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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Zig Land Grants Beaten.

Washington, Dec 22.-The United
States Supreme court today rendered
decisions In two cases involving hand
grants In New Mexico, both opinions
being by Justice Peckham. The first
care was the claim OF S. EndcoIt rea-
body In the Valleclto grant OF 10000
acres near Callente, and the other that
Of ]. Francisco Chayenez TO grant Of
5000 acres In. Valencia county, near
Lorreon. Both grants were male by
the provincial officials Of New Mexico
under Mexican rule, and were declared
by the court Of private land claims TO
be invalid on the ground that the
granting authority was inadequate. The
OPINION handed down today aflirms the
opinion OF the lower court, and Is ad-
verse 10 the claimants.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
SECOND WARD SUNDAY SCHOOL.

There will be a special program given
at the Second ward Sunday morning,
Dec. oath. Elder James +. Talmage will
deliver a Christmas address. There
viii be a musical program rendered by
some Of the best musical talent OF the
ward I'm which Thos. $. Ashworth. Rob-
ert H. Siddoway, Eta =. Strlngham and
others will take part. A very interest
Ing and enjoyable time is assured all
who attend. The public is cordially in
yitad
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
NAY CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE.
uentral Miles Talks Of the War In the
TrausvaaI.

Chicago. Dec. 22.-Maj. Gen. Nelson
a, Miles, Capt. Wheeler, Capt. Lewis
s Sn Judge Outwaite OF the United
ssles ordnance board, who arrived here
yesterday to witness a test OF a new
s'nn,oke.ess powder, today went to Mead
ult Pa, to examine the new wire
nound guns. Gen. Miles said regard
"s lhe South African war:
me struggle between the British
s s Beers Is a very serious war There
Ssse been some severe losses and ! be-
~ there viii be serious encounters
lore ,e u Is ended. As to the probable
,Tats Of course. cannot predict. II
w., s's British are defeated. It Is likely TO
"s9Ne Europe In serious complications
as 10 the tactics Of the contending
s 4. both seem to be pursuing what
a termed 'open order methods II IL
mistake TO compare the tactics OF the
49, 49, 70 those OF our Indians Their
" .-., are the white mans tactics.
ihe outcome. Of course, depends upon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
win Himself FiIl One,

Memphis. Tenn, Dec 22-J. II. San
ders, a well known resident Of Chicago.
killed himself in a Memphis hotel to-
day.
MIR. Sanders is the father Of S. A.
Sanders, one Of the United States COM
mlssioners TO the Paris Exposition from
Illinois. He came from Chicago TO
Memphis 10 locate the grave Of broth
er who had died many years ago. At
ter a dillgent search the grave was
found in the National Cemetery here.
Mr.. Sanders became very respondent
and returned to his hotel, Today he was
found dead in his room having shot
himself through the head with a re-
yolver.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

Navigation company does not seem so
anxious TO resume the contest for the
Clearwater territory
The prize for which the transcontl-
mental roa ds are striving IS the oriental
trade, and the Northern Pacific is en-
deayorlng 70 overcome the handicap
of the Great Northern's alliance with
the oregon Railway & Navigation, and
the Japanese steamship company, by
shortening It's line and reducing the
grades. Ii plans 10 build a cut of,
leaving the main line at Missoula, Mont,
through the Bitter Root mountains, by
way OF Lola Pass, down the middle
fork Of the Clearwater, TO the main
stream.
This would save no miles and
heavy grades. by building down the
Snake and Columbia rivers to Portland
another 100 miles would be saved. The
new Clearwater branch extends up that
river from the mouth Of the Pot Latch
IS miles being under contract, OF which
thirty miles Is now operated he re.
naming thirty-three miles will be ready
January rs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
CHRISTMAS DELEGATES.
All Sorts Of Nice Things on the Market
of salt Lake.

The Christmas epicure has no need to
complain on account Of lack Of deli
cacies on the market. Going down
market row." one viii see exposed for
sale, at ruling prices, fresh tomatoes,
peas, beans. radishes, lettuce chicory.
artichokes, spinach Brussels sprouts,
parsley caullhower, turkey chicken,
fresh oysters and clams, canned oysters.
Holsters. crabs. shrimps. salmon, stur-
geon. catfish. black bass. striped bass,
Truokee trout, hallbut founders. soles.
black perch, shad, herring, kingfsh.
rabbits, eggs. butter. apples. oranges.
bananas, Japanese perslmmons. grape
fruit. ham, lard. beef surloln. T-bone,
por,erhouse, roundsteak, shouldersieak.
rib roast veal outlets, lamb chops. leg
OF mutton. pork loins and shoulders.
etc, etc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Gen. Otis Reports Big Casualty List for
December.

