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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
NUMBER 40.

able war news journals II
the world. In It's Issue II
Sunday last paid most glow
Ing tribute to the Utah batteries now
In the Philippine. The following cap
tion-triple column diaplay--precoded
the article. which Ia herewith rcprod-
uced.
Mormon" Guns Moved Down the
fllininoa.-utah Battcry's brilliant
Work IN the Orient fnaurra II n Warm
Welcome on lts Return from the War.
When the Western volunteer hcroe.
return from the Philippines none viii
b. received With more honor than the
two batteries " artillery known ut
Manila na the "Mormona." sturdy city
men from Pennsylvania. pininsmen
from Nebraska. Kansas and South Dn-
kota. and mincu aud cowboys FROM
Montana and Idaho have all charged
under the protection OF the twelve guns
of tho Utah artillery. and the generals
have taken pride In giving credit and
promotion 90 itH brave mon.
There IL a special interest IN the East.
too. In the performances ~ this organ-
ixati1n. Major Richard ". Young, tho
senior officer uf 'he battalion. n a grad
untc % Columbia University Law
School. q West Pointer. and spent many
yctfn On Governors Island as judge
advocate u the Department Of the
East under General Hancock. The
HANNN'N. AHN hlNANHf ~ NAlNf FUNK NJ
Grant, commander u the sccond bat
tory. now await hia return az their
home. In West Orange. y. =. Major
Grant was a graduate ~ the Canadian
School u Artillery and spent many
years OF his life IN the Fast.
Utah prepared In 1890 for the distinc-
tlOn that has now Cpfnr 10 her by pur-
chasing ciEht 2-inch modern field guns
Immediately aficr she was admitted to
the Union. Al that time there was
large sum IN the Tfcaaury az WASH
ington.thc accumulation OF many years.
allowance for militia organisation.
THIS. on the advice " Maiur Young.
formerly an officer ~ the Firth nrtil-
lcry. then a lawyer In Salt fsalsr city.
was used In the purchase % the cannon,
and when the war began he was en-
trusted with the organization of three
batteries " volunteers.
ENGAGED IN THE FIRST BATTLE.
Two of these were taken On the trans
ports Colon and china ON the second
military expedition 10 Manila. embark
inE on June -. iss,. and II was their
fortune Ia b. engaged In the frHt bat
tie with the spaniafdH. -Four ~ tn.
guns were posted Ia guard the adj
vanced post 81 the American troops IN
front ~ Malate. Rarely eight hundred
yards In front u them we're the Span
lnh trenches and forts. and only tho
Tenth Pennsylvania was near to sup
port them.
The handful ~ men AZ the guns had
n memorable taste ~ war on the night
OF July u, when a tropical rain wac
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
Thrilling Experiences Of Major Young and
His Brave Volunteer Artiuerists.
FORMER HAS A VERY CLOSE CALL
Utah Boys Praised Work In Swimming RvcrFlaa
Presented to MINOR Young by Gen. MacArhur-Raised
Filipino Congress Hall.

Yesterdays mail frouEht many letters
from absent ones In Manila. Major
Richard W. young's family received
three long mirsivcs cdtaiiing the opera
tons of the Utah boys day by day
since he forwarded his last letter. Mrs.
young has kindly permitted the News
10 make the following extracts from the
majors COMMUNICATION. It Is lated
March soth. "abou, one mile from Ma
ioioH."
Here we are In the capital or the
AEulnaido republic. under the shadow
Of the church no recently occupied by
the Filipino congress. II you could
only sec us In our surroundings. ! am
sure you would be Interested. ! am
writing under wide spreading sian.
no tire. almost hidden by leaves ana
foliage. alttlng ON pile ~ grass Just
taken from some native who had aban-
doncd his home and belongings. our
men arr carrying straw 10 sleep on,
Door fellows their blankets arv not
here. TIE Tenth Pennsylvania regi-
mcnt IN just In front of Us and Just go-
ing to sleep In the trenches the rcgi-
mentH on the left behind Us are the
first Nebraska. the First South Da-
kotn, Pennsylvania, Montana, Third
artillery. Kansas. Third y. =. infant
~, Twenty second u. =. Infantry.
First Oregon. and our own four guns.
two OF Lieutenant critchlow'n and two
of Lieutenant FleminEr. sixth y. =.
iBnng' Just then our friends. IN. IN
rufRcntH. fired several hundred shots:
there they come again. and still again.
hitting all around.
ONE BULLET PIERCING
through the tree Just above us. I had
Just To drop my pen 60 answer call
from the general. hut ! am back arain.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

