Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-07
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
A roval decree has been gazetted re.
organizing the Servian army and APP
pointing ex-King Milan commander-in-
chief.
At New Bedford, Mass, the Spinners
union Wednesday night unanimously
voted to strike against the reduction OF
wages subject to the approval of the
National Spinners union.
The cane fields belonging to Simon
Milan, at the colony of Palcnquc, near
Guines, province of Havana, have
been burned. 1t is believed the fire
was of incendiary origin.
Gov. Slack has appointed ex-senator
Macarthur, of the Troy Budget, a dele
gate to represent New York state in
the national fishery congress which
will meet at Tampa, Fla, January 10.
After the Austrian steamer Gotfried
Schenler, Capt. Nicolich, arrived at
Trieste from New Orleans via Genoa, a
fire started in the cotton in her fore
hold. Much damage was done to the
cargo before the fire was eXtinguished.
1t developed Wednesday that Maj.
Gen. William Forbes Gatacre has been
ordered to Egypt to assume command
of the British troops there and not to
command the Anglo-Egyptian eXpedi-
tion in the Soudan as was at first be-
lieved.
Mr.. j. Walter Blandfor, private Sec
retary to the attorney general, was
married Wednesday to Miss Alice Z.
Middleton, who is we'll known in
Washington society. Wednesday even
ing the young couple left on tour of
the south.
The crop situation in California is
beginning to be serious So far the
rainfall has been far below the aver
age. For month the weather has
been warm and bright. If good show
ers do not come soon the grain yield
will suffer greatly.
Albert Hoff must stand trial for the
murder of Mrs. Mary Clute, who was
found dead in San Francisco fiat two
weeks ago with her head battered in.
Hotf's preliminary examination has
come to an end and he was held for
murder without bail.
All the men that can conveniently
work on the Japanese war vessel Chi
tos, now in course of construction at
the Union iron works, San Francisco,
are busy putting the finishing touches
on her huge body. The vessel will be
launched February 20.
At Seattle, Wash, Henry Craemer
has been sentenced to be hanged March
25 for the murder of Mrs. Phillipa
Mueller and child. This is the third
time that sentence of death has been
passed on Craemer. Craemer's only
hope now lies in Gov. Rogers.
Edward Hartford. one of the delegates
from the British Trades Union congress
to the American Federation of Labor
congress held recently at Nashville,
Tenn, died Tuesday of pneumonia
while returning on the American liner
ST. Paul, which arrived at Southamp-
ton Wednesday.
The fund which is being collected at
the department of state for the
relief of suffering Cubans was in
creased Wednesday by the re-
ceipt of S691, the result of the col
lections so far made by the Washing
ing Star. The money will be remitted
at once to Consul General Lee.
Thomas, alias kid" Murphy, was
shot and killed and Martin Donohue
and Richard Dean probably fatally
wounded in fight in North Clark
street saloon, Chicago, at o'clock
Thursday morning. The men, it is
said, were playing cards and the
shooting resulted from dispute.
AT Chicago ex-Police Lieut. Samuel
c. Rank was found guilty Wednesday
of extorting money from Blind Pig"
proprietors in the Hyde Pard prohibi-
tion district. The extreme penalty is
a fine of $500 and six months imprison-
ment. Pending an application for a
new trial Rank was allowed his lib
erty on bond. He claims to be the
victim of persecution.