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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
TWO NEGROES SHOT down.
Sequel to the Lynching of the
Leader.
BATTLE IN CITY STREETS.
Great Excitement Cleveland Miss
Follows a Lynchlng. Which Leads TO
Discovery That CoIored Men Are Or
Ganlzed and Armed.

Jesse Phillips, labor agitator,
preacher and lodge organizer, who
murdered young Lucius Reed h re July
16, was lynched in Cleveland Miss.
Saturday night. He was captured IN
the afternoon at Mound City, after a
sharp fight with the officers and was
being brought here for trial when
posse of citizens met the party and
took possession OF Phillips. He was
at once hurried here and hanged 10
the cross arm of a telegraph poe
Just as the players were dispensing
three armed negroes rode into town
and, stopping three white citizens on
the main street, made threatening
demonstrations. This was the signal
for battle. and fire was opened upon
the negroes, two Of them being killed
one outright and the body OF the other
being discovered at the edge Of the
town this morning. The third man
escaped. All were armed with Win
chester rifles and were well mounted
During the remainder of the night ex-
element was at fever heat in the city
All the streets We're pa'rolled by he V
lily armed men. and any overt act
would have meant terrible warfare
upon any negro who could have been
found. Fears are yet entertained that
the lynching of Phillips will breed
bloOdshed. He was especially active
in organizing protective societies"
among the negroes. and it is thought
they may try to avenge his death. The
work of organizing the negroes has
been going on for some time. and it is
known that the lodges have provided
themselves with arms and ammuni-
tiOn. 1t has been decided by the whit s
that it is absolutely necess airy 10 b~eak
up these organizations The enforce
ment of this decision is likely to BE-
attended with serious results. The
fact has developed that the killing Of
young Reed was a studied scheme on
the part Of the negroes Philips was
given the weapon with which he did
the shooting by negro. Gus Jones.
Phillips himself confessed To these
facts when he was captured yes erday.
Papers found on his person disclosed
plots to murder a number of planters.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS..

Winter Wheat-No. red. 64lsc to C6z &C.;
No. 3 red. 65lAc; No. red 59a Doc: No. 2
hard. 65Q6513c; No. hard, 6412Q664c; No.
hard. 63I2d6324c. Spring Wheat-No. /
northern, SIG 66l2c; No. 3 spring. 6Sc; No.
I spring, 5Su6Sl4c. COrn-No. Z. 49c; No.
yellow, 4SAQ4S12c; No. 8, 47q414c; No 3
yellow 4Sc. Oats-No 2, 31s4c: No. g. 3Sc;
No. white. 34Q35hc: No. T. 32d321ac: No.
SIG; No. I, $lSd 10; choice prairie, Sl5Q16
Provisions-Lard, sS1212QSi71A.
Cattle-Native shipping and export
steers, S5d6; dressed beef and butchers
steers, $445.50; steers under 900 lbs. Sc 30
also; stockers and feeders. s2.50Q4. 80;
cows and heifers. S2Q4.75; Gamers, .209
go; bulls. S2.50Q3; Texas and Indian
steers, S.l0d4.40; cows and hefers, S2.S09
$40 Hogs-Pigs and lights. s.. S0a5. IS:
packers, s5.75Q5.S5; butchers, $5.90d6. 10.
SAeep-Native muttons. S.15Q3.50 lambs,
S.75Q5.25; culls and bucks. $2d4; stock
ers. 81.
Butter-Creamery extra choice. 1sc;
dairies, choice. 16616l2c. Cheese-New
goods: Full cream daisies. choice, 100
1Oiic; young America. 10d10Ac; full
cream. 10l2c; twins. SIC. ESgs-Fresh,
10i ed10%c Apples hrls. red Astricans. s.:
early harvest, $25002.75 Blackberries.
cases, p qts, Illinois, 81 Sweet corn,
Illinois. 40N,gc per crate. Potatoes Tome
grown. 90cG$l10 per blu: early Ohios, ST.
Louis, S0US5c per bu. Poultry-Iced stock;
Turkey Cobhlers. &c; hens. Sc: chickens,
hens and springs, scalded, Si2G9c; hens
and springs. dry picked. Sic; roosters,
5l2d6c; ducks 7QSc; geese, 6QIc; spring
chickens. 15c.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
FIVE IN YACHT DROWNED.
Merchant and Daughters Among she
Victims of q Squall.

