Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-04

on wire cable. When about half way
across the cable broke. letting the oc-
cupants fal to the surface, about sixty
feet from the shore. Three OF the party
tel into the water and escaped with
slight Injuries. but Wymann struck his
foot on the rocks and one leg was hnd-
ly broken The lighthouse tender.
Columbine. which was lying near, float
ed raft OF lumber to the unfortunate
people. and succeeded In taking them
aboard.
Rawlns, Wyo., Republican: A couple
of young girls named Lillian Prizes and
Birdie Blckford. aged 10 and IL years.
took IL into their heads to run away
with the soldiers who are going To the
Philippines Last Sunday afternoon
when the engineering corps from New
York went through. the girls concealed
themselves in the linen closet of one Of
the sleeping cars occupied by the
soldiers Their absence was discovered
by their friends. and when the train
arrived at Rock Springs, officers were
on hand to intercept the flight Of the
giddy girls. They were returned to their
homes in Rawlins Sunday. The girls
were well supplied with funds, one hay
ing about 500 and the other $50,
The company Of United states en-
glnecrs from 1Vllet's Point. sixty men
and three officers has orders to remain
at san Francisco for the present and
| recruit to a total Of 1850 L will be
| necessary to get 81 men. six Of the
company being away but available. As
] this is the ranking arm of the service
| and as the men receive little better
pay than in the infantry. no difficulty
| is expected In securing the requisite
number on short notice. a recruiting
| office will be opened today saturday..
| Immense supplies Of mining stores.
implements. etc. are being bought at
! San Francisco. under the direction of
| Captain Potter of the engineer corps
| Of the regular army He is an expert
| on the subject and Will take with him
| to Manila everything necessary for
| mining the harbor and strengthening
| the Notifications. Captain Thompson,
| chief signal officer to General Merritt.
Is also buying largely He has charge
| Of the signal service Of the army of
| invasion and will have under him over
| 100 experts. 1t Is probable that the
| different islands will he connected by
| cables, which are being purchased.
Armored cables Of sufficient strength
were not obtainable at San Francisco
and were sent from the Bast.
| a more accurate conception OF the
| proportions of the main sugar factory
| building Is being furnished as the big
sections of the steel framework are
| going into place. says the La Grande.
| Ore, Chronicle. The work was neces-
| sarily suspended during the past few
| days on account of rain. This part OF
| the work is not more than fourth
| completed, and after the big pieces are
| put in place they will be securely bound
| together by thousands of rivets. The
| riveting crew have just about finished
| their work at the Ogden factory and
| will in short time begin on the fac
tory hero. The tracklaying at the fac
tory grounds is practically finished and
there IL almost daily accommodations
| of material and machinery. All the
| structural steel has arrived and several
| cars Of machinery, the latest invoice
| in the machinery line being four cars
| which arrived this morning. Messrs
| Eccles and Nibley, and other factory
! people, are well pleased with the
| general situation of things. The
buildings are being put up in the most
| substantial manner; the outlook for the
| beet crop is most encouraging ana
| everything promises success II is very
| evident that the factory construction
will require steady work with big
force from this time forward in order
to have the same in readiness to handle
the beet crop. Superintendent Granger
! anticipates that work in double time
and possibly with disregard to Sunday
and holidays will be necessary during
the summer months.