Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-05-23
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

Fridays st st,tement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, s2o5, 5,s15,e7e; gold reserve,
STA 6eS, ,925.
According to the bestexpert opinion
in London, if Adm. Cervera has gone
to Santiago de Cuba, he has made ia
tai mistake.
special dispatch from Key West
Friday reports that during the night
the patrol boat Sarasota collided with
the pilot boat Blanche and sunk near
Fort Taylor. There was no loss Of
life.
Adm. Camara, after having had sew.
eral conferences with the minister Of
marines, Capt. Auron, has returned to
Cadiz. The fleet commanded by the
admiral will, it is said, sail under seal.
ed orders.
The Dutch cruiser Frtesland has ar
rived at St Thomas, Danish West In
dies, from the Azore islands. 1t is
said that five Italian war ships will
rendezvous there at the end of the
present month.
AT Montreal Senior Polo de Bernabe
and his suite went on board the Do
minion line steamship Dominion at
late hour Friday night. The ship sail
ed early Saturday morning. The senior
refused to talk with reporters.
While the auxiliary cruiser Yankee
was practicing off Block Island Friday
small black torpedo boat was Sight
ed signaling to the Yankee. The
cruiser at once started at full speed
sou Inward and the torpedo boat turned
towards Newport
King George has cabled his condol-
ences to Mrs. Gladstone saying:
Greece is full of gratitude to the
glorious phil-Helenist who did so much
for her and shares sincerely the grief
of England, which is the grief of the
civilized universe"
Eugene Harding, private in Com
pany l, First New York volunteer in-
fantry, was arrested at Camp Rlack,
Hampstead, L. l., Saturday, on the
charge of embezzling sa,sOO from his
employers, Snyder and Fancher, whole
sale grocers of Middletown, N. Y.
An English warship is expected to
arrive in Tampa harbor on May "a, the
anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
day and the event will be celebrated
by banquet that will be notable for
the number of military and naval
cele brities that will be present
BENZ. f. Montgomery, nominated
Friday as captain in the army, is exc
cutive clerk to the president and is at
present in charge of the ''war room"
at the white house. Mr.. Montgomery
has already to his credit an honorable
service of seven years in the army.
Mrs. Lena Sporri, the insane widow
of a fireman at Vassar college, MUIR
dered her two children, son two
years old and daughter five months
old, by decapitating them early Satur-
day morning. She will be sent to the
Matteawan asylum for insane criml-
nails.
Over forty cases of ammunition
were found Friday on the Spanish
steamer Argonauta captured during
the first days of the war. 1t was on
this steamer that Lieut.. Col. Cortijo,
Weyler's brother-in-law,w was captured,
with other Spanish soldiers, now pris-
oners in Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta
Supplies of every description con-
tinue to pour into Chickamauga park.
Carload after carload of provisions
have arrived and vast amount of
clothing and equippage is also being
received. The indications now are
that the entire army will be equipped
during the next two weeks.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Times says: "a newspaper
which is occasionally inspired makes
the oracular announcement that Senior
Leon = Castillo, the Spanish ambassa-
dor to France, is engaged in effecting
rapprochement with the French gov
ernment for reasons which must not
be made public"
All the regiments now in camp at
Chickamauga have settled down to
hard work and are undergoing prac-
tical training in the art Of war. The
business like methods being pursued
| by Gen. Brooke will make the army
available for active service much ear
lier than many army officers believed
possible.