The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-04
DOM ESTIC DOTS.
Telegraph News from All Parts Of the
Land Over Which the stars asS
Stripes Wave.

Washington, July S.-Todays statement
of the condition of the treaSur: Available
cash balance, $19S 056,06i; gold reserve.
$40, 500, 40.
San Francisco, July S-James H. Wild
her, treasurer of the city and county of
San Francisco, died at midnight last
night of pneumonia. He was born at
Portland, Me-, in 1873, and came to Cali
fornia in 1919.
New York. July "a special to the
| World from Clayton, Del, says: Special
Agent Mills of Philadelphia, has made
his estimate of the peach crop for 1850.
The figures show that the crop this year
is at least three-fourths of full one.
New York, July 3.-Chess Champion w.
steamer New York today He will par
ticipate in the forthcoming international
chess tournament to begin on Aug. at
Hastings
Joe Burns in catch-as-ca tch-can wrest-
ling in twenty-five minutes tonight. This
gives Lutberg the purse which was left
undecided in the contest last Saturday
night when Lutberg gave Burns one fall.
Louisville, Ky, July 3.-The state con-
vention of the Peoples party will be
held here tomorrow. Senator Butler of
North Carolina and H. E. Taubeneck,
chairman of the Peoples party national
committee will address the convention.
Victoria. B. c., July S.-Among the pas
sengers on the steamer Empress of China
which arrived from Hong Kong and Yo-
kohama, was ex-Secretary of State Fos-
ter, who acted as China S agent in the
peace negotiations with Japan. He left
at once for Washington.
Syracuse, n. Y, July 3.-Tommy Ryan
champion welter weight of the world, re-
ceived word from Chicago today that
Hugh Maher of that city. would back
him for 5000 against Mysterious Billy
Smith, of Boston, and says he will now
force Smith to fight or keep still.
Washington, July 3.-,Acting Secretary
Uhl, of the department of state, accom-
from New York on the steamship Column
bia, direct for Hamburg. During his alb
sence Assistant Secretary Ado will act as
secretary of state.
Kansas City, July 3.-Tomorrow MORN
ing's edition of the Kansas City Journal
will be issued by women. Tonight COM
plete control of the office was turned
over to score or more, of local society
women. The entire proceeds of the issue
will be distributed among several chart
table institutions.
Boston, July Bike Weir, the cham
pion featherweight pugilists has chal-
lenged Gorge Dixon to fight at Dallas
Texas, during the coming tournament for
$1,000 side. Weir claims that Dixon
cannot rightfully meet Billy PIimmer of
England in the proposed contest at Dali
las until he has wrested the title from
him.
Atlanta, Ga, July 3.-Ex-Congressman
William j. Bryan of Nebraska addressed
an audience in the Grand opera house
tonight on the currency question The
speech was delivered under the auspices
of the Georgia Chautauqua and admis-
sion was charged, a fact which probably
accounted for the comparatively small
attendance.
New Orleans, July 3.-At midnight last
night, miStrial was entered in the case
of the State VS.. Sullen, Burk and Collico
three prominent ScrewTnen who had been
on trial for three weeks for the murder of
a negro screwman on the levee on the
morning of March u last. The jury stood
nv for cow Z II.
Pekin, ILL.,. July Geo. Smith, a we'll
to-do farmer in Dillon township, fifteen
miles south of Pekin, has been arrested
for the murder of his son-in-law, Lewis
Perrill. The murderers claim self-defense,
asserting that Perrill had frequently
threatened his life and the life of his
entire family. The tragedy occurred
Monday on the highway near. the Smith
house. There has been trouble in the
family for some time. Smith was hell
to the grand jury without bail.
San Francisco, July 3.-Daniel H FL
ley, capitalist of this city, who was r
Gently sued for a divorce, will soon fl
an answer to the suit 1t is said, in whic
he will deny. that the plaintiff is his wifi
In 1876. he was married in Massachi
sets to the woman who now claims I.
be his wife and soon afterwards remove.
to Eureka, Nevada, where he bought q
gold mine. According to his Story, Mrs
Foley soon developed an inordinate Ape
tite for Intoxicating liquors and suddenly