Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-24
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President Cleveland returned to the
1ouse Monday without his approval
two bills-one granting pension to
Mrs. Mary Freeman, the other PEN
sion to Mrs Mary A. Vail
M. Philippe Eli lie Roger well
known French statesman, died in Paris
Monday. He was president of the
senate from 1882 to 1898 and also pre-
sided over the high court which tried
Gen. Boulanger
During the bicycle racing at the
Velodrome, San Francisco, w. L. Bak-
er defeated Horace Slater in match
ace and established new worlds
record for five miles, making the dis
.ance in 1854 3-5.
Washington's birthday anniversary
was generally observed in st. Louis.
Banks, business houses and public
offices were closed. Monday night a
general round of holiday entertain
ment was in PROCESS.
Blondin, the celebrated tight rope
walker, who was the first person to
cross Niagara Falls on tight rope,
which feat he performed on August II,
1859, died from diabetes Monday ut
Ealing, suburb of London.
VIM. Null and Wallace Liderwood,
residing at Sequoia, in the Sierras,
were frozen to death in the snow
storm Thursday. They were laborers
working at the mill and lost their way.
Mull's body has been recovered.
According to dispatches received at
Vienna from Athens Tuesday morn
ing, the representatives of the powers
made a demand upon the government
Of Greece for the withdrawal of the
Greek troops from the island of Crete.
A joint resolution was passed in the
house directing the secretary of war
to deliver to the citizens committee of
the national encampment of the G, y.
Il. at Buffalo one condemned cannon,
to be used in furnishing memorial
badges
The peoples party in convention
Monday nominated Carter IL. IIarri-
son, son of Chicago's murdered mayor,
for the same office. which is to filled
next April. Mr.. Harrison is the lead
ing candidate Of the free silver demo-
Gratis for mayor also.
A cotton mill company to be operat-
ed entirely by colored labor, has been
organized at Concord, n. c. Warren
Coleman the originator of the idea, Il
wealthy colorcd man, is secretary and
treasurer. All the officers are colored
and the capital was subscribed by
colored people.
At Philadelphia the jar in the case
Of the government against John D.
Hart. of Philadelphia, on the charge
of aiding a Cuban tilibusteriug cXpedi-
tion on the steamer Laurada, in Au-
gust last, Tuesday morning in the
United States district court rendered
a verdict Of guilty. Judge Butler sus-
pended sentence,
At Port Blallely, Wash, Chas. Miller,
q seaman on the coasting freighter
Laura Madison, while in drunken
murdered his wife, shooting
the woman through the head with q
revolver. Miller, after shooting his
wife, turned the weapon on himself,
iuiiicting two wounds about the head,
which may prove fatal. He is under
arrest
The Union League club, of Chicago,
following its custom of years, took the
lead Monday in arranging score OF
celebrations OF Washington's birthday
on large scale. The club furnished
young and talented orators from Amer
lean universities to deliver addresses
1T exercises held in Il of the principal
public schools. Other educational in
5titutions, clubs and societies brought
of citizens together in all
quarters of the city to learn true les
sons of patriotism and civic duty.