Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-24
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Fridays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, $3.50, $50, 15s; gold reserve,
S163, 292, ,S22.
John +. Steibrcnner, president of
the Chaplin Hall Lumber Co., died Fri
day at Newark, n. j., from an over
dose of laudanum.
Gen. Nathan Kimball, eX-postmaster
at Ogden, Utah, and former well
known citizen of Indiana, died here
Friday evening.
The steamship City of Columbia, eu-
route from New York to Alaska with a
party of gold hunters bound for the
klondille, has arrived at Rio Janeiro
without incident.
It is officially announced in Wall
street that Chauncey M. Depew will
enter the directorate of the Ontario tG
Western Railroad Co. at next weeks
meeting of that board.
Red placards were posted in Havre
Friday denourcing the Dreyfusians
and inscribed with the usual cries
against the Hebrews and in favor of
the army and the republic.
At Chicago, Jacob Schaefer Friday
afternoon made record at the 1S-inch
balk line game. He ran 400 points in
ten innings, an average of 40, defeat
ing Cation, who scored but 80.
The steamship Servia sailing for Eu.
rope Saturday will take out Gil, 900
ounces of silver. The steamship La
Normandie sailing for Europe Satur-
day will take out $50, 900 ounces of sill
YER.
While cage containing Is miners
was being hoisted in the shaft of the
Bonne Esperance mine at Washes, in
Halnaut, the cable broke and the oc-
cupants of the cage were dashed to
pieces.
In Peliin the prospects of the British
loan are not bright. The British and
japanese ministers are acting in con-
cert in the matter. The loan will be,
if arranged, at three per cent. and will |
be issued at par.
Caroline Ravenhill. who declares she |
is the wife of Edward G. Radcliffe. the |
actor, arrived on the liner st. Louis |
from Southampton. She has come here
to press charge of bigamy against the
actor in marrying the daughter of
Peter De Lacey.
Mrs. Brown-Potter and Mr.. Kyrle
Bellew appeared Friday evening at the
Adelphi theater, London, in Char
lotte Corday," before brilliant audi
ence. The prince of Wales was pres
ent. Mrs Brown-Potter and Mr. Bel
ew had dozen curtain calls at the
close of the performance.
M. Vervoort, editor of the LIE Jour,
Ind NJ. Adjalbert, Paris, writer for
les Dreits De L'Homme, fought a duel
With swords on account of dispute
lrising out of the Dreyfus case NJ.
'ervoort sustained three flesh wounds
md NJ. Adjalbert was wounded in the
orearm. The seconds stopped the
ight.
Mrs. Edwin T. Uhl, wife of the ex.
ambassador to Germany, has signified
~ cable her willingness to accept the
nomination for president of the pro-
ected Federation of Amateur Musical
.lubs. The decision was made known
oy Mrs. Uhl in response to direct in
luhy Dy VI a
Imateur musical clubs.
Christian A. Stengle, who received
nd sent the first telegraph messl res
n Norway, is dead. He was CG yea
# age and has resided in Minneap.
en- years. Since the infirmities of d,
'revented him from handling key he
las been receiving pension from the
Norwegian government for faithful
services rendered it.
Cap TILES, the well-known st. Louis
urfman, announces that John Rode
zap has decided to abandon his inten-
ion of retiring from the turf and that
lie will continue to race as of yore this
ear. Accordingly he reclaimed from
TILES the speedy three-year-old flly
Terrell which TILES recently purchased
rom him for 81, 500.
Indianapolis Man In Custody.