Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-18
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
strong shock Of earthquake was
felt at Bale St Paul, Que, Thursday
morning. The seismic disturbance was
Of about a minute duration.
The Kurtz & Buhrer Foundry Co..
3S2-34O Austin avenue, Chicago, made
an assignment Wednesday. Assets are
placed at $50, 900; liabilities $50, 900.
Alphonso Walsh, of Sullivan county,
Pa, was Wednesday nominated for
congress by the democratic conferees
of the Seventeenth congressional dis
trict.
The Sixteenth district rep irlican
congressional convention, o. Ion ers,
n. y, Wednesday unan.inouslf nom-
mated Benjamin l. Fairchild for con-
gress.
lists of the Ninth Michigan congress
sional district met in joint convention
and nominated A. +. Tibbitts, of FIRE.
mont
Frank A. Morrell, the proprietor of
the Harlem hotel, White Plains, n. Y,
was found dead in his room in the Co.
lonial hotel, having committed suicide
by inhaling gas.
A telegram was received at the war
department Thursday announcing the
death of Capt. George S. Hoyt, quarter
master at Helena, Mont, Thursday
morning, from apoplexy.
The secretary of the interior has APP
proved list of land selected by the
Central Pacific Railroad Co., contain
ing 3S,S95 acres in the Susanville, Ma
ryville and Sacramento land district in
California.
The New Fork democratic conyen-
tion, in session at Buffalo, Thursday
nominated John Boyd Thacher for gov
ernor on the first ballot. Judge Will
Der G. Porter received the nomination
for lieutenant governor.
The Shenandoah valley branch of
the Norfolk and Western railroad was
sold Wednesday. The only bid was by
Mr.. Coppell for the reorganization
committee and was for 1880, 900, the
minimum allowed by the decree of the
court.
The boiler of Pettit Bros hoop and
stave mill, near Com Der, Ont exploded
Wednesday morning, badly wrec!iing
the mill and killing Fireman Alfred
Jacobs Negligence on the part of
Jacobs was apparently the cause of the
explosion.
Consul Stang writes the department.
of state from Saigon, Cochin China,
that the Chinese rice crop did not suf-
fer from inundations as was thought
probable a few weeks ago. The Hong
Kong market has declined while the
Saigon market remains firm.
At San Francisco the box factory of
Hobbe, Wall & Co., two barns, a num-
Der OF outhouses and quantity of
lumber and coal were destroyed by fire
Wednesday. Night Watchman Ross.
s5 years old, is missing. 1t is believed
he has been burned to death in the
contiagration. The loss is SlOO, 900, in.
surance two-thirds.
Gen. Carlos Boloss was arrested
Thursday by Deputy United States
Marshal Walter Stafford as he was
leaving No. % Cortlandt street, New
York. He is accused of having aided
and abetted an expedition to Cuba. He
Alexander and held in $4,000 bail for
examination next Tuesday afternoon.
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WASHINGTON. Sept lZ-For Ohio-Show-
ers; light to fresh southwester.y winds be-
coming northwesterly
For West Virgluia-Light showers probab-
ly clearing Friday afternoon; variable winds.
For Kentucky--Fair preceded by showers
in eastern portions; variable winds.
For Indiana-Generally fair Friday cooler
In south portions Thursday nignt; variaDie
winds