The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-13
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Admiral John Lee Davis, United Slater
Navy retired, died in Washington yestes-
day.
Count Won Berchem, under secretary of
state, viii represent Germany at the com
ing conference in Berlin concerning Samoa.
The strike situation at Fall River, Mas
SachuSett5 is not greatly changed, but APP
pears to favor the weavers. Only 1000 out
of 1000 looms are running. Good order
prevails.
Patrick Egan is in New York from Wash
ingtOn. Irish citizens want him to stay
over st. Patrick's day, but he is billed for
q speech at Lincoln, Neb., on that day. He
says nothing about his business at Wash
ington, but his friends think him booked
for the Mexican mission.
None Of the principals in the case will
talk about the reported marriage of Freddie
Gebhardt and Lille Langtry. The story,
which is diScredited, appears to have been
originally evolved from a coachman be-
longing to the Langtry establishment, who
had taken just one cocktail too many.
The speaker of the English House of
Commons made arrangements for the mem
bers of the Chicago and all American base
bail clubs to visit the House in q body
The Century club, on nomination of Mr..
White, secretary of the American legation,
has elected players honorary members of
the club during their stay in London.
The Supreme Court of West Verginia
YESTERDAY morning, decided in the Golf
Wilson gubernatOrial mandamus case that
Governor Wilson is entitled to hold over
until the contest between Fleming and
Golf settled to seat on the grounds of the
returns. The legislature fight will now be
between Wilson and Carr on quo warranto
proceeding.
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missionaries recently captured by inSur-
gents have been released upon payment of
$1,000. In addition to the ransom money
the Germans surrendered twenty-five
slaves who had fallen into their hands. The
followers of Bushiri are retreating into the
interior. They seem inclined to enter into
negotiations with the Germans.
The elections held in Barnsley division of
Yorkshire, England, to fill the vacancy
in the house of commons caused by the re-
tirement of Courtney Stanhope Kenney,
| liberal, resulted in the return Of Lord
| Compton, Gladstonian, who received G, 1872
votes against 3, 7S1 for his opponent, Bruce
| Wentworth, conservative. At the last cleo
ton Kenney received 5,425 votes, Went
| worth 2,9l7.
The funeral of the late Congressman
Townsend, of Illinois, was held yesterday
at St. Matthews church, Washington.
| The southern agents moving negro fami-
| lies from North Carolina to Arkansas are
quietly but successfully at work. Their
operations are confined thus far to a few
counties ON the railroads.
Ex-President Cleveland was last night
elected an active member of the New York
Bar association.
Julius J. Freelzs, chief clerk of the bu
reau of the steam engineering navy depart
ment has resigned.
! A Washington dispatch says a telegram
was sent to San Francisco from the navy
department asking at what time the Char
lesion could be ready for trial.
The beef combine convention was called
to order yesterday. A temporary Organiza
ton was effected. committees appointed
and the convention took recess.
Late Sunday night Magruder Fletcher, {
powerful young colored man, broke int
the house of Mrs. Obediah McCready, il
Messongo Neck, in the absence of her hus
band, and criminally maltreated her foul
times before leaving. He has been arrested
and will probably be lynched