Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-01
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rcvelornents of the last few days
show that Russia is trying to take
land in the proposed Anglo-American
Alliance
Decoration day was very generally
observed Monday in Baltimore. Banks
md business houses were closed, as
we're public offices
The Harvard has sailed from Kings
tou to join Commodore Schley's squad
.on. She took pilot familiar with
he sou tn coast of Cuba.
Gen. Miles and his staff, making q
party Of "a persons, left Washington
.or Tampa Monday night on a special
train over the Southern railway.
About two miles back of the town OF
1avite Gen. Aguinaldo has five modern
field pieces with d mod
,rate supply of common field shells
ind shrapnel
The Philippine insurgents received
asst Tuesday 1000 Maussr breech load.
,rs and 200, 900 rounds of ammunition,
and have been busy ever since in get
ling their men together here.
Charles King, the story writer, may
command a brigade, to consist of the
18th California, lst Colorado, 1st Me-
,raska, 10th Pennsylvania infantry
'egiments and the Utah light artillery.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin is now working
put the details of the second call for
yolunteers. The apportionmento of the
IS, 000 among the various states has
aot been fixed definitely, but will be-
in day or two.
Gen Aguinaldo says that he has 500
Mausers captured from the Spaniards,
which, with the rifles just received,
will enable him to arm a force equal
20 the detachment of Spaniards now
n the province of Cavite.
A reduction in passenger rates to
Europe this summer is expected among
.he agents of the large transatlantic
lines at New York. The pooling ar
rangement which has prevailed for
number Of years among the large lines
nas completely fallen through.
Memorial day was more generally
observed in Pittsburgh and vicinity
than for many years, due of course to
the war feeling. Not only the vet
erans. but the sons of veterans, boys
brigade and all independent organiza-
tions and many school children took
part
James Underwood, travelling sales
man for the Champenoia Jewelry Co.,
Of Newark, n. j., drank quantity Of
cyanide of potasi by mistake at the
jewelry store of F. H. Niehaus, ST.
Louis, thinking it was water. He fell
TO the floor Immediately and lived but
ten minutes.
At Denver, COL, veterans Of the
union and confedara marched to-
gether in parade Monday and decor
ated the soldiers graves in the various
city cemeteries. Before the parade
the veterans assemble at the capitol
grounds, where they received floral
tributes from thousands of school chill.
dren.
The Madrid correspondent of tho
Daily Mail says: Senor Gamazo, the
minister of public instruction and
public works, will agree to afiot a
credit for the representation of Spain
at the Paris exposition of 1900. He
has also agreed to introduce bill to
execute needful public works for the
benefit of the unemployed
In addition to the great number Of
graves of union soldiers, 5000 confed-
crate dead lie buried in cemeteries at
Chicago. Not one of them, northerner
or southerner,w overlooked Monday.
After the ceremonies at the cemeter-
les, there was a magnificent parade in
the heart of the city. The line Of
march was ablaze with national colors.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Port au Prince, Hayh, says: THE
German steamer Schleswig, which left
Gonaives on the 18th for Kingston
with coal for the United States gov
ernment, was to return to Gonaives
May %. AS nothing has been heard
here from her in nearly fortnight
it is feared that she has been cap
tured."
In Paris, with a view to check tho
blatant pro-Spanish feeling there and
enlist the sympathies OF Frenchmen ON
the side of America, special effort was
made by the American colony Monday
to do honor to the memory of La
fayette. A big gathering proceeded to
his tomb in the Picpus cemetery, which
was decorated with wreaths and mu.