Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-02
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Senior Louis Polo Y Bernabe, Span
ish minister to the United States, sailed |
from Gibraltar for New York Monday. |
Fitzhugh Lee, jr., son of Consul Gem
eral Lee, who is employed in Rich |
mond, Va, as "a clerk in the G. s. o. of
fees, left for Cuba Tuesday to visit his |
father.
The dispatch boat Dolphin has been
fioated in the drydock in the Brooklyn |
navy yard, where she has been under
going repairs for several months. 1t
Is the intention to have the Dolphin
ready to go into commission March 81.
A fleet of 80 schooners will sail from
various ports of New Foundland to
prosecute the seal fishery, largely
stimulated by the bounty of four dol
lars per ton register granted by the
government. On March 10 "a steamers
! will sail.
The steamers Australia and Noyod
sailed Monday for Alaskan ports, the
former with 4S2 passengers, including
1os soldiers for Dyea and the latter
with 200 passengers. Tuesday the
steamers Amura, Boscowitz and Vic
toria will sail, all crowded.
Notices of an advance of ten per
cent. in the price of rubber goods have
been issued by the Canadian Rubber
| Co., of Montreal, and the Gutta Percha
and Rubber Manufacturing Co., of
Toronto (Limited). The reason given
| is the increased cost of crude rubber.
State Assemblyman Weekes has i'm
troduced bill permitting non-profes-
sonal games and sports on sunday
after / o'clock in the afternoon in cit
les of the first class in New York. No
admission or gate money is to be
charged at any such games or sports.
The provincial government gave
satisfactory answer Monday to the
committee of the board of trade, who
urged the immediate construction of
railway from Telegraph Creek to some
port in Northern British Columbia so
as to give an all-Canadian route to the
Yukon.
The steamer Addington, Capt. Har-
land, from Baltimore for Bergen,
which put in at st. Johns, N. F., some
time ago to repair her bows and left
last Friday, has become embayed in an
ice foe, five miles off the port. She
|
ther damage.
A druggist of Olathe, Kan, has been
refused a permit to sell liquor. This
is the first permit applied for in this
place under the present law, and it
was for signing this druggists petit
ton that ex-Gov. st. John. the former
prohibition leader, was denounced a
week ago by the w. c. T. U.
Mrs. Leonora Cushman, a bride of
three months, committed suicide Mon
day by taking carbolic acid, and DIR.
Alexander Fulton, prominent physi-
clan in the northeastern section of
Philadelphia, ended his life Monday
night by shooting himself. The mo-
tive in both cases is unknown.
Prince Philip, of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,
has taken the preliminary steps to OBJ
tain divorce from his wife, the Prin-
cess Louise of Belgium, eldest daugh-
ter of King Leopold. The case will be
heard after the marriage of their
daughter, who is affianced to the
younger brother of the empress.
The Victorian, the third vessel added
: to the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. S
regular Alaska feet, has sailed for the
north carrying 225 passengers bound
for the Yukon gold fields. This is the
Victorian's first run to Alaska. The
steamer Scotia has arrived from
Skaguay with about 20 passengers.
At Constantinople the press censor
suppressed the news of the attempt
made on Saturday last to assassinate
the king of Greece. The newspapers
were prohibited from even mentioning
l the thanksgiving service in commem
: grafton of his majesty's escape from
death, celebrated at the Greek lega
I ton.
n Fire that broke out at midnight in {
G four-story tenement house, III Harri
: son avenue, borough of Brooklyn
q damaged property to the extent o
y $50, 900 and made 70 families temporari
d ly homeless. Several smaller tenemen
h houses were destroyed. A number o
s persons were slightly injured by fall
( ing walls.
d Postmaster Gordon, of Chicago
n called on Postmaster General Gar
y Monday and submitted to him a spe
:. cial report on the subject of the pneu
Y matte tube system for the Chicago oi
). fee. Mr.. Gordon says he is free to sa
a that he is not ready to recommend tn
!, introduction of the pneumatic tub
,f system for Chicago
,e American Silver for Europe.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The steamshi