The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-08

and widely known characters in this sec
| ton of the state, is dead He was nearly
so years old ard made his living by dig
ging and selling the roots of the sassa-
| fras tree. Both James Whitcomb Riley
and Robert Mcintyre immortalized him
in verse.
GLASGOW.-The government of San
Domingo has placed an order here for a
gunboat which is to carry nine quick
firing guns ard to have speed Of Il
knots.
CIRCLEvILLE, Ohio.-The case of the
state against Colonel a. B. Colt, charged
with nanslaughter, was called by Judge
Walters in common pleas court today.
There are 1S9 witnesses subpoenaed.
SPRINGFIELD, IIl.-The grand jury
mere fn mas made final report and adj
perry in the legislative investigation. hut
1t IS said, had evidence of several cases
on which grand juries IN Cook and Pc
olla counties could fine indictments.
LONDON:-It was Officially stated this
G 6LIeInooli that the recent disturbances at
1tiohstanunople will not stop the negotia-
are carrying on with the Turkish govern
Hent, Iookiils to reform in the Admins
tration of Armenia.
-
Briedenthal. Of the Populist state cen.
tral committee today received a letter
rom Ex-Governor Waite, of Colorado,
nno ct " g MN that he would arrive here
! campaign, making speeches.
WASHINGTON.-All of the bureau Off
eials OF the war department. now in the
CITY called on General Miles at head
quarters tllS morning to pay their res
poets to the new commanding general
the mails and telegraph also brought
many messages Of congratulations.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.-The steam.
er corona arrived from Honolulu TODAY
She is the first vessel arriving from there
mat was not sent. into quarantine here
since the outbreak Of the cholera in
fonoIulu. The Corona brings the news
that the contagion is on the decrease and
The scare is rapidly dying out.
neutrality-suspicious. Bigelow says
the report that the eastern receivers
have made an arrangement with the
western receivers of the Northern Pacific
| Is premature. Negotiations are pending
6igeloW says, and an arrangement salts
factory TO everybody concerned will soon
er or later be made, but the matter can
not be adjusted a once.
WASHINGTON.-Th department of
state has been Informed by Mr. DENLY,
minister to China that the Szcheun COM
mission left lien Tsin on the Sin inst.
with an escort. This commission is COM
posed of Consul Read, of Tien Tsin
Lieutenant Merrill and Interpreter Ches-
hire, who acts as secretary.
WASHINGTON.-Jud William Law
renee. OF Bellefontaine. o., president of
the National Wool Growers association
NJ g. Markham and Secretary Avon, of
New York. have called a meeting of wool
growers, wool dealers and sheep breed
ers, to meet at the Ebbitt house Wash
incorporate wool tariff provisions i'll any
revenue bill that may be passed.
WASHINGTON.-Ca Hoover, Of
the revenue cutter Rush, who during the
past summer has been in command of
the BerIng sea patrol fleet has arrived
in San Francisco and today was ordered
to report here at once for the purpose of
a conference with the treasury officials
with regard to the seasons sealing. He
will probably make his official written
statement While in Washington.
FORT SMITH, Ark.--The northbound
Frisco passenger train was held up at
Carton, |. T, fifty miles south of here
last night, by six men. They cut the
express car loose and ran it up the
track. They failed to open the through
safe and only got IS cents from the local
SAFE. The passengers were not molested.
II is thought to have been the work Of
the Christian brothers gang.
DENVER.-Christoph Ewald, a mid
dle-aged man, fatally wounded Mrs. John
Stegeman in the highlands today, and
then blew his own brains out. He is be-
lieved to be insane. For three years he
has done no work, his wife supporting
him by taking in washing. He heard that
Mrs. SteRemau said the poor farm was
the proper place for him, and for this
he shot her.
SAN FRANCISCO.-The revenue cutter
snl,o ri x-oI fOlo
summers cruise in the l3ering seas. She
left for the north early in May last, and
since then she has been keeping watch
full eye on the sealing feet to prevent any
infraction of the international law re-
garding the taking Of seals, and also the
national law in regard to the importation
OF LIQUOR into Alaska. The Rush crutsed
almost continuously about the eastern
part of the seas. while the Commodore
Perry, Thomas Corwin and the Grant
went further west.
CHICAGO.-A. Simon. editor of the
Cook County News, of I-emont, was as
saulted and brutally kicked and beaten
by mob of roughs. who, it is said. was
Mayor Mccarthy. The affair occurred in
the vicinity of the Chicago & Alton sta
ton, at Lemont, last evening. Simon
was taken to his home. His head and the
lpper part of his body were covered with
bruises. No bones were broken, but it is
thought his injuries will confine him to
the house for several days.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.-Commander-in
Chief Walker, of the q. a. r.. issued
general order today appointing A. J.
burbank, of Chicago, quartermaster gen
eral: William o. DIN, of Boston. insrec-
tor general, and Alfred Ddrte. of Wilkes
barre, Pa, judge advocate. HIr, Bur
oank is ex-corlmander, Of Georss Thomas be "a
rronntTv. Mr.. DIN is the present secre-
tafv of the state of Massachasei,s Mr..
Datte is judge Of the court al Wilkes
barre.
FOREIGN FLASHES.