Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-06
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
,ouR1H MANILA ARMY GOES NEXT WEEK


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s,ri1ken with rcmorse Tor having IN
,e,sd upon q hayward NE.
,a,,,e Robert bennington. a nom
her Of the hospital corps OF the fi,h.
e.,l,,s,a .egimcnt. ia dead nc thu
MN. o,'b hospital San Francisco. OF
pneumonia
number ~ former residents OF New
york have organized anu apPohlt,u
l,,,,r,ittcps 60 arrange for the tccep-
M of the New York volunteers fooh
',,.,et,d here a., San Francisco.
1,. ho,rd Of survey. apr ointed to IN
.,art the uniforms supplied 70 'he
Kansas volunteers ut camp M,'H "
s,n Francisco. has reported that w
ssr,pcnts are of very inferior quality
wuuam Noel. range rider em-
,irynd on cattle ranch ninety
,siies north Of Helena Mont,
NJ shg, and Killed Tuesday by James
uannon. a farmer. Harmon VINO gave
s,rnself up, claims self-dcfcnse.
Gen Merriam's son. Henry. who has
s.en n student at Stanford uniNersl,y'
cal. for q couple OF years, ms SUE
s,~sfuiiv pasaed an examination lot
..,..d lieutenant In the army und VIII
i,s assigned to some infantry regi-
mont
wiley brown. salt Lake attorney
has been accused Of perjury ny ftor.
"ntlnr Attorney sammon at Evanston,
V,1ming. MIR Brown was arrested On
tbs charge and refused 10 give bail. but
10 released on his own rccoEniTance
10 appear Tor trial on Thursday
body Of 2is recruits Tor the Tenth
pe,psyiyanin infantry passed through
Kansas city. Mo-, during last nlsht
.n ,orte 10 San FfanciscO, whence thty
yiu h. forwarded 60 their regiment
,,pirb has aniled 20 the Philippines.
All Inc men wore new uniforms ana
vcre completely equipped. except Tor
guns. which they will receive at san
Funclfco.
n. IL simmons. n prominent mining
man has depnalttd with the First Nj
tonu bank at cripple creek, Colo.
T. ZOO forfeit 10 bind a match for AlO'opV
a side between Jim Jcrrirs % Chlitot
MIA and "McNlcan Pcte' kverett OF
Crlpple Creek. the eight TO take place
al ne Colorado town The money was
rssfrd as the result of Evcrettr show
ing In defeating Bob Armstrong Mon
Jay night
Herbert T.. Thrall. the wcl-known
poatnficc inspector, has received me
appnlntmcnt u superintendent OF the
Tishth division OF the railway mail SER
ylcr. with headquarters In san iran.
cisco. 70 succeed samuel Flint ana
will assume the duties Of MS new poHl-
lion on Thursday. The eighth division.
.r,brarlng California. Nevada, oregon.
Alaska. Arizona. Idaho, Utah ana
Washington. IL one OF the largest IN
the United States.
private Hansen Of company J. from
Marysviile. Cal. was run out OF camp
Uarret. Oakland. on Monday Tot cN-
messing himself In uncomplimentnfy
=. terms with regard to the unltei states
government the food supplied ana
other things which dluplcaAs1 MN, nc
WAS arrested, stripped of his uniform
bud marched through the camp be-
Ifween two guards while the angry
troops shouted ride him on rail-"
lie was then escorted outside the camp
limits and curtly dismissed.
a young man named CORTLAND Green
has told a story NJ murder 20 the ON
GERS az Eugene ore. lie says that he
and Claude lirnntun were crossing the
Cascades by the Mckenzie route with
John Linn % GILLIAN county, who was
bringing In q band u horses To the wall
ley 10 sell According 10 Green. on the
nlFht Of June 70. while campcd at a
corral eighty miles east ~ Eugene.
nrlnton murdered Linn and hld his
body. liranton ana Green brought the
horses on 10 tho valley. The afrnir 10
being Investigated.
The financial report Of the Southern
Pacific company Tor the last lacA year
shows an Increase In profits ~ 81 900
900 over the business ~ the preceding
year, This shows that the last twelve
months were the most prosperous In tho
history u the corporation. The gain
In earnings II largely attributed 10 the
operation Of the Pacific system. In.
croaaes In profits have been made In
nearly every road In the system though
IN some few cases there has been q
falling on In travel and consequent
losses 10 the company.
The little schooner Free Trade.
which. under command NJ Capt. Moore.
sailed from san Francisco about six
months ago In search Of mythical
mountain " gold, has returned To that
Tort The money for the voyage was
contributed by H. Talbot Watson and
several other wealthy EngliAhmon
who were ultimately deserted on
Kodiak island, Captain Moore getting
away with tho vessel which remained
IN his name, Moore II M TlllnmoolS.
and the schooner will probably be-
lihelcd for the HeRmen'H wages.
Captain Edgar Russell. who for tho
that nNe years mas been assistant prn-
lessor Of chemistry and electrical en-
itneerlng nt West Point. has arrived
In San Francisco from Washington
and roported 10 Major General Otis for
duty. He wns recently made "a can
tain ~ volunteers. and was sent out Ia
take command of the signal cornr com.
pany at Camp Merritt This company
viii consist ~ nfty-fve men. Elrh.
teen men Tor the company have al.
ready been enlisted, Twenty moro
are coming from the East. The re-
naming seventeen are 10 be enlisted.
II is almost certain that BrlgadleF
General Miller viii head the fourth ex.
petition To the Philippines. which II
now expected to start from San Fran.
cisco next Monday or Tuesday on the
steamers Peru and City Of puebis
Major Kellogg of the Fourth United
states cavalry has received word from
General Otis that he will take shin
with $50 mon and II officers OF hi
command, and Maio- Grugan OF Tho
sixth United states artillery. II in re.
oelpt of similarly order, his nsslgn.
ment OF troops being 2G9 mon and 7
officers Lieut., Alternately and 90 men
or the Third Uni,ed States artillery.
ltit from the last expedition. viii also
80.
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