Victims of q Squall.
rive persons were drowned in the
sound Friday by the capsizing Of the
yawl rugged yacht Venitzia Of Phila-
delphia at point five miles east of
Sands point. Two only Of those on
board were rescued. The drowned
are: Arthur C. Colburn, owner of the
yacht, Philadelphia merchant; Ida Col
burn, daughter of Colburn; Annette
Colburn, daughter of Colburn; Captain
Flint of Brooklyn, n. Y, master of the
yacht; sailor, name unknown. The
others on board the Inflated craft, Mrs.
Walter T. Stankle of Philadelphia,
daughter Of the owner of the yacht;
and the steward, James StanDridge of
New York, were rescued by the tug
Gertrude, after clinging for two hours
to the bottom of a capsized long boat.
The yacht was built in 1883 in Mystic,
Conn, and was deliberately finished
and furnished. She was fifty feet long
with net tonnage of thirty-one.
Awakening at o'clock in The morn
ing to find himself in the grasp of
supposed burglar, Morton Starr Cressy,
a Harvard law school student who is
spending the summer at Brattieboro,
VT, struggled until free, and, snatch
ing a revolver from the bureau, fired
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Olive Schreiner In Cage.

Ouida, the writer, who in private life
bears the name of Nine. Louise de la
Rance, protests in the London Daily
News against the treatment accorded
by the British military authorities in
South Africa to Olive Schreiner, the
author. Ouida says:
''Olive Schreiner has been transport
ed to a strange place and imprisoned
within a fence of wire netting, which
is patrolled by armed sentinels sta
toned at intervals with orders to fire
on any one attempting TO get through
the netting to escape.
'She lives alone. except for her dog
in one small room. for which she pays
cooking for herself Sic is compelled
to remain all night without any kind
of light. Her husband is refused by
the British authorities permission to
visit her, although her brother is a
former premier of Cape Colony.
What is her offense? Merely to
have espoused the cause of the Beers
in the war. Is it tolerable that for
this alone she should be subjected to
the indignity of isolation and be car
ried away from all she loves?"
In the House Of Lords, Lord Raglan
in South Africa said the whites in the
concentration camps numbered 14,62l
men, 27,711 women and 43,O75 children
that the mortality for the month OF
June was GO men, 1873 women and SIG
children.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
India IndAr Iron Heel.

India is threatened with famine to
the extent unparalleled in the history
Of that country. according to Romesh
Dutt. a distinguished Anglo-Indian o.
the imperial revenue department. Mr.
Dutt is 26 years Of age, and is the
author of open Letters on Famines
and Land Assessments in India Mr.
Dutt said at London: England Op-
pressive and frequently illegal fnan
cial treatment Of India is largely re
sponsible for famines Unless this sys-
TEN is radically changed the Indian
empire will live in perpetual shadow
of famine, with its attendant misery
and DEATH
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Woman Whfnped at Post.

Lille Thomas was whipped at the
post established by Justice G.. L. Walls
in Kansas City Thursday. Lille is
about the color Of the ace of spades
and was arrested few days ago on Q
charge of having distracted SO from
the purse of Mrs Martha Etwell at No
500 East Fifteenth street, for whom
she had been working The recent sue
cession of extremely hot days planted
in Lille an all-consuming thirst for
soda water and lemonade. Having n
other means of gratifying her thirst
when she saw a purse with So in it on
the bureau at the Etwell home, she re-
signed without notice.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

A Texas detective has arrested in the
Kings river neighbOrhOod in Madison
county, Ark, a supposed young woman
who had been teaching private school
there for some time. 1t turned out
that the school teacher was a man in
disguise. and that his name was Sears
He is alleged to have heen wanted in
Texas on the charge of committing a
murder seven years ago. When arrest
ed the young man had in his posses
sion $4,000 in cash carried in belt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
BABY Hmnfhered In Pad

