The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-20
DOMESTIC DOTS.
Newsy Notes From All Portions of
the Land over Which the Stars
and Stripes Wave.

Washington, Nov. 1s-Major General
Miles. arrived here this afternoon on his
way from Chicago to New York to assume
command of the department of the east.
He called on General Schofield for few
minutes this afternoon
Washington Nov. 19-Acting Secretary
McAdoo today appointed a court of in
curry to investigate the accident sustained
by the cruiser Cincinnati last Friday off
Execution Rock, New. York harbor. The
ta1ns Farquhar and Casey and Lieutenant
w. ]. Sears. judge advocate. 1t will meet
In New York navy yard next Wednesday.
Washington, Nov. 1.-THE secretary of
the treasury has received telegram from
the commander of the revenue cutter FeS-
sender at Detroit, stating that the mas
tiers Of fishing tugs at sandushy' Ohio.
Petrol had molested them, cutting their
twinet ETC.; while fishing in American
waters. The matter Will be referred
to the state department.
New York, Nov. 19.-Five new cases
of smallpox We're reported to the board of
health this afternoon.
New York, Nov. 19.-The findings of
Grover Cleveland as referee in suit
brought by James Sexton in 1883 against
the Manhattan Elevated railroad were
overturned by a decision of Supreme
court special term today. The referee
awarded the complainant $1,000 for dam
ages to the fee. in certain property and
1900 for loss of rentals. Damage to the
rentals previous to the beginning OF the
action he found to be S719.40, but the:
it. The case was appealed and the court
of appeals reversed Mr.. Clevelasid's de-
cision because as referee he refused to
find that the damages in and of them
selves aside from any consequential dam
ages to the easements of the property
and $50 a year for the loss of, rentals
due to the maintenance of the railroad IN
frCnt of the premises.
Pawtucket, r. l., Nov. 1.-Two hun
dred weavers in the Lorraine mills start
ed to work this morning after strike of
arbitrated by Mayor Tiepk: The strike
was one of the biggest in the textile an
mails of Pawtucket.
East Liverpool, O.. Nov. 19.-SiX persons
Of the city from the effects OF escaping
natural gas at the Second Methodist
Episcopal church last night. Many more
were overcome but are expected to re-
cover. A new heater had been put in the
church during the week and joint in
the natural gas pipe under the floor had
been left in a defective condition.
Washington: NOV. 19:-Today''s gold
amounted to $1.54S,O0O. making total
since the announcement of the bond is
sue of S3,050,O0O.
Kansas City, Nov. 19.-Mrs. Philanda
1910 West Twentieth street, laid down on
her bed and went to sleep with lighted
pipe in her mouth, setting the clothes
afire. She was burned to death.
Chicago, Nov 19-As a result of the
agitation on police reform Mayor Hopkins
has announced his determination to create
a non-partisan commission to control the
department. He will appeal to the legis-
make the change permanent.
Sandusky, o., Nov 19-The Canadian
ram Petrol, is stationed near Kelly's is
American fishermen the nets are in Amer
lean waters. but they fear capture if they
approach the cruiser. The collector of
customs in this city has taken steps to
have the United States ship Fessenden
sent to the spot.
New Orleans. Nov 19-The Knights of
Labor spent the morning considering the
cases of the Pennsylvania miners. but
adjourned without reaching any coucu-
SIGN.
st. Paul Nov, 19.-zero weather pre-
walls throughout the northwest. The
lowest recorded temperature during the
Manitoba Is below, in northern Minnesota
from 6 to 10 below. Local Observer Lyons
says the cold wave is passing.
Elwood, Ind, Nov. 1.-THE Elwood
Radiator and Iron works companies have
assigned. They have been organized three
years and were capitalized at 100000.
They made a speciality of heavy. castings.
iators, and were the only makers of these
goods in the state Dissatisfaction among
the stockholders caused the assignment.
Belleville, Ill, Nov. Ex-Governor Alt
geld has refused to commute the death
sentence of George Centred, the murderer
of Frederick Kahn, of Fast Carondolet,
Ill. Centrell will hang on November 80.
Frazer. Tenn, Nov. 19.-Tonight the
southboui'd freight on the Chesapeake &
Ohio Southwestern, was wrecked by an
open switch. Fireman Matthews was
killed. Engineer Grimes and Brakeman
Saunders, colored, were fatally injured.
Saranac Lake. n. Y, Nov. ia small
sized blizzard prevails throughout nAr.l.-
ern New York tonight. The mercury
registers 10 below zero, while the wind
is blowing almost a gale, filling the air
with light snow that has recently fallen.
Charlotte, N Y, Nov 19.-The north
west gale Of today caught a big fleet
outside the harbor. The steamer Proctor
and two barges, Sherman Beals and
Mary Lyon, made the harbor after a
hard struggle. The Mystic Star. W. G.
Greenwood, Clara Yaouella White Oak,
William Jackson and Oliver Mowatt ran
back here for shelter. There is a heavy
sea, with snow.
ST. Louis, Mo-. Nov. 19.-Jeptha ID.
Howe, an attorney having an office with
the law firm of Mcdonald & Howe OF
this city, was arrested today on the
charge of conspiring with one III. H.
Holmes to defraud the Fidelity Mutual
Life Insurance company of Philadelphia
out of $4,000 Holmes, or II. NJ How
ard, as he was known in this city, got
into trouble here last summer by selling
a stock of drugs ON which there was a
fora