Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19
hIaJl EIElT5 OF TIE WEEK
items of General Interest Told in
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COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY,
Necord Of Happenings OF Much or Little
Importance from All Parts of the Civ
Iized Uodd-Incidents. Enterprisos,
Accide.ts. verdsets. Grimes and Wars.


Of supporting seven children. Saved
from ditch IN which she had thrown
herself
Epworth league party OF twenty on
way to San Francisco robbed of money
and tickets at Colorado Springs.
Frank McCroy OF Hallstead, Pa, de-
clared he had discovered lost Egyptian
art of hardening copper.
c D. Graham made his fifth trip
through the Niagara rapids in barrel
Sunday
Strike of steel workers ordered
by Amalgamated association viii be
made general. Thousands quit work
Monday. Nonunion men in two plants
Joined strikers.
Excursion steamer Julia with sew
eral hundred passengers from New
York aboard went aground Sunday
night of Barren Island. Many jumped
overheard and swan ashore in a panic
that followed.
Horace Peters, who murdered Peter
Smith near Dowagiae. Mich, commit
ted suicide on spot where crime was
committed.
Trial of Earl Russell for bigamy by
the British House of Lords to be made
a social event. Peeresses invited to
the hearing.
Western vaudeville trust being
formed at Chicago to include leading
western variety theaters.
The middle west. and especially the
corn belt had no relief Sunday from
the intense heat The corn crop is
about given up for lost in many places,
and farmers are looking to other prod
uce.
Clarence Badger. aged %, was
drowned in the st. Joseph river near
Niles. Mich.
MIS-. William Martin and her three
daughters are in a critical condition at
Marietta. O.. from eating poisoned pie.
The pastry was made from canned
pumpkin.
Joseph Treadway and AGolph STAT
ford, farmers of Upton county. Ten
nessee. engaged III dispute over their
respective crops and Treadway killed
Stafford by splitting his head with a
hoe. Treadway was arrested.
Solomon Haas, residing at Wilbur
ton. Pa, became frenzied by jealousy
and shot his wife at their home, after
ward sending a bullet through his own
heart. Haas died instantly and Mrs.
Haas is in critical state the bullet
having lodged in her back
Hundreds Of patients lives have been
endangered by the impure milk fur
nished the county hospital at Chicago.
Tests OF the milk show that it is far
below grade in nutritive qualities is
watered and treated with chemicals.
Moore brothers said to have lost con-
trolling interest in the Rock Island
road by the purchase of go 600 shares
by J. Fierpont Morgan.
Beers attacked pcs. of south African
constabulary at Houtkop. and were re
pulsed after they killed three British
Former Judge D. A. Russell of Pom
eroy. O.. committed suicide in Cincin-
natl
Andrew Carnegie offered Leadville
100000 for public library.
Judge Tuley in address before Hi
nois State Bar Association, declared
the problem of the hour is to make
corporations and the rich pay their
share of taxation.
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pyth-
las at Chicago reorganized the insur-
ance branch OF the order and increased
the rates of insurance 81 per cent. As
sets of the order pledged to pay claims
Tow due.
Investigation of the Seventh Nation
al Bank, New York, expected to dis
close what became of the 81 900 900 in
Spanish coin sent from Cuba by C. f.
w. Nicely.
g. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
university, declared at teachers CON
Vention at Detroit that higher educa-
ton untitled women for wifehood and
motherhood He favored schools with
sexes separated
Accused murderer of Alice Cothrel
engaged attorneys at Fort Wayne. Ind.
and will make a strong fight
Chicago sweltered in 1O2 degrees OF
heat Wednesday which exceeded all
previous records of the local Weather
bureau In some places a temperature
OF 1O6 degrees at the street level was
recorded. Thirty prostrations.
Nine men killed by fall of railroad
bridge at Springfield. Pa. while a con-
struction train was passing over it.
Several others badly injured
A. ID. White. United States Ambas
sador to Germany, will retire from
diplomatic service next year. Shocked
at sons death
Sultan of Turkey deposited S95, 900
with American Minister to settle
American claims growing out of Arme-
MAN troubles.
Teachers national convention at De-
troit discussed school fads. Nominal
ing committee selected w. M. Boards
hear of Iowa for next President.
Senators Cullom and Mason TO hold
conference on selection of successor ia
Controller Dawes
Diamond Match plant at Liverpool
sold to English firm for G4SO,OOO.
Fourteen persons killed by storms in
Hayti
Teachers National convention at De-
troit rejected report made by President