Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-06
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Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
The education bill passed its first
reading in the house of commons
Thursday.
Prof. IL. H. Harris, of Louisville
Theological seminary, died in Lynch
burg, Va, Thursday afternoon
The Northwestern national bank of
Great Falls, Mont, was placed in the
hands of a receiver Friday morning.
The extensive cotton mill of Dolfus
e Mantz at Mulhausen, Alsace, was
burned Friday The loss was 5000 coo.
Floods are prevailing in the valleys
of the Thames and Oufe rivers, where
large tracts of land are submerged.
Great damage has been done to prop
erty.
Assignee George c. Dixon says, with
respect to the failure of Il. c. Hodges
| & Co., Boston: 1T has been ascer.
tanned that the liabilities of the firm
are between S225, 200 and $3.50, 600, gem
orally secured by collateral
The plan formulated by the English
government for increasing the strength
and efficiency of the navy contcm-
plates the construction of five battle
ships and three first-cass cruisers and
the addition of lC, 900 more men.
The senate Thursday confirmed
John +. Walls, of Louisiana, to be con-
sui of the United States at Matamoras,
Mex. c. f. Dingle was confirmed to
be postmaster at Woodland, Cal, also
j. j. Conway, at IIarpcrs Ferry, W..
Va.
Dan Stuart, the promoter of the Corr
bett-Ft2smmous fight LETT Denison,
Tex, for Nevada Friday to arrange for
the coming fight. Before leaving Stu
art said: "Thc battle will either take
place at Reno or Carson City. There
will be no hitch in the programme.
Secretary of War Lamont, Thurs
day evening entertained ut dinner u
brilliant assemblagc Of guests, num-
bering among them the vice president,
Speaker Reed, Senators Cameron,
Lodge, Hale, Chandler. Aldrich Gray,
Murphy, Smith and Brice; Gen Miles
and representative Benton McMillon.
A joint committee of the Illinois
| legislature was appointed TO make ar
rangcmcnts for the trip Of the mcm-
bers to Washington to oattend the inau-
guration OF Maj Mckinley. The leg
islature viii go in a body, and Gov.
Tanner, accompanied by his newly APP
pointed staff, will also represent the
state ut the ceremony.
The will of the late Capt. Thomas T.
Turner, filed for probate Thursday at
Clayton, st. Louis COUNTY. Mo. dis
tributes an estate valued at s15, ,0Oo, 600.
OF the nine heirs five live in Washing
ton, three in st. Louis and one in Mon
treal Can. At the time of his death
in New Orleans recently, Mr.. Turner
was the wealthiest citizen of st. Louis
county.
After three sessions devoted to the
consideration of the petition of Henry
A. Dupont, of Delaware, in his claim
to Il scat in the United States senate,
the senate committee on privileges
and elections Friday morning refused
to reopen the case. Messrs. Mitchell
and Pritchard were absent, but every
other member of the committee except
Mr.. Chandler voted against again talk
ing up the case.
retary Herbert Thursday award
ed contracts to the Penn Bridge Co., of
Beaver Falls, Pa, for improvements to
the naval station at Port Orchard,
Puget sound, consisting of Il construc-
tion and repair shop for S54, 100 and a
storehouse for s3l, so. When these
structures are available for the in
stallation of the necessary machine
tolls, the great dock can be utilized
and the largest war ships will be re-
paired at this station.