Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
CONDENSED NEWS
iathered From All Parts of the Countr
by Telcgrnph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
By Telegraph.
The works of the Staten Island Ter
"a Gotta Co, at Woodbridge, n. j.,
we're damaged to the extent of S50. O0C
oy fire Friday. 1t is thought the fire
was caused by an ovcrheated kiln.
The elevator of the Davenport Qa.)
glucose works was the scene of two ter.
ritic dust explosions Thursday morn
ng. as n result of which four lives
were lost and two persons seriously in
iured.
A resolution was adopted by the
bankers convention urging congress
promptly to provide for competent,
non-partisan currency commission, to
the end that sound financial legislation
may be speedily secured.
AT Chicago, September wheat sold on
the curb Friday morning at 909s cents,
the highest point in several years.
This marked an advance of 81 cents
over Thursdays close and another wild
day on change was anticipated.
The government of Peru has ordered
its postage stamps made in the United
States. The first order. for 1000. 900
hve-cent stamps, has been given TO the
American Bank Note Co., and another
for 1000. 900 stamps of other denomina-
tions will follow.
Lewis jerome Edward Blanc, an
American citizen, through Messrs Dud-
| ley and Nichner, attorneys of Washing
ton. has filed with the state department
a claim against the government OF
Ecuador for $780, 900 for false imprison-
mcnt and i'll treatment over ~ years
ago.
The Legion OF Honor Thursday
| adopted amendments to the bylaws
| fixing a rate of assessment Tor all MEM
bers md abolishing classes, restricting
the assessments to one in any one
month, and providing that if this is not
sufficient, claims to be paid at the end
Vt the year shall be from the reserve
fund.
United States Marshal McDermott
aral to double the amount Of the re-
ward offered Thursday by the depart
ment of justice for the capture of the
stage robbers in the National park.
Five hundred dollars will now be paid
| for the arrest and conviction of the
hold-ups.
Word reaches Washington that Gran
vile Stuart, the United States minister
to Uruguay, has made a personal call
on the president of that republic TO
convey to him the congratulations OF
President Mckinley on the failure OF
an attempt made on the life of the
Uruguayan president by Revecca. a
crazy student, about two months ago
a private dispatch received at Vic.
toria, B. c., states that Hon. Clifford
Sifton, minister of the interior, will
sail from Vancouver Friday for Dyea,
to see the condition of affairs for him.
| self. The northwest territories are
governed to large extent by Sifton's
department. Inspector Strickland and
five mounted police leave on the same
steamer.
The American bark Matilda, Capt
Mckensie, $40 tons, bound in from
Honolulu to Port Blakeley, loaded with
lumber, went ashore on Tatoosh rocks
near Port Townsend, Thursday morn
ing. The bark will be total wreck
She was owned by Capt. Rufus Cal
houn, of Port Townsend. Smoke
from forest fires was quite thick at the
time of the accident.
Bids We're opened Thursday at the
ordnance bureau of the war depart
ment for forgings for guns. For Is
sets of field gun forgings the Midvale
Steel Co. OF Philadelphia bid 32 cents
per pound, and the bethlehem Iron Co
80 cents per pound. For 80 sets of 81
inch mortar forgings the Midvale Co
bid 80 cents per pound, and the Bethle
hem Co. Go centsper pound. No aware
has been made.
Rev Perry Hopkins, a bishop in the
American African Union Methods
church, died in New York Friday Ht
was IS years old and for many year!
was a preacher in New York city
Before the war he was slave. liz
belonged to Robert Gamble, plantel
on the eastern shore, Maryland, but h,
bought his freedom and came to New
York 45 years ago. Thursday evenin!
he preached on The mysteries 0
death.