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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28

the worst destruction stretches from
WEIGH, the county seat, on the west
TO Coaldal on the east, a distance OF
about twenty miles. OF the towns be-
tween, Keystone, a place of 1000 in
habitants. is reported to have suffered
the most.
The death list there is reported to
mount UP toward 200. Sixty-siX dead
bodies have been recovered. There
We're thirty-fve saloons in that town.
and Of them only one is left standing,
1t being located high on the hillside
The Tumor is that it is the only build
ing in the town still standing. Vivian,
the next largest town, is reported to
have been almost wiped out OF exist
ence. In both OF these towns the min
ers had assembled with their Satur-
day nights pay. They cannot have
got back TO their mountain huts, and
must have shared the fate of the in
habitants. After the flood the railroad
company started men on foot to walk
along the hillsides to survey the con-
dition of the line. A trainmaster, who
walked the twelve miles between
Vivian and North Fork, counted thir-
ty-eight dead bodies floating on the
surface. That is an indication Of what
may be expected when full information
is obtained.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
GEN. JOHN B. TURCHIN DIES.

General John Basil Turchin, author,
statesman and soldier, died of senile
dementia at the hospital for the insane
at Anna, III. He had been an inmate
of the institution for about two
months. He was the founder Of Rad
ON. Polish settlement in Clinton
County, and was a well-known maya
zine writer
Colonel Turchin was in Illinois when
the clarion of Lincoln'S call reused
the North to arms. The Russian SOL
der offered his sword to his adopted
country and was appointed colonel of
the Nineteenth Illinois Volunteers. His
Russian methods, crossed with Ameri-
can patriotism, soon made that regi-
ment a shining light of discipline and
efficiency. He was called to the aid
of General Buell., gave that commander
most valuable strategical advice at
Corinth, organized battery in Chi
cage, was promoted to the rank OF
brigadier general. and in other ways
distinguished himself highly in the
service.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
kAZEN 5. P|NGREE IS DEAD
Former Governor of Michigan Dies
in London.
con Is AT HIS BEDSIDE.
Esath Comes Peacefully and without q
Message to the Ones at Home-End
of Notable Career-Mrs. Pingree
Notified.

Fl. S. Pingree, former governor Of
MICHIGAN, died at London, Eng, Tues
Say night at 1875. His son was the
cnly one present at the time The at
lending doctor left Mr. Pingree's bed
eide at about Ills, promising to re-
turn shortly. H. S. Pingree, Jr., who
had been watching at his fathers side
Tor four days and who had not re-
moved his clothes during that time
noticed sudden change in his fathers
condition. He had hardly reached the
patients bedside when his father died
peacefully, without warning and with
out speaking one word. Young Pingree
wired his mother and his uncle in the
United States not to go to London.
Mrs. Pingree and her daughter received
che sad news at New York City, and
eeturned to Detroit The body will be
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Constable Kills Ga m bier.

At Lanes gambling resort, Spring
field, ILL.,, Frank Poffenberger of Jack
sonville. a gambler at the resort, was
killed by Constable W. l.. Brown. Sew
eral constables appeared at the en-
trance with search warrants and Con-
stable Brown was reading papers to a
porter when he was accosted by Pof-
fenberger, who secured the papers and
tore them into bits. Brown instantly
shot him through the heart. The con-
stables carried the gambling parapher-
MALTA from the place. Friends of Pof-
fenberger were held at bay with load
ed revolvers by the constables. A
special order from the chief of police
closed all the gambling resorts in the
city. The constables are under arrest.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
LuDatic Dies In Duel.

A mailman, whose identity is con-
cealed under the name \. G.. Peterson,
spread terror at the Illinois Central
depot in Rockford, H.. firing twenty
or thirty revolver shots among passen-
gers and employees. Kidding the place
with bullets and finally losing his life
in a desperate duel with a policeman.
Men, women and children fled in dis
may from the lunatic's AIM depot at
taches were chased up spiral stair
way to the tower and for time none
dared approach the craZed marksman,
who as fast as the chambers of his
weapon were empty reloaded them and
fired again. evidently bent on Staying
everybody within his range of vision.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
HAZEN S. PINGREE.


