The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-27

aoiCCp the afternoon While MS
6,year-old granddaughter was playing il
tne room. Her mother had gone 10 g
neighbors. The child found bunch OF
matches ana set her clothing, on fire. Hel
screams failed to awaken the old man
| Wnen tne mother returned she found her
dying child kne7lins by her grandfather {
condlt1on and while the mother was car
ing for the dying girl the cid man shot
himself through the head. He is dying.
| LITTLE ROCK.-Samuel Cotton and
Eugene Human, two young men who left
Mount Vernon, ILL.,, July q, on wager
that they could trough it, pelniless to
me CITY OF Mexico by October l, were in
this city last night, having come from
Baird's Point, Mo-. in q box car. They
paid for their accommodations at the
Capitol Hotel by backing boots and con-
tinued their journey today.
NEW YORK.-Judge McAdam, of the
superior court, has refused to make per-
manent the temporary Injunction granted
MIN week ago restraining William Cald-
well, William Noble and Thomas Ball
posted with them Ivy Harvey Lefolete,
as part payment for the interest, good
will. and property of the Mercury Pub
fishing company. Judge McAdam also
dissolved the temporary Injunction.
NEW YORK.-Tbe general o. o. How
ard roll of honor for congregational home
missionary society which originated in
Saratoga June 3. by General Howard S
payment of 500 towards the society's debt
and his invitations TO fourteen hundred
other CongregationaliStS to give similar
amounts, yielded $4,000 and the fund is
slowly growing. Facilities for 4 canvass
of the friends of the society have been
placed in the hands of workers IN the
field and rapid increase Of subscriptions is
expected.
CINCINNATI.-Dr Thomas B. Biggs.
held in New York as accessory to the
suicide of Lillian Low on October ), 1891,
sued here for divorce from Lulu A.
Briggs, alleging fraud in the. marriage
days after their marriage in 800 at Saulte
Ste Marie, Mich. She went TO New York
and did not oppose the divorce which was
granted on December 2, 1881. DR.: Briggs
was a prominent physician at Glendale,
a suburb of this city. and had Sufficient
influence to suppress all publication about
his suit and decree of divorce.
ST. LOUISA default was entered to-
day in Judge Russelrs court in the case
Of Father Walsh and others against
ants failure to make answer to the plain
tiff's petition to divest him of his trustee
ship of church property. Archbishop
Kahn was then made co-defendant on the
ground that he has been made arch
bishop of ST. Louis since the suit was
filed. Archbishop Kahn. filed ar answer
setting forth that he IS archhishop Oh
ST. Louis.
WASHINGTON--The acting secretary
of the interior has sent a dispatch to the
Nebraska delegation in answer to their
protest on the subject of leasing Of the
Winnebago lands. The acting secretary
says the proceedings of Captain BECK I'M
der the decision of the United States cir
cult court at st. Louis have been for
mally approved AMI that the settlers can
easily protect themselves by taking out
leases through Captain Beck. The dis
patch ends: why not advise the set
tiers to take this course?'
PHILADELPHIA violent hurricane
was reported today by cables from Japan
in which many vessels and their crews
were lost. The cablegram was sent from
The German steamer
Helen HickmerS and the Norwegian |
steamships Lyderhorn and Herman We |
del, harrisburg, the British steamship |
Bontala and the ship Menuelsuchet from |
were all blown ashore and |
all are believed to have been totally |
wrecked except the Bontala- The loss of |
life on shore is reported to be large.