The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-28
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Lord COurtenay Henry Reginald Court
enay), eldest son of the Earl of Devon, is
dead.
Four trainmen were killed in a collision
nooga-
Statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance, S202, =
I 7O31S6 Gold reserve. SIP .Ss9, S26.
The secretary of war sent to the senate
a letter transmitting the draft of a bill
to protect explosive mines in the waters
of the United States.
Fire in the Crystal Springs Brewing &
Ice comDany's plant at Boulder Colo.
DESTROYED property to the extent of $50 900
fully covered by insurance.
Marquis deHoyos, the Spanish minister
to Austria-Hungary. will be succeeded by
Senior Polo V Bernahe, late Spanish min
lister to the United States.
Mr.. Newton w. Taylor president of the
Cleveland, o.. Paper company, and for
many years an important factor in the
paper industry of the United States. is
dead.
Fred T. Moore. paying teller at the
National Bank of Commerce, Boston, is
missing, and his accounts are short from
$50 900 to $4,000. A warrant has been is
sued for his arrest.
The news from Calcutta says that the
plague is causing great alarm there. At
Hongkong, however. it is stated that
there has been a great decrease in the
number of resh plague cases.
A circular issued to the stockholders
of the Great Northern Railway company
QUESTION by the company of the stock of
the Seattle & Montana railroad.
Dallas. Tex, was visited by $3.50. 600
fire, which destroyed Shields wall paper
house, Mistrol's dry goods house. and the
Home Sewing Machine companys build
ing. ]. w. Cowan lost his LIFE.
The corning mill of the HazardviIle
Powder company. at Hazardyille Conn,
T., TIT Ev.a-A
Alfred D. Lundon was killed and Fore
man James Colby was seriously injured.
An agreement was signed by Gaudaur's
representative to row r. NJ. johnson for
purse of s.. 500. and the sculling champion
ship of the world. The race win be rowed
in Vancouver harbor on Dominion day,
July l.
L. Buchner. aged TO- who committed
suicide. at ST; Louis by shooting himself
through the head. was a brother of Mrs.
Samuel T. Glover. and an uncle of Mrs.
Robert II. Kern and ex-Congressman
Glover.
The plague at Hongkong is making
frightful Roadway among the natives.
large numbers of them dying daily. Sew
eral Europeans have died from the dread
scourge. Among them were two Sisters
of Mercy.
As an outcome of an election dispute at
Paris, NJ. Henri Rochefort. the editor of
l. Intransiseante. and NJ. Gerault Rich
ard. the former Socialist deputy fought a
duel. NJ. Rochefort was prIcked on his
right hand.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Pixley, widow of the late
prominent politician and journalist, died
al her ranch near Corte MADEIRA Marin
county, California. The cause of death
was heart disease. from which she has
suffered for many years.
According to a special dispatch from
Shanghai. the American mission at Tung
Chow, near WI Chow. province of
Kwangseo. on the Hong Kiang has been
looted and burned by a mob. in an out
break of the foreign clement.
Denver was visited by the most severe
hailstorm in many years. Windows were
smashed gardens beaten down and trees
damaged. The downDour of rain accom-
panying the hail was very heavy, flooding
the streets and causing stoppage. of all
the streetcars for hours.