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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Plans Of Charleston Fair.

The exposition will open at Charles
ton, S. c., Sunday, Dec. 1, with a re-
ligious service in which AL denomina-
tions will take part. The formal OPEN
ing of the exposition will take place on
Monday, Dec. 2. Chauncey M. Depew
Of New York will deliver the princi-
pal Grafton and President Roosevelt
will start the wheels moving by wire
from the White House. The President
has accepted an invitation to visit the
exposition with his Cabinet on Feb. IL,
Lincoln's birthday.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Railroad Kings at Peace.

The meaning of the appearance Of
this company is that Hill and Harri
man, through Morgan, have come to
such terms that they will act in the
future as one. 1t means the final set
Element of that great strife of the rail-
road monarchs which brought about
in its most acute moments the Black
Friday of the stock exchange, when
Northern Pacific quotations scared
toward the 1000 mark. 1t means that
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

A lumber jack, John Lequeince. who
has had headquarters at the head of
the lakes for the last two years, has
received formal notice of having fallen
heir to 100000 francs 1880, 000). says
a Duluth dispatch. The woodsman re-
fuses to discuss the matter. But IL Is
known that he has placed the claim
In the hands of an attorney to make
the collection, through the French
Consul at st. Paul. Mimi. Lequelnce,
in the face of his good fortune, has re-
turned to work in the woods.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Suicide In Colorado Canyon.

The body of a we'll dressed man,
supposed to be H. Fletcher of Chicago,
was found hanging to a stump in Clear
Creek Canyon. Colorado, near the rail-
road track. Letters were found In a
pocket showing correspondence with
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, while an entry
in a notebook told of being robbed of
S1,005.50 by a woman in the tenderloin
district. The man was about 60 years
old. He must have been determined
to commit suicide, as great effort was
necessary to make rope stay tight
about his neck.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

Debts of Buffalo Fair.

At meeting in Buffalo of the cred
itors OF the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton. Treasurer Williams presented
his financial report. 1t shows that the
total cost of the fair was $3.50, 757,
and the total receipts from admissions
were $2.467.o66. and from concessions
$1,011.522. The company owes for
operating expenses and construction
work $57SO00. It's liabilities now are
$3,326.1l4. assuming that assets of
$4,000 are collectable.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
General Dodge Is President.

The Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee elected these officers: Presi-
dent. General Greenville NJ Dodge,
New York; corresponding secretary,
A. Hickenlooper, Cincinnati; record
ing secretary, Colonel Cornelius Cadle,
Cincinnati; treasurer, Major A. M.
Van Dyke, Cincinnati. John ID. Black,
son of General John c. Black of Chi
cago, and Isaac E. Burt of Minneapo-
lis. son of Capt. r. w. Burt, were
named to succeed their fathers in
membership in the society. A ban
quet was held at the Denison Hotel.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

ern Pacific, with a total of 1000 miles
of track, are in the future to be held
in such close and intimate ownership
that conflicts between them will be
out of the question. In short, it is
the triumph of the idea of community
OF ownership, not merely on the
smaller scale by which the two great
est railroad groups of the country
were built up. but between these two
groups themselves
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
TEMPERANCE WOMEN PREACH.
Roosevelt Instanced as Showing the
Wisdom of Right Doing.

Sunday was presented the great re-
tional convention at Fort Worth, Tex.
Thirty-four delegates occupied as
many pulpits in different churches in
that city, preaching in most instances,
morning and evening. Doctrinal dis
course was tabOOed Some of the most
prominent pulpit orators were Mrs.
Mary Hunt Of Boston, Mass; Mrs
Margaret Dye Ellis of Washington, d.
c.; the Rev. Eugene st. John, Kan
sas; Mrs. Clara Parrish Wright, Hi.
nois; Mrs. Mabel L. Conklin. national
lecturer and organizer, New York:
Mrs. Addie n. Fields, worlds mission
airy to Mexico; Mrs. Marion Durham,
Burlington, Iowa; Mrs Howard Hoge
of Virginia; Miss Belle Kearney of
Mississippi; Miss Christine Tenling of
London, England. Chief interest cen
tered in the annual sermon preached
in the Christian tabernacle by Eliza
beth w. Greenwood of New York. She
said that all history teaches the wis
dom of right doing and the folly of
wrong doing. She said: Politicians
strive to make Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President that they remove him
as governor of New York, in the hope
that they would no longer be hindered
in their wicked schemes, and behold
a most signal and disastrous reversal
of their plans. Roosevelt, a man of
successor, Governor Odell develops
ability to rise above aims and stand
ards of machine politics. History en-
phasizes the exactness of Gods JUS
tice''
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Changes Her Name and Sex.

