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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27
FOR SALE

One Brown Horse, seven years old,
weighs 1850, sound and kind, also one Bay
Horse, seven years old. weighs 1850 sound
and kind. These horses have been worked
together the past winter and are splen-
did working team and also good drivers.
The bay horse is an extra good saddle
and surry horse, can be seen at Seminary
stables, Montpelier. vt. Also for sale one
pair work harnesses in good condition.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27

Dust of the sea is one of the myster-
les which perplex sailors. No matter
how carefully the decks of sailing ships
may be washed down in the morning
an enormous quantity of dust can be
swept up at night
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27
NOTICE

Any one wishing Team Work done
will do we'll to give me call at $50
South Main ST., as l have two good
teams and am prepared to do all
kinds of teaming at going prices for
cash.
Geo. e. Mcfarland.
Telephone Connected. 2S7 Emo
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27
Why Aim With One Eyes

Joskins-I say, old boy, this Is my
first day at shootin. You might tell me
In confidence what people shut one eye
for when they're sightin anything.
Hoskins-Oh, that's perfectly simple,
my dear fellow. You see, If they were
to shut both eyes they wouldn't be able
to see anything.-Pick Me Up.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27

In Tartary onions, leeks and garlic
are regarded as perfumes. A Tartar
lady will make herself agreeable by
rubbing a piece Of freshly cut onion on
her hands and over her -countenance.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27

More than 1000 kinds of rubber
shoes are made in the United States.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-27

ss.~ swte..d. dsns1 Store" and mi''i s.,Ss.
~ nsaisA pai. Induce sleep, and proloo. IA
sX2 - r saapls' and on. sSou,.eUs1 e ,. ~
H -. ~ z ~ address O. rscsip, Of p,ssa
se' a. 'ssprsss H., New Ysrh GS.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

The fast express on the Vandalia
ran into an open switch at the St
Clair crossing, near East St Louis,
Ill, probably fatally injuring John
Van Cleave, engineer, and Henry
Rickelman, fireman John Gregg. mail
clerk, was seriously hurt. All live il
st. Louis. When the express struck
the open switch it ran into a car load
ed with long bridge timbers. Some OF
the timbers were damned into the en-
CINE head and boiler a distance OF six
feet. Escaping steam and boiling wa
ter flew in every direction. The mail
car was wrecked and Mail Clerk Gregg
was caught behind the safe. The pas
senger coach next to the mail car was
partially wrecked. but none of the pas
sengers was injured.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter wheat-No. red, 72d74c: No. 2
hard, 1212Q72c; No. hard. 7O47lc; No.
hard, &c. Spring wheat-No. l northern.
7il2416c; No. A spring, 55G67c. Corn
No: 3, 37A@3Sc: No. white, Csc; No. 3
yellow, S7%Q3Sc. Oats-No. 4. 2514q26c;
No. white, 26q27kc: No. 3. 2514026lzc:
No. white. 2ss. a274c: No. 2. 25szc: No.
white, 2S14 2SRc.
Cattle-Native shipping and export
butcher steers. ss7oa5i5; steers under
1000 lbs, $3.5Oq470; stockers and feeders,
$2.4Od445; cows and heifers, $2.00Q460;
Gamers. s1-25d2.75; bulls. s.. 25G4.10: Tex
ans and Indian steers. s3.5Oq4.50: cows
and heifers. S2.35Q3.30. Hogs-Pigs and
lights. s52o@ Ss 80; ~ packers, s52Oq5S9:
tons. s4.1OQ45O; lambs, s4.5Od5.SO culls
and bucks, So. SOFAS: western yearlings.
81. IS; western sheep. $4.25Q4.35.
Eggs-Fresh. 1512Q16c. Butter-Cream-
cries. extra, 2112Q22c; frsts, $4,000;
dairies. choice. 1Sc: firsts. 14Q15c. Apples
Greetings, So. o0Q325 per bril-. Ben Davis,
s2.00Q275: Jonathan, s.. 50Q45O; Kings.
So. 50Q375; Baldwins, s2.75d325; Tallman
sweets, $2.2542.50 per brl. Potatoes
Choice rurals or Burbanks, 42G43c per bu.;
good, 3SQ40c; other varieties, 35q4Oc;
mixed stock, 33G3Sc. Live Poultry
Chickens. 7laGSc per h.: turkeys, 612q1c;
ducks. &c; geese, Sc. OOQSO0 per doZ
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
browns Her SIR Children.

