Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-02

stopped IN. Train aud uis- - the Express


81. Iqfs, ~. July IA a. ,speeisi from
I says.
Den. Agcnt Thorn OF the Texas a
| Pacific Railway, today made the foi.
/ iowlnK statement about the train rob.
befg ON his road near Stanton last
six robbers. all masked cxeep, m.
leader, tagged our No. woatbound OK.
press at 10 o'clock last night ten miles
west of stanton on the stnkcd Plains.
between the Colorado and PecDs rivers
| line.
The robbers covered the engineer
ana crew with Winchester. cut the *.
press ear loose. forced The trninmen 10
move " onto a side track, ans then
blew u W with dynamite. N0ho ~ was
/ huft nut the car was wrecked. the
sides ana bottom being blown out. Tho
robbers then blew ~ the through ex-
| pros Htfe, wrecklng u and badly
| damaging It, contents. what money
/ Wa ~ ne safe they took. Mounting
| mrsef' hey rode away 10 the south
vest have no way of knowing what
me express company'a loss H."
me Texas q Pacific Hallway COM
i H. ed hs ,Sns5ed osss ,v ,1, % $40 ts
state OF Texas viii duplicate IL.
Government Receipt. and Expenditure.
Washington. u. c., July al
The comparative statement ~ the /
government receipts and expenditures ]
shows that total receipts for the month /
were iii,60iii3. ana the disbursements /
iI.s522si. The receipts from the sever. /
~ sources OF revenue are given as fol. /
lows
Customs. nt555.72s.
Informal revenue. tiG.Gg1. 9g5
Miscellaneous t2e10.2iA
This shows loss Of about $1,000 900
IN the customs ana n gain OF over H..
lol 600 FOR Internal revenue.
The expenditures In June include Sig
lsi,s0l on account or the war dcpnrt.
'ncut ana fN.00l.010 on account III ~,
navy. The total receipts In last wear
were si0l.iil,0si, a Ealn over tho proyi.
lu' hHcal year OF about 100000. Tho
.u.,ohia receipts, however. decreased
inout iJtvy0,QOO ana the Internal rev.
'nue receipts Increased tai.OOO.OOl.
fGeneni Electric Company Settlement.
New York, July e.-The directors ~
ne General Electric company have
voted TO recommend 10 the stockholders
4 reduction N tho state capital of Inc
,9,nb"ny, both common and preferred.
This settlement. while satisfactory 10
ne coinon stockholders. ~ regarded al
ilrlculhrly favorable 90 the preferred
IN "A much as ID will MOI
lecessltnte the taking OF any stems Tor
he LIQUIDATION Of the company, In
.hlch event the preferred sharrhoiders
YOU'D receive the same amount M mo
ommon stockholders and no back
.lNldendh' The plan now adopted con-
mplhtea the payment Tor tho stirnlus
hrningH or the company nH thoy arc
mnde,of the accrued dlyldents
O the preferred stock
on the basis ~ the new capitnilz,tio,
l'-'o.Vvl VIII De required annually Ia
ny Z per cent on tho preferred stoek
va per cent on the common stock.
Wiii Know What the Adula Is Doing.
New York, July IA dlspa,ch Ia mo
lerald from on Santiago. ThurSadv
N Port Antonio, Jn., says.
The Adula, n British steamship which
llhe time ago carried British refugee,
ON Cienfucgos 10 kingston and vvhich
40 been IN many Cuban ports sine. th,
ar began, dropped anchor In tbs in,t :
! nay M Guantanamo last nlvht
tomihander McCallh o. the Marble. v
ehd decided % have the status Of Inc
dulh W cuban waters Officially H.. z
'finlncd, and he promptly aelzed ~. !,
ahsel' lie put prize crew nboard H.
dnla, which was loaded with pro- :
Commander McCalln win b,,, ~.
Washington, ''"" ~