The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-22
DOMESTIC DOTS.
Bright Bits of News of the Land
Over Which the Stars and Stripes

Boise, Ida. July IA eye cyclone ne swept swept
ing trees and destroyin1g thousands No of OF
depth of five inches fell in some places.
Two prospectors were injured.
Springfield, Ill, July 21.-The heaviest
rain. since April IS fell here last St. night q
P W 58o grea good to CROPS being badly
needed.
Chicago, July 21.-George E White was
nominated for Congress today in the Filth
district, by Republicans.
New York, July 21-The cruiser Column
tia, bound for Bluefields. passed quaran-
tine this afternoon.
Lynn, Mas, July 21-..By an explosion Of
gas in the Strout building, S. 2. Strout.
burned, probably fatally. Three others
$4,000. 7''e' '''
Washington, July 21.-Medals of honor
have been awarded five members of the
volunteer storming party at Vicksburg in
1882 one of whom is Thomas j. Ward, Of
Anaconda, Mont.
Washington. July A.-United States
cashier. Burton Erill, chief of the warrant
division, and George H Smith, of the pub
lie moneys division, will leave tomorrow
for San Francisco, to superintend the
to Campbell Berry, recently appointed
assistant treasurer Berry's official bond
OF S6OO,0CO was today approved by the sec
rotary Of the treasury.
Fresno, Cal, July 21.-Interviews with
prominent raisin growers of this county
Indicate that the crop viii be nearly as
heavy as last year, the lowest estimate
being 70 per cent. of last season. Picking
will commence about the end of August
and will last until the end of October
The first crop will be light, but of an ex-
ceptionally fine quality. The second crop
promises to be heavy, but late.
P1ah1O COIO IF 80
ecutive board of the Western United
Mine Workers association are in the city
They, say that the strike is still on and
made with the operators.
Cripple Creek, Colo, July pa. NJ
Livingston. agent of the Midland Ter
n,inal railway at Gillette. suicided today
volver. His books are all right and why
he should have taken his life is not
known; His mother is living at Hammers
vile, Ohio.
Boise. Ida, July 21.-The cyclone at Elk
City appears to have been chiefly re-
markable for its violence. There was loss
of life. The region is sparsely settled
cyclones are unknown in southern Idaho
and 1t is seldom that anything of the
kind is experienced in more northern sec
tons where this occurred. Ranchers
suffered while pine timber was literally
swept from large tracts. Five inches of
hail fell during the storm.
New York, July 21.-The Sherman bank
has gone into voluntary liquidation This
step on the part of the bank officials is
undoubtedly due to the set back which
the bank received last April. when it
suffered a heavy run and its affairs were
examined by State Superintendent Pres
ton. It's capital was found unimpaired
but its original surplus of 100000 was
discovered to have dwindled away to al
most nothing. The bank successfully
weathered the very heavy run, but
though it was officially declared solvent
or, ~ EYlo to r;o
and reliable, few of the depositors who
withdrew their accounts resumed their
business relations with the bank.
Bonneville, Mo-, July 21-Louis J. Silva
charged with embezzling 100000 from the
Louis, was this afternoon found guilty
and sentenced to three years imprison-
ment in the state penitentiary.