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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07

Note-The minus sign q used before
figures above indicates below zero
This table shows thai in the year 1897
only Ell Paso had more sunshine than
Santa Fe, but that Texas city has much
hotter summers and almost as great
an extreme of cold. with an excessive
amount of wind in the winter.
The government records do not show
that any place in the United States ex-
cells Santa Fee in sunshine. year in and
year out, the average number of hours
Of sunshine daily in a period of five
years being seven hours and forty-five
minutes, which Ia just about right for
variety, comfort and health.
A favorable point in comparison with
the east is that the most sunshine here
is in the fall and winter, November
leading, while in the east the u Is
more in evidence in the summer months,
when it Is sometimes neither wanted
nor needed.
HEARTBURN.
When the quantity Of food taken is
too large or the quality too rich heart
burn is likely to follow, and especially
so if the digestion has been weakened
by constipation. Eat slowly and not
too freely of easily digested food. Mas
hours elapse between meals and when
you feel a fullness and weight in the
region of the stomach after eating, in
licating that o have eaten too much,
take one of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets and the heartburn may
be avoided. For sale by A. c. Ireland.
The Optimis'ic View.
Isn't it too bad? exclaimed the bride,
almost tearfully. It's raining-and on
our wedding day!
That's all right, dear, whispered the
rapturous bridegroom. The heavens
are weeping for joy.
FREE OF CHARGE.
Any adult suffering from a cold settled
m the breast, bronchitis. throat o,
n troubles of n nature, who will
all at Ireland's Drug Store will be pre-.
sented with a sample bottle Of Bosch
,e's German Syrup, free Of charge. On
y n bottle given to one person. and
hone to children without order from
parents. No throat or lung remedy ev-
r had such a sale as Boschee's German
Syrup in all parts Of the civilized world.
Twenty years ago millions of bottles
we're given away, and your druggists
will tell you its success was marvellous.
It Is really the only Throat and Lung
Remedy generally endorsed by physi-
clans. One rs cent bottle will cure or
prove its value. Sold by dealers in all
civilized countries.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07
He Still Had Them.

Judge-I see you lost a couple of front
teeth in the fracas.
Prisoner-No, your honor, l didn't
lose them.
Judge-But they are missing.
Prisoner-Yes, but I swallowed them.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07
DYSPEPSIA CAN Be CUREDBY USING
ACkER'S

Dyspepsia Tablets. One little Tablet
will give immediate relief or money re-
rs cts.
For sale at Fischer's drug store.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07
FARMING LANDS UNDER IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

In tracts 40 acres and upward, with perpetual water rghts-cheap, ana
of 20 annual payments with 7 per cent interest. Alfalfa, Grain and F
grow to perfection.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07
CHOICE PRAIRIE OR MOUNTAIN GRAZING LANDS.

Well watered and with good shelter, interspersed with fine
grain and fruits. In size of tracts to suit purchaser.
LARGE PASTURES FOR LEASE, for long term Of years
shipping facilities over two railroads.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07

Note-The minus sign q used before
figures above indicates below n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Ogden Briefs.

A bunch of hObOes We're ordered out
of town by Judge Hall yesterday.
Poll Tax Collector A. G.. Harris has
begun suit against all dellnquents.
William S Beekwith and Mrs. Mary
L. Ash were yesterday granted a IL
cense TO wed.
The wife of ex-Policeman George
Burton presented him with a n-pound
son yesterday morning.
Superintendent Beardsley of Glen
wood is out on the road arranging for
excursions to the mark.
James Mccormick has returned zom
the east where he has been attending
school during the summer.
The court yesterday ordered the ad-
ministrator in the estate of Edwin
Strathford, deceased, discharged.
The Adam State of Consciousness
is the topic for the services tomorrow
at the Home of Truth, 357 Patterson
avenue.
The Union Pacific ran an excursion
from Morgan county, bringing a large
number of people to Glepwood park
yesterday.
terday to Herbert r. Holbrook. aged
%. and Miss Minnie NJ Lowe, eyed p,
both of Ogden; William Fronk. aged %.
of West Weber, and Josie Schowby.
aged 10. of Huntsville.
First Church of Christ.-Services IL
a. m. Subject: rs the Universe. Includ-
ing Man. Evolved by Atomic Force ?''
Sunday school. 1918. Wednesday even
ing meeting. p. m. Church edifice.
Twenty-fOuTth street. corner Lincoln
avenue. All cordially invited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
showing a black line is in the van. Their

