The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-12
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

line EOrt6 mas u0slly OEu6Ieu tue
release of the Prince OF Meridites.
The Boston wool market continues
TO be quiet, because of the storms
there recently.
The original Uncle Tom, made
famous by Harriet Beecher Stoves
novel, is now lecturing in Chicago.
1t has been decided that the execu-
tive committee of the Worlds Fair
commission snail not consist OF over
fifty members.
The Marquis OF Harrington made
powerful speech and Healy vic
lent one IN the House OF Commons on
Tuesday night.
At the st. Peters Insane Asylum
on Sunday one female inmate muir
dered another female, choking and
beating her to death.
Mayor Cooper has resigned az q
member OF the Worlds Fair COM
mission, and his resignation been
accepted. He was not in accoru
with the commission.
An attempt will be made to get the
fifteen passenger Chinese bill up, and
push its main features for adoption
Immediately after the ratification of
the new treaties.
In the House OF Commons on Tues
day evening Mitchell Henry said had
government administered existing
lava in Ireland, their present eyigen-
cies would never have arisen.
The contested case OF Haroldson
against Shelley. Fourth Alabama
District, was dismissed on Tuesday by
the House committee on elections,
and Shelley's title confirmed.
Secretary Evarts and Commissioner
Prescott we're on the floor of the Sen
ate on Tuesday talking with senators,
with view to Fastening favorable
action on the Chinese treaties.
The Property Defense Association
of Dublin held meeting on Tuesday
nigh and adopted q resolution urg-
ing persons of all creeds and politics
to join it for mutual protection.
The House naval committee will
report favorably on the bill making
an appropriation to erect a monument
to the memory of the officers and
men who lost their lives in the United
States steamer Huron.
Davis has secured q promise that
in the agricultural appropriation bill
an item giving 5000 for the further
collection of special data concerning
theso called "arid region OF the United
stAtes" shall be inserted.
The Maine corrected returns give
PIaisted. 1918; Davis, 73. 544; Nye.
309;Jay. ia; scattering, So; PlaIsted's
majority, 81. The committee will
present q report to the Senate on the
18th declaring him governor.
Advices from Bombay state that
there had been continued fighting
on New Calabsr River, the western
shore CT Africa; between the king,
and Wiilbraid, a native chief, and
there has been great loss OF life.
A bill was introduced in the Senate
on Tuesday to reduce the price of
even numbered sections of public
lands within the limits OF any rail-
road, military or wagon road grants, to
preemption settlers, to 81 rs per acre.
By the explosion OF 100 pounds of
powder the store and grocery stock OF
J. P. Andrews & Co., at Climsx Kali
amsz0o County, Mich, we're blown to
pieces on Monday evening; twelve
persons were injured, several OF whom
will die.
The new Chinese treatise were not
considered by the Senate foreign |
affairs committee because they had
not been returned from the printer. |
1t is expected the committee will hold |
g special meeting to consider them In
a few days.
John Sherman WAS nominated for |
United States senator by the repubi l. !
can caucus at Columbus. o., en-
Tuesday night by exclamation and
with three cheers. The caucus lastt d |
but twenty minutes, devoted prinol-
pally to speeches.
An attempt was made. in the con-
OF the Indian appropriation
bill, before the House TO insert amend.
ments, the purport of which were to
transfer the Indian bureau to the war
but the amendments
were all ruled out on points eff order.
In addition to the customary ap-
preparations for Indian purposes, the
appropriations committee has decided
10 recommend further appropriations
or the subsistence and civilization of
Indians in the west, and Titan is to
'eceiVe S11 600 more for that purpose
During the debate in the Senate on
he Beu. Holiday relief bull, on Tues-l |
lay, Cockrill moved for the adoption
II resolution calling for all in
on the subject of overland
nail routes" at that date, pending
discussion on which the Senate ad-
burned.
The secretary of war has communi- s
lated to Congress that several rail-
Dads are running through the Fort
Bliss, Texas and New Mexican ]
Reservation without having received
and suggests that the
light OF way be granted in view OF the
character of the roads.
At meeting of English and Irish
members of Parliament to appoint I
Ieputation to wait on Gladstone, il
vas suggested that the presence OF
he English members might look as 9
hough an attempt we're being msde 7
0 dictate to the premier. Ii was de- D
ided to inform Gladstone OF their de-
ire for strong bill.
The Enkl ish authorities sent de-
sotlve on Mondsy TO Bradlaugh to b
liorm him that they were in posses n
on of sworn Information that there "
as plot to asssssinate him. The
erson who gave the information d,
iated that he overheard a party OF
'reigners arranging to kill Bradlaugh r
q his way home from the House oil
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