Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-18
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Telegraph.
Secretary Alger has issued an order
for the retirement of Lieut.. William Il.
Waters, deputy surgeon general, under
the 80 years service act.
The PAGERS John r. Gentry and
Robert j., having finished their 1897
campaign, were taken to Somerville,
n. j., Tuesday night for the winter.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who was Monday
night elected president of the repu5-
lican club, New York, said Tuesday
that his name was used without
authority and that he would not accept
the position.
Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, wife of tie
head of the great jewelry firm, is dead
at her home in New York, aged 81
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Tiffany cele-
brated their golden wedding on No
vcmber so, 1891.
Tclcgraphic advices from Guayaquil
state that the town of Loreto had been
destroyed by hurricane Only few
scattered dwellings were left standing,
and it is reported that the loss of life
was very heavy.
Mrs. A. NJ. Dorm, young married
woman of Selma, Cal, met death in u
strange manner. She was laughing Sc
heartily that paroXysn of coughing
was caused which rupturcd blood
vessel and caused instant death.
The Rio de Janeiro police, through a
confession made to them, have learned
that the plot to kill President Moraes
is of far greater magnitude than was
at first thought. AS result of this
confession many new arrests have been
made.
The grand jury Tuesday returned a
true bill against Mrs. Olive Adele
Sternman for the murder of her hus-
band, George Ii. Sherman, on August
II, 1896. Mrs. Sherman pleaded not
guilty. Her trial began Wednesday
morning.
Capt. Charles Z. Woodruff, now at
TT. Custer, Mont, assistant surgeon,
has been ordered to jackson Barracks,
La, relieving Maj. William c. Shan
non. Capt Richard W. johnson, as.
sistant surgeon, is ordered from Ft.
Logan, Col, to Ft. d. A. Russell, Wyo.
Mr.. Jarrett, an American protestant
missionary, has successfully passed an
examination at Cuzzo, capital of the
southern province of that name,
former capital of the Incas and the
most ancient of the Peruvian cities,
with Il view to establishing school
there.
The post Office department Tuesday
abolished the post office at Highlands,
Col, the first move in the line of con
solidation made in that section, substi.
tuted for the Office full carrier sta
ton and extended the free delivery
service of Denver to include High
lands.
Hon. w. Randall Cremer, the well
known English advocate of inter
| national arbitration is in Washington
for the purpose of presenting to the
| senate a monster petition from tho
trades organization people of Great
Britain in favor of the adoption of 9
treaty on that subject.
The supreme court of Missouri ha:
affirmed the Judgment of the criminal
court in the case of George Thompson
negro convicted of murder, and sci
January as the date of his execution,
| hOLlpSOu pOlSOnCu coocph SuhhlhS
ham, the sexton of st. Peters Episco-
pal church, st. Louis, in 1894.
A party of sturdy New England
men, most of whom hail from Boston,
are in Seattle, Wash, outftting for {
most hazardous trip over the glacia
fields and snow-covered mountain
ranges of Alaska. They are captaineG
by f. Herbert Haines, q newspaper
man of Salem. They are bound for q
second colorado located in the Upper
Copper river country in Alaska.
Levi L. Potter, colored, aged 9.
years, was instantly killed Monday
night by shock from an electric ligh'
wire in Philadelphia Potter wa:
standing on an iron grating in from
Of South street store. He carried
over mis- shoulder an umbrella with ar
iron rod, one end of which he held il
his hand. The other end touched tn,
, wire where it was exposed and Potter
fell dead.
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