showing a black line is in the van Their
khaki aprons make Highlanders
look from the front like medieval
blacksmiths, but they have the old
Highland swing, and along in the fight
ing front with each company marches
the piper. carrying his pipes, and armed
with nothing. but a long Scottish knife.
You turn and look back behind the
last tramping line. Here comes the
ambulances, making the only bit of
color in the whole picture with their
great fiuttering red cross flags. They
draw up in a little hollow in the rear.
where they wait for the loads that win
soon be theirs. You can see the doctors
and their assistants stretching an
awning so they can do their work in
the shade. There is a halt, and the
dun colored ranks sink down in the
grass. The men light their pipes: two
or three take out scraps of newspapers
and begin to read. They are already at
work on the water bottles. although
they cannot yet be thirsty.
An officer standing with a group of
others passes a silver cigarette case.
They laugh and talk. 1t might be
field day. You begin to think that per-
haps, after all, the kopjes that are lined
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

| You find it with your field glasses. Il
I is a riderless horse. Farther down to-
ward the river is neutrality-suspicious.
there are several, and now the dot
I like men are all coming back Some
are on foot: some are leading their
steeds by the bride.
The talking along the hillside is
stopped. Everyone is looking at the
kopjes now. Listen your closest and you
will hear weak little coughing reports,
spasmodic banks; those are the Maus-
ers. The Beers are therel
A Few sharp orders and the men lurch
out of the grass; the lines are formed.
Ii is yet two miles or more to the dark
blue shadows. but the air is so clear
tnas they seem scarcely a thousand
yards away.
Down upon the plain gallops a bat
terry of artillery, the men flashing and
the horses stretching out, They seem
regardless Of any heaps and burrows.
they charge through a gap in the wire
fencing and swerve round with a -four
lsh quarter of a mile or so further
on The men jump from their limbers.
IL seems hardly an instant, and there
comes sharp changing report, and then
sizzling, Kissing road in denned
diminuendo.
Heavy Firing Begins.
little ball of smoke suddenly jumps
out of the sky over the black kopje.
What hoi She bumpsi" cried a Tom
my. Too short" says someone, and
now there comes another report, and
then another. You soon get used to
them.
But on the left and center the khaki
men are moving, the skirmishers are
out ahead, tramping steadily on at
equal distances, and behind them fol-
low the grayish yellow lines, waving
and undulating. They seem to blend
INTO the color of the ground and it is
hard to follow them without the use of
the glasses They disappear over a
rise in the plain not before observed.
little knot of men press forward
by themselves behind the others. They
carry no arms, but bear ominous look
ing brown canvas rolls on their
shoulders.
1t is not time 10 philosophize. but
somehow the question, What is the
use of it a1l?" flashes into your mind.
Why should the men in the kopje want
to Kill the other men advancing? Why
should the men on the plain want to
make holes in the men on the kopje?
II IS past all reasoning, perhaps but,
strapge to say, there does not appear
TO be anything horrible in it. 1t has
all been done in such a casual manner.
It looks quite harmless. 1t has not as
yet the contagious excitement of a fire.
or football game. 1t is a bit unreal
and ineffective as a spectacle.
You move closer down. AS you start
forward except for the regular dis
charge of the battery guns, the day
might be like any other. The tame
little ground birds hop about close to
your feet; a startled spring box leaps
and bounds over the yeldt The sLv is
clear and blue. 1t is growing very
hot. You look at your watch and are
surprised to find that folks at home
are generally in bed at this hour. Sud
denly off the front there breaks out
noise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Cofea and Smear

