Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-21
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From An Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.

Gathered from An Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
At Magog, Que, Annie Cain and James
Mills were drowned while skating on
the river.
Harmer st. C. Denny, of Buffalo,
was Friday appointed receiver of the
First national BANK of Niagara Falls,
n. Y.
A boiler explosion occurred at the
Kent wooden mill, Centerville, r. l., at
s o'clock Saturday morning. Three
persons were killed and several in
jured.
The Alpena, Mich, saw mills cut S4,-
533, ,O5S feet of lumber this season. This
is the smallest cut since 1876, when
they cut 81, 100000. The cut for 1896 is
over 100, 600, 900 short. F
The Maine sardinc season closes with
pack fully two-thirds less than last
year. About S75, 900 cases of various
kinds of fish were packed in 1895. This
years pack falls short of this by near
ly 800, 900 cases.
Secretary Olney in an authorized in
terview with the United Associated
Presses, deprecates the adoption of
the Cameron resolution, and warns
congress that recognition of Cuba is
purely an executive matter which the
resolution can not compel.
L. He'll & Co., furniture manufac-
turers, of Baltimore, filed a deed of
trust Friday for the benefit of credi-
tors. Mr.. He'll, one of the oldest fur
niture manufacturers in the city, said
inability to compete with western
made goods caused the assignment.
The department of geology of Lafay-
cite college, Easton, Pa, made vacant
by the retirement of the venerable DR..
Il. c. Porter, was Friday filled by the
appointment of Frederick Burrett
Peck, Phi. D., of Amherst college. His
title will be associate professor of ge-
ology and palatenology.
The London stock exchange Satur-
day was influenced very slightly by
the slump in New York Friday, opera
tors appearing to think that the action
of the United States scnate's foreign
relations committee was a manoeuver
to make the position awkward for
President Cleveland.
The steamship Finance, of the CO.
lum mbian line, has arrived at Colon
from New York and reports that on
December 70 Mr.. Monecurre Robinson,
of Philadelphia, a passenger on the
vessel, died suddenly in his berth.
The remains were brought here, where
they will be embalmed before re-ship-
ping to New York.
At Boston, the Armenian relief COM
mittee organized on December so, 1895,
by Mayor Quincy, has been disbanded,
the Red Cross society which it was de-
signed to assist, having retired from
the field. It's collections aggregated
$50, 422, which amount has been, at diff
iercnt times, sent for distribution
among the sufferers
The Paris Figaro, commenting upon
the action of the foreign relations COM
mittee of the United States senate FRI
day, says: In view of the fact that
Spain is firmly resolved upon war with
the United States in the event of re-
ceiving Il positive insult, President
Cleveland will refuse to sanction the
resolutions making war inevitab ble."
Three Perish in il Fire.
AsHTABULA, o., Dec. IA terrible
holocaust occurred at Sheffield, seven
miles southeast of here at an early
hour Saturday morning. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Finn were awakened by neigh
bors and informed that their house
was in flames. Both got out of the
burning building, but went back to
rescue grandchild. The floors fell in
and all three were precipitated into
the cellar and burned to death.