Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-04-08
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS


Telegraph.
Lieut. E. V. Crossman, commanding
the Alton Qll) naval reserves, has re-
ceived orders from Washington to at
once enlist 40 men.
The United States government has
purchased in France a considerable
quantity of ammunition and number
of quick firing guns
Miss Jessie Z. Parker was elected
mayor of Kendrick, Ida. after spirit
ed contest. Her opponent was one of
the most popular men in the city.
Cadet Engineer Castleman, of Louis
Vile, KY. on board the New York, re-
ceived orders Wednesday transferring
him to the receiving ship Franklin.
The engineering corps under direc-
tion of Col Henry Robert, has begun
operations for the submarine mining
of the entrances to New York and
other harbors along the Atlantic coast.
Weyler, with his military and pol It'll
cal following. and Senior Romero Ro-
bledo have been very active lately in
criticizing the conduct of Sagasta with
reference to Cuba and the Spanish re-
lations with the United States.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says: The pope's me-
diation will probabl not go further as
President Mckinley has declared that
an armistice with the Cubans would
not go to the root of the matter"
The West African mail steamship
Dahmony, which arrived at Liverpool
from the west coast of Africa, March
90, and was outward bound, is ashore
near Holyhead The passengers and
crew have been landed by rocket line
and life boat.
The British steamer Marengo, Capt.
Bingham, of the Wilson line, which
sailed from Newcastle on March 80 for
New York, had on board ii of the most
modern guns, &c tons of gun carriages,
90 tons of empty shells and IL tons of
empty cartridges.
a dispatch to the New York World
from St Vincent, Cape Verde islands,
says: The Spanish torpedo fiotilla, un-
der command of Commodore Villamil,
is still here but expecting to sail for
Porto Rico The whole squadron is
ready to go to sea at a moments no.
tice.
The correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser cables from
| Havana Wednesday afternoon as fol-
llows: Extra guards of mounted police
have been placed around the Hotel
Inglatterra and everywhere that Amer
leans assemble. There is no sign of an
| outbreak.
News from the Orient states that by
serious fire in Toxic I'LL houses
were destroyed, resulting in death and
accidents to natives. The fire started
in the Harukicho theater and, owing
to a defect in the water system, Is
streets were cleaned out. The fire was
incendiary.
J. c. w. Brooks, of the regular army,
who has been military instructor at
the university at Madison, Wis, for
three years. has been called to Wash
ington to report to the artillery de-
partment He is an expert artillerist.
He delivered a touching farewell ad.
dress to the battalion.
When it became known in Havana
that the presidents message would not
go to congress the excitement there
quickly disappeared. Esta blishments
that had closed, including Lawton
Childs, reopened. Hundreds of Amer
ican, Mexican and Cuban citizens will
leave the island in the next few days
Three vessels of the Mosquito feet
were put into commission at the
Brooklyn navy yard Wednesday. They
were the Wampatuck, the Uncas anC
the Tecumseh. All are nearly ready
to sail. The Nezinscott which had tC
put back after leaving Brooklyn fol
Key West on Monday, sailed Wednes
day, the repairs to her machinery hav
ing been made.
A telegram received at the navy de
partment Wednesday from the com
manding officer at the Mare Islant
navy yard showed that the amount o
damage suffered from the earthquake
shock last week is S342, 900. Secretar,
Long will ask congress for a specia
appropriation to make the necessar.
repairs to the buildings and othe
property damaged.
The largest order ever given by th
government for submarine cable, t
be used for torpedo purposes, has bee
received at the Keit cable works a
Seymour, CT, conditional on earl
shipment The shipment is for 5
miles of conductor single marine an
Is miles of No. submarine cable
The works will be required to ru
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