Mrs. Rose WurZer, a widow, in a fit
Of insanity, drowned her six children
aged 4 to II years, at Uniontown.
Wash. Two were boys and four girls.
She threw them into well thirty feet
deep, containing two feet of water
then jumped in herself and held the
heads of the children beneath the sur
face until all were drowned Mrs
Wurzer was found alive in the we'll
with her six murdered children by
the neighbors, who pulled her out with
a rope. She is violently insane. The
woman's husband died a year ago.
since which time she has been sup
ported by the county and the charity of
neiQhbOrS
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Old Physician Ends Life.

When the Old Dominion steamship
jamestown arrived at Norfolk. Va.
from New York she brought the body
Of a well-dressed man about 20 years
old, who is probably DR.. c. l.. War
rem of Portsmouth, n. H. He was
found dead on the steamers deck,
bullet hole through his head and a
1t is to all outward appearances a case
OF suicide. He had a pocket lance and
a first-class ticket from New York to
Newport News in his pocket and
Sll65
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Friday. February 22.

Senate passed two of the great SUP
ply bills-the postoffice and the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation. Dur
ing the greater part of the session a
proposition to discontinue the appro-
priatiOns for fast mali facilities from
New York to New Orleans via Atlanta,
and from Kansas City, Mo-. to Newton,
Kan, was under discussion By a de-
cisive vote the appropriations were
continued. An effort was made to OBJ
tain an appropriation to continue the
pneumatic tube service in New York,
Boston and Philadelphia. but it failed.
House devoted an hour to unanimous
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Craz-d by q KILLING.

From the steppes of Siberia to pro-
sale New York the face of a beautiful
woman, whom he slew, has followed
Col Otto Biernath. He shot the wom-
an when a pack of wolves was ready to
tear her limb from limb He gave her,
as he believed, a merciful death, and
at the same time saved her from a liv-
ing death. as an exiled prisoner of the
car. But that has not taken from him
the mental torture he has since suf-
fered, and in despair he surrendered
himself to the authorities and was
placed in the Bellevue insane hospital.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Her Contribution Limited.

In a letter to Senator Vest at Spring
field, Mo, inclosing a check for $500,
her contribution to the Missouri Con-
federate Monument association, Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst says: Il note what
you say in regard to my husbands
generous donation to the confederate
home in your state. While he was liv-
ing he was making money. and since
he passed away | have been trying TO
accomplish a great many things which
have consumed all my income. Be
sides, l have divided my estate with
my son, giving him the better half
and l am precluded from doing many
things which otherwise I would be in a
oOSiti0O 70 do -
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Fear Dynamite at Woodstock.

Woodstock is undergoing a dynamite
scare. In a wreck which took place
on the Grand Trunk railway there last
week forty tons of dynamite were
spilled and has been carried to differ
ent points about town. e. c. Rice, a
telegraph operator, found a stick suf-
ficient to blow up several houses in
his coal bin. An open window near
by faced the street, and someone evil
IDENTIFY had thrown the dynamite in
OF the forty tons four are missing and
are scattered about town
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Fertilizer Output COrnered.

The Carolina Chemical COM
pany, the $12,000.0O0 which controls
practically all of the fertilizer output
in the south, has entirely wiped out all
danger of opposition by purchasing the
plant Of the Charleston Mining COM
cludes $1,000 acres of phosphate land.
Farmers fear the price of fertilizer, an
absolute necessity for the cotton in
dustry, will be advanced. Philip God
ley is president of the Charleston Min
ing company. and nearly all of the
stock is owned by Philadelphia CAPT
talists.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

The ministers were approached at
Pekin by attaches of the Chinese Peace
commission, who inquired if the COM
pulsory suicide of Chao Shu Chao and
Wing Lien. whose heads are demanded
by the powers, would be satisfactory
to the foreign representatives. 1t is
understood that all the ministers said
that the suicide of Chao Shu Chao and
Wing Lien would be satisfactory. if the
other punishment were inflicted. 1t
is probable that the action of the Chi
nese in this matter is based on instruc-
lions received from the dowager en-
press. Chao Shu Chao and Wing Lien
are the only officials whose punish
ment is causing trouble
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Nine Die in a Train Wreck.

