Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-30
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the World by
Telegraph.

Telegraph.
M. Carvalho, director of the Opera
Comique, Paris, is dead, at the age of
~ years
The steamship st. Paul sailing for
Europe Wednesday will take out 1,011,-
900 ounces of silver.
Henry Barmore, founder of the firm
of Barmore & Co., piano manufacture
ers of New York, died Tuesday aged
rs years.
Very Rev. VIM. Corby, of Notre
Dame, head of the order of the Holy
Cross in America, died at South Bend,
Ind, Tuesday afternoon.
Veins of gilsonite in sufficient size
to warrant development ar reported to
have been discovered on Willow creek,
in Middle Park, Colorado.
The postal savings banks idea is not
a popular one in New York banking
circles. A canvas of presidents of
prominent institutions developed that
fact clearly.
Richard Arthur Prince, the super
who assassinated William Terris, the
actor, on December 16, was formally
committed for trial Wednesday at the
Bow street police court, London.
British steamer Sciona, which arriv-
ed at Liverpool December 26, from
Galveston, November %, entered port
with fire burning in hold No. 8, which
contains 1000 bales of cotton, not yet
extinguished.
AT Berlin, all the members of the
staff of the United States embassy at
tended the celebration Tuesday of
requiem mass for the repose of the soul
of the late Princess Hohenlohe, who
died on Tuesday last
The Paris Figaro says that the min
lister for foreign affairs, NJ. Hanotaux,
will convene an international confer
ence without delay for the neutraliza-
ton of the New Foundland banks DUR
ing the fishing season.
Fred E. Finster and VIM. Il. Muir,
deputy collector and inspector at Port
Huron, Mich, were Tuesday removed
from their positions for violations of
the civil service rules in soliciting
campaign contributions.
Col. Kidder, of Chicago, father Of
Katherine Kidder, who is suffering
from nervous prostration following
the recent disbanding of her company,
is authority for the statement that the
actress will never again appear on the
stage.
A dispatch from Stockport, Eng, an
nounces the death of Alderman
Ephraim Hallam. Mr.. Hallam was
mayor of Stockport at the breaking
out of the civil war in the United
States and did much to organize pub
lie relief funds.
There is n project on foot to start
several steamers from Halifax for the
Klondike next spring, the first leaving
in March or perhaps earlier. Capt.
James Farquhar, of Halifax, is now in
England for the purpose of securing
suitable steamers.
The American ship Alexander Glib
son, Capt. Colley, from New York,
July 80 for Yokohama, has arrived at
Sydney, N. S. W.. with her rudder
damaged and steering with a jury rud-
der. She reports having jettisoned a
portion of her cargo.
At Syracuse, N. Y, Leroy Yakley,
TdCuSc, Vic fhlhcIlCdu dLlc-
ture standing broad jump record
without weights, in YIN. C. A. contest
Tuesday night. He jumped 10 feet 10
inches, beating the record held by A.
G. Schwaner, of 10 feet 9% inches.
Eleven packers with go mules in
charge of Lieut.. Ryan, of Fort Robin
son, has arrived at Vancouver, Wash.
from Chicago. The party will proceed
to Dyea on the next steamer for the
purpose of assisting Maj. L. ii. Rucker
in selecting route for the govern
ment relief expedition.
Ed. L. Parker, attempted to kill c. j.
Sheets and his wife, in a lodging house
in Los Angeles, CAL, and committed
suicide by blowing out his brains.
Parker had won the affections of Mrs.
Sheets and the shooting was the result
of an attempt by Sheets to effect
reconciliation with his wife.