Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-27
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Mondays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows; Available cash
balance, s266, $50. 100; gold reserve,
s19O, O4s,67
Evan McColl, the Scottish-Canadian
poet, is dead at Toronto. He was the
author of many poems, both in English
and in Gaelic. He was 80 years old.
All freight rates were restored to
normal tariff Monday on the western
roads In this way was brought to n
close long continued and disastrous
rate war.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
is a shortage on the decidious fruit
crop of California this year, the snip
ments of green fruits so far this sea-
son exceed those for the same period
of last year by 175 carloads.
The navy department has issued an
advertisement calling for proposals
for constructing by contract four har-
Dor defense monitors provided for by
the naval appropriation bill. The bids
will be opened Saturday, October /.
Private Michael O'Mealy, Company
A, 2lst infantry, who was one OF the
wounded landed at the marine hos
pital at Stapleton, S, l., died there
Monday. O'Mealy's home was at Platts-
burg, n. Y. He leaves a wife and child
who live at Quebec.
Perry Heath, first assistant postmas-
ter general, Monday went to New
York where he will take II steamer tor
Berlin. Mr. Heath expects to be abs
sent one month, and during that time
the newly appointed chief clerk Mr..
George NJ. Allen, will act as first as
sistant.
At Manchester, Eng, while Judge
Parry, of the county court, was deliv-
ering Judgment cancelling the COM
mission OF Court Bailiff Taylor, for
misconduct, the latter drew a revolver
and fred three shots at the Judge. 1t
is feared Judge Parry's injuries will
prove fatal.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Madrid says: 1t is authoritative
ly stated that Russia is even more
active than either Germany or Austria
in automatically prompting Spain
and in moving for q combination of
the continental powers to do some-
thing to check the United States.
In accordance with instructions re-
ceived from Washington, the United
States consular agent at Gibraltar has
issued safe conducts to the Spanish
steamers Isla de Luzon and Isla de
Panay, now at Cadiz, to proceed to
Santiago de Cuba and return to Spain
with the surrendered Spanish troops.
In the house of commons Monday,
secretary of state of the colonies, Mr..
Cham berlain, confirmed the report that
Sir James Winter, the premier of New
foundland, will represent that colony
at the approaching conference at
Washington on the matters in dispute
between Canada and the United States.
Frank Waller. who started at Nor
wood, Mass, Sunday against the "a
four hour paced road record, finished
at Stoughton, at 4:49 Monday after
noon one minute short of the "a hours,
having covered 3Gs 40 miles. there
by breaking the previous record Of
$50 miles 100 feet His finish was
strong.
Aaron Herman. representing the
German government, and an attache
of the German embassy at Washing
ton, is visiting the Iowa state agricul-
tural college, investigating agricul-
tural matters. The baron was much
impressed by Americas instruction
in agricultural science He declined
to be interviewed on diplomatic sub
iects.
The new ambulance ship Missouri
arrived at New York Monday from
Philadelphia and the work of fitting
her out will be carried on day and
night. The Missouri will carry q COM
plete hospital outfit and will be able
to accommodate 800 patients, though
folding hunks will be stored on board
so that in an emergency 500 wounded
can be cared for.