The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-12
TELEGRAPEIC BRIEFS.

! The steamer MaTipOsa which arrived
at San Francisco. brought $2.500090 worth
of English sovereigns for local and New
York banks.
w. Y. Morgan. editor of the Hutchinson
News, has been nominated by the Repub-
lican caucus of the legislature for Kan
sas state printer.
Auglique Ravel, the star of the famous
Ravei family. French pantomimists ard
the last survivor of the family, is dead
in New York, aged 50 years.
The officers of the steamer Mariposa
which arrived from Australia, discredit
the cable from Australia stating that
Mataafa had been elected king of Sa-
rnoa.
Jesse Delong. the well-known horseman.
died today at his home near Miles. Mich.
celebrated running horses and was known
on nearly every track east of tee Ms
sissippi
At the meeting of the Bricklayers' and
Masons' international union at Hartford.
the cigarmakers blue label was unani-
mously endorsed and the union voted to
give its support to the label throughout
the country.
Colonel George P. Webster. a well
known lawyer and a prominent member
of Tammany hall, died at New York. He
served several years in the Kentucky leg
islature and was one of those who voted
against secession
Mrs Henry Haskell Powline. manager
of the.Star Hosiery mills al Hagama n.
Y, filed petition in bankruptcy Her
assets are given at about S150.000. and the
liabilities at about Sl53.G09. of which $50 0o0
is secured by mortgages.
The United States court of appeals at
Boston handed down decision TO the eff
feet that the tariff act of July "a 1897, in
relation 20 the entry of woods, did not so
into effect until 4:e6 O'Clock that day. the
time the act was signed by the president
AT their own request Brigadier General
William W.SGordon and w. G. Oates of
the volunteer army. have been honorably
discharged from the military service of
the United States on the ground thar
there is no further need for their SER
vices.
Professor ]. Il. Turner died at his home
in Jacksonville Ills, aged 90 years. He
collection of log huts He was the father
of the Illinois university one of the first
professors of Illinois college, a man Of
great culture and ability.
Manufacturers of insulated copper wire
from various sections of the country,
have been in executive session for the last
two days at Chicago engaged in perfect
ing the final details of a combination
which is expected TO bring about a ma
terial advance in the price of that product.
The house committee on territories
reached a final agreement to make a ia
VOrable report on the Hawaiian bill. The
agreement to report was unanimous al
though the Democrats of the committee
reserved the right to make a minority
report opposing several features OF the
bill.
The transports Mobile. from Havana. ar
rived at New York TO fit out for convey
ing troops to Manila, The Mohawk is
also being prepared for the same pur-
pose. The names of these transports will
be changed before they leave port again.
the Mobile to be known as the Sherman
and the Mohawk as the Grant.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Union Theological Seminary, in
New York City. the Rev. Dr. Thomas
c. Hall. formerly of Chicago, was nomi-
mated professor of Christian ethics and
the Rev. DR.. George " Knox of Rye,
n. Y, was nominated professor of the
philosophy and history of religion.
Fifteen men stationed at the Chicago
waterworks crib in Lake Michigan are
in danger of starvation unless help can
reach them soon. The recent strong east
winds and cold weather have piled up the
ice to such an extent that it is now i'm
possible for the tug boats to reach the
crib. The men are very short of proyi-
SiOnS.