Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-27
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The frame spinners at the Fall River
iron works mills, Mass, have returned
to work. Mf
Half million pounds of naptha werc
burned and several persons lost their
lives during a confagration at Baku.
The Senate committee on interstate
commerce agreed to vote ON the anti
scalping bill at its meeting next Thurs
day.
According to the official reports from
Bombay. India, there have been S34
deaths from the plague during the past
week.
The British Atlas company has Of
fered to purchase railroads from ocean
to ocean and steamers owned by the
government Mt Panama for sl,5Oo.OO0 in
silver. The government demands 81
100000.
A special dispatch to London from
Berlin says the German warship Gefion
has returned to Alden, in order to ar
range fors the immediate dispatch of
golfers to overtake the Deutchland.
her consort, whose fires are again said
to have given out.
The Ohio National Guard associa-
ton today asked Congress to grant
Cubans the same belligerent rights
Nllth tnt DIONbStu states
of America had They also asked Con-
gress for increased appropriations to
the national guard of the state.
In letter to the Buffalo, N. Y,
Courier, Kid Mccoy says that unless
Fitzsimmons or Corbett cover his
money within six weeks from Jan. %.
he will claim the heavyweight cham>
pionship of the world and defend 1t
against all corners as fast as they
come.
A can of kerosene oil exploded in the
boiler house Of the Greenville Cement
mill at Rosendale, eight miles north
of Allentown, Pa. early today, setting
fire to the mil and storage house Both
were totallys destroyed together with
1900 bags and 600 barrels of cement
and 800 tons of coal.
The most disastrous fire in the his.
tory of Mount Sterling, Ills. broke out
this morning and before 1t was out AL
bert Pepper was kill by falling wall.
Constable Snodgrass and two other
men We're injured and over 100000
Bloomfield hotel was entirely destroyed
and almost the whole block went with
1t.
John Donnelly died in the hospital
at Cincinnati. o., today from the effects
of a knock down blow administered
by Ben Green last night. Donnelly
and friend had refused to pay for
sandwiches ordered at Green's lunch
stand. Green followed and overlook
him. knocked Donnelly down. his head
striking the curb. Donnelly and his
friend were drunk.
Emil Urfer, aged 81, who has been in
the employ of the Bolland Jewelry CO.,
at ST. Louis. No., for ten years, being
one of its most trusted employees, was
arrested today charged with stealing
jewelry and silverware estimated to ex-
coed $4,000 in value. A greater part
of the goods were recoverea at Urfer's
home and at a store whereihe had dis
posed of them.
A dispatch to the Berlin Lokal An
zieger from st. Petersburg. says the
czar, speaking at private gathering
of the officials OF the Probationary reg
iment, said: 81 wanted long ago tc
accept your invitation but events were
weighing heavily on my mind. particu-
larly difficulties with Japan. Now
thank God. all is cleared up and nc
conflict of any kind is to be feared"
1t is reported from London that or
the day following the rendering of tn,
] verdict in favor of Sir Tatton and Lady
Sykes in the suit of Daniel Jay to re-
cover R15,S70 loaned to Lady Sykes or
promissory notes, purporting to have
been signed by her husband. the whole
| of the money lenders claims were
paid by friends of Lady Sykes. Mr.
Jay, however, refuses either to confirm
or deny the report.
| Mr.. A. ]. Cassatt, the well known
philadelphia horseman, formerly q
member of the Jockey club, is the --latest
| convert to English racing. He will SEND
six sons and daughters of the Bard
| the famous sire. very shortly, in charge
OF John Higgins, Lorlllard's old train
err. Three of the six he will send
abroad are brothers and sisters to some
of the best Lorillard and in England
now. They will be entered in number
of the high class stake races.
At the meeting today. of the Senate
committee on interstate commerce
Senator Elkins OF w. Va, who has
been considered an avowed advocate
of the anti-scalping bill, expressed
himself MS somewhat doubtful as to Its
expediency. He said that while many
railroads were evidently favorable In
q degree to 1t, only two, the New York
Central and the Pennsylvania, were
pressing 1t with apparent zeal. He
said. in view Of this fact. he had
reached the conclusion that the ma
jority of the lines were at the best in
different, while he thought that some
of them were actually opposed to 1t.
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