Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-11-19
CONDENSED NEWS

| Gathereu FROM All Rafts or tue Worlu by
Telegraph.
E. w. Curry, chairman of the Iowa
democratic state committee, died at six
o'clock Wednesday morning
Mrs John Foley, n widow, and her
married daughter, Fannie, were mys-
teriously murdered on the formers
farm near Liberty, Mo.
The shuttle factory of Dudley &
Sons, Wilkinsonville, Mass, has start
ed on full Zine after working short
hours for number OF months.
Hon. Il. p. Giles, who was recently
elected to congress from the First Mis-
souri, district, died ut Shelbina Tues
day. The interment will be at Pnl-
| myria.
District Judge Meyers, at Osknloosa,
Ia, Wednesday appointed ex-senator
John Martin to DC receiver Of tho
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc rail-
road, vice Charles L. johnson, who re-
fused to qualify.
James lIanna Ford, who was the de-
featcd democratic nominee for county
clerk, committed suicide ut Peoria, ILL.,,
Tuesday morning by shooting himself
through the head. He had been de-
spondent since the election.
Thirty prisoners in the county Jail
| at Atlanta, Ca, mutinied and for a
time refused to be locked up. Bill
Lloyd, burglar, attempted to escape
and was shot, but not fatally wound-
ed. The prisoners went to their cells
after Lloyd was shot.
The canvass of the vote of North
Carolina for presidential electors has
been completed. The Bryan electors
average l74,4sS; Mckinley electors,
55,222; Palmer and Buclner electors,
SIS; national prohibition electors, 245;
straight prohibition GT6.
Enoch Wishard, the turfman who has
been campaigning in England with u
string of American horses, arrived
Tuesday morning on the steamer Mo-
bile. Mr.. Wishard expressed himself
as well pleased with the success Of his
venture on the English turf.
The general missionary committee of
the M. e. Church made the following
apportionments at Tuesdays session.
Italian missions in the United States,
S0,231; Portuguese missions in New
England, $2SS; Hebrew missions in
New York city, SS93, American In
dians, SS,937
The much talked about Seaboard Air
| line received Knockout in Baltimore
Tuesday afternoon when. the commit
| tee, which has some s, 900 shares of the
stock refused to turn it over to the
syndicate headed by Mr.. Thomas f.
Ryan, of New York. 1t was a signal
victory for the seaboard president.
Bonds to the amount of six million
will be issued by Philadelphia for the
| purpose of constructing subway
which will be used by the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Co. The secur-
tiles will bear interest at the rate OF
four per cent. and the Reading Co. will
pay half of the interest and also re.
deem half of the principal.
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed an
entire block of business buildings at
| Marion, ILL.,, causing a loss of $50,000
The sufferers are: w. l.. Simpsons; Sa-
loonist Duncan Saddler; II. N. Bottles,
saloon: Ell. H. Goodall, general mer.
chandise; S. NJ. Aboher, restaurant;
Parks hotel, G. Gent; livery stable; f.
S. Frick, boot and shoe shop.
The foreign ambassadors, as the re.
suit of pressure exerted upon the porte
have accomplished the suppression Of
the special tribunal which has been
trying the Armenians and Mussul.
mans arrested for participation in the
late riots in Constantinople. All ot
the judgments and sentences which
have already been pronounced by the
tribunal are subject to appeal.