Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-31
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the World by
Telegraph.

DR.. Jameson, the former leader o1
the Transvaal raiders, has arrived in
London.
The feature of the Virginia general
assembly Friday was the defeat of the
McCune anti-tlirting bill.
1t is reported in Paris that King Leo.
pold, of Belgium, has purchased for
S4Oo, 900 the yacht Mayfower, built for
the late Ogden Goelet, of New York.
Isaac Z. Adams, once well-lsnown
and wealthy lawyer of Chicago, was
Friday committed to Bellevue hospital,
New York, for examination as to his
sanity.
The German government has no
news confirming the details of the as
sassination of the German sailor,
Schulz, as announced by the Mercury
of Shanghai.
AT New York, Samuel Jackson, a
colored banjo player, who was recent
ly arraigned before Recorder Golf for
assault, pleaded guilty and asked to be
sentenced at once Friday.
Three hundred operatives in the
Rosamond woolen mills, Almonte, Ont,
are on strike against proposed reduc-
tion of wages. Large additions to the
ranks of strikers are expected Satur.
day.
The barge crew of the United States
battleship has challenged the sailors
OF the German training ship at Havana
to race. The Germans accepted the
challenge and the race will be rowed
at one pay day.
The pope will celebrate mass at ST.
Peters cathedral, on February -. the
siXtieth anniversary of his first mass.
The ceremony will be the same as was
observed at the jubilee mass of his
holiness in 1883.
A well authenticated report has
reached Seattle, Wash, that the steam
er Corona, which left there January 25
with passengers for Dyea and Skaguay,
Alaska, has been sunk. All her pas
sengers and crew were saved.
The London Daily Mail says Satur.
day morning that Russian woman,
suffering from the worst form of
leprosy, has been discovered living in
a private house in Tottenham Court
road, in the heart of London.
King Alfonso, the queen regent, the
members of the diplomatic
corps, and all the municipal author
tiles attended a Te Deum at the Church |
Of San Fran Friday in celebration of |
The pacification of the Philippines.
By the will of former Chief Justice
John w. Scott, of Illinois, his estate.
to about 5000, 900, is to be
leld in trust for the benefit of his
,eirs until their death, when it is to
70 to the city of Bloomington for the
ounding of a hospital
More than half of the business nor
ion of Hoffman, Mimi, was wiped out
" fire which originated in the gem
raj store of Rollofson Bros, entail
ng loss of S50,oOO Among the heav.
est losers is the L. T. Breen General
lerchandise Co., $4,000 ~
Friday night was the first night ses-
ion OF this congress devoted to pen.
ion legislation. No disposition to con.
est the bills presented for consider.
tlon developed and the entire calen.
ar OF 20 bills was cleared before the
our of adjournment, 1880, arrived
The st. Louis Car Co. has purchased
he plant of the Union Car Co. near
aden. The former company will re.
love its entire plant to the Baden
roperty, expend 100000 or more in
improvements and increase the mum.
er OF employees about fifty per cent.
The vice president and Mrs. Hobart
riday evening entertained the presi-
ent and Mrs. Mckinley at one of the
lost brilliant receptions of the official
,ason. The decorations were elabor-
te. Among the guests were practi-
lily the whole of the diplomatic
orps. {
Attorneys representing 25 of the
rongest banking institutions in
eorgia have filed suit attacking the
onstitutionality of the Borner act.
hich requires the state treasurer to
iamine private banks, asking the
'urts to restrain the treasurer from
aking such examination. s
Mrs Emma III. Crocker, wife of s
Gorge Crocker, the California million
re, has filed plans with the building
apartment for five story stone front c
yelling to be erected on the plot 3
.sxl0o at the corner of Fifth avenue {
10 Sixty-fourth streets, New York. +
ne estimated the cost at 100000.
The term of Imprisonment of DR.. J.. I
Luis, the Cuban patriot, who has '
rived a term of one year IN the Balti- :
ore city Jail for filibustering, expired ;
r1day, but he is not yet free. A fine
$500 was imposed, and this he is un.
Die to pay. Unless this is paid he
ust remain confined month LONGER.