Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-05
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Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
The president Friday signed the sun
1ry civil bill.
Premier Whiteway and Solicitor Gem
sral Morris sailed from St Johns, n,
f., for London Thursday to represent
New Foundland at the queens jubilee
cele bration.
| Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, has
approved the order of the board of
supervisors prohibiting the wearing of
high hats in theaters, and the order,
which is now law, will be rigidly en-
forced.
At Friday mornings session of the
American Medical association, Denver
was selected as the next place of meet
ing and Dr.. George NJ. Stern berry, of
Washington, was chosen president of
the association.
A dispatch to the London Daily News
from Christiania says that Capt Sver-
1rup will go with the Fran to Smiths
sound next year, spend the winter
there and then attempt sledge jour-
ney northward.
Dublin, at their coming meeting. will
elect Mr.. John Redmond, the Parnell-
ite leader and mem Der OF parliament
for Waterford City, to the Office of
.ord mayor of Dublin.
Senator Pettigrew Thursday gave
notice OF an amendme he will offer
to the paragraph in the tariff bill re-
Lating to iron ore. The amendment
takes sulphuret of iron from the free
list and imposes duty of 81. % per
ton.
The executive committee of the
American Coursing club has added the
American coursing derby for first sea-
son greyhounds to the programme of
the American Waterloo Cup meeting,
to be run at Davenport, Ia, in October.
1t is a thousand dollar stake at S25 en-.
trance.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Cairo says that a smart skirn, 5 h
has taken place between the any 10
Egyptian column and the Dervishes at
Merawi, near the fourth cataract. the
most advanced post occupied by the
Dongola expedition on the Nile. Capt.
Peyton was severely wounded.
Forty ringleaders of the San Quentin
strike have been sentenced to solitary
confinement on bread and water for
one month. The allowance of tobacco
and possibly sugar and syrup TO the
others will be cut off at least a year,
saving $50, 900 to the state. The money
will be used to pay for tea extra
guards
a banquet is to be given at the
! Windsor hotel, Montreal, on June 21,
in the evening, in honor of the queens
diamond ju ubilee, and invitations have
been issued through the mayor to eX-
Presidents Grover Cleveland and Ben
jamin Harrison to attend. 1t is eX-
pected that the former, at least, will
be able to accept the invitation.
Leading officials of the Wabash rail-
road held a meeting in Buffalo, n. Y,
to arrange for the entrance of
new service will be started
June Is. Four trains will be
put on between Buffalo and Kansas
City daily, two each way. The run
between the two cities will be made in
SO and later on in so hours
State Treasurer c. 3. Collins, who
recently was impeached by the Florida
house of representatives for the mis-
OF state funds and who
was to have been called on to appear
before the senate, sitting as
an impeachment court, 20 answer to
the charges, resigned his Office Thurs
day morning. The resignation was
accepted by Gov Bloxham and James
L Whitfield, of Tallahassee, was ap-
pointed his successor.