Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-18
CONDENSED NEWS

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
Aubrey Beardsley, the artist and
draughtsman, died Wednesday at Mem
tone, Eng.
The senate Wednesday confirmed
T. V. Powderly as commissioner of
immigration. Several democrats voted
for him.
j. G. Schriever, traffic manager At
lantic system of the Southern Pacific
railroad, died in New York Wednesday
afternoon.
Wednesdays statement of the condi-
tion of the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, 1924, 919, ,294; gold reserve,
$l69, ,07S.9ss
The North German Lloyd steamer
Trave, which sailed from Southampton
Wednesday for New York, has on
board So, 0oO 900 in gold.
The pioneer fruit firm of Luke G.
Srezovich & Co., San Francisco, has
suspended. The total indie btcdness is
$50. 900; assets unknown.
BY vote of 1S4 to 1l6 the British
house of commons Wednesday reject
ed bill providing for the establish
ment of court of criminal appeal.
Walter Sanger Pullman, one of the
twin sons of the late Geo. NJ. Pullman,
the palace car magna;e, was mar
ried TO Miss Louise Lander West, of
San Francisco.
The Oceanic steams hip steamer Ala
media, now on her way from Australia
to San Francisco, has on board IS, 0JO,-
600 in gold. This is the largest amount
of treasure every brought into this
port by a single vessel.
The navy department Wednesday
wired the Hersho1f works, Bristol Il.
l., to push work upon torpedo boat No.
II. Additional worliinen will be put
on at once and it is thought the vessel
will be ready to sail by April l.
According to special dispatch from
Rome, Adm. Brin, the Italian minister
of marine, in an ambiguous reply in
the chamber OF deputies, gave the i'm
preston that the United States had
purchased the armored cruiser Carlo
Alberto.
Bert Jones, of Golden, Col, has ac-
CSpISp VIC COu IIdCu oILcIcu llln Uy UDc
manager of the Cleveland baseball
team to pitch Tor Cleveland during the
coming season. He leaves for hot
Springs, Ark, in few days to go into
spring training.
The Fern arrived at Havana We'd
nesday and will replace the Montgom-
cry as the headquarters of Capt. Sigs-
bee and others who are supervising the
wreclling work or the Maine. The
Montgomery will go to Key West
shortly after the arrival of the Fern.
Maj. j. X. Hayden, we'll known
banker of Seattle, Wash, is in receipt
of letter from his son, who writes of
a rich quartz and placer discovery on
the Stickeen river, about 10 miles from
Telegraph creek. The quartz ledge is
from 500 to 1000 feet wide ard assays
as high as 392 in gold.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says Russia has notified China that the
latters delay in replying to the Rus
sian demand has been construed as an
acquiesence in the Russian occupation
of Port Arthur. Sir Claude Mcdonald,
the British minister at Pekin, is said to
be urging China to resist.
Peter Renfro. who was condemned to
death for the murder, in Springfield,
Mo-, five years ago, of Will Dorr, a
constable, who escaped from Jail after
killing a guard, has been captured on
the preserves of the Current River
Fishing club in Carter county, Mo.
He was recognized by W. T. Brown. a
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rested.
DIR. Van Wagner, of Seattle, WASH,
has returned from Nimpkish river,
bringing news OF large finds, both
placer and quartz, along the banks of
that stream. He says that large
crowd of prospectors is hurrying to the
new diggings and already a2 claims are
being worked with success, the dirt
said to be returning as high as an aver.
age Of SIS to Sl0 day.