New York. June s.-Coffee-spot Rio
weak; No. invoice, SIS; mild, market dull
and easy; Cordova, 9AG131s.
sugar-Raw, strong: fair refining, rs
centrifugal, 98-test, As; molasses sugar,
91si refined, firm; No 6, so; No. Z, sis;
No. s, BIO; No. g. sos; No. TO- 500; No H.
495; No L, 40; No. Is, 40; No. H. 490:
Standard A. $50; confectioners' A. $50;
mould A, SIS; cut loaf, sic; crushed, $40;
powdered, $50; graduated, $40: cubes
$40.
The market for coffee futures opened
barely steady at 10 to 20 points decline
under heavy receipts at Santos and the
prediction Of steadily increasing new crop
movement, with cables disappointing and
local disposition to liquidate generally.
There was no outside support and consid-
cradle pressure to dispose of spot sup
plies. Closed steady at a net decline OF
10 to 20 points. Total sales, 1878 bags.
including: July. 740d7.45: August. 7i0:
September, 4-40; November. 40; Decem-
Der, 155Q7.6a; February, $50; March, 400
49, May, 7S5.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Wheat Active, Closing at Good Ad-
Tanca

Chicago June 1.-THE wheat market
today was broad and excited The in
creased outside interest was especially
noticeable, although most of the time
trade was altogether too large to follow
in detail
In a general way it was a market made
by an army of buyers on one side and a
numerous contingent of longs out after
profits The buyers were the more numer-
Gus as well as the more eager and an
advance was the result July opened IS 10
1c higher at l5c to 745sc and shortly af-
terward sold at 15c. Liverpool was II
higher, an evidence that the English are
az last beginning 10 appreciate something
OF the reported blight in the northwest
July, following the opening, was crushed
back to l4&s by the liquidation Of longs
A rally ensued to 75Ss, the highest price
OF the recent bulge. over Toe there was
heavy selling by longs, but so we'll were
their offerings taken that July reacted
only SAL, and closed buOyant, 1kG1A
over yesterday at 75lsG75A.
Generally the advices from the spring
wheat authorities was that the failure
this season would prove the worst the
northwest has ever known. France, ii was
said. would have TO import 10000, 900 BUSH
els TO make up her shortage. Complaints
of excessive rains were received from
southern Illinois, Kentucky and Tennes-
see
Corn was in sympathy with wheat, July
closed 1LC up at 3j4sC.
We're good buyers of both July and Sep
TENDER, while the best selling came from
profit takers. September closed at 22asci
July sac over yesterday at PC.
The provision market was Iairly active
and strong. The strength was because of
light hog receipts, higher prices at the
yards and to a degree on the grain
strength. July pork closed 25Gt2715c over
yesterday. at A150; July lard, l11s up at
$40 and July ribs, l5e higher at $3.50
The leading futures ranged as follows;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. June l6.-Cattle-Receipts 200
Natives; Good TO prime steers. 51005 Is:
poor TO medium, 450d5.00; selected feeders.
4.25Q500. mixed stockers. 350d5-00: cows.
3.01GA.60; heifers, 3.25G5.00; Gamers, 2.S5T
300; bulls, &00q450; calves, 50007.00; Tex
as fed steers. 465G535. Texas grass fed
steers. 3N54i4 40: Texas bulls, 315d365
Hogs-Receipts today, 12O00; top 512Ik;
mixed butchers, 4.95051215; good to choice
heavy, 5.0QH5,1 2iz; rough heavy. 490G5. 90
light, A95N5 1919; bulk IF sales. 5.O5d510.
Sheep-Receipts 5000. Good 10 choice
wethers, 4.Sld5.30; fair TO choice mixed
4o0q50o; western sheep 475d5.25: year
hngs. 55og5.90; native lambs. 5.O0Q6 50;
western lambs, 6.0ja6.S5; spring LAMBS,
5.00dz00
Receipts this week; Cattle, 1900; hogs.
1Fe, 100; sheep. 81, pc
Receipts last week. Cattle, As, 800; hogs,
1880; sheep, $500
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Increased Office Force.

