Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-19
COlDENSE j NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
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ny Telegraph.
The treasury gold reserve at the
close of business Thursday stood at
sl14, 400, 176. The days Withdrawals at
New York were S62, 100
The private banking house of Gard.
ner, Morrow & Co., of Hollidaysburg,
Pa, the oldest in central Pennsylvania,
closed its doors Friday morning.
The arrival of the czar and czarina
at Leith, whittier they will proceed to
Balmoral to visit the queen has been
postponed from Monday. September 81
to Tuesday, September %.
Fire destroyed more than one-half OF
the property in the lumber yard of S.
S. Hill & Co., Dallas, Tex, at 10 o'clock
Friday morning. Origin of the fire un.
known. Loss is estimated at $50, 900.
While acting as marksman during
rifle practice at the District Volunteers
camp, Niagara, Thursday morning,
Private Hatton, of Owen Sound, was
struck on the head by a stray bullet
/ and instantly killed.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
passed out at quarantine, New York,
at $40 p. m. Thursday, bound for the
Bosphorus- She is expected to over
| take and consort the Bancroft, which
left few days ago bound for the same
destination.
Capt. L. V. eager, of the, steamship
Louisiana, which arrived at New Or
leans Friday, reports that John j..
Stribenger, of Cleveland, O., a passen-
ger, died and was buried at sea on the
18th, while the steamer was en- route to
New Orleans.
The new armored battleship Illus
trious was successfully launched
from the Chatham dockyards, London,
Thursday. The Illustrious is of $4,000
tons. Her engines will have an indi-
Gated horsepower of $4,000, and she
will carry IS guns.
Ex-Mayor John Fitzpatrick, who was
nominated for congress by the demo-
Gratis of the First Louisiana congress
sional district on Saturday last, posi-
lively refuses to accept the nomina-
ton. The executive committee will
select another candidate.
In response to communication from
the governor of Wyoming that Sho-
shone Indians were hunt g at Jack
sons Hole and trouble might result, the
Indian bureau has directed the Indian
police to return these Indians to their
reservation, using force, if necessary.
The rumor which gained circulation
in the United States, by way of Key
West, that the Spanish cruiser In fanta
Isabella has been disabled at the en-
trance to Havana is unfounded The
lnfanta Isabella has been laid up for
repairs at the arsenal there since last
month.
Early Thursday morning west
bound freight train on the Vandalia
line ran into wash-out between
Stubbletield and Pocahontas, 40 miles
east of st. Louis, and the locomotive
was turned over on its side. The engi-
neer and fireman are reported seriously
injured.
The semi-ofiicial newspaper Italia
asserts that the communications which
have passed between the powers upon
the situation in Turkey show that
their relations are strained to the
point of rupture, and that cabinet
council has been summoned to discuss
the position.
Murdered His Divorced Wife.
ROCKFORD, H., Sepi. lS.-Edward
shannon, an old resident of Belvidere.
near this city, killed his divorced wife
Friday morning. The woman had lust
secured divorce on the ground of
abuse, the case having been bitterly
fought. She was on the train to go
back to her home in Chicago, when
shannon entered the car, placed re-
volver to the back of her head and
blew her brains out. Shannon was
hurried to Jail, but talk of lynching is
strong. The grand jury has just been
discharged, but. the judge issued new,
venire and Shannon will be tried i'm
mediately.
Foreigners to he Expelled From Turkey.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. ls.-The Brit
ish Mediterranean squadron is ex-
pected to arrive at the island of Lem
nos Gsland of StalimnD Saturday. Ac-
tive preparations for sea duty are pro-
ceeding among the vessels composing
the Russian Black sea squadron. An
official communique prohibits meetings
of foreigners and says that all foreign
ers who do not enjoy the confidence of
the government will be expelled.
Vice President Stevenson Accepts.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1s.-Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson has informed Secretary
Gardner, of the Association of Bryan
clubs, that he will accept the associa-
tion's invitation to preside at the club
convention at 81. Louis on October 80
Want Uncle SANS Protection.
MARsEILLEs, Sept. 1s.-A party of so
prosperous Armenian refugees arrived
here Thursday on their way to the
United States.