Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-09
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by Telegraph.
Bishop j. Keane, formerly rector of
the Catholic university at Washington,
has been nominated bishop assistant at
the pontificial throne at Rome.
The steamer Dauntless has been
cleared of l..e al picion that she was
engaged in filibustering operations
during her recent trip out from jack
sonville.
A special from Plato, Mo-, says that
one man and five children were
drowned in Texas county last Sat-
urday as a result of the floods in that
section of Missouri.
The Bank of Canton and the Citi-
zens' bank of Lanesboro, Neb., both
owned and operated by Field, Kelsey
& Co., suspended Thursday. Both are
small private institutions.
The senate Thursday confirmed the
following nominations: George Saw
ter, of Connecticut, United States con-
sui at Glauchau, Germany; postmaster,
Pennsylvania, r. Lindsay Kent, Ver-
ona.
General Manager Henry w. Gays,
of the st. Louis, Chicago and ST. Paul
railroad, of which Joseph Dickson, of
st. Louis, and Charles L. Kimball, of
New York, are receivers, announced
that the road is to be sold.
The Times of India, in an article on
the bubonic plague, which is ravaging
in the city, says that since the out
break of the plague the population of
BON bay has been reduced one-half and
the weekly mortality has averaged 200
per 1000
Right Hon. and Most Rev. Frederick
Temple, d. D., the recently appointed
archbishop of Canterbury and primate
of all England, was enthroned in the
cathedral at Canterbury Friday, in the
presence of ~ bishops, $50 clergymen
and large gathering of the lalty.
! The president and Mrs. Cleveland
gave the first state dinner of the social
season at the executive mansion
Thursday night. The state dining
room was flooded with electric light,
which set off the floral decorations
and potted plants and ferns and palms
to great advantage.
The Gulf Terminal and Navigation
Co. S steamer lola burned at her dock
at Carrabella, Fla, Wednesday night.
She is the companion United States
mail steamer to the Crescent City, the
daily line between Carrabella and APP
alachicola, running in connection with
the c., T. dS q. railroad.
Extension Examiner James A. Jor-
dan was sentenced in the United States
court ut Grand Rapids, Mich, Friday,
for defrauding the government. The
penalty imposed was that he pay Il fine
of 81, 600 and return to the department
all misappropriated funds. Jordan
paid the fine and was released.
! At Lincoln, Neb., Gov. Holcomb was
! inaugurated Thursday. The services
were simple. Accompanied by other
state officers the governor took the
oath of Office in the supreme court
chamber, and then proceeded to Rep
resentative hall, where large crowd
in waiting rendered congratulations
John Vaughn and Gus Homer, armed
with pistol and knife, engaged in q
duel Thursday morning in Memphis.
Homer is dead and Vaughn is in dy-
ing condition. Vaughn quarreled
with his wife, and Homer took sides
with the woman, precipitating the
duel. The woman is under arrest as
an accessory.
The bimetallic league of Great Britain
have cabled to Boston expressions of
the most profound sorrow of the mem
bers of that organization at the death
of Gen. Francis A. Walker, who is de-
scribed in the message of coincidence
: e, -
Justice" The league also ordered a
wreath to be placed on Mr.. Walkers
coffin.