Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-11-12
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All PARTS Of the Country
by Telegraph.

Gathered From All PARTS OF the Country
by Telegraph.
The Spanish war offices are prepar-
ing to send 20, 900 more troops to Cuba.
The steamer Cadiz has sailed from
Cadiz with cargo of munitions of
war.
The Union Pacific fast mail, bound
west. ditched four passenger cars near
Ogallalla, Neb., Wednesday morning
about o'clock. The only person seri-
ously hurt was Pat humphrey, of
Grand Island, internally.
The hall of the Des Moines Turner
society, on Eighth street, Des Moines,
Ia, burned Tuesday afternoon, caus-
ing loss of $4,000. +. Il. Shepherd
and Jacob Harris, two fremen. were
seriously injured by a falling wall.
The Reading Co. has issued orders
reducing the working time at its car
shops in Reading, Pa, from ten to
nine hours Tuesday. TIE order affects
the entire system. This reduction of
time is customary at this season of the
year.
The Iowa Savings bank, at Sioux
City, failed Tuesday, posting q notice
on its door that it had suspended pay
ment The bank had suffered a steady
withdrawal of deposits since the fail
ure of the Sioux national bank several
months ago.
In the supreme court in Troy, N. Y,
Tuesday afternoon, ex.County Treas
urer George NJ. Morrison pleaded
guilty to two indictments for misap-
propriating county funds and was sem
fenced to ten years and five months in
county prison.
Two masked robbers entered the
store of L. G. Harris, in the town of
Lancaster, Dallas county, Tex, Mon
day night and, covering clerk with
their pistols, forced him to open the
safe and give up S4OO. The robbers are
being pursued by a sheriff's posse.
The Paul Paper Mill company, Me-
nasha, Wis, made an assignment for
the benefit OF creditors The assets
are 100000 and liza bilities half this
amount. The concern lost heavily by
Chicago aid Minneapolis failures
which brought about the assignment.
Myron r. Kent, who, as Thomas
Pancoast, robbed an Akron, O., bank
of $50, 900 in 1872, and, in 1894, hired a
man to murder his wife at Mandan, n.
d., will hang at Fargo on Thursday
unless Gov. Allen interferes. The
governor is not likely to act in Kent's
behalf.
A terrible railway disaster occurred
at Sokolka, IN the government of
Grodno, Wednesday. The st. Peters,
burg and Warsaw express, while run
ming at high rate of speed, came into
collision with freight train, com
pletely wrecking the engine and the
entire number of cars comprising the
express and killing six persons and in
juring thirteen others, some of whom
will die.
Fire started in Bugbee's drug store,
located in the Front Street hotel build
ing, Traverse City, Mich, early We'd
nesday morning, and before it was got
ten under control that building and l3
others were destroyed. The losses ag-
gregate $4,000, with only $40, 900 in
surance Edw. Newberry, porter in
the hotel, was burned to death. There
were 80 guests and boarders in the
hotel, but all escaped.
The SEVENTEEN annual meeting of
the general missionary committee of
the Methodist Episcopal church was
called to order in the Central NJ. L.
church, Detroit, Mich, Wednesday
morning, by Bishop Edward c. An
drews. All Of the bishops Of the
church were in attendance, except
bishops Vincent, Joyce, Taylor and
Goodscll, the last three named being
ont of the United States on an evan
rclical tour.
The Greatest Majority.
DENVER, Col, Nov. 1.-THE official
returns show that the majority for
John L. Shafroth in the First congress
sionals district of Colorado is 81, 37S.
This is the greatest majority. ever
given a member of congress since the
foundation of our government.
Situation in Constantinople Dangerous
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Daily News
Vienna correspondent telegraphs that
reports from Constantinople show that
the situation there is very dangerous.
The families of most of the diplomats
L laft thn