Locked away In the heart OF Admiral
Dewey for twenty years there has re-
posed secret sorrow that would In all
probability never have been made pub
lie. but for the appointment ~ Spanish
Minister 10 this country Of the Duke
de Arcoa. The naming Of the new Min
lister has caused Washington society
people Of quarter Of oentury'H
ttanding 10 travel back In their mem
ories To the days OF a love match that
attracted only passing attention at the
time. but which has been transformed
iato the most interesting OF stories by
the sequence OF events consisting OF
the war with spain. the crushing blow
inflicted upon that country by Dewey
ana the appointment Of De Aroos'
When Dewey was Captain In the
Navy and widower with one little son,
he was one Of the many who laid Siege
to the heart OF Miss Virginia Lowery.
the daughter OF Judge Woodbury.
iowery. wealthy resident Of Wash
ington. hut Miss Lowery's affections
were centered ON n aandy-haired rud-
dy-checked attache OF the spanish Le-
cation, named Juan Brunotti. and
Dewey paid court In vain. although he
had on his side tho parents Of tho young
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
THE UTAH BATTERY AT MESS.

flooding the trenches and shutting out
everything from their right. In the
midst of the storm the Rpanihrdn OPEN
Cd nrc from their trenches. and son a
body u more than three thousand were
charsins on the guns aud the fcnnnyi-
Nnniann.
Captains Young and Grant and almost
all the other officers Of the batteries
were with General Urc-ne az Camp
Dewey. The guns wcrc In charxr %
Lieutenant orrin ~. Grow, who N bare
~ twenty-Ecven-yeafu Old. supported
BY the PennHylyanlann. the mon held 10
their position. pouring shrhpncl In IN.
direction Of the spanish lines. and at
ono time seeing the faces Of their
charging fo~a by the Hash Of their guns.
Finally when their ammunition was al
most exhausted General 0r-rnc cam.
w with Infantry support. and Captains
Young and Grant led the other eager
men u tho rthh batteries, who were
pulling their guns through mud that
reached the hubs Of the carriages.
Even the advance 81 the Americans
proved danger for tho brave little
band. however. for when the California
ans saw the fieh 81 the Utah guns In
the darkness they opened firc on the
two rcorr ~ mrn In the trenches md
kept II up until thoy realized they had
been shooting at friends.
COVERED THE ADVANCE on MAN.
lila
In the capture Of Manila the post OF
honor was given 10 the Utah batteries.
They opened IRE early In the morning
ON the spanish fort at Malate and coy-
cred the advance ~ General 1roene'H
division which forced IT. way even 10
the wallsof the old city, special men
tion was made of the ariilicrymen and
their officers In the report Of tho en-
easement.
when TIN alarm sounded after tho
insurEcnt attack on the nlght ~ Fcbru-
nry ith the rfah guns. now increased
20 twelve by tho capture Of cannon from
the snaninrdr, were In the city, Hut 10
each had been given ~ station. and
soon the boys were ruttiinr through tho
streets. dragging their guns IN tho
midst ~ bullets that came from every
side. AZ daylight they wcrs guarding
the Infantry from the beach north %
Mnnila TO the paHlF River.
Two NJ the guns under Lieutenant W.
g webb were directly IN front " san
Juan bridge, over which had been firei
the shot ~ the American sentry that
brought the armies Into conflict. so
close were the cannon n the enemy
that after the first flrr the inrurFcnts
concentrated their attention on them,
and two ~ the rinners were killed he-
fore the infnntrymcn could reach tho
rebel trenches
From one position 10 another along
the whole front N tho left wing tho
Utah batteries FOR three days covered
the advance ~ the Infantry In the re-
capture ~ the Manila water works on
which depended tho safety Of the city,
seven ~ the guns shelied the lnsur-
gents from hin 10 hin Churches con-
vents mnnnsterlcs and other buildings
wherein Agunnld0's mon took refuge
bear tho marks of the accurate fire OF
the Westeners
MANNED THE uuNnoATs ALSO.
ON the right wing IN this engagement
Utah artillerymen acted on the water.
CONTINUED on page ~
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cry. vile Of

