Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-20
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered from All Parts of the Country by
Telegraph.

Telegraph.
Thursdays statement of the coudi-
tion of the treasury shows available
cash balance S203, los, ,563; gold reserve,
E156, l53,625.
The revenue cutter Bear has re-
turned to Seattle from Port Orchard
where she has been on the government
dry dock. No important repairs were
found necessary.
Peter jackson, the colored heavy
weight pugilist, is now said to be like
ly to secure match with ChoyinslSi in
case the latter succeeds in defeating
Jeflries on the SOth inst.
The ceremony of swearing in the
guards recruits took place in Berlin
Thursday. They were warned by the
emperor that they might be called up
on to fight an enemy within the en-
pire.
A dispatch from Paris to the London
Daily Mail says that friends of Drey-
fus assert that Count Walsing Ester
hazy was assisted in his treason by an
Alsation sergeant major, who is now
in Alsace and has made full confess
sion.
John j. Overton, aged 100 years and
one month, was married to Mrs. Mary
Henderson, aged ~ years, in st. Joseph,
Mo-, Thursday This is believed to
beat the record for marriage of old
people. Both bride and groom are in
excellent health.
A special cable from Bermuda re-
ports The suicide there of Capt Thorn
ton, of the royal artillery, who held
the office of adjutant Of the bermuda
military force. He shot himself with
revolver. Thornton is said to have
been in financial difficulties.
Rev. George II. Hickox, for 25 years
chaplain of the Michigan state prison,
died Thursday evening, aged IS. He
was president of the chaplain's as
sociation of the National Prison con-
gress, and one of the most prominent
penologists in the United States.
The first shipment of this seasons
orange crop is now going forward from
California. 1t is calculated that the
California crop for export will amount
to 5000 carloads. Some place the guam
tity as high as $4,000 carloads. The
quality promises to be exceptionally
fine.
Thomas Edwin Cook, who, when in
his prime, was leading circus clown,
is dead at his home in Patterson, N. J.
He was 90 years old. Cook was born
in Beckshill. Eng, and in 1886 came to
this country with his fathers circus,
said to have been the first to exhibit in
America.
A special to the New York Herald
from New BEDFORD Mass. says: Capt.
David +. Devoll, of this city, master of
the steam whaler VIM. Baylies, who
has just returned from cruise in the
Arctic ocean, says he believes the crews
of the whalers caught in the ice are
safely sheltered in their ships.
About 100 military men witnessed
Thursday the first exhibition in New
York of Foote'S bullet proof armor,
which was given successful trial in
Brooklyn few days ago, and which
the inventor hopes will work revolu-
tion in the methods of modern war
fare. The trial Thursday was a sue
cess
The four-story brick building at 1879
North Second street, Philadelphia, oc-
CuplCu ny dCh COlS, w
dealers in mattresses and bedding, was
gutted by fire Thursday night. The
loss is estimated at from $50, 900 to $751;
900, probably fully insured. This was
the fifth fire in the building since last
January
The application of the Waldorf Ath-
letic club, New York, for peremptory
mandamus to compel Mayor Strong
to grant it a license to conduct sparr-
ing exhibitions was denied by Justice
Andrews in the supreme court Thurs
day. The court holds that the mayor
has discretionary powers in the mat
ter of issuing licenses.
At the meeting of the Spanish cabi-
net Thursday a letter from the United
States Minister Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford, was read expressing the salts
faction and gratitude of the United
States government relative to the set
tlement of the Competitor case and
other current questions. The commu-
nication created a good impression in
political circles.
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