Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-14
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record q Occurrences In NeighbOrioe
States and Territories,
HAtrs DENIAL OF PUBLISHED STORIES.
Captains To b. Examined Tsnnssss. Hegi-
ment Inspected Rescued from Death
Sugar Meeting.

nattery c. utah Volunteers. has been |
ordered 10 Angel Island, Cal, there 10
Do rirrison duty.
An earthquake was felt az Nsalla, !
Gal. Thurlduy. Houses were rocked /
on their foundations, cruckery broken
and many people aroused. TITO door ~
a heavy safe Was closed by the shock.
onclai notification was received at
Seattle Thursday by 70. g. stevens,
general Western passenger agent ~ the
Great Northern itnisNuy, VI tUduc-
tiou ~ cont per mile tn the passenger
raso In the states VI Washington. lda-
h. and Montana.
Superior Judge Cook OF California
has arranged Tor Judges Wallace and
ecawcll 10 uH with hm when the hh-
bcas corpus proceedings in tho hotkln
ease come up ON Monday II IL under
stood that N the writ o. denied III de-
Tense Will sue uut a wrist ln she supreme
court and n shat should fan will resort
u thc Federal courts.
Commander A. Knutz Of the United
states navy. till recently IN command
~ tho naval training station az New
port. who was appointed 10y Secretary
Ions To command the pnclnc station
IN place OF Admiral Miller. retired, has
arrived nc san Franciaeo and viii soon
assume the duties u his new COM
maud.
A. a special meeting N the stocks
ioldorn of the liu'Wnliau Commercial a
sugar company, San Francisco, called
for the purpose ~ acting ON proposi-
ton 90 Increase the stnck fr.n fiO.Op0.-
900 90 si5OOO.OOo. L was decided ~ 10
make the proposed Increase. President
POLITE presented his report of the cone
dltnn NJ she corporation, which was
approved hy the shareholders.
The Tonncaace regiment wis I'M
Hpoctcd by Major Field. assisted By
Col smith md the surgeon OF tho
r0Himrnt. lie found that over 100
mon might be- discharged flr sufficient
reasons, The failure tu "dcyollp
az tltudo In service" IL 60 boz the chief
reason Tor discharge and hy the upUr-
alton OF the order tho regiment viii be
ria % many objectionable characters.
It IL stated ON good authority that
the Northern Pacific Steamship come
pnny Ia arrupging 90 put under tho
American lag six steamers which it ia
operating between China ana Japan
from this city The steamers include
the transport Arizona, which was sold
60 the government last July, the Ta-
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II h believed that the Arizona win bl
Transferred back 10 the Northern Pa
cinc co. at Hongkung when the gov
ernment no longer needs her
Con. Merriam has Issued an order
appu.uting col Wholly, First Washing
ron, MAJOR Rice California heavy ar
tlllory, Major Metcalf. pwerreih Kan
saai Major BayleFs, First TcmeHace,
and Majr Cart Flrs, Washington, a
board 90 examine into che capacity
qualification and conduct and ems
cheney " Cpnt..us }. q. Towers and O.
~ watson of mo kansas regiment. II
afueurs that the efficiency of these 0iu,
GERS has been questioned and uudsr ,he
provisions OF Congress with the np-
pWv1l of the colonel commanding such
board may be lpp1Iutod by The dee
parimcnt commander,
Thomas a. Newell. % prominent ciu,
zon of Boston, who has Just returned
from Alaska whore hc has Hnenl fnui
months annually fnr tho ltst thirtaer
years, says that the district should
hAVe a representative IN Congress an,