Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-14
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the World b,
Telegraph.

Authority has been granted for the
Millilzin national bank of Decatur. Ill.
Capital 100000.
The brigantine Britannia, Capt. Will
liams, from Cadiz on June so, bound
for placentia bay with general cargo,
went ashore near Placentia in dense
fog and will become a total wreck.
Edward II. Ten Eyck, who recently
defeated BlaclSstaff? at Henley and
brought the diamond sculls to this
country will not compete in the ma
tional regatta to be held on the Schuyl-
kill river Friday and Saturday
1t is expected that the break in the
Welland canal will be repaired by Fri
day night and that locking through
will be resumed Saturday morning.
There is large fleet at both ends of
the canal waiting to lock through.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
CO. steamer, George w. Elder, has ar
rived at Astoria, Ore, from Dyea. The
Elder left Dyea the 9th inst. She con-
firms previous reports that both the
White and Chilcoot passes are block
AIDED.
la lluCllC, lllG SONGl LlilCuI vi SiAl
published in Cuba, is authority for the
statement that the Spanish government
at Madrid has issued an order that all
claims for tobacco by American manu-
facturers have been allowed and the
tobacco can be removed.
Pom Kwang Soh. chief of the privy
council of Korea, eN-minister to this
country from Korea. and the commits
sioner of that kingdom to the recent
queens jubilee. is critically i'll with
consumption at his residence in Wash
ington and may not survive.
y special TO the New York World
from Schuylllill Haven. Pa. says: The
heirs Of John Christian Webber have
just made out papers to prove the claim
Of American citizens to an estate of
S45. 1000 600 in Holland. The documents
were drawn up under instructions from
the Holland government.
The Swiss people have just adopted
constitutional amendments by popular
vote. As reported to the state depart
ment by United States Consul Germain
at Zurich, they confer control over the
forests upon the government and sub
ject manufacture, sale and importation
of food products to federal control.
The Lollal Anzeiger says that the
Dowager Empress Frederick has paved
the way for a reconciliation between
Emperor William and Crown Princess
Sophia of Greece. The crown princess
will shortly visit the emperor and en-
press at Wilhelmshoe. 1t will be her
first visit to them since her reception
into the Greek church.
a practical application of the home
opathic principle of like cures like is
described by consul Germain at Zurich,
Switzerland. in a report to the state
transmitting treatises upon
snake bites. In brief it shows that the
bile of poisonous serpents like cobra,
adder and rattlesnake is a powerful
antidote for the venom of like snake.
a special to the New York Herald
from Washington says: The treasury
authorities are keeping sharp look
out for the anarchists now being driven
from France. Spain and Italy by con-
certed action of the great continental
powers. No pains will be spared to
prevent the United states from being
made an asylum for these men,
The forty-seventh annual session Of
the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of
America of the American Protestant
Association closed at Trenton. y. j.,
Thursday. Besides the election of Of
fcers. Scranton. Pa. was selected as
the next meeting place, The proposed
new ritual was disapproved and the
degree of Esther for women was in
dorsed.
Two thousand men employed on
Chicago's public school buildings went
on strike Friday by order of the
Building Trades council. There are
81 schooihouses undergoing repairs,
and If the strike is not settled soon it
is said that the buildings will be in
such a condition that they can not be
used at the opening of the schools in
! September.