embalmed and taken to his home in
Detroit
Hazen S. Pingrees rise politically
was meteoric. For twelve years as
Mayor of Detroit and Governor of
Michigan-at one time holding both
offices-he was center of public in
terest, at first by reason of the theo-
ries he attempted to work out in State
and municipal government, later be-
cause of his eccentric outburst and his
wars with the Legislature and Su-
preme bench of the State. AS Mayor
of Detroit Mr.. Pingree advocated the
lighting of the city with it's own plant,
at saving of $4,000 annually, the
laying of electric wires underground,
the removal of wooden pavements and
the substitution of brick or asphalt,
and the equalization of taxes. He
compelled the street car companies to
fulfill their contracts and forced them
to sell tickets at > cents; reduced tel
ephone rates from $50 to SIS and gas
to 81 per thousand. His potato patch
scheme was a side issue for the pur-
pose of utilizing unoccupied land. 1t
was ridiculed at the time, but when it
was found that the poor had been fed
and the commissioners having charge
Of the INDECENT were saved $50, 900 in
one year the opinion of the scofferS
changed. Mr.. Pingree was mustered
out of military service on Aug. 16,
1865, and shortly after his discharge
went to Detroit. There for a short
time he was employed in the boot and
shoe factory of II. P. Baldwin &c Co.
Deciding to embark in business for
himself, in December, 1866, with G. II.
Smith, he purchased small boot and
shoe factory, the entire capital repre-
scented by the firm of Pingree & Smith
being 1880. The first year they en-
ployed eight persons, and the value
of their output was $20, COO. The COM
pany now employs over 100 persons,
the value of the annual product being
81 600, 900. From the beginning OF this
enterprise Mr.. Pingree had general
supervision over the complicated de-
tails of the entire establishment. Mr..
Smith retired from the firm in 1888,
but the firm name, Pingree & Smith,
was retained. In 1872 Mr.. Pingree mar
ried Frances A. Gilbert of Mount
Clemens, Mich They had three chill
dren, two daughters and a son.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Riot I'm Snnfh Carolina.

The first blood in a strike riot in
South Carolina has been spilled in
the Southern railway shops in Column
bia, S. C. Sunday morning about
125 men with faces blackened or
wearing black masks attacked the
north fence of the yards, which
comprise twenty acres, quickly
made a breach and marched in. There
were forty-twO men in the yards, sleep
ing in two cars. Twice the guard,
Myers, ordered a halt, and when the
leaders were within thirty yards fired
both barrels of a shotgun into the
midst of the mass At the same
moment a pistol ball struck Myers in
the temple. but glanced off. He got
behind cover and used his revolver.
The strikers attacked the car and
called on the men within to come out.
There was no response, and the rioters
opened fire. The car looks as if it had
run the gauntlet of Boer sharpshooters.
There are 200 bullet holes in it. The
occupants escaped by throwing them
selves on the floor.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Dies Under AssassIn's Blow.

Hoshi Toru, former Japanese am
bassador to the United States, member
of the ministry of Marquis Ito, and
president OF the lower house of par
lament, was assassinated at Toxic,
Japan. The victim was sitting at a
meeting of the Toxic municipal coun-
Gil. Of which he is a member. A we'll
known man who has held high public
and social positions entered the council
chamber, armed with a sword, with
which, without warning, he stabbed
Hoshi Toru twice. The assassin de-
clared that he struck the blow in the
interests of the company. Hoshi Toru
was one of the strong men of Japan,
brought to the light by the great So
cial and political upheaval in 1S6S-'71,
when Japan broke the bonds of medic
valism and began that career among
nations that has made her one OF the
powers of the earth.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Man Hunt i'm Texas.

Another Mexican has been killed in
the big man hunt now in progress in
southwestern Texas. Captain Brooks
company of State Rangers overlook
four members of the Cortez-GonZales
gang, all riding stolen horses. A run
ming fight followed, in which one OF
the Mexicans was killed, one wounded,
one captured. The fourth escaped. AS
a result Of the man hunt so far two
Mexicans have been shot to death, one
hanged, and two wounded. Five hum
dred men are still securing the coun-
try for Cortez and Gonzales, the lead
ers of the outlaws, who are supposed
to be guilty OF the assassination of
Sheriff Morrison of Karnes county and
Sheriff Glover and Constable Schnabel
Of Gonzales county.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
wanamaker Kas Another Offer.

