The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-06
THE COMING TROOPS.
Authentic Accounts of Move
mentS in the Air.
ORDERS RECEIVED AT OMAHA.
The Cranky Ideas OF the Associated
Press Correspondents Concern
ing the AFFAIR.

The town was again agitated yester-
day with rumors of martial law. estab-
lishment of barracks in the city, and
the movement of expected troops. So
numerous were the rumors and so ex-
traordinary their nature that a HERALD
reporter was detailed TO trace them TO
some authentic source, so that an au-
thoritative and decisive account
might be furnished this morning.
Inquiry among officers at Fort Doug
las elected the following: The compile
ment of men and ordnance at the Post
/ his been incomplete for some time, and
measures were taken by the War De
partment to reinforce the company here
By the addition of a battery. The re-
cent occurrences. or to speak more ac-
curately, the exaggerated account of
them sent over the wires, determined
the Department on pushing forward the
battery at once. Seventy-fYe men
(instead Of the 5000 named on the
street, with eight cannon viii arrive at
once, and take up their position at the
Post, and TO make room for the new
battery, a barracks will probably be es-
tablished in the city. SCOTS ware
rooms, on Third South Street,
the Skating Rink and the War
wick Block are variously spoken of
as quarter for the proposed troops,
but nothing is yet decided on. as far as
the various officers interviewed were
aware,
An absurd rumOr came to Gen. Nc
Cooks ears yesterday to the effect that
the Tithing yard was filed with arms
and military stores. He called upon
Mayor Sharp, and with City Attorney
Richards and an adjutant they visited
the yards, through which they were
amusedly shown by Bishop JnO. Q.
straw stacks and lumber yards were all
that was found on the interior.
In the meantime, there is no occasion
for anything but welcome to the new
troops, always suppOSing that they
receive their pay promptly and spend
it freely in the town.
Since the above was written, the fol-
lowing Associated Press dispatch has
been received:
OMAHA, December Slate last night
it became known that mysterious or
ders have been received at the military
headquarters here. Department of the
Platte. General Howard, Command
ing officer, was out of the city, but was
telegraphed for and returned ats o'clock
this morning. He refuses to give
definite information in the orders. 1t
is learned, however, that Battery 3,
from Fort Omaha, was ordered to Fort
Douglas, Utah, at once. They left at
. O'Clock this afternoon. 1t is under
stood that all the troops in the Depart
ment have been ordered in readiness for
at moments notice. From
the fact that the troops are
bound for Utah, the general impression
is that Mormon troubles are expected,
but of what nature all efforts have
failed to disclose. One theory is, an out
break of some kind is feared
from information in possession
of the government. Another is that
the Presidents message will contain
expressions on Mormonism which may
create a disturbance. AS there are no
Indian troubles in the section to which
troops have been ordered, conjecture IS
confined to the Mormon theory.