Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-04-18
INTERESTING NEWS ITENs

iathered From All Parts of the Country
Ly Telegraph.
The national subscription for the
strengthening of the Spansh feet has
'eached about 100000.
The czar presented the prince of
Montenegro with an Easter gift of 3D.
700 repeating rifles and $4,000, OOO car
ridges.
fridays statement of the condition
cf tae treasury shows: Available cash
balance. S222, T65, ,692. Gold reserve,
sl79. T03. 9G0.
The British Colonial authorities at
Kingston. Jamaica, have instructions
from the home government to declare
,oal contraband in the event of war.
A dispatch from Cette, depar tment
If Herault. to the Petit journal. says
Ill able bodied Spaniards there have
been ordered to return to Spain as
early as possible.
A disy atch to the London Daily Mail
from St Vincent, Cape Verde islands,
says a Spanish feet of six torpedo
boats, two iron clads and one trans.
port is there awaiting orders
There is but one question before the
public in London, war or peact. and
every ybody discusses it more or less in
diligently, yet always friendly dis
posed toward the United States.
Senator Morgan Friday offered as
an amendment to the resolution pend
ing in the senate a substitute dec. ar
ing war and stating that it does not
extend to the government of ta. re-
public of Cuba.
The Berlin correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says he learns the
ierman government will fight sny of
identifying itself with any note to
Washington which would be likely to
be regarded as an nwarrantable in
reference.
The flying squadron, after AS hours
active work in nasty weather, return
ed to anchorage at Old Point Comfort,
Va, at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon,
with the exception of the Texas. which
was left outside to try her big guns
with solid shot.
The report that Spain had purchased
the Ham burg American liners Nor
MAMMA aud Columbia was confirmed
Friday night 1t is said that the min
ster for the colonies, Senor Moret,
bought them without consulting Adm.
Bormejo, the minister of marine.
A telegram received at the state de-
partment Saturday morning from Am
bassador Porter states that Hon. Rob-
art NJ. McLane, formerly minister to
France, died at Paris at clock Sat
urday morning. He had been i'll for
some time and passed quietly away.
Representative Bull, of Rhode Island,
has introduced resolution authorizing
the speaker to appoint seven m m.mbars
of the house to investigate charges of
faulty construction OF tire Brook yn
dry dock No 3, and among o;Eer
things ascertain probable cost of COM
pletion.
Brig. Gen. Graham, commander of
the department of the gulf, returned
to Atlanta Saturday from his trip to
Tybee and Sullivans Island. He was
met at the train by Col Hall, adiutant
general of .the department and at once
went to headquarters in the Austell
building.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Chronicle says: The smart
plan of saddling Spain with the odium
of the first shot by escorting merchant
men with relief for the reconcen-
tradoes is said to have le.n suggested
by Cardinal Gibbons ard Archbishop
Ireland"
A. A. Rice, os Denny, Rice & Co., a
wool commission firm Of Il, ston, Mass,
died at the National hotel, Cripple
Creek, Col, from the effects o; an over
dose of cocaine. Eighteen empty half
ounce vials which had contained co..
caine and three hypodermic syringes
were found among his effects.
The action taken by the Spanish
cabinet Friday has confirmed the gen.
eral belief which has been prevalent in
Madrid since Thursday, that war is
now inevitable. The warlike tone of
the official note issued by the Spanish
government finds general approval in
Madrid and creates much excitement
Gov. Atkinson Saturday issued an
order as com mander-in-chief of the
Georgia militia, removing the disable
tiles of % mem mbers of the Atlanta arr
tillery, who were discharged by court
martial March Is, 1897, which caused a
great sensation here. The young men
were charged with an uprising against
their captain.
spaniards to LSive Tampa for Spain.