Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-10-27
SHORT SPECIALS.

A fierce snowstorm ragged In south
west Kansas Tuesday. At some points
snow covers the ground from two to
four inches
Gov. Sadler Tuesday afternoon re-
ceived call for rifles and ammunition
from citizens in and around Midas, Nye
county, Col. The Shoshone Indians
near that city are planning an OUT
break.
The American authorities have re-
leased some of the Spanish sailors cap
tured during the war. The authorities
at Iloilo have cabled to Madrid ex-
pressing their loyalty to the Spanish
crown.
The situation at Forest and also Har
persville, Miss, the scene of the recent
race riots, was quiet Tuesday night.
One more Negro was brought in Tues
day and lodged in Jail. The mobs have
disappeared.
At San Francisco the grand jury has
been asked to indict Mrs. Cordelia Bot
kin for the poisoning of Mrs. Dunning
and Mrs. Deane. District Attorney
Hosmer has placed before that body all
the evidence of the celebrated case.
The Twenty-fourth annual conven-
tion of the Catholic Young Mems Ma
tional union opened in Washington
Tuesday with the celebration of solemn
high mass at st. Patrick's church. Sew
eral hundred delegates are in attend
ance.
The Constantinople correspondent OF
the London Times says that a body of
Kurds have fred upon and seriously
wounded the well known German arch
aeologist, Prof. Belck, while conduct
ing his explorations in the Sipandagh
district.
Further information reaching Meri-
dian, Miss, from Forest, Miss. says
that IA is the number of Negroes killed
in the Harpersville race riot up to
Tuesday night. The bodies of three
more victims were found in the woods
Tuesday.
Heavy squalls, accompanied by
snow, prevailed in Marquette, Mich,
Tuesday, and gale is blowing from
the northwest over Lake Superior. An
unusually high sea is on and big
fleet of boats has put in here for shelter
from the storm.
Two American Protestant tract dis
tributors have been arrested at Areaui-
pa, capital of the Peruvian province of
the same name, charged with distrib-
uting papers contrary to the state re-
ligion. The state attorney will apply
for their release.
State Insurance Commissioner Camp
bell Wednesday revoked the license of
the Northern Assurance Co., of Lon
don, because said company has, as al
legged written insurance in Michigan
in other manner than through duly
authorized agent.
At a meeting of the wire and wire
nail manufacturers held in Pittsburgh
! Tuesday it. WAS decided to reduce the
price OF wire nails five cents per keg,
and to advance the price of galvanized
wire, Both smooth and tarbed, five
cents per LOO pounds.
Spain has protested against the bat.
tie ships Oregon and Iowa going around
Cape Ham to- the Philippine islands
and demands their return athe United
States, claiming the action in sending
these ships to Manila is a,violation OF
the terms of the protocol.
Maj. Gen. John c. Breckenridge re-
turned to- Washington Tuesday and as.
, sumed Ais regular duties, in the wal
department as inspector general of the
army. He was recently relieved of the
command of the LIST army corps By
Maj. Gen. James II. Wilson.
Stock breeders from every section O,
the country are in attendance on An
mour's, sale of Hereford cattle, which
i. is in progress at the Kansas City stool
| yards. Fifty head were disposed of a
the o9ening days sale and big price
were realized, the average being S41.A
so pen head.