Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-19
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Samuel K. Galloway was elected We'd
nesday president of the Lake Shore ~
Michigan Southern railroad to succeed
the late ID. w. Caldwell
Fire Tuesday destroyed the Gerry
Lumber Co. S yard, Eagle River, Wis,
with 10000. 900 feet of lumber. Loss
S150. 900; some insurance.
Three mines situated in Clinton coun-
ty. ILL.,. resumed operations Tuesday
morning. Consequently the strike is
virtually at an end in this vicinity.
The will of Jacob z. Davis, who died
in Philadelphia a few months ago,
which disposes of an estate valued at
over 81, 200, OO0 was Tuesday admitted
to probate at San Francisco. Judge
Coffey overruling the objections of the
unsuccessful contestants.
Henry l.. Lloyd, of Boston, general
president of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of the United
States, reported Wednesday for duty in
tehalf of the miners at Columbus, o.,
and left for Montgomery, w. Va, the
place of his assignment for work.
James O'Leary, of Cincinnati, knock
ed out Peter Peterson, of Boston,
The Terrible Swede." in two rounds
before the Metropolitan Athletic club,
Wheeling, w. Va, Tuesday night. The
first round was very lively and the
Swede broke his hand with blow on
OLeary's head.
Suicide and grief caused the death of
husband and wife in Danville, Ill.
Henry Hammell, an aged and respected
citizen, died from the effect of an OPT
ate. and his wife. prostrated with woe,
expired three hours later. III health
was the caused assigned for the sui
eide. Hammell was G3 and his wife G3.
Charles B. BREEDER, former cashier of
a national bank at New Bethlehem,
Pa, was arrested in st. Clair, Mich,
Tuesday by Deputy L. 5. Marshal
Large. The charge against BREEDER is
that of embezzling funds of the bank
to the amount of $50, 600. Since leaving
New Bethlehem BREEDER has been in the
bicycle business in st. Clair,
The attorney general has rendered ar
opinion in which he holds that under
section of the administrative act o.
1890 the personal attendance of two
porters or their agents is not required
at the consulate in order to validate
the consul's certifcation. This opinion
which has been acquiesced in. reverse:
the former rulings of the department.
Only a hundred miners were at the
meeting held in Decatur, ILL.,, Tuesday
night. The rest. 800, stayed at work
and refuse to go to meetings. 1t is be
lieved now that there will be no strike
here. Two hundred Springfield mer
are still in camp. They marched int
the city Tuesday night without attract
ing any attention or causing any ex
citement.
special dispatch from Paris Wed
nesday afternoon says that man nam
ed Perier. was arrested Tuesday on th'
train in which President Faure arrived
from Havre. The prisoner was founc
to have loaded revolver in his poclle
and is known to be dangerous an
archist who has already served tern
of one years imprisonment for having
in his possession an Internal machine.
The price of coal, which is reportet
to have advanced at almost every poin
in the country east of the Missour
river and all Missouri and Mississippi
river points. since the great strike be
gan seven weeks ago, shows no materia
increase at Pittsburgh. The rulinI
figure in barge lots is 5@5l4c pc
bushel. There is no shortage Of tn
supply and the demand is only OF
| dinary.
Judge Lathrop of the Massachusett
supreme court Wednesday appointed a
temporary receivers Of the Massachu
setts Benefit Life association, Alfre
Woojworth president of the Eagl
national bank of Boston. and Arthu
Lord. OF Salem. Bonds in the sum G
$4,000 each viii be required. A ten
porary injunction has been issued. rc
+ straiuing the company from doing fun
ther business. The order is returnabl
September 5,
= Ilrst :iaIe or Nrw cotton,
e ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. ls.--Atlanta r,
ceived its first bale Of new crop aotto