A bad collision occurred at Rus
hng's siding near Bordentown, n. j.,
and about eight miles south of Tren-
ton, on the Pennsylvania railroad
The Nellie Bly," express from New
York for Atlantic City collided with
passenger train No. $50, running from
Camden to Trenton. The number Of
dead so far known is nine and the Sc
riously injured twenty-three. The dead
are: James Birmingham, baggage
master of the local.
Walter Earl, engineer of the ex-
press.
John Gates of Trenton, a passenger
on the local train.
Frank Hill of Whitehill, a railroad
employe, who was a passenger on the
local train.
-Four Italians, whose names have
not been learned.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Buttcrma kers Award Prizes.

The National Buttermakers' cOnven-
ton came to an end at St Paul, Mimi,
the closing hours being devoted to dis
cussion of topics of interest to the del
egates. The choice of place for the
next convention was left to the execu-
tive committee. Over 1000 delegates
attended the convention, which is said
to have been the most successful in
the history Of the association. Min
nesota secured the highest award, and
three out of four medals. Kansas won
the silk banner for the highest state
aYerage S11I ner cent
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Fortified In the Grave.

At the cemetery near Fountain City.
north of Richmond, Ind, when the
grave of Mrs. Thompson Smith was OPP
ened, in order to remove the body to
another cemetery, it was found to be
solid stone. The features are plain,
and the teeth and hair are the same
as when the remains were placed in
the grave. 1t took four persons to
lift the body from the grave. The
body is as white as chalk, and is
intact, except a portion of one foot.
1t is said that the petrification resulted
from the fact that the ground is pc
culiar clay mixture, and that water
stands there a considerable portion or
the year.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Woman Shot While I'm Hiding.

Everett S. Richards, an iron worker
from whom he had separated, from the
rooms of a dancing teacher into a clos
ct near by and fired several bullets into
her body. When the police arrived
they found the woman had bled pro-
fusely. Mrs. Richards was removed to
the hospital, where it is thought she
will live. The husband was arrested.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

The regents of the University OF
Michigan adopted without any division
the recommendation OF the literary
faculty that the bachelor of arts de-
gree be granted as a substitute for all
those who, from this date on. COM
plete the requirements for the A. B.,
Phi. B.. B. S. and B. L. degrees. Its
taking immediate effect makes those
seniors who have been working along
the lines of the three latter degrees
very happy, and the "A. b." students
q trifle exasperated at the good luck
Of their classmates.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Sell Sand for Sugar.

Chicago police are looking for a
gang Of sugar swindlers which has
been operating on the west side. Bar
rels mostly filled with sand and stone,
with top layer of sugar, have been
old for S. each. Mrs. Bertha Ault,
367 West Van Buren, street, was one of
ne victims. She purchased barrel OF
he alleged Sugar for S. and soon dis
,overed that she had paid for barrel
f sand. After discovering the fraud.
ne woman went to the Dssplaines
treet station and Swore out warrant
gainst a man named Brueker, who
:he said was the peddler who had sold
her the barrel
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
The Chicago Bureau of Charities has

