The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27

adam festival. the Turks surrounded the
Armenian quarter in Marsovan and or
dered the Armenians to accept lslamisnl-
! f1fteen recalcitrantS were killed.
! The Anglo-American Cable company
has sent out q notice, saying that ad-
vices received from Berne show that
communication is interrupted with Mat
/ agalpa, the provinces of Leon and Chi
! candega, republic of Nicaragua
| Robinson & Booth, wholesale lumber
! dealers of New York, with mills at
! Fernandina, Fla, today assigned to
! William B. Goodrich, without prefer
! ence. The firm has been in business
about twenty-five years.
The call Of the roll at Frankfort, KY,
| showed 1874 members present; necessary
1 to a choice, 6S. There were two pairs.
! The ballot resulted: Hunter, 81;
Blackburn, 62; Carlisle. 8; McCreary, 2;
Yerkes, 1; Holt, 1; Lewis, 1; Bate, l.
Notices were posted yesterday at all
/ the collieries of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
| coal companies that beginning March l.,
all employees will work three-quarters
time. and nine hours day. The men
are working holt time now. Eight thou
| sand men are affected.
Two days ago the Halifax Chronicle
published q statement that Sir Charles
| Upper when high commissioner to Eng
! land had Incorporated $4,000 OF public
moneys. Several liberal newspapers cop
| led the statement. Sir Charles has taken
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| these journals.
| The subcommittee on naval affairs
| has practically decided upon all the
/ details of the naval appropriation bill
and it is the present intention OF
| Chairman Boutelle to call a meeting
of the full committee tomorrow to act
on the bill.
A special to the New York World
from Toxic. Japan, says: There IS
unusual diplomatic activity here. The
various ENJOYS, including the Ameri-
can minister. are constantly visiting
the Russian legation to discuss the
conditions of a proposed joint guaTan-
tee of Corean autonomy.
The free silver state Democratic cen
trail committee met in Omaha last night
| to fix the date for selecting delegates to
time named for the convention to be held
at Lincoln. This means that two Demo-
cratic delegations will go from Nebraska
to the National convention.
ported two indictments for murder in
I the first degree against each of four
Rome boy train wreckers, j. w; Hildrlth:
Herbert Plato, Theodore Hibbard and
Frederick Bristol who wrecked the fast
! mail on the New York Central recently,
killing Engineer Hager and Robert Bond.
who was stealing ride.
The newspapers of Paris express the
tANOeNNO
posed income tax will determine the fate
| OF the government and IN view of the
appointment yesterday Of the budget
committee containing 90 members, out
| Of a total of 49, hostile to the proposed
! tax, the outlook is not very bright for
Mr.. Courageous and his fellow ministers.
The subcommittee on foreign affairs
yesterday afternoon agreed on the
be submitted to the full committee to-
day. The terms Of the resolution can
not be procured. It is said to be very
moderate in tone. but its expression Of
sympathy for the insurgents is strong.
The London Chronicle this morning
publishes interviews with the Salvation
army leaders in New York on the sub
ject of the disturbances there. In an edi-
torial on the subject this afternoon the pa
per opines that threats of secession from
the army Will come to nothing but thinks
the disruption of the army Is more likely
after the death Of General Booth, through
family ruptures among the Booths.
Nineteen shipwrecked sailors from the
American ship William G. Davis reached
| New York yesterday on board the Red
D line steamer Curacao from Maracaibo
The Davis sailed from Maracaibo Oct. 2
for Delaware breakwater with a cargo
of $50 tons OF sugar. She encountered a
heavy gale Feb Is and Eprunk leak. On
the Dist the crew was taken off by the
Strathislau and later transferred to the
Curacao
Thomas c. Platt slipped on the sidewalk
near the Twenty-third street entrance to
the Fifth avenue hotel last night and fell
heavily, induring his hip and thigh. A
physician was summoned after Mr.. Platt
had been assisted to his room. An exam
nation revealed that no bones had been
broken, but that the senator had suffered
strain and severe nervous shock. His
son, Frank Plat, was summoned, and re-
manned with his father for some time.
Mr.. Plat. 1t is thought. will be confined
to his room for some DAYS,
The seventeenth annual commencement
of the Carlisle Indian industrial school at
Carlisle. Pa, which was begun yesterday
Is drawing the largest crowds ever seen
here. Among the guests now in attend
ance are Major General o. o. Howard,
General FitZhugh Lee, Senator and Mrs.
Nelson, President and Mrs. McAllister,
of DreXel institute; Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Lippincott, Representatives Pendleton of
Texas, Fisher of New York, and Mad
dox of Georgia; DIR. Harrison commits
sioner Of education and Representative
Sherman. chairman of the committee on
Indian affairs.
Professor H H Pratt of Chicago,
claims to have discovered in the common
horse shoe magnet power of photo
graphing through opaque substances SIM
liar to that shown by the X-rays and
Crookes tubes. According to expert
ments made by the professor with a
horse shoe magnet laid on a sensitized
Photographic plate enveloped in thick
black cloth, the force of the magnet on
the concealed plate was very similar TO
that shown by the X-rays. Objects placed
alongside the magnet were clearly pho
tographed on the negative, while the
shape of the magnet itself was most dis
tinctly shown.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions yesterday granted hearings to the
two rival companies which propose to
construct cable lines from the California
coast to Hawaii and TO China and japan
Colonel X. S. Spalding of Hawaii, ap-
peared for his company. and was sup
ported IN his representations by Cen
eral SWayne, while Messrs. Schrymser
and Baylis represented the interests of
the Pacific Cable company. Colonel
Spalding and General Swayne dWelt on
the advantages of the concession which
had been secured from the Hawaiian
government, while Messrs SchrynsEr
and Baylies claimed that they were
more than offset by the terms which
their organization had offered.