Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-10
CONDENSED NEWS,
Gathered From All Psrts of the World By
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Gathered From All Psrts of the world BY
Telegraph.
VIM. Z. Ryan was Thursday nomi-
mated for congress by the democrats
OF the New York Thirty-second dis
trict.
The treasury gold reserve at the
close OF business Thursday stood at
Sls46ll,245. The days Withdrawals
were S277,500.
The New Jersey Eighth congression-
al district republican convention
Thursday afternoon renominated Chas
N. Fowler, OF Elizabeth.
The Freight Claims association has
completed its business at Richmond,
Va, and adjourned TO meet at Nash
vile, Tenn, May next
News has reached Dundee, Scotland,
of the loss Off the west coastof Green
land Of a whale. boat and seven men
belonging 70 Scottish whalef.
At Portland, Ore, J. L. sMoyer 81
Co., clothiers, Thursday filed an as
signment to Ben Selling. Assets aggre-
gate Silss,75, and liabilities S64,94a.
President Cleveland positively de.
nies the report that he had purchased
60 acres of land near, Hampstead, l..
l., which he intended to occupy as
a summer residence.
Christian Hannes Lewens, who was
known as the oldest German actor in
America, died at his home in St Louis,
aged 10 years lie came to New York
in 1850 and remained there IA years.
Since then he has made his home In
ST. Louis.
The Norwegian bark Ariadne, Capt.
Pulsen, in ballast for Bay Verte, ran
ashore below Green Cove, five miles
east of Ingonish, N. S., during an east
erly gale and went to pieces immedi-
ately. The captain and nine of the
crew were drowned.
Freight train No. "A was ditched
at Moark, Mo-. Thursday morning.
Seventeen cars were wrecked. Two
tramps, Charles Gibson, of Bunker
Hill, ILL.,, and an unknown Negro were
killed. 1t is believed that there are
other victims. Gibson leaves q wife
and one child.
Gems. Palmer and Buckuer Thurs.
day night made their first appearance
before Chicago audience since their
nomination for the presidency and
vice presidency by the Indianapolis
convention. The Auditorium, where
the meeting was held, contained fair
| ly large audience.
Hon. Milton c. Elstner, who was
nominated for congress in the Fourth
Louisiana district by the sugar repub-
licans, announces his withdrawal as
the candidate of that faction of the re-
publican party and will make the race
as the sound money and protection re-
publican candidate.
John Ward McAlister, while in a
drunken frenzy Thursday evening, ran
into his home at No. Al Rutgers street,
Newark, N. j., picked up his eight
months-old child and dashed out its
brains on the floor. The murderer
then seized his six.year-old son and
fed. The police are in pursuit OF
him.
1t is announced that shortage of
between $4,000 and $4,000 has been
found in the accounts of DR.. A. c. Pat
terson, the assistant physician in
charge of the criminal and homicidal
wards of the government hospital for
! the insane, on the outskirts of Wash.
ington, known as St Elizabeth's asy-
lum.
| Temple Houston shot and fatally
wounded j. B. Jenkins at Woodward,
o. T. The difficulty arose over the ac'
ton of jenkins in splitting in the face
of Temple Houston's son, a few days
ago. Houston, who has been placed
under arrest, is nephew of Gen. Sam
Houston, and was a prominent figure
in the Bryan convention at Chicago,
and has figured extensively in Okla
homa politics.