The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-25
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

President Cleveland and party bag
ged only seven ducks yesterday.
Mrs. Loyal Farragut is dead. Mrs.
Farragut was born in this city in 1849.
She will be buried in Admiral Farra-
quits lot in WoodlaWn cemetery.
The Nebraska delegation has select
ed Representative Mercer as the rep
reseBtative of that state on the Repub-
gfcan congressional campaign commit
tee
The Freshmen Sophomores at Mon
mouth, Ill. and juniors of Monmouth
college had fierce battle today, in
which one man was probably fatally
injured.
The body of Edgar w. Nye will be
buried at the Calvary Episcopal
church near Arden, N. c., on Tuesday
next. Mr.. Nye was a member Of this
church and a! regular attendant when
at home.
Mr. Brewster, of New York, has in
troduced a bill to place duty of so
per cent. ad vaaorem upon silver bull
lion, iron ores and sweepiugs; also
upon silver bars and ingots and arti-
cles and wares composed wholly or in
part of silver, whether manufactured
or partly manufactured.
The senate in executive session has
confirmed the following nominations:
William Woodward Baldwin of New
York to be third assistant secretary of
state of the United States; William G.
Rice Of New York and John B. Harlow
of Missouri to be civil service commits
sioners. Postmasters-Colo E. L.
Coates at Boulder; j. NJ. B. Petrikin at
Greeley.
i
Der of petitions asking congress to
proceed at once to call q conference
of the European powers for the pur-
pose of securing concerted action in
rescuing the Armenians from their
perilous position and pledging the SUD-
port of the United States to any power
which will undertake this work; or in
case European cooperation appears to
be impossible, that our representatives
be authorized to request permission for
this government ''to put an end to
these unmitigated and almost unpar-
alleled horrors"
Mr.. Carlisle, in short talk last
night, said that he believed that both
parties would adopt Sound currency"
planks in their platforms. He was
confident that this course would be fol-
lowed by the Democrats. He said re
ports from all sections showed that
the movement for Sound money was
gaining in popular favor The late
popular loan, he added, was fine evil
dence of confidence Gold has been
brought forth from hiding places, as
was shown by the offer of gold coined
at Dahlonega, Ga, mint long ago
closed.
The Turkish legation at Washington
has received from the sultan copy of
the very exhaustive report of the up
risings in Turkey, made after investi-
CATION by the special commissioners
of the sultan. Numerous outbreaks
were included in the investigation, but
the report indicates that each of those
without exception were due to seditious
plots by Armenians, who thus melted
the violent disapproval of the Turks.
Extensive Outrages and nnassa ores are
alleged to have been committed by
Armenians in certain districts of Tur-
key.
The United States officers at Cincin-
natl have looked into the matter of the
correspondence between Jackson and
Will Wood. with reference to the Pearl
Bryan case, and are clearly of the
opinion that both men are amena.ble
ito the law against sending obscene
matter through the mails Inspector
Salmon of the postof1ce department
says no action against them has yet
been taken but he is sure a case can
readily be made out against Wood and
they are ready to proceed as soon as
the matter is referred to them. The
penalty is five years in the peniten-
tiary. Tt is said the state authorities
will very likely take action against
Wood, believing in that way only can
adequate justice he done in his case.