Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-19
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
The Tyson block and Y. NJ c. A.
building at Benham, Tex, were de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night. The
total loss is estimated at $50, 600
Col. Seddon, head of the firm of Wal
ter & Co., of Bristol, Quebec and Chi
cago, and formerly British consul at
Chicago, is dead at Pereira, Portugal.
A report was received at Mr.. George
Gould's Office, New York. Monday
morning from Paris, announcing that
son has been born to Countess Cas-
tlellane formerly Miss Anna Gould
AT the annual banquet of the Ohio
society at Delmonico's, New York,
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, in ad-
dressing the diners said he was in favor
OF the ratification of the arbitration
agreement.
A dispatch from Port Luis, Mauri-
thus, says that the British troop ship,
Warren Hastings, was wrecked off the
island of Reunuan on January IA. No
lives were lost. The crew of the ship
and the troops that were on board
have arrived at Port Loui.
At Bozeman, Mont, while atte mpt-
ing to arrest two dcsperadoes, Deputy
Jack Allen was shot and mortally
wounded and the sheriff was wounded
in the neck, the desperadoes being bar
ricaded in cabin and opening fire
when the officers were few feet away.
They then escaped on horseback.
The Allen line steamer Assyrian,
which went ashore below Philadelphia
in the Delaware river on Friday,
lighted part of her cargo and moved
off without damage. AS soon as her
cargo has been reloaded the Assyrian
will proceed on her voyage to Glas-
gov.
The l.. NJ. Burton Co., of Mt. Vernon,
n. Y, one of the largest lumber and
milling companies in Westchester coun-
ty, has made an assignment to Theo-
dore Ii. Henry, assistant manager of
their mills. The total liabilities of the
company can not be learned, but they
are believed to be less than the as
sets.
The bank of Conway, Mo-, made an
assignment of all its assets to Charles
c. Draper, of Lebanon, and the officials
say it is their intention to quit busi-
ness. 1t was the only bank in town
and carried u capital stock of SO, 600,
with c. Hanson as president and ]. NJ.
| Porter, cashier. Deposltors will be
paid in full.
The bubonic plague, which is ravag-
ing Bombay, is growing worse daily,
and fight of the inhabitants is in
creasing. 1t is estimated that nearly,
if not actually, two-thirds of the popu-
lation of the city have fed to the
country towns or to other cities, and
in many instances have carried the
contagion with them.
A party of emigrants travelling from
Missouri to Oklahoma were held up by
seven outlaws in the Creek reserva-
tion and robbed of erything valua-
BILE, amounting to several thousand
dollars. The leader of the gang was
recognized by one of the Missourians
as George Taylor, the escaped mur.
| derer of the Meelis family.
Frank NJ. Mcbride, assistant post.
master of Salt Lake, Utah, was arrest.
ed on a charge of embezzlcment. He
confesses to having taken $4,000 OF the
money realized from the sale of stamps
since July last. j. w. Cunnington,
the stamp clerk, is implicated also and
was arrested. So far Cunnington's
shortage does not appear to exceed
$780,
Joseph c. Willard, owner of the we'll
known Willard hotel, Washington,
died at his residence in that city, aged
about 50 years. Mr. Willard was ma
tive of Vermont and with his two
brothers went to Washington from
Albany, n. Y, years ago and became
owners of Wizards hotel. Some years
since Joseph became sole owner of the
hotel property.