Postmaster Meighan has secured per-
mission from the department at Wash
ington to increase his Office force one
man. The new clerk viii likely be
Marion Hodge, who has recently been
driving the mail wagon, and he will as
sumo his duties July l.
This is not the only concession Mr.
Meighan has secured for his office this
year. Additional pay has been granted
for the clerks. which, in connection
with the salary of the new man. in
creases the appropriation for the Og-
den office 81 600
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

up ahead are empty Perhaps they
know it.
Little Dots on the Plain.
But suddenly little dots appear down
on the plain. / always look at those
dots with wonder and admiration. They
may be Laneers. they may be Hussars
or mounted infantry. If they are
eOlOnials perhaps, so much the better.
But, whoever they are, they are the
feelers of the fighting force, the ad-
vance pilots as il were who tell of dan
gers ahead and shoals to be avoided
They move to right and left; surely
the kOpjes must be empty. for the dots
are almost in the dark blue shadows
at the foot. Suddenly they halt. they
scamper to and fro and halt again. A
tiny speck comes charging out from
among them toward the waiting lines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Omaha Iivestock

Omaha, June 16.-Cartle-Receipts stetdv
Best cattle 5dl0c high for the week. ma
tive beef steers 45o45.40: COWS and heif-
ers, 2o0d46l; Gamers, 2.25d35 so: stOckers
and feeders, 3.50q5.00; calves. 3Ca7. 90:
bulls stays, etc. 3.O0fl4.35.
Hogs-Receipts 500; market active to
&c higher. heavy, A92iA05.01; mixed, 492lL
Ass, light 49544.95; pigs. 450a4S5: bulk
of sales, 4.92l5G495.
Sheep-Receipts 800 Market steady.
warnings, 4SeQ5.60; wethers. 440d5. 90:
stock sheep, AOoa4.75; lambs, 5OOa7.Oe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Stocks in London

New York, June 16.-CommerciaI Adver-
Users London financial cablegram: The
markets here We're almost empty TODAY
H9d business vas infinitesemal The tone
Wis fairly steady, except I'm Americans.
which weakened on the Northern Pacific
dividend. rallying fractionally at the
rlose. Northern Pacific common touched
55A though Berlin refrained from selling
and finished at IS.
Prices were generally under parity at
the close.
Money was plentiful. The bank got
G7,000 gold from Australia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Dow Battles IRE Sought.
Vivid Word Picture Of South African Engagement-NO
Music, No POmp, Just Business.

Copyright, 1900, by James Barnes.)
Capetown, Nay 12-As there is
curious sameness in the character of
the South African veldt so there is a
certain likeness in all the fights that
the English army has had in the pres
ent war. And as one looks back there
IS a composite recollection which per-
maps IS an impression of them all. To
describe this impression would doubt
less De quite as good as to describe an
actual occurrence, for it might be one
of several
And what is it like? How does it
impress one whose business is not
hShting. but merely that Of recording
what he sees or hears2
In the first place, a battle is wholl--
dlHerent from anything one has imag-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
OGDEN NEWS.
Ogden Office, 524 Utah Loan and
Trust Building. Telephcns IA
Ogden, June II.
OGDEN WOODEN MILLS.
Plant to be Improved by the New
Owners.

