Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-01
CONDENSED NEWS


,athered From All Parts OF the Country
by Telegraph.
Controller Eckels Tuesday appointed
John Decon receiver of the First ma
ionel bank of Larned, Kas., which
failed several weeks ago
At Newmarket Wednesday the Hopo-
sul stakes was won by Lord Dunham's
Hellebore; p. Lorillard's Berzak ser-
ond and Count de Berteux's Friolers
third.
Nearly the entire business portion of
Dushville, small town near Shepherd,
Mich. was destroyed by fire Monday
night. Tho loss will reach into the
thousands.
At the Eighth congressional district
republican convention in Boston Tues
lay afternoon, Congressman Samuel
w. Mccall, of Winchester, was unan-
imously renomlnated.
The strike of the Canad an Pacific
dispatchers has not extended to the
500 or South Shore roads in the vicin-
ity of Marquette, Mich, and according
to local dispatchers it is not likely to.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Co.
hired seven men in Boston Tuesday to
take the places of the men who have
gone on strike. The new hands left
Tuesday evening and went to work
Wednesday.
France has concluded treaties with
Aus tria and Italy in regard to Tunis,
and now En- glands refusal to renounce
her most favored nation rights alone
prevents Tunis from becoming abso-
lutely French territory
A riot occurred Tuesday near Lii
gioner, Pa, over disputed tract of
land in which Superintendent Senfft,
of the Ligonier Valley railroad was
shot in both legs. A number of others
were badly hurt, being beaten with
clubs.
At Evansville, Wis, 13 business
houses were burned, the total loss be-
ing estimated at $4,000, with very
little insurance The fire broke out at
o'clock in Shorr's livery barn and
spread rapidly. The entire southeast
of Main street was destroyed.
The large barge, Sumatra, foundered
off the government pier, Milwaukee,
Wis, Wednesday morning, and four of
the crew were drowned. The dead are
all from West Bay City, Mich. They
are: Arthur Burnstead, Charles Hem
mer, Patrick Petersen, Peter Anderson.
dispatch from Bombay says the
drought continues in northern and
central India, where there has been
no rain for many weeks. The crops in
those sections have utterly failed, and
grain riots have occurred In many
places as the result of the scarcity of
cereals
In a fit of jealous fury William Lee,
alias Brozeau, shot and instantly killed
Jennie Jones, a young woman with
whom he had been living at 1921 North
Eleventh street, St Louis at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Two bullets
pierced the woman's brain. Lee was
arrested shortly after the murder.
The Rio Grande Western line, which
experienced such severe troubles by
the floods in western Colorado and
eastern Utah, has resumed it's trans
continental freight and passenger
service. Its eastbound passenger train
left Salt Lake on time Tuesday even
ing and no further delay is antici-
pated.
1t is reported at Victoria, B. c., that
the British cruiser Wild Swan struck
submerged rock in Calao harbor while
under full speed. Those who knew
the place say that her chances for
escape from total destruction are few.
The Wild Swan is the smallest ves-
sci of the Pacific coast squadron
and rather inferior type of vessel.