The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-15
BRIEF TALES BY WIRE

Flag, day was observed in many cities
yesterday.
] w. c. T. L. reports are very crafty
ing generally. Much progress is reported.
Georgetown. a mining town of Cali
/ fornia, was burned TO the ground yester-
day.
Wiedmann, Mich. town of 400 inhabi-
! tants, in Isabel county, was burned yes
! terday.
A heavy cyclone swept over Arequipa,
/ Peru. on June s. but no serious damage
was done.
The senate confirmed John F. Gowry.
of Washington, consul-general at Kanag-
ava. Japan.
Reports from Calcutta show that much
more damage than was at first expected
has been done by the earthquakes
/ The house will meet again on Thursday.
! Governor-elect Otero was given a
/ pleasing reception at Santa Fe, N NJ,
yesterday.
] James Piper. 4 quaint character of
Bloomington ILL.,, was found dead yester-
/ day. He was worth 500 900 but lived like
a hermit His age was 50.
A serious landslide has occurred near
Briega. Canton of Valais. Switzerland.
, Part of the forest there ard a number
of buildings have been buried. There was
no loss of life.
A bill was filed yesterday TO foreclose a
trust deed for $3.50 1874 on the property of
the Cheltenham Beach company. The
to secure a loan
A lamp explosion in the residence of
Stephen Walsh near Sharpsburg. Pa,
set ire to the house and badly burned
the four OCCUPANTS. Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh
and two children.
A new door combination has been
formed 1t is a recently Incorporated
company known as the Western Door
company with $1,000. 600 capital and
headquarters at Rock Island, Ills.
The newspapers of Paris agree that
the alleged attempt to assassinate
President Faure was either a practical
joke or the act of a mailman. and was
arranged SO as not to hurt anybody.
The United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn with Rear Admiral ]. n. Miller
on board. which is to represent the United
States navy at the naval review of Spit
head June 26, arrived at Southampton
yesterday
The entire, force of employees of the
Apsley Rubber company. of Hudson.
Mass. returned TO work. They accepted
the prices offered by Mr.. Apsley. which
are considerably lower than the prices
formerly paid.
II. A. YOrke. the youth who represented
himself to be son OF Earl of Hardwicke.
while at Colorado Springs recently. and
for whom = number of his duDes have
been anxiously enquiring since his de-
Darture from that place, is in San Fran
cisco.
The woman who committed suicide in
the vestibule OF Calvary Episcopal church,
positively identified as Mrs. Josephine
Doriat. I native of Bordeaux. France.
about 10 years of age, and a divorced
woman
The Spanish minister has received an
official communication stating that the
report coming from Eavana via Key
West, that the insurgent leaders Rivera
and Bacaloa are in danger of being shot
fst not IL,
Is under the death sentence.
No. 3 fast freight on the Santa Fe
railroad was ditched one and a half
miles east of Elmer. Macon county.
Mo, last night. Three tramps and one
brakeman We're killed. The train was
made up of four refrigerator and five
stock cars.
Denver celebrated Flag day at the City
park. The decorations were very elabor-
ate.
The Republican senator's were in caucus
tor more than three hours last night. and
when adjournment was reached not very
much progress had been made.
The English papers briefly comment on
the attempt on Faures life but do not
give it political Importance.
All the newspapers in London discuss
the speeches which the Duke of Devon
league. and the premier of Canada. the
Hon. Wilfred Laurier. made at Liverpool
Saturday. They generally warmly ap-
prove of the references to the necessity
of closer relations. The free trade crit
ic!sr,s of the Duke of Devonshire are
coldly treated by the Liberal newspapers.
Great preparations are being made in
England for the queens diamond jubilee.
The final ratification of the boundary
treaty between Great Britain and Ven
ezuela was exchanged at the state depart
ment at 3 o'clock yesterday.
DR.. Viele. chief surgeon of the Cuban
insursent army commanded by General
Garcia. arrived at Rio Buena. Jamaica
Cubans. They had escaped from the
province of Santiago de Cuba in an open
boat. and brought with them dispatches
from the Cuban junta at New York.
These DISPATCHES were seized by the ia
maican officials.