Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-12
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was taken up and passed by the senate
Wednesday. 1t appropriates S3,212,'
9O2.
Two men were killed AMI six others
seriously injured by the bursting of a
boiler in the saw mill of Wyrieli
Bros, Magnolia, Ark.
A joint resolution offered by Senator
Sparks memorializing congress to rec
ognize the belligerency of Cuba, was
adopted by the Illinois senate Wcdnes-
day
A special from Durango, Mex, says
that daring robbery of burro train
loaded with $780, 900 worth of silver
bullion occurred near there. The bur-
ros were driven off and no trace can
| be found of them or their precious
/ burden.
An order was received at the West
Shore shops, in Frankfort, n. Y, call
| ing for the removal of the entire plant
to West Albany and Depew. Seven
hundred men are thrown out of en-
| ployment. The work of removal will
begin March 1.
Charles Dreher, sentenced to be
hanged on the 10th inst at St. Louis,
for the murder of Bertha Hunicke, was
Wednesday respitrd until March IS by
Gov. Stephens. This was done to al
low sheritf's jury to inquire into
Dreher's sanity.
4 reduction OF ten per cent. in the
wages of all employees has been ordered
by the Metropolitan Iron and Land Co.,
at Norrie, East Norrie, Pabst and 9TH
er mines belonging to it on the Goge-
bic range The reduction affects every
employe, from the superintendent
down.
At Fox Lake, Wis, Thursday MORN
ing, fire broke out in 4 row OF wooden
buildings. and for some time was en-
tircly beyond control. kilograms were
sent to Milwaukee asking for aid, but
this proved to be unnecessary. Two
saloons, Il barbershop and a store We're
destroyed.
Capt. Philo NJ. McGiffen, a former
officer OF the Chinese navy who was in
command of battleship Chen Muen at
the battle of the Yallu, committed
suicide Thursday morning at o'clock
in the post graduate hospital in East
Goth street New York, by shooting
himself through the head. He was 81
years old
1t was reported among shipping men
in Windsor, Can, Wednesday morn
ing, that in case the Corliss immigra-
tion bill becomes a la.v, the Canadian
government will compel every Ameri-
can ship passing through any Canadian
canal to land its crew at the entrance
of the canal, hire Canadian crew to
take the vessel through, and oblige the
American crew to travel overland to
the other end OF the canal.
The magistrate of the Winchester
court Thursday pronounced sentence
upon Frazer and Amos, respectively
first and second mates of the British
ship George 7. Hay, of Parrsborn, y.
s., who have been convicted of as
saulting seaman named Brostrom
during a voyage of the ship from Mo-
bile to Rio Janeiro. from the effects of
which treatment the man died. Frazer
was sentenced to six months and Amos
two months Imprisonment each with
hard labor
The republican members of the ways
and means committee at their session
Wednesday considered that part of the
iron and steel schedule relating to
nails. 1t was decided that this pro-
duct is manufactured SO cheaply in
America that it needs little if any pro-
lection. The manufacturers them
selves virtually acknowledged this,
and it was agreed therefore, that a
tentative rate equalling about one
fourth of the rate fixed in the McKin-
ey law should be adopted.