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Show MOUNTAIN ISSUES. LIVINGFOSTERS PAPER.) Volunteers. lUMHOr to tiM IlTIl MOBWAH ASTM1TI San Francisco, May WIIXAXB rOSTKB, rMtehr. n Boo par BIX.. MALT LAKE CITY. Schley Ha3 Him Cooped up UTAH NEWS. in Santiago Harbor. Delinquent taxpayers of Salt Laics county hare been given further tiuo in which to settle. Joseph How of Farmington was seriously injured a few days ago by a log slipping from a wagon and falling upon biin. Thomas Munn, an young man of South Hooper, was last weeli declared insane and sent to the asylum at Provo. Julius Jensen, who attempted to assault a daughter of George Q. Cannon, has been declared insane, and is now an inmate of the state insane asylum. Prominent sheepmen who have theii herds in the mountains east of Spring ville report that the ruinB of the past week hare eaused the death of a number of newly born iambi. Captain R. W. Young was presented d bores with a handsome on the day preceding the departure of the troops for San Francisco, the gift of a number of his admirers. In the two batteries which left for San Francisco last week were 355 men. Each battery baa four officers, 131 noncommissioned officers and privates and three members of the hospital corps. Frank M. McBride, postmaster of Salt Lake City, who was recently convicted of embezzlement of government funds, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the state cream-colore- penitentiary. A scaffdd gave way in the Overland mine at Sunsi ine, dropp ng two occupants, Fied Jenen and Charles IV. Fault, to the bottom of the shaft, thirty-sfeet. Both men were badly will recover. but injured The waterworks of Ogden have again been placed in the hands of receivers, Samuel L. Jarvis, of Kansas City, and other bondholders having begun suit to foreclose a mortgage given by the company in the sum of 12,400,000. The jury in the Douglas murder case brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation that he be sentenced to imprisonment for life. Douglas killed hia wife at Huntsville in January last. The dry farm grain and lucerne have made marked improvement since the recent rains and large crops are practically assured. Fall wheat and the spring grain is showing up nicely, while the outlook for an abundance of fruit, except peaches, continues good. The two batteries of Utah volunteers broke camp at Fort Douglas op Friday of last week and departed for Manila. A half holiday was declared in the schools, business bouses were closed and thousands of people crowded the streets and cheered lustily as the boys marched to the depot. Two young men of Logan, who are in the habit of gambling, and invariably winning from the boys with whom they play, had the tables turned on them the other evening when their former dupes held them up and took from their pockets $35. No arrests will be made as the youthful gamblers dare not make charges. Ed X. Kirby, the Utah mining man who disappeared from Kan Francisco ao suddenly and completely about March 1, has returned to civilization from a remote mining locality where he went to examine property and was detained longer than he expected. even - It NEWS SUMMARY. Tbs Utah, Idaho. Wyoming and Colorado (WARREN Room TROOPS. was an isolated place with no means of communication. Reports of correspondents indicate that crops throughout the state are very promising and never looked better at this time of the season, llanting corn and potatoes is being pushed, and some of the early planted is up and Tbs Wil.v B;inUril Kan Into a Trap Tre pared for Him aud Hay Remain Thera Until the War ta Over Kceapa U TmpoMlblr. Washington, May 20. The Spanish has not only been definitely located at Santiago, but Commodore Schley has been located at the entrance o the bay, and will Bee that Cevera pursues a policy of masterly inactivity )o long as it is deemed advisable to ceep him there. There is no possibility sf his escaping from the trap which it Of all the la lielievei was set for him. ports in Cuba at all suitable as a refuge, Santiago is the only one which was not guarded by American There is no communication with Havana, and, from a strategic point of riew, a better place could not be found is long as the American fleets could not make him fight. Having endeavored tor corner the wily Spaniard for leveral days, and learning that it was his policy to run away rather than fight, with probabilities of his being able to do so for weeks, what would be tnore natural than that this trap, from which there is no escape bat surrender, ihould be left unguarded intentionally. With Schley to the west and Sampson to the east, crowding down upon him, the Spanish admiral was forced to enter the harbor or risk a battle, the results of which were only too well known to him. Shut out of both Havana and bis undoubted objective point, he had nowhere else to go. San J nans defenses were reduced with the avowed object of destroying the efficiency of that harbor as a port of refuge. So where could he go but Santiago, and any port in a storm. It look likes Sampson has won a trick. Sampson's fleet is