Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-09-03
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAAI5.


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September 80.
The newspapers in budapest report
the discovery of a plot to murder Bar
on Dantfy, the Hungarian premier
Thursdays statement Of the condi-
tion of the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, s294, 4s7,0s4; gold re-
serve, S?l7,9O44s
The Trades Union congress. at Lon
don; Eng, has presented souvenir ci-
gar cases. cigarette cases. match boxes
and TASKS to the American delegates
AT Bristol, Eag., the trades union
congress Tuesday decided to send two
delegates to the meeting of the dple-
gates of the American Federation Of
La cor.
Mrs. c.. NJ. McCiung. aged SO. Of
second story window of the United
States hotel Saratoga, n. Y, early
Wednesday, died Thursday afternoon.
Orders have been issued by the war
department that all regular army regj-
ments now at Montauk, which were
stationed previously east of the Mis-
sissippi river, shall return to those
same stations.
Col. Roosevelt had a consultation
with Gen. Wheeler Friday. aad when
it was over the commander of tne
rough riders announced that there
would be no parade of his regiment ia
New York on Labor day.
AT Toronto, the Bertra Il ship yards
were destroyed by fr. early Friday
morning The steamer, city OF Toron.
to. in the final stages of construction
by the Bertram Co.. was saved with
great difficulty. The loss is placed at
about $4,000.
AT the trottin- PARK at Rsadviile,
Mass, THURSDAY, Star Pointer was
sent against his record, l:5314, Lut
failed to beat it by half Il second.
Time by quarters: 2oi4; SO; l::sl4;
l:5o2l' Grattan Boy wcn the Ma,sI-
chuset.s stake, S5,OUL
j. Il. Newberry, chairman of the
Los Angeles (Cal war board, an inst:.
tuition organized to give aid to soi-
diers, has left on the Overland for
Washington. His object is 20 secure
the mastering out OF the In regiment
California volunteer infantry.
Commissioner OF Pensions Hon. II.
Clay Evans has issued an order pro-
h:bting the sending of pension checks
to general delivery" The inten ton
Of the department is to have all such
checks delivered at the individual 10.
cal addresses of the pensioners.
The battle ship Iowa was gotten in
to the new dry dock at the navy yard
in New York Thursday. Her bottom
was in fairly good condition. The
work of scraping down the vessel will
occupy about three days. The Iowa is
the first ship to be doclzed in Dry Dock
No 5.
surgeon General Ste rnb berg says: II
am really at any moment for com.
piete investigation with reference 10
my administration OF the affairs of the
medical department; but the war de.
partment is not disposed to make such
an investigation as the result OF sen.
sational newspaper articles"
Lawrence o. Murray, for several
years chief Of the organization divis.
ion of the controllers Office of the
treasury, was Thursday sworn in as
deputy controller of the currency. He
succeeds George NJ. Coffin, of South
Carolina, who resigned to accept the
presidency of New York national
bank.
Gov Tanner has recommended to
the war department that the Illinois
regiments which have arnories be
sent direct to those armories instead
OF to Springfield to be mustered out
Those having no armories will GO to
Springfield. This reccmme n dation is
to be complied with by the depart.
ment.
Col. Kimball, deputy quartermaster
general, Thursday received from Gen.
Miles dispatch dated Ponce, Septem.
Der /, stating that 4 600 troops sailed
Thursday from Porto Rico on the
transports Manitoba, Mississippi. Con.
cho, Alamo, Chester and OLDHAM. He
himself sailed on the Oblam The tram
sports will all come to New York.