Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-10
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| lhe spanish government has decided
to reward tho services of M. Cambon
and NJ. Thiebaut, secretary of the
French embassy at Washington.
The United States revenue cutter
Walter O. Gresham arrived at Boston
Monday, having sailed from Chicago
through the great lakes aud st. Law
renee river.
Mime. Charles Frederick Worth. wild
ow of the famous costumer of Paris,
who died in March, 1895, and his sac
cessor in the superintendence of the
Worth establishment, died Monday
Capt Weaver, Of Company A, Sd
Ohio, and Harry Adams, of Company
E. Sad Michigan regiment, died Mon
day of typhoid at Fernandina, Fla
Their remains have been sent to their
| homes.
Should Hon. Geo. M. Curzon, the
parliamentary secretary for foreign
affairs, be appointed viceroy of India
in succession to the earl of Elgin as
appears certain, he will probably be
raised to the peerage before he starts
Information was received by Adjt.
Gen. Corbin Monday night from Col.
Humphrey, in charge of the trans
portation arrangements at Santiago,
that the Spanish hospital ship Ali
cante sailed from there Monday with
500 of the Spanish prisoners for Spain.
Col. Fred G. Bogan, commander of
the 0:h Massachusetts, L. S. v, died
at his home in Charlestown. Mass,
Tuesday. Col. Began arrived home
from Gu ba few days ago in greatly
debiiitated condition as result of the
hardship attendant upon the cam.
paign.
Anxiety is caused in Madrid by the
impending return to Spain from San
tiago of $4,000 soldiers Infected with
yellow fever and other diseases. Ex.
tensive sanitary precautions are being
taken, but Spain has not enough lazar.
ettos (sFecial hospitals) for such an
emergency.
+. Lulhing has commenced shipping
dried apricots from Suisun, Cal, to
Germany He states there is an in
creasing demand in that country for
all kinds of dried fruit and he will
make extensive shipments there this
season. Four carIoads have already
been forwarded.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from San Juan, Porto Rico, says: The
troops are busily engaged construct.
ing defenses, although the local pa
pers largely pu blish rumors of peace.
The greater part of the population Of
the city has left for the country, fear.
ing bombardment
Two Norwegian steamers have been
added to the United States large col
lection of war prizes. They are the
captured by the auxiliary
gun boat Hawk, off Cadiz light, Isle
Of Pines, on Saturday last, and the
Bergen taken by the auxiliary gun
boat Viking, off Francis Key on Sun.
day.
Gen. II. L. Street. commandments.
chief of the Union Veterans union,
and other workers arrived at Rock Is
land. H., Monday. The 18th national
enean pment opened Tuesday and lasts
four days. The city is lavishly dec
Grated, the street center effects on
the trolly wires being particularly
handsome.
The transport Alamo arrived at New
port News Monday from New York.
she will carry the remaining six COM
panies of the 1st Kentucky regiment
to Porto Rico. They will probably
embark Tuesday, as will the sth Iii.
nois regiment on the transport Oodam.
Neither of the vessels will sail before
The % army corps will be perman.
emily encamped at Thorou ghfare
Gap, Va. The I'd division now at Bris.
tow. Va, will start on Tuesday. The
1st division, now at Dunn Loring, will
have TO wait for wagon trains and
probably can not start before Sunday.
Thoroughfare Gap is about twelve
miles from Manassas junction.
Adm. Dewey Rapnrt.