The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-02
HOTEL GOSSIP.


TO the Philippines: he is the commanding
general of the army and is a soldier of
many years experience. who has been
tried on innumerable occasions and never
found wanting. or lacking in military
prowess and discretion said Captain f.
N Moore of the Eighth Pennsylvania in
fantry. now mustered out yesterday at
the kenyon Captain Moore is spending
his vacation in Salt Lake City. and was
the commissioner OF food supplies for the
state OF Pennsylvania when the war with
spain broke out He resigned his position
and was one of the first to organize a
company for that war, and saw active and
sharp service at Porto Rico The reSi-
menJ To which he belonged formed the
landing party at Ponce, and was engaged
IN all the Skirnishes that occurred on
that island In the capture of a Spanish
fOrtlflcatiOn Captain Moore had three
fingers of his left hand broken by a blow
from the ramrod of Spanish gunner as
ne climbed on the ramparts- Speaking
he said: Miles has demonstrated him.
self 10 be a soldier of superior qualifica-
tons, and as the commanding general he
should have full power ana discretion,
and be answerable only TO the president
and the department. He should not be
harrassed by the adjutant general nor
the commissary general. nor the secre-
tary or war. all of whom seem To have
hampered him in the conduct of war
operations from the very beginning of the
inauguration of hOstilities with Spain up
not been consulted. although the head OF
the army next to the president Ii Miles
were permitted to have his way | be-
neVe solution of the Philippine cues
ton would be Il speedy one At any rate
any commanding general of the United
states army, or the army of any other
nation. should have supreme power and
only be answerable to the government
ana not TO SubOrdinaIes.
While Adjutant General Corbin and
Commlssary General Egan We're not. in
NG al
general do not believe it was rhe in
tentlon OF congress TO have ii so. But
the legislation. from time to time. has
created new departments of the army
ana LETT them entirely independent of con-
tEol from the head of the army This |
consider an unintentional commission
rather than an intent. / believe the mat
ter will be rectified by sending General
Miles to the Philippines, or at least per-
hitting him TO assume control of the
operations in that far-away country"
Hotels. clubs and railroads are insti-
tutiCns that | deal with exclusively. and
l sen them soap almost exclusively. but
good order for the innumerable food pro-
ducts which We manufacture" said
George W. Burnham of the Armour com
pany yesterday at the Kenyon.
I his Is my first trip on business into
me extreme west and l find it quite a
revelation. The hotels everywhere are a
surprise They are thoroughly up-to-date
that capital and ingenuity can devise.
Every city west of the Mississippi river
mat have stopped in has been a sur
prise to me, in the buildings the progress
the general observation-disclosures and the
hotels The latter supply every up-to-
date luxury; telephones and every mod
e erL electrical appliance are at hand for
the convenience of guests.
why, eastern people are away behind
the day They are not only behind the
progress in their own towns that western
flnOas x.~t,.
visited this section imagine they are com
ing out 10 wild and woolly desert where
they VIII be compelled to put up with the
accommodations that prevailed during
the days of 1s49. They don't seem 10
realize IL and shall should the praises of
1ar as has the east. but you can bet /
the west, and Utah particularly. here
after. My sales have been enormous and
snail make the intermountain country. al
az events, at least once annually here
When diamonds sell well. and are in
Dig demand. ii is an evidence that pros
perity is near and that business is GOOD
said S. a. Goldsmith a well known
diamond broker of New York Citv. who
Is stopping at the Kenyon on his annual
business trip to Utah and the western
Trade was never so good as 1t has been
TINS year L am selling more goods and
OF better quality than l have for sew
o. NeiiS past all OF Wllcn mas a ten
uency 70 snow the remarkable improve
ments in the business world. All indica-
ions point to a bigger trade and the
OUTLOOK Is better than it ever has BEEN
"A great many cattle will be fed this
summer and fall in our section Of the
country, said T. w. Chopper of Deseret.
yesterday at the Cullen. -Our croDs have
been unusually good this season and our
section has been very fortunate we
nave plenty OF feed for cattle and expect
10 realize handsomely on the outcome
quite number of cattle have been
shipped from our section into Kansas this
season Tor the purpose of feeding and
fatteninS them for the eastern market 1t
cannot say whether IL VIII prove prOntabIe
or not. have just returned from Colo
rado. and Kansas. but the results have not
yet been obtained. Everybody there Is
talking about Utah and this state seems
to be. at present. attracting an attention
that will result in a great flow of money
into its borders for investment in cattle.
sheep and ranches, as we'll as mining.
There is a great flood of money in the
east that is looking for investment in
Utah.
We have contract to supply the
United States government with horses for
use in the Philippines" said W. R. Nc
Farlane of the McF'arlane-Evans company
hotel.
Tho government requires that ali
horses shall be from fourteen and a half
TO fifteen hands one inch in height and
thoroughly broken. For this class of
animals it pays an average of about $50
per head. The supply comes principally
from Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Ohio.
Il am not west seeking stock TO fill this
contract, but am on my way TO the west
ern ranges in company with G. NJ. Click of
Boise City. Ida, TO solicit conSignmentS
of western horses. for which there is a
very strong demand at present east. The
st. Louis horse and mule market was
Gus as it is at present. Animals of all
kinds are bringing the best prices and
mature well bred mules sell better today
than they did a year ago when they were
in demand by the war department for
service in Cuba
Tourist travel west has been pie
this season. said Thomas Z. |
Swami. assistant passenger and ticket |
way yesterday morning at the Knutsford |
just before his departure for Denver. Mr. |
Swami had conducted partyof Kentucky |
colonels out TO see the beauties of Salt |
Lakes great body OF saline water.
Utah will reap the benefit of Colorado |
travel" said Mr.. Swami. because of the |
S25 rate between Colorado common points
and Salt Lake City. which entered into |
effect today. Then on the 18Th and 18th |
of this month we make an extra special |
rate of SIS for the round trip. We expect |
these concessions will bring the bulk OF
eastern tourists now visiting Colorado, TO |
Salt Lake City"
1.-THE sale of japanese mattings is con- |
Improving in the United States, |
especially in the west and south. said |
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