Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-18
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.


extend the customs and revenue laws
of the United States over the Hawaiian
islands.
At Neenah, Wis, James Christensen
and wife, while crossing the North
western railroad tracks, were struck
by train and killed, They leave
family of eight children.
The senate amendments to the army
and navy deficiency bill were nom
concurred in in the house Friday and
the bill sent to conference. Messrs.
Cannon, Barney and Sayers were ap-
pointed conferees.
A sensation was caused in Madrid
Friday afternoon by the discovery, in
the ante-room of Senor Sagasta's Off
cial residence, of an intoxicated soldier
repatriated from Cuba, armed with
knife. The man was asleep.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: Lionel
L. G.. Garden, British consul at the City
of Mexico, has been appointed consul
general of Great Britain at Havana.
Mr., Garden occupied the same post in
Cuba about 10 years ago where he mar
ried an American lady.
John Harper, colored, who killed
Sandy Campbell, white, last spring, in
Chesterfield county, was hanged at
| Chesterfield Courthouse, s. c., Friday,
Unusual interest WAS taken in his case,
as it was the first hanging in the coun,
ty for As years,
A fire in the Poormap block, Fresno,
CAL, the lower floor of which is. occu-
pied by the extensive dry goods estah-
lishment of Radin & Kemp, has caused
loss of about $3.50, 900. For time the
business district of the city was threat
ened with destruction.
Capt. McCullagh, the former chief OF
police of New York city, has reported
to Gen. Green police plan for Havana
ON the same basis as that of New York,
but modified by local conditions The
force will amount to 1000 men, not
1900 men as at first believed.
Baron Ferdinand James de Roth
schild, NJ. p, is dead. He was the sec.
ond son of the late Baron Alphonse de
Evelina, sister of the first Lord Roth,
schild. He was member of parlia.
ment, in the unionist interest, for
Aylesbury.
Fred Kehle and Theodore Nassing,
wealthy and prominent farmers, who
lived a few miles from Nameoki, ILL.,,
were run down and instantly killed by
an Alton passenger train. They had
been to the village on business and
were returning home in a dog cart
r when killed.
Advices received Friday from LII
Paz, capital of Bolivia, announce tina
the revolutionists have formally pro
claimed federation. Senor Severe
Fernandez Alon 20, president of Bolivia
is still at Gruro at the head of the gov
ernment troops. He has declared ;
e state of siege.
In a communication to the state de
partment United States Consul Genera
Holloway, at st. Petersburg, says thai
= the Russian government has no pur
:. pose of building ship canal to connec
4 the Baltic sea with the Black sea anC
he suggests that the American news
v papers be informed of that fact.
S There was terrific explosion in tn,
generating and purifying department
d of the Poughkeepsie IN. W gas work
g Friday night. One man, Louis II
" Baurhyte, was killed instantly AM
{ James McComb was fatally injured
:. Patrick Gallagher had his leg broker
v and was badly burned and bruised, bu
# will recover
d Carter Martin, of Mattoon, wa
hanged in the Jail yard at Charleston
e ILL.,, Friday. Martins neck was broken
e About so persons witnessed the hang
IS ing. Martin shot and killed Alber
II Buser, an industrious farmer, as Mar
y tin was leaving Mattoon' for home a
:. midnight The murderer was caugh
revolver in hand.