Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-10-15
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

An earthquake felt at Visalia, Cal,
ocked houses from their foundations,
,roke crockery and aroused many peo.
| lie.
France expects small commercial
post on the Nile or at the entrance
% Bahr. Ell -Ghazal as compensation for
| he evacuation of Fashoda.
A partial report by the expert who
las been examining the books OF
x-Tax Collector Keough, of Holyoke,
dass., shows probable shortage OF
49, 900.
Calvin Fairbanks, the abolitionist
dead at his home in Angelica, n. Y,
,ged 80 years. He was twice sentenced
prison in Kentucky for violation Of
he slave laws.
DR.. jefferson d. Goddard. under lC
,ear sentence for the murder of Fred
Jackson, a laundryman, has been
ranted a new trial by the state su.
reme court of Missouri
| A special from Iona, Mich. says the
roller of wing of the asylum for
dangerous and criminal insane explod-
Thursday night killing one man and
,adly injuring three Others.
1t is the understanding at the war
department. that the 1th and Sth reg.
liar cavalry, now at Huntsville, Ala,
will be the first troops that will go to
cuba, and it is now expected that they
will go with Gen. Lee.
American imports into China con.
inue to increase, while those of other
countries decrease. This is shown by
he statement of the Chinese trade re-
,orts for 1897, just received by the
reasury bureau of statistics.
Mai Gen. Francis v. Greene has
been ordered to report to Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, 9TH army corps, and will
command division of the army of Gu
pan occur alton. Gen. Greene took
part in the battle of Manila.
Thursdays on:erences between the
hostile and friendly Indians prelimin-
ary to Fridays council with Indian
OoDuulSSlOutT OOHSS illulCdJG Lldb lllC
hostiles will lay down their arms and
hat settlement will be reached.
Snow fell in Chicago for over an
hour Thursday night 1t was the first
/ his season and the earliest in 26 yeara
A gale accompanied the snowfall,
making navigation on Lake Michigan
| impossible. No casualties are reported.
The 7th California volunteer regi-
nent has broken camp at San Francis
20 and started for Los Angeles, where,
after furlough of 80 days, the men
: will be mustered out Most of the
, mem bers of the 7th are southern Cali
,ornians.
The Spanish gun boat Humserto Rod
iguez, which was captured off Neu-
Fitas, Cuba, by the United States
,Fuiser Badger, on July 90, was Thurs
lay released by order of Judge Addi-
SON Brown, in the United States dis
triet court.
Frank p Sargesnt, grand master OF
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire.
men, who was appointed a member of
| the national labor commission by
President Mckinley, has resigned the
,ommissionership in order to- retain
! his position with the brotherhood.
A dispatch was received at the war
department from Minnesota Thursday
asking for 500 Springfield rifles aud
so, OO9 rounds of ammunition for the
use of the people OF that state in pro-
tecting themselves against hostile In
dians- No action has yet beer taken
on the application
Gov Adams has issued proclama-
tion designating Wednesday, 0ctober
19 as Lafayette day in the public
schools in Colorado The teachers are
requested to have fitting obse nvan ces
of the day and this school children are
| invited to contribute toward the cost
of the Lafayette monument to be
erected in Paris.
THE German government has, con
| sidarably modified the bill for regu
lating the inspection OF American
meat