beauty. Miss Lowcry decided To walt
for her pcnnilesA Spanish sweetheart
rather than wed the naval officer TO
whom she could not give her heart,
BRUNETTE was Transferred from WASH
ington to another part Of tho world.
and for fifteen years Miss i.owery ro-
mained constant TO him.sending Dewey.
who. with characteristic determination.
persisted In his suit, again and again
10 the rlght-about. Then came the
lovers reward. lirunetti fell heir TO
the Dukedom Of ARGOS. onc OF the
proudeat titleh and richest estates IN
Spain. Cabling his coming. he travel
led TO Washington at once and married
tho girl Of his chloe. by this time
grown to be woman Of mature years.
but stili beautiful. The Duke and
Duchess de ARGOS have since enter
tanned In prinoely fashion at their sup
erb house IN Madrid. Now they return
10 America TO represent the country
that Dewey did 40 much 10 humliiate.
and Washington society will some day
witness the interesting sight OF the
Victor Of Manila and his successful RI
val meeting In tho very house where
our brave Admiral called 80 repeatedly
upon the girl no loved and lost.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

rund. arriving In Maiolos Just In rear
~ the Kansas boys. There We saw
a scene hcrgnfing description. We
came into the public square, ON one
side of which was a iine church and an
adjoining monastery, the two other
slides having stores and the fourth q
bridge over the river. the church ana
monastery were soothing masses 81
fininsr. and the conilngfntion was IN
progress west OF the square. huddicd
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

front OF ". and the woods 10 the right.
Smelling rAnta Isabel and Maiolos. dis
tAnt respectively nfteon hundred and
thirty-nve hundred yards. after the
hfnt fow rounds. they ceased ffinH ana
ran prcciplintcly out OF their trenches
back into the country after We had
fired acyenty-nNc rounds. the Infantry
went ahead. ana sending crltchlnw up
the railroad track with our guns. ! took
the other three around by the wagon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

hoarre over the alleged lack Of loyalty
~ the Mormon people. II IL a source OF
pleasure to witness the attitude and
read tho expressions 90 much murc
widely circulated ana Infinitely more
Influential journals elsewhere The hlK
newspapers an over the country have
been Justly crnditing the Utah Nolun.
tcera with extraordinary vnior and
splendid accomplishments. The New
York Herald, ever ono OF the most rcii-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

on the square were several scores OF
frcnzied Cinnamon. each with n bundle
on his arm or shoulder. they were
wild with excitement. chattering to Us
that the Filiplnoa had Just run through
and were taking a large number Of
Cinnamon along with them ms prison.
ers. As there was stu heavy firing
along our right. we wasted no time
thcrc. but ralloncd through the town
TO the norihwnrd. the streets were de.
sorted: we were the FIRST to go clear
through the place. but could not push
too far. owing TO our troops being atill
IN the rear. We moved back later to
take our camp In front ~ the church.
Well. iust now we are resting. hut
what the next step will be don't know.
IL the war cndcdT We nsk ourselves. I
cannot tell. but ! believe that Agui-
naldo's
mack rs BROKEN.
lie has lost the confidence Of the people
and has also lost thousands Of men.
his capital n gone, and Mailbon. Duio.
can. Polo. inaai and others Of his
principal cities. We volunteers today
feel that the time viii soon come when
we shall BE- honornbiy released. Ger.
tnlnly there ~ not much more work 10
be- done here. and small number ~
regulars can do II hil Well. We have
again earned hirh communication from
the general. be spoke TO me last even
ing very hirhiy 81 the artillery. sea-
man did some excellent work during the
nrrt day with Gen. Wheaton. two guns
were loaded and moved down 10 the
Tininjofua. whore they were unilmbcrcd
IN the face 81 the cntfcnchcd enemy.
and then nfed with great accuracy.
We have another KUN In the field also,
q revolving ilotchkiss along with
wheaton ~ charge ~ Corporal Duscn-
bury. There was also an advance ON
the Old sore spot MnriEuina. In which
no doubt Wedvewood and Nelson took
part. In this engagement Lieut.. Gregg.
the tai, handsome officer ~ the six
teonth. was Killed We'll n " hot, hot,
hot, and I must draw 10 a close. Critch-
low iH asleep on y bench. Davis n asleep
on my bed, Fleming u reading. Or.
Smith thinking. the mon chattcring,
soldiers foraRing along the road.
almost furrut 10 tell you that last
nifht after I wnr In bed. Major strong
came and gave me m American flag
which he said grn. Macarthur presented
10 me and which h" desired mo 60 raise
on the Congress HAL the frrt thing Ia
the morning. This was tho fifst ofn-
ciai flnr raised nu MnioiuH. We pulled
her W. this morning. critchiow. Davis
and Fleming an lending a hand.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