Sleeping on the dead body of his g.
months-old child. whom he had inno-
Gently smOthered, r. |. Johnson, a
night Waterman at the Elgin, ILL.,,
watch factory, did not know what he
had done until his wife arrived home
after an absence of several hours and
made the sorrowful discovery. The
baby had been placed on a pillow be-
side him. 1t is supposed the baby
rolled off the pillow and in some way
got under the father. The coroner's
jury exOnerated him from blame
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

table stood the gentleman usher of the
black rod, bearing a long white wand,
ten feet in length. This was the en-
blem of the office of the Lord High
Steward. conferred by royal COM
mission under letters patent upon the
Lord Chancellor. The proceedings be-
gan with prayer. Then the gentleman
usher of the black rod formally deliv-
cred the wand to the lord chancellor,
who returned it. The lords chancellor
then read the kings commission. Next
the deputy garter king-of-arms called
the roll of peers who had given notice
of their intention to attend the trial
No peers of the royal blood were pres
ent.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Two Fires In Michigan.

The big maple flooring factory Of
Thomas Foreman & Co. at Petoskey,
Mich, has been destroyed by fire, to-
gether with six million feet of lumber
and a dwelling house. The loss is es-
timated at 100000. Insurance, $4,000.
The fire caught from the engine room.
The Michigan barrel works. located in
the north end of Grand Rapids, Mich,
burned with an adjacent lumber pile
and large amount of stock. The loss
will reach $250000.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Another Jump I'm Ohio Oil.

Crude oil went up cents Friday at
Lima, o., making cents increase in
three days. The advances lead to the
belief that the Texas field will not Sc
riously disturb the production of the
northern fields, and operations are be-
ing resumed. North Lima oil is now
IS cents per barrel; South Lima so
cents. Another jump of cents in In
diana oil Friday, sending the price to
so cents, caused great excitement in
the oil field about Montpelier.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

Earl Russell, who was taken before
the House of Lords at London, Thurs
day for trial on the charge of bigamy,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
three months confinement in Holloway
prison. The trial was conducted with
curious ceremonies that have escaped
the vigilance of reformers. 1t
commenced in the peers ordinary par
liamentary chamber, where their lord
ships assembled fully robed. The chan
cellor occupied the woolsack, and ten
judges sat facing the peers usual
seats. Behind the lord chancellor
stood NorrOy king-of-arms, in brilliant
heraldic costume Near the clerks
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

Jack" and ED" Biddle were SEN
fenced to death in the Criminal court
at Pittsburg, Pa, for the murder OF
Grocer Thomas ID. Kahney of Albert
street, Washington. April II last, and
Walter Dorman was adjudged guilty
of murder of the first degree for his
part in the homicide. Kahney was
murdered while defending his home
against robbers, and few hours later
Detective Patrick Fitzgerald was killed
in attemDting to arrest the BiddleS.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Die III Electric Chnir.

Frank Wennerholm, the Chautauqua
county murderer. was put to death by
electricity in the prison at Auburn. N.
y. Inc current was turned on one
minute and five seconds, and the man
was pronounced dead. When he took
his seat in the chair Wennerholm ap-
peared to be on the point Of utter coll
apse As the straps over the face
were put in position the doomed man
tossed his head to one side and uttered
q low moan. The current was of ! 800
volts and seven amperes. which was
reduced after two seconds to zoo volts
for half minute. AMI then increased
TO its original strength for two seconds,
when it was again reduced TO 200 volts
Ter half a minute. and increased to
800. when it was turned off, and the
man was dead
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Denver Police Fight Mob.

Denver Col, July ga mob of 500
men and boys made an attack upon
the city Jail in an effort to secure
Charles Mullein's freedom, but were
repulsed by the police, who used their
clubs freely upon the heads of the ad-
ers. Fred Hoffman and Albert Gunter
were arrested as the leaders of the
mob. Mullen was arrested twice for
preaching anarchist doctrines on the
streets, and the second time the crow
that had been listening to him at
tempted to storm the Jail
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Woman Burned to ID IA tin.

Miss Elsie Hirsch, the 19year-old
daughter of Simon Hrsch of the Star
Distilling company, Cincinnati, lighted
a gas stove in the bathroom. Her
nightdress caught fire, and she was
burned so badly that she died later.
Her screams attracted members of the
family, who rushed to the bathroom,
but found it locked. They broke in
the door and found the young woman
writhing in agony. Miss Hirsch was
prominent in society circles. and a pu-
pill at Miss Buffers school, and was
one of the most brilliant girls
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Hunts "a Pension SwindIer.

