Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-16
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

The converted cruiser Yosemite has
been ordered to Manila and the con-
verted cruiser Badger to San Francisco.
The 9th regiment of California vol
unteers, located at Fort Point, was
mustered out of the federal service
Thursday.
Hon. William ]. Bryan arrived in
Washington Wednesday from savan-
nah, Ga. He will remain there for sew
eral days before proceeding to his home
in Nebraska.
Antonio e. Terry, formerly of New
York, died in Paris Wednesday of liver
complaint. He was twice married, his
second wife being Sybil Sandcrson,
the opera singer.
Four more bodies were found We'd
nesday in the wreclage of the collapsed
gus holder at Twentieth street and
Avenue A, New York. This brings the
list of dead up to six.
Lionel Garden, the British consul at
Mexico City, has been appointed Brit
ish consul general at Havana. His
promotion is a recognition of the valu-
able services and his high ability,
Nance o'Neill and Mckee Rankin re-
turned from Honolulu Wednesday
morning on the steamer Alameda. The
Mckee Rankin Co., of which Miss
o'Neill is leading lady, did remarkably
well in Hawaii.
Toronto and Montreal capitalists in
terested in street railways are after
the franchise in Havana and have made
an offer of 81, 100000 for the present
service in that city, which it is expect
ed will be accepted.
So serious are the injuries sustained
by the battle ship Massachusetts as a
result of the mishap sustained few
days ago, that Naval Constructor
Bowles estimates that the cost of hei
repairs will be at least S24, 900.
, Fire has again broken out in the
hold in the ship Shenandoah, which re
Gently arrived at San Francisco from
Baltimore with load of Cumberland
, coal. Water is being pumped into th'
vessel. No great damage has beer
i done SO far.
Orders were sent from the navy de
u partment Wednesday to the com
Il mander of the Badger at Leagu,
island, to proceed with that vessel t.
San Francisco, in place of her siste
ship, the Yankee, originally selected
10 for this service.
d Chairman Dinglcy of the ways ant
,s means committee, says no determine
n ton has been reached as to when the
. holiday recess will begin, but he will
=. probably offer resolution for reces
beginning December 81 and lasting
until January 4.
Capt. L. w. Shackford and crew O
eight men, of the lost schooner Jc
r hanna Swan, which was abandoned a
i sea on December 2, arrived safely i
y. New York Wednesday on board tn
S, tug r. j. Barrett, which took ther
s, from the German bark Anna.
At Kansas City, Mo-, DIR. B. c. Hyde
49, former city police surgeon and no'
ucLhohSIrdtOk Va dhnhOliy III Oho Ch
versity Medical college, of this city
II was Wednesday arrested on warrar
s. sworn out by the chief of police charl
A' ing him with grave robbery.
II The auxiliary cruiser Yosemite ha
~ been ordered to the Pacific by way {
s. Suez. The Yosemite has been laid u
for the last three months at Leagu
- Island navy yard, but will be taken t
Norfolk in the course of a week an
r made ready for the long voyage.
\" The steamer Alameda, from Australi;
~ brought treasure amounting to So, $40
=, 900. There was 100 boxes of Englis
l., sovereigns, 5000 sovereigns in bo
= and "a boxes filled with bullion. I'll
money is to settle in part the balanC
of trade between this country an
England.
n. Frank Moran, one of the most wild
ds ly known minstrels in this countr,
cd died Wednesday afternoon at the Ge
ry man hospital, Philadelphia, aged
to years. His death was due primarily
at an attack of the grippe. Frank Mora
has been before the public as a mil
. strel for half a century.
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