Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-17
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts OF the Country
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by Telegraph.
Earnest Il. Taylor and Will II. Toll
bert. OF Los Angeles, have started on
,yclinp tour around the world fr ON
hat city. They will be without funds
and undertake to return in is months.
It is announced that Jimmy Michael,
the Welsh bicycle rider, has agreed to
meet the winner of the 20-mile match
race, to be decided at Manhattan Beach
Saturday afternoon between Fred Ii
tus and Frank Starbuck.
Women prisoners are not to be put
to work on the rock piles with men in
Kansas City. Kas. The board of police
commissioners, who decided last week
that this should be done, have rescind-
ed their order in Difference to po pular
opinion.
The John Eaton Co, whose large de-
partment store at Toronto was de-
stroyed by FIRE some time ago, have as
signed with liabilities estimated at
$3.50, 900. The assets consist OF S2l9 600
worth of insurance policies There are
few New York creditors.
Julius Goldschmidt, the new consul
general at Berlin, is in Washington
city preparatory to departing for his
post. He has received his instructions
from the state department, secured
his passports, and completed his bond,
and will sail from New York on the
Goth inst.
The miners of the Peoria Qll.) dis
trict have voted unanimously to join
the strike. Vice President Hunter, of
the United Mine Workers, addressed
| mass meeting held at Bartonville, and
after reports from the various mines
had been heard, general suspension
was ordered.
A marriage has been arranged be-
tween Lady Rachael Charlotte Quinn,
eldest daughter of the earl of Dun
raven, and Mr.. Fitzgerald, of Gin
| Castle, Limerick, who bears the his
torical, though unauthorized title of the
knight of Glin. The marriage will
take place in October.
Fire broke out in large building on
the Hausvogter- Platz, Berlin, the CEN
ter of the dress and mantle ira de,
causing a loss of between G,oOO, 900
and 7O0O 900 marks The firms of
FraenclSel and Bacler and Leon were
the chief sufferers. The goods de.
stroyed represented large American
orders.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Paris says: The report cabled
from London in reference to the seri-
Gus mental condition of Charles Del
monico, is entirely without tounda-
tion. Mr.. Delmonico is at present at
the Continental hotel, where he has
been for fortnight. He recently took
the cure at AK Les Baines.
A party of Vancouverites have char
tered the steamer Capitano and in
| Klondyke, in the Yukon coun try. where
beef fetches fabulous prices. Exports
from the Vancouver consular district
to the United States for the fiscal
year ending June 80, amounted to
2,5Ol 430, the largest on record, being
$780, 900 more than last year.
Lady Selma Scott, mother-in-law Of
Earl Russell, who, in January last.
was sentenced to eight months impris-
onment for criminally ibeling him,
was released Thursday morning from
Holloway jail. A party OF lady friends
awaited her outside the prison yard
and presented her with bouquets. A
large crowd gathered in the vicinity
and cheered Lady Scott as she drove
away.
The London Standards Madrid cor.
respondent says: "Senor Canovas do
Castillo, the premier, will go to San
| Sebastian Friday to confer with the
! queen regent on the relations between
Spain and the United States and other
questions. understand that an in
teresting and delicate correspondence
has lately PISSED between the Spanish
and American governments regarding
| Cuba"
Floods caused by the heavy rains OF
the past few days have done great
damage in the esouthern part of Quebec.
Many people are homeless, and much
damage has been done to early crops.
The town of st. Hyacinthe has been
flooded and business there is almost at
a standstill. At Wickham the business
portion OF the town is flooded. Com
munication with Richmond, Que, on
the main line of the Grand Trunk sys-
TEN to Quebec is cut off