Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-20
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Gntnereu from All IdrtB OF the Country
by Telegraph.
The steamer La Gascogne, which
arrived from Europe Sunday, brought
2,5Oo,0 francs.
Snow fell throughout st. Lawrence
county, New York, Sunday to the
depth of an inca.
A large three-masted steam barge
has sunk in the channel three miles
east of Haclset's Dock, Ont
AT Stevens Point, Wis, the Polish
st. Peters church and parsonage burn
ed down to the ground Sunday after
noon Loss $40, 200; insurance $4,000;
incendiarism is alleged.
Gems. Palmer and Buckner passed
through jackson, Miss, Sunday even
ing, but declined to address the small
crowd at the depot to see them, giving
as their reason that it was Sunday.
The judges of the international chess
tournament held in July and. August
in Nuremberg have awarded special
prize to Pillsbury for having played
the most brilliant game of the tpurna.
ment against Lasker.
The National Oil Co.'S cotton mill,
Corsicana, Tex, together with machin-
cry, large quantity of cotton seed,
crude and refined oil, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at $7o,OOO fully covered by insurance.
United States Ambassador Edwin f.
Uhl and the entire staff of the embassy,
together with the whole staff OF the
United States consulate at Berlin, have
been invited to attend the celebration
of the centennial of the Bremen con-
sulate on October 2s
A sensation has been caused at Rome
by the arrest of Commander Giaconell;,
ex-member of the chamber OF deputies
and director of the Credit Immobillier.
He was taken into custody Saturday
night on charge against him In con-
nection with the failure of the Credit
Immobillier.
c. NJ. Smith, of San Jose, CAL, clip
ped 81 2-5 seconds of the worlds five
mile road record, setting the new mark
at 1920 The record was made over
the NIilpitas course. The previous
record was 11:11 2-5, held by George
Hamlin, of the Imperial Cycling club,
of San Francisco.
1t is learned at the Vatican that the
pope is sending special instructions to
Archbishop Martinelli, the newly ap.
pointed apostolic delegate to the
United States, in regard to the atti-
tude of the Catholic clergy in America
in the present political campaign and
coming presidential election.
The new masonic home at Wichita,
Kan, recently dedicated, caught fire.
Smoke, water and the hatchets of the
firemen have damaged the place badly.
Valuable masonic relics, books and
furniture have been practically de-
stroyed. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The building cost $3.50, 600
Edward Foley, of Queenstown, "a
years of age, formerly ticket collector
on river steamers, hacked his wife and
two children to death with 4 razor. He
Immediately afterwards surrendered
himself to the police. Family troubles
was the trouble. Mrs. Foley had not
lived with her husband for some time.
At Grand Haven, Mich, the funeral
of ex-senator Thomas w. Ferry took
place Sunday afternoon with simple
but impressive services. Special trains
from all parts of the state brought
many prominent men and long time
friends to pay their last tribute of re-
spect to the distinguished statesman
who at one time, for a brief period,
was president of the United States DUR
ing the Hayes-Tilden contest in 1876.