John Wanamaker has met the dec
laration of Congressman Robert Foer-
der, one of the men interested in the
new street railway franchises at Phila-
delphia, that Mr. Wanamaker is not in
position to pay the city $500, 900 for
the privileges granted by Mayor Ash
bridge and the councils without cent
of compensation TO the municipality
Mr.. Foerder. speaking for himself and
the other special beneficiaries of the
street railway legislation at Harris
burg, has stated that, as the ex-pOst-
master general held no charter, he
knew he was not in a position to dea
with the city, and that his offer of 81
500 900 was a bluff
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Spring Wheat.-No. ! northern. 69s4c:
No. ,, 10d1i2c; No. 3. 6id69i2c; No. 4. GO
@6fc. Winter Nheat-No. > red, 69A0
65s4c; No. 3 7ol2Q7lc; No. hard. 69a70c
CorE.-No. ? 43c; No. ., yellow 43c; No. 3,
42c; No, yellow. 42042Ac. Oats.-NO. 4
white, 2S@4 No. . 2Sc; No. 3. Pa d2S5zc.
Cattle-ChOice beef steers. S5.40G5.90; fair
to good. $4S5H55D: stOckers and feeders,
$500 $50; western fed steers Sf65e5 20;
Texans and Indians. S3.S5d5.25; Texas
grass steers. S5otu3.70; COWS, S3.0003S5;
hcifers. $S5f:5.2e; Gamers. $2G002. s.:
pulls. $50 LOO. calves. S@-5eft5-0o. Hogs
Heavy. S3.y5G 'g3ie: mixed packers, S5.>og
5S9; light, E.63E5.s5: piss, S5.2yi5.59.
Sleepy esteem lambs. s5.35W500: west
ern WetherS. S3.5of4-g7: western yearIiDss.
$-00Q $50; ewes. S3."gH3.15; Texas grass
sheep. S.00G3.55: Texas lambs. S3.5)G40G:
spring lambs. S4z595e5.
Potatoes.-New triumphs. 90QS1 per bu;
peerless. 500 per uFl old rurals soc;
kings, 5>qtle. cmpirs S. i>If1c; mixed S.
Q51c; Burbanks, 4>c; Michisan. soc. Poul-
try.-Iced stock: Turkeys. gobblers. &C;
hens &c. chickens. hens and springs.
scalded, SC; hens and springs. dry picked.
SIC; roosterS. Size; ducks. 1USc: geese,
sac. Strawberries, p qts. Tennessee.
81 00Q1.10: Illinois. Si.000L25. Butter
Creamery. extra. choice. 19c; diaries.
choice, 1Gl5c. ChecSe.-New goods: Full
cream daisies. choice. H.Q9lac: Young
America. 903iic: fun cream, lVl2c; twins.
SIC. Eggs.-F'resh l0l4c.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Seeks wife by Novel Means

Earnest Still, a Glencoe (Ok. IT,
bachelor, has grown tired of single
blessedness. and has hit upon novel
plan to get a wife and, at the same
time. a nice little fortune TO begin
married life with He proposes TO
put himself up to be drawn or raj
fled. The young women who are 70
invest are to pay s. a ticket, and he
expects to sell between 2.000 and 5000
tickets between now and the opening
of the new country. The young woman
holding the winning ticket is TO get
Mr.. Still for husband, and the money
obtained by the sale OF tickets is to
give them a start in life.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Goes Out Holi Gate.

With hundreds of jackies lined up
on both sides of the deck and bunting
flying in the breeze the last hawser
was thrown off from the battlesfip
Massachusetts at the navy yard. Nee
York, and it swung majestically into
the channel, starting on what Admiral
Barker unhesitatingly proclaimed to
be foolhardy and perilous VOYAGE
the passage of He'll gate. 1t ppassed
the dangerous point in the channel,
but not without trouble and narrowly
averting an accident.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Three Union Miners Shot.

Three union miners were shot down
while attempting to force an entrance
into the Maritime mines at Mattewan,
w. Va. Several hundred union miners,
who were on strike, marched in a body
against the mines of this place, where
nonunion men were at work. The OPP
orators, with twenty armed guards be-
hind them, blocked the entrance. The
nonunion miners were headed by Su-
perintendent Lambert, and when the
PREVIOUSLY warned union men persisted
in their attempt he gave the command
to fire. Fully fifty shots were fred
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
AMakana In HNr CONN.