collecting around Santiago, so that at I) resent the most formidable of America's ships are centered there. It may mean that, like Dewey, the harbor ia to be forced and decisive engagement fought. This idea is scouted by well informed men, however, who argue that the only justification for such a move would be the approach of another squadron from Cadiz, in which all our ships might he needed for offensive and defensive work. With the narrow channel and strong fortifications, and the knowledge that the harbor ia strongly wired, the risks are too great to be undertaken without urgent necessity. It is not apthat the battle, should prehended iCerverabe engaged, would last long, or terminate other than satisfactory to the United States, but the danger of losing one or more of our best ships as the Maine was lost, is not going to be risked. Santiago bay is a magnificent sheet of water, about eight miles long and half as broad, deep, safe, suitable for the largest ships to be at anchor, bnt only for those drawing less than 14 feet to approach the wharves. It is reached by a long strait, with a channel only 535 feet wide, defended by Morro fort on the east and Socapa fort on the west The Spaniards consider themselves perfectly safe in this fleet war-ihip- s. Cien-fuego- stronghold. s, With thq narrow channel leading into the harbor, a comparatively small force can maintain an effective blockade and leave the majority of both fleets for other work, it is probable g monitors will be stathe tioned at Santiago, as they are especially fitted for such work. slow-goin- UTAH CAVALRY LEAVES. McCoy and Choynski The latest arrivals at the military camp on the old bay district camp are all comfortably quartered, though Utah and Wyoming are somewhat short of tents. Wyoming has the promise of the government that its solitary battalion shall not be pnt in to fill up a regiment, but will go into service as an independent battalion. It has an assurance, also, that it and the Utah batteries will be sent away together abont the first of June. Idaho and Kansas are the two camps that lack equipment. Idaho has only three companies uniformed, and until the arrival of uniforms there will not he much drilling. The Idaho men are new to the manual, bnt the fighting spirit is all there. When a rumor arrived that, all unequipped as they are, they were to sail for Manila at once the camp was audibly glad. That's good news, grinned a big private, the sooner the better. The sandy ground on which the camp is situated is too soft for drilling purposes. The Utah batteries are unable as yet to use their guns, and the carriages are sank deep in the sand. The horses have not arrived yet, and there is but one equine in the camp a beautiful buckskin pacer, presented to Captain Richard W. Young by the Salt Lake City bar. - INVASION OF CUBA. 35. Uncle Sam Wants 4 Indemnity. two-year-o- ld . i Spains Reserve Squadron Will Crow tbe Atlantic. New York, May 25. A dispatch to the World from Tangier, Morocco, says: The following vessels of the Spanish reserve at Cadiz, under Admiral Camera, are preparing to sail: Battleship Ielayo, armed crnise Carlos V, protec ted cruiser Alfonso XIII, torpedo gunboat Destructor, torpedo boat destroyer Proserpina, auxiliary cruiser 1eria and Rapido (formerly Hambarg-America- n vessels), transport ships and three vessels whose names are unknown. It is rumored that instead of going to the Philippines, this squadron will probably cross the Atlantic to reinforce Admiral Cervera's squadron, which is understood to be at Santiago de Cuba. . fjEm-perad- or FLAG. War Runner of 61 Will Float Over Horre Cntitle. Washington, May 25. A delegation Grand Army veterans from N. J., waited npon Secretary Alger st his office and presented to him a historical flag one which was bought by the corn exchange of Phil' ndclphia in 1801, and. under which a regiment of soldiers was there enlisted. In the course of his remarks accepting the emblem, the secretary of war said: 1 thoroughly believe that an overruling Iroviilenco is placing this great burden upon the American people. Our country has taken up the cause of humanity, and it will not lay down its e, an Ovation as Thry Marched to the Train. Salt Lake, May 35. The last of the ; volunteers. Captain Caine, and hia growing fast arms until Cuba is free and a governDuring the absence of her parents, a troop of 80 cavalrymen have gone to ment of the people, for the people and. child of Mr. and Mrs. It. join the batteries at San Francisco. is established. I thank the by people G. Atkinson, of Brighton, fell into a They were given a great demonstration for and will direct that it the yon ling tub of water that stood in the yard notwithstanding the threatening over castle when it ia Morro raised le and was drowned, the parents not re- weather They broke camp at 2:15, in our possession. turning for two hours after the accident and the train pulled ont at 6:15 last Viewing (iUilHlone'a Heiuelnii. evening, carrying the last of Utah's to the little one. soldier boys. Ilawarden, May 26 The refrains o George U. By water, arcsidcntof Salt