne, Ill.
Jerry Simpson rescued from mob a
Fort Scott, Kas., by citizens.
Progress IN census tabulation ex
pected to warrant guesses on tota
population soon. Washington S ratio
of gain smaller than in preceding de
cade.
Report of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow on Cuban pos
tai frauds showed Neely's embezzle
ments aggregated $131, 713, and JUST
fled recommendation of Rathbones re
moval.
Peter Smith is drawn down through
twenty feet of water and under tn
canal gates at Lockport, but survives