and will try to give you n fairly de-
tailed account OF our last weeks opera
tlonH.
saturday morning we were at a Chi
neae church lust outside Of camilla. We
advanced the Infantry In front. the
filiplnoa opened NJ IRE from their
trenches on the edge " the woods, and
one of their bullets struck a clod on
the bank Just IN front Of ua scattering
the dirt everywhere, but doing no fur
ther damage. The Nebraska. South
Dakota and Pennsylvania boys are adj
vanclng on our right. NhyiOr II help
Ina them out with two guns which he
mad no horses for No wnn compelled 60
return. The Kansas. Montana ami
Third artillery are on our lett We soon
clear the enemy out Of the trenches In
our front. then through the woods We
go. the Infantry nflng. and by noon We
mud a good position for our nftiiicry,
opposite a strong Filipino trench. We
took out another Of chitchiow's guns
and another Of FlcminE'r. clearing
them out In short order. iiitrhlnr ~,
we prucecdcd with the general along
the wood roads. IN the advance iinle'H
brigade became separated from otiH'n.
and the regiments got tangled up ~
that no ono knew where any one else
was. about J y. m. some opposition
was encountered IN our Immediate
front. aud there were no troops avail
able for ~ against them except cav.
airy. the general had twenty-five ~
these dlHmount and advance over the
ridge and down the hill, soon We heard
n great deal ~ firing. the cavalry cap
tain sent for endorsements. but none
were TO be had. ! asked the generals
permission Go
SEND A GUN FORWARD;
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Ia aovcnty-nvc yards 81 the Filipino
trench nn the other side % tho river.
the Infantry had been hfing NJ them for
long time without driving them out.
When We opened with OUT guns they
quickly threw up stick with u white
shirt on. Two Pennsylvania men
stripped naked. swan the river and
took about twenty-five ~ the fellows
prisoners. In the meantime, the KAN
raa boys who had swan the river low
or down came In frum behind. The two
regiments nrc now guarding ~ 10
who captured them. but between our
selves, the Utah gunncra have sort ~
opinion that II was the men behind our
Funr. The Infantry got into n tiFht
scrap on the other side ~ the fiyef. but
We could not get across. During the
night. the engineers built bridge and
early the next morning We crossed over
and next day advanced along toward
iiancans. using uur guns 10 advnniaHe
against the iieclnr "nigErrs.' We ran
NJ against n stream with no wagon
bridge. but rushed our guns ncrurr tho
open roored railway bridge by hand.
and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

New York Herald say. u WIN act Warm
Welcome On u. Return Prom the War.
while certain nnti-tftah Newspaper
published In this city II bowling Itself
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
WORKED LIKE ThoJANs