Application will be filed before Coun-
ty Judge William Ross at Syracuse,
N. Y, by Clara Herman for permits
sion to change her name to Horace
Harrison HERMAN. The application
will lay bare a remarkable story OF
mistake made at the time of her birth
in 1873. Clara HERMAN was brought
up as girl. When her voice deepened
and her face sprouted whiskers the
mistake was discovered Her hair has
been cut to the masculine length and a
suit Of mems clothing is awaiting her
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
PARKHURST TO AID SALOONS.
New York Pastor Urges Sale of Beer
on Sunday.

New York dispatch: Rev. Dr..
Charles H. Parkhurst came out today
unreservedly for Sunday opening Of
saloons during certain hours. An abb
stainer himself, he feels that other
people have right to their pleasure
and recreation, even if they care to
take it in saloon. YES" said he, II
am for Sunday opening Of the saloons.
/ should bar whisky and liquors, but
let the people have beer and light
wines. A man who wants whisky on
Sunday can keep it at home. People
cannot have draught beer on tap in
their houses. l consider the Ger
mans as most valuable part of our
population. They want their Sunday
beer with their families. Once we can
convince the Germans that We are for
their ideas regarding Sunday beer ana
we will have them with US in our fight
against indecency."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

Pittsburg dispatch: Five persons
were injured. one fatally. by jumping
from a runaway traction car on the
hill above New Homestead. They
were: Mary Ellen Roach, aged 10
years. skull fractured; will die; Will
liam Kelly. conductor. aged 80 years;
John Lacey, aged Is years; Martin La
cey. aged IL years; James Lacey, aged
8 years. All but the girl will recover.
The car did not leave the tracks, and
the motorman. who stuck to his post.
was not injured.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Shows Civic DUTY of Clergy.

Mount Vernon, O., dispatch: Bishop
Potter of New York addressed the
Sandusky Convocation of the Episco-
pal Diocese Of Ohio on municipal re-
form. His address dealt almost en-
tirely with the relation Of the clergy
to politics and political movements.
He held that the clergyman has the
same rights as citizen as his breth-
rem of the laity, but that as a min
lister of God he has no business on
the hastings or as an intermeddler In
or aggressive leader of political con-
troversies.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
EARTHQUAKE IN UTAH.
Severe Shocks Felt at Several Points In
the State.

Salt Lake City, Utah, dispatch: Re
ports from various points in southern
Utah give meager accounts of a Sc
we're earthquake shock shortly after
$3.50 o'clock p. m. The shock, which
lasted fully thirty seconds in some
places, created CONSERVATION among
the inhabitants. The vibrations were
northeast to southwest. So far as re-
ported, no loss of life and compare
lively little damage to property re-
suited. At Oasis, in Willard county
the people rushed into the streets, ex-
pecting their homes to collapse. At
Beaver, in Beaver county, the shock
damaged the county courthouse and a
number OF residences. A slight shock
was felt in this city at 9:37 o'clock.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Two u. 8. Deputies Killed.

John and Hugh Montgomery, both
deputy United States marshals, were
found dead in teh ruins of a cabin
owned by Will Mathis, twelve miles
from Oxford. Miss. Their skulls had
been crushed in, and the house appar-
emily fired to hide the evidence of the
crime. Will Mathis, who is now be-
ing pursued by posse of citizens, was
wanted by the federal authorities on
the charge of counterfeiting.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

Union coal miners and guards at the
mines OF the Providence Coal COM
pany, seventeen miles from Madison
vile, KY, clashed in a severe fight
with arms. The battle lasted an hour
and half. AS a result James H.
Smith, a unionist, is dead; George
Crouch, another union man, is fatally
wounded, while John West, Hut Daw-
son. and Nathan Bush, all guards, are
wounded, none of them dangerously.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
FINDS WILL AND FORTUNE.
Laboring Man Comes Into Money
Through Freak OF Chance.

