Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country by
Telegraph.

Telegraph.
VIM. T. Helms, of West Virginia. has
been appointed chaplain in the navy.
The steamship Umbria, sailing for
Europe Saturday, will take out 100000
ounces of silver.
The house committee on the judiciary
has recommended the appointment of
an additional district Judge for Texas.
A special report from Shanghai says
it is reported there that the French de-
mands as to Hal Nan have created un-
easiness in Japan.
A concurrent resolution was intro
duced in the New York assembly Fri
day proposing a woman suffrage
amendment to the New York constitu-
ton.
In fire which occurred Friday at
Thomas Roberts hotel in West street,
New York, and which did $4,000 dam
age, Leslie Stanley and wife were suf-
focated by smoke.
The German warships Deutschland
and Ge6on, under command of Prince
Henry, of Prussia. have passed Perrin
on their way to China and signalled
all well on board.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Davis Friday rendered decision, viz:
That the members of Capt. Pollard's
Company V, Fourth Missouri mounted
volunteers, Blackhawk war, were pen
sionable under the law.
The house committee on public lands
has made n favorable report on the
bill to abolish the distinction between
offered and unoffered lands in passing
upon subsisting presumption claims un-
der the homesteads laws.
Civil Engineer Menocal, now with
the Nicaragua canal commission in
Nicaragua, has been ordered home to
explain, if he can, the alleged short.
comings of the work on the dry dock
under pain of court-martial.
After devoting the greater part of
the day to McKenna's nomination the
senate went out of executive session at
4:35 p. IN. Friday without taking action
upon it. Further consideration was
postponed until week from Friday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Farleigh. Of Chicago, and
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Dexter, Mich,
have left for Helena, Mont, to estab-
lish their claim to an estate of 81 ,00o,-
600 left by their brother. John d. ALL
port, who died in Butte, Mont. Novem.
ber 26, 1895.
The Minnesota grand lodge of ma
sons has declared that all insurance
companies operating under ''masonicn
titles in the state of Minnesota are un-
masonic and that masons must not in-
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feet March /.
The Ontario and Western railway
has made a contract with the Wagner
Palace Car Co. to use the cars of that
company after April /, this year. Cen
eral Manager wager, of the Wagner
Co., in New York, Friday said that the
contract was for Is years.
Money is flowing to New York from
the west and from Canada, that from
the latter being in the shape of gold.
During the last ten days the Canadian
Bank of Commerce has received $3.50.
900 in gold from Canada and the Bank
of Montreal $500, 600 in gold.
Acting Secretary of War Meikle-
john has recommended to congress
that the law be changed so as to have
details of officers for military instruc-
ton made only to institutions where
there are at least 100 students enrolled
in the military department of the in.
The cruiser Detroit arrived at Kew
West, Fla, at midday Friday from
Hayti. The Montgomery has Just ar.
rived. She brought barge from Tam.
pa to be used in loading war ships
with coal which drew too much water
to lie at the dock. The Marblehead
will leave Saturday for Havassa island. !
c. NJ. Hamilton and C. r. Glow,
representing two Chicago companies,
have let contracts to the Jarvis ship
yard in Stockton, Cal, for two steam.
ers to be built for the Yukon river,
The steamers are to be built complete
except the upper works, and calked,
with all machinery on board, and the
calls for their being launched
BY the 18th of March next.