Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-15
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
By Telegraph.

Gntnered from All PartR or tne country
By Telegraph.
Herr Mitterwurzer, n comedian well
known in America, is dead in Vienna.
The State Trust and Savings bank,
Of West Superior, Wis, suspended
Saturday morning.
1t is reported here that n blockade of
Crete by the European powers will be
established shortly.
The business portion of the town of
Malvern, Ark, was destroyed by fire
Friday. The loss will aggregate $780,
000
w. L. Frost has been appointed re-
ceiver for the Commercial Saving
bank, small institution at Leds,
suburb of Sioux City la.
Mr.. Woodman rep, 1ll.) Friday adj
dressed the house ways and means
committee on support of his bill plac-
ing a tax of $50 per thousand on cigar
cites.
The Turkish porte has informed the
powers that Turkey will attack Greece
in Thessaly in the event of the powers
failing to restrain hostile action on the
part of Greece in Crete.
In the Michigan legislature Friday
Representative Goodcll, of Wayne
county, gave notice of bill to pre-
vent monopolies in articles of general
necessity and providing Il penalty
therefor.
The Merchants national bank of
Helena, Mont, failed Saturday morn
ing and Bank Examiner }. s. Brown,
now receiver OF the First national
bank Of Helena, leas been placed in
temporary charge.
a semi-oilicial note has been issued
at Rome stating Italy will not oppose
Greece in any action the latter country
may take on the Cretan question. 1T
is added that Italy does not wish to
serve Turkey in any way.
The White Star line steamer Brit
tanic from New York for Liverpool,
arrived ut Queenstown at 1854 o'clock
Saturday forenoon She reports hav-
ing experienced heavy northeasterly
gales and high seas during five days of
her passage.
Capt Harry Brown, junior member
of the firm of ". ii. Browns Sons,
whose boats are known all along the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, has retired
from the firm. Capt Sam 5. Brown
will look after the interests OF the
company in the future.
The Berlin Post Friday evening pub
fishes an article in which it says that
war between Greece and Turkey is al
most inevitable. The paper adds that
Turkey is entitled to -.i.g: her troops
to cross the Thessalian frontier in view
of the action OF Greece
The Fcllowcraft club, which was
founded by the newspaper men of De-
troit gave Il reception to Gen. Russell
A. Algcr Friday night. The occasion
was the opening of their new club
house on Wilcox street, and was at
tended by large number of Detroit's
most prominent citizens.
The London Morning Post Saturday
publishes a news agency statement
that the powers are unanimous in their
condemnation of the attitude of
Greece, and that they will not allow
her to continue her present course. She
must, it is added, abandon the idea of
commencing war with Turkey.
The fifth annual banquet of the Lin
coin club was held in Sweets hotel,
Grand Rapids Friday evening, and
was of more than local interest from
the fact that Gonzalez de Quesada,
charge d'affaires of the Cuban repub.
lie at Washington, was present and
made one Of the principal addresses
AS has been the custom for many
years on February 12, the base of the
Lincoln statue in Statuary hall, at the
national capital, was draped with an
American flag and entwining about
the feet of the statue were garlands of
maiden hair fern and smilaX. A little
card informed the visitor that it was
the eighty-eighth anniversary of the
birth oG the martyred president.