Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-29
CONDENSED NEWS
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Wednesdays statement of the condi-
sion of the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, S23s, 46O, 029; gold re-
serve, Sl43, 405, So.
Francisco Castillo having declined
to be a candidate for the presidency of
Venezuela, the success of Gen. Andrade
is considered almost certain.
train wreck on the Central Pacific
road, -Four miles west of Reno, New,
occurred Wednesday. Several people
are said to be seriously injured but no
one killed.
Bishop Potter was Wednesday among
the passengers by the Germanic which
sailed for New York. John w. Foster,
the United States special seal commits
,ioner will sail on Saturday.
Ambassador Hay says that the re-
port that there have been negotiations
between him and Hon. Whitelaw Reid
whereby the latter may become the
occupant of the Hay mansion at Wash
ington is inaccurate.
Crockery is to be advanced in selling
price because of the new tariff law.
| This was decided upon by resolution
passed Tuesday at meeting OF the
importers of earthenware of New
| York, held at the crockery board of
! trade.
Theodore Schintz, Chicago, lawyer
and real estate dealer, who recently
failed to the extent, it is said, of near
ly million, has been arrested on a
charge of alleged fraud in selling a
trust deed Tor IS, 600 Schintz was re-
/ leased on bail
The president has pardoned Henry
| Hammond, sentenced in Utah to 10
| years Imprisonment in the District OF
| Columbia reform school for murder.
! The president has commuted to two
years the three-ycar sentence Of a.
NJ. VIM, sentenced in Texas for en-
bez1.ing post Office funds
The schooner Wahiberg, which sailed
from san Diego, Cal, on March 3, on u
scientific expedition for the Snithson-
ian institute and Stanford university,
has arrived here. The hlberg
brings back thousands of rare deep
sea shells, four barrels of deep sea
fish and many beautiful marine speci-
mems.
Lyman Gage, secretary OF the treas
ury, was the guest OF the business men
of Boston at dinner in the Tuileries
Tuesday afternoon. Money was talked
almost exclusively and number of
gold democrats are among those who
contributed TO the symposium. Mr..
Cages reception was very enthusi-
astc one and his address was keenly
listened to.
A consolidation of American brew
ers, malsters and hop growers, inter-
csted in the English group of brewing
properties, is now going through the
preliminaries of organization in Phila-
delphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Milwau-
kee, st. Louis, Rochester and Balti-
more and other large cities OF the coun-
try. The capitalization will be, it is
said not less than S20O, 200, 600.
While postal employees were trans
ferring mail from one cart to another
| Tuesday in front of the post office at
the Potsdam railway station, Ger
many, one of the parcels suddenly ex-
ploded, injuring an employe severely.
| The address on the package could not
| be deciphered from the fragments
The police are making Investigations
as to its origin and destination.
| A telegram was received Wednesday
| by the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Flremen saying they had won their
| suit against the receiver of the Phila-
delphia, Reading and New England
railroad to prevent reduction OF wages
of the road men. They were the only
! organization which went into the
court and fought the reduction. In
lS9i they won similar suit against
the, Union Pacific.
The training ship Alliance arrived
at Southampton Tuesday. She reports
that nothing evcntful occurred on the
voyage across the Atlantic and that all
on board are we'll The Alliance sail
ed from Newport, T.. l., on June 26
Tor Southampton with "a full compile
ment OF apprentices. She is to touch
a. Cherbourg, Gibraiter and Funchal,
Madeira islands and is due to arrive at
Yorktown on her return Move Der /.
The Weather
WASHINGTOS, July G8 -Ouio-Fair Thurs
day. fresh northwCstcrly winds dlmiuishlug
Tennessee and Kcntucky-Fair Thursday,
slowly usng temperature, variable wlnIs be-
coming southcr.y.
Illinois and Iadiana-Fair Thursday varia-
hla winds