Owners.
The Cache Knitting company Of Lo-
gan, which recently purchased the Og-
den wooden mills, will Immediately
transform the plant into modern in
stitution, and one that will be credit
to the Junction city.
Mr.. J. L. Hendrickson, owner of the
Cache knitting works and the pur-
chaser of the ogden concern, is man
ufacturer of many years experience,
and the success of his Logan plant in
sures the success of the wooden mills.
1t is his intention to organize a stock
company, composed of Salt Lake, Og-
den and Logan capital, and equip the
plant to meet all demands. For the
present the factory will turn out lin
seys blankets, yarns etc, but in the
near future knitting machinery viii be
added and a knitting factory operated
in connection.
c. Z. ThOrstensen, formerly with the
Cache knitting works, has been in
stalled as manager of the factory. He
is a man of eighteen years experience
in the business. and is possessed of the
energy combined with business tact
that insures success in any undertake
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Review of week in Stonks

New York, June 16-Wau Street Week
": The stock market has swung almost
10 standstill under the accumulated IN
cerldlntrS OF the fate of the spring
wheat cop, the outcome of the cOmplica-
tons IN China and the limits still unde-
fined, 70 which the reaction in business
Will extend. Business at the stock ex-
cnange has been strictly in the hands
OF professional traders, and even those
have shown disinclination TO trade, owing
10 the difficulty In inducing prices to
it's Bonds have shared fully in the dull
ness of the trading.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Pidcock Acquitted

Ralph Pidcock was yesterday after
noon acquitted Of the charge of assault
with a deadly weapon upon the nerson
OF John Siefert Judge Hart was on the
bench. in the absence of Judge Rolapp
and heard the case before a Jury. The
evidence was somewhat conflicting as
to the details. The jury found that the
assault was provoked, and acquitted
the defendant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

a. Windsor. Jr.. Chicago. H.; A. B. Clark
and wife. Montana; c f. Frendenthsl,
Phoebe. g. h McWilliams Denver: J. D.
Mclnnis, Kansas City; c. F. Barrel,
Enright. Boston. Mass; Mr. F. Hard
ealy. Astoria, ore; Geo. W kinske. -.
T.; Edward J. Norris, Green River. Wy0. (.
Hiss Edna DOnnellan, Sacramento, Cal. /;
J, r botheTinghams New York; c K
Collins Chicago, Geo p. Aair Omaha;
A L. Wassing, Rock Springs, Wyo.: VIM
harcombe, San Francisco; r J. Weseott
Park City; Louis Freeman. Chicago; Geo,
R. Stoney, Provo; G. D. Knox, San Fran
cisco; Joe Scott, Montana; Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman WoOler, WeStern-super-m mare,
England; Geo; A. Ggst0n, Ogden; A
and child, Grand Junction, Colo: Mrs 5
J. Keith. Odessa, Mo; " Griffiths, Eu-
Teka; VIM. Z. White ard wife, Dillon,
Mont
Walker House.-Jas. NJ Neel, Oakley,
Gus Westhand, Sandy; Ella Jensen, Gun
nisOn; Chris Jensen, Gunnison, Andrew y.
Fradley, Denver; Edward Stevens, Jr-,
Denver; F. a. Taylor, Denver; J. F. Muir
and wife, Pomeroy, Wis; p, J. Riley,
wife and family, Denver; ". 5. Harling,
Lehi; Annie Barber, Richfieid: Myrtle
Barber Richdeld; William Fascher, Mis-
hawaka. Ind; c. E. Peak, Utah; A. G.
Cameron, Bingham; Alex McKae. Ev-
anston, Wyo.; A. Aversion, Booksprings,
WyO.; E. T. Mathews, Plainneid, n. J.;
Tom Collins and wife, Evanston. WyO.;
James F. Dunn, Provo; T. Seth Hull and
family Colorado Springs. +. f. PAXTON,
Monarch; Alex Anderson, Sandy City;
E. Anderson. Sandy City; D. NJ. McDon-
aid. Silver City: W. G. Boley, American
Fork; John AIicok, Silver City; R. Camp
bell. Silver City: Jas Merrill, Provo; John
johnson, Tintic.
The Cullea.-Geo. B. Crooks San Fran
cisco; Roland Meade Fairchild, Wis; Nj.
Hardesty, Astoria, Ore; James Harring-
ton. John P Shea, Metre Dame, Ind; b.
S Young, Provo; r. B. Quay, City of
Mexico; H W. Smith, Alta; L. Haronot
and wife Panora, Ia: Mrs. H. Ohlen-
kamp, Miss Kate Johnson, William Young
and daughter, Miss Maria Young, Evans
ton, WyO.; J. Z. Hickey, Chicago; +. NJ
Foote Evanston; Mrs. Sam Daniels Miss
NJ J. Miller, Sanpete City; H. 5. Martin,
Boulder Colo; Miss Laura Christian,
Gunnison; Z. Rodgers, San Francisco; J.
w Baiiy. Helena; J. Fraser, Mercur; A.
l. Chaplin. Farmersville; j. G Jones and
wife, II. S. Null, f. Lawrence, W. p
Page, Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Loans, Exchange andI Silver.