a Mr. was The the march Gladstone were removed today through city Lake since 1809, passed peacefully away while seated at the dinner table on the triumphal one. The troops presented from Ilawarden castle to the village eschurch. They were carried by a half 16th inst, apoplexy being the cause of a splendid appearance. They were corted a honor of composed dozen old retainers of the family to a by guard hia death. Mr. Bywater caine to Utah sol- bier on wheels, on which they were of Union Confederate veteran and in 1854 and was well and favorably dier a taken over the lawn, past the favorite known throughout the state. The company treasury was increased nooks of the deceased's park, followed James C. loulson, whose quarrel and 1355, a contribution by members of by the family. Thousands of people encounter with his father at Pleasant ty the Alta club, to make the lojs com- have been arriving at Ilawarden all Grove on April 38th resulted in the fortable. day to view the remains. Several ladies death of the latter, has been bound over will not be detained long in fainted from excess of emotion when They to the district court on the charge of San Francisco, bnt are expected to sail passing the liier, and many men and murder in the second degree, l'oulson's about Juno 1, on the first transports women dropped on their knees and siygwher is one of the bondsmen. that leave. lently prayed. The body has been sent to London. Given that active-service- . General Miles at the war department yesterday, I have nothing to say, except that the United States will, in due time, bring Cuba under its control by judicious methods and without a useless waste of life. The United States is too great, too strong and too powerful to commit any foolish action in connection with the proposed invasion. As for myself, I have only to say that no officer is fit to command the troops who. from any motive whatever, would needlessly risk the life of a single soldier, either from disease or the bullets of the enemy. I have never sacrificed the livea of men under my command, and I do not propose to anbject them to any unnecessary risks in the present campaign. TO RElfbgORCE CERVERA. of The government thinks it possible, Dewey may need 40,00 troops to control tbe Philiopines. Martial law lias been proclaimed throughout the Cunary Islands, and is' Washington, May 23. The United very rigidly cnfoi .cd. States wants I'orto Rico as a war InThe latest treasury statement shows: demnity. High officials do not say so Available cash balance, $304,913,057; bnt they are reluctant to deny that gold reserve, $173,303,543. such is the case, while prominent senThomas W. Keene, the actor, la sufators and representatives who are fering with appendicitis, and has :an close to the administration boldly an- celed his theatrical engagements. nounce that steps are being taken to A number of merchant steamers bring the island under control before loaded with coal from England have' Spain sues for peace. In fact, this is arrived at Barcelona, Cadiz and Bilbao. alleged to be the prime cause for issuThe silver republicans, populists,! ing the call for 75,000 volunteers. protective and social labor parnegro So strong is the belief that Porto Ohio have formed an alliance i of ties Rico will be taken that it is accepted ted as a fact. According to unofficial Thirty thousand rifles and rapid-fir- e bnt well authenticated rumors, Spain guns have been shipped to Gomez, ia now taking preliminary steps to sue which will allow him to recruit his for peace. European nations have army. been appealed to, it ia asserted, to inRussell B. Harrison has been assigntercede, and ask this government to ed to the staff of General Fitzhugh; allow Spain to quit Cuba aod end the Lee, and will go to the front for war. This information was given to the president by a prominent emLoren Fletcher of the Fifth Minnebassador. When such a move is taken sota district, has been nominated for the president wants to be able to say: for the fourth time by the re--' All right, thats what we began the congress war for. Hut we will keep Porto Rico publicans. Secretary Long, replying to critiand the Philippines as indemnity for cisms. says the war board baa not the expenses we have been pat to. made a single mistake, in its recomIt was this information which led to mendations. the call for volunteers. The new proLincoln connty, Idaho, pays Blaine gramme as outlined includes tbe embarking of the regulars for Porto Rico county $390,000 in warrants m satls-- j on the twenty-od- d transports ndw load- faction of a judgment This settles a at ing Tampa. Indeed, it ia even said long controversy. that the transports are now loaded and Negotiations with Canada to settle' to sail. Nineteen thousand all disputes between that province and ready are to the expedition.' this government were begun at Wash- allotted troops This will leave about 11,000 volunteers ington Wednesday. at Tampa and Mobile and 80,000 at It ia reported from Madrid that the Chickamauga. prisoners of war in the United The redaction of San Jnan will be Spanish have States again