Washington, Dec. 2l.-Gen. Otis today
cabled the war department the follow
ing casualties.
Killed in action at Tiladpasa, Luzon,
Dec. 2: Thlrty-third infantry, Henry
+. Hill, G., John w. Joyners, g.
Wounded in action near san Mateo.
Dec To- Seventh infantry Second
Lieut.. Ethelbert, l.. u. Brecklnrldge'
chest, slight, Eleventh cavalry, w v.
cotchett, first lieutenant, leg, sight
Jos. G. Messenger, ID, jaw, severe; Pat
rick Burke, !. shoulder, moderate;
Frank J. Clark, C, thigh. severe;
Twenty-seventh infantry, John Peters,
corporal, A, foot, severe; Charles A.
Littlefeld, c, hips, moderate; Twenty
ninth infantry, Frank Clark, II, hand,
slight at Tiladpasa, Dec. 2, Thirty
third infantry, G., Marvin p. Hughes,
sergeant, foot moderate; Henry J.
Smith, sergeant, foot, moderate, Ches-
ter l.. Fitzpatrick. abdomen, severe;
Payne Crawford, eye, severe; VIM. +.
Betha, abdomen. severe; Richard 5.
Sibley, leg. moderate, Harry b. Brown,
corporal, Il, abdomen, severe; James A.
Lane, II, thighs, moderate: at Tanga-
dan mountain, LuZon, Dec. I, Thirty
fourth infantry, Oscar f. Dolan, g,
privis, mortal at Carabon, Dec. IL,
Seventeenth infantry. Second Lieuten-
ant Llewelyn Bushfeld, arm, slight;
near Del Carmen, Dec. !, Thirty-hfth,
Harry H. Beatty, quartermaster SER
geant, nose, slight; Robert s. Clark,
cook, forearm. slight; Lorenzo D. Hub
bard, hand, slight on northern expedi-
ton in mountains, Dec. II, Third cav
airy, John Dillinger A, breast, moder-
ate: near Dingros, Dec 10, Thirty
fourth infantry, Ernest y. Siegler II,
forearm, slight, near Vigan, Dec. 4,
Thirty fourth infantry, Samuel Faust,
hip. slight, at Alfonso, Dec. 4, Third
artillery. l., Edward Milcon, sergeant,
leg, severe; William Meyer, leg severe;
Hubert c. Elwyn, neck, slight
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Statue Of Daniel webster.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The joint COM
mittee OF Senators, Representatives and
citizens Of the district appointed 10
make arrangements for the unwilling
OF the statue Of Daniel Webster. pres
ented 10 the government by stinson
Hutchins. met today and perfected the
plans. The exercises will be held at
the Lafayette operat nouse January Is.
Senator Chandler OF New Hampshire
win preside, and Sen. Lodge, OF Massa-
chusetts will deliver the address.
President Mckinley will accept the
gift on behalf Of the United States.
After the exercises at the theater
the committee and the Invited guests
viii drive to Scott Circle. where the
statue win BIZ unveiled.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
HER POCKETS WE'RE PICKED
Mary Griffith, an Aged and Poor
Woman, Loses 500.

While doing some shopping on East
Temple street yesterday afternoon an
aged and poor woman named Mary
Grifiths lost purse containing $40 and
some street car tickets. She believes
that her pocket was picked and doubt
less such was the case. The old lady
felt badly over the loss, because the
money belonged to someone else. II
wadna cared sac mooch about II a had
the slHer ben me ain" she said be-
tween sobs, "but it's sad luck to lose
ither peoples money"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

the eklll OF the commanders, as II does
in every war. The Beers have been
prepared for II for the last 10 years. In
view OF the circumstances, do not
think their showing SO far Is In the ma
ture Of a surprise.
Thief have had no difficulty in pro-
curing ammunition. The people In the
Transyaal are accustomed to the use OF
powder In mining operations. There
they know how to manufacture cartrid-
ges. BESIDES, they had plenty Of money
to bur necessary war materials before
hand and store them away for use when
needed.
"To succeed In war Is TO get ready
before you commence hostilities."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
"silver Dollar" Smith Dead

