Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-09-25
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in the United States against 2O3 Iase
wear and l6 in Canada against IS last |
year.
Joseph Terrell, colored, was hanged
in the Jail yard at Charlottesville Va
at 1850 o'clock Friday morning for the
murder of his mother.in-law, Malinda
Brown.
Senor Emilio CASTELAR,, the repub
lican leader of Spain, has received
letter dated at London, threatening
that he will be the next victim of the
anarchists,
At Bridgeport, CT, Charles A. Plumb,
who was arrested in STRAIT. ord We'd
nesday night on suspicion that he was
implicated in the Gill murder, was re-
leased Friday.
The annual report of \. o. Murphy,
governor OF Arizona, to the secretory
of the interior says the population of
the territory is nearly If not quito
100 600 people.
The steamer Alki arrived at Seattle
FRIDAY from Skaguay with a2o passen-
gers, most of whom were from Copper
river. Fifteen passengers from Daw-
son had "a small amount of gold
dust.
Col. Hyde, of the United States quar-
termaster's department for Boston,
has received orders from the quarter
master generals de partment 10 secure
suitable wintsr quarters for nearly
coo soldiers.
A cyclone visited Mt Airy, y. c.,
unroohng the Cage Fear & Yadkin
Valley railroad depot. blowing down
several buildings and doing considera-
Die damage to telegraph and tele phone
communications.
Hon. George n. Curzon, until recent
" parliamentary secretary for the for.
eign Office. who is to succeed the earl
of Elgin as viceroy of India, has been
elevated to the peerage as baron Cur
zon of Kedleston.
y train bearing 10,00O,0J0 ounces of
silver bullion from Philadelphia to
san Francisco is soon to mark new
era in the federal govern lnent's method
of transporting the precious metals
between its mints
Mayor Van WycS, of New York, has
declined an invitation to deliver an
address at the Omaha exposition on
Mayors day. October 10, on the ground
that his official 1uties will not permit
of his absence from the city.
The naval rendezvous in San Fran
cisco has posted call for men to man
the gun boat Callao, one OF the Spanish
vessels captured at Manila by the
American fleet Men to make up the
entire working staff are being signed.
The first section of the electric rail-
the famous noun tain of the Swiss Alps,
has been opened as far as the Asoi-
ger glacier, and it is expected the
road will be finished by the year
1904 90,
Chicago will probaly be made win.
ter quarters of at least 5000 troops
this winter. Col Jones, chief quarter
master of the department of the lakes,
has received telegram from Quarter.
master General Ludington requesting
information as to available quarters
for that number of men.
1t is announced that Rr Adm. Dewey
has purchased in London, through an
agent, Shakespearian relic in the
shape of snuff.box made from null
berry tree planted by Shakespeare in
his garden at Stratford. The box for
merly belonged to Gen. Sir Denis Facls,
one of Weilin...S1's comrades.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 24.-The steam
schooner Samoa has arrived here from
st. Michael, Alaska, with So klondik
srs and gold dust estimated at 500,
OoO The officers of the Samoa say
that the steamer Bertha was to sal
from St. Michael September 13 fo
San Francisco with one of the larges
gold cargoes of the season. They esti
mated that it would be between $500,
900 and So, 600, 900.