complained that ' undertaken by the heavy boats of a convicts. are treated they Sampson's squadron. It is not expectThe Monterey, when it goes to Maed that it will prove a difficult task, as serious damages were effected by the nilla, may be towed a greater part of bombardment given the fortifications the way by one of the big transports,1 a short time since. The troops will as its coal bunks are limited. then be landed and a provisional govJulie Wyman, a vocalist well known ernment set up. throughout the west, was declared inThis being accomplished, a landing line and ordered committed to the will be effected in Cuba and the volun- Poughkeepsie, X. Y., asylum. teer army, which is rapidly becoming The consular reports give notice of seasoned, will be thrown into Cuba in declaration of neutrality by five the overwhelming numbers. The troops Russia, Greece, Venezuela, countries, will not be unnecessarily exposed to and Canada. Netherlands the either disease or battle, but will be so At San Diego, Alfred Lambia, a strong in equipment and numbers as to make resistance useless and shortl- Frenchman, shot and killed his wife ived. and then committed suicide. Jealousy A division of troops has been effected and drink was the cause of the crime. as follows: Philippine occupation, 25, Dr. John G. Ferguson, a prominent 000; Porto Rican occupation, 25,000; and William M. Smith, a raildentist, Cuba, 100,000; reserve and home deroad man, fought a duel at St. Lon s fense, 125,000. over Misa Emma Walters. Both were The estimate for the Cuban army of killed. invasion was based on the conviction General Grosvenor, chairman of the which is now common to all authorities, caucus of the house of repRepublican both civil and military, in Washington, said that no caucus on resentatives, that order cannot be restored over that Hawaiian the question would be htld large area of territory without thcL this week. presence there for some time to com A well drilled company of Indiana of at least 100 regiments, and that little or no reliance can be placed on the belonging to the Puyallup reservation capacity of Cubans for self government, school has volunteered its services to for at least a year or two. As regards Uncle Sum. The company has its own lorto Rico, it is not believed the inhab- brass band. itants will be able to maintain a govAccording to a dispatch from Gibralless ernment of their own in than a tar, the Austrian cruiser Kaiser Frana generation, and practically the same Joseph I, has arrived there, and on conclusion is reached regarding the Friday will sail for Cuban waters with the armored cruiser Kaiscrin Marie Philippine Islanders. Teresa. e A Madrid paper says: It will TRANSPORTS AT TAMPA. our readers to learn that president of the United States,' Vessels Now Ready to Keelers Twenty-on- e is naturalized a Chinaman, having been Troop. No wonder the secCanton. in born Tampa, Fla., May 25. Nearly all of issued. was ond call the transports chartered for the purThe West Indian & Panama Cable pose of carrying troops from Tampa have' arrived here.' Tbe Leona, Iro company denies that tbe cable line quis, Santiago and Cherokee have been from Santiago de Cuba to San Jnan The comadded to the list, bringing the total up and Ponce has been cut Porto Rico adds that to twenty-onand two or three more pany messages are expected hourly. All the trans- will be received. ports that have recently dropped anRoinigo Zaps tero Jiminez, the Spanchor at Port Tampa were fitted up with iard arrested at Key West as a susbunks and stalls before leaving for the picious character, is evidently a spy. south. The new camping ground at Plans and notes concerning all seaPalmetto beach, south of Tampa, ia board cities were found in his posnow occupied by four regiments of session. lie is a lieutenant in the volunteers. It is expected that moat Spanish navy, and has been in New of the volunteer troops will be located York for several months past there. General Miles has recommended to The transport now here will easily Secretary Alger that First Lieutenant accommodate between 1 5.000 and 20,000 A. S. Rowan, of the Nineteenth infanmen, somewhat over the total number be promoted-t- the rank of lieutentry, of regular troops in camp here. It is ant colonel. This General Miles does thought thirty-si- x hours after orders s a recognition of the valuable serare issued to embark, tfvery man, horse vices performed by Lieutenant Rowan and pound of supplies can be placed on in hia recent perilous mission to Cuba board the vessels in waiting. when he secured valuable information for the United Slates. Apparently Reliable Information That the Inland Will be Ttkcu and Held as Indemnity In the Relief That Spain Will Has for lesoe. General Mile Declares There Will be Ke Wests of Life. With regard Washington, May 25. o the invasion of Cuba," said Major HISTORIC it for War are matched to fight for $10,000 June 37. The Charleston will await the transports enroute to Manila at Honolulu. Spain's request to he powers to protest against the blockade of Cuba baa been ignored. . snr-prls- Mag-ginlc- y, e, I |