Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-11

SHOWING RESULTS
Railroad Presidents Did Something
while Tbey We're In Chicago.

The general freight agents or leading
western roads have formed an arrange
ment Tor the pooling of business. Joint
agencies are 40 be established at Kan
sas CITY. Omaha and 81 Paul A joint
agent win De- placed ln charge Of Che
traffic at each OF these cities. II. H.
COPYRIGHT has been appointed %
manage the Kansas city office and be
lB In charge OF the Omaha ONCE lelh-
porarlly in addition The Kansas cry
Office win handle traffic for adjoining
cities. like 81. Joseph Atchison ana
Lcavenworth. The omaha branch cove
ers Sioux city, lincoln and Beatrice.
sd. Paul looks after Duluth, Mnueap0-
Ms and other points In the vicinity.
Permanent agents VIII be appointed IN
omaha aud 81 Paul soon
Several car loads OF the Colt army re-
y0lyers and the regulation krag-Jor-
gensen rife have gone through and are
on their way They are all marked TO
the depot quartermuster at san Fran
cisco. and will be shipped 90 Shanghai
or some designated point on the CHI
ncre coast. held hy foreign troops.
which viii be the landing place OF the
American infantry and cuTalry on dis
embaTklng
The ninth infantry left Manila Tor
China in khaki uniforms ana tclt CAM
paIgn hTts These hats, Cor the vigorous
work TO be accomplished iu burnnA
China. are anything but appropriate,
hence the English cork helmet that
long use I'm tropical countries has dem-
onstrated as superior 20 any other coN-
er.ng are 10 be substituted. The guam
uty OF arms and ammunition being sent
t0 san Francisco Us enough 90 supply
several regiments.
II me trouble continues and The
United states Joins, as 10 undoubtedly
Nill. with the other powers 70 chaslise
the Boxers and protect the foreigners
that have escaped massacre, there ls a
chance for many ColOradoans who are
anxious for more service. Lieuteant
charles Hooper OF the First Colorado,
and "a number Of other officers Of the
regiment have already inquired n there
h prospect OF service Ia China. Should
there be- q call for troops the govern
ment will find many men IN the West
with the advantage OF a long Philip
pine experience who VIII respond 10
The call either as volunteers or Tor en-
lstment IN the regular army
10 army officers the splendid equip
ment OF the imperial troops has been a
surprise. When the hordes Of Chinese
appeared before Pckin they had "a num-
ber Of heavy guns that they used with
O knowledge that was amazing Be
sides. they had Mauser rifles, Martins
and Krag-J0rgensens-
The Chinese editor ~ The Post wong
Hol Chong explains this boy saying that
from frequent items he has seen In his
home newspaper, published az canton,
he rs convinced the Chinese have been
large purchasers on modern firearms
since the terrible beating given them
some time ago by the japanese The
empress doWager and her advisers have
helped rather than hInderod, IN the
quiet work that has been In progress
Tor a number OF years and the secret
goclotes OF the N0rih-the Boxers OF
todav-haye well-stocked armories
where distributions Of guns and ammu-
pltions ore being made to the brigades
taking the field against the foreigners"
IL is no secret that German drIll-mas-
tcrs have been working on the chinese
REGULAR troops Tor three years past
About year ago Prince Henry OF
p~gsgla brother OF Emperor William,
reviewed 10000 " these drilled troops,
and expressed amazement at their pro-
hci0nCy