The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-15
sion, pleaded not guilty and reserved
defense. He was committed for trial.

sion. pleaded not guilty and reserved
defense. He was com mltted for trial.
A telegram was received at the Navy
| Department. Washington. announcing
the success of the official trial of the
gun boat Yorktown yesterday. The
| vessel made 16 knots an hour. She
met the requirement of 800 horse
| power.
JOHN Dewey, of New York, declares
| that the statement of the lnfOrmer Lee
Caron that he carried a message from
Parnell to Dewey is false. Dewey de-
clares Parnell never belonged to any
of the dynamite sections or had any
thing to do with them.
JUSTICE O'Brien. in the Supreme
Court, of New York, yesterday, denied,
without comment, the motion made on
bahalf of Henry s. Ives and George d.
HsYner for change of venue in the big
suit brought against them by the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton railway.
STUDENTS agitation at Pesth, against
the army bill, continued yesterday.
The military cleared the streets after a
tree ngnt had taken place between the
mob and the police. There will be
s monster students demonstration
dBdluSL Iuo InLIItdLJ JILL OA OOhNDJ
next.
EMIGRATION agents have been drain
ing the country of able bodied negroes
in the vicinity of Charlotte, North
Carolina. The farmers have become
exasperated and are determined TO
stop it. They have armed themselves,
aud the militia has bsen called in an;
ticipatlon of trouble.
The boiler makers employed in the
| Risdon Ironworks, San Francisco,
struck yesterday, on the ground that
certain Iron plates had been used In
the repair of boilers of the steamship
Australia, were made abroad. The
strikers contend that the plates must
be made on the Pacific Coast.
At a joint meeting of the Union and
Confederate veterans, plan OF pre-
rsing the field of Chicamauga under
the auspices of q joint memorial cor
poration, representing all States that
had troops there, after the style OF the
Gettysburg association. was cordially
approved and q COMMITTEES appointed
to prepare detailed.
THE circular sent from Philadelphia
some time ago looking to the reorganl-
cation of the Knights of Labor as q
secret body, and opposed to the Pow
derby movement, has been actively
pushed in Chicago. It is claimed that
more than twenty local assemblies in
form to secret organizations.
SECRETARY WHITBEY issued an order
yesterday detaching Commodore George
Belknap from his duty as commandant
of Mare Island navy yard, California,
and ordering him to duty in command
of the Asiatio station, to take the place
last Sunday. No person has yet been
selected as commandant of Mare Island
navy yard.
CHARLES G. WAsHBuRN, OF the Wash
burn & Moon Manufacturing Company,
OF Worcester, MASSACHUSETTS,, states
that the French barbed wire patent of
Louis Janin does not render void the
Glidden patent Glidden claims to
have invented twisted fence wire with
spur wire clamped in position by other
re He does not claim to have in
te ited spurs or prongs.i --------
A GANG of barn burners, whose iden-
tity has not been discovered, is creating
q reign of terror in Frederick and Car-
roll Counties. Maryland. The owners
of the barns receive notice to remove
their implements and stock. The in
cendlaries use balls of wet phosphorus
with gunpowdsr inside. When the
phosphorus dries spontaneous COM
bustion and explosion follow.
THE National Conference Of Pro-
hibitionists continued to-day. A plan
to reorganizs the party was offered by
W. Thomas Miles of Chicago. The
leading feature was to make four
ffths majority necessary for the adop-
ton of any principle by the party. The
woman suffrage division of the party
saw in this blow at their principle,
and warmly opposed the plan which
was finally defeated.
WHEN the question of the revision Of
| the constitution came 40 In the Cham
| Der of Deputies in Paris yesterday,
| Count De DanYille Msillefeu moved
that debate On the subject be adjourn
ed. Notwithstanding opposition from
the government the motion was adopt
Ell by a vote of 307 to 2l8. Floquet
| thereupon anu ounced that the ministry
would Immediately resting. 1mmedi-
ately after Floquet's announcement all
the members OF the ministry sent in
their resignations to President Carnot.
The American Newspaper Publishers
Association concluded its session yes
terday. Several interesting papers
we're read. The executive committee
was instructed to keep the members
| osted on the progress made in type
setting machines and on the differences
between employees and employers.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, James w. SCOTT, Chicago Herald;
Vice-P President, Colonel Taylcr, Boston
Globe; Secretary. F. E. Hirch. San
Francisco Ernmirer; Treasurer, W. n.
Lafan, New York Sun.