Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11

soldiers, as at first reported. The
score was to Z.
The Riyerton baseball team Is snx-
ious to cross bats with the team from
the Salt Lake postofflce, and the match
viii be pulled off Aug. %, at Lagoon.
Miss Violet Westwood, assistant clerk
at the Knutsford hotel, has returned
from pleasant vacation at dlenwood
Springs.
The steel for the Packard library Is
arriving, and Is now being placed in
position. The work OF construction
both at the library and at the Y. NJ. g.
A. building Is being pushed ahead rap
idly.
Col. j. A. Murray, vice president OF
the National Bank of the Republic, w,
W. Morris and NJ. l.. Macdonald, Mon
tana banking men, arrived from the
coast this morning and registered at
the Knutsford.
Miss Mamie Tout came down from
ogden this morning and visited with
friends during the day. This evening
she will return home with MIR. and Mrs,
Emmett who were married IN the salt
Lake Temple today.
The street railway management is
congrntulating itself on the record
made yesterday, in handling the crowds
travelling to and from the circus,
Eighty-five per cent Of the people at
tending the circus patronized the street
cars.
Private John Crondy OF G company,
Twenty ninth infantry, was arrested
hU
OF Davis county on the charge OF forg-
cry at Liberty Mo-, and was taken to
the Harrington jail for safe keeping
until the arrival Of the sheriff Of Page
county. Mo.
A tourist, In At OF mental abstrac-
ton, dropped his excursion ticket from
Detroit, Mich, into a Second South
street letter box last evening, and the
letter collector brought the ticket to
Postmaster Thomas from whom, +.
b. Ricci, the owner may secure 1t upon
proper Identification,
Several refreshing thunder showers
fell over the city before o'clock this
morning, but the ground was so dry
that the precipitation hardly more
than laid the dust However, the at
mosphere was 80 cooled that the day
has been quite bearable, Fair weather
is predicted for tonight and tomorrow.
A troop OF the national guard Will
vote for captain tonight, at an election
to be presided over by Captain Has
sig OF ID company, First infantry. II Is
reported that the choice VIII lie be-
tween First Lieutenant Caine and cap
tain j. Wash Young, formerly COM
mander Of troop, Second volunteer
cavalry.
The ballots In the election for major
| I'm the First infantry were canvassed
Yesterday. They numbered n, and OF
these II were cast for Capt. Williams
OF II company, First infantry, which
| assures him the rank OF major OF the
| First battalian Of the regiment. Maj.
| Williams is being widely congratulated,
| for he Ia very popular and efficient
officer. His opponent was Capt. Grow.
| An 81 lection in ii company VIII have to
| be held very soon TO fill the vacant
| captaincy as encampment time Is close
| at hand.
The Interstate Journal Of White
| River Junction, VT, prints a fine half
| tone OF Brig Gen. j. Milton Thompson,
| u. s. A,retired the father OF John wal
colt Thompson, supreme court reporter
OF this city, and gives an extended bi-
ography OF the general, The latter be-
gan his military career at 49, as
| private In the Seventh New Hampshire
| volunteers, and was retired as a briga-
dIer In the regular establishment In
1908. because Of III health due 70 cam.
paignlng In the Philippines. General
| Thompson was colonel OF the twenty.
third infantry prior to promotion, and
| has a fine record.