Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-26
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The president Thursday sent to the
senate the nomination of L. w. Clark,
of North Carolina to be United States
district Judge for the eastern district
of North Carolina.
The announcement is made at Chat
tanooga by A. C. Floyd, secretary of
the Scotch-Irish Society of America,
that the next annual congress will be
held at Detroit, June 10 to 13.
The Quincy Mining Co., of Hough-
ton, Mich, intends to erect a smelling
plant of its own on Portage lake to
cost between S75, 900 and 500, 600. Work
will begin next spring. The plant will
be ready for operation in 1898.
Robert Cox, a Negro convicted of
criminal assault, was executed at Pine
Bluff, Ark, Thursday afternoon. His
neck was broken and he was pro-
nounced dead in eight minutes. He
displayed wonderful nerve on the scaf-
fold, but made no statement.
The Korean legation has received a
cablegram from Seoul announcing the
return of the king to the new palace
on the Goth inst, his majesty having
abandoned his asylum at the Russian
legation, which for the past year had
been very obnoxious to his subjects
The resolution extending a welcome
to Hon. w. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
came up in the Connecticut house
Wednesday on disagreeing action.
After some debate the house, which
Tuesday passed the resolution, voted
to concur with the senate in rejecting
it.
Mrs. jeremiah S. Black, widow OF
President Buchanan's attorney gen.
eral and mother of eX-Lieut Gov.
Chauncy f. Black, died suddenly at
her home in York, Pa, at 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning. She was II
years of age and had been in fee BILE
health for years.
August Hanson and his wife and five
children, living six miles from Oldham,
S. D., were found Tuesday night un-
conscious, probably from haXstraw
gas and smoke from their stoves. The
wife and four children are already
dead and Hanson is in critical condi-
tion. One boy is recovering
EX-Minister l.. A. Thurston, of Hon
olulu, Hawaiian island. arrived in st.
Joseph, Mo, Wednesday morning with
his wife. who will visit her parents for
several weeks. Mr.. Thurston left at
noon for Washington, and says that he
is on private business, but that he Will
do all possible towards annexation of
the islands.
The new gunboats to bc named for
Wheeling. W. Va. and Marietta o.,
the Union iron works, San Francisco,
March Is. Arrangements are being
made by the navy department to have
the proper authorities of the cities
designate representatives to attend
the launching.
Moses p. Handy, jr., son of Moses P.
Handy, the well-lnown newspaper
man, died Wednesday, morning at the
home of his parents in Chicago of en-
bolism at the base of the brain. Mr..
Handy had been i'll but one day. He
was born in Philadelphia in 1879 and
was q student in Northwestern univcr-
sity medical school
Henry Nemcc, Il bohemian, aged
about 80 years, in lit of jealous fury,
attempted to kill his wife Thursday
morning at their home, No. 1858 South
7 thirteenth street, ST. Louis. Nemec
fred three shots at his wife, none of
the bullets taking effect. He then
fired bullet into his own brain and
will probably die.
Alderman Campbell, of the Twelfth
ward, Chicago, filed a suit in the cir
cult court Thursday against George Z.
Cole president of the Municipal Vot-
ers league, charging libel and slander
and asking for S75, 600 damages. Camp
bell alleges that the league, which is
a strong reform body, sent out, during
the last aldermanic campaign, circu-
lars in which Campbell was called
doodle alderman"
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