Nashville, Tenn, dispatch: A will
was dug mp at Echols, KY, last even
Ing Here it is:
1.-The last viii and testament OF
Ben o. Mansfield:
paradise, Ky, Nov. II, 1S71.-I
know me life air short in this world,
an as l haint got no relatives here
and not meni frenz 1 bury me money
and the man who fines it kin have it.
l have some reliks here also, you can
have them two.
Ben o. Mansfield"
While repairing an old building
James O'Connor noticed a piece Of wire
partly buried. and when he pulled it
up he found that it had been fastened
to a tin bucket, now almost eaten tc
pieces. O'Connor, after removing a lit
tie earth, found an old bucket The lid
was removed and a few old papers
were taken out At the bottom was
S1,S15 in gold, wrapped in a paper
upon which was written the above will.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Keith Hanged for Murder.

Michigan City, Ind, dispatch: Jo-
seph d. Keith was hanged here at
1910 o'clock a. m. for the murder OF
Nora Kifer. Keith confessed that he
committed the crime. He had the
prison chaplain with him from s
O'Clock in the evening to the time he
was removed from the cell. He as
cended the scaffold singing, II am go
ing home to die no more" and finished
the song before the drop fell.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Dairymen Elect Officers.

Dubuque, Ia, dispatch: The Iowa
State Dairy association closed its con-
vention here with the election of the
following officers: President, s. B.
Shilling, Mason City; vice president,
H. r. Carpenter, Elkader; secretary,
J. c. DAILY, Charles City; treasurer,
VI. W. Ashby, Hazleton. The associa-
ton endorsed E. Suddendorf of Elgin,
H., for superintendent of the dairy
exhibit at the st. Louis exposition
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

In a sermon delivered in the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in German
town, Pa. Sunday morning, the Rev.
Henry r. Gummey said: "The relig-
ious observance of Sunday is seriously
interfered with by the popular custom
of devoting Saturday night to pleas
ures. In view of this fact 1t would
almost be better to have the theateIs
opened on Sunday evenings rather than
on Saturdays" Mr.. Gummey proposes
to hold Saturday evening services In
his church.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Hill Head of Railroads

New York dispatch: In line with
the prearranged plan, James ]. Hill,
president of the Great Northern COM
pany, has been elected president OF
the Northern Securities Company, the
great railroad combine incorporated in
Trenton Last Wednesday, with a CAPT.
tai of $500, 900 O0O
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Fierce Tribal War In Morocco.

Fierce fighting has occurred in Mo-
rocco between the Benmisara and Mes
muda tribes, resulting iu the killing
OF many on both sides. The Ben
misaras RACED a number villages on
the plains and carried off eighteen
Mesmuda girls. They had been threat
ened by the sultan with punishment
for abducting Spanish boy and girl,
and took this method Of demonstrate
ing that they were prepared to fight
any force that might be sent against
them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
William Mcmillan Dead.

st. Louis. Mo-, dispatch: William
Mcmillan, president Of the American
Car and Foundry Company, died here.
aged 60 years, as the result of pneu-
monia. He was born in Hamilton.
Ont, and was a brother of United
States Senator James Mcmillan OF
Michigan.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Bridge Falls as Train Passes.

The Chicago Great Western passen-
gen train on the Redwing and Scum
brota line miraculously escaped being
wrecked near Good De, Mimi. AS the
train was passing over the bridge the
structure fell to pieces behind the
cars, while in front it swayed, but
stood until the train was safely over.
The passengers were badly frightened
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

A square-rigged vessel was sighted
ashore on Handkerchief shoal off Chat
ham, Mass. The bark Benjamin F.
Hunt, Jr., from Rosario, for Boston,
has been anchored off the Handker-
chief and possibly she may have at
tempted to get under way and was
carried onto the shoal.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Forty Monkeys Arc Burned.

Toledo's winter quarters for the zoo
were burned. The loss will be heavy,
for the monkeys and birds and all the
tender animals of the collection were
stored in the building, and it was i'm
possible to save any of them. About
forty monkeys persisted. Two horses,
also belonging to the park, were
burned 1t is not possible to estimate
the loss.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Preferred Stock Retired.

The birth of the Northern Securities
Company was not the only event of
the day which was full Of meaning as
sign of this great harmony of the
the directors of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company, at which the pre-
ferred stock of the road was retired,
to be replaced by bonds convertible
into common stock In this action
both Hartman and Hill interests
agreed, no longer having between them
the hostility which last May, after the
panic in Wall street, babe fair to make
the fight upon this point a bitter one.
James j. Hill has come out of the long
struggle in control of his northern
group of railroads. He has, through
the Burlington properties. which were,
so to speak. annexed by the greater
power to the Northwest, brought his
system down to Chicago with all its
outlets to the East He has built up
his group of roads into one which
might conceivably rival that other
great group. the Hartman roads,
which combine the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific, and, with the North
western and the Vanderbilt lines fur
Their east, make transcontinental
system.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Stage-Coach Robbery.

