The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Judge Day, of Ohio. qualified as as
sistant secretary of state.
The English court will go into mourning
for the late Duchesse D'Alencon from
| May u to May z.
The directors of the Pacific Mail COM
pany declared their regular l per cent
| dividend. payable June J.
The 10th annual convention of the An
! cient Order of Hibernians. board of Erin.
began its session at Tammany hall, New
| York.
The Illinois supreme court decided the
! Inheritance tax law. passed by the state
| legislature two years ago, to be constitu-
tional, reversing the decision of the lower
| court.
The state department received a dis
! patch from United States Consul Little
at Teguicagaipa. the capital of Hondu-
ras. stating that the revolution has come
TO an end.
The Prince and Princess of Wales of
I ficially received Colonel John Hay, the
American ambassador. at Marlborough
| House. Colonel Hay was accompanied by
Mrs. Hay and Miss Hay.
The Quebec provincial elections resulted
in the complete overthrow of the conserv-
alive party. In the last legislature the
parties stood Conservatives 90. Liberals
IS. These figures have been reversed
Eugene Cowles the basso of the Bos-
tonians IS the defendant in a suit for
limited divorce brought by his wife.
Friends of the couple say that incom-
John Sherman, secretary of state, cele-
brated his 74th birthday Monday. There
were about 300 guests including the cabi-
net officers the diplomatic corps, the
senators and representatives in congress.
The grand jury of the United States
court at New York indicted Captain Ed
win w. Reed, of the ship 7. f. Oaks. for
maliciously and wilfully withholding food
from the crew on the voyage from Hong
Kong.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Chronicle says that the anonymous sllo-
Scription of a million francs TO the charity
bazaar fund is now known to be the col
lective donation of members of the Roths-
child family.
The fourth international congress of
Christian scientists called by the Divine
Science association. began at Masonic
temple, St. Louis. yesterday. Daily ses-
sions viii be held during the remainder
of the week. ending with special services
Sunday evening.
The cabinet yesterday decided to send
one of the new gunboats now building on
July l. The great activity in Alaska
growing out of the gold discoveries, has
made the president and cabinet deem
this step advisable Tor safeguarding
American interests
The senate confirmed the following
nominations: Stanford Newell. of Mime
sofa. to be minister TO the Netherlands;
Cassius NJ. Barnes. governor OF Oklahoma
territory; Henry A. Castle, of Minnesota,
to be auditor for the DostofIice depart
ment: Thomas Richards. Indian agent at
Fort Berthoid agency in North Dakota.
Commander Botkin, of the Kansas G.
A. R.. has issued an order setting aside
July 10 next as ''Mather Bickerdicke day.
and directing that every post in the
state hold a special meeting on the 18th
in honor of the celebrated old nurse. that
being the S0th anniversary of her birth
Mother Bickerdicke is now living at the
home of her son in Bunker HILL Kan
The convention of the International As
ISOLATION OF Mach,nists adjourned at
Buffalo, n. Y No business was trans
acted at the closing session. A resolu-
ton demanding control of the tenders of
typewritting machines had been pre-
pared for Introduction, but it was decided
at the last moment not TO bring the
measure up.