Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-09
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Co'in-
try by Telegraph

Gathered From All Parts of the Cotius
try by Telegraph.
The Ell Paso Southern railway was
organized in El Paso, Tex, with n cap
ital of 100000.
Some of the members of the foreign
legations and other foreign residents
have already left Athens, Greece, and
it is reported that several of the lega-
tions have advised all foreigners to
leave Greece.
C. p. Huntington has about COM
pleted negotiations for the purchase
of the Waco &c Northwestern and the
Texas Central railways, and thereby
extend the Houston e. Texas Central
from Bremond to Albany.
The controller of the currency has
declared first dividend of 10 per cent
in favor of the creditors of the Marine
national bank of Duluth, Mimi, and
q first dividend of 10 per cent on the
American national bank of New Or
leans.
At Philadelphia, John d. Hart, who
was several days ago convicted of aid
ing in the fitting out of filibustering
expedition on the steamer Laurada,
was NlOuudy SGuIthCCNi ny buhSC DuS-
Ter to two years Imprisonment and to
pay a fine $500 and costs of prosecution.
The only item of news which kept
the sports in Carson, New, alive Sun
day was John J.. Sullivan's reported
challenge TO the winner of the Corbett-
Fitzsimmon fight. 1t led to discus
sion of the relative merits of Sullivan
in his prime and the foremost pugilists
of to-day.
On March Is the cut rates on freight
which have been in force for several
weeks will be withdrawn by the Cum
berland Gap Dispatch, Norfolk g. Vest
ern Dispatch and Virginia, Tennessee
S5 Georgia air line. Rates in use prior
to the reductions will be restored on
that date.
The German steamer II. II. Meier,
Capt, Mentz, from Bremen February
% for New York, which passed Prawle
Point March was sighted Monday off
the Lizard on her way to Falmouth.
She signalled that she had been on
fire, but that the flames had been ex-
tinguishcd
James Powers, living at 292 Aber-
NtSCLl aIl CCAs NllIGtLS ". oAlOO lllo NllC1
Mary, shortly after midnight Monday
morning, killing her instantly and
then turned the weapon upon him self
and sent bullet into his own brain.
He can not live. Jealousy is assigned
the cause o: Powers deed.
The prominent Americans aud so.
iourners in Berlin have cabled to
President Mckinley - petition request
ing that Hon. Edwin 4. Uhl, United
States ambassador, be retained at his
post as his recall would be deeply re-
grctted by American citizens through
out Germany, irrespective of political
leanings.
Most of the Inauguration visitors
have left Washington for their homes
as the limit on excursion tickets eX-
pired Monday. Monoay morning
worl,men were busy replacing the file
cases in the pension hall where the
ball was held so that the routine work
OF the pension bureau may be resumed
Tuesday morning.
Demetrius Jannopoulo Grecian vice
consul in St. Louis announces that
every able-bodied man in the Greel;
colony here will answer to the call of
King George, Greeks here are pre-
pared to go TO their reserve commands
at once, as the call has been antici-
pated and each man has arranged his
business affairs to respond at once.
y number OF prominent Spanish res
idents of Pueblo, Mex, have joined in
fling legal proceedings against the Gu
ban club here with view of securing
adisbandment Of that organization, on
the grounds that it is menace to good
order. This turn of affairs has in.
creased the emnity between the Cubans
and Spanairds here, and it is feared
that conflict may result at any time.