Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-28
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Ellen Dana Conway, wife of Moncure
ID. Conway. the author and lecturer, is
dead at her home in New York city,
aged GA years.
The first carriage for the ten inch
rifles to be mounted on the defenses of
the harbor at San Diego, Cal, has ar
rived from Hamilton, o.
Tom O'Rourlle, manager of the Long
Island City Athletic club, announces
that the Yank Kenny Armstrong
fight, scheduled for March 80, at the
club, is off
Moses Edison Worthen, one of the
| leading men of affairs in Passaic, Nd,
died Sunday of typhoid fever, aged 60
years. He leaves an estate said to be
worth million dollars.
| A wreck occurred at the Memphis
roads depot at Liberal Mo. Local
train No. 46 broke in two on the down
grade coming into town and the two
sections came together in front of the
station, Five persons were injured,
| two seriously.
Capt. Horace Z. Draper died of paraly-
| sis at his home in Lansdowne, q suburb
of Philadelphia, aged IS years, Capt.
Draper was born July 4, 1926, at Brook
field, Mass. Throughout the war he
was commander of the Hartford, Adm.
Farragut' t's flagship.
a Mrs. Jarvis and her nine children,
the youngest baby, were burned to
death at > o'clock Sunday morning in a
four-room cottage occupied by the
Io, NJ oAl g., -, 10
street, Bothnal Green, London. The
unfortunate family occupied the upper
floor.
Sunday night Capt. Gen. Blanco gave
banquet to the officers of the German
corvette Stein. Forty guests were
present, including the Spanish ad-
miral, the mayor of Havana and other
naval and civil authorities. Congress-
man VIM. Henry King, of Utah, has ar
rived in Havana.
The committee having charge of the
Henry George memorial fund have
made another appeal for subscriptions.
In their report the committee states
that $4,000 has been subscribed, but
that this is in no wise adequate for the
erection OF memorial such as had
been contemplated.
Grace and Annie Nelson, whose pa
rents live near Franklin, Pa, were
left alone in their home. The former
fell into the CRATE fire and her clothes
was ignited She was burned to death.
In trying to save the life of her sister,
Annie was also badly burned, and it is
believed she can not recover.
Aunt" Judith Moore, the first coll
ored woman admitted to membership
in Henry Ward Beecher's church, is
dead at her home in Brooklyn, aged "A
years. 1t is said that Mr. Reecher in
his will requested that she be cared
for. She was one of the original MEM
bers of the Christian Endeavor society.
Ell Heraldo of Madrid says: 1.-THE
encroachments of the United States on
the internal politics of Spain have be-
come intolerable and must be resisted
energetically. The situation is difficult,
but at whatever cost, the government
out to put an end to a shameful state
of affairs for the sake of the dignity of
Spain"
Rudolph Boerclse, aged SO, son of DIR.
Boercke, of Philadelphia, and his
brother Edward, of Chicago, were row.
ing on Keuka lake, three miles from
Hammondsport, N. Y, when the boat
was upset by their dog. Both men
were taken from the water alive, but
Rudolph died almost Immediately after
he was brought ashore.
The La impartial urges that in view
of the character of the reply of United
States Minister Woodford to the note of
the Spanish government in answer to
the first communication of the Ameri-
can government through him,
it is necessary to increase the Spanish
fleet as against the eventuality of
conflict with the United States.
The schooner Harlequin, which, as
previously reported. went ashore on tho
reef near Rumcay, Bahamas, ,on the 18th,
became a total loss. The crew and
materials were saved. The vessel was
owned in New York The British man.
of-war Partridge went to her assistance
and spent several hours in a vain eff
fort to float her. The schooner was in
ballast
The Coliseum at Chicago, which
burned Christmas eve, was set on fire
by pet dog. An explosion OF gaso-
line set the dog on fire. Lolita, a
dancer in the Cuban village, says
Frank Murphy, employe in the X-ray
booth confessed to her that he caused
the explosion. She says he told this to
her and her mother when he called on
them about the benefit to be given the
exhibitors.
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