Assistant Adjutant General E. B.
Gray Of the g. A. r. is sending out
from Madison, Wis, to post adjutants
throughout the state a description OF
one J. w. Dunn, alias Dolan, alias
Boyle, who has been posing as a pen
sion examiner, and swindling veterans
who draw pensions, telling them that
their pension has been cut down. but
that for a small sum, ranging from 81
up to $40, he would get pensions con-
tinued at old rate.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Nspro su,pect. D,scbarred

Joseph Robertson and Bull Hol-
land, the negroes who came near be-
ing lynched at Kansas City by mob
they had assaulted Miss Grace Davis.
a 20-year-old white girl, and attacked
her escort, Vernon Newton, have been
turned loose for lack of evid nee JUS
tice of the Peace Ross in discharging
the men said that little credence could
be given the statements of Miss Davis
end Newton. On the stand both of
them admitted having made misstate-
ments regarding the affair."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
MAY EOSRURG-

of the police that young Fosburg, even
in the heat of passion, Intentionally
aimed at his sister the shot which took
her life. 1t is their theory that the
shot was aimed at another member of
the family, either FOsburg's wife Or his
father, and that Miss FOsburg. presum-
ably while acting as peacemaker in
the family brawl, came in range of the
bullet. There was a guest staying with
them-Miss Bertha Sheldon of Provi-
dence. In her honor they We're having
a merry evening and retired close to
midnight.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
les MOines Man L. Missing.

Charles j Luthe, secretary of the
Luthe Hardware Company and one OF
the leading young business men of Des
Moines, has been missing since Wed
nesday night, when he bought tickat
for Denver at the Rock Island office
giving the name Of c. ]. Lambert. Nc
trace Of him can be found at Denver
His relatives believe he wandered
away while temporarily deranged on
account of hard work and heat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Story Told by the Family.

According to the story told by the
family, Mr.. Fosburg, ST., was awak-
ened about /: 80 in the morning by a
flash of light and was confronted by a
masked man, who held pistol to his
head. Mr. Fosburg struck the pistol
away, and then between Mr.. Fosburg
and the burglar there was a terrible
struggle, during which one of Mr.. Fos-
burg's ribs was broken. Mr.. FoSburg
also received a heavy blow on the head.
presumably inflicted by some weapon
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
To,stoi l. Seriously Ill.

M. Tchertkoff, who is Count Toll
stoi's representative in Great Britain.
has received a telegram asserting that
the famous Russian is dangerously i'll
with fever, accompanied by great
weakness, and that his state is very
serious. The dispatch was received
from Tula, European Russia. where
Count Tolstoi is understood to be.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
THREE NEGROES HANGED.
Executed In Nashville, Tenn, from the
Same ScafroId.

Same ScafroId.
The first triple execution ever held
in Nashville, Tenn, took place when
three negro murderers were executed
from the same scafold in the jail yard.
The condemned were Babe Battise,
Duser Thompson, and Abe Petway. The
trap was sprung and the men were
pronounced dead within fifteen min
utes. The crime for which Petway
paid the penalty was the murder of an
Old white man named Wrenne on the
night Of May 81, 1900. Battise and
Thompson were hanged for the murder
of Cain Miller, a negro "spotter" for
the police. Thompson charged Battise
with the crime, and to the last affirmed
his innocence
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Swears Glenn Is "A Man

DR.. Gale Samuels testified at Park
ersburg. w. Va, that Ellis B. Glenn
defendant in the Glenn forgery case
is a man rather than a woman. Sew
eral experts in handwriting strength
ened the states case by their state
ments as to the signatures or the Or
iginal and the alleged forged notes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

been i'll for year or more, died at his
home in Cold Springs, N. Y, Wednes-
day night Gen. Butterfield was born
in Utica, N. Y, Oct 81, 1881, was
graduated from Union college and
served with distinction in the civil
war. Resigning from the army, he
became assistant United States treas
urer in New York, and afterward Or
ganiZed and built a railway in Cen
trail America In September, 1886, at
ST. Margaret's Westminster, England
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Packing Elant Burned.

