Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-09-14
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

lieturnS from ~ clIleS ana towns IN
Maine shows repu olican loss of 90
per cent. and democratic loss of IA
ger cent. Powers rep, for governor)
plurality on this basis will be abou,
3T,20O.
The American evacuation commits.
sioners, It's though, will select places
Of residence during the stay of the com.
mission at El Vedado, beautiful vii.
lage Eve miles west of Havana on the
coast, just beyond Punta Brava
The remains of the Marchesa D'Al.
ligri, blanche Roosevelt), the Ameri.
can singer and novelist, whose death
t9as announced on Saturday last, were
buried Tues Jay morning in Bromley,
London. The funeral was private.
Healy. Tibbetts & Co, of San Fran
cisco, have been awarded the con tract
for the construction of the coaling
station at Pago Pago harbor Their
bid of Sl4a 900. while not the lowest,
was considered the most satisfactory.
The central COMMITTEES of the Citi.
zens' union of New York, Monday
night adopted resolution indorsinr
the action of the inde pendent citizens
committee in nominating state ticlie
headed by Theodore Roosevelt for gov.
ernor
A dispatch to the New York Hera,l
from Santiago says: Five men of the
5th regulars have died since their ar.
rival here, 40 per cent of the regiment
being on the sick report from malaria
fevers. Illness among all the troops
is increasing.
The city council has adopted reso-
luton providing for a commission Of
nine members to prepare an entirely
new form of government for the city
Of Chicago. 1t is the initial step for a
consolidation of the town, city and
county governments.
Gen. Miles said Monday that the
troops to constitute the garrison of
Cuba had not been selected They
would consist of regulars, immunes
and volunteers, though it was lot pos.
sible now TO even tell just what the
PROV ortions would be.
1t is unders TODD that President Nc.
Kinley has decided to offer the post OF
am bassador to the court of St James,
made vacant by the appointment of
Mr.. Hay as secretary of state, to Sem
ator Hear The president is very anx-
ious to have him accept.
The emperor of Austria and his
daughter attended mass Monday morn.
Ing in the private chapel Of the
schoen brunner palace. His majesty
showed evidence OF intense grief, but
he said he did not lose faith in God.
He expressed wish for confession
and communion.
Col Cranes immunes are in campon
the banks of the San Juan river at
This has had fatal effect.
There are now more than 500 men in
the hospital or on the sick report. The
illness is attributed to the effect of the
rains on country full of shallow
graves and to miasmas from the
swampy surroundings.
Fire Monday night did $4,000 dam.
age in the tive-story brick building at
81 Beekman street, New York, occu-
pied by Leerburger Brothers. Four.
teen tremen were overcome by the
fumes of burning essential oil in the
basement and had to be carried to the
street where fresh air and medical at
ten tion restored them to consciousness
In the United States district court at
Charleston, S. c., Monday Judge Braw-
Iey handed down a decision condemn.
ing the British steamship Newfound.
land and its cargo to forfeiture as a
lawful prize of war. The ship was
captured by the Mayfower while seem.
ingly attempting to run the blockade
at Havana on the evening of July 10
and sent here.
At Fall River, Mass. the weavers Of
Eordon City cotton mills Nos. and ?
struck work Monday against a reduce
ion of wages. The weavers OF No. 8
Mill have been on strike for three
weeks for the same cause. The stri X
,rs number between COO and 7OO Work
the weaving departments OF the
.hree mills were suspended Monday.
The spinuers and carders are likely to
cave work in support of the weavers.