The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-11-03
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

Gen. Merritt and Miss Williams Of Chi
cago, were married in London
Cherbourg, France, has been ordered to
provide for large force of troops.
California's Supreme Court refused TO
extradite Mrs. Botkin, the alleged poisoner.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
wants a franchise for cable line to Porto
Rico.
The Peace Commissions in Paris are at
deadlock over the question of the Cuban
debt.
General Wood has issued a proclama-
tion providing for the government Of San
tiago.
The Filipino insurgents have assumed
0 threatening attitude toward the Amer
leans.
Twenty thousand tribesmen have attack
ed Transvaal troops sent to punish them
for numbering missionaries.
Miss Marie Churchill and Mr.. Harold
Hermann John Barring were married at St.
Thomas's Church, New York.
The crew of the United States cruiser
New Orleans threaten 10 desert on account
of Captain Folger's alleged cruelty.
The American Commission at Paris has
declared that the United States would as.
sumo no part of Spain's Cuban debt.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that the Joint Traffic Association
exists in violation Of the Antitrust law.
Professor Irving w. Fay was blinded
while experimenting with liquefied air in
the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
William p. Murray killed his insane wife
and himself at Flint, Mich, after writing
letter explaining that he did 1t solely to
end her earthly troubles.
Surgeon Tabor who was accused of cru
city and neglect in the treatment of dying
men at Camp Wik,ff, has been dismissed
by the War Department.
A Spanish gunboat forced q steamer fly
ing the American flag to return to Manila.
The steamer started out again with the
McCulloch as q convoy.
Leaders of French Arlstocracy, It is al
eyed open their doors to rioh Americans
on the payment of large fee, in the guise
of charity, to the footman.
1t is announced that Captain Albert
Dreyfus is already in Paris and Is now con-
fined in the fortress at Mount Valerlen, to
which he was secretly brought.
In his report of naval operations leading
to the bottling up of Cervera, Admiral
Sampson condemned monitors as inefficient
and said their shooting was bad.
Henri Rochefort urges in his paper that
the members of the Court of Cessation be
horribly tortured for tneir Dreyfus decis-
lon, and it is believed that he Is insane.
Albert l.. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. r.,
believing his wife to have been dead for
thirteen years, married Now there are
two Mrs. Smiths, and No. wants d.
voroe.
Rev. George R. Parrish, pastor Of the
First Congregational Church, MARSHALL
town, Ia, is said to be G clever forger who
has eluded detection for more than three
years.
The wet weather which has prevailed
throughout a large part of the Northwest
and Manitoba for the past ten days has
done much damage to the wheat In the
fields.
President Baltes of the Mechanics and
Traders Bank of New York City, was de-
posed. Many depositors withdrew their
accounts, but the banks capital was not
impaired.
A big fire on the Brooklyn water front
destroyed two wharves and large rosln
lyard, block in extent A column of thick
black smoke extended fifty miles into Con-
uecticut
Ex-Gov. Charles N. Sheldon of South
Dakota died at Deadwood of pneumonia.
He was native of Johnstown, VT, served
in the army through the civil war, went to
Dakota in 1881, and was elected Governor
in 1892 and again in 1894.
The Circuit Court of Urbana, Ohio has
handed down a decision in tho case oi
Enchurch against Champaign County fol
| 5000 damages The suit grows out Of
the lynching of Click Mitchell two yesrt
ago, and which gives the nearest kin,
$6, 900.
The criminal charges OF bigamy and
abandonment brought against Hiram Max.
i'm, the gun inventor, by the woman call.
ling herself Mrs Helen Leighton Maxim
were formally Withdrawn at the hearing
OF the case before Recorder Brown, al
Poughkeepsle, N. Y.
News has leaked out of a daring robbery
at the Arlington Hotel, Washington severa
days ago by which ex-Gov Bullock o.
Georgia and his wife lost diamonds ant
iewslry valued at several thousand dollars
The police have been quietly at work OF
the affair, but thus far without result