The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-27
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Various Notes From the Capt.
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Washington. % No information has
beeIa communicated to government here
81 TO any agreemen t between Gustamala
snd Mexico, touching the disputed
boundary question. Is is believed. how
ever, the matter is 10 . fair. way to reach
an adjustment The President, il is un-
derstood, Is unwilling TO arbitrate unless
requested by b,th p,rtles TO do so, and
unless The question 10 be settled shall be
definitely agreed upon. iI|
The Houre committee On commerce
has agreed TO report favOrably Represen-
tstive Jacobs bill, regulating the expor-
tation Of articles made 10 imitation Of
butter and cheese. by compelling manu-
faeturers to durably stamp upon the
packages Of such articles the words
! o,eomargsrine," "fucine," "butteriEe,"
etc, ETC., under penalty Of 81. geo. =,
The Presideat has referred the supple
mental petition bearing 49. 600 signatures
from the Garfield Club New York City,
asking the pardon OF Sergeant Mason.
to the secretsry Of war, together with
several other similar petitIons.
| The star route Ia ewes have Just cause
for trem bling. They are troubled q, {
only BY the damaging testimony but by
tbs sharp thrust 10 an interIoeutory /, :
cision,y made by Judge Wylie to-dsy
| that adverse testImony and an adverse
| charge ought not to produce verdict
| from the Jury favorable TO the sIAF route
men. They have less and less hope OF
such verdict every day. Walsh is al
ready avenged. ~ 1885,
| Dispatches alleging that Mr.. Denny,
consul.general 10 Ohina, is intriguing
against Minister John. Russell Young,
are not credited here. They are believed
| TO have had their origin with Chas Nil.
lers formerly. os Maine. who for some
years has been nursing an absurd claim
Of $500. 600 against China. During The
4 Tee Ping rebellion some ten years ago
Miller owned small vessel worth a
the outside about Sl0,0o0. which wa
taken By the Chinese authorities 4
transport troops in rivers md inlet
where light draught boats were needed
After time the rebels captured this yes
sci aud destroyed her. Miller Put 10 1
claim, which he ran to about thirty time
the real value of bis boat. Mr.. SewarC
refused 20 aid him to press such man
strous claim. Miller altem pied to inter
est Denny 10 it, and then returned to thi
/ hA40 HCAh oOblNCAy W WI n " DC
cure the appointment Of Denny as min
ister.s A letter of recommendation wa
secured from General Grant, ant
Miller supposed this was quit
sufficient guaranty of success, an,
SO be did not trouble either tn,
President or state department yer,
much with the matter. When the plac
was offered to Young the latter. knowing
Grant, had recommended Denny, ex
pressed q desire rot to stand in the wa,
Of Denny or Grants wishes. He wa
| then informed that Denny would not b
nominated in any event % o
| Young there ore, at the request ofth
| President, accepted the position. Al
Denny is we'll aware, Young had nothiDl
to do with the failure to sppOint him.
is not believed here that Denny ha
taken the course attributed to him il
the late dispatches and for the reason
given they are believed to be the wofl
Of Miller and his inflated claims,