Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-15
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of tho Coun-
try by Telegraph.

try by Telegraph.
Carlist agitation is spreading rapidly
in the northern part of Spain. Armed
bands of Carlists are being pursued by
troops in the province of Teruel.
The worse storm in five years is rag
ing in the Upper Peninsula of Michi-
gan. Freight trains are blockaded on
both the South Shore and Chicago ~
Northwestern lines.
1t is announced that Russia will pro-
pose an immediate occupation of Crete
by the powers, each of which shall
contribute an equal number of men,
sufficient in the aggregate to bring
the total up to 5000.
Dispatches from the northern part
of Wisconsin report the severest storm
of the season. At Hudson and Black
River Falls trains running on different
branches of the Omaha road are from
two to eight hours behind time
Signor Nicol Barbato, member of the
chamber of deputies for Milan, return
cd to Rome Saturday from a visit to
Athens. He says that the enthusiasm
for war has completely subsided, and
that all danger of conflict is over.
| SudTleS bTOWIi dSCll toi ohS VI ollS
oldest engineers on the Panhandle,
fell dead with his hand on the throttle
near Roxanna, o., Saturday morning
of heart disease. He was driving train
No. 10 from Cincinnati to Columbus.
1t is positively stated in Constanti-
nople that the administration of the
sultan's civil list will seek to enter
into negotiations with the United
States government for the purchase of
two or three ironclads that are already
completed.
1t is reported in Canea that the
Turks at Shinalonga is being attacked
by the insurgents. The Moslcms are
said to be making gallant resistance.
1t is also reported that several encoun-
ters between Moslems and Christians
have taken place in Archanes.
William Drossel, carpenter living
at 1872 Fullerton avenue, Chicago shot
his wife Friday afternoon and then
put bullet through his own brain.
Drossel died instantly and the woman
is in serious condition. The deed
was the result of family quarrel
Washington Hesing, postmaster OF
Chicago, was nominated Friday night
by acclamatior at Central Music hall
for the Office of mayor on Il municipal
reform platform, and at the head of q
non partisan ticket. This makes the
fourth mayoralty ticket in the field.
Mr. Morris X. Jessup, president oi
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, is fitting out one of the most re-
mark a BILE expeditions in the history o.
scientific research. 1t is for the pur-
pose OF securing specimens and III
formation of an anthropological char
acter.
The flagship Philadelphia, of the Pa
ciiic squadron, arrived at San Jose dc
Guatemala Friday. Adm. Bcardslet
and the principal officers will leave
the ship and represent the United
States this week at the opening OF th'
international exposition ut Guatemal;
city. The Cincinnati has arrived q
Naples.
A private dispatch from Washington
stated that President Mckinley ha:
offered National Committeeman Henry
C. Payne the appointment as ambassa
dor extraordinary and plenipotentiar1
to Germany. The dispatch also say
the friends OF Mr. Payne have advised
him to accept the place and discon
tinue his opposition to the administra
ton.
The wool schedule, ar far as agreed
upon by the committee, is practically
the Mckinley schedule i'll its entirety
except that wool from Egypt and Mo
rocco and China lambs wool, which
came under class 3 in the Mckinley
bill have been placed in class one, ant
will be taxed at II cents per pound
While the Mckinley rates on manu-
facturers of wool have been provision
ally adopted by the committee, they ar
still subject to change