Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-08
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Tommy" Burns, the well known
diver, was killed tuesday while div
ing from Rhyl pier, London.
The French senate unanimously
adopted the credit asked for to defray
the expenses of President Faure to st.
Petersburg.
Queen Margaret received Gen. VIM.
F. Draper, the United States ambassa-
dor to Italy, and Mrs. Draper, Tues
day afternoon.
Prof. Weston, the aeronaut, and his
helper, Tapiscott, who were thrown
from their balloon at Eureka, Cal,
have died from their injuries.
The German am bassador at Constan-
tinople, Baron Saurma Won Jeltsch,
has received fresh and precise instruc-
tions to insist upon Turkeys accept
ance of the strategic frontier proposed
by the powers.
In order to carry on the fight for life
the parents of Theodore Durant will
place his photographs on sale. The
photographs will show Durant in pris-
on garb taking his daily exercise with
in the walls of san Quentin.
b. L. Ward, county treasurer OF
Clatsop county, Oregon, is short in his
accounts about $50, 900. The county
will lose nothing, as Wards bondsmen
will make good his deficit. His friends
say he used the money in his mercan-
| tile business.
The sanitarium of Dr. johnson, on
Missionary Ridge, Tenn, was, Tues
day afternoon, during a terrific storm,
struck by lightning and totally de-
stroyed. The inmates were removed
with some difficulty. Loss, SIS, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
The sentence of DR.. Joseph j. Luis,
the Cuban patriot, has been reduced
by United States Judge Morris, of Bal
timore, from Is months to one year.
DIR. Luis was convicted last March OF
conspiring to set on foot Cuban fiji.
clustering expedition.
From the morning of June so up to
p m. July 6 the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad handled 76 trains into
Grand Junction, carrying Christian
Endeavor people. OF these 81 were
specials, the service being necessary
on account of the movement of Chris
tian Endeavorers
At Chicago, there were four death:
I due to the heat Tuesday, although
the mercury did not rise above so, ac
corGing to the weather Office, The
buildings and pavements have become
so thoroughly baked tnat it is much
hotter on the streets than in the tower
where the weather man does business
A silver service, the gift of the citi
zens o: the state of Oregon, was Tues
day presented to the United States
battleship Oregon, in honor of the
naming of that vessel after the state
Gov w. p. Lord made the presenta
ticn speech Capt. A. S. Barbour, O.
the Oregon, accepted the service in be
half of his vessel.
A terrific rain storm struck ST. Cloud
Mimi, Tuesday night The Missis
sippi rose foot in an hour. The
storm swept from east to west and wa
mostly north of the city. Report
from the western part of the count,
indicate that great damage was don
to crops. Heavy hail is reported il
several adjoining towns.
Mgr Merry Deival has issued an of
fetal farewell address to the Catholic
OF Canada through the archbishop o
st. Boniface, in which, among othe
things, he eXhorts them to abstain
from agitation, and to let all resent
ment and division be forgotten till th
time when his holiness shall announc c.
his decision in the separate school case
Russia has sent a circular note u
the powers, suggesting that steps b,
taken to expedite the conclusion o
peace between Greece and Turkey
This action upon the part of Russi;
is regarded here as being of the great
est Importance and as indicating tina
Russia desires to forestall a simila
proposal upon the part of the otheI
powers