The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-10

Five thousand volunteers are to go
to the trocha to relieve the regulars
needed to operate against Maceo. Ten
siege guns have been sent to the
trocha. Weylei is anxious to force a
general engagement in Pinar del Rio
before the heavy rains set in. 1t is
estimated that he now has about go 900
troops in Pinar del Rio. Maceo's force
is about $4,000.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
OMAHA, May 9.-Shortly before noon
the jury in the case of Henry Bolin,
the defaulting city treasurer, returned
a verdict of guilty on every count. The
amount of the defalca;tion aggregates
SIS, 800.
WASHINGTON, May 9-The control
Ter of currency has made a call on the
national banks for a report of their
condition at the close of business on
May Z.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, May Slack Can
non of ST Louis was knocked ,out last
night before the San Diego Athletic
club in the fourth round by Young
L
Knockout blow was delivered on Can
mons stomach. He fell meaning loudly
and was counted out. Cannon was not
badly hurt.
NEW YORK, May 9.-The schooner
yacht Serkara, owned by S. S. Foley of
California, which went ashore on Lon
der reef on the Massachusetts coast
Monday night, has gone to pieces. The
crew escaped by rowing ashore. The
yacht cost 10000 and is total loss.
CHICAGO, May 9.-Francis Agnew, a
we'll known contractor and a prominent
citizen of Chicago, died last night at
his residence n-ztilis city Of Bright's
disease One Of the largest single con-
tracts handed by Mr. Agnew was the
erection of the colossal manufacturers
building at the Columbian exposition.
which involved the expenditure of ST.,
100000
SPRINGFIELD, H., May 9.-Chinch-
bugs have put in their appearance all
over Central Illinois and are laying
their eggs, which will hatch and de-
stroy the growing rye, oats and wheat,
and then when they have devastated
these fields they will attack the corn.
The outlook is not very promising for
farmers.
QUINCY, H., May 9,-Rev. Dr.
Charles f. Bradley, a distinguished
Unitarian divine and magazine writer,
who died Thursday, left a will provid
irg for the cremation of his body The
remains will be taken to st. Louis on
Sunday and incinerated With appro-
pirate ceremonies.
NEW YORK, May s.-Attorney
George B. Cham berlain of Chicago, who
claims to have first exposed the late
H. II. Holmes and driven him from
that city, is at the Astor house. He
says Holmes dying confession will be
received by Chief Radenoch of the Chi
cago police next week. In this he is
supposed to dispose of sB00 900 which
he made in swindling operations.
LEXINGTON, May 9.-Colonel George
w Balm, famous temperance orator who
is being doomed for the prohibition NOM
ination for president by Miss Frances q.
Willard and other leaders, in an interview
in the Sunday Leader says positively he
will not be a candidate.
ST. LOUIS, May 9-The information is
given out by President Won Der Abe that
he has discharged Mr. Diddlebock, who
came here from Philadelphia to manage
the team, and that Arlie Latham would
| hereafter have charge of it.
CLIFTON SPRINGS, N. Y, May o.
Colonel f. K. Hahn, of New York, was
killed this afternoon by west bound
freight train. at a crossing on the New
York Central railroad.
NEW YORK, May 9.-Poughkeepsie has
been selected as the place where the big
intercollegiate boat race will be rowed.
This was decided tonight at meeting
of the committee from the colleges, Which
was held at the University Athletic club.
BARAGA, Mich May 9-The city of
L'Anse at the head of Kewana bay was
practically wiped out by fire this after
noon. The L'Anse Lumber company's
mill and nearly all the business houses
in the place We're burned. Two hundred
persons are homeless. The total loss is
placed at $250,O0O. Small insurance.
BOSTON, May 9.-The Boston Athletic
association tonight gave a rousing re-
ception to its victorious athletes who
have just brought eight first prizes and
a second from the Olympian games at
Athens.
CINCINNATI, May s.-senator-elect
Foraker vehemently denies the statement
of a special dispatch from ST. Louis,
which charges that he Foraker) was
backing the A. P. A. movement against
the statements of the dispatch as false
and says, moreover: II am going to the
convention for Mckinley, to such de-
gree that I have as yet no choice for the
second place"
ALEXIS, Ill, May AT the meeting of
the United Brethren missionary board
today the executive committee elected for
the ensuing year was as follows: Bishop
]. Weaver, DIR. William Bell, DR.. A. NJ
Mckee, DR.. Funkhauser and John nodds
The committee on appropriations made its
report and a mass meeting was held to-
night.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. May 9.-In
view of an almost certainty that riot
ing would occur tomorrow if an at
electric street railway tonight an
nounced it would abandon the service
Sunday. The city is quiet tonight.
NEW YORK, May 9.-Frank Slavin,
the pugilist. arrived here today on
! board the steamer Paris, from South
ampton.
ASHLAND, Wis, May 9.-There
was a $500 900 blaze here today-the
Shorles Lumber company's mill.
GILLIAN PROTOCOL.
1t is Being Considered BY a Con-
gress ait Buenos Ayres.
NEW YORK, May "a special to