Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-29
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The steamers Three Friends and
Dauntless which havo been in custody
of the U. S. marshal for several weeks
at Jacksonville, Fla, were released on
bond Wednesday, by order of the
United States court.
The Ohio Coal Traffic association
failed to agree Wednesday as to tho
percentage division of the carrying
trade. A committee was appointed to
meet in New York next Monday to
take action in the matter
Lieut.. Charles II. Lyman, on duty at
the Naval observatory, Washington,
died of pneumonia Thursday morning.
He was appointed from Ohio and was
navigator of the Kearsarge when she
was lost on Roncador reef.
Congressman Lorimer is seriously i'll
at his home in Chicago. He is suffer-
ing from nervous prostration. and his
condition is such that his physician,
DR.. Joseph S. Pigall, has forbidden him
to see even his intimate friends.
A dispatch from Madrid to the Gem
tai News says that Premier Canovas
has made formal denial that any nego-
tiations for new commercial treaty
between Spain and the United States
are in progress as has been alleged.
The half-mile skating race between
David Morrison, of Superior Wis, and
John S. Johnson, of Minneapolis, was
settled at the Union rink, Duluth,
Mimi, Wednesday night. Morrison
beat johnson by fully % feet, his time
being 1:2215.
Muraviff, the newly appointed head
of the Russian foreign office, arrived
in Paris Thursday morning A large
crowd of persons assembled at the sta
tion to await his coming and greeted
him with cheers and cries of "Vive
Russie" as he made his appearance
A dispatch to the New York Sun
from Havana says: The nomination Of
the butcher, Fondeviela as chief of
police of Havana, which was reported
as probable some days ago, is an ac-
complished fact. 1t is said that Wey
Ter signed the appointment in the field
in Matanzas province.
At Jacksonville, Fla, at o'clock
Wednesday night the mercury had
fallen to 20 degrees, with a west wind
and barometer of 30-12. This indi-
Gates north Florida will experience a
freeze. AS the trucking interests of
the northern portion of the state are
meager, no great damage is expected.
Wednesday afternoon lawyer ap-
peared in the general sessions court,
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| from Herbert b. Seelcy, Theodore
Rich and James Phipps indicted Tues
day in connection with the Seeley din
ner, entered a plea of not guilty, with
leave to withdraw it and substitute
any other motion he saw fit.
| Liliuokalani eX-queen of the Ha-
waiian islands, will be in Washington
until the middle of next week, il not
longer. Wednesday she gave this in
| formation to Commissioner Para
mount" Blount's son, who called to pay
her social visit. Private Secretary
Palmer Wednesday gave an evasive an
swer when asked if the ex.queen would
again call on President Cleveland.
G. W. Clausenius Chicago agent of
the North German Lloyd Steamship
Co., admitted Wednesday that he had
sent $50 kilograms to the western
agents of the company, urging them to
fight the immigration bill which came
before the house of representatives
Wednesday. He put the appeal of the
company on the ground of business
only declaring the bill would practi-
cally put an end to the immigration
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