Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-15
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At New York the wife of Commander
Booth Tucker, of the Salvation army,
gave birth to a son Tuesday.
Henry w. Blake, editor of the Kim
lergarten News, died at Springfield,
Mass, Tuesday night, of pneumonia,
after short illness.
According to the new policy of tho
post office department. change OF
residence by fourth-class postmaster
is considered equivalent to o rcsigna-
ton.
VIM T. Maxey, 10 years old. who is
wanted in Clay county, Kansas, to an
swer to charge of horse stealing and
larceny of money, was arrested in
Manville, Il. l., Tuesday.
1t is announced that the Monon road
is about to enter into more active COM
petition than it has at any time here
tofore for large share of the freight
business between Chicago and the Ohio
river.
An agreement has been reached
among the leaders of the various par
ties in the senate under which the APP
preparation bills which failed to be-
come laws at the last session of con-
gress will be taken up and passed.
In view of the very satisfactory
tests of American armor plate hereto
fore sent to Russia the Russian gov
erment has asked the Carnegie and
bethlehem companies to submit pro-
posals for furnishing armor plate for
two large battleships.
The Massachusetts, Democratic club
observed the birthday of Thomas JEFF
ferson Tuesday night by banquet at
the American house. There was a
large attendance. EX-Congressman
Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota, was
the principal guest and speaker.
The st. James Gazette, Wednesday
afternoon, referring to the trouble in
Hawaii regarding the landing of Ja-
panese immigrants, says that if rupt-
ure between Japan and the United
States occurs the latter may find the
Japanese navy n hard customer to
tackle.
! Senator Pettigrew, from the com'
mittee on appropriations Tuesday
made a favorable report on Senator
/ Clarls amendment to the sundry civil
/ bill abrogating the executive order of
February %, setting apart certain
lands in the western states rs forest
| reservations
The stage of the Mississippi at Du-
/ buouc, Ia, Wednesday was III feet.
! Water is in cellars of several ware
! houses on the river front, and goods
, have been removed to upper floors. 1t
! is believed the river has reached its
height as it is falling at all points
north of the city
During a gale in the channel We'd
nesday the British steamer Moyaune,
3,OlG tons. outward bound, for India
and the east was driven ashore off st.
GATHERINGS Point, Isle of Wight.
There was Il scene of greatest excite
ment among the passengers and crew,
who were rescued by the rocket APP
paratus.
Col. John Hay, u. S. ambassador to
the court of st. James, sailed for Eng
| land Wednesday on the American line
steamship St. Paul. He was accom-
panied by his wife and eldest daugh'
ter. Ex- Representative Perry Bel
mont was also among the passengers
He is going abroad for a stay of sew
eral months,
A fare we'll dinner to Gen, Horace
Porter, ambassador tc France, was
given at the Republican club, New
York, Tuesday night. Gen. Porter in
his address said that when he went
abroad that he wanted to be thor
oughly American. The day has gone
by when anyone can go to foreign
land to apologize for this country"
The London Evening News Wednes.
day afternoon publishes a dispatch
from It's special correspondent at
Athens saying that the Turkish gov
crnmrnt has formally informed the
Grrci government that any further
irrc. ular raids into Turkish territory
will be regarded by Turkey as decla'
ration OF war upon the part of Greece,