Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-16
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered from All Parts of the Country by
Telegraph.


composer, Giuseppe Verdi, now in his
eighty-fourth year, is dead.
There were seven new cases of yell
low fever and one death reported at the
New Orleans board of health up to one
o'clock Monday.
Savannah, Ga, has raised all yellow
fever quarantine, and every quaran-
tine officer has been ordered in. Rail-
road schedules have been renewed.
p ddy German, of Australia, has
been matched to meet Charley Golf, of
California, before the Waverly Athletic
club of Yonkers on November %, in a
20 round bout.
DR.. Thomas w. Evans, the famous
American dentist. who facilitated the
fight of the ex-Empress Eugenie from
Paris in 1870, died suddenly in Paris
Monday evening.
Sanford b. Dole, president of the
provisional republic of Hawaii, and
Chief Justice Judd are anxious to have
the Hawaiian annexation treaty rati-
fed as soon as possible.
According to a dispatch from CO.
runna the partisans of Lieut. Gen.
Weyler have abandoned the idea of a
demonstration in his favor on the ar
rival of the Montserrats
Russia's attitude with respect to the
present plans for re-organizing the
Turkish navy is considered in Constan-
tinople a logical result of her recent
policy to keep Turkey weak.
The National Grange of the Patrons
Nr 10, 4 ~ lo ~.
memorial day by holding commemora-
tive services at o'clock in the after
noon in the supreme court room, Har-
risburg Pa.
Secretary Alger who is i'll with an
attack of tonsilitis, was reported much
better Sunday The secretary is still
confined to his room, and it will be
some days before he can resume his Of
fetal duties.
States minister, had conference Sun
day with Senor Moret, the minister of
the colonies, and discussed with him
the prohibition of the export of tobac-
co from Cuba.
The passengers on the steamer Mas
cote, just in at Port Tampa from Cuba,
report a successful landing of the last
flibustering expedition. They were
of the filibustering party, but refuse to
give any details.
Tut" Ryan, of Australia, who has
been matched to fight Peter Maher,
will appear in the Tulane Athletic
club arena, New Orleans, on December
/, in a ten round bout with Gus Rub.
lin, of Akron, o.
Adjt Gen. Buck, in his report to Maj.
Gen. Miles calls attention TO the heavy
draft that is made on the effective
strength of the army by detailing Off
GERS to colleges and military schools
and suggests that there be no increase
in this direction.
Karl Roeser, a well known German
American journalist, died in Washing
ton Sunday in the s7th year of his
age. Mr.. Roeser was one of the found.
ers of the republican party in Wiscon-
sin. He had spent the later years of
his life in Washington.
The st. James Gazette says that me-
gotiations are on foot between Austria,
France and Germany in regard to the
oPRot Va SohfChihR dl
tional conference to secure general
agreement for the diminution or aboli-
tion of sugar bounties.
j. Waldier Kirk, known as the "King
of the Dudes" who went to New York
recently from Chicago, was Sunday ar
raigned in the police court on a charge
of shooting Richard Mandelbaum Sat-
urday night in the Hotel Girard, on
Forty-fourth street, and held in So, 500
bail for examination November 23.
At Hastings, Mimi, Hon. John +.
Norrish dropped dead Sunday at the
door of his residence of heart disease.
Mr.. Norrish at the time of his death
was member of the state prison board
and held the position of surveyor gen.
eral of the state during the Cleveland
administration. He was one of the
best known democrats in Minnesota.