The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-26
DOMESTIC DOTS.
Newsy Notes From All Portions of
the Land Over Which the Stars
and Stripes Wave.

Memphis, Tenn, July 25.-Henry Ben
nett colored, was hanged here today for
the murder of his wife in May, 1898. he
cut her almost to pieces with pocket
knife for deserving him. Bennett died
game.
Omaha, July 25.-The general executive
beard of the Knights of Labor today COM
pleted arrangements for canvassing Ne
braska in the interest of the Populist
party, and State Workman D. Allmand
vas sent out to confer with the Popul1st
central committee and six dates for TWEEN
ty-four rallies during the fall campaign.
The general secretary was instructed to
carefully prepare q list Of all congress-
men who have opposed the Knights of
feat them Copies of this list were or
dered sent to all local assemblies in the
United States.
Nashville, Tenn, July 25.-At St Joseph
church today Right Rev; Thomas =, 5;
diocese of Nashville was consecrated
with very impressive ceremonies. Arch
bishop Eller OF Cincinnati conducted TIL, the
j Wayne. preached the conservation SER
mon.
| Minneapolis, July 25.-Petit jurors in the
| federal court today acquitted Dr. G. A.
| Love and DR.. II. Jones, of Preston, Mimi,
charged with returning false and fradu-
! lent pension vouchers. These are two
Vanluven cases. The government attor-
Eeys are staggered at the verdict, which
J
/ evidence.
Yankton, S. D.. July 25.-Herbert Hall
! Winslow, the playwright of New YORK,
who eighteen months ago brought suit
! for divorce against his wife, Daisay Edna
1 Winslow. and in which case the jury found
for Mrs. Winslow, has been given de-
! cree of absolute divorce by Judge Smith.
Who in his decision, set aside the verdict
of the jury.
San Francisco, July 25.-Mrs. Leland
] stamford q
Wilson; has notified the government,
through United States District Attorney
| CHARLES a A. Garter. that its claims for
Stanford has been rejected. This means
that Mrs. Stanford considers the demand
| OF the government unjust and without
foundation and that it will be paid, if
! ever, only at the end of long litigation.
Chicago. July 25.-Pohceman Lindgren
was seriously wounded and two rioters
badly hurt in a fight in the Grand Trunk
yards, Forty ninth street. Strikers at
4 tempted to stop a freight train, when an
Yolley of stones and coupling pins. Lind
gren fired, probably fatally injuring
Alexander Hart and slightly wounding a
striker named Donnigan. But one rioter
was arrested.
Colorado Springs, July 25-Twenty-five
persons, including two women, will be
arrested tomorrow for tarring and
feathering Adjutant General Tarsney.
Chief of Police Armstrong, of Denver,
has complete chain of evidence against
| them.
Chicago, July 25.-Florence Bernard a
soubrette, was arrested here and taken
to East st. Louis to answer to the
charge of swindling Aaron Neal, a New
clares she is prosecuting her because she
would not accept his attentions
Chicago, July 25.-Mrs. Warren Spring
er was held 81 1t to the grand jury. today in
"a an 4l7ln1 1,a 81
ing to bride two jurors in a condemna-
ton suit in which her millionaire hus-
band is interested.
Washington, July 25.-The secretary OF
the commissioner of the land Office in the
case of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company against Edward H. Heilman
Alex. Duval and Richard Coad, Montana,
and S. l.. Lanham, Washington.
Youngston, O., July 25.-After a tie-ul
for several weeks the Youngston street
car company resumed operations today
with non-union men. Ties were piled on
the tracks by the strikers and the cars
stoned.
der, hanged in the United States jail
yard here today, was the seventy-eightE
man hanged by George Maledon, the
federal executioner. Holder killed George
W. Beckford in Indian Territory in 1891
on hunting and trapping trip.
st. Joe, Mo-, July Pa fire started by
a spark from locomotive today burned
the Bennett lumber yard. Lincoln school
? twenty freight cars and a dozen small
houses. The loss is 100000
Washington, July 25-The Senate com
mittee on territories has ordered favor
able reports on the bill admitting New
Mexico and Arizona to statehood. These
5 bills have passed the House.
, Hutchins Kan, July 25-Jerry Simpson
was nominated by reclamation at the
Populist congressional convention today
Galesburg, ILL.,, July 25.-The A. R. U
, lodge here last night voted to give uI
. the charter. Word to that effect wa:
sent to Debs. The union found no en-
couragement here.
Birmingham, Ala, July 25.--John Col
: Inns, a market gardener, last nigh
thought he heard thieves in his gardeI
and started to investigate. He was fol
lowed by his daughter Maggie. Mrs. Col
2 Inns heard the two, and supposed then
thieves. Arousing ker son William, h
, got his gun and shot both father an(
( daughter The former is dead and th'
latter is dying.
New York, July 25.-The Republican
state central committee is in session TO
day A committee of five was appointed
to consider the difference between thu
elements in the party generally desig
mated as the committee OF thirty and tn
Mulholland-Platt factions. The commit
tee is composed Of three Platt men, on
whose sympathies are with the thirt!
E and one doubtful. The state convention
Will meet sept 10, dl soetI dlO5ei.
Boise, Ida, July Ex-Governor McCon
nell has increased the reward offered TO
the arrest of the murdererS of kneebon
at Gem from 1000 to $1,000. This make
: the total reward 81, 300.
Leavenworth, Kan. July 25.-The FRS
: district Democratic congressional conven
! ton held at Valley Falls today noml
! mated H G. Solomon, of Atchison, 70
Congress, who already has the Populls
J nomination. Silver was endorsed-16 to
Tal mix
! John Craig, an ex-police officer, shot an
: killed his father-in-law, named Hunter
: his mother-in-law, and shot and fatal.
wounded his brother-in-laW, George Hun
, ter He then made an unsuccessful at
t tempt at suicide.
r Washington July 25.-The secretary o
} the interior, in a decision in a review o
: the case of the Northern Pacific railroad
9 against Jennie l.. Davis, rendered today
1 holds that under the grant to the North
2 ern Pacific the secretary of the lnterlo
had no power to make a withdrawal Q
indemnity lands for the benefit OF "a
company The question involved is tn
same as that in the celebrated case o
the Northern Pacific against Guilfor'
Miller, decided in 1888, by Secretary villas
whose ruling is sustained by Secretar,
r Smith. This decision affects title to tn
homes of hundreds of settlers throughou
Washington Montana and other Pacln
l coast stations.
Cleveland. July 25.-The next Methods
general conference will be held in Cleve
f land.
Wheeling, w. Va, July 25.-Judge Ma
2 than Golf, of the United States court
r ex-secretary of the navy, was attacks
E with peritonitls Monday at his home il
r Clarksburg and for time his recover
was doubtful He is now thought to b
4 out Of danger.
Washington, July 25.-The cash balanc
t in the treasury today was $123, 707, SS5, o
t which $50, 624,692 was gold reserve. En-
/. | ga reTnenfs for tomorrow already mad
: will reduce this amount to $50, 404, 292.
Buffalo N Y July 25-Rnhert I an