Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-27
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by Telegraph.
The fight in London Monday night
between Pedlar Palmer and Erne Stan
.on was won by Palmer in the 18th
round.
The temperature at Madison, Wis,
was recorded Monday at 2S degrees be-
low zero. AS the day advanced the
temperature rose few degrees
Senator Chandler Monday proposed
an amendment to the postal laws maxi
ing the rate of postage on letters after
July 1st next one cent per half ounce.
The town of Pacific Junction, in Iowa,
opposite Plattsmouth, Neb., burned all
Monday night. Entire business Sec
tion and 80 residences were destroyed.
The loss is $50, 900.
Fire, which started ate o'clock Tues
lay morning in the carpenter shop of
l.. Fuerst, at 24s Randolph street, Chi
cago, damaged that and the two adj
joining buildings, and caused a loss of
500, 900.
Pierre, S. D., has been cut off from
the outside world for the past four
days. 1t has received no eastern mail
or papers since Friday morning and
there is no prospect for the blockade
being lifted before Wednesday.
The government thermometers at
Duluth, Mimi, Monday registered 32
degrees below zero, but private instru-
ments went much lower. There is no
wind. 1t is 81 below on the ranges at
Virginia, ~ at Tower, 40 at Ely and 2S
at Two HarborS.
At New York the grand jury Tues
day indicted Herbert Z. Seeley,
Theodore d. Rich and James
Phipps. The indictment charges
misdemeanor, alleging that the
men conspired to procure people to
give an indecent performance.
The intensely cold weather at De-
troit moderated somewhat during
Monday, and at : o'clock Monday
evening the thermometer registered
three degrees below zero. After that
hour, however, it again grew colder,
and at 10 o'clock it was six below.
George Koephen, editor in chief of
the Germania, Milwaukee, Wis, died
suddenly Monday night of heart dis
ease Mr.. Koephen went under an as
sumed name. He was the brother of
Gen. Count Won Haeseler, commander
of the Sixteenth army corps, with
headquarters at Metz
Hannah's and Berwick's brick blocks
which contained Hannah's hardware
store, Fcnwicll's jewelry store, Saw
yer's shoe store, Galbraith's jewelry
store, Berwicks gerc"al store and
Carson's saddlery shop, Shelburne,
Ont, were burned Tuesday morning.
Loss, 500, 900; fairly covered by insu~
ance.
The bodies of Park Sterling and Geo
Boone were found beside the road near
their homes at Hamilton, Mo. The
men had been drinking in Hamilton
Sunday night and started for their
homes in the storm. 1t is thought
that they became numbed by the cold
and laid down to sleep, which ended in
death.
The temperature at 10 pm, in Flori-
da, Monday night was as follows,
Jacksonville, "a: st. Augustine, 56;
Orland. IS; Tampa, G2; Jupiter, "a; Key
West, Gs. A slightly falling barometer
is noted at all south Florida points
with rain at Key West and Jupiter.
No damage has been done to crops and
none is expected.
The British bark Cedar bank, Capt.
Moody. which sailed from San Fran
cisco September 10 for Hull, passed
Prawle point Tuesday afternoon. The
Cedar Bank is racing for wager with
the British ship Ditton, Capt. Stap,
which sailed from San Francisco on
the same day for Queenstown. Tho
latter vessel has not yet been sighted.
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