The Chicago Bureau of Charities has
come to the conclusion that Illinois
would be benefited by some more effec-
tive legislation to punish men who de-
sert their wives and families The
number of deserted families needing
public aid in Cook county apparently
exceeds 1000, and they assert some
thing should be done to check the
evil. Under the present laws, when a
man deserts his family, he can be ar
rested and ordered by court to give a
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

consent legislation and two hours and
u half each to the passage of private
claims bills and private pension bills
Nine bills were passed by unanimous
consent and twenty-nine claims bills
and 1S9 pension bills were passed
Among the latter was the senate bill
to pension the widow Of the late Gen.
Henry w. Lawton, who was killed in
the Philippines.
Saturday, February 23.
The president has issued a procla-
nation calling a special session of the
senate for executive purposes imme-
dlately upon the dissolution Of the
present congress, March f.
The text of the proclamation is as
follows:
BY the president OF the United
States Of America-A proclamation:
Whereas. Public interests require that
the senate of the United States be
convened at IL o'clock on the 4th day
of March next to receive such com
munications as may be made by the
executive: Now. therefore. l, William
Mckinley, president OF the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim
and declare that an extraordinary oc-
caSion requires the senate of the Unit
ed States 40 convene at the capitol in
this city of Washington ON the 4th
day of March next, at Il o'clock noon,
OF which all persons who shall at that
time be entitled to act as members OF
that body are hereby required to take
notice. Given under my hand and the
seal Of the United States at Washing
ton the 23d day of February, in the
year OF orr Lord one thousand nine
hundred and one, and of the independ-
ence of the United States the one hun
dred and twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
BY the president:
JOHN HAY,
Secretary of State"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Death of David Robertson.

After life of sixty-three years more
than half Of which was devoted to
ferreting out criminal cases, David
Robertson passed away in Chicago
Tuesday. For thirty-four years he had
been in the service of the Pinkerton
detective agency rising from clerk to
assistant superintendent. The de-
ceased was born in Perth, Scotland,
and came to the United States soon
after the civil war. He was a gradu-
ated physician, but never practiced.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Exile Dies In SquaIOr.

A veteran of the Franco Prussian
war and an exile from the fatherland
because he wrote poem criticising
the policy of Bismarck, Hugo c.
Schuitze died in squalor and poverty
a $50 East Sixty-fourth street, Chi
cago. The body was discovered by
the police on Wednesday morning,
two days after death. For the last
five months Schultze had lived over
the candy store of julius Fink
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Made Historical bY "GhOst."

Because a rival for the favors of a
young lady played ghost Fred Har-
mon is critically i'll at his home near
Montrose, H., with nervous prostra-
ton. In going to see his sweetheart
young Harmon was Obliged to pass
the spot where a peddler was muir
dered several years ago and which is
reputed to be haunted. The rival took
advantage of these circumstances and
of the credulity Of Harmon and imper-
sonated the ghost. Harmon at times
becomes quite frenzied.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Excitement KiIls Captain Freeman.

Captain r. Fl. Freeman died sud
denly at Fergus Falls, Mimi, of apo
plexy following as a result of excite
ment in assisting a school teacher to
remove from her room an. unruly 49,
year-old boy namee Simeon Furgerson,
who will probably go to the reform
farm as a result Captain Freeman, as
a sailor and vessel owner. visited all
parts Of the globe, but has lived here
Tor twenty-five years, being prominent
in Masonic circles. He lost his vessel
and all his property In a storm In the
Mediterranean.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

Milton Haney was accidentally shot
during an initiation of Daughters of
Pocahontas at Kokomo, Ind. In dis
charge of revOlvers with blank cart
ridges Mrs. David Downtown used the
one that had fallen from the pocket
of a member, which proved to be load
ed. Haney was shot in the shoulder,
the bullet making a serious but not
fatal wound.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

James Callahan is a prisoner in the
city Jail at Omaha charged with COM
plicity in the Cudahy kidnapping case.
Eddie Cudahy, the victim, has identi-
fed Callahan as the man who accost-
ed him on the street and represented
himself to be the sheriff of Sarpy
county, and as the man who guarded
him while he was a prisoner in the
Melrose Hill house.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