New York, Dec. 22.-Ex-Alderman
Charles ]. Smith, better known as sill
yer Dollar Smith," died. today at his
home I'm this city. Smiths career was
OF a varied character. When boy ne
accompanied Hermann, the magician;
In several tours OF the world. In 1858
he ran away from home TO be a drum
mer boy in the army.
Early in the seventies Smith became
associated with John j. OBrien, then
a leading Republican politician In the
eighth assembly dist let for many years.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
LOST HIS OVERC0AT.
Lenus Johnson from Fairfield Comes
In for a Lark but Regrets II.

Lenus Johnson. a farmer from Fair
field accompanied by a friend, entered
a resort on Second South street last
night and In about ten minutes was
minus his overcoat. He laid Il on a
chair. when stranger walked in,
grabbed the coat and ran out The
theft was reported to the police but the
culprlt has not yet been apprehended.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Conyictea OF rorgery.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 22.-Robert j.
Knox, alias ]. J. Bennett, who was ar
rested in New York as one OF gang Of
swindlers operating in various cities,
was placed on trial today charged with
forgery and found guilty.
He was remanded to jail and VIII
probably be sentenced tomorrow. Knox
is well connected and formerly lived in
Elmira, n. Y, where he WIS a member
OF the bar
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
ConkiIn a. Son Fail.

New York, Dec. 22.-The large dry
goods house OF John NJ. Conklin & Son.
OF Brooklyn, made a general assign
ment today. John NJ. Cohklin. who es-
tablshed the house year ago, died last
August, and his son, William II. Conk'
lin. has carried on the business since
that time, No statement Of the reason
for the assignment or Of the assets and
liabilities has yet been made.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
TWO FATAL COLLISIONS.
Runaway Coil Train 6riugs Death and Dis
aster in One Case,
In the Other, n Passenger Train
Crashes into n Lone Engine The
Dead and Injured.

New York, Dec ga wreck on the
New Jersey Central railroad at High
Bridge, N, j. late last night, resulted
in one death and the injury Of Ave per-
sons.
Christopher V. Hutsder, grocer, was
killed and Peter Eick. Miss Maxwell
and Baggagemaster Frank Grant were
injured. A coal train was descending
the steep grade. when the engineer no.
ticed signal from a milk train which
was at the station. The engineer OF
the coal train applied the brakes and
detached his engine from the train and
approached the milk train TO find the
cause OF the delav and receive orders.
The coal cars were not held by the
air brakes and came rushing down the
grade, striking the engine, pushing !,
II into the combination car Of the rear
Of the milk train None Of the injured
are seriously hurt.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
win b. u BIZ.

Washington. Dec. a. Representative
Berry Of Kentucky, a member OF the
river and hsrbor commit tee. said today
lliat h. did i'at agree with the view ~
Chairman Burton OF the committee
that there would be no river and har-
Dor bill this year. Nc, Berry THINKS
4, mos, desirable that the hill should
i, framed at the present loas session,
and ne Is Of the opinion that the COM
nnlttee VIII take this view
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Contributions to Gen. LAYTON. Family.

Washington. Dec. 22.-Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin today deposited checks and cash
amounting 10 s.. 44S, representing contri-
buttons received by him for the benefit
OF the widow and children Of Maj. Gen.
Lawton. The total contributions TO this
fund 10 date amount to 1854, including
81. 900 promised by the citizens Of Mil
waukee. Gen. Corbin and his associates
are satisfied that the main objects Of
the fund, TO raise the mortgage from
the family estate at Redlands Cal, and
provide for the future Of the family,
viii be accomplished. He has been noti-
fed by the Western Union Telegraph
company and by the Postal Telegraph
company that they will carry free all
telegraphic matter relating to the Law
ton fund.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
MISS MKEyDRICK's FUNERAL.

Agnes McKendrick, daughter Of
David and Isabella McKendrick. died
at Sugar ward this morning Of conges-
ton OF the lungs. Deceased was a
lovable young lady OF twenty years Of
age and her death Is not only a severe
blow to her parents but Is cause Of
distress 10 all who knew her in life The
funeral services will be held tomorrow
Saturday at o'clock in the afternoon
at the family residence, 1896 Clydesdale
avenue, Sugar ward. Friends are in
vited 70 be present.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
wall street spe culato.r Suicides.

