Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-27
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
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by Telegraph.
Reports from Formosa, received by
the Chinese papers, state that the is.
land is being laid waste by the Japan
ese.
Gen. Won Hohnkape has arrived in
the Hague from Berlin. He is the
bearer of a gift from Emperor William
to Queen Wilhelmina.
1t has been definitely settled that
Peter Maher and Joe Choynski will
meet in 20-round contest before the
Broadway Athletic club, New York,
on November II.
The New York Herald's special cable
from Lima, Peru, says: Two severe
earthquakes occurred Monday morn
ing. Little damage was done, but
there was panic in the city.
The wholesale grocery store of j.
Breden at 613 to 6l9 West Thirty-thrd
street, Chicago was robbed of 81, 300
early Sunday morning. The job was
evidently the work of experts.
Pastor Notbrott, of the German
American synod, Berlin, is about to
make tour of Germany for the pur-
pose of delivering course of lectures
in aid of the American mission at
Napier.
kilograms received from Pekin an
nounce the appointment of Ii Hung
Chang as Chinese minister OF foreign
affairs. The announcement is some-
what surprising and has caused great
deal of com mment in London.
Advices from Hong Kong state that
serious revolt is in progress at Swa-
tow, China. Over 1000 troops have
been sent to the scene. The entire dis
trict around Swatow is greatly dis
turbed owing to rising among the
Haklas.
The progress of the president tial e,ec-
tion campaign in the United States is
watched with the keenest interest in
Berlin. though more from n financial
point of view than with any idea OF
contrasting the social positions occu.
pied by the candidates.
Hon. Charles Specl5, collector of iu-
ternal revenue of the st. Louis dis
trict, is dead OF lagrippe, aged SO
years. Mr.. Speck was a director of
the Anzeiger Publishing association,
and was formerly presiding judge of
the county court.
AT Galveston, Tex, early Sunday
morning fire destroyed u large ware
house and $500 bales of cotton, involv-
ing loss of S25,oO) on building and
S115,OC0 on cotton. About fifty per
cent. of the cotton was saved in
damaged condition. The entire prop.
erty was insured for SlGO,000
Sir Albert Davidssasoun Bart died
at his residence, No. Eastern Ter.
race, Brigeton, Eng. Sir Albert was
born in 1877. He was merchant and
banker of Bombay In 1873 he was
presented with the freedom of London
for having founded a hospital, high
school and mechanics institute at
Bombay.
In his sermon Sunday Rev. +. NJ.
Foster, of the Third PRESBYTERIAN
church in West Twenty-third street,
New York, said that, as the constitu.
ton of the United States did not recog.
nize God in it, all citizens loyal to
Christ were debarred from voting.
Rev. Mr.. Foster said after the sermon
that none of his congregation would
vote on election day.
Sophia Mousler, a colored woman, a
native Of the United States, was shot
by her jealous husband in Lothringer
street, Berlin, anl died on the spot.
Her husband was employed in the late
industrial exhibition. He was arrested
while standing over the body of his
victim, but shot himself before he could
be disarmed and died in great agony
as he was being conveyed to the hos.
pital.