Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-03
TELEGRAPHlC BREWTlES.

A jury has been secured for the trial
of Sheriff Martin and Deputies at
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The storthing Norwegian legisla-
tive assembly, opens at Christiania,
Norway. on Feb. 10.
A party of forty men from Worcester,
Mass, and vicinity left yesterday for
the Alaska gold fields.
Quarantine barriers IRE being estab-
llshed in all the India towns against
the Bombay exodus.
The Republican state central commit
tee of Oregon has decided to hold the
state convention in Astoria April 18th.
Senator Roger @. Mills announces
himself as candidate for reelection
TO the United States Senate from
Texas.
w. t. Giles, a well known newspaper
man of Chicago died yesterday, aged
20 years. He was n personal friend
of Stephen A. Douglas.
Secretary Alger's family are now con-
fident that he will be able to leave
Washington within n few days, as he
continues to gain slowly.
The quartermaster general of the
army, George IL. Weeks, retires from
active service today and will be sue
ceeGed by Col. Marshal l. Ludington.
The governor of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
sent Jose Mendonez Diaz as an ennis
sary to the insurgent leader. Perlco
Diaz, with proposals Of peace and sur
render. He was hanged.
Count Muravief, the Russian foreign
minister, says that 1t is the cars I'M
alterable determination that Prince
George should be nominated governor
of Greece.
Several hundred miners employed in
the Broad Head mines or Colorado have
struck against n change in the wage
scale, which, they say, would reduce
their earnings one-half.
Col. Woronoef, the new Russian mil
itary adviser to China, has commenced
his duties, and the German military
instructors have been notified of the
non-renewal of their contracts.
The engagement of Clarence Mackay,
son of John w. Mackay to Miss Cath
crime Dur, granddaughter of William
II. Travers, and daughter of Mrs. John
G. Heicksher. is announced.
The Consolidated Exchange Bank of
Brooklyn, the business of which was
largely confined to grocers, butchers
| and other retail merchants in its neigh
borhood, has closed its doors.
In the hearing of the United States
against the South Omaha Live Stock
Exchange yesterday ex-Presideut
| Richard Gilcrlst was on the stand. He
| admitted the exchange was u mono
poly.
An inspector who paid n surprise
| visit recently to n diamond mine near
| Pretoria, South Africa, is convinced of
a genuine discovery. He saw diamonds
unearthed of formation similar to the
| Kimberly diamonds.
Private advices from Gibara, Cuba.
| confirm the report that the Spanish
| Gen. Luque's losses at Megia were
more serious than was officially given
| out. He lost not twenty, but 40 killed
| and wounded.
on Sunday last at Havana and Gu
anabocoa, subsistence was given to
| 7.7l1 concentrates. About 1888 ratlons
We're distributed. There are about 15,-
600 reconcentrados in about Havana
| and Gunanabocoa.
The second card reception of the sea
son was held at the executive mansion
last evening. The diplomatic corps
were received first, being especially
invited to meet President and Mrs.
| Dole.
The Greater New York Central COM
mittee of the Social Democracy OF
| America has sent an appeal to Cover
| nor Budd of California for the pardon
of S. d. Worden, now under sentence
| of death in that state for train-w wreck
| ing.
| John NJ. Thurston OF Nebraska was
the principal speaker at the formal
opening last night OF the new club
| building OF the Union League club OF
| Baltimore; in the course of his address
| he admitted the present situation To
| be full OF danger to the Republican
| party.