Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-13
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The porte has given assurance to
the powers that Turkey will not send
re-epforcements to Crete.
Statements that Yale and Harvard
have signed any definite agreement in
athletics for this year are, as at Har-
ward. denied at Yale.
! The New York senate Thursday
/ passed the Ellsworth bill to make
April %, 1897, Gen Grants birthday, a
half holiday in New York state.
The president Friday sent to the
senate the nomination of Carroll ID.
Wright of Massachusetts, to be COM
missioner of labor (reappointment).
The Vienna cabinet mas addressed a
most serious warning to Greece. The
Powers informed Turkey that they
could not force Greece to withdraw
her fleet.
The Greek charge d'a ffaires at Lon
don has informed Lord Salisbury that
his government has decided to prevent
the Turks from landing reinforce
ments on the island of Crete,
The Lolial Anzeiger of Berlin, has Il
dispatch from Moscow, stating that
Steinitz, the well-known chess player
has been taken suddenly i'll with u
nervous disease and that he has been
removed to DIR. Morosoff's institute
At Boston the second motion for
new trial for Thos NJ. Bran, convict
ed murderer of Capt. Nash, of tho
barlientine Herbert Fuller, was denied
in the United States circuit court
Friday. The decision says that the al
legged new evidence was only cumula-
tive.
Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo
has issued Il statement in which he
says it will not be incompatible to
apply the reforms in Cuba while Gen.
Weyler is in command there, but he
adds that the moment TO effect the re.
forms has not arrived.
An incendiary fire at Plano, Tex,
Thursday morning, burned nearly
thirty buildings, including the busi-
ness part of the city. The loss is up
ward of $780, with practically no
insurance. The post Office was de.
stroyed but the mails were saved.
The committee on appropriations
Thursday completed the sundry civil
appropriation bill and directed Mr..
Cannon to report it to the house The
bill carries $40 Col 742, over 5000 900
below estimates, and $17.5OO,Ooo in
excess Of appropriation for the current
year.
Seven of the II New York banks in
the agreement not to lend money on
call at less than two per cent have
abandoned their agreement and are
lending at one and one-half per cent.
The big banks in the Wall street dis.
trict will probably adhere to the two
per cent rate.
You may say" said General Manager
Charles i. Price, of the Cambria Iron
Co., ,Iohnstown, Pa, to Il United Asso.
ciated Presses reporter Thursday,
that the Cambria Iron Co. will take
all the steel orders it can possibly fill
at Sl7 ton. If the price goes lower
we will meet the figures The Cam
bria Iron Co. win not quit the field. 1t
is in the fight and will stay in it to the
end
The Wisconsin Odd Fellows Life In
surance Co., which was organized in
1869, made an assignment Thursday
for the benefit of it's creditors, and
John L. Fulton, of Whitewater, Wis,
was appointed receiver at the general
offices in Milwaukee. During the past
year over 5000 members have dropped
out, it is said, which crippled the com
pany so that it could not pay its
losses.