Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-17
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

The American delegate to the tubcr-
Sulosis congress, DIR. Won schweinitiz
has arrived In Berlin.
At Menominee, Mich, 500 spinning
employees OF the 81 mills struck Mon
day for 30 per cent. increase in wages
Mondays statement of the condition
Of the treasury shows; Available cash
balance, saO1, Gao, a7s; gold reserve, $751;
iO5, I4O.
Gen. Hernandez, the leader of the
revolution In 1893 In Venezuela, who
was captured near Yumare on June t2
last. hRs been released from captivity.
Baron Heyl zu Herrnshcin, the ma
tional liberal member of the German
reichstng, has donated three million
marks toward the tuberculosis asylum
movement
]. L. Hamilton, painter employed
in the sugar factory in Santa Maria,
Cal, killed his wife by cutting her
throat. He then killed himself In the
same manner
Two hundred section hands on the
Pittsburgh division of the Panhandle
railroad struck Monday for an advance
in wages of 10 cents a day. They are
now getting s1.2Oa day and want Sl.S6.
The transport Centennial, Capt
Egles, has sailed from San Francisco
for the Philippines with large cargo
Of commissary and quartermasters'
supplies. She carried no soldiers or
other passengers.
The I'd regiment of volunteer en-
gineers was mustered out at Camp
Mckenzie Augusta, Ga, Tuesday. This
regiment was recruited from all parts
Of the country, and the men left the
city in patches for different places.
The will of the late Baron Hers
chell, the former lord chancellor and
member of the Anglo-American Cana
dian commission, who died in Washing
ton on March last, was probated
Monday. The estate is valued at el53,-
900.
The Sd Kentucky regiment was mus
tered out at Savannah, Ga, Tuesday.
The men began their homeward jour
ney during the afternoon. This leaves
but one command here, tho 81st Mich
igan, and 1t will leave the service We'd
nesday.
The puddlers at the Bethlehem (Pa.)
steel works quit work Monday owing
to a misunderstanding over an in
crease of wages. 1t is expected that
the difference will be adjusted SO that
the puddle mill will resume operations
Tuesday.
Formal notice was received in Phila-
delphia Monday that Great Britain will
be officially represented at the inter-
national commercial congress to be
held in Philadelphia in connection
with the next fall National Export
exposition.
The dead body of Mrs. Helen NJ.
Stayner who disappeared from Mil
"ouhOC Oh CStODSl Az Atiobf vas lOllhh
on the beach of Lake Michigan at Ke-
nosha, Wis, Monday. Mrs Stayner
was Christian Scientist and her dis
appearance created quite a sensation.
The United States transport Meade,
while leaving Ponce, p. H., at mid.
night Monday, for New York, with the
! 10th infantry on board, struck a sunken
wreck outside the harbor. which caus-
ed serious leak and necessitated her
return. Divers are now at work ex.
amining the extent of the damage
done to the steamer.
Considerable dissatisfaction Is ex.
pressed at Santiago over the demand
by the United States government that
the Cuban soldiers relinquish Their
arms before receiving their shares in
the distribution of the So, OOO, 900. La
Independents and other papers pub
lish excited articles protesting against
the acceptance of any such proposal.
E. f. Bogert, formerly postmaster OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa, who was arrested
and suspended from Office three
months ago charged with tamperinl
with the mails, was arrested again
Tuesday, this time on charge of en-
bezzling money belonging to the gov
ernment lie was held in $500 bail
by United States Commissioner Hahn