Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-28
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Frank M. Hayes has been appointed
receiver of the Keystone national bank
at Erie, Pa.
The New York Herald's corresponds
snt in San Salvador says: Otto Munch-
never, United States consul in San
Salvador, has com mitted suicide.
At New York ., 500 garment workers
went on strike Monday. One hum
dred and twenty-five shops in New
York city and Brooklyn are affected.
There was shipped Monday from the
Bethlehem Iron Co. Ordnance works
to the Washington navy yard large
consignment of gun tubes, hoops and
other supplies
The New York cotton mills in Saco,
Me-, will shut down Saturday for five
weeks, the reason assigned being the
necessity of reducing the output. The
mills employ 1900 operatives
Klondyke matters are about to be
investigated by the Mining Exchange
of New York and steps taken to have
the most reliable information in the
event OF the listing OF Alaskan gold
stocks.
A party OF men, who wish to try the
Klondyke gold cure, will leave Chicago
on a special train next Saturday night
en- route for the newly discovered
Alaskan gold fields. There will be 100
individuals in the party.
Mr.. Uhl, late am bassador to Ger
many, and Mr. Terrell, late United
States minister to Turkey, called at
the white house and the state depart
ment Monday to pay their respects to
the president and the officials.
Pasquelle Dadario was hanged in
the county prison, Philadelphia, Tues
day morning for the murder of Nodes
tino Moffo The drop fell at 1O:Osll.
The victim of the murder was three
year-old child. The crime was one of
the most brutal in the police records
Of Philadelphia.
| A. T. Genest, we'll known MontreaI
engineer, leaves on the Sth of August
for the Klondylle, with eight or ter
assistants in behalf of a Canadian syn
dicate. Mercier, French Canadian
scout and explorer, well known in con
nection with other explorations il
! Alaska, is also going.
During the session of congress
Church Howe, of Nebraska, was ap
pointed and confirmed as consul gen
eral at Apia, Samoa He does no
care to take the place and has now
been selected for consul at Palermo
Italy, and Luther W. Osborn, lawyer
OF Blair, Neb., will be named for con
sui general at Apa.
The last of the summer conferences
at East Northfield, Mass, the general
conference for Christian workers viii
open next Thursday, to continue unit
| Septen ber 16 This conference gen
orally surpasses all Il e other summe,
meetings in number of sessions and ir
attendance and from pres eut evidences
this will bring larger gathering thar
ever.
A rumor has been freely circulated
in San Francisco and Oakland to tn,
effect that Claus Spreckels was consid
ering a proposition to buy out tn,
Stan ford and Croclser interests in the
about it Mr. Spreckels said that there
was absolutely nothing in it, and {
similar denial was made by w. IL
Crocker.
Over 800 policy holders in the Mas
sachusetts Benefit Life Assurance as
sociation held an exciting meeting il
New York Monday, They decided tc
refuse to pay any more assessment
into the company and empowered the
| committee chosen at last weeks meet
| ing TO make arrangements to transfer
as many of the TO- 900 policy holders al
are willing into some old established
New York company.