Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-22
CONDENSED NEWS
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Gathered From All Parts OF tine Nountry
by Telegraph.
Uncle" Henry Van Bruut, the pio-
leer bathingmaster of the New Jer-
ev coast, who taught Gen. Grant to
win, is dead at his home in Long
Branch, aged 81 years.
A cyclone Sunday wrecked several
houses and did much damage to grow
ing crops at Newport News, Va. Con-
siderable damage also was done to the
all craft lying al anchor in the
James river.
A. S. Austin, the California lawyer
Who asserted he could furnish evidence
which would save theodore Durrant
rom the gallows, has been adjudged
insane at Portland, Ore, and will be
;aken to the asylum.
Nathan D. Crane, an old-time miner,
was killed in the Way to Wealth mine
near Idaho Springs, Col He was 70
Tears of age and brother-in-law Of
;he late Jerome b. Chaffee. He leaves
Kalamazoo.
Religious exercises, under the au-
spices of the local jubilee committee,
we're held Sunday afternoon in Metro
oolitan temple, San Francisco, as part
Of the queens jubilee celebration.
rhe services were non-demonstration-
Al, clergymen of all churches partici-
oatiug.
The steamer Finance arrived at New
York from Colon Monday with three
cases OF yellow fever aboard, three
others having died en- route. Both
passengers and crew have been quar-
antined. Health Officer Doty says
here is no danger OF spread OF the
disease.
hundreds of confederate veterans
md their families and friends who
are in Nashville, Tenn, to attend the
annual reunion of the veterans, spent
Monday at the exposition. During the
hree days of the reunion, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, the attend
ince will be very large.
Malone l. Wilson, of Waltham,
Mass, shot and dangerously wounded
Maggie Hines, domestic employed in
The boarding house of Mrs. Moulton,
Wilson's mother, Monday. Wilson
then went into his own room and plac-
ing the revolver at his head, dis
charged the weapon, killing himself
instantly.
Deputy Attorney General Elliin gave
out a statement Sunday night on the
condition of Pennsylvania finances,
in which he shows that there is a de-
fcit of $500. 900 in the state treasury.
Mr.. Elliin says the legislature has for
several years appropriated more money
than the net revenues received by the
state, hence the large deficiency
All sunday the streets of London
were crowded and there was an in
cessant traffic OF country people in all
sorts of conveyances along the pro-
cession route. The decorators are
busy on the stands, where they work.
ed all night Sunday evening the
streets along which the procession
will go were mpassable and the crowds
were very noisy.
Judge Newman, in the United States
district court, at Atlanta, Monday
signed an order dismissing Samuel
Spencer as receiver for the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad.
L MS COAC4uucS 1Il4S dLlOu lila las
been in progress for five years and
marks the final winding up OF the af-
fairs of the road, which now forms a
part of the Southern system.
At all the Protestant Episcopal
churches in New York city special no.
tice was taken Sunday of the queens
jubilee. Most all of the officiating
clergymen made some reference to the
event in their sermons and in addition
a special prayer was read as appointed
by Episcopal direction. There was
special Victoria service at the Church
of the Holy Comforter, which was at
tended by many seamen from ships in
the harbor.