Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-09-01
CONDENSED NEWS
sathered From All Parts of the Country
by telegraph.


The steamship Hevel took out 100000
onnces of silver to Europe Tuesday.
The steamship st. Louis. sailing en-
Wednesday, will take out 250,C0o
ounces
President William f. Slocum, of Col
orado college. in an open letter to the
friends of the institution, has an
nounced his decision to decline the call
to the presidecy of Oberlin college.
As one of the results of the announce
ment at Cronstadt of the alliance be-
tween France and Russia, the Auto
Mobile club is organizing monster
race of motor cars from Paris to st.
Petersburg.
The agreement arrived at between
the leading dynamite companies and
the Noble trust has been ratified. Its
provisions exclude American manu-
facturers of dynamite from the South
| African market.
The sub-treasury in New York Mon
day transferred for local banks through
the treasury at Washington, 100000 in
currency to Kansas City and SIS, 900 in
silver dollars to Texas through the sub
treasury at New Orleans
Gen. Linares, in the province of San
tiago dc Cuba, has been engaged with
an insurgent force. The enemy lost
two men killed and the troops lost ID
men killed, including two captains.
The horse of Gen. Linares was struck
by two bullets and killed.
The Lawrence Cotton mills in Low
ell. Mass, started Monday morning
after a shut down OF four weeks This
is the last mill in the city to resume
operations and in all of them it is said
sufficient orders have been received to
insure prosperous season.
DR.. Randall, sanitary inspector for
the United States Marine hospital
Panama, says in report to the sur
geon general that the Colombian gov
ernment is trying to suppress the fact
that yellow fever exists there.
The democratic state committee
Monday night, by vote of 53 to 26,
passed a resolution declaring vacant
the position of national committeeman
from Pennsylvania, now filled by Wm
F. Harrity, and naming James NJ. Cuff
fey, of Pittsburgh, for the vacancy.
The chamber of commerce of Seattle
Wash, has received a letter from the
miners at Skaguay warning people OF
the futility of trying to reach the 4u
kon by that route this season and ask
ing some notifications as to duty. II
was signed by ID. j. Mckinney and w
A. Saportas. secretary Of the miners
/ association.
The Spanish government is formu
lating a plan to bring about the ban
ishment of all anarchists from Spain
1t is announced that anarchists
will no longer be allowed to land il
England, and that, therefore, the gov
ernment of Spain must deport them tc
some American republic, or to dis
tant Spanish possession.
At Spanish cabinet council held
Monday it was decided to summon tn,
next class of $4,000 reserves, 81, 900 o
| whom viii be sent to Cuba and 1900
to the Philippine islands. The minis
ters when questioned denied that TIN
council was occupied with the subiec
of colonial reforms or with politica
questions.
At Fort Wingate, n. NJ, when play
ing with matches in an old out-build
ing used as storehouse. little Alic
. Winston and Harry Arnold, aged ant
years. set fire to can of oil, causin,
an explosion. Alice was burned to
charred and unrecognizable mass
e Harry was badly burned about tn
head and will probably die.
The marine hospital service has beel
notified OF the capture off the Yves
d coast of Florida of two fishing smack
by the sanitary inspection service. Th
vessels We're believed to be from Cub
:. or connected with Cuban vessels an,
= We're taken possession of as healtI
e precaution. They We're sent to quaran
IS tine to be detained until their sanitar.
condition can be determined.
Canada's Contribution to the Famine Funt
a OTTAWA. Ont, Aug. 31.-The fun
raised in Canada for the India famin
sufferers has been closed, The toti
&C amount contributed was Sl79,1 ,161.