Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-04-05
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
Civilized WorId-Incidents, Enterprises,
Accidents, verdicts. Crimes and War.

Civilized WOrId-Incidents, Enterprises,
Accidents, yerdicts. Crimes and War.
Engineers strike likely to tie up
fifty-eight Milwaukee boats.
Charles r. Flint, trust organizer, de-
clared the commercial supremacy of
the United States to be due to consoli-
dated management
Ice in the Mississippi at La Crosse
went out, causing great damage to the
levee
Northwest Texas swept by one of
the worst billiards of the season.
VI. Waldeck-Rousseau's indisposition
said to be pretext to avoid accompa-
nying President Loubet to Toulon on
April TO-
Accident to dredger caused blockade
of ships in Suez' canal, including the
Ophir. with the Duke of York aboard.
Emperor William believes that the
injury he received at Bremen was
caused by a bullet from an air gun.
Lieutenant Dean and thirty men of
through 200 insurgents in Calisay.
Student slayer of Russian minister
OF public instruction sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment.
Abnormal activity reported at the
various Japanese arsenals. Large
stocks of coal and war material are be-
ing accumulated. Japan protested to
Russia against signing Manchurian
convention. High officials look for
war.
Chinese court expected to issue edict
announcing refusal to ratify Russo
Chinese convention.
Woman killed and two children in
jured by falling from Table Rock, near
Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
Force of 1,5O0 Beers under General
Delarey defeated at Vantersdorp with
loss of 140 prisoners and nine guns.
Standard Oil company to pay s5,OOO,-
900 to Salt Lake City men for device
to convert oil into gas.
Majority of Cuban Committee on Re-
lations opposed to terms of Plat
amendment.
United States Minister Leishman
presented his credentials to Turkish
Sultan.
Russia said to have given China I'M
til April l to sign Manchurian treaty
Another battle reported between
Mexican troops and Yaqui Indians.
SixtO Lopez cabled Aguinaldo from
Boston to request permission to come
to America.
Generous treatment for Aguinaldo
suggested by many American editors.
War department at Washington in
formed Aguinaldo cannot speak Span
ish.
Threatened strike in hard coal reg
ion averted.
Glass fight at Ann Arbor, Mich,
stopped by sheriff.
Two men. declared to be notorious
mail box robbers, bank thieves. and
fOrgers, arrested at Omaha. Neb.
George A. Fuller company, largest
construction concern ever organized,
to be incorporated at Trenton, N. j.,
with s20,000,000 capital.
Maurice Barrymore, the actor, was
taken to the pavilion for the insane at
Bellevue Hospital, New York, and COM
mitted for treatment by his son.
Kaiser caused amaZement by ex-
pressing fear of revolt in speech to
soldiers and telling them to be ready
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Committee of Cuban convention
made five different reports on Plat
resolution.
Officially announced at Shanghai
China will not sign Manchurian treaty.
Philippine commission received sui
tan of the Sulus on board the Sum-
ner
Mark Twain's reply to missionaries
in China. who said he had been un-
fair to them and demanded an apol-
ogy; taken from advance sheets OF
North American Review
Kentucky Court of Appeals granted
new trials to Powers and Howard
convicted of completely in Gobel MUIR
der
G. W. Thatcher, claim agent, arrest
ed at Dayton, o., on charge of forg-
ing P. p. Most's name to 1000 note
Two-year-old stakes at Little Rock
won by Miss Dora
Nebraska legislature elected two Re.
publican United States senators-Gov-
ernor Charles H. Dietrich for short
term and Joseph H. Willard of Omaha
for long term.
State department assured that pres
ent agreement between Russia and
China is merely a mOdus vivendi.
People of Kansas booming General
Funston for senator or governor.
Aguinaldo will probably be sent tc
Guam as prisoner of war and General
Funston likely to be made brigadier-
general in the regular army. Genera
Macarthur authorized to consider
propositions advanced by rebel leader
Baseball emissaries securing cOun-
try to sign players
Admiral Dewey believes capture OIL
Aguinaldo by Funston will end Phil.
ippine instruction.
Rear Admiral Evans said the best
way to find a man like Aguinaldo is
to find him dead.
Lieutenant General Miles thinks cap.
ture of Aguinaldo will end trouble in
Philippines.
Two missionaries left Pekin to re-
cover body of Stonehouse, the mission.