Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-23
CONDENSED NEWS
gathered From All Parts OF the Country
by Telegraph.

by Telegraph.
Free delivery postal service has been
,rdered establ shed at Pontiac, ILL.,,
md Indiana, Pa. on December l.
Adit Gen. Breck has issued an order
.evising the regulations OF the United
States infantry and cavalry school at
Leavenworth. Kan. The changes are
almost wholly of technical character.
1t is reported that "A syndicate. head
ID by George w. McNear, the Pacific
.oust wheat king. will establish an eX-
ensive beet sugar plant at Crocketts,
1ontra Costa county. The amount to
)e invested is placed at 81 ,50O,0
California will be represented in the
lrmy cavalry contest at Fort Wingate,
A. NJ. General orders have been issued
providing that intending competitors
oe sent to that place by their commando
y in time to report on September 2l.
The twin screw torpedo boat Destroy
ar Thrashcr and the second-class twin
screw cruiser Pheaton, which started
Thursday for the Pacific station. have
returned TO Plymouth Eng. both be-
np badly damaged through the rough
weather which they encountered.
Gen. Wcyler has promised Consul Gem
,rul Lee that he will furnish him the
proceedings which caused the arrest of
Pedro Manuel Hernandez on July II,
md that the treaty rights of the latter
IS an American citizen will be respect
ID as demanded by the consul general.
Charles R. Cobb assignee of the firm
If +. Il. Cordlcy ~ Co.. bankers and
brokers'. OF Boston. who assigned in
June. has made public statement of
;he firms accounts He finds that the
unsecured liabilities amount to S7S3. .9SS
md the assets to S41S,545. leaving de-
icit of $3.50. i23
| Five men were arrested at / a. U.,
saturday, while party Of strikers
vas marching to Plum Creek mine to
.ndcavOr to induce the miners to come
)ut They were brought to the Alle-
yheny county jail at Pittsburgh where
hey win be held to answer for con-
emp. of the order Of court.
The steamer George Il, Starr called
At Union, b. c., having on board a
number of Klondilzers, one man from
seattle having $1,000 Four Vic
orians have between them $4,000.
They went in last May and will return
Immediately. They say they can get
through to Dawson City this season.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland fatty
refuses to marry Prince Bernhard of
Sake Weimar. whom her mother. the
Queen Regent Emma, selected as the
/ hue Tho 1it+1a
queen declares that she will remain
single until 1899 (she was born in Au-
gust. lss0) and will then select her own
husband.
y large woolen mill operated by Hen
ry c. White Il Son. at Chapachet, r. l.,
was destroyed by fire early Friday
morning, together with several houses
occupied by hill hands. The total loss
is estimated at nearly 500, 900. There
is an insurance of Sl50,00O About / ,00C
hands were employed when the mill
was running in full.
Consul Robertson. at Hamburg. has
sent to the state department letter
addressed by him t. the California
| commissioner to the Hamburg exposi
tion, stating that an exceptional de
mand exists for California products
and urging that Il permanent Califor
MIA exhibit be established at Hamburg
and other European cities.
Thomas W. Lloyd, 40 years old. anC
until three weeks ago employed in the
law library at the national capitol, was
arrested Friday charged with stealing
valuable legal books from that institu
ton. a book was found ON him an,
he admitted stealing several other vol
umes. Three of these have been rccov
cred from 9, book store. Lloyd says h,
was hungry and needed money.
4 letter from the head of Lake Ben
nett states that Frank Slavin. the biz
pugilist, is lost in the wilds of til.
northwest. On August Slaviu starte'
back alone from the lake toward tn
summit of Chilkoot Pass to find mum
Der OF articles lost from his pack u
to August 0, the date of the letter
nothing had been heard from him an
grave fears for his safety were enter
tained.