Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Paris Telegraph is publishing literal
translations of the Pail Mall Gazette'S
sensational articles, much to the apparent
satisfaction of the Parisians The sales OF
the paper are enormous.
Michael Davitt, the released convict, re-
fuses to enter Parliament, because in doing
so it would be compulsory to swear alleg1-
ance to the Queen. He declares he will re-
main an unrelenting enemy of England's
power in Ireland.
Mrs. Strickland, charged with completely
in the murder of her husband at Mt. Ster-
ling, Kentucky, has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for ninety-nine years. Floyd
Williams who committed the crime is await
ing execution.
Sydney Rosenfeldt, Edward j. Abrams,
and Perkins, leader of the orchestra, all of
the Union Theatre, Chicago, have been ar
rested to show cause why they should not
be punished for contempt in producing ''The
Mikado." Judge Wheeler is very indignant
over the violation of the Injunction, and as
the severity of the penalty in case of con-
viction of contempt is discretionary with
him, the belief is expressed that the offend
ers will fare badly.
Mr.. Garrett Roach deprecates and stigma.
tizes III the strongest terms the reports of
the disaster to his father which have ap-
peared in the newspapers He says: Al
| though my father has been suffering from
the effects of malarial fever in his system
for long time, he never used chloral or any
thing of that nature. The trouble is that
| he has not taken medicine enough. The
workmen employed were to-day paid off in
full the wages due them. Until the present
financial troubles of the Reaches are
settled only a sufficient force of men
! to complete existing contracts will be re-
| tanned.
The annual report of the Central Pacific
railroad for 1884 has been issued. The gross
earnings for the year are S23, ,261, 900, being
nearly 81, 5000 less than for 1883. The ex-
penditures are $21, ,238, 900, over 100000
greater than the previous year. The deficit,
including the unearned dividends paid;
amounts to 81 800 900. The directors claim
there is due the company from the Govern
ment S630,000 ''held without sanction OF
law by the United States Treasury. A
director remarked. ''This treatment by the
Government is in striking contrast to the
untiring efforts of the company to perform
fully every duty to the United States"
Sydney Rosenfeld is in more operate
trouble, having been served with restrain
ing order on ''The Black Hussar,' which
one of his companies was to produce at the
Grand Opera House, milwaukee. The in
junction, which was served at the instance
of Goldmark & Sonried of New York, is a
voluminous document, requiring sixty pages
of legal paper to enumerate the various
specialties, such as the song "Seek the An
swer in the Stars which are introduced in
the opera, and to produce which the COM
plainants claim the exclusive right. Notice
was also served on the stage manager of the
house. Mr.. Rosenfeld has not as yet de.
termined whether he will rent the opera
house and attempt production of the piece
or entirely abandon the project. The New
York men are represented by Chicago at
torney.