The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-29

Cleveland, expresses great satisfaction
! at the attitude of the convention in con-
nection with the drainage canal.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis.-Daisy mills
elevator, the finest in the northwest,
kee, and containing $4,000 bushels of
wheat, was burned this morning. The
loss is $4,000 on the building and the
! same on the contents. Fully covered by
! insurance. The fire was caused by the ex-
plos.on of flour dust.
ST. LoUIS.-The announcement was
made this afternoon that Lieutenant
| Colonel Samuel l.. Whiteside, United
! states army commandant at Jefferson
barracks, had been summarily deposed
by Secretary of War Lamont, and Lieu
tenant Colonel Guy V. Henry ordered
there from New Mexico to take charge of
| the post.
NEW YORK.--The board of directors
of the Oregon Improvement company, at
a meeting held today decided to default
on the interest due Oct. 1, on S6,46S,O00 of
! bonds. The interest amounts to 1910. 400.
The board has discussed the. idea of Dor
ROWING WI e money mo- ITO to Pay: the interest but
ROCHESTER,, N. Y.-Robert Desty,
aged 70. is dead. He was born in Canada
| and received his early. education in Que
bee He was, the son of an exiled French
man named DestemeXville, who was
forced to leave France ON account of his
political views during the revolution
| When the son came to the states he left
off the last of his name and preferred to
be known by the plain name of Desty.
CHICAGO-John S. Sherman, one of
citizens, was married Wednesday to Miss
Katherine Meesou! of Detroit. Mr.. Sher-
man is 70 years old, while his wife is
not 80. Mr.. Sherman was the originator
of the idea which resulted in the organ
iZation of the Union Stock Yards and
Transit company, and since 1867, he has
been it's superintendent. He is also largely
interested in banking and other CONNER
cial enterprises.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la. R. Reed, of
the courtcourt Of private land claims,
leaves for Santa Fe tomorrow, to open
the court of private land claims,
decision involving an enormous tract
of land in New Mexico and Arizona, esti-.
mated to be worth in the neighborhood of
S1G0,0 100000, claims out of an old Spanish
land grant. 1t is claimed the documents
by which the present owners received
their title were forged.
INDIANAPOL1s.-Co John G. New
in an authorized interview in the In
d;anapolis News today said: General
Harrison does not desire to run for the
presidency, and IS in no sense a candi-
date. and the stories that he has with
drawn in the interests of anyone ale
without foundation in fact. Were his adj
vice solicited he would select neither Mr..
Mckinley nor Mr.. Reed as Republican
candidate for president.
NEW YORK.-Senator Richard t. Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, is registered at
the Fifth Avenue hotel, In an interview
he announced the candidacy of Senator
Cushman K. Davis. of Minnesota, for the
presidential nomination on the Republic
can ticket Senator Pett ae said;
northwest for president. In the nomirat-
ing convention he will have the solid del
egations from his own state, the Dakotas,
Montana, Oregon, Washington and prob
ably a part of the Wisconsin delegation.
NEW YORK-The final battle for the
polo association championship carrying
Waldorf Aston took place on the Pros
pect Park parade grounds yesterday be-
tween the Rockaway club team of Ce-
darhurst, Long Island and the Myopia
club team from Hamilton. Mass. 1t was
witnessed by from 1000 to 600 specta- |
tors, who were enthusiastic over the SUI !
perb playing and were greatly excited
at seeing the most brilliant player of the |
day Foxholl Keene, nearly killed under !
his horse at an exciting juncture. of the
game. The team from the Myopla club |
won the contest by a score of 4Ato 2%, !
but there was no such inequality in the /
game as the score would Indicate
ELGIN, Ill-Rev. DR.. Frank M. Bris- !
toll. of Evanston, has been CHOSEN to head |
the delegation from the Rock River con- |
ference to the coming general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church. This
acton makes DR.. Bristol formidable can
didate for the bishopric. Then, without
a dissenting vote ,he conference passed |
resolution favor.ng the admission of |
women as lay delegates to the general
conference. Altogether this was the most
important day in the most important con-
ference ever held in this great Rock
River district. Besides choosing DR..
Bristol the ministers elected five other
delegates to the general conference, and
the iaymen selected thei two delegates;
Besides electing delegates to the general
conference, the preachers heard reports
from three of the presiding elders, Burns.
of Chicago; Hardin, of Freeport, and Van
Horne of Dixon.
PoGTTnCs HAS DEGENERATED IN
KENTUCKY.