The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-22

/ was asphyxiated in his farmhouse
near Nile Center, H., by gas from a
| coal stove. Annie jacob, 10 years old
| is dead. The other members of the
family are: Jacob jacob, her father,
will die; Mary jacob, her mother, will
recover.
Governor Matthews of Ohio, denies
that he will be a candidate on free
silver platform. He is not a. candidate
for the presidency.
The first annual banquet of the New
York Mining exchange to the dele
cation from Colorado was given at the
Hotel Metropole last night.
At the meeting Of the American
newspaper publishers in New York
yesterday, speeches were made in ia
Vor of a reduction in postage.
Senator Brown, of Utah, spoke last
evening in Detroit at the annual meet
ing OF the Michigan club. He respond
ed to the toast, utah, the New Star
of the American Constellation"
1t is now claimed that the cathode
rays will discover the hidden ravages
of disease. The presence of tubercu-
losis was yesterday located in the wrist
of patient at Chicago yesterday.
Sir Charles Upper is understood to
be on his way to Winnipeg to assist
in making some settlement of the
school question. It is believed he will
propose to make the schools purely Sec
tartan.
Richard Fails, the young pugilist of
Milwaukee who shot and killed James
Mccarthy on July 10. 1894, has been
pardoned by the governor and liber-
ated from Vaupun prison. The shoot
ing was the result of feud.
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from three of the disturbed cities in
Turkey. from Harpoot. eastern Tur-
key and Marash and Aintab, central
Turkey The letter from Harpoot
states that there is still great fear in
the city and villages.
Following close upon the death of
her son. Christopher Champlin Waite.
at Columbus yesterday, is the an
nouncement of the demise at Wash
ington at 1880 of his aged mother the
widow of the late Chief Justie Waite.
She was about rs years old.
President John NJ Coulter of Lake
Forest university has resigned the
control of that institution to become
head professor of botany at the Uni
versity of Chicago. Dr.. Coulter has
been president of Lake Forest univer-
sity since June, 1898. previous to which
he was president OF the Indiana State
university.
The New York HeraId's correspond
ent in Montevideo, Uruguay, tele-
that city have taken steps to raise a
fund with which to purchase a war
ship, to be presented to the emperor
of Germany. An appeal to the Ger
cans of Argentine to join in the I'M
dertaking has been issued
A special to the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette from Youngstown, o..
says: The chamber of commerce cleo
ted Andrew Carnegie an honorary
member and adopted resolutions COM
mending his benevolence. This action
was taken in view of the recent black
balling of the millionaire by the
Cleveland chamber of commerce.
The editor of the London Saturday
Review, who is now in Cape Town,
telegraphs to that paper: II have
drawn the attention of J. Hofmeyer
deader of the Arfrikander) to Mr..
Chamberlain's statement that he be-
lieved Cecil Rhodes to- be ignorant of
DIR. Jameson'S intention to- invade the
Transvaal Mr.. Hofmeyer said: Then
Mr.. Rhodes must have been less frank
in his interviews with Mr.. Chamber
lain that he was in those with me af-
ter his resignation
The London Daily News in an edi-
torial, attacks the cattle bill intro
duced into parliament yesterday by
Mr.. Walter Long, president of the
board of agriculture, proposing to make
permanent the existing restrictions on
the importation of cattle. The Daily
News denounces the bill as the gov
ernment's first attack on free trade,
and says: If parliament adopts this
foolish and mischievous bill, there will
be such a general cry for protection all
around as no government could re-
sist."