New Work, Dec. 22.--W illlam Mutter
~ years old, senior member Of the firm
of Kimball Bros. & Co., tobacco manu-
facturers at As Franklin street, commit
ted suicide today by shooting. He Is
said 10 have lost considerable money In
Wall street recently.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Randolph churchill Escapes.

London, Dec. 22.-Lady Randolph
Churchill has received a cable dispatch
from her son, Winston Churchill, who
was captured by the Beers In Natal,
and taken 10 Pretoria, en- whose escape
from there was announci Dec. II say
ing he had arrived safely at Delagoa
BAY,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
a. a. q. Directors.

The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers Of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western railway was held at Cincinnati,
o.. today, and the following directors
elected: Edward r. Bacon, William
Solomon, Otto Kahn. and Charles Steele,
New York: John X. Cowen, Baltimore;
William NJ. Greene and J. c. Schmld-
lapp. Cincinnati, H. Clay Pierce, ST.
Louis, and Frank w, Tracy, Spring
field. Ills
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
VIII sncceed Doddrldge.

Russell Harding, vice president and
general manager of the Cotton Belt
railroad, has resigned. to take effect
January J. 1900. Mr.. Harding will sue
coed General Manager W. i. Dod-
bridge OF the Missouri Pacific The
successor OF Mr., Harding has not been
named Mr.. Doddndge will remain with
the Missouri Pacific holding the posi-
tion Of second vice president
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
TO BE BURIED SUNDAY.

Mr.. Robert Elite announces that the
funeral services over the remains Of
his late father viii be held al the resi-
dence, corner Of Seventh West. and
Sixth South streets, at l o'clock sun
day afternoon. All friends Of the fam
lily are asked TO attend. The millen-
NAL Star is requested to notice,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

r,pson Dec. 22.-,rr AielLcrt S.
nav the new United States consul Al,
pretoria formally received 81 the
United States ambass,' today mum.
Der OF wives and other relatives OK
Er,tlsh officers who cal ne to make spe-
C!al requests regarding the prisoners
at the Tiansvaa. capital.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Congressman Boutelle Better.

Boston, Dec. 23,-Congressman Chas.
A. Boutelle was resting very comforta-
bly, at Youns's hotel today, where he
was stricken with congestion OF the
brain yesterday afternoon. The physi-
clan In attendance announc ed that thete
was a great change in the patients con-
ditlon and recovery would be rapid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Northern Pacific Shortening.

A Lewiston, Idaho. dispatch TO the
News" this afternoon says: The six
months truce between the Northern
Pacific and the Oregon Railway & Nayi-
CATION company expires February 8.
Promptly on Its expiration the Northern
Pacific will resume active building
operations, while the Oregon Railway d
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
CORRECTION,

Funeral services over the remains Of
the late Margaret Y. Taylor viii be
held at the parental residence, Sugar
ward, on Sunday at II in the morning,
not 10 as heretofore announced.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Bath for scotchmen.

London, Dec. 22.-Andrew Carnegie
s aas given 5000 to provide swimming
S Salhs and a gymnasium for Dunferm-
'ne: In a letter he says:
~ ms VIII reach you IN time to be a
,Lnrlstmas gift TO the town from It's
Dyal son"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Duke Of wcstm nster ~.

London, Dec. 22--The attack Of pneu-
monla from which the duke OF West
mlhster has been suffering, has taken
a Hcrious turn, The family has been
summoned to his residence.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

Buffalo, n. ", Dec. 22.-Willam Lam
gan, an engineer OF the Lackawanna
road, was killed and his fireman, Her
man Shuttle, probably fatally injured In
a collision today between passenger
train on the Buffalo and Southwestern
road and an engine OF the, Lackawanna
al the junction Of the two roads In the
suburbs Of the city. None Of the pas
sengers were injured,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
Convent Burned.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The old build
ing and the dormitories OF the George
town convent were destroyed by fire
today; loss $4,000.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

NOTICE.

