The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-16
WESTERN.


land, Ohio, burned.
( The plant of the Southwestern Cotton
Oil Company in Oklahoma City, Okla
burned, the loss being $4,000.
I In Akron, Ohio, o. n. Howe shot his
wife and then shot himself fatally. The
wife may die. Howe had suffered bust.
ness reverses
By vote of 43 to 81 the Nebraska
House defeated the Cunningham bill
making the playing of football in the
State felony.
]. W. Butler and G. II. Henton were
severely burned in $4,000 fire in the
building of the Columbus Merchandise
Company at Columbus. Ohio.
The high school building in Milford
Center, Ohio, burned just after the pupils
were dismissed, the loss being about S2O,-
600. Insured in the Sun of New York.
There are nine cases of smallpox
among theological students of William
Jewell college at Liberty, Mo. The col
lege and public schools have been closed
The trial of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick
in the United States District Court in
Cleveland has been set for March 6. She
will be tried before Judge R. w. Tayler.
In rear-end collision of Iowa Central
freight trains between New Sharon and
Moore, Iowa, Conductor Bargdell and
Brakeman Penn, both of Oskaloosa, were
killed.
A settlement of the strike of lumber,
box and shaving transfers, which has
tied up the business of sixty lumber firms
in Chicago since Jan. 80, has been eff
fected.
III. Holbert & Sons, one of the Oldest
stock and grain houses in st. Pc l, Mimi,
announced that they were in temporary
difficulty, the result of runs started by
anonymous rumors.
The Standard Oil Company has cur
tailed its output in the Kansas field, lay
ing off 800 men indefinitely. The action
is the result of antagonistic measures
passed by the Legislature.
A decision was handed down to the
effect that the heirs of the late Gov.
Asa S. Bushnell of Ohio will not be
compelled to pay The per cent inher-
itance tax. The estate is valued at ST.
100000.
The will of the late Rev. Charles
to the theological department of Witten-
berg college, was sustained in a suit
brought by the disinherited heirs in
Springfield, Ohio.
Judge Kersten of Chicago quashed the
manslaughter indictment against Will ].
Davis, owner of the Inflated Iroquois
theater. The decision was made on the
ground that the Indictment contained
vitality defective flaws.
Inga Hanson of Chicago has been
found guilty of perjury and dramatic
scehe followed in court. Her attorneys
charge that at least one juror was preju-
diced. An empty whisky Bottle was
found in the jury room.
Nine. Schumann-Heinck, the famous
contralto who is appearing at Cincin-
natl theater in Loves Lottery" ap-
peared in the Probate Court and went
through the necessary formalities for be-
coming an American citizen.
The dead body of Lars Olson was
found at his home in Baltic, s. d., lying
in bed by the side of his wife, who had
been MORALLY wounded. 1t is supposed
that the tragedy was the result of quar-
rel. Mrs. Olson cannot recover.
Johann Hoch, smiling and looking
upon life as huge joke, was brought
back to Chicago and identified by three
of the wives WHO were victimized by him.
A big crowd, made up mostly of women,
waited for him at the railway station.
Yielding to an intense love FOR finery
Agnes Grotheer, cashier of NJ. j. Keller
& Co. of Oakland, CAL, systematically
robbed that firm for four years, taking
500 Her parents have turned over
their home to make good the shortage.
Bankruptcy proceedings were begun in
Enid, Okla, against the Central Mercan-
tile Company, composed Of ]. h Ware
and p. ]. v. McKian. on behalf of cred
itors. the liabilities being $50, 900 and the,
assets $4,000 Ware and McKian have
disappeared.
In letter addressed to Rosenberger &
Currier, wholesale confectioners of Man
kato, Mimi, Frederick Olson, restau-
FAINT keeper, declares he is unable to meet
his accounts and offers to commit suicide
to give creditors the benefit of his 5000
life insurance.
Conductor II. N. Marsh was killed
and twenty-four persons injured. eight