Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-01
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
=, By Telegraph.

Gathered From All Parts OF the Country
=. By Telegraph.
The steamers Humboldt, Excelsior
and Noye have sailed from Seattle for
Alaska with $50 passengers.
The work of naval construction and
armament is being pushed by the
Spanish government with the greatest
activity at the arsenal and dock yards
at Ferrel.
Gen. Weyler arrived at Barcelona
Sunday and left Immediately for his
| country seat in the mountains. He
expects to return to Barcelona on
Tuesday and reach Madrid on Wednes-
day.
At Portland, Ore, Edward Evans,
burglar, who was being pursued by
the police Sunday night ran into an
old gas house where he remained until
he was asphyxiated. His body was
found Monday.
| The San Francisco Chronicle says:
Gov. Budd has informed his friends
| that in view of the retirement of Sem
ptor White he will be candidate for
the United States senate provided the
next legislature is democratic.
Despite the good offices of Guatemala
in sending peace ENJOYS to both gov
ernments, the strained relations be-
tween Costa Rica and Nicaragua con-
tinue. Telegraphic communication
with Costa Rica is again uncertain
The first positive orders received at
the Portsmouth navy yard since the
blowing up of the Maine were received
here Sunday when orders came to send
the warship Alliance to sea on April l.
She will be put in frst-class repair by
that time.
The statement prepared by tho
United States assay office shows that
the production of gold in Idaho dur
ing 1897 was So. 1875, 333; silver, 81, 1O3,-
321; lead, S4,501,231. Total, $13. 729.-
Ss3. This is an increase over 1896 of
1,97S, ,040.
The British steamer Bramble, Capt.
Postlewaite, from Porman, February
49, for Mayport, Eng, is ashore near
Flimby. Her rudder and propeller are
gone and she has apparently been
abandoned. The high tides have driven
her higher on the beach.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Madrid says: The report that a
Spanish squadron had. sailed for the
United States has its only foundation
in these facts: Spain is hurriedly get
ting her navy into fighting trim, and u
torpedo fotilla will set sail for Havana
this week.
The benefit given at the Metropolitan
opera house, New York, Sunday night
for the widows and orphans of the
sailors and men on the battleship
Maine who went down with the vessel,
was a thorough success, financially and
professionally. Every available spot
in the big house was occupied.
The cardinal archbishop of Valla-
dotid has published a pastoral letter
blaming America for the prolongation
of the Cuban war. His emineuce says:
''The hypocritical friendship of the
United States fosters the rebellion and
wastes Spain's resources in order the
better to attack her when weakened. !"
In view of the warlike preparations
being made by Chill, the Argentine
government has decided to purchase
three warships and arms for $50, 900
men. The people of Argentina are en-
thusiastic over the possibility of war.
Many public officials have offered to
give part of their salaries for buying
warships-
AT Bayard, a town in the interiar of
Nebraska remote from telegraph serv-
ice, two masked men took A. o. Tay-
lor, president of the Bank of Bayard,
from bed Saturday night and compell-
ed him to- open the safe in the bank.
Only small sum was secured. Taylor
was severely beaten about the head.
A posse is, in pursuit of the robbers.
All the Spanish newspapers agree
that mo farther mention need be made
to the Dupay De LONE affair, as it has
now practically ceased to exist" The
papers are much more occupied with
the demonstration at Barcelona in con-
nection with the torturing of prisoners
at Montjuieh, the fight between an ell
ephant and bull and the Dreyfus
nasa than with nnliticS