Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-29
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
bv Tele1rnph.


Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Paris says that the Greek cabi'
net has resigned.
Lieut.. Geo. A. Calhoun, u. s. N,
died suddenly of apoplexy in New
York at 12:4o Wednesday morning,
aged 45 years.
Douglas A. Levine, a well-known
ewspaper man, employed on the New
York World, died at his home Tuesday
night of the grip, aged rs years.
At Chicago Thomas Redmond, alias
"Texas Tom," formerly a well-known
race track follower, was sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder of
John Stuart.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria
Hungary, has conferred high decora-
tions upon several of the Russian
grand dukes and ministers of state.
He has appointed Grand Duke Mich
olas honorary commander OF Hun
garian regiment.
Miles and Myron Marshall have been
arrested in Perry, Ia, by Deputy U. S.
Marshal Hilwig, of Des Moines, on the
charge of counterfeiting. Some of the
spurious coins as we'll as parts of the
dies and bits of melted metal being
found in their possession.
Peter II. Tieman, for four years
president of the upper house of the
city council of Kansas City, Mo-, and
who has served in the legislature of
both Kansas and Missouri is dead.
He was born in St Louis in 1910, and
was one of the most prominent men of
the state.
At London the Atlantic transport
line steamer Mobile, Capt. Layland,
which was scheduled to sail on April
30 for New York, has had the contents
of her main hold severely damaged by
fire, which lasted for five hours before
it could be extinguished. Her depart
ure will therefore be delayed.
Jesse E. Peyton died at Haddon's
Field, n. j., Wednesday morning.
Col. Peyton was popularity known as
the Father of Centennials," because
it was he who conceived some of the
largest celebrations of historical
events in the country. Probably the
first of those was the centennial of
American independence, celebrated in
Philadelphia in 1876.
A bloody riot occurred at Crawford,
Neb., Tuesday afternoon, in which
Arthur Morrison, once city marshal of
Crawford, was beaten to the point of
death and dozen others seriously in
! iured. Morrison was convicted year
ago of the murder of A. Won Harris
and sentenced to be hanged, but Sc
cured a new trial and was acquitted.
He has many enemies and Tuesday
while drinking provoked quarrel and
tried to shoot Marshal Spearman.
At Tampa, Fla, Tuesday afternoon
terrible accident occurred by the
collision of the Florida Central & PEN
insula's fast mail train with street
car loaded with passengers, three men
being killed. 1t was just before dark
as the train was nearing the city that
a suburban electric car attempted to
cross the track when the awful crash
came. The car was smashed into
splinters and the passengers were
strewn promiscuously about the scene
of the accident
Col Manos telegraphed from Arta
Tuesday: Fighting has been in prog
ress at Pentipguadia since morning.
The result is not known here. The
Greek troops occupied strong positions
in the pass. Another engagement
took place Tuesday morning at Plaka,
the result of which is not yet known,
since the enemy main tains their posi-.
tions, though the Greek artillery have
inflicted great damage at the villages
of Kaleutzi and Fortosi. where the
Turks are concentrated"