Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-03
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Telegraph.
The steamship Etruria, which sailed
Tor Europe Saturday, took out 1,055, 900
ounces of silver.
The steamer Concho, which arrived
1T New York Friday from Havana,
brought 996 bales of Cuban tobacco.
Dan Daly's skull is fractured. His
condition is dangerous. DAILY was in
ured by a fall while making flying
entrance in Boston.
The official newspapers of Paris still
insist the reports of French occupation
If Hai-Nan island by Adm. De La
Bedolliere are absolutely unfounded.
Sylvester Mellon, steamboat owner
| and government contractor, well known
throughout Canada, died suddenly in
Toronto of apoplexy. He was 70 years
old.
james Wellington was arrested at
Dayton, Tenn, charged with the
murder of his father and may be
Iynchcd. The elder Wellington was
Drained with an ex while he slept.
The city of Chicago for the year that
closed Friday, shows a death rate the
lowest in this or any other city of more
than 20O,O inhabitants The rate is
less than IA to 1000 of population.
Mr.. Nathan b. Scott, of West Vir-
ginia, Friday took the oath of Office as
commissioner of internal revenue in
place of Mr.. w. S. Forman, of Illinois,
who returns to the practice of law in
East st. Louis,
The passing of Brooklyn as munici-
pality into that of the Greater New
York was observed with elaborate
ceremony at the Brooklyn city hall.
The interior of the building was hand
somely decorated.
1t is rumored in Paris that Prince
Rupert M arie- Luitpold- Ferdinand, eld-
est son of Prince Louis, of Bavaria,
will be betrothed to the Archduchess
Eliza beth. of Austria, daughter of the
late Archdukc Rudolph.
Mayor Strong's police commissioners
held their last meeting at police head
quarters Friday night and one of their
last acts was to restore Capt. Stephen
son to duty and to order the payment
of his back salary amounting to about
$4,000.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Hong Kong, Saturday, says there is
the greatest activity in the naval
yards there, while profound secrecy
is main tanned. The movements of the
British fleet and its whereabouts are
not known at Hong Kong.
The residents of Thomaston, Me-,
We're greatly surprised to learn that
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company of Burgess O'Brien & Co.,
had made an assignment for the bene-
fit of their creditors. The debts are
said to amount to 100000.
Miss Lucille, eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Pulitzer, of New York,
died Friday at Chalwold, Me-, their
summer home, after an illness from ty-
phoid fever lasting over four months
The end has been expected since Christ
mas when rapid change for the worst
set in.
The creditors of the Overman Wheel
Co., Springfield, Mass, which made an
| assignment early in the week, held a
meeting in Chicopee Falls Friday and
, decided upon policy which will prob
ably result in placing the company
back upon it's feet and the resumption
of work in the big factory early next
week.
The board of trade of Victoria, B. c.,
backed by local members of parlia-
ment, are protesting to the Dominion
government against allowing the Unit
ed States Yukon relief expedition
stores being admitted to Canada free
of duty. They contend that relief is
not needed in Dawson, and even if it
were, Canada is able to attend to it.
Adolph L. Luetgert, on trial for wife
murder, spent New Years day in
Judge Gary's courtroom. After con-
ference Friday between Judge Gary
and the jury it was decided to hold
court Saturday and proceed with the
trial. Judge Gary said he saw no diff
ference between holding court on tho
first of January and the first of July.