Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-16
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Prince Bismarck, in his telegram OF
coincidence to Sonora Canovas, says: Il
have never bowed my head before any
one, but bow it every time hear the
name of Canovas."
The government of Japan has decided
to establish a legation in Peru and has
already appointed Mr.. Loshi- Bumi-M Mu.
rata as minister resident. He is also
accredited to Mexico. This is the first
mission from Japan to Peru.
A treasury statement shows that the
value of foreign merchandise imported
into the United States and subsequent
ly exported during the last fiscal year
amounted S1s, ,9s5, 1888, as compared with
SIS, ,40G, 451 for the next preceding year.
+. A. Pope, of Kansas, a member OF
the third class at the military academy,
West Point, is prisoner in the guard
house at Camp Warren. His otfense
was entering a tent and falling asleep
while on duty as a guard.
Hugo Kerllau, the young German bill
lard champion. has arranged to play
Edward Mclaughlin, the champion of
Pennsylvania, a siX-night contest at
what is known as the all rail game,
| 1000 points night, for purse offered
by Maurice DAILY.
Tommy White has signed articles to
go to England and box Nunc Wallace,
the English 1?G-pound champion, be-
fore the National Sporting club of
London. The fight will be % rounds
for 81 900 side. a large purse and the
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Ole a. Omlid, second-cabin passen-
ger on the steamship Campania. died
while the vessel was at sea on August
II from consumption. Omlid was return
ing to Grand Forks, y. D.. after visit
to his native town in Sweden. His
wife and infant were with him, and he
was buried at sea.
Mr.. Pom Kwang Soh. eX-minister
from Corea. died in Washington at 3:3C
Friday of acute consumption, recently
aggravated by over exercise. The fu'
neral arrangements will probably be
attended by the Corean legation. II
was Mr.. Soh's wish that his body
| should be cremated.
A messenger from Summitville, Col.
brings news of a powder explosion
which occurred in the lower workings
of the Little Annie mine at Summit
vile by which three men lost their
! lives. The explosion caused a cave-in
and tie men were sutfocated before
they could be reached.
Secretary Gage Friday instructed the
! collector of customs at Buffalo, n. V,
to admit to entry Canadian stone need
ed for the work on the Buffalo break.
water, pending the final settlement as
to the rate of duty and by whom to be
paid. Under this arrangement the
work on the improvement will not be
delayed
Ella T., gray mare owned by j. w.
Tilden, of Red Oak, Ia, made a mile
on the fair ground track at Middletown,
n, Y, in 2:09 12, the tasted mile ever
trotted in this state on a half-mile
track. Just at the conclusion of the
races, Louis Sinsabaugh, aged II. rode
bicycle down the stretch at the last
turn in that track, Virginia Fox. com
ing at 2:1S gait struck him. knocking
him down and fracturing his skull.
Albert Kneeland, the alleged biga,
mist arrested in New Mexico and
brought to st. Joseph, Mo-, for trial,
according to letters received has ten
wives. nearly all of them living. They
live in Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.
Kneeland is a travelling artist and was
married the last time at st. Joseph,
about two years ago. He was first
married at Columbus, o. His fourth
wife, living at st. Louis, is pushing
the prosecution.
Senator Stewart of Nevada requests
the publication of a denial of recent in.
tervicws with him on the subject of sill
Yer and finance. lie says: There
seems to have been a conspiracy to mis-
represent me and my colleague. Meth
er Of us have given out the interviews
reported or any other interviews at
variance with our lifelong devotion to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
by the United States alone at the ratio
Of lG to l."
The state department has been in
formed that the sections of finance, war
and navy, representing the council of
state of the French West Indies. have
passed law, which went into effect
May II last admitting manufactured
! tobacco from Algiers free of duty into
Martinique, Guadaloupe, Cayenne and
Reunion. This has had and will con.
tinue TO have a tendency to curtail to
considerable extent the importation
of tobacco manufactured in the United
States.
British Cruiser Ordered to Behring Sea.
LONDON, Aug. 14.-The British cruiser
Amphion has been ordered from her
station in the north Pacific to sealing
duty in Behring sea.