Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06

1900 AZ N-e>i IN Sc . LoAltNs
Son OF Attorney j. L. Henley of Chi
cago quits college, elopes with young
indianapolis girl, marries, deserts
young bride and again disappears.
Rudolph Fischer. a prominent tobac-
co merchant of Lafayette committed
suicide by taking laudanum. The act
is attributed to domestic trouble. The
suicide occurred at the home Of John
B. Wagner, where Fischer went to see
his wife. who left him recently owing
to his unbearable temper. and was CIV
en- shelter at the Wagner home. Mrs.
Fischer, it is said is the daughter of
Hungarian nObleman, who disinherited
her at the time of the marriage.
William Norris. the character actor
this season leading member of Otis
SINNERS company in his big produc-
ton OF Francesca Da Rimini," re-
turned to the cast at Indianapolis Mr.
Norris was taken very i'll two weeks
ago III Louisville and underwent treat
ment at a hospital in that city.
The appointment of Il receiver for
the Chicago and Southeastern railway
company was affirmed by the Supreme
Court at Indianapolis. The applica-
ton was resisted on the ground that
several of the claims held by the plain
tiffs were invalid.
John f. Redmond. Patrick A. Nc
Hugh and Thomas O'Donnell, Irish en-
voys to America, who spoke at In
dianapOlis, were entertained later by
local lrishmen. They enjoyed car
riage ride about the city. They left
Indianapolis for Pittsburg
AS a result Of a practical joke, Mrs.
Moses Linson, aged 80, is now lying
in such a critical condition at Column
bus that there is no hope of her re-
covery. She and her husband, the
Rev. Moses LinsOn, were out driving
when the horse became unmanageable
and threw the occupants of the buggy
over a steep embankment. Mr. Linson
was uninjured 1t developed that mis-
chievous boys had put burrs beneath
the harness on the horse, causing it to
run away.
William Heck, a coal miner. went to
the house of Levi Bird at Terre Haute
and while sitting in a chair was struck
from behind and injured so badly that
he died. At first it was said that James
| Bird 22-year-old son who is thought
| to be demented. had struck the blow,
! but Levi Bird and the mother, a sis
/ ter and Mrs. Hansen. stepsister, who
were present, have been arrested. The
son escaped. The story the coroner is
/ investigating is that Heck was lured
! into the house to be assassinated be-
cause he was a "backley" miner
Northwestern defeated Purdue uni
versity on Stuart field at Lafayette
/ Thanksgiving day in a close and eXcit-
ing contest by score of 10 to 8. Pur
due scored its first touchdown after
eighteen minutes play by working the
| visiting eleven down the field by steady
/ line plunges and around the end plays
/ until Davidson was sent over North
/ Westerns goal line. Miller failed in
! the effort for punt out for goal
/ kick. Purdue should have scored an
other touchdown near the close of the
half, but lost the ball on Northwest
erns fve-yard line, being penalized
for holding IN the line. In the first
half Purdue Outplayed the visitors in
both offensive and defensive tactics.
In the second half Northwestern
played fast ball, scoring its first touch
down in fifteen minutes on tandem
plays, sending Flaeger over the line.
Johnson failed 70 kick goal. The team
scored its secOdn and final touchdown
by tandem plays near the close of the
half by sending Dietz over the goal
line, Johnson missing an easy kick for
goal. The game ended with the ball
in Northwestern's possession on Pur-
dues forty-yard line.
Mrs Eliza Fowler of Lafayette,
widow of the late Morse Fowler. has
given Purdue university $50, 900 for an
assembly hall. The gift was accepted
and there was demonstration in the
chapel, followed by a parade of / 200
students to the Fowler home.
Miss Daisy McGinnis, who was on
the Inflated Wabash train, No. t,
which was wrecked at Seneca, was
! fatally injured. according to dispatch
received from Peru. to which place she
was taken for medical attendance
Miss McGinnis is public school
teacher in Butler and has lived there
/ since her birth, being the daughter of
one of the pioneer settlers there.
An electric car loaded with twenty
! five glaSS-wOrkerS at Anderson cOllid-
| ed with coal car while returning to
| the city from the factory. All of the
wOrkmen were more or less injured
and three will probably die.
A vicious horse seized the cap from
the head of a 6-year-Old boy, Homer
Mckee at Fort Wayne. and when the
boy ran to recover the cap the animal
struck him down with his hoofs. kill
ing him instantly.
Private Albert Francis of the Fourth
worth by his horse falling on him. His
! home is in Indianapolis. He was 20
years old
Sylvester Beach of Petersburg has
made an assignment. Assets, $4,000;
liabilities. $4,000.
Edward Neible of Evansville,
young man of family, has been fined
$25 and costs as a "Peeping Tom
Louis Ebel of South Bend is reported
as meeting with wonderful success as a
pianist at Leipsic, Germany.
The City Council of NoblesviIle has