Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-21

iect Of considerable legislation and
correspondence. no decisive action wn-
taken until yesterday.
,rbe 81. Paul. TRANSPORT. will he
rs1dv come time next week. possibly
by tuesday, and will probably carty
no tro1pa originally designated for her
hy Major General Oiis-unc battalion OF
a., south Dakota volunteer. recruits
M the First C0l1fhdn volunteers and
.art of the signal corps detachment.
urlendier General Miller has ordered
4prdicat board convened to examine
,ntn the physical condition " Lieut..
coi v. G. Little, once acting COM
nnrdor of the Twentieth Kunaas vol
untccrs. to discover n h. bo not physi-
caiiy dlaqunigied for the duties u his
post
Tho examination By a board ~ anicora
81 +, GLASS Of % civilians Tor cummis.
atoms au iicutcnnnts IN tbs regular lf.
nv has ended ut Fort Ln1veuWurjh.
Kan. and twonty-four OF thCm passed.
THE examination was MOI nearly 90
! yrro nn That usually given i0 priy1tDs
sror, tbe regular army ana The llrur
nerrori1nc N failures caused surprise.
.'oriy mi the young men are momb. rp
~ nr5uiuent WESTERN families. Among
tbs susreseful ones iH Pearl ~. shufier.
n nephew of General Shnftor
orders have been issued By Major
General Merriam. ut San Francisco. dl-
rcrtinr the troops dca'gnntel Tor the
i,pt, Janicrl" 10 embark Friday Iftnr-
,o5n and directing her 60 sail s1iur-
d1y. sixty officers aud pol men have
noon assigned to the Rio Janioru. in-
Guiding many officers of Major G0n'r1l
otie's stnff who were left hnhludi lirirh-
dier General Otis and rtnn. two bate
t-ii,re n tho South Dakota voluutH .rH.
iOs onicars and men Of the Utah volume
iscrv artillery. and 60 men of the signal
corps.
Tho freight war between the railroad.
.trsyubIp and clipper lines from san
Tranciaco a. New York has not ended
Tho rate ON Wine which was formerly
,s cents pcr hundred pounds by rail,
as rsntr vln L I'unnmr and ~ CENTS
around cane Horn. has be- out tn 90
conta by the Panama company. NO dia.
elimination being made IN the Hizc NJ
shlpmcnts The tariff on the bornE
hnf been lowered from 20 cents a. Do
cents: rubber iunks from % cents TO %
rcntn. and rags from GO cents 90 ~
cents. 10 meet those reductions "a
general cut hy the other carriers ~ cN-
poctCd.
Tho Cunhnat lfuquuiF. Formerly the
tug Fearless. ~ about 90 make tho
longest tow ever uude.tnkon. She if
a. haul tho ship Tacoma from san
Frnucisco 20 Manila by tn way ~
Honolulu. distance 10 about G.C0l
miles. Tho Tacoma o. a. carry 100
horses and n coal supply The lroquols
Will steam 81 Honolulu. distance of
I. 100 miles. on hor own coal. ~ Homo
lulu che will ro-coni from the hunkcr7
nt that port and then proceed 10 thu
Tndtnnoa ana There. getting into
smooth water. VIII take on sufficient
coal from the Tacoma Co carry her
through 20 Manlln.
Governor Budf ~ california has for
wurdPd a. Labor Commissioner fitz-
gerald copies % correspondence h'-
tween the Chinese minister and the
SECRETARY M state a. Washington, ln
regard 90 alleged nnnulmUnt ~ Cnu-
iiactH for the manufacture ~ soldiers
clothing. because the contractors en-.
ploycd chinese labor. Judging from
the tenor OF tho minister's letter. which
Insists that the ChineHc must not BE-
Disseminated against. the matter may
become an International question.
Governor Budd has requested the labor
commissioner 90 forward him fuli
report regarding the matter. 10 that be-
may be- able 90 make proper explnna.
lions tn the department ~ state nj
Washington.
~ Seattle Wednesday tho steamer
t.akmc arrived from ~. Michael with