Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-10
WEDNESDAY,
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

A special to the New York Post from
Washington says that prominent mem.
Der of the Knights of Labor is RESPONSE
BILE for the statement that that organiza.
ton is preparing to enroll in its member.
ship the policemen in the large cities o.
the country as part of the wage workers
of the nation.
Clay Greene's play Forgiven" was
produced at the Windsor Theatre, New
York, Monday night, and made de.
clded hit. TheDramatic News says
With a few slight changes, forgiven
would be not only one of the most en-
pertaining but one of the best American
dramas. Frederick Bryton took the
principal part.
A runaway team in st. Paul dashed
into a funeral procession, lust missing the
carriage containing the pail bearers. and
striking the hearse squarely. The driver
was thrown to the ground, the hearse
overturned, its glass sides shattered, and
| the coffin turned upside down. One of
the runaway horses was killed and his
mate knocked senseless.
Notwithstanding the action of the Paci-
nc Coast Association lines, the Union
Pacific yesterday made rate of 80 cents
per 100 pounds on all classes of freight.
The Denver & Rio Grande also made
such rate, but withdrewit. The Union
Pacific's action is announced to be on the
theory that the fercer the war, the
sooner the combatants will tire of the fight
and seek to compromise.
Last evening the closing reception at the
White House, given in honor Of Congress,
and to which the Judiciary, Army and
Navy and Diplomatic Corps were invited,
was the most numerously attended of the
season, and in magnifcence of the cos
tunes and jewels worn by the ladies,
eclipsed any of its predecessors. The
President was assisted in receiving by
Miss Cleveland, Mrs. Manning, Mrs. En-
dicott, Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Villas.
The Judiciary, Diplomatic Corps, Army
and Navy and Congress were all repre-
sented.
Brooklyn turfmen have discussed the
new scheme yesterday for making Long
Island the liveliest racing point in the
country. The latest proposition is to con-
vert the old half-mile trotting track, used
last year by the New York and Brooklyn
DRIVING Park, into race course. These
side associations, with a popular race
course at Sheepshead Bay for center,
will make Long Island a more bristling
arena for race horses than it was for trot-
tiers. A dozen fresh buyers OF race horses
this winter announced their intention of
trying their fortunes on the turf These
will more than fill the vacancies in the
ranks.
The New York Mail and Express says:
Yesterday closed the longest social season
there has been in New York this century
1t has been by no means brilliant sea-
son. Several of the largest and most
hospitable houses have been closed. Had
it not been for the Gerrys, the Gallatins
and the Goelets, the list Of private balls
would have been very small. The Iselins
and Pierre Lorillard are not entertaining
Mrs. Paran Stevens hospitable home has
been closed by death, as were also the
Vanderbilt mansions. The California
and Washington belle-Charles Crocker's
daughter-who made such successful
debut in Washington this season, will
soon make her home in New York.