Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-04
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
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Gathered From All Parts of the Curntry
by Telegraph.
Nelson Dingley, father OF Congress
man Nelson Dingley, jr., died at his
home in Lewiston, Me-, Tuesday. He
was IS years of age Death was due
to stroke OF paralysis.
The New York Herald announces,
On the authority of the lady herself,
that Miss Dorothy Morton, the comic
opera singer, is about to be married to
r. p. McAlpine broker of New York.
H. V. Landon has resigned S chief
engineer of the Chicago, Peoria Il st.
Louis railroad to accept similar posi-
ton with the New York Sc Ottawa
railroad, with headquarters at Corn
wall, Canada.
News is received ly cable of the
birth in England of a son and heir to
the earl and countess of Craven. he
countess was formerly Miss Cornelia
Martin, only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley Martin.
The glucose plant of the American
Preserves Co., at Davenport, la, has
been sold to the Glucose trust for $780,
900 The acquisition of this plant, it
is said, will give the trust control of a
ma jority of the eight plants through
out the country.
Mrs. Sue Phillips Brown, of Owens.
boro, Ky, was married Monday fore
noon to John Tweedy, of Danou"y, Ct,
at Calvary Baptist church in New
York. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Dr. Frank Rogers, assistant
pastor of the church.
Gold coin amounting to $3.50, 900 was
engaged at the New York sub-treasury
Monday to be exported to Europe
| Tuesday for the account of kidde r,
Pea body &c Co. This will make the
grand total of gold exported since the
present movement began $2S, i10 513
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
road Co has compromised with its
Blue Creek miners and signed up a
new wage scale at rs cents ton.
These mines which are the only ones
in the state now idle, will resume at
once, giving employment TO 1000 men.
Mr. Terence Powderly, of Pennsyl-
vania. who succeeds Mr.. Stump, of
! MARYLAND, as com missioner general of
immigrat tion, has notified the secretary
of the treasury that he will be at the
department Tuesd ay morning prepared
to qualify and assume the duties of the
office.
Col. Fred Grant, who recently re.
signed from the New York police
board was asked Monday whether he
was candidate for the American min
istry to China. Col. Grant said: II dc
not think the president has considered
my name for the Office. OF course
could not say anything when the place
has not been offered me-"
Advices received at the state depart
ment from China are to the effect tha
the higher class of Chinese are taking
very kindly to American plans of life
| insurance.; even in lien Tsin the Amer
lean agents are already doing a profit
able business Chang Yeng Now
managing director of the Chinese Min
ing Co., was among the first to insure
The state department has finally
closed another international ipciden
by paying over to Count Vinci, the
Italian charge here, the sum of 5000
as the indemnity for the doing to deatl
by mob of three Italian subjects
The men were Lorenzo Salardino, Sal
vatore Areno and Giuseppe Venturella
and they were taken out of Jail a
Hahnville, La, about year ago ant
lyuched
Henry Hamlin Evans, who surren
dered himself to the White Chapel pc
lice, London, on July %, claiming h
had shot and killed a man named Ar
thur Terry, at "A Canal street. New Or
leans, on February 2e, 1898, was dis
charged from custody Monday on tn
represe ntations of the United State
embassy that no such murder as tn
one alleged to have been committed b,
Evans had occurred at New Orleans.
The Story Not True.
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 3.-The stor.
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