Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-09-24
SHORT SPECIALS.

issued call to national banks for i
report on their condition at the closa
Of business Tuesday, September 20.
Everything tends to confirm the
opinion that Gen. Zurlinden, in order
ing the military trial of Col. Picquar
acted entirely upon his own initiative.
Gen. Lawton Thursday night report.
ed to the war department ia new
cases of sickness and two deaths
Thursday among the American troops
at Santiago.
The American commissioners in Ha-
vana continue inactive, spending their
days at the trocha hotel, where, as far
as can be learned, no official business
is being done.
dispatch to the New York Herald
from Manila says: The schemes of
the Spanish clerical party have divided
the Filipinos almost beyond the hope
of reconciliation.
At a meeting Of ingram carpet yarn
spinners, held in Philadelphia, an ab-
solute shut down of the mills re pre-
sented was decided upon. This action
is taken because OF the overproduction
of yarn.
The French wheat crop is estimated
at 1aS, 600, OOo hectolitres, the largest
since 1874, when the yield was 1S6 o1O.
coo hectolitres This will render
France independent of foreign impor-
tations of wheat.
Earring Star Pointer, the fastest
two harness horses in the world. Joe
Patcnen and John r. Gentry, had
match race ut the Readville Mass
track Thursday and the Patcheu horse
won in two straight heats.
The Zanz bar correspondent OF the
Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung records
the prevalent belief existing there that
England will cede Zanzibar to Ger
many in return for German conces-
sions regarding Delagoa bay.
VIM. T. Ryle, the Paterson, n. j.,
millionaire silk manufacturer, died
at Cape May, n. j., very suddenly.
Hemorrhage of the stomach set In and
the utmost efforts of his physician
were unayailing. He was 40 years of
age.
Aguinaldo and his chiefs have made
plea to the powers for recognition of
pelligerency. Angoncillo, his agent,
who was a passenger on the steamer
China, is on his way to Europe to sub
NIT the question to foreign arbtra-
.ion.
Battery Z, Of the 1st United States
light artillery, which was commanded
during its service at Ell Caney ana
Santiago by the late Capt. Allyn Cap
ron, passed through Cleveland, O. at
2:l0 o'clock Friday morning on its way
from Montauk Point to jefferson Bar.
racks, Mo.
Capt. George j. Adams aged Sc. and
Capt Charles Miller. aged %. his as
sistant, Were instantly killed while
fireworks display and re-
production of the Manila battle on
ne Allegheny river in front OF the
exposition building, Pittsburgh, Thurs
lay night
Information received Thursday by
Acting Postmaster General Heath in
iicates that the Temporary organizes
Ion OF the postal system in the i'm
'ortant cities and towns in Porto
Rico under United States auspices will
'e in operation almost as soon as the
vacuation of the islands by the Span.
ards is complete.
A dispatch was received at army |
San Francisco, Thurs
ay. ordering Gen. King and detach.
nent now at Honolulu to proceed to |
lanila The transport Arizona is due
t Manila next Saturday, and will re.
urn to Honolulu. A provision shin |
will be sent from San Francisco to |
honolulu to provide for the troops.
With the departure Of NJ. Cambon.
he ambassadors of France, Germany
nd Italy will be abroad, leaving only
Ireat Britain and Russia with their
mbassadors at Washington. This
zodus toward Europe at the time of |
ne meeting of the peace commission
Paris has given rise to reports that
here was some significance in the
rips