Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-04
CONDENSED NEWS
| Gathered From All Parts of the Country by
Telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country by
Telegraph.
tits announced that Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria will formally proclaim the
conversion of his eldest son, Prince
Boris, to the Greek church on Febru-
ary 9.
Two boys, Denrison and Freddie,
aged five and eight years, children of
Charles d. Spencer, of Davisville, r. l.,
were drowned Sunday while at play on
the ice back of their fathers house.
1t is announced that the firm of Nor
ton, Bliss SC Co., of New York, will
not be affected by the death of George
Bliss. as under the articles of CO.
partnership the firm will continue as
heretofore until 1S99
Reports from over fifty points in diff
ferent parts of the state show the
heaviest rains known in Texas at this
season of the year for years. Streams
are out of their banks and still rising.
Much DANCE will result
The First Unitarian church building
at Meeting House Hill, Boston, was
burned Monday morning. The fire
was cansed by an overheated furnace.
The loss is between SEQ, 600 and $40, 900.
Two fremen were badly injured by
falling walls.
Geo. Bliss, the senior member of tho
banking firm OF Morton. Bliss Sc Co.,
died at one o'clock Sunday morning.
The cause OF death was paralysis of
the heart. Mr.. Bliss was in his sOth
year lie had not been i'll and death
came to him suddenly.
Ex-Police Commissioner Stephen =.
french committed suicide Monday
morning at his home, Fourteenth
street and the Boulevard, New York,
by shooting himself through the heart
with revolver. He died instantly.
Mr.. French was 90 years of age.
Col w. Thompson, president of the
National Lead Co., died in New York
at $50 a. m. Monday. Col. Thompson
was prominent in financial circles. He
was also owner of the Brookdale farm
stable of thorough breds, which he pur-
chased from the heirs af the late D. D..
Withers.
At Chicago John Malmberg, young
Swede, placed a revolver to his head
and blew out mis- brains in the saloon
of Nels Neuman, No. 100 Chicago ave-
nue., while the piano player was rem.
deriug the national Swedish hymn.
The resort was crowded with people
at the time.
Calvin French, aged five, and Harry
Evans, seven years. who had.been miss
ing from Grand Rapids, Mich, since
Saturday, were found drowned in Grand
river Sunday afternoon. They had
slipped through the ice at the quarry
where ice cutting had been carried on.
The bodies were claBped together when
found.
Col. VIM. c. Knight, father-in-law of
Gov. O'Ferrall, died in Richmond. Va,
Sunday afternoon at an advanced age.
Col. Knight mad been closely indent-
fed with the agricultural interests of
the state and was a we'll known writer
on agricultural topics and was at one
time editor of the Southern Planter
and Farmer.
Mayor Swift, of Chicago, has issued
formal invitations to the governors of
eleven southern states and to the may
ors of So southern cities asking them
to send delegates to a meeting to be
held in Chicago February 10, for the
purpose of organizing the eXposi-
tion company and completing all the
necessary preliminary arrangements
The Weather.
WhsHINGToN. Fob 3.--Ohio-Heavy rain or
snow Monday night; Tuesday fair: colder;
ePs "'''v winds shifting to northwesterly.
'-v-Clearing Monday night; Tuesday
: southwesterly shifting to north
8 inds
Clearing Monday night: Tuesday
fir I!l cooler: winds shifting to northerly