Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-05-30
SHORT SPECIALS.

Fridays statement Of the condition
If the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, s2o2, 7os, 1886; gold reserve.
l;l72, ,999, ,s26.
Friday afternoon fire destroyed
property at Dallas, Tex, to the amount
Of between S350,000 and S40O,00O A
number of business houses were gut
tied.
Blanco cables chat the destroyer Ter
ror has arrived at Fajardo, Porto Rico.
She intended to GO to San Juan but
found four American war ships cruis-
ing In front of the harbor.
Blanco cables to Madrid that Ger.
vera's squadron is still at Santiago and
that the bulk of SIMPSONS squadron
is blockading that port Schley's
squadron is watching the Yucatan pas
sage.
A private cable from reliable per-
son in Port-au-Prince, Hayti, dated
May 25, asserted that he had positive
Information that at that time Adm.
Cervera was in the harbor of Santiago
De Cuba.
The Madrid correspondent OF the
London Daily Mail who notices "a
feeling in favor of an honorable
peace" believes that one of the powers
will suggest arbitration when fitting
opportunity appears.
| One-half of the Chicago naval re-
serves, consisting of ao3 men and three
officers, under command of Lieut.. S.
| W. Stratton, arrived at Key West,
| I'll, - ,f 81
Mascotte from Tampa.
Gov. Leedy has wired Secretary Of
War Alger as follows: kansas can
quickly furnish two full regiments.
1t would be more than our quota. In
view OF these facts would ask to have
two full regiments assigned to us"
On behalf of Jack DAILY, of Whining
ton, Del, Sam Fitzpatrick has issued
q challenge to George kid Lavigne
to fight for the lightweight champion.
ship of the world. The contest is not to
be less than 25 rounds at 1873 pounds,
give or take two pounds.
| The state department has been noti-
fed by British Consul Gollau, at Ha-
vana, that the exchange of prisoners
has been effected and the Maple, with
Charles Thrall and Hayden Jones, the
American correspondents on board, had
sailed for Key West
The steamer China, which stopped at
Honolulu on her way from the Orient,
reports that the people of that city
were making great preparations to
receive the transport feet which left
san Francisco for Manila and which
will stop at Honolulu en- route.
The Spanish press bitterly laments
the selfish motive underlying the re.
luctance of the powers to intervene.
1t is now seen that Spain is isolated,
and the idea is growing that better
terms may be obtained by direct un-
derstarding with President Mckinley.
In the course Of few days the sec
ond call of the nation for volunteers
will be answered by the state of Mis-
souri,. Acjt. Gen. Bell several days
ago devised plans and decided upon
the sections of the state for the raising
OF a new national guard in case of an
emergency.
The Soldiers Aid Society of Colorado
has been organized at Denver by so of
the leading citizens, representing the
various patriotic societies of the city.
The object of the organization is to
provide comforts for soldiers passing
through the city in any direction dur.
ing the present war.
Immense purchases of fancy grocer
les have been made in the past "a
hours in st. Louis for the army in the
south by Capt Duval, commissary of
supplies, stationed in St Louis. The
orders placed aggregate $4,000, and
the goods will be shipped as fast as
possible to Chattanooga.
Maj. ]. K. Hudson, who has been
nominated by the president for briga-
der general, was for several years
editor and proprietor of the Topeka
(Kan.) Capital. Though he is an un-
compromising republican, he had the
Endorsement of Gov. Leedy and other
leading populists. Maj. Hudson saw
| four years of hard service in the civil
| war.
The 1st regiment of Montana volun-
teers, consisting of about nine hun.
| dred men, arrived at san Francisco
| Saturday and marched, direct to Camp
| Richmond. The 18th and 23d regi-
ments of United States infantry also
reached there Saturday from New Or.
leans and took up their quarters at
Camp Richmond, where all soldiers