A number of milling plants IN the
neighbOrhood of Hanover have been
secured by Philadelphia promoters to
be combined under one management
Among the thirty mills said to have
been secured are the York Milling
Company, the Philadelphia Milling
pany, the Lancaster Milling Company
pany. the Lakeside Milling Company
of Chambersburg, John ID. Graybill's
mill at Carlisle. the SteeltCn Flour
Milling Company, the Paxton Milling
Company of Harrisburg and the mill
and warehouse of e. T. Moul at Eel
ton.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
certain proportion of his wages for his

certain proportion of his wages for his
family's support. If he fail to do this
he can be imprisoned, but in Jail he is
idle, so that his family continues as
destitute as before. The Bureau of
Charities has investigated the Della
for such cases and look with much
favor upon the idea. Another prac-
teal plan is that Of placing the delin-
quent husband in prison at hard labol
and applying his earnings to the sup
port of his family.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
MAY MAKE UP A CABINET.
SPANS Queen VIII Ask SilveIa to Form

spain's Queen VIII Ask Silvela to Form
Ministry.
The queen regent of Spain, Maria
Christina, is sadly perplexed as to the
selection of a new premier. She de-
sires above everything to avoid a re-
newal Of the anti-clerical disturbances
and demonstrations. For this reason
she fears to call on Senior Sagasta, the
liberal minister. to form cabinet, as
his anti-clerical ideas are we'll known.
A cablegram from Madrid says the
regent will not hear of anything being
done that might displease the pope
and play into the hands of the pretend
er Don Carlos, by giving offense to
the religious orders. especially the Je-
suits She has therefore determined to
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

The new Union depot building,
erected jointly by the Santa Fe and
Fort Worth, Tex, at a cost of $50, 900,
burned Thursday. 1t will be recon-
structed at once. The loss is covered
by insurance.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
St. Joseph, Mo-, Carpenters Win.

Union carpenters of st. Joseph, Mo-,
have gained a victory in their demands
from the contractors, the latter acced-
ing to the men. The minimum price
per hour is to be 80 cents, and eight
hours shall be considered a days
overtime at increased pay.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

ask Senior Silvela to form a ministry.
Whatever government may assume
power the queen regent will insist on
the re-establishment of the old rela-
tions with the church and the religious
orders
General Weyler will be continued in
his command as we'll as all the gem
erals recently appointed through his
influence.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
rbursday. February 21.

The senate considered postoffice ap-
preparation bill. Amendment providing
for pneumatic tube service killed. The
old controversy over the special appro-
priatiOns for fast mail service engaged
much attention. 1t was decided 20 be-
gin holding night sessions Friday
night.
The house passed deficiency appro-
priation bill, after day of exciting de-
bate.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Prominent Virginian's Suicide.

Major Randolph Harrison Finney, a
man of means and member of one of
the most prominent families in Vir-
ginia, hanged himself to the transom
of his chamber door at his residence
in Richmond, Va, and was dead when
found by his wife. A wound received
while at the head of a battalion in
the confederate army resulted in blind
ness some years ago, and this, with
bad health, caused him to take his
life. One of his sons is secretary to
the secretary OF the navy.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
lanes III. Tettaton Il Hanged.

James III. Tettaton was executed at
Kenneth, Mo-, for the murder Of his
stepmother, Mrs. Jane Tettaton. and
her four children, near Maiden, on the
night of April %, 1899. The condemned
man exhibited wonderful nerve and
went to his doom without tremor.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Otis Assumes New Duties.

General Otis arrived in st. Paul
from Chicago Thursday and assumed
temporary charge of the Department
Of the DakotaS. Inspector General G..
H. Murray is with General Otis as
aid-de-camp.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

Ex-Unted States Senator Stephen
M. White died at his residence in Los
Angeles, Cal, Thursday morning after
a short illness. He had been suffer-
ing from liberation OF the stomach.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01
Saws He Il Willing to Lose 81 Leo.

Jeffries. when seen at Cincinnati
Thursday, as to the condition of his
knee, said: 81 do not feel any i'll eff
fects. / can give it proper rest now
that | am not In training. You can
rest assured I'll never quit the ring,
even if l lose my leg, until l get an
other crack at FitZsimmons."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

Fire destroyed almost an entire block
in the wholesale district of Atlanta,
Ga. entailing loss of 100000, on
which there Is insurance amounting
to nearly $450.000.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

Frank Glltner. night foreman Of the
tinplate mills at Middletown, was
struck on the head with a gaspipe by
Vincent Gym. Giltner died from tho
injuries in three hours