Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-25
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

George Curzon, viceroy designate OF
India, will start for Calcutta with Mrs.
Curzon in December, to relieve Lord
Elgin, the retiring viceroy at the be.
ginning of next year.
At Macon, Ga, the store and stock OF
II. j. Lamar & sons, one of the largest
wholesale and retail drug houses in the
state, was totally destroyed by fire
Tuesday. Loss, SiC5, 900; insurance,
SS5, 900.
A terrible thunderstorm swept the
whole Jutland peninsula Tuesday.
Many outbuildings we're struck by
lightning, six persons were killed and
80 farm buildings and Is houses
burned.
Bids were opened at the navy de.
partment Tuesday for 100000 six.
FOUNDER steel shell, 100000 three
pounder steel she'll and 100, 900 one
FOUNDER steel she'll for use in the
United States navy.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the famous ex.
plorer, journalist and author, once an
American citizen and now mem Der
of the English house of commons, has
! placed himself on record as opposed to
an Anglo American alliance.
Mrs c. Z. Malkemaus of Jackson
vile, Cal, sacrificed her life in saving
her three children from death by the
accidental upsetting of lamp. All
were terribly burned. The mother is
dead, but the children will recover
About one million dollars, mostly in
gold and silver coin, will be carried 70
Manila Oh the Scandia for the pay.
nent of the United States troops IN
the Philippines. The coin will be
guarded by Il detachment of soldiers.
Fifteen thousand people saw Marti.
mas, at the long odds of 40 to /, win
the great Futurity stakes at Sheers-
head bay Tuesday. High Degree coming
second; while the public choices were
nowhere. The day was excessively hot
The rumors of trouble between the
natives and the Americans at Manila
are for the most part un nfounded. The
fact is that the insurgents have been
unwilling TO disarm until assured Of
the permanence of American protec-
tion.
The Sth Massachusetts,, 18th New
York and 2lst Kansas left Camp
Thomas Wednesday for Lexington,
Ky, where they will camp uutil fur
ther orders. Other regiments were
ready to move, but on account of lack
of railroad facilities were unable to
do SO.
Two private soldiers of Battery X,
7th United States artillery, were in
stantly killed Tuesday and two others
seriously injured by having their heads
crushed against the iron girders of the
railroad bridge at the Ridge avenue
crossing of the Pennsylvania road, in
Philadelphia,
Adm. Sampson left Washington at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon on the con-
gressional limited for New York and
Wednesday will go aboard his flagship,
the New York. which will be put in
dry dock at once for repairs. Adm.
Sampson probably will leave for Cuba
about September ..
f. Victor Sergeant and Robert Nc
kisson, both of Lowell, passed through
Springfield, Mass, on bicycles on their
way to San Francisco, which they
must reach by Dece u ber !, without
the assistance of railroad or steam boat
conveyance to satisfy wager made by
members Of Vesper county club, Of
Lowell
DIR. Middleton, chief surgeon of the
department of California, has received
a letter from Chief Surgeon Lippin.
colt, under Gen. Merritt, requesting
that the forwarding of extra medical
and surgical supplies for the Philip.
pine troops be expedited as much as
possible. This request has been wired
to the war department
Adm. Sampson said Tuesday con.
corning Garcia's claim that Cervera
surrendered to the Cubans and was
turned over to the navy, that it could
not be true. There were no Cubans
about except few on the shore. The
admiral says Cervera was taken eff mis-
flagship by the Gloucester, and was
afterward taken aboard the Iowa