The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-27

began TO come from the ordinary
sources and by the ordinary ways. As
the supply increased, however, there
was no diminution of prices. General
Wood sent for the aldermen represent
ing the different warris of the city, and
summoned also the butchers. When
they were assembled in his Office he ar
ranged them in two lines, facing one
another. Then. through ar Interpreter,
ne asked the butchers. How much do
you charge for your meat?"
Ninety cents pound, senior.
What does IL cost your
3 There was hesitation and a shutting
of feet; then one of the men said, in a
whining voice;
Meat is very dear, very dear, your
excellency."
How much a pOund?"
1T costs US very much, and
How much a pound?''
! Fifteen cents, your eXcellency. but
we have lost much money during the
war and
go have your customers. Now meat
win be sold at % cents a pound and not
one cent more. Do you understand? ''
/ Then turning to the alderman, he
/ charged them TO see that his order was
/ carried out TO the letter, unless they
wanted to be expelled from office.
/ Thenceforward meat was sold in the
/ markets al p cents. 4 similar Teduc-
/ ton was made in the prices of bread,
/ vegetables. and all food products. Con-
1 fdence in the American methods of ad-
ministratOn strengthened rapidly.
g q e
] In the spring of 1898 came the talk Of
war with Spain. Both Wood and ROose-
! welt were fired at once with the pros
! pect, Woods keenest ambition had al
ways been 10 get into the line of the
army and see active service. The presi-
I Il hcI in hi nd in
/ they We're indeed. his personal friends
/ He called them the war party" and
when Wood came in Of d morning he
would ask, Have you and Theodore de-
clared war yet?" They first planned to
raise regiments in their respective
states. Roosevelt in New York and
Wood in Massac husetts. This, however.
was likely to be attained by much red
tape and not a little delay. 1t was per-
fectly natural therefore, that they
should seize upon the idea of a regi-
ment such as the rough riders'-an
idea suggested by Senator Warren.
Roosevelt was offered the cOlOnelcy,
with authority TO recruit such a regi-
ment, but declined it, and said that ne
would accept the lieutenant colonelcy
/ if Wood were appointed colonel. The
secretary Of war approved and Wood
was commissioned to raise the regi-
ment. General Alger, indeed, gave
/ Now don't let me hear from you
/ again. he said, until your regiment is
raised"
One day at Santiago, about the mid
/ die of November, 1898. the fever, from
which General Wood suffered greatly,
sent him out to his home, which was
on the edge of the town, earlier than
usual He had no sooner reached the
house, however, than he was notified by
( telephone that riot had occurred at
San Luis, a town twenty miles out on
the Santiago railway.
Give me all the particulars in your
/ possession, he replied to the signal
corps operator who had rUng him up.
There has been a fight between the
new rural police and a number of ne
4 gro soldiers, supposedly of the Ninth
volunteer immunes. The soldiers fired
on the police and killed a lieutenant,
three natives and baby. sir" was the
reply.
The fever was raging in the general;
] his temperature exceeded 105, and he
was so sick and dizzy that he stag
/ gered as he walked. But with j"dOm-
liable will he entered his carriage and
/ was driven back to the city. He picked
! up his chief signal officer, Captain J.
/ Z. Brady, at the palace, and FASTENED
! to the building occupied by the tele-
! graph department OF the signal corps
I Captain Brady took the key at the in
! Strument.
Tell the operator to summon the
! members OF the rural guard who were
| fired on and the commanding officer
/ of the Ninth immunes," ordered the
( general terseIy. ,Thenceforward, for
three hours, General Wood sat there,
questioning, listening, issuing orders,
all with a pTomptness and certainty OF
/ judgment that would have 1een ex-
/ tTaOTdinary in man quite at his ease:
/ yet all the time, as he could not help
/ showing, the raging fever was dis
( tressing to the point of agony. Those
{ about him could not but marvel at the
! mans resolution and endurance. The
} following day, although still Tacked
} with fever, he went by special train to
+ San Luis and Investigated the affair
: in person.