Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-02-07
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About $1,000, 600 of S26, 10000 600 worth
Of S10O certificates originally outstand-
ing have been turned into the treasury
for redemption and 10 counterfeits 4
have been found.
News has been received at Topeka,
Kan. in private dispatch to Mr.. p, /.
Bonebrake, president of the Citizens
national bank, of the death ofex-Gov.
Thomas A. Osborn, at Meadville, Pa,
Friday.
Senator Walthall (NIiss.) is recover
ing from his latest attack of grippe.
His condition has at no time been re-
garded as serious by his physician, and
his progress toward recovery is deem
ed satisfactory.
Chairman Hit, of the house commit
tee on foreign affairs, expects to report
favorably the Mcguire resolution ask
| ing the state department for informa-
ton regarding the action of Germany
excluding American frrit.
Sheriff Many, of Decatur, ILL.,, has
been given warrant TO arrest his own
son, Jos. Many, for the murder of
Mat Mckinley in 1889, and for which
crime Ephraim Fanner is now serving
life sentence in the penitentiary.
Four thousand overhead wires be-
longing to the telegraph, telephone
and other companies in the down town
district of Chicago will be cut down by
the city unless steps are taken to place
them under ground before March /.
The Cross river expedition, which
has been operating in the interior
against the Ediba tribes, has had some
severe fighting. Capt. Fenton has
been killed and Capt. Middleton
wounded. The enemy sustained great
loss.
An almost perfect fresco, painted by
Demenico del Ghirlandajo, the illus
trious Florentine painter, has been
discovered in the church of San Saliva
dore dOgnissanti, in Florence. Among
the figures is portrait of Amerigo
Vespucci
THERE'S strong reason to believe the
counterfeit 500 silver certificates re-
Gently discovered were made in Cam
nda. Secret service agents, aided by
Canadian police, are now searching
through that region, their efforts be-
ing principally directed to the pro-
vince OF que bee,
The steamer City of Seattle has ar
rived at Victoria, b. c., having on
board seven miners from the Yukon.
They brought about $4,000 in dust and
some drafts. The arrivals are: Hugh
Madden, j. Bigelow, j. j. Mcdonald,
C. c. Yeager Charles Lake, M. j. Nc
Neil and C. c. Savage.
A special dispatch from Rome says
that judicial separation has been
granted to Donna Elvira, daughter of
Don Carlos, the pretender to the Span
ish throne, from her husband, Count
: Filippo Folchi The court ordered
, Count Folchi to pay the countess 800
/ francs alimony per month.
, The house committee on labor has
favorably reported the bill amending
:. the eight-hour law. Its effect, while
| possibly technically extending the
2 operations of that measure, is to en-
3 force the law as it now stands, which
e is now impossible in many instances
: owing to lack of jurisdiction.
. At Minneapolis, Mimi, the jury in
. the criminal libel case against w. Il.
, Haskell, manager of the Times, has
brought III verdict of not guilty.
The article on which the indictment
was based attacked the management
l. of the Minneapolis Trust Co. as re-
ceiver for the Guarantee Loan Co.
James Stambaugh has been arrested
. in Chicago for burglary. After being
locked up he admitted that he was a
= participant in the murder of William
Jones in Michigan City June 5, 1894.
: James Graybal is now serving a term
D in the Michigan City penitentiary as
\ principal in the murder to which
e Stambaugh admits he was an acces'
e sorry.
;, A cablegram received at the war de.
l partmept Friday from DIR. jackson, al
e steamship Manitoban, chartered by
n Lieut.. Devore for the government had
= just sailed from that port for New
= York with $50 reindeer and 81 LapI
n men and women to care for the animal.
o and drive them on the government
e relief expedition, when they arrive il
l. Alaska.
e The appointment of A. o. Petty t.
q be postmaster at Charleston, w. Va.
h has been made after hard fight. Th,
n present occupant of the Office is Mrs
h Kenna, the widow of the late Senate
L Kenna, and her friends have mad
"a every effort to prevent any successo
= being named. 1t is said that confirinn
- tion will be resisted by the friends @
the late Senator Kenna.
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