Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-09-17
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Coun.ry by
Telegraph.


Gathered From All Parts of the CounsTy by
Telegraph.
Secretary Gage left Washington for !
Chicago Thursday to lie gone until
about October 10.
Daniel Goodman an employee of the
Phoenix iron works of Ph9niXville, |
Pa, has just received word that by the
death of his sister he becomes sole heir
to an estate of S5Oo,oO0 in Staffordshire,
England.
The resignation of Thomas S. Wilk-
inson, as collector of customs at New
Orleans, to take effect upon the ap-
pointment and qualification of his sac
cessor, has been received by the secre-
tary of the treasury.
The ST. Louis health department has
already taken what precaution it can
against the invasion of the city by yell
| low fever. Measures are being taken
to prevent the remaining in the city of
visitors who may have come in contact
with the disease.
The president Thursday appointed
d. N Cooper United States marshal
for the northern district of Alabama;
Abraham l.. Lawshe, deputy auditor
for the post Office department, and
Patrick j. Miniter. assayer in charge
of the United States assay office at
Deadwood, 5. d.
BY decree transmitted to the state
department through United States Con-
sui O'Hara at Greytown, the president
of Nicaragua has established national
museum at Managua for the permanent
exhibition of the resources of the
country. The institution is under the
direction of DR.. David j. Guzman.
An additional quarantine order was
issued by the Tennessee state board OF
health Wednesday applying to Mobile,
New Orleans and all infected southern
points and quarantining the entire
state against them. Nashville citizens
are not alarmed in the slightest because
past experience has shown the city is
outside Of the yellow fever district
The coal miners strike, so far as the
Pittsburgh district is concerned, is Off,
and the 1000 diggers resumed work
Thursday at the G5 cent rate. The de-
cision to ignore the ten-day clause,
which was condition of the Columbus
settlement, was arrived at late Wednes'
day afternoon by u delegate convention
of miners representing the entire dis
trict.
There were five new cases of yellow
, fever and one death in Scranton, Miss.
. Wednesday. The Mobile board OF
health received reports Wednesday
showing that there were no new cases
of yellow fever and no suspicious cases
This report has in a measure quieteo
r the alarm which Tuesdays report ano
f DR.. Guiteras prediction of an extension
+ of the disease has created.
The schooner Volante, Capt. II. j.
y Hanson, arrived at Port Townsend
Wash, Wednesday morning direct
from st. Michaels She brought eight
D passengers. The men all left Dawson
City, August Is, reached st. Michael'
in eight days and left for the SounC
August rs. They brought with then
an average of $50 ounces of gold each
A the greatest amount, 1S4 ounces, being
E brought by j. s. Wall, of Milwaukee.
8 After nearly three months idleness
~ between Is, 900 and $4,000 coal miner
in the Pittsburgh district returned t,
work Thursday in accordance with tn
y action taken at Wednesdays conven
S ton, authorizing the men to RESUME
r work in all mines complying with tn
provisions of the scale of 50 cent
adopted at Columbus. The remainde
e of the % coo miners of the district vii
: be at work before the close of the week
!, The Second brigade of the Mohmant
punitive force, commanded by Gen
= Jetfreys. reached the foot of the Rawa
Pass on Tuesday last. During tn
night the British troops were attacked
{ by the enemy, who kept up heavy fir
: for six hours. Lieuts Tomkins an'
:, Bailey were killed; Lieut.. Harrington
It was dangerously wounded; two pri
.e Yates were killed; five privates wer
.r wounded and % horses and mules wer
killed.
As result of the Turkish occupation
IT of Thessally, according to dispatch t
n, the state department from Unite
c. states Consul Horton, at Athens, ther
at are now over 100000 Thessalian refu
II gees scattered through Greece, mostl
in a condition of destitution. Eve
80 should peace be declared Thursday an
o these refu gees be allowed to return
their abandoned homes, several year
III would be required to repair the dan
'e' age done and TO re-establish life an
nd industry on their former basis.
The Weather.