Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-02-03
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Infanta Marie Louise Ferninandc,
duchess of Montpensier, is dead. She
was 65 years of age.
Thomas Bateman, who was twice
president of the Primitive Methodist
conference, is dead in London.
The tug Van Ralte, which was inn
prisoned in the ice off sd street,
Chicago, all night, arrived safely at
dock Tuesday morning.
The First national bank of Oaksdale,
Spokane county, Wash, has gone into
voluntary liquidation. Depositors are
notified to come and get their money.
It is announced that Emperor Fran
els Joseph, accompanied by Count
Goluchowslii, Austrian minister of for
eight affairs, will visit st. Petersburg
on April 20
The towboat II. Nj. Townsend, valued
at $40, O,oOO sank in IL feet of water at
Memphis, Tenn, Monday morning.
Floating ice cut the hull and caused
the boat to sink
During January the coinage exc
cuted at the United States mints
amounted in value to 50, S51, ,22O The
gold coined aggregated 81, SOB, 420. Sill
YER dollars numbering 1,S12, 900 was
coined.
c In court of common pleas, Pitts
burgh, Tuesday morning, George S.
Griscom and ii. L. Anderson, were APP
pointed receivers for the Pennsylvania
Lead company of Pittsburgh. Judg-
ment was confessed to trustee Griscom
for S949, 900.
The condition of Senator George
Monday morning, is slightly improved.
1t is hoped that in week or two he
will have sufficiently recovered to be
able to go TO his home in Mississippi,
where the climate is moro conducive
to mis- health
The Bonheld Woodcnware works at
the south end of Bay City, Mich, the
largest institution of the kind in the
world, will resume operations Thurs
day, putting on 800 employees. A full
force was started Monday morning at
the Garland Machine works.
E Edward Il. Taylor, alias Arthur w.
Platt, who is under arrest in London
for killing Jesse Tyrce in kentucky in
lSSj, was formally eXtradited in the
Bow street police court Tuesday and
will be brought to America at once by
the Kentucky officials who went there
tc secure his eXtradition.
The remains of Gen. Andrew Jack
son Smith, who died Saturday last at
his home in st. Louis. were buried
Monday in Calvary ceAatc.y with mil
itary honors. Services were held at
the church of the immaculate Conccp-
ton, jefferson avenue and Locust
street by Rev. G. d. Power.
Eight bandits made an attack on the
store at the Los Angeles ranch, near
Cordova, Mex Manuel Roux and a
young Spaniard defended the store
and fired on the bandits, killing two of
them. The bandits returned the fire,
and killed the Spaniard. They then
withdrew and were pursued by COM
pany OF rurals.
There is no longer any doubt in the
minds of the Massachusetts delegation
that eX-Gov. John B. Long Of Boston,
has received a formal tender of the
naval portfolio. If Mr.. Longs health
permits he will enter the cabinet. 1t
is understood that this will not affect
Congressman Drapers prospects for
securing foreign mission.
The monthly statement of the con-
troller of the currency shows that the
circulation of national bank notes DUR
ing January decreased S5GS, 20G as COM
pared with the corresponding month
last year. During the year ended Jam
uary 81, 1897, the increase in national
bank notes circulation was S21, 900, 500.
The total amount outstanding anuary
81, 1897, was $3.50, ,OOs, OS5.