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AMBUSHED,

We had pulled out about a quarter Of
a mile. when from out of the bushes on
our REM came The command 90 halt
ana belHr. 800 could comply with the
request O single shot was fred followed
by Y1Iluy from some ufty rifles. The
distanca 'as not over forty yards, and
the elect was awful Mlrrisy pull
ing the bow oar was killed instantly
"a shot striking him 90 the forehead and
scattering DIS brains over the boat. The
second NuIav killed Dillon, besides
woundiug several more and then vol
ley followed yOigy iu quick succession.
The grolns ot the wounded mingled
with he roar OF rifles fred as fast as
the rebels could load them The at
tack was s0 unexpected and the dam
age so great that 70 demOraliZed us for
q few minutes but after we recovered
from the shock everybody who could
grab rifle grabbed one and began FIR
ing. WhND We 100 The bow started the
Colt automatic gun. We had got three
or -four shots out VI her when the enc
my directed % whole yo.ley az the gun,
cutting lHe loading strings and tearing
the ammunition hose 90 pieces. Several
shots struck the gun brC8dside, making
10 sWi round and strike me in the
back, j l'l against the gunwale Of the
boat momrnidrily parailzed. and was
Slowly siding overheard when boy Pc
terson, Who was standing close by me,
lent h.nl and helped me 90 my feet.
lt was in. Work OF q moment 20 snatch
"A rifle ana nre. but as the rebels were
mostly using smokelcss powder and
shooting ''HW "a hre1stWorks OF big
logs, concealed hV heavy undprbruEh
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MEN RECEIVE THEIR PAY,
Waite. Works Department Payroll, Hung Up
Yesterday Discharged Today
Flnancr Committee Took Exceptions
60 Two tom aui vetoed That
Poruon-Neto Did Not Go.

,....4 .,.....,.-..,i., 5.,.,..,,.,,,,
''.
pay rH.H haus up yesterday py the mn
anrc committee on account OF certain
Coz. ..,....fI.. ysag DISCHARGED bv Treas-
a., 49,.
u... "''''' -''''' '''' ''''''i '''" MS
warrants Coils morning over the veto OF
f.ur Members OF the finance committee.
.... ....t.4 d., tt, COTTON, h,, r.
"'' ''
Dty t..0iirN VINO ''Iu"eu 'nAt lhe
am0uEt called for by the roll had been
approved Jy the Mayor ana Council
aHl placed on the appropriation list
10. payroll ls before stated was hung
no yesterday Oy The finance committee
on account of certain irregularities
which thp auditor had previously called
The Council attention TO. on Tuesday
evening thp city payr0lls for the first
half OF August We're submitted 10 the
Council. and upon motion were app
proved and the amounts called for
placed on the opr1tlon list
Doe his communication to the Council
Auditor Reiser stated that the payr0lls
We're mechanically correct and that
they compiled with the regulations as
20 rate of stipulated compensation and
other details with certain exceptions, IN
the engineering and waterWorks depart
mcnts
After approving the rolls and apprO-
pHaung the money for their payment,
the recorder upon notion was instruct
ed 90 hand the payrolls 10 the finance
committee. and the Mayor was re-
questcd TO withhold his signature from
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WESTERN CATTLE.


Denver stockman. Of Saturday The
weeks receipts OF cattle were s6Gs
head or 600 more than last week and
1874 mono than the same week last
year or the receipts 515 head sold Tor
beef 6ij for stocKers and feeders, SIS
We're billed through To- eastern points
ana IClo We're 90 the pens at the close
li business today THE latter were
thirty carloads of Arizona yearllng
steers ana heiiers ont of the Hooker
string that had been summerlng In
ki1Wa county The Hatch & Pepper
cattle from Utah, that come In yes
,erlHy afternoon. formed the bulk OF
tne trading This morning They were
ia.r quality. but just suited some Iowa
buyers who took the lot az good
price Two carloads of southern steers
That had been grazing near Byers
Colo. sold fu The packers at a very
good price and two carloads of nice tat
COWS from New Castle, Colo. that az
rived this morning sold promptly. While
there have been heavy runs ut the river
markets this week. and natural de-
cline of -j cents per hundred weight
has resulted On beef the Denver mar
See does not show more than lO0l5
cents Local packers are good beef
buyers AS 90 the feeder market, there
has hardly been enough activity TO
disturb the range Of prices, other than
That tops would not bring more than
A-j just now Eastern markets show
O. much deeper cut.
Denver Stockman Of Monday: The
rum oi offerings the goodly number Of
buyers the quality of the cattle and
tlg prices paid on the market this
morning was % very welcome change
from l1a .e.harry that has prevailed
Tor several months past The choice
cattle al nh. i8y came from the Bear
river country met with a hearty well
come and several loads as soon as ready
went over the scales at prices that
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SPIKE AND RAIL.

Indians as railway laborers are prov
ing a success on the Burlington,
Women telegraphers Will not be ems
| pluyed by the Pennsylvania railroad.
Sundays ogden excursion over the
Western Will be under the auspices Of
the A. q. L. W.
California delegations TO the G. a. r.
| national encampment at Chicago are
passing through,
A special 20 ogden over the Rio
Grande Western viii leave here at 9,l5
sunday morning 4 dollar rate has been
fixed for chat occasion.
Mr.. Clay OF the local Union Pacific
passenger agency has so far received
mo- word as Go who may be the successor
| TO Mr., GOUdsgll. transferred 90 81. Paul.
John W. WardWell, widely known as a
railway manager and for o number Of
years receiver for the Cleveland. Cam
ton & Southern road, died at Cleveland,
Ohio. on Tuesday, aged 6S years. from
uraem.c poisoning.
The FIRST cut of OF the sixty-mile cut
of of the Union Pacific between Raw.
Inns and Upton, Wyo., has been C0m-
p.sted and VIII be placed In operation
IN a few days The cutoff completed
is about eight miles l0nd and extends
from RaVlins 20 Scion. Very little If
any distance is saved. but q number Of
heavy grades and curves are eliminated.
The balance of the CutJhs will be COM
pIeted within two months.
superintendent Bignall OF the Bur-
liugton at Lincoln. Neb., and ID. Il.
Thompson. "a prominent business man Of
that place. arrived al Rawlins. Wyo-
ming, Friday and left for the north In
wagon. IL is reported that force of
prospectors win be placed In the field
BY the Burlington. and an effort made
% locate the same vein Of coal that Is
being developed by the Union Pacific az
Rock Springs. The scene of operations
viii be along the line OF survey Of the
extension west from Guernsey 10 Salt
Lake.
According 70 the statistics compiled
by the American Iron and Steel associa-
ton, the total production OF pig iron in
the United states In the first half OF 1900
was E5il56J gross tons, as against H.
6-lluj tons during the whole OF 1899.
The production Of Bessemor pig iron In
The first half OF 1900 was i46l 3gl gross
tons. as against S.2J2.Ilh tons in 1893.
The production 0f basic pig iron in the
six months ending on June 30. made
with coke or mixed anthracite coal and
coke as fuel was 5Al sos tons against
ss5.Q33 tons In 1899, the production OF
charcoal pig iron In the first half of
1910 was 1915 gross tons as against
-sLlb6 tons IN 1899. In addition there
We're produced In the first six months
OF this year 2j.0i2 tons OF pig iron with
mixed charcoal and coke. The produc-
tiUn OF spIegelei5an and ferromanganese
DO the first half OF 1900 was 14S1O2 gross
tons. az against 2lg. 76S tons In 1899. The
total number OF furnaces IN blast on
June 80. 1900. was 2S3 against 2S9 on
December 81 1898
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TronbIe Among TeIegraphers.

Trouble Is brewing in the order of
Railway Telegrophers The immediate
cause OF the trouble is the action of 81,
w. Powell president % the order In
suspeudlng George Estes, chairman of
division 81. California. For some time
there has been much dissatisfaction
among the telegraphers regarding the
administration OF certain regulations
which relate 20 the insurance benefits
Of the order. President Powell took a
stand that was distasteful 20 the mem
beers, especially TO those OF division So.
and when Estee was called upon 10
execute the orders issued by his super
Tor he hesitated and finally referred the
matter back 10 headquarters. The cor
resp0ndence that followed aid not con-
tribute much toward the settlement OF
the misunderstanding and q few days
ago the edict of suspension was issued.
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GEORGE SUTHERLAND HOME


Hon. George Sutherland returned
from Denver this morning When IN
tervlewed By a News man be sald
emphatlcaly that he had not weakened
In his intention Of keeping out OF the
congressional race. IL would not ana
could not be induced % he continued TO
reconsider that determination NO, SIR
must be counted out Of the arrange
ment" ,,
Mr.. Sutherland then said There Is
one thing. however that ] VIII DO, ana
that rs take the liberty OF denying an
interview that appeared IN the form OF
special to the Herald lrom Denver
yesterday morning In the interview
Senator Brown is made TO say that
Hon. Thomas eKarns OF this city is
'mush-head'-a cabbage Now, sena.
tor Brown said nothing OF the kind. II
he were here De could speak for him
self But in his absence | take the I'D
erty of making the denial for him he
will be home tonight and / am sure VIII
bear me out in what / say
When the reporter asked him VINO
the Republicans would elect Senator
proylding the Legislature of Utah went
Republican. he simply replied that IL
was anybodys fight and that was all
there was 20 f. The Herald special
read as follows.
Denver, Aug 2i.-EX-Senator Arthur
Brown, who has been In Denver argu-
sng q motion for q new trial before
United states Judge Hauett in the
Crown point-OntauO case. was asked
today n he was a candidate Tor the
Senate. He would not answer d.
rectly,
ooh. It's a free-for.all race n a Re-
publican legislature IS elected said
he. Everyone win have chance.
Maybe they viii send O cabbage or a
mush-head Ike Tom Kearns.''
Attorney George Sutherland sold that
there was no doubt OF the denomination
Of Governor Wells, On this Mr., Brown
would say nothing,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23
INTERCHANGEABLE RELEASED
Was President of Holland Conference
-Sncrnlled By sylvester Cannon.

A letter received by President Snow
today from President Plat d. Lyman
OF the European mission. states that
President Alfred J.. Farrell OF the
NetGer8nd mission. has been released
DO return home and that he win be
succeeded by Elder Sylvester Cannon.
SON of President George @. Cannon.
President Ferralls home vs. ia Logan.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23
Pronerty Consolldnted.

While az Portland President A.
J. Mohler Of the Oregon Railway d
Navigation company, In an interview
Tuesday stated that his company had
purchased the Ilwac0 Railway and
Navigation company.s properly IN
Washington on August 9Th. and that
possession will be taken on September
lst When asked if the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation intended TO build
down the north bank of the Columbia
To- the mouth De said:
81 know nothing OF such a plan. We
have no intention of leaving Portland
but contemplate increasing our facIU
ties there The IlWaco road Is six
Maco ID NahouIia
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stubbs Against the Cnnnl

The construction Of am lsthmian canal
Was vigorously denounced in Chlclpo
o. banquet given by the NqtI.nai
collation. VI Merchants and Travel.
.'s. uF j. O.. SUbbs. vice president af
..' southern Pacific Railroad COMPANY
iiIs ufNumant Was that the OuaDI1r
'L such @ canal would hurt the sbip-
carrying trade OF the United cfstts
ss.N eluous asserted that the United
e,1les Would dig the canal no au exc
.Nss ei fl10W9VlO % 800 100000. and
.9aIl then be obliged 20 hire English.
g.I'lln ana French ships 20 carry the
".lt9u commerce through g.
Ile United states. he said. would be
"o''saglng iis resources Or taxing rs
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sAssHs.MENr NnIICE-

la RENE MINING COMPANY. or.
flee and principal place of business, salt
Lake CITY, Utah Notice Is hereby
given that at q meeting Of the stock
holders held ON the 18th day OF August.
1000 au assessment of ] cent per share
was lcr.ed ON an shares OF the capital
stock 1f the corporation issued and OUT
standing. payable on or before Septem-
Der 2itH. lyJ 20 the treasurer. al T. j.
conway d Co.'s office No rs west
Second South street salt Lake city,
Utah
Any stock upon which the assessment
may remain unpaid ON the 18th day OF
September 1901. win be delinquent and
ADVERTISED Tor sale at public auction: and
unless payment is made before. go many
~ The shares represented by each GER
uncaie OF the stock, 50 delinquent, as
may Doe necessary viii be sold on the
18Th Day of october 1900. at o'clock .. m.
90 pa5 the delinquent assessment. to-
sether with the cost Of advertising and
expense N sale
P. J. CONWAY
President
by order Of the Board Of Directors.
SAT- Lake City, Utah. Aug 2srd, 1890.
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TO MOVE MUCH STOCK.
Shipments of Cattle From Ranches
Will BE Heavy.

Careful observations have prompted
live stock agents of western railroads
90 predict that the carriers OF the west
this fall VIII handle more live stock
than in any former season n the hiss
tory of their operations Already the
shipment of cattle from Utah, Colorado
and western Nebraska 90 the corn fields
Of Kansas has been begun and by Sep
TENDER The autumn shipping season will
have been begun ia earnest
Much of the power of the eastern
magnet seems 90 have shifted 10 the
Pacific coast for this year the ship
ments from the ranches OF Utah. Ne
vada and Colorado 10 San Francisco
VIII De much heavier than in any form
CIR season. The general demand for
live stock 10 san Francisco and other
coast cities has more than doubled
within the last three years. and this
year it VIII double again II is said
that the eastern markets VIII get COM
parauyely little of the stock from the
country west Of Reno,
The live stock agents now are hay
Ing the busiest part OF their season.
They are contracting for the movement
of stock both TO the markets and 90
the feeding grounds OF Nebraska and
Kansas, and the competition is brisk
Because OF the heavy volume Of this
falls business IL Is expected by some
officials that the roads win handle the
live stock rates none too gently IN their
rush for business. Railroad agents re-
port that the shipments from the cele-
brated Panhandle country Of Texas this
year VIII be unprecedentedly heavy IL
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CHURCH NEWS.
IoRnAN RELIEF socIETY.

JORDAN RELIEF SOCIETY.
There viii be a Relief Society confer
euce OF the Jordan stake held at Cons
han in East Jordan. Sept 1, 1900. Meet
Ings 40 10 a. m.. and p. ma.
ELIZABETH GARDNER Secy.
GRANITE HIGH PRIESTS.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
High Priests OF the Granite stake OF
Zion will be held in Farmers ward
meeting house on Saturday next. Aug
f5th. converting az 10 o'clock a. m. A
fun attendance Of the members Of the
quorum Is requested.
JOHN COOK,
NATHANIEL V. JONES.
GILLIAN J., MILLER
Quorum Presidency.
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Soldier transportation.

Western passenger officials at Chi
cago have passed q resolution recon-
mendlng that the normal tariffs
which are shattered into an uu-
recognizable condition. DE re-estah-
Hshed. The recommendation win Boz
acted upon by the officials az the meet
ing Ia GlenWO0d Springs. Colo. August
elth Under existing conditions tha
western lines are carrying soldiers to
san Francisco below the actual cost of
transportation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23

citizens ta make a highway for the
ships OF rival nations. iuasmuch as
Great Britain ami Germany ae the
strongest competitors of the American
in the markets u the
world and these two nations own more
than two-thiris OF the worlds ste5 -.
tonnage available 90 oversee Cu Il
merce. while the United States owLy
less than per cent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23

teen. go, young the mother said. TO as.
sumo Oh. duties of q husband. while
IA. youne woman De nearly twenty. Tho
hIr declared omphatlcllly against the
p5rdaI match and said Miss smith
ao.. her bUy from her Mrs Ras-
mason De- quite q respectable looking
person. and o. said TO be a seamstress.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23
Alleged Purchase.

II is stated that W. A. Clark the
wealthy minc-owner OF Montana has
purchased q one-h5lf interest in the Los
Angeles Terminal railway. Il Is further
stated the owners of the Terminal win
pesln 40 once upon an extension OF thr
ROAD 90 san Bernardino and thence 10
Salt Lake City.
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Ola and Young Soldiers.

As on yesterday, a goodly crowd Us
invading Davis county today on ace
count of the excursion and reunion at
Lagoon of the old and young soldiers,
who put up some realistic sham battles
for the amusement Of and an attraction
for tho Uublip
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23
EASTERN EXCURSIONS
RIo aRANpE wEsrrnN NM.

August 25rd and 2i,h the toU5r-,
low rate excursions are announces 4,
tha Rio Grande Western Railway. "
.hIcago and return .......... us-
Detroit and return ........... Il .
For further details apply 10 IL
Benton, city Ticket Agent. Dl6ly P..,
corner No. lOS west Second south &
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FEDERAL COURT.

Judge Marshall WIN hold a short ses-
sion OF court on Monday morning at
which time there win be a settIn. OF
afl the cases that are triable at ogden.
The ogden term opens on December
HrT
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23
STOCKS, INVESTMENTS
AND BONDS.

Utah Bank and Commercial stocks ana
other hleh grade Investment ses1rItis.
Fought ana sold. Loans on stocks Dividend
paying stocks bought and sold Investment
orders from Institutions trustees % e,ttt0,
and capitalists viii rec Give the best OF attain
ton. JOHN Y, CUTLER Jk
4eLlzi' y Aaln street
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And IN accordance with llw and an ~
der Of the Board Of Directors made q
the lith day OF July. $780, s1 many shl's
OF each parcel Of stock AS may be ne,r
sary viii be sold at auction az tha ais
OF the company, Room go Atlas BOO
Salt Lake City. Utah, al O'Clock p D.
on Monday. the 10th day of September
TO pay the delinquent assessment thsiel
together with the cost of aINertAng I-
expenses Of sale
SAMUEL j. PAUL
Secretary
Dated August q. 1900.
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GIRL STEALS A BOY.


Mrs Margaret Rasmussen. n vlsov
residing at No. 252 south Eighth East
suest This city called at the county
o's'ks office today and requested thar
a marriage license be denied her son
oscar and Miss Ruth Smith Mrs
N@auiason said her son was only six.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-23

The population Of salt LaNo-a new
$500 Standard Dictionary given The
successful ruesser. See the News
advertisement.
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CHILDREN GUESS

Control,0 Teacher of Voice and Plano.
studio 3-5-N Constitution Building.
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Salt Lake City Aug %, 1900.
Todays ClearIngs ,.u.....S25G, $50 %
Same day last year......... 3lG.32022
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Dr sanford's Liver fnvigorator. 80
The best Liver Medicine A Vegetable Cure Cor
Liver ME. Bllousness Indigestion, Constipation.
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By order of the Board Of Directors.
SAT- Lake City, Utah. Aug. 2grd, 1890.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-09
Demands Made in North and South
luEOn.
Filipinos Waging Gueril-
la Warfare.
Friendly Natives Murdered BY
Insurgents.

Manila, Sunday, April s.--Reports OF
encounters between the A merioan troops
and the insurgents continue to arrive
from many points. On Friday, Capt.
Sturgis, while reconnoitering, struck an
iDsurgent outpost on the Novaliohes road,
five miles distant from Manila, KILN 8
NO and capturing ten men. All were
In fall uniform. Unfortunately Capt
sturgis's fierce was not large enough &c
pursue the main body.
A detachment Of the i2d infantry, while
scouting In Laguna province was pur-
sued by the insurgents and obliged to
take refuge In q church where the Anne
ricans repelled the rebels until rsinforoe-
msnts arrived. Lieut.. Gordon, with .
company OF the 10th infantry, while
scouting near Aparri, Cagaya province,
engaged 20 insurgents. Lieut.. Gordon
was wounded. A sergeant and a corporal
Of Co. l., 18th infantry, were killed in a
severe fight In Capsi province, Island
OF PAnAy.
The insurgents made night attack up.
on Calabyon, Island of Samar. They
killed the sentry, swarmed into the town,
aud searched the house Of Major Gilmore
of the 43d infantry. who was abseat.
They killed his cook. Ultimately the
Americans drove them out of the town,
killing four and capturing twelve.
Gen. Young, commanding In Northern
Luzon, has made several requests for
reiuforcsmeHts, representing that his
force is inadequate, that the men are ex-
hausted by the necessity of constant vigi-
lance, that ne Is unsbls to garrison the
towns in his jurisdiction, that the insur-
gents are returning TO the district anc
killing the Amigos. and that IL Is neces-
cary for him to infiot punishment In sew.
eral sections before the rainy season be
gins.
Gen. James Bell, who Ia command
ing Southern Luzon, has made similar
approximations. He Gays his forces aTS
inadequate and that he merely holds
few towns, without controlling the terri
ory.
The president Of the town of SamAr.
province of Bataar, Luzon, and other
prominent natives have been assnssinated
because they were known to tie friendly
to ths Americans. The president Of ar.
other town has Joined the insurgsnt
because they had threatened to kill hin
II he did not.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-09
REIGN OF TERROR.
Terrible outrages Perpetuated ON Ma
tive south Africans

Terrible Outrages Perpctuated ON Ma
tive south Africans
Loursnzo Marques, Friday, April GA
runnsr, who has just ARRIVED here from
Sobohos Kranl. Swaziland, says Sohoho
has been killed and his women have
been tied up with ropes. Unrest Is in-
crsnsing in the country, which is in a
most unsettled state, bordering on a reign
OF terror. in the absence Of "white
mans law"
Many natives have been threatened; /;
and In one district they have been COM
plsteIy killed eff.
A messenger from Bremersdorp, Swat
and, says that soldiers are making pres'
eIts to the Queen and are seeking per
inlssion to pass through Swaziland,
armed.
M'Quesie, the famous old Swazi chief,
md two women OF his household, with
their infants, have all been asssgaied at
M'Quesie's krAH.
The kraal was sacked and burned and
he chiefs son captured.
Numerous bands are marching about
md InAIauding In every direction. This
correspondent found M'Qussis's son In
harss Of two natives, who admitted the
siIlsng OF the cbisf. but said they had fol-
lowed the orders of the Swazi queen.