The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
Important News Items Caught and
Condensed.

Chicago wheat market was quite pam
icky yesterday.
Governor and Mrs. Mckinley celebrated
their silver wedding anniV ersary last
night with a quiet dinner at their home.
News has been received in Rome that
the Italian forces at Makalle, Abyssin-
ia, have evacuated that place with
the honors of war.
It has been definitely settled that the
remains of Prince Henry of Battenburg
are TO be buried in Whippingham church.
beneath the royal pew, in accordance
with his will.
At a special cabinet meeting just held
the duties of imports into Cuba, espec-
tally on foreign goods, in order to meet
the war expenses.
William Carroll, better known as
Billy Carroll, the celebrated black face
banjo specialist, died at Chelsea, Mich,
yesterday, Of a complication of diseases,
after long Illness.
Mrs. Mary E. Lease, Of Kansas, the
suffragist leader, who was taken sick
with pneumonia, is better. Her physi-
clans state. however, that it will be a
week before she can leave here.
A special to the Chicago Daily News
from Washington, says: General Seibert,
judge advocate general of the army, who
examined the records Of the Page case,
saws it contained no reflection upon Col
onel Crofton.
A contract has been signed in st. Louis
with NJ. s. Carter & Co., for the con
struction of railroad bridge across the
Mississippi river from Davenport to
Rock Island. Work will be started at
once. and the bridge completed by Sep
TENDER l. 1897
After being out fifteen minutes the
jury at Charleston returned a verdict
of not guilty in the case of Captain
Samuel Hughes of the steamship Lau-
rada. charged with a violation Of the
neutrality laws
The Wagg-Anderson Wool company,
Chicago, one of the largest Of its kind
in the west. has been CLOSED. by the
sheriff on judgments aggregating over
$4,000. The assets are $550,OO0, and the
liabilities $275,0OO
It now appears that there will be no
election Of senator in Kentucky this
session. The supporters of Hunter say
no other Republican can win. The
friends of Senator Blackburn swear he
is the only Democrat whose name will
be considered.
Word was received in New York this
morning that the Raymond & Whit
comb special California excursion train
which left at 1890 yesterday was
wrecked last night at Crooked Run,
Virginia. The head porter of one of
Leading Republican politicians of Ar
kansas deny the report that Hon. Powell
Clayton will be a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for the vice-presi-
dency Of the United States. General Clay
ton does not want second place on the
ticket. but would accept a cabinet posi-
ton.
The great lockout Of tailors and gar
ment workers in New York is at an
end The executive committee Of the
Brotherhood of Tailors and the Contrac-
tors association were in session all day
There all the contractors signed a new
agreement. All the union conditions are
granted.
Commodore Edward NJ. Brown has is
sued call for special meeting of the
New York Yacht club to be held next
Friday night At that time the special
committee appointed to inyestigate tho
charges made by Lord Dunraven against
the Defender syndicate will present
their report and decision.
The subcommittee on invalid pen
sions considered the terms of gcn-
eral bill to provide for the repeal of a
clause in the act of 1890. recurring
widows to prove as a condition prece-
dent to their obtaining a pension that
they are dependent on their daily la
Dor for support. and to substitute
therefor provision along the lines Of
that ruled out while the pension ap-
preparation bill was before the house,
requiring them to prove that their net
income does not exceed $500. The bill
will be drawn and submitted to the
full committee on Tuesday.
At the court martial of Captain Healy
of the revenue cutter Bear yesterday
Captain Tozier. Lieutenant Berry and
Engineer Frederick of the cutter Grant,
now at Port Townsend were called as
witnesses Captain Tozier testified that
Captain Healy was 8 competent and eff
ficient officer. He had never seen him in
toxicated while on duty, but he was a
man who enjoyed a good time Lieu
tenant Berry testified that he did not
think Captain Healy was fit officer for
the cutter service. although he had never
seen the captain drunk while on duty.
He said that Captain Healy liked to
have too good a time. and had many
of them. Berry admitted, on cross-ex-
animation that all the officers of the
cutter had similar tastes. Frederick tes-
titled that he had never seen Captain
Healy intoxicated while on duty.