Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-22
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
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Gathered From All Parts of the Country
bv Telegraph.
A special to The d troit Journal
says: The town OF Norwood, Ont, was
nearly destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
300; insurance. $4,000
The Italian Geographical society has
received news OF the safety of the Bo-
tego expedition, reported to have been
destroyed by the Abyssinians.
1t is expected that Capt. Gen. Weyler
will soon leave the city of Santa Clara.
The weather remains unsettled and
rain is falling almost constantly.
The New York Herald's correspond
snt in Guatemala says that the consti-
tutional assembly has approved bill
authorizing the president to raise
loan of 100000 to complete the
Southern railway.
About three miles of ice was visible
off the port of Buffalo Monday, but the
strong wind blew it down the Niagara
river and at day break only a small
streak was left Nothing was left of
the big field Wednesday.
The barkentine, City of Papette, just
arrived from Tahiti, brought news
confirming the report that Queen Ma
mae, of the Raiatea islands, was cap
tured by the French and sent into ex-
lie with her sband and the principal
chiefs.
f. b. Choate, now at Sacramento,
and f. II. Plaisted, of San Francisco,
have been appointed by General
Freight Agent Munroe as general
agent and travelling agent respectively
for the Union Pacific freight depart
ment at Salt Lake, Utah.
The Old Dominion copper mine and
smelter at Globe Ariz., has closed
down indefinitely. No reason is as
signed. Upward of 800 men are thrown
out of employment The mines are in
splendid condition, with an abundance
of ore and a large supply of coke on
hand.
Travel on the Oregon Railway Sc
Navigation Co. IS line is badly demoral-
ized There has been no train from
Portland since Saturday, and there is
no immediate prospects of resumption.
A number of bridges are reported
washed out between Huntington and
Baker City.
DR.. jefferson d. Goddard, who shot
and killed f. j. jackson at the Wood
land hotel, Kansas City, April ., in n
quarrel, which grew out of Goddard's
alleged attentions to Jackson's wife,
was Tuesday indicted for murder in
the first degree The date for his
trial was not set.
The Pennsylvania board of pardons
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tation of the death sentence imposed
upon James B. Gentry for the murder
of Actress Madge York to imprison-
ment for life. Gov. Hastings approved
the recommendation. Gentry was to
have been hanged next Thursday.
The Turkish authorities at Constan-
tinople admit that the losses of the
Ottoman troops since the outbreak of
war with Greece have been consider
able. The Turkish commanders eX-
pected fairly easy march to Larissa
and did not anticipate the stubborn
defence and desperate valor with
which the Greeks have opposed the in
vasion.
Premier Canovas, according to the
statements of several Havana news
papers, has said that the government
considers it expedient to wait for con-
firmation of the news as to the pacif-
cation of Cuba before stablishing the
promised reforms. The official press
argues from this that the date of put
ting the reforms into effect will not
be remote.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Cairo says that the Turkish gov
ernment has called upon the khedive
to expel all the Greeks from Egypt.
AS the Greeks number $4,000 and are
the chief promoters of commerce and
trade, their removal is desired by none
save the old Turkish party. 1t is prob
able that France will undertake to
protect them, and thus the expulsion
will be avoided.
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