Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-24
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The senate, in executive session,
Monday agreed to all the committee
amendments to the arbitration treaty,
but final action on that convention was
not had.
No more trouble is expected near
Sioux City, Ia, from floods unless the
Missouri rises unexpectedly. All small
er streams in the locality are falling.
The Massachusetts, house Monday
afternoon refused to suspend the rules
to admit the bill to prohibit the use of
exhibitions by the kinctoscopc of the
Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight.
The Pigeon river is overhowing her
banks doing considerable damage to
property on the flats, Caseyville,
Mich. The Pontiac, Oxford & North
ern railroad depot was badly wrecked.
l.. A. Pclton, Il machinist at the pa
per mill at Water Vliet Mich, was
caught on a shaft between two beaters
Monday afternoon and literally torn
to pieces. His head and arms were
torn off and he was otherwise horribly
mangled.
James Colville, of Boston, who was
Cor1ctt's time keeper i'll the recent
contest at Carson City, is one of syn
iicatc of eastern sports who are will
ing to back John l.. Sullivan against
FitzsimnOns in IL battle for the cham
ponship.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
Of Paris, Tex, suspended Tuesday
morning The failure was caused by
the suspension Monday of Martin,
Wise & Fitzhugh, cotton buyers, A
statement of assets and liabilities has
not yet been given out
At Milwaukee, the post mortem cX-
animation Monday on Leon Cabel, who
committed suicide Sunday developed
the fact that he was one of the heirs
to an estate valued at 81, 900 be-
longing to an uncle who recently died
in Russia. A brother of the deceased
is Judge in Germany.
At Chicago Michael j. OBrien, the
politician and west side saloon-kcepcr,
who shot and killed his wife about
two years ago, was Tuesday sentenced
to the pcnitcntiary for life by Judge
Ball. O'Rrieu pleaded guilty with the
hope of securing leniency In u form
cr trial the jury disagreed.
| Lake Maudota is ovcrflowing its dam
ana the river leading from lake tc
| lake has ovcrtlowcd it's northern bank
and the low lands northeast, embrac'
ing many hundreds of acres, are over
flowed, near Madison, Wis. The low
lands between the river and the busi
ness part of the city "rc under water,
several houses being completely sur
rounded by water.
At a meeting of the board OF direct
ors of the Mnratimc exchange, Phila.
dclplia, Tuesday, Il resolution was
adopted and forwarded to President
Mckinley favoring the making of the
Office of commissioner of navigation u
permanent one and urging that the
present commissioner, Eugene L.
Cham berlain, be continued in the
| place.
The engine and four cars of The
north-bound local passenger on the
Chicago & Texas railroad Wen
down with the bridge acros:
the Big Muddy river at Al
bridge Station, south of Grand Tow
er, Ill. Engineer Joe Forester anc
Fireman james Anderson were drown
ed The train was standing at the
station with the engine on the trcstl'
when the bridge gave way.
President Mckinley Tuesday morn
ing granted respite to the four mer
who were to have been hanged at moor
Tuesday at Santa Fe, n. NJ. Telegram
directing stay of execution for ter
days to enable the president to exam
/ inc the case was sent to the United
| States marshal there. This was the
first opportunity of exercising elem
ency presented to the president since
he entered the white house.