The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-29
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

At Madrid Spanish As closed at 60. Gold
was quoted at rs.
The condition of Mrs William c. Whit
ney is said to be critical.
On tho authority Of President Diaz
Mexico viii maintain the strictest neu-
| traility.
! The Ohio Seventh district Republican
( convention unanimously renominated Hon.
L. Weaver.
State OF the condition of the treasury
/ shows: Available cash balance, S21S,Si4,-
! CSC; gold reserve, SIS, IS, 1870
| The Ogden Goelet estate has refused TO
accept the $4,000 which the government
| had agreed to pay for the yacht May
/ flower.
| The Republican congressional convsn-
| ton for the Fifth district of Kansas,
| nominated W. l.. A. Calderhead, OF
! Marysville.
| The Red Cross society's ship. State of
! Texas. with nurses and medicines. arriv
/ proceed TO Sagua la Grande.
/ The Official Gazette at Lisbon will pub
| lish today an official decree declaring the
neutrality of Portugal in the conflict be-
! tween Spain and the United States.
The four-masted American ship Shen-
andoah. Captain Murphy. from San Fran
/ cisco. reported TO have been captured by
! the Spanish, arrived at Liverpool yester-
| daI.
The German government has ordered
to Manila, Philippine islands. portion Of
! the eastern squadron. with instructions 10
! protect German interests in the Philip
pines.
The members of the crew of the Shen-
! andoah were greatly excited when the tug
! Rathlyn informed them that war be-
/ tween S0ai in and the United States had
| broken out.
Fifteen freight cars of an extra train
on the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad
/ were wrecked in a collision near Flint,
Mich, yesterday. Four tramps are be-
/ Iii al in rf1l
! steamer which arrived at England
| from ST. Vincent. Cape de Verde Islands,
reports that the Spanish warships there
are unable TO get half the amount OF coal
which they require TO fill their bunkers.
| There was a rumor on the Paris bourse
Yesterday which was not s)nfirmed from
| any source. that the United States feet
/ has received a check in the Philippine ISL
ands. 1t had the effect of weakening
prices.
Lieutenant Count Won GootZf. the Ger
man military attache at Washington, who
! is row in Berlin. has been ordered TO re-
! turn to the United States ana accompany
! the forces of the United States which will
| operate in Cuba.
A special dispatch from Fiume, the port
! of Hungary, says Brazil has agreed that
! torDedoes which have been made there
at the order of the Brazilian government
| at the Whitehead works, be transferred
! to the United States.
| Daily Mail saws: "Senor CadorigDa VIII
| ask the cortes tomorrow for me expulsion
| of certain foreign correspondents. His re-
cl,est refers to the representatives of
| American newspapers.
Owing to the arrest of some Englishmen
in Cuba as American spies and their i'll
! treatment representations have been
made TO the foreign Office and negotia-
I lions have been opsned for taxing OH Bit
! ish subjects by English men-of-war
/
! easiness in London, the price now being
higher than at any time during the last 70
years. A meeting of protectionists In
London yesterday again agltated IN IaVor
of a government reserve OF wheat in Eng
land.
Miss Helen Gould confirmed the report
that She had rendered tho United States
government 100000 TO aid In prosecuting
the war against Spain MISS Gould adoed
that though President Mckinley had
acknowledged the offer. il had not yet
been accepted
Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British en-
bassador to the United States, has been
instructed. it is understood in London. 10
make representations 10 the Washington
government respecting tae question OF
tonnage tax. France and Germany are
communicating with Great Britain on the
subject.
Lloyd's advices from Manila say the
American bark Saranac. owned by VIII
liam Simpson. jr.. OF New York which
was captured at Iloilo. Philippine islands.
by the Spanish gunboat Ell Cano. was
seized after she had unloaded her cargo
of coal at that port, which was her desti-
nation.
1t is stated here that the German gov
eminent has asked the British foreign
office what steps. If any. are TO be taken
to protect British interests in the
Philippines. in view of the possibility of
an American attack. The German gov
eminent apparently is DESTROYS of CO.
operating in such steps with Great Brit
ain, seeing that the commerce of Great
Britain or Germany in the islands far out
weighs that of Spain itself.