Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-17
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts OF the Country
by Telegraph.

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Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
The republicans of the Second dis
trict of Michigan Wednesday after
noon nominated Hon. George Spalding
for congress.
A quarterly dividend of 11l per cent
has been declared on the preferred
stock of the Toledo & Ohio Central
Railway Co., payable June 25.
At Huron, S. D., the populist state
convention Wednesday nominated a
state ticket and passed resolutions
favoring free silver and endorsing
Bryan.
The navy department Thursday made
payments aggregating over quarter
of million dollars on seven war-ships
now under construction by various
constructors.
The Michigan free silver convention
will be held at Lansing Thursday,
and all indications point to the endorse
ment of the democratic nominees for
president and vice president.
Gold withdrawals on Wednesday
amounted to 81, 194, 900, leaving the re-
serve at the close of business at S07,-
355,27s. OF the Withdrawals Wednes-
day 5000, 900 were in coin for export
Property to the amount of 81, 900, 900
was damaged in Pittsburgh and
Allegheny Wednesday evening by a
cloud burst. One inch of rain fell the
first 20 minutes, and in 50 minutes In
inches of rain fell
V'ba JnI;ne of 4l,,aa ,,,o,, 30 +l,a o,ax,,
of the ill-starred Blairmore have been
found in the hold Of the wrecked ship
at San Francisco. The vessel was
pdmpea out Wednesday and put high
and dry ol the beach.
At Huron, S. d., the state Free Silver
organization was perfected Wednesday
morning under the direction of Senator
Pettigrew, and delegates were chosen
to the bimetallic national convention
to be held at st. Louis.
State Senator Z. l.. Lowaen was
nominated for congress by the popu-
lists of the Seventh Minnesota district
Wednesday afternoon. The sentiment
of the convention was in favor of en-
dorsing Bryan for president and adopt
ing the platform on which he stands.
The populists of the District of Co.
lumbia held meeting and elected four
delegates to the st. Louis convention
and instructed for Bryan and Sewal.
The delegates elected are j. II. Turner
and Rev. Alex Kent (white), Rev. Mr..
Doyle (colored), and Carl Browne, of
commonweal notoriety.
Leonidas F. Livingston has been re-
nominated by the Fifth Georgia con-
gressional district democratic conven-
ton for the Fifty fifth congress, and J.
M. Griggs, who favors the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to /, has
been named by the democrats of the
Second congressional district.
Wednesday afternoon the Olympic
club, of San Francisco, sent dispatch
to Peter Maher at Chicago, in care of
Geo. Siler, who refereed the Fitzsim-
mons Maher fight, offering to pay Ma
hers expenses to San Francisco if he
would meet Choynski under the au-
spices of the club for purse of $4,000.
A Hot Wave at ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. July 16.-For the 4S hours
ending at nine o'clock Wednesday
night there has prevailed a higher
average of temperature than for my
previous corresponding period. At
noon Wednesday ST. Louis was the hot
test place in the Mississippi valley, au-
thentic thermometers registering 100
degrees heat The torrid weather of
Tuesday was followed by a sultry,
sitting night and at sunrise Wednes-
day the reading was at 81 degrees. Out
door labor was generally suspended
and there were not so many sunstrokes
as Tuesday, only four being treated at
the city dispensary.
The Weather
WASHINGTON. July l6-For Ohio--Fair
and moderately cool Friday: probably fair