The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-08

Their. is one .satisfa. lion regarding the
execution of Coughln AMI thai is lie
officers know they are shooting gully
man He told the story of mis- crime
some time ago to gentleman IL this
city, in which he relates that when re
shot Dawes, the old man jumped ike
Coughlins confession will no doubt be
made at the time Of his execution II
being understood that he has said he
would say something at that time.
He Graves morphine all the t'nt. say
those who have been with him AMI re-
peatedly asks for he drug
At the session of the board OF fire and
police commissioners last night, it was
noticed that there were two CIR three
messengers from down town llesent.
They were eager for the news and I'm
Dlored the reporters to tell them what
had been done BEING informed they
made quick rushes sor the central por-
ton of the city and in Il very short
time TIM the news was ali over town Ga tic
theory that changes were Inevitable, the
appointments seemed 20 give general sat
:sfaction to parties who wrre down town
at that late hour, while CHEZ Pratt came
in fer many good w0~ls
At late hour last evening the buffalo
nunters' who went to Antelope island
Sunday had not returned. Neither had
Lake cable from Pennington to the island
having been wrecked in some manner sew
eral leagues from shore.
All sorts Of rumors were prevalent con-
corning the party, one being to the effect
that they could not find the corral where
the buffalo was confined. Another de-
clared he had seen the chase through a
telescope from kaySVille, and that Colonel
Shaughnessy had been gored by the in
furiated animal after he had expended
the contents of siXteen-shot Winchester
in the bison's hide. He also reported
having seen Martin Lannan climb a tree
but this is not a fact, and discredits the
entire story as there isn't tree on the
island Martin could climb, Antelope island
trees being devoid of limbs for 10 feet
from the ground.
Another man says he saw three signal
fires burning on the crest of one Of the
peaks last evening" which, being in
terpreted from the Indian, means: IT'S
heap cold over here; come for US TO
onct." This Interpretation is disputed
by an old Indian hunter who says ii
means: ''The buffalo is killed; what in
HI will we do with it?''
be myths. 1t is said that there is no
schooner is becalmed and the party is
unable to effect landing on this size
for want of breeze a. man from Salt
air declares he heard two voices last
Wave and Home on the Rolling Deep"
some two miles off shore, which would in
dictate that Newman Lien and Mckay, the
buffalo reporters for The Herald and
Tribune, are endeavoring to keep up the
spirits of the party by singing. the jug
TnIess some tidlngs of the party are
heard from by noon a rescuing expedition
under command of Commodore Mnlvey,
in the steamer Taluia, which is u IL:
viii be sent out. Provisions for the
steamer will be shipped TO Salta:r by
special train
The following. from the Cincinnati Post
will be read with interest by the many
friends of CAPTAIN Parker, who is SON
in-law of Thomas j. Almy:
Monday afternoon United States Re,
crlliting Officer Nj. D. Parker received
a telegram from the war department at
Washington. revoking the order requiring
him to report at once for recruiting duty
al Albany, n. Y.
This is the result of nearly 20 tele
grams from Attorney Kittridge, Con-
gresham Berry, Congressman Bromwell,
Charles P. Tan and other gentlemen be
Cincinnati troop, Riding Cub. ETC., which
were sent to Washington Immediately
after the order Of removal was made
l., Parker & delighted.