The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-17
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

The pioneer fruit firm of Luke G. Sre-
/ sovich, San Francisco, has suspended ow-
| ing to financial difficulties.
The National City bank. New York an
nounces 100000 and the Guaranty Trust
! company S250,OO0 more gold for import
/ ]. c. SchrieVer. traffic manager OF the
Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific
| railroad, died in New York yesterday.
| At Port Deposit. Nd Jacob Tome. the
millionaire Dhilantrophist and founder of
| the Jacob Tome institute" died there
/ of pneumonia.
Between 1850 and 5000 people crowded
! in Madison Square garden last night. at
New York, to witness the contests Of the
military tournament.
Senior Sandoval. the Spanish agent in
Berlin. is negotiating for the purchase of
| old and slow steamers of the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company.
The Benson bank founded b. the late
/ Judge William Benson OF Waterford, sus-
pended today at Erie. Pa. No statement
of assets and liabilities is made
At Half Moon Bay. Cal. the wrecked
ship New York is rapidly sinking in her
bed of sand. and in a few days more she
will probably be entirely covered.
Al Sioux City. Ia. the Home Savings
, bank closed its doors. The assets are
said to be $4,000 ard the liabilities $6O.-
OO0 of which $4,000 are school funds.
In the Canadian house OF commons the
Canadian Yukon railway bill was read
third tine and sent to the senate. where
many believe 1t will meet its death blow.
General Elanco gave banquet al the
palace 10 the officers of the Nizcaya and
the Almirante Oquendo. The high officials
of the autonomous government were pres
emit
a basket filed with the best trained car
rler pigeons from the training station at
Newport. r. l.. has been shipped 10
ers Minneapolis and Columbia.
In 2 day or two the California Jockey
club viii purchase the Oakland race track
Nearly all the details have been ARRANGED
for the transfer Of the property. The
price TO be paid is about $125.u00
The American line steamer ST. Louis
sailed for Southampton yesterday. The
board for the inspection of auxiliary crui-
sers decided that they would not require
the steamer for armament at present.
At Skaguay last Saturday night the
committee OF lei waited on 'SoaDy''
Smith and ordered him to leave town
within "a hours. He was still there when
the City of Seattle left Sunday forenoon.
Consul General Lee Captain Sigsbce
and the corr spondents vii he pnoto-
sraDhed in a group today on board the
United States cruiser Montgomery, by the
courtesy Of Captain Converse. the COM
mander of that vessel, who viii also be in
the picture.
Reports from all sections of California
show that the crop conditions throughout
the state are critical. A heavy rain with
in the next few days would save the grain
on thousands of acres OF wheat and bar
ley and insure good crops in many places
where otherwise there will be scant har
vests.
NJ. shIrasha of japan left San Fran
cisco on his way to England to inspect
three large steamers now being completed
for the steamship company known as the
Togo Kisen kaisha. They VIII run il con-
nection with vessels of the Pacific Mail
and Occidental and Oriental companies
these companies having signed Il compact
Tor joint service across the Pacific.