The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23

vicinity of Columbus, O., is dead. and
circumstances point to foul play His
wife and q. hired man are supposed to
have murdered him.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quirer writes from New York that
many Republican working men will
vote for Bryan.
The free turnpike" rioters of Ken
lucky have blown I'D nearly every toll
gate in the state.
S. j. Fowler of Oklahoma City found
his recreant wife at. ST. Joseph, Mo,
and shot her with fatal effect He then
turned the gun on himself and blew
out his brains. Mrs. Fowler, who
eloped with a tramp. was formerly Miss
Anna Buchett of KeIlerton, Iowa
Martha McCord Of Lawrence. Kan,
was murdered and then robbed.
Owing to the prominence of anti
Harrison Republicans in Indiana. and
particularly to the prominence of
Charles Fairbanks, who, as a Repub-
lican, opposed Harrison's nomination
and election in 1892, the ex-president
has notified the Republican national
committee that he will make but one
speech in that state. He has also re-
queSted the committee to refrain from
making additional assignments, the ex-
cuse given being inability to spare
time from his profession and his liter
airy work.
The army of West Virginia is holding
its annual reunion at Galliopolis, O.
Governors Bushnell and McCorkle adj
dressed the encampment- Visitors num-
Der $4,000
Ben S. Morris, one of the negroes who
murdered John Ruckman, cattle dealer,
was lynched at Watonga, Oklahoma, by
a mob which stormed the Jail and drag
ged him out.
John Edwards and wife, living near
Shawneetown, Oklahoma, locked their
children in the house while they went
to dance. In the morning the house
and two babies were burnsd.
]. Morton Hall, formerly general pas
senger agent of the Allegheny We ley
road. accidentally shot and killed him
self at his residence in Allegheny while
cleaning his revolver.
Acting Secretary McAdoo has cabled
to the secretary in England the partic-
ulars of the bidding for the three II, COO
ton battleships in order that the awards
may be let as soon as possible.
James KEENAN,, a Cleveland musician,
is under arrest, charged by his common
law wife with killing Anna King, a
pretty 22-year-old girl who was an in
mate of a disreputable house in Buff
falo.
Kansas diocese of the Episcopal
church is holding annual convention at
Kansas City, Bishop Millspaugh pre-
siding. A sermon was given yesterday
by Very Rev. Dean Brown of Hutchin-
son.
National City bank of New York city
has deposited at the subtreasury 100000
in gold in exchange for greenbacks.
Muller, Schal1 & Co. have dposited at
the assay office in New York $2S0,000
in gold coin.
w. w. Finley, since last May second
vice-president of the Great Northern,
has been installed as second vice-presi-
dent of the Southern. with which road
he was formerly connected. He sue
ceeds W. H. Baldwin.
George Coppe1, J. K Todd, Victor
Morawitz and ". f. Glynn, represent
ing the reorganization committee of the
bondholders. bought in the Shenandoah
Valley division of the Norfolk & West
ern for 81, 100000.
Hobbs. Wall & Co.'S large box fac
tory in San Francisco has been burned
down Nightwatchman Ross persisted
IN the flames. Old Sailors Home. owned
by the government, was damaged to the
extent of $1,000.
Nicaragua has adopted a new sched-
ule of import duties on wines and spir-
its. The reason assigned is that the
rates of December last stopped the i'm
portation of California and other light
wines which were formerly largely
used
Hasley Petit, aged 4, and Charlie
Waters, aged 3. upset a fve-gallon cask
of gasoline under A. W. Pettit's drug
store at Bonner Springs, Kansas, and
were found unconscious, having been
apparently suffocated by the fumes
They are both dead.