Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-29

Studebaker was in a critical condition
the action of the pulse was better than
it had been since last Wednesday. He
also said the heart showed much i'm
provement During the morning Mr.
Studebaker was thought to be dying.
but Sunday evening ne again surprised
his physicians by regaining lost
strength, and at o'clock he was rest
ing easy.
Failing to see the train approaching.
Louis JULY, a barber. aged 5S, was
struck by the Pennsylvania limited at
Fort Wayne and instantly killed.
The state Y. NJ. c. A convention at
Richmond ended its work. 1t WIS high
ly successful and an effort to form a
local branch will soon follow. Among
the prominent workers who took part
were G. K. Ober, Chicago: Prof Shall
er Matthews, Chicago; G. \. Bierce.
Dayton, o.; E. T. Cotton. New York;
H. A Vantuyl. Detroit: F. B. Shipp.
st. Louis, and w A King, Cleveland.
Fort Wayne defeated Huntington at
Fort Wayne Saturday by a score of
to 0. In the first half Of the game Carl
Sunderland, light ha cor Fort Wayne.
was caught in a scrimmage and had
his right leg broken.
The Brazil Business University foot
ball team Of Brazil and the normal
team of Terre Haute played a game at
new fair grounds, Brazil. The Terre
Haute aggregation proved to be far SUI
perior to the home boys and made four
touchdowns and kicked the ball to the
goal twice. The score stood % to 0
in favor of the visitors.
No team ever came out of a football
game in better condition than did
Notre Dame out of Saturdays scrap"
with p and S. Not nan on the team
has even so much as a bruise to remind
him that he played. The college sched-
ule is finished but the varsity will
meet South Bend Athletic team
Thanksgiving. and the hardest game
of the season is expected Coach o.
Dea will remain with the team until
Thursday. He does not intend to go
to Australia, but will remain in Amer
lea. He intends to retire permanently
from athletics as soon as the season
closes. He will give his whole atten-
ton to his law practice
For thirteen years Jennie Spray.
Democrat, has been postmistress at
Hobart. Lake county A dozen Re-
publican leaders undertook to have her
removed, and Charles Berger appoint
ed. The matter leaked out and fifty
of the most prominent business men
of Hobart went to Valparaiso on
special train to see CongressmanCrum
packer in Miss Sprays interest. Two
thirds of the town favored her. she
being a cripple. Congressman Crum
packer will decide the matter before
leaving for Washington.
D. R. Brown. an insurance agent, is
mysteriously missing from Evansville.
He leaves a wife and baby behind.
Colored politicians of this state are
trying to organize the 10000 negro
voters of Indiana into a distinct party
organization with the purpose of put
ting a full state ticket in the field next
year and nominating legislative and
county tickets in counties where the
colored voters hold the balarce of pow
er, says a dispatch from La Porte.
The promoters of the movement made
the declaration that there has been
unjust discrimination in the distribu
ton of federal, state and county pat
ronage. The movement is viewed with
considerable alarm by politicians.
Inquiries concerning Mr.. Studebak-
er's condition are pouring in from all
quarters of the country. The an
nOuncement that death is probably not
far off has caused deep gloom among
all classes throughout South Bend.
At nearly all of the local churches
Sunday special services were held.
The special grand jury selected to in
vestigate the RathDun insurance con-
spiracy and murder case returned an
indictment at Jacksonville against
Newell c. Rathbun, charging him with
murder in the first degree. The body
Of Rathbun's alleged victim, supposed
to be that Of Charles Goodman, arrived
at Jacksonville from Little Rock and
was taken in charge by Coroner Coots
1t is believed RathDun's trial will take
place before the next court. The stom-
ach Of the supposed Charles Goodman
was removed from the body and an an
alysis will be made to determine
do a n
poison.
Harrison day was generally observed
Friday in the public schools of Indian
apolis and throughout the state. In
nearly all the schools a regular pro-
gramme was followed, but in many the
exercises were specially arranged and
were very impressive.
Mayor o. s. Jones of Marion has re-
ceived a message from S. Frank Jones.
who recently resigned as chief of the
dead letter department of the Philip
pines, stating that he sailed, October
IS, by the way of the Suez canal, for
New York city. He expected to ar
rive in Marion, December l.
Typhoid fever has attacked five
members of the Joseph Bryan family
in Gill township near Sullivan, and
Mr.. Bryan and his eldest daughter are
dead.
A freight and a switch engine col
lided at the Purdue crossing, Lafay
cite, and David Shoemaker, fireman of
the freight engine, had his right
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