The Christmas "News'
will consist OF 40 pages,
3 sections, not including
the cover. With the cover
"A pages. Purchasers
should see that they are
furnished with all the
parts
The postage on the
Christmas "News" will
be q cents domestic, 7
cents foreign.
Price 10 cents-bound in
magazine form, is cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

dress and the Barnet and Cornish let
tiers.
The witness said there was remark
able resemblance in pictorial effect be-
tween the Barnet and Cornish letters
and the admitted writing Of the de-
PENDANT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02

were four blithe girls. innocent of graver
responsibilities than social calls and dinner
or dance engagements, for never looked
four young women free from the cares
of this world as did those who were pic
turesquely grouped about the generals
camp table and under the brilliant refec-
tor of the generals lamp but the plain
gold circlet on the slender finger of the
merriest and nosiest and smallest of the
four. and the fact that she had nothing to
say to the elder of the three attendant Off
GERS except in the brief, Indifferent tones
of assured prorrietorship. and very much
to say to the others. told different story.
The generals manner lost none of Its kind
ness. even though close observer would
have seen that his face lost little of its
light as he recognized in the evident leader
of the revels and mistress of the situation
the wife Of his senior aid -de-camp. An
hour before he thought her a thousand
miles away-and so did her husband.
Bless your dear old heart!" exclaimed
the little lady. springing to her feet. facing
him with indomitable smiles and thrusting
forward two slender, white, bejeweled
Don't scold! Don't do anything but sit
right down here and have cup of your
own delicious tea-(Frank. some boiling
water)-that no one makes for you as
do-you've owned it many time. And
then we're all going in to the palace for
dinner and then to the theater, and I'll
tell you all about it between the courses
or between the acts. Oh. you poor dear!
l ought to have come before-youve been
working yourself to death!'
And by this time resolutely pulling, she
had lowed the general to chair, and into
this, his favorite leather-armed. canvas
backed. hickory framed companion of many
a year. she deity dropped him. and then,
giving him no chance for word gayly
projecting. she seized one after another
upon each member of the party present
an accomplished little mistress of cere-
monies incased in a tailor made travelling
suit that rendered her proof against a
dozen minor Ills. so beautifully was it cut
and fitted to her pretty fgure-and. with
inexhaustible flow of merry words pre-
scented her or him to the veteran in the
chair:
This my honored general, first and
foremost, is Miss Mildred Prime daughter
of thousand earls is she, yet one vastly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
A PUMA'S GRATITUDE.
Refused to Harm n Keeper Who Had
Bcfrieuded 1t.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Keeper Mullen is constantly exposed to
the wild beasts in the Zoo in giving them
their food and In cleaning their cages. Last
week he was engaged in the pleasant occu-
patton of Frightening the outside apart
| ment of a large puma.
For reasons of his own he has always
| been in the habit of permitting the ami
| mails to roam in the inside cage while he
| cleaned the outside one. But this time he
| somehow forgot to lock the door and the
puma walked out upon him.
There was a brief pause. during which
| time Mr.. Mullen hastily reviewed his past
| life. The puma stood in the doorway blink
ing at the light and blocking up the only
means of escape. All around were the
hard iron bars of the cage.
The puma, waving its long cat-Iike tall
slowly approached, and Mr. Mullen brough.
his broom to position which in army par
lance is known as charge bayonetS
Great was the keepers surprise when the
| fierce animal meekly rubbed its sleek sides
against the trembling leg. Terv much after
the manner of large cat. 1t exhibited
signs of recognition and pleasure and be-
gan purring loudly.
Mullen could scarcely believe his eyes.
He fancied the animal was only shann1ing
and biding its time. and expected every
moment to feel its sharp fangs in his leg
Not to be outdone by the animal, he began
eiufflnS, too, acting as if ii We're the most
natural thing in the world that lie should
be pattng the pumas head He tried TO
make the animal feel how much he WAS en-
joying it; and the result was that they
were soon romping on the ground together
like two friendly children
This IS the explanation of It. Keeper
Mullen had removed tumor from the Side
of the puma. The operation was performed
by the aid of catgut and took some time.
The puma suffered great deal with il and
seemed relieved when 1t was over
1t has shown great affection for its
Keeper ever since. permitting him to pat its
head between the bars: but not until he ac-
cidentaly found himself in the same in
closure with it did the keeper believe that
he could ever enter its cage and come out
unscathed.
Keeper Mullen naturally attributes the
display of affection to the operation which
he performed, and he says that hereafter
he will not be afraid to enter the puma's
cage any time he may fit He knows
that hereafter they will be good friends