The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-21
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Manitoba's wheat crop is estimated at
81, 100000 bushels. nearly double that of
last year.
Statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance, 1916.
3S6,617; gold reserve. S243 555. 213.
Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnson. the
novelist and lecturer, is reported as dying
at the Maryland general hospital, BaIti-
more.
The transport Berlin will sail from New
York for Porto Rico today with about 20
female nurses and about as many male
nurses.
The exposition building at Tacoma, the
largest structure of its kind in the north
Loss. 100000.
A Gambia correspondent says the Mus
! sulmans are yielding up only obsolete
arms and have not yet brought in any
Martini rifles.
At the Republican congressional con-
vention of the Fourth Connecticut dis
trict Representative J. Hill of Norwalk
was unanimously renominated.
The Japanese government has replied
to the circular of Count Muravieff. the
Russian foreign minister, suggesting in
ternational disarmament. The reply sup
ports the cars proposal.
A rear-end collision between freights oc-
Cured on the Union Pacific near Grand
Island. Engineer Roddy was fatally
scalded, his engine was demolished and
several cars were wrecked.
The disintegration of the volunteer
signal corps was begun when orders
were issued for the relief from active
duty of the Fourteenth company with
a view to its furlough and to muster out
The eleventh annual meeting of the
American Association of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists convened in Pittsburg ana
will be continued three days. Nearly 100
delegates from all parts of the country
are in attendance
The police authorities have prohibited
he 6O11 limo Of rnl IT,
meetings in Hamburg. called for the pur-
pose of discussing Emperor William s
recent speech regarding the imprisoning
of the provokers of strikes
All local cattle records We're broken at
the Kansas City stock yards yesterday
when 1905 head of cattle were received.
Fully 1850 head of those received We're
stockers and feeders from the western
ranges. The previous record was Il, Az
head.
A number of children entered the resi-
dence of julius Aruttschnitt, general
manager Of the Southern Pacific COMPANY
San Francisco. during the absence of the
family and stole various articles valued al
over $1,000 The burglars ranged from 8
to u in age.
The United States gunboat Wheeling did
not find many destitute miners at Copper
river and Cooks inlet, and Commander
Sebree will report 10 the treasury depart
ment that the number of men applying for
aid was not sufficient to justify the re-
turn of the gunboat to Sitka.
Richmond Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy. at a special meeting inaug-
urated a movement to erect a monument
over the grave of Winnie Davis the
daughter of the confederacy.' Similar
organizations throughout the south will
be asked TO contribute to the fund.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men completed the consideration of
nearly all the items of the report of the
committee on beneficiaries Some S25 900
in claims were allowed The grand lodge
has paid out for death and inability in.
surance since 1885, the total of $4,161, 147.