New York, June I-Close: Money on
call easy at , per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. S1R64L per
cent. Sterling exchange steady with ace
tual business in bankers bills at 4S75kd
ASIA for demand and at SAS434G4S47s for
sixty days; posted rates. S4S51zd4 ssh:
com 'cial bills, $AS4d4S4L
Sill certificates, 60G6l.
Ban r. G0it
MeXic- dollars, 49,
State bonds inactive. railroad bonds
heavy; government bonds easy; refund
ing 5 when issued registered 1f3: coupon.
lH3d lv5l2i registered, 100; SIS registered,
103; coupon, iO9; new As reg, 1879; cou-
pom, 1914. old is registered 1I4lz; cOu-
pon, 1l5i4; 5 s registered, 1874; coupon,
49,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

1t begins with a few muf1ed ex-
plosions like the first bursting of fire
crackers in a barrel, then a roar of
them. The whole pack is off. There
comes whining, buzZing noise over
head; one of the strays of the battle
field has passed you. A little thumD
and something strikes the ground near
by with spiteful little kick I'D of dust.
At the same time there comes a larger
noise from the direction of the kopie.
and a sound like that of a small plan
ing mill whirling through the air. A
muffied report. and a red cloud rises
near where the battery of horses are
standing.
so they've got a gun, too.' You
think. Yes, two of them, or three per
haps, for more screeches and more red
spurts follow. The battery of horses
does not move, the drivers sit appar-
emily unconcerned and the men at the
guns jump hither and thither at their
work. The little puffs Of smoke still
rise In the air in front.
Marked for Holiday.
But it is Fourth Of July in front, and
you perceive that the little hollow into
which the infantry has disappeared is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
Changes in Bank Conditions.

New York. June 1.-THE weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserves decreased 1915, 500;
loans increased, S324S. 800; specie de-
creased, 81. 335, coo; legal tenders Increased.
1865, 200; deposits increased s. 024. 500; circu-
latiOn increased. SS7S0O
The banks now hold 81, 49S, 80 IN excess
CT the requirements Of the p per cent
rule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17
A NARROW ESCAPE.
George Langdon Struck by Bullet
From a Rife.

From a Rifle.
To the fact that George Langdon was
not one inch taller than he is he owes
his life. Last evening, while William
Thompson was loading his rifle in
Hayes shooting gallery on Twenty
fifth street, the gun was accidentally
discharged, the ball taking an upward
course through the thin board parti-
ton into Munsee's cigar store, where
Langdon was standing. striking him
on the right side of the head, INJECTING
a serious scalp wound. Had the ball
passed one inch lower it would have
proven fatal As it was it glanced up
ward and lodged underneath the scalp.
The injured man was taken to Bad
cons drug store, and Or. Rich extract
ed the ball. After the wound was
dressed Langdon recovered sufficiently
to walk home.