for several hours and covered the out
stole OF their entrenchmentr with we've.
tailon 20 the enemy would not discover
the location I'm the morning by 'ht
bright light" We had an early break
fast thnlf-past four) and moved the
guns into their position about 2 o'clock.
kroplng tho mules and All tho surplus
men back near the camp aa Tar aH pos
sible out ~ rifle range, ana then
jolned the general ~ pr his orders.
About half-nnat six the filiplnoH opened
on a.. aud at o'clock the word cams
20 start In and In we started, pour
ing a stream Of shot In the trenches In
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overall with the generals hearty APP
pruvnl. rrifehiow an ~ !nlnT stripped
and with the mule over In Krsat
style. In an hour oF we were rrady
10 advnncewith thu preoy srlon. After
dinner on We went 20 iligha only 90 fiud
the wagon bridge burned In part and
stiii burning. once more We did the
swimming act. this time with lnenitr
trouble. the muicishners 81 the mules
Appearing connpicuuuHiy, We reached
uuiTuintoi here the natives had pre-
pared n surprise for u.s. the Kansas
regiment In trying 10 cross the railway
bridge 1.-THE wagon bridge being de-
etfu,ed) had lost thirty men Killed and
wounded. IN Few minutes, We brought
forward criichlov'H gun on a gallon.
took out the mules, nan the guns over
the bridge AMI took advanced foaitinna
GA the railroad track, from which We
rhciicd them out ~ two or three poHi.
iions. our position was extremely
warm; men being wounded all around
~. but with nur characteristic good
luck. We escaped with only ono casual.
~ Fender ~ iiAttery u shot through
the leg W. camped AZ night, swan our
mules over again In the morning. ana
advanced towards Mnlolna, Towards
evening We ran into some very strong
trenches. and the general decided 10
remain ihrfo all night In order 90
s,Taighten oui The lines. General Mac
Arthur n-nt for me, ana ~ I went over
10 his headquarters the "nayEcrn' put
IN noIne more voileyn, but the bullets
oriy struck tho hambo.ia around ",
The general told me 10 put In a couple
u emplaecmenta Tor the guns 90 We
criirh'ow and Fleming down after
dark With some Of the Infantry 20 mako
waii Of sand bags 90 hide behind next
morninr: they
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-14
OFFICERS AFTER THEM.
Two Young Men Make an Assault
With stones on Street-Car.

The police of the Third District are look
ing for the two young men who attacked
a Traction car at the Grove-avenue cross
ing Thursday night.
Officers armed with warrants for the
offenders were lookiry for them all day.
They still hope TO have them in the Police
Court this morning.
These young fellows had been drinking
when they boarded Traction Car SO about
1880 Thursday night. They soon began TO
use offensive language in the presence OF
several other passengers. among them Ia
dies. Tho conductor Mr.. j. w. Whit
taker and even the passengers remon-
strated with them. That did no good.
They became unbearable, so when the
car reached Grove avenue the youngsters
were ousted.
When returning to the sheds some time
later. and just as 1t reached the spot at
which the men had been put off, they
attacked the car with rocks and a pistol
Glass was broken i'm the car and Mr.
Whitaker was hit on the side of the
head with a brick. His injury was not
serious, and he was able to report for
duty Yesterday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-14

He has been confined to his room for seve-
raj weeks.
Miss Matte p. Weisiger, of Ashland,
is visiting Miss Marguerite Pettgrew.
Miss Alva Fisher is visiting Mrs. G. II.
Kahl, I'm SwansbOro'.
Little Leslie Vaughan, who has been
very sick with fever; Is improving rapidly.
Miss Willie Marshall is right sick at the
residence Of her parents, No. 81 Decatur
street.
Mr. r. A. Rudd and family. Of Seventh
street. left Thursday to spend a short
time with friends in the country
Mrs l.. NJ. Crump OF Wseville, Ches-
terfeld county. is quite sick at her home.
Mrs O. Il. Davidson has returned from
Buckingham county, where she has been
visiting for some weeks.
Mrs. James MCGEE is extremely i'll at
her residence and is considered 10 be in
extremis.
Miss Annah Davis. of Dorset is visiting
her aunt. Mrs +. Hoy, on Ninth street.
Mr.. Harvey f. Mann has returned to his
home i'm Maryland. after q brief visit to
his parents.
Miss Essie Nelson. who has been visit
ing in Halifax, y. c.. has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. w. Cheatham left yes
tcrday for Jarratt's, Va, TO attend the
funeral Of Colonel John Prince. who was
the father of Mrs. Cheatham
Misses Bennett of Baltimore, arrived
the first Of the week, and are the guests
Of their friend. Miss Jenevieve IIaistead,
Of Forest Hin.
There was blaze in an old unoccupied
house at Thirteenth and Perry streets
yesterday about 1870 o'clock. The Fire
Department responded promptly and sue
ceeded in saving the house, except the
roof.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Harding have
the sympathy Of the community in The
loss they have sustained by the death Of
their little son, Louis, aged years which
occurred Thursday, from typhoid-fever.
The funeral took place from the resi-
dence on Sixth street yesterday morning
! at 10 O'Clock Rev. j. S. Wallace conduct
! ed the service.