Christina Winneckie. the 17-year-Old
daughter of Pole living southeast
of Nashville, H., after a lingering ILL
ness apparently died at 9 o'clock Sum
day night The family made arrange
ments for the funeral, placed the body
in a casket and relatives and friends
sat up all Sunday night and Monday
night with the supposed corpse At 2
o'clock Tuesday morning the girl
awOke from what was only trance
and her condition now is even better
than several weeks before she entered
the trance
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
HUNDREDS DIE IN FLOOD
A Dozen Busy Towns Swept
Away.
PEOPLE TRAPPED LIKE RATS.
Pocahontas Coal Fields, In West Virginia
Swept by ClOudburst. Spreading Death
and observation-disclosures OF Bodies
Seen-RsIlways Ruined.

A cloudburst in the Pocahontas coal
fields in West Virginia destroyed hun
dreds of lives and millions Of dollars
of property Sunday. The wall of
water swept through a narrow noun
tain valley already flooded by thirty
three hours of continuous, heavy
rains Two ridges of the Allegheny
Mountains hemmed it in and helped it
to gather force. 1t swept dozen busy
towns. 1t destroyed many miles of
railroad tracks and telegraph lines. 1t
tore from the hillsides the outer build
ing of hundreds of coal mines, and it
carried locomotives and trains of cars
down the valley. The cataclysm
crushed and drowned the inhabitants
by hundreds as they struggled to es-
cape up the mountain sides. The loss
of life is estimated at 400 The loss to
railroad and mining property is at
least 100000 and the loss to other
property probably as much more.
These figures are, however, merely
approximations, for communication
with many Of the villages is yet i'm
possible.
The flood may prove to have been a
more disastrous one to life than the
JOhnstOWn horror, and the list of the
dead may mount into thousands or it
may be that there was sufficient warn
ing to permit the escape of the great
majority of the people. Reports from
many places indicate, however, that
hundreds of bodies are floating down
with the flood. The difficulty of get
ting relief to the district for perhaps
week or ten days until the railway
lines are replaced means that there
will probably be great suffering among
people who were fortunate enough to
save Their lives. as all their stores
were swept away. Fifteen hundred
men are already at work trying to re-
store the tracks.
The scene of the worst part Of the
flood was the Valley of the Elkhorn,
in Mcdowell county, in the south
western part of West Virginia. An
other valley TO the south of this one
along the Clinch river also suffered,
but not so severely ElkhOrn creek
flows between two mountain ridges,
Indian Ridge TO the north and Big
Stone Ridge to the south. In some
places the valley is rot over a quar-
ter of mile wide the hills rising pre-
cipitously from the banks of the
stream, along which ran the track of
the Norfolk and Western railroad.
Over the high valley when the atmos-
phere was heated to a high degree the
winds brought clouds saturated with
moisture. The fall of rain that result
ed was tremendous. The swollen
mountain streams all poured their
water into the ElkhOrn and the mar
row valley was filled by it.
Then came the cloudburst. Its wall
of water started down the valley short
ly before 8 o'clock in the morning, and
the damage had all been done by II.
There was nothing in it's path that
could resist it. Houses were whirled
away like sticks, railway embank
ments melted like snow in the sun
light There was just few minutes
given the people to save themselves on
the hills. and then all was over for
those who had failed. The region of
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28

Nome has suffered from costly fire
which started May Is in a building at
the corner of Stedman avenue and
First street and soon leaped across to
the old court building. Later the
Washington Trading company's build
ing and the Smiled Campbell building
caught. The fire department encoun-
tered great difficulty owing to the hose
being filled with ice. Judge e. p. Ryan
and his wife barely escaped with their
lives. The total losses are placed at
$126,650.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Gusts All Women Lawyers.

Women cannot practice law in Ten
nessee. The supreme court at Mem
phis said so Thursday Miss Marion
Griffin of Memphis was denied a IL
cense by the supreme court on the
ground that lawyer practcing law is
an officer of the court and the state
constitution prohibits women from
holding office. Judges Wilkes and
Caldwell delivered dissenting opinions.
There are a score of women lawyers
in Tennessee who had been patiently
awaiting the decision.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Death of Admiral HOskius.

Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins
G. c. B.. is dead at London, Eng. Adj
miral Hoskins had a distinguished ca
reer. He entered the navy in 1912 and
was made an admiral in 1890, retiring
in 1893. He served in the Kaff1r wal
in 1928, in China in 1858. in Egypt
in 1882. He was commodore command
ing the Australian station in 1S75-'79
and was commander-in-chie of the
Mediterranean station from 1889 tC
1891. He served three times as lord
of the admiralty, from 1880 to 1882
from 1885 to 1889, and from 1891 tc
1902
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
LEADER OF ZI0NlSM.

DR.. Theodore Herzl, leader of the
great Zion movement. who may come
TO the United Safes to collect money
for the establishment of a Jewish
republic in Palestine. has devoted his
whole life to this labor, and is now on
the way to beholding its final success.
DR.. HerzPs personality is powerfully
magnetic, and how wei he has used il
in his work may be gathered from the
fact that the Zionist company now
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Eighteen Killed at a Fire.

Fireworks and dynamite in the store
of A. M. Ritenberg at Paterson, N. j.,
exploded with a report that blew out
the front of the store and set fire to
the tenement in which twelve families
lived. Twelve bodies have been re-
covered and identified, and it is known
that the bodies of six others are in the
ruins. Besides the dead many persons
were injured.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28

A heavy flow of crude oil has been
accidentally discovered on farm near
Niles, Mich, owned by w. w. Stevens,
who was sinking a well for artesian
water. Dudley Shively, South Bend
capitalist and successful prOspector,
has closed a deal for 600 acres, COM
prising the Stevens farm, together with
four neighboring farms. Shively will
sink wells at his own expense, guar
anteeing the owners of. the land one
of every eight barrels of oil the wells
produce. There is steady flow Of oil
from the Stevens well.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28

kANANALONA. government Count
Tastel'1ne has volunteered to question
he government concerning its re-
scraint of the queen.
RanavalOna succeeded TO the throne
in 1888 and was depOsed in 1897,
when Madagascar became a French
colony. She was born in 1861,
and is the third queen Of her
name. She is a religious, pure
minded woman, and until her domin-
ions were taken away from her she
had never been out of the island. Her
husband was the prime minister, a
crafty and eloquent man, twice the
age of the queen but he was never
able absolutely to control her will The
queen is slight and graceful, rather
pretty. but somewhat delicate She
is fairly we'll cultured in French and
English literature, and is highly re-
garded by those whom she has met
in the French capital
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Indict c. w. Prince and Sons.

The grand jury at Kansas City has
indicted G. w. Prince, Will Prince, and
Bert Prince, father and brothers of
Lulu Prince Kennedy, as accessories
to the murder OF Philip R. Kennedy,
for which Mrs. Kennedy was found
guilty last Saturday and given a ten
years penitentiary sentence.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Want Irish Tongue to Live.

Thomas O'Donnell, nationalist, in
the house Of commons at London
moved in favor of the Irish education
board including the Irish language as
a subject of instruction in Ireland and
in his speech supporting the motion he
declared that the Irish members of
the house mean to make Irish living
language. John Dillon, former leader
of the nationalist party, seconded
O'Donnells motion, which was rejected
by vote of 1U7 to Sc.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
nanca .IlR on Coffin.

Tom Burns, notorious as a gun man,
has met his fate near Tucson, Ariz.
Burns was working with a cowboy
named Wallace on the ranch Of Tom
Willis, and had abused him several
times and threatened to kill him. Wal
lace finally turned on his prosecutor
and shot him dead. Burns was buried
with his boots on and the cowboys
danced upon the box coffin that con-
tanned the body. We'll dance him
into HI" they shouted.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
DIR THEODORE HERZL

lacks but s5,OOO,OOO to secure its char
ter and begin its actual operation il
the historic land of the prophets and
the Savior. His zeal carries all before
it. He is, as a clever writer in London
described him. Moses with modern
ideas. His purpose is to secure from
the sultan the privilege of slowly &C
curing the Holy Land by purchase,
and by then parceling out the country
in farms on long time payments.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-28
Lucky" Baldwin Stricken.

E. H. Baldwin, widely known as
Lucky" Baldwin. winner of three
Amedican derbies, is Il private hos
pital at San Francisco, very sick
man. He was taken i'll at Seattle as
he was about to embark for Nome, and
was compelled to return to San Fran
cisco. Instead of improving he has
grown rapidly worse.