The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Naval Constructor Hobson was before
naval bureau chiefs yesterday. and sub
mitted cost of raising sunken Spanish
ciety. in session at indianapolis. has been
presented with the FOlts Mission insti-
tute at NHerkimer. n. Y.
The president has appointed John W.
Lut OF Ohio consul OF the United States
at AFRICA. Chiler. and Edward f. Car
rett receiver of public moneys at Boise,
Ida.
Hon. David Harpster, known through
out the country as one of the most eg-
tensive wool growers in Ohio. died at his
night from dropsy.
L. H. Fielding & Co. dealers in books.
stationary notions, fine art goods. of Kan
sas City, assigned. with liabilities of
$4,000 and assets estimated at Sl2:,Op.
Pressure by eastern creditors precipitated
the assignment.
George a. Steel and George A. Steel &
Co. Of Portland. Ore. have petitioned the
United States court to be declared bank
ruptS, and to be discharged from all in
debtedness. The assets as given in the
petition are $4,000, and the liabilities
si11.OOO.
The torpedo boat Farragut made a
speed trial at San Francisco yesterday.
She made several short, but very fast.
races against time and attained better
than S0-knot speed She will doubtless
time next week.
Isaac Stetson, a hermit, was found
dead in the woods near his home in the
vicinity of Wahconah farm. Massachu-
setts; Friday, having probably been muir
dered. An autopsy showed that Stetson
had been shot down and that death was
instantaneous. He was worth $4,000.
A business session that lasted all day
wound up the weeks convention at
Omaha of the Women's National Council
a with finance nf
the forenoon. 1t was decided to have the
triennial last two weeks, to be held in
Washington next spring. probably in
April.
A delegation of eight sailors from the
American bark st. Katherine. which ar
rived at Seattle yesterday from New
work. told narrowing story of maltreat-
ment and abuse at the police station to-
day. They wanted warrants for the ar
rest of Captain Edward Matthews and
First Mate Dressed.
One of the most unique meetings of the
campaign caITIpd W was that Of the deaf mqtes
night. About 800 deaf i-..-------s and a sprink-
ling of others. gathered there to listen
to political issues as expounded by the
Democrats. Richard Croker was the at
traction. and his speech TO the mutes was
translated.
Colonel Roosevelt returned to New
York yesterday afternoon, having fin
ished his campaign tours through the
one at Prohibition park. Staten Island
and one in Cooper Union. The Cooper
Union meeting was held under the aus
pces of the Irish American union. Pat
rick Eagan, formerly minister to Chile
presided.
Judge Simonton at Charleston, s. c.,
has made perpetual his injunction against
railroad commissioners, restraining COL
lection OF war tax on messages sent in
the state by telegraph companies.
The Second National bank of Spring.
field, o., yesterday decided to go into
liquidation. 1t is perfectly solvent and
has a surplus of $4,000, but lack of bus
mess caused the seni-annual dividend TO
fall to 2 per cent. and the officers con-
cluded 10 Quit business. The capital
stock was 800 900