Guthrie, Ok, dispatch: The stage and
mail coach running between NARROW
and Bailey, Ok, was held up by high
waymen. Mail pouches were rified and
the passengers and driver robbed of all
their cash and valuables.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Illinois Banker Dies.

Monmouth, ILL.,, dispatch: William s..
Weir, head of the Weir Pottery COM
pany and president of banks at Mon
mouth, Alexis and Littleyork. died
suddenly here. aged &c years.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
JEfFRIES DEFEATS rubin
Champion Forces His Man from
the Start
AND HE WINS ALL THE WAY.
Ruhlin's Manager Throws Up the Sponge
at the End of the Fifth Round to
Save His Man Punishment-TheF Fight
by Rounds.

Last years champion of the world
continues to do business at the old
stand. Gus Rubin, after standing the
batter of big jim Jeffries' fists at San
Francisco Friday night, for what
seemed a short time for a champion =
ship candidate, went crouching to his
corner at the end of the fifth round
and Madden tossed up the sponge. 1t
had been announced as a twenty-round
fight for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world between Jim Jeffries
of Los Angeles and Gus Rubin of
Akron, o.
At $40 the stools were whipped out
OF the ring and the men stood up and
tested the mat with their feet.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
william III, Russell Dead.

Chicago dispatch: William H. Rus
sell, who was among the first to be ap-
pointed on the drainage board of trus-
tees in 1889. died at his home, 1920
Calumet avenue, after an illness of
several months duration. He organ
ized the cigar and tobacco firm of
Best & Russell.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22

Scale, Ala, dispatch: S. w. Pep
pers, returning officer for Crawford
beat, while en- route to Scale with the
ballot box containing the returns of
the recent election, was held up at
the point of a revolver and the ballot
box taken from him. The highway
man wore a mask and his identity is
unknown. He retreated to the woods
near by, where search later revealed
the ashes and pieces of the ballot box
and papers, which had been burned.
This is a capital offense In this state
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-22
Two Systems Overlap

But he does not hold his transporta-
ton empire as one hostile to the sys-
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vote is necessary to conviction. Had
every Populist and Republican re-
Trained from voting, leaving it in
the hands of Democratic Senators
alone, the judges would have been
convicted on only n charge and
on that the impeachment advocates
would have had only n vote to
spare.
A number of Senators explained
their votes. Among these was Sen
atOr London, who said "Mr. Presi-
dent, [ think that a majority of the
fair minded people of North Carroll
ma will now approve the vote which
l will give. l am sure that this will
be approved by the next and a more
impartial generation. But whether
approved or not, l vote according to
the dictates of my conscience and
the obligations of my oath as u ju-
ror. The rules of evidence prevail
ing in criminal trials apply in this
case and, therefore, l give the re-
spOndents the benefit of a reasOna
BILE doubt. 1 vote Not guilty."
It is said by some that in Use of
conviction Judge Clark would have
been made Chief Justice, while the
names of Judge H. q. ConnOr, Judge
w. R. Allen and Hon. NJ. H. Justice
would have been considered in the
appointment of Associate Justices.
The success of the prosecution would
have greatly aided Hon. Locke
Craig candidacy for the United
States Senate TO succeed Mr.. Pritch-
ard.
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lie BALLOTS N BRIEF

Article l.. Not guilty, %; guilty,
p.
Article .. Not guilty, &c; guilty,
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Business Notices.
PROFITABLE USE OF sALzER's SEED

PROFITABLE USE OF sALzER's SEEDS.
There is Il gardener over in Mime
sota-seven years ago he worked at
$500 per week. He heard of the
John A. Stlzer Seed Company, La
Crosse, Wisconsin, read their great
catalog, saw Il good thing, rented 20
acres, planted Salzer's vegetable
seeds cabbage, onions, potatoes and
small fruits. Now he is the owner
of IL big house, barns, horses, cattle
and 50 acres more land There is a
mint of money in Salzer's vegetable
seeds, such as early and late cabbage,
radishes corn, peas, onions and the
like, and 1t will pay you to get
Salzars great catalOg and read about
them. Five cents postage will bring
it to your door by mail. See adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue