The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-17
HOTEL GOSSIP.

MAJ Nlt1- 81 men seen AT the hlNLs-
IOr0 yesterdaS me so401er presented a
very Daaterel appearance incidental 10
the attentions OF divers tIipnOs on the
hrlng Inc last October, on Wncn Occa-
sion me lieutenant was snOt 4Jur tunes
DtiOIe ne v as carried TO the Win a
DUNE through h.s UgnJ l. .uQ DOtn
nands badly mullateQ. To- ne wears
MS flght hand IN Damages b i-4.e MS ieIt
mcmber IS minus The tnlrd niger and
lnere as an ugly scar across the second
On beng asked 10 describe the sensation
OF beIns shOJ Lieutenant Ferguson sad,
with smile. " 81. 10 tel you the
truth. 4 haruIy realized the fact mat i
hdd Dsen Ms. the sensation as Tar as
can eNpialn IL Vas notMns more nor less
tnan a. II 4 had been raped over the
knuchles vim a cane, Of cOuEse there
Was a.. mio.akIng The fact Wnen 1 re-
cetFe- last oUiiel M my cnest ana 1
went IN ana Out. the WnOie Jnlng
happcte1 within the space Of i've min
ueee- rOr lnree months the WOunded
man lay IN the hospital al Mania untI
He was 50 lar cOnNdleScent as 20 stand
the sea voyage on the transport Sherman
IN speaking Of are on board the troop
snip the lieutenant Indignantly denied the
accusations when nave been common
tax in the east. according TO the dls-
patches, 20 the effect tina. .uv transports
were NCIIIdDie whisky When il
came 10 discipline and s. good or
der he related clrculi-...l4ue as fol-
lows. On the boat there was a very
good and at the same time, luGlcrous sys-
TEN IN vogue, Whenever a man eXpectO-
rated upon the deck. ieft any cigar ash
around or was generally mildly, ne had
/ TO take broom and cIe4n up, he then
was not allowed TO discard tle sweeper
unlll ne spotted some misga4led COM
rade tFdnSCreSSlng and then The broom
was passed along TO his keeping until he
IN turn spotted some bdchsuder. The
custodian of the broom came in Tor con-
siderable 1osning. Coming down TO the
subject OF the Utah battery Lieutenant
ferguson proceeded 10 throw all kinds
o. bouquets at the boys along the same
lines as laid down by every soldier who
Fought side by side with the Utah troops,
ana wound up his eulogy by saying. 1T is
good thing for affairs in Manila that
Major Young decided to serve his country
IN the Philippines in preference to run
hiHS IOf congress; Major Young IS too
good a man to be spared at the present
time"
The MercUr school teachers are await
, ing the action of the supreme court in
regard to the salary question Of the Salt
Lake teachers owing 70 the closing of
the public schools. said Principal G.
l.. Countryman of the Mercur school yes
terday al the White House. 'As you
know our school has been closed for some
time on account Of the smallpox scare.
/ The board of education. however, has
promised to abide by the decision in the
Salt Lake case, but in any case our con-
tracts call for half salary in the event
of the closing down of the schools through
no fault of those. concerned. At present
there are five teachers affected" Com
ing down to the status of the smallpox
epiGemlc IN Mercur. the school teacher
said that al the present time there were
thirte6r patients down with the disease,
and from telephone message received by
him last night from DR.. Castleman one
of the patients is not expected to re
/ cover.
W. A. Ruscoe, manager. and Z. V. Gil
/ roux. agent and business manager of the
/ Richards q PTingle'S. RUSSO & Holland S
/ Minstrel shows are in town. diamonds and
+ all Both men are Old timers in the show
I business and started life in the Uncle
/ Toms Cabin bark. russo says that
I after half a century of incessant success
/ full transforming Little Eva and TOpsy
/ are beginning to pail upon the public
/ taste. russo. who Is a hale and hearty
| AJ-Dounder of the forid type, has ambi-
/ tons beyond paying the salaries of three
/ con i-.uies consisting of 80 performers.
I RuscJ's particular hobby consists in the
! pastoral paStIme OF raising Plymouth
| Rocks on his chicken ranch way back in
/ Missouri. He said last night at the Ken
/ yOn that he would sooner be back on his
/ ranch, sorting out the cOckrels from the
| puliets and gathering hen fruit in a bas-
/ ket at the rOseate blush of early dawn
/ than engineering the biegest star in the
/ dram tic armament i'm a triumDhaI orbit
I through the United States.
G. G. Brady, cashier Of the Bank OF
/ Egerton, Mimi. is a guest at the Manitou
] This Is the bankers fist trip out WcSt
] the object of his visit TO Zion at the
present time being in order to look into
/ the prospects of the Green River Land
I * irrigation company. He said last night.
/ The country adjacent to- Green River
| has been thoroughly surveyed with the
! object I'm view of launching the enterprise
| which will be a great boon to the ranch
ers and prospective settlers generally
/ considerable capital from Minnesota and
I Iowa is Interested in the venture. for the
east is looking generally toward the west
| as q field for the investment of capital
| A good indication of the way things aT5
shaping in this country is the noticeable
fact patent to all travellers that the
! West-bOund trains are loaded with pas
! Sengers while on those going toward the
east travel in comparatively light. In
| speaking of the financial situation in his
native state Mr.. lady said that money
/ generally WAS easy. although real estate
was tightening up all along the line.
q. F. Butcher, state inspector of forest
reserves for Utah, came i'm from Coal
| vile last night, and registered at tbs
/ Cullen. He said last night. outside OF
| looking after the game interests there is
! comparatively little to 90 during these
! winter months The snow leaves us quite
/ easy on the question of forest fires, al
! though ] saw in the paper last week that
/ there was one in Colorado. also the sans
/ cause knocks out the men who would
= endeavor to chop ties. / think I am safe
. in saying that there has not been tie
chopped upon the government reS6TVa'
I tons in Utah during the past year Mr.
Z Butcher said that he expected the number
OF EOVel Ement timber reservations would
7 be shortly raised from two to three ir
this state. as the officials were seriously
! considering the advisdbility of setting
+ art a big section of the country IN
I southern Utah along the colorado river
J for that purpose. Regarding the VeXeC
. sheen VTnu uT1gerIon said that
I doubleday congress would pass bill dur
Z ing this session which WOU-. enable the
1 herders TO pasture thear foe on "A basis
of per capita taxation or grazing priv
ier At present he said he had five
pa men employed ON the UiHtah and
two on the Fish Lake reservations Mr.
BsA-r Is enthusiastic REGARDING ne al.
/ Vau,ageS offered 10 the man with the rod
ana gun upon the latter reservation and
/ states for sober fact that there so many
/ trout al the mouths of creeks entering
/ the lake that they have not room to turn
/ around. and when il comes to ducks! why
he shot half wagOnlOad one morning be-
. fore breakfast
Kenyon.-W. H. Welch. Chicago; H. r.
. PennEO l. ODalSVi. Omaha +. W,
. Calkins. Denver, Charles F. MeteSmeyer
( New York; Frank Boskowitz. San Fran
! cisco, r. l. Warmer. Kansas City; W. F.
/ LoweEthal New York; d C. Dunbar
/ city F. a. Hamilton, Rochester. n. y
! James Evans. Z 7iiegate- Bertha X
/ Blake New YORK a.. ID. Banks, St Louis
s. 5. Blair, De Lamar; n, B.MoOnigeT
New York. Charles z. Spense. New York
/ Charles 5. Levey, san Francisco. +. V.
/ GrioX. Chicago; c. r. Coleman, Ne Eark
! y. J., 4. j. Jewell. L. +. Jewell. Dawson,
/ Y T. r. r. Patterson. Omaha, r. W
! YOUNG q wife. Omaha; Harry T Peck
/ Denve r. c. Maynaid WilliamsFo E. a
Z J. Jones Chicago. William F. FelcOuier
] Pittsbuyg. Charles Curtis. ST. Louis; "A
/ Davidson. Sioux City; L. Keene, J. c.
I Burke. Chicago.
/ The Knutsford.-J II. Murray Mon
! tana: Robert A. Pinkerton. Horace +.
Brown. New York; Alex. J. Cook, San
/ Francisco A. NJ. Ferguson. Thirty-sixtn
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