The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-20
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

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Mckinley is having big boom every
The New York Republican county COM
mittee met and formally endorsed the
candidacy of Governor Morton for the
presidency.
The four masted schooner Viking Cap
tain Gardner is two weeks overdue AT
ran River. Mass. and fears are enter
atned for her safety
E. NJ: Gibbs of New York city. treas
urer of the New York Life Insurance
company, lies dangerously i'll at the Au-
ditorium hotel, Chicago.
The Republican city convention on
Guthrie, o. T., resulted in a riot after
nominating a ticket half made up of
negroes. A taxpayers ticket of white men
Will be put out in opposition to it.
Senator Elkins has introduced a bill
providing for a head tax of $40 on each
immigrant coming to the United States
in vessels not belonging to citizens of the
United States nor flying the American
flag.
AS result of correspondence between
Secretary Hoke Smith and ex-Speaker
Crisp an arrangement has been made for
joint debate on the financial question
at number of places in Georgia during
April.
The Marquis of Salisbury has an
British and Italian governments had no
news tending to affirm the report of the
evacuation of Ksssala. The premier added
that the news was not credited by either
government.
With the Republicans throughout In
diana this has been a congressional con-
vention field day. Conventions were held
in all of the thirteen congressional dis
ti,icts of the state. The results announced
last night are generally favorable to Nc
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supporters
The London Paris correspondent of the
Times ridicules the suggestion made by
NJ. Berthelot, the foreign minister that
a unanimity of the Egyptian debt COM
misSioners is necessary TO authorize an
expenditure of Egyptian revenues, be-
cause if this were so any single power
could lock up the money and thwart the
other powers.
The senate committee on commerce to-
day authorized a favorable report of
Senator Turpie's resolution providing for
a preliminary survey and estimate of
cost for ship canal from lower Lake
Michigan to the Wabash river. The reso-
luton was amended so as to require an
investigation as to the effect such a
canal would have upon the level of the
lake.
Senator Chandler has given notice of
his intention TO offer an amendment to
the resolution for the election of sena-
tors by direct vote of the people so as
TO include the president, vice-president,
justice of the courts, postmasters and
collectors of internal revenue. They are
all TO be elected at the time and in the
manner that members of the house of
representatives are elected.
Commissioner Eva Booth and the others
at the Salvation army headquarters are
busy arranging for big meeting and
demonstration to be held in Carnegie
Music hall on March 81, to welcome
Commissioner and Mrs. Booth-Tucker,
the newly-appointed commanders of the
army IN this country. There will be
torchlight procession, i'm which all the
officers and soldiers of the army in this
city and neighboring districts will take
part Many field officers from various
cities all over the country, have been
invited.
The hearings given by the ways and
means committee 10 the dairy interests,
which desire the reguiat ton of the filled
cheese" traffic, have resulted in the pre-
paration of a bill by Mr.. Tawney, of
Minnesota, under the direction of the
committee which is more stringent than
the oleomargarine law The taxes pro-
posed are as follows: Manufacturers of
filled cheese, $500 per annum for each fac
tory, wholesale dealers, $3.50 per Nanum.
Manufacturers selling filled cheese at the
place of manufacture in original pack
ages are not required to pay the whole
sale tax. Retail dealers $40 per annum.