The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-29
1t Always Wins.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

I'd Corrigan has. declared off the $4,000
| Chicago Derby of 1896, to which there
were 274 entries.
A dispatch from Havana says the re-
forn1ists and autonOmiSts have decided
10 ABSTAIN from voting at the elections.
The Iowa senate by vote of 40 to AZ
defeated Senator Funk's resolution to
given women the right to vote at all
elections.
The Boston Athletic association tonight
decided to send an athletic team to Ath-
ems to contest in the olympic games the
coming summer.
The men who make rules for the track
athIetlcS VIII hold their annual meeting
at the Fifth avenue hotel A meeting
OF the executive committee was held at
/ the Fifth avenue hotel last night.
President Cleveland, it is said. has
practically closed negotiations for the
purchase Of duck shooting farm on
the Potomac river in Stafford county
Va, about forty miles below Washington.
The Illinois state board of health was
Informed today there have been sixteen
cases of small poX and seven deaths this
week at the marine hospital in Cairo.
There are also fifteen cases Of small pOx
at Duquion.
The Democratic state central commit
/ tee of Kansas, decided to hold the state
convention to elect delegates to the ma
tional convention at Topeka on June 3,
and the convention for the state nonin-
atoms at Hutchinson on August 4
The treasury yesterday lost s1,259. 800
in gold coin and $1,000 in bars, which
leaves the true amount Of the reserve
$122, PA, 229. This is a net loss since
last Wednesday Of nearly s., 100000
At about II o'clock last night. Thomas
Jones, an iron. moIder Of Denver, shot
Mrs. Annie Muse in the head and then
committed suicide because she refused to
marry him. Mrs, Muse will probably die.
Jones was widower with six children.
His victim was a widow
Ex-Speaker Crisp is out in a letter to
the Democrats of the Third congressional
district announcing that he will not
again be a candidate for representative
but will be instead a candidate for
United States senator. He says it is his
ambition to represent Georgia in the
senate.
The New York Yacht club announces
that it has received a communication
from Lord Dunraven. The letter is IN
the hands of the secretary, Mr.. Oddie.
and will not be given out tonight. At 3
o'clock this afternoon, Mr.. Oddie said
neither letter nor cablegram had been
received.
Notice has been received at the pas
senger depot Of the Southern California
Railway company at Los Angeles. that
Receiver Smith OF the Atlantic & Pacific
has appointed Don. A. Sweet general
freight agent with headquarters at AL
buquerque. At one time Mr.. Sweet was
general travelling manager for the Santa
Zee system
Snow has been falling throughout
northwest Illinois, to depth of two to
four inches being reported in North Da-
kota and parts of Montana, with a de-
Cided drop in the temperature. The tenn
perature is below zero north Of North
Dakota and Montana At Chicago the
temperature at o'clock tonight was 80
degrees, a fall of q degrees in a few
hours
A San Francisco paper says the anar-
chists of the city will soon organize I'M
der the leadership of Ptetro Corr, the
italian anarchist who was formerly the
instructor Of President Carnot'S assassin.
Gori arrived in the city several weeks
ago and attracted considerable attentlon
by attending several social events Vvhers
Prince Luigi. King Humberts nephew
was a guest
Through revocation of d departmental
order of October Is, 1895. the general
land office has again taken up cases in
volvfng the construction of section 8. OF
the act of September %, 1890 covering
applications to purchase land IorIelted
bv railroad companies under that act.
Action on the cases has been suspended
pending certain congressional legislation.
United States Consular Agent Man
Won at Johannesburg, has made a re-
mort by cable to Secretary Olney that
the Transvaal government shows
every disposition to treat the prisoners
IenientIy, and has been considerate and
friendly toward the official represent
atives of the United States. Hammond
and the other American prisoners are
now in Johannesburg awaiting lega!
proceedings.
The order of the postmaster general.
issued in June, 1898. forbidding the use
Of the mails for the transmission OF
! specimen germs Of cholera or other dis
ease tissues, has been modified by Post
master General Wilson so as to allow
admission of such germs for transmits
sion to a United States state or munich
nal laboratory. This will be allowed.
however, only when the germs are en-
closed in mailing packages constructed
| in accordance with strict specifications,
now promulgated. These packages will
not be allowed to be delivered to any
representative of a laboratory until per-
| NIT is first issued by the postmaster gem
eraI certifying the right Of the institu-
! ton to receive them