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Show )l If) The president 1ms announced a sue- ccssor to Paul Mortpn for head of tho n navy department In tho person of ft? Cliarlos J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore. 5 Bonaparto Is a ilosconilnnt of the fnm- I ily of Bonaparto, helng a grandson of ji Joseph, tlio brother of Napoleon. Ho ;V conducted tho Investigation Into tho postolllco scandals, and was very thorough In his methods, thus incur- : ring tho enmity of a lot of follows, $ like Machon, Lcrcnz and Perry S. Heath. Ho Is a man of rare person- . ; allty; has great force and energy and 'A Is an Individual who Is well equipped jj to handle tho department, jj It Is announced that Russia intends c 'ji keeping un tho war. In what manner, pray? Tho navy Is destroyed; It Is a two to ono bet that Oyama will larrup Llnevltch In their next merry meeting, and when that Is done tho only thing Russia will havo to keep up the contest will bo her newspapers. news-papers. While wo have no objection to constructing con-structing a high lino boulevard, wo suggest that tho low line boulevard, from Fourth South down Main to tho county road, ought to havo a small bit of attention. In a recent duel between an editor and a politician down in old Missouri, tho editor got tho bc3t of It. His antagonist an-tagonist was fatally wounded. Truly lias It been said: "The press Is tho lover that moves tho world." "A talented young woman" of Black-foot, Black-foot, Idaho, has wedded a prize lighter, light-er, and tho specials announcing the marriage stnte that her friends are marveling because of hor rash act. She doubtless wants to reform tho mug. Colonel Wall, chairman of tho board of public works, has stopped operations opera-tions on Brlgham street, declaring that tho plans of tho assistant' city ongl- leer are an "Impracticable phantasm." Tho city engineer regards this as an attack upon his assistant and has resented re-sented ..it. Result: Another scrap In tho council and in tho hoard. Salt Lako's team saved Itself from defeat Wednesday by not' playing a rjumo with Spokane. George W. Helntz Is back again; "In jur midst," after an absonco of two years. Ho returns to tako up tho duties du-ties of traffic manager for the United States Mining company. It Is a pleasure pleas-ure to seo tho old chap and to shake ltls lily whlto mitt. Ho didn't do much work tho first day or so, being too busy "espondlng to tho greetings of wol-como wol-como bestowed upon him by his host of friends. Citizens of Wllkesbarre, Pa., protested pro-tested against tho appearance of Nan Patterson at ono of tho theatres. Ministers, Min-isters, lay members of churches and others signed a protest to the mayor. Why they should thus throw away an opportunity of seeing such a famous character as Is Nan Is curious to say tho least. Wllkesbarro always was an odd old burg. Captain Chagln, of tho Russian cruiser cru-iser Almaz, reported at Vladivostok that ho saw two' Japanese cruisers and two battleships go down. In tho light of tho report sent by Togo that he lost no ships and that his lleet was practically prac-tically uninjured wo Infer that Captain Cap-tain Chagln must have boon Indulging In an especially potent brand of vodka vod-ka about tho tlmo tho battlo began. The Portland exposition opened on Thursday under very favorablo auspices. aus-pices. Now Is tho tlmo to buy your tickets. Wo understand tho famous fa-mous "Roso Club" will be ono of tho attractions shown Utah visitors. Harry Joseph Is going to attend some tlmo Mils summer for tho express purpose cf renewing his acquaintance. Mrs. Estollo Ellis, a young widow with $5,000,000, is going to marry Norman Nor-man Selby, alias Kid McCoy, tho prize fighter. What a whirl of excitement their honeymoon will bo. |