Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-02-02
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| The German ship Kaiser, which had
| sailed from Liverpool for Savannah,
has returned with headgear damaged
from collision with n tug.
! Final plans for the construction of
So, 200, 900 system of intercepting sew
ers that will give Chicago pure water
supply, was passed by the city council
Within the past few days hundreds
of gallons of spirits have been ship
ped from Peoria, ILL.,, to Japan to be
FUSED in the manufacture of smokeless
gun powder.
L. d. Stlmson, one of the wealthiest
business men of southern California is
| dead of heart disease. lie Lad large
interests in southern California, where
he had lived since 1890.
Ross w. Latshaw, ex-justice of the
peace, has been acquitted by jury in
the criminal court, at Kansas City, of
the charge of attempting to bribe
the murder of Fred J. jackson.
AT Bethlehem, Pa, Mrs. Reuben S.
Rauch for many years Moravian mis-
sionary to the West Indies, and one of
the Oldest and best known deaconesses
in the North American Moravian
church, died Monday of complication
of diseases, aged 81 years.
Prof. Edward II. Coffey, of San
Diego, Cal, has just returned from
trip to Honduras. He declares that
syndicate, popularly supposed to in
clude the Vanderbilts, has obtained
concessions for almost everything in
Honduras that is worth having.
The wholesale and retail hardware
house of George NJ. Scott 6 Co.. Salt
Lake, Utah, one of the largest and old
est hardware houses in the inter-
mountain country, made an assign
ment Monday. No statement has been
made of the assets and liabilities.
The New York senate, by vote Of
% to 9, Monday night adopted the as
sembly resolution in favor of the gen.
eral government taking such action to
restore peace in Cuba as seemed wise.
The belligerency substitute introduced
by the democratic senators was de-
feated.
The gold production of the Cripple
Creek district during the month of
January was, in round figures, 81, ,2OO,-
900. The dividends declared by IL
mining companies operating there
amounted to STAG, OOO while fully $751;
900 more was cleared up by mines under
private ownership.
Dr. Mary Wood Allen, of Ann Arbor,
Mich, for some years superintendent
of the purity work in the National w.
G. L. u, has been chosen by the gen.
eral officers as succes ssor to Mrs.
Josephine Butler in the department of
work for the promotion of social purity
in the Worlds w. c. Il. U.
Assemblyman Weekes, of New York
city, startled the New York assembly
and its 1000 spectators Monday night
by the introduction of resolution
censuring and requesting the resigna-
tion of Edward Murphy, jr., senior
United States senator from that state,
for voting for the Teller silver resolu-
tion.
The foundrymen of the country have
just completed the formation of an or
ganization intended for their mutual
protection. John A. Penton, of De-
troit, is the secretary and the member
ship is already heavy in the eastern
and middle states. The main object is
to prevent strikes and in case they can
not prevent them, to fight them to-
gether.
In the Massachusetts house Monday
Representative Ross, of New Bedford,
introduced a bill to prohibit the i'm
position of fines for imperfectncss in
weavings, and to deductions from
wages on account of imperfections, ex.
cept with a written notice of the im-
perfectness and an exhibit of the same
to the workman. A fine of SloO for
violations of this law, is proposed.