Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-03
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.


Friday.
Frank aud Antonio Borrego, Sauri-
ano Alarid and Patricio Valencia, the
murderers of eX-Sherif Frank Chavez,
were hanged in Santa Fe, N. NJ, at
o'clock Friday morning
The situation at Fargo, N. D., from
the flood is growing more serious. The
river is rising about four inches per
hour. All indications point to the high
est water in the history of the coun-
try.
Mrs. Lee and Miss Lee, wife and
daughter respectively of Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee the American consul gen.
eral at Havana, sailed Thursday for
New York on the Ward line steamer
City of Washington.
The Michigal Central Railway Co.
took over the Toronto, Hamilton and
Buffalo railway Thursday, and will
operate it in future in connection with
their road. The Canadian Pacific will
have running powers over this line.
At st. Cloud, Mimi, the ice began to
move out at $50 Thursday morning,
and the river is raging torrent now
three feet higher than usual, and ris-
ing. There is no damage to bridges or
dams yet There is no immediate dan
ger here.
The Plant steamer La Grande Duch-
ess, Captain Hanlon, arrived in Savan-
nah, Ga, Thursday from New York,
making the trip in AZ hours and 30
minutes, breaking all previous records
The steamer Kansas City has held the
record for A hours.
A serious riot has occurred at Ante
ouera, 2S miles from Malaga, in the
province of Andalusia, caused by a
popular rising against the imposition
of an octroi tax. Several people were
injured before the police were able to
suppress the disorder.
The Cambridge and OXFORD univer-
sity eights were out on the Thames at
Putney Friday morning for final prac'
tice, in preparation for the university
race, which will be rowed Saturday.
Both crews practiced starts and
sprints, but neither tried any long
pulls.
a New York Sun special from Wash
| ington says: The president has decid
ed to flee from the office seekers and
next week he will enjoy brief vaca
ton by taking trip on the Dolphin
now lying idle at the navy yard. The
trip will last for two or three days
only.
Senator Allen, chairman of the re-
publican senatorial caucus, Thursday
appointed the following committees
] NI,NI;I1;a iNI;n1, \ l,oi ~,
and Senators Davis (Minn.), Gallinger
| IN. H.. Lodge (Mass.) Sewall On. J.),
Gear 0a.), Carter (Mon.), Pritchard IN.
C.) and Spooner (Wis.)
A dispatch from Zaborze, Prussian
Silesia, reports the occurrence OF an
explosion of fire damp Friday in coll
lier at Borsig near Iaborze, killing six
persons, including the owner of the
mine and chemical expert, who was
making some experiments. The fire
in the mine is still burning
Hon. w. j. Bryan, Attorney Genera
Smyth, and Attorney John L. Web
ster, left Omaha, Neb., Thursday
evening bound for Washington. d. c.,
where they expect to argue in behal.
of the state the maximum freight
rate case, now before the United
States supreme court. Mr.. Bryan wa:
recently appointed counsel by act o!
the state legislature.
Information has been received in Sc
attic, Wash, that the government is
endeavoring to establish permane nj
mail route between Seattle and cities
on the upper Yukon in Alaska. The
scheme will necessitate the operation
of line of small steel steamers on
Lake Lindesman, mail to be trans
ferred to them from regular Alaska
steamers probably at Dyea.