The packing plant of Jacob Dold &
Sons of Wichita was totally destroyed
by fire. There were four large build
pounds OF meat, in process of prepare
ton was destroyed. The loss is $685.
600. with insurance about 100000. One
wall fell, injuring four men, but not
fatally
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
MRS. PAUL KRUGER DEAD.
Wife of the TransvaaI Statesman Passee
Away at Pretoria.

Mrs. Kruger, wife Of former Presi-
dent Kruger of the South African re-
public. died Saturday OF pneumonia
after an illness of three days. She
was g. years old. Mrs Kruger's long
separation from her husband, COM
bined with the death of her favorite
daughter. Mrs. Smith, last week, had
completely broken her spirit. Mr..
ElOf and many other members of the
Kruger family were at her b dside
when she passed away. She was some
what younger than her husband. She
had borne him sixteen children, eleven
Of whom are still living, including five
daughters. In the small. unpretentIous
house in Pretoria used as the presi-
dency domestic habits were very sim
pie. The president and MS wife were
habitually early ricers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

he married Mrs. Julia L. James OF
New York, the bishop of Bedford and
Canon Farrar performing the cere-
mony. He planned, organized and COM
manded the civic parade on the third
day of the Washington centennial cele-
bration in New York on May l, 1889,
the largest movement of civilians in
public demonstration known in modern
history. He declined the Republican
nomination for Congress in the Tenth
congressional district of New York city
in 1891
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26

four shots at his assailant On light
ing his lamp he was Mortified to find
that he had killed his friend and
classmate, Stoney Bristol of Battle
Creek, Mich, who had been invited by
Greasy to stay over night at the house
of his grandmother, Mrs. P. Starr, in
BrattlebOro. 1t is believed that Bris-
toll, while in a nightmare, took hold of
CreSSY
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Salt Trust Cuts Prices.

The Michigan Salt association
dropped salt from 20 cents to As cents
a barrel at Saginaw Wednesday. The
cut is on account of the increased pro
duction, large surplus and determin-
alton to make it warm for manufacture
ers outside of the association.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
ROBERT S. FOSBURG.

sister, May Fosburg, on the night Of
Aug. 20, 1900. The formal preliminary
step was taken today when the young
man was called before the Superior
Court and pleaded not guilty to the in
dictment for manslaughter In addi-
ton to the fact that the Fosburgs are
people of wealth and social standing,
the killing of the handsome girl of 1S,
in the dead of night and under pecul-
larly dramatic circumstances, was in
itself so shocking an affair that the
country rang with ne story for months
before it took on the added interest of
young Fosburg's Indictment and arrest
for the crime. Before that event no.
body outside narrow circle in touch
with the Chief of Police and the Pros
ecuting Attorney here had the r motest
suspicion there was anything else in
the tragedy than just what the Eos
burg family said there was-a plain
case OF murder committed by burglars
caught in the act of pillaging the
house. 1t is the theory of the prosecu-
ton that burg ars had nothing what
ever to do with the crime. The State
will endeavor to prove that Miss Fos-
burg was killed as the result of a furi-
Gus family fight which broke out in the
dead of the night, and that the story
of the invasion of the house by bur-
glars was hastily concocted to save the
reputation of the family and to avert
the punishment of one of its members
or a crime which even the prosecution
does not charge was premeditated or
eVe,- intended, SO far as the victim was
concerned, on the part of the person
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Word "Christian" to STAY,

The word Christian" stays in the
bill of rights in the Virginia constitu-
ton, as far as the cOnstitutonal-con
vention committee on that document
is concerned. BY vote of to the
committee at Richmond decided today
to preserve the original language.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Famine Threatens Jerusalem.

Death and famine threaten the Holy
City" says the Jerusalem correspond
ent of the Standard in a communica
ton. ION account of the scanty water
supply, due to the insufficient rains of
last winter. The Sultan has granted
permission to the municipality to bring
water from the pools of Solomon
through iron pipes into the city along
the line of Solomons stone aqueduct.
The new works were begun today on
Geographic orders from the Sultan
They will be finished in two months"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-26
Judge Wears a shirt Waist.

Judge Erastus M. Reed, who for
twenty-four years has been Judge of
tlebOro, Mass, is of the opinion that
the dignity of the court does not suffer
in the least if man appears in court
in a shirt waist on hot days.