Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-11
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A cable message was received Thurs.
day at Havana from the queen regent
granting a pardon to Jose Carab bre,
who was under sentence to be shot
Thursday morning
James Hughes Taylor, a veteran tra-
gedian of wide reputation, is dead at
Downingtown, Pa, victim of dropsy.
Mr.. Taylor, who was a native of Phila-
delphia, was 73 years of age.
The president Thursday nominated
Maurice d. o. Connell, of Iowa, to be
solicitor of the treasury and William
NJ Griffith, of Arizona territory, to be
marshal for the territory of Arizona.
Edwin McPhelim, formerly dramatic
critic of the Chicago Tribune, and one
OF the best known newspaper men in
the west, is dying. He has been for
some time an inmate OF the State in.
sane asylum at Elgin, Ill.
The Boone county bank at Harrison.
Ark, closed its doors Wednesday morn
ing. c. j. Crump was appointed re-
ceiver by Judge Hudgins. The assets
are said to be $4,000 and liabilities
$50, OOO Poor collections and heavy
Withdrawals are given as the cause OF
the failure.
The senate committee on finance has
not yet been able to agree upon the
form of provision in regard to the
Hawaiian treaty and mem ber OF the
committee Wednesday expressed the |
opinion that it might be necessary to
mold another caucus to decide upon
course of action.
At meeting of the board of trustees
of the Illinois Deaf and Dumb insti.
tute, Jacksonville, ILL.,, Wednesday.
the position of superintendent was of.
fered to Dr. Joseph C. Gordon, of the
National College of Deaf Mutes, WASH
ington, d. c. Mr.. Gordon accented
the position and will assume charre
July 1.
AT Nashville, Tenn, Wednesday
morning Prof. Bernard undertook to
try another voyage in his airship. The
balloon appendage had been too hiph.
~ inflated and when away up in the
air the machine began to descend rap
idly The balloon had burst, but the
parachute appliances enabled the pro-
lessor to land safely.
Advices from Simferopol, capitol of
the province of Taurida, say that
oriental rains have fallen in that
alstrlct lnundating a portion of the
province. Many persons have been
drowned, the rivers are overfowinp
ana running the crops, and the damage
TO the wheat crop is enormous.
Drought prevails in Northern Taurida.
The most serious freight wreck on
the Boston IL Maine railroad in MANY
months occurred on the western divis-
on about a quarter of a mile east of
1Neter, y. H., 1T 10:30 o'clock Thurs
lay morning. The Portland & Boston
trough night freight ran into a wash.
ut at Fernands culvert. The locom o.
I've and seven cars were demolished
nd three men were killed. \,
Inc strike at Jones e Lauphlin's
merlcan works, Pittsburgh, was de-
ared off by the strikers committee re
thursday, and all the old men who W
IN get work will go back at the re- &C
action. About 500 new men have pa
zen taken on, and probably that NJ
any Of the old employees will be COM cd cd
elled to seek work elsewhere. The W.
III was running in every department. Sc
b hursday AZ Az
Inc great mill and elevator of the cetel
> Louis Milling Co., at Carlinville. ter ter
l., together with the large cooper. $50
op, John Schapers' hardware store wa wa
d several residences nearby were of
ally destroyed by fire at . o'clock ing
ednesday afternoon. Cuples, the on on
Louis millionaire wood merchant. ert,
rchased the mill in 1882 from Weer TS9o,'
others, who were bankrupt. The SKI
al loss is about 5000, 900, with SOS. sSti as I
insurance. IIi IN =
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