Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-06

UTAH ARTlLLERYMEN SAFE.
Usrbour belonged 60 the Fourteenth
Infantry, which Has u considerable
number from tbi. state.

The dispatches from Manila yester-
day and today caused no little anxiety
among Utah people. not No much from
fear Of loss In the battle Of sunday
mornlng-for the dispatches Indicated
that no artlilerymen We're hurt--as N
the prospect that future hostiiitlcs
nigh, not result 20 favorably At this
time II h certain that tho Utah bat
terics. though they were In the thick u
the hght and ala splendid service In
defeating the enemy. yet suncrcd no
loss 81 men. There are two Utah bat
tefics. = and u. and when they left
here they were commanded hy Cap
tAina Richard W. Young and 4. \.
Grant. H. this battle. NJ In the great
fight 81 last August with the Spaniarda,
the Utah batteries rendered rigually
important service In aiding 10 win the
victory.
nut while the members Of the Utah
batteries evidently have escaped In
jury. all tho Utah men have not been 20
fortunate AZ least one " reported NJ
among tho wounded In the Tight ES-
state Senator Benjamin a. Harbour
OF Salt Lake city. who enlisted In the
fourtocnth Infantry. There are also u
hundred. In the Fourteenth. while 9th
er regiments Of the regular army, AZ
well us the Idaho volunteers have sow
eral Salt f.nkers In their ranks. There
are In the list Of casualties several
members of these outside regiments
that arr Understood 10 have come from
Utah. though the Information " not
sufficiently definite 10 warrant indicat-
Ing the men by name.
The dispatch from Gen, Otis this nf-
tcrnoon, stating that lighting continued
tNenty.four houfn, aud that the
Americans were In control ~ the fitu-
alton. Is nm assurance that hostilities
have ceased. hut there II yet some
anxiety lest they should he resumed.
NAL YOUNG HEARD FROM.
Several letters from Major Richard
w Young reached the city On Sntur.
day. lie " now chief judge IN the city
81 Manila. ana his letters state that the
Americans are conducting the criminal
courts and the spaniarda are running
the civii courts. He says that most ~
his time n passed In trying petty Of
Tenders. but that he makes occasional
visits to the troops NJ the front. erpcci-
ally 10 the batteries. which. he says.
are extremely well posted TO do any
work they may he called upnn TO per-
form. One OF his letters concludes ms
TulluMHs
''iiow much longer We viii remain
here II unknown TO Us. The Aator bat
tery has gone home. why not ~ soonf
Scvcn regiments are about 10 start. or
course the situation u much IN doubt
We are now practically under arms 10
meet the threatened or Imagined nr-
tault ~ the insurgents. who are NJ Inn
pcrioua NJ can be. claim much. desire
everything. They want lndcpcnd-
cnco with an American protector
threaten 10 nght. They have an organ
lied army Of say 1000, all armed with
either ReminFtonr or MnurerH but not
they aid the Spanlardr. having out
posts and guards on every road. What
II all means none Of W. know. iiut the
them n little racket II they really In
riAu The only part ~ the situation
that looks serious n tho fact that they
could shut on our supply II they had
mind to-"
GAVE THEM a RACKET.
MAJ, loung'a Inquiry az 10 why the
lthh batteries Wofu not relieved, "
answered In Sundays engagement.
They were needed there 90 uphold ih-
fiag. and dld 80 nohly. Major YounE'a
suggestion that the American army was
In q temper a. give the enemy "a little
racket was also demonstrated to per-
fcction. u IL hoped that this nHht. and
the ratification " the peace treaty by
the Senate today, VIII preclude any
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