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Show li A ILWA VKTM BLINGS Some Important Local Changea Rcpcrtsd At the Result of Pitsideak Aikmt' Trip. ME. RESSEOUIE TO GO TO OKiHA. Mr. Bait, Superintendent of the Nsbrasla Diritioa, to Succeed Him. The fiia Grmnle Standard Gaugis Opening. Loral railroad mcu ant considerably stirred up over a telegram from t'hey i' lino. The telegram goes on io state that th Uit of rrvilont Adams tu that city has put hi circulation rumor of all manner of changes, some of which will materially .fleet ttw nttlces at Sail La ' city. The most Important of these nt-mora nt-mora are that Kd. Dickenson, general manager of the Missouri river divUiou. is to Ui promoted to the povtioo general manager of tho I'uion rut-Ilia and that V.. V. UcMeguio, at preeut general gen-eral manager of the mountain divuiou w ith liouil.piarlors in thisvity. U lo take Mr. Diekeiigon'a plaeo as manager of the Missouri river division. It is alsn repot ted Mr. Harr Is la b ssmt tt Salt l.ako to take Mr. It.saegul't place. IT WAS A St RI'HtsE. The local railroad men all denied having hav-ing had tlm slightest Idea of any such changes before this morning. Chief clerk Opdykn waa seen at Mr. Heaneguie'g office: and said that the whole matter was news to blm. He could say nothing noth-ing whatever about tho truth of tho rumors ru-mors nud said that ho did uot think there wait a man in thn city that knew ! anything about It. lie had had a tulo-gram tulo-gram from Mr Kewcgiiio last night tu which that gentleman said that ll would probably hit ten days U fore ho would return from Omaha, but Mr. Opdyksi ai l that if the rumor was true, Mr. KcMcguio would probably return be-foro be-foro that time. Several other railro.nl men who wr spoken to In regard to thn in alter seemed to think the rumor was proii-ably proii-ably true and intimated that more surprising sur-prising changes as a result of Mr. Adam's Inspection tour would be heard of in a few days. Mr, Harr, who Is reported as Mr. j Uessegliie's suceeswir at tills place. Is superintendent of the Nebraska division divis-ion with heudipiarters at Omaha. IU is kn twit m an excellent railroad mau and I exceedingly popular. Mr. I'U k-unson k-unson is well known In this city aud his promotion will Ihj received with favor by llieeiillre sen ice, Thn local railroad rail-road rneti will be murry to bi Mr, Kessegule, who has ul ways held a terf ' high place In their estimation and ties- . wrt r-dly so. . . nir. Kto i.nsi't: wrsTi.ttsj itri. The Kio (ii amle Western will oMrt up its elundald gatigo on (hit I'Hh lost. Arrangements havn already been roiO' ph'ttid for running through cars from the I'tii'llio coast to (irand Junction. As soon us the litis east ut (irand Junction Is completed, ami It U being pushed as rapidly as possible, through t ar will Iki i nil from thn I'acillc eat to Colorado Colo-rado Springs and Denver. On tho loib, thn dale of the opening, thn Klo (irandn Western will put In servleo all Its new equipment. Thnlr now curs aro said to bo tho finest wrsi of Chicago. The people of (irand Junction ars) making arrangements for a grand "blow out" on thn 1 Ith to celebrato tha opening of tho standard gauge. All the local railroad men this morning received re-ceived liivllallous from tlm board of trade- of that placts to lt there on that date, Other towns along ibu line will also celebrato the occasion. ItllW IK Mfcll II I H tr. A rather good story in connection with 'resident Adanis'a lit to Salt I. like 4 Ul v cm Mundav last, was told for the first lime this morning. Mr. Adittns Is physically not a largo wan, In fact, he docs nut stand morn than -1 feet and or ? Inches In hulglit. Two rather prominent residents of Salt l.ak-t called on him at Mr. Kcweguit'e tm while he was in tho tlty. They were euurteoiily received ami chattel with him for it few moments. As ihey left th? olllee, one o( them, who had never beforo seen Mr Adanit. M heafd t remark to hi friend. "So that Is President Adam. What a little riKMicr he Ls. I had eipecled lo e much larger man." "Ureal heavens, " remarked hi tone pnnion. "ilid yon judgo liU sise ly ih urn. unit of noise h makes itt the) world?" mki! on Ksrrs The Hio fJran.le Wetts this morn-big morn-big aniioiiiiced Itt ratee for the M trdl (Jra to I h Itt at Ogd. n. OnJnlytst and up to the 3th roond trip tickets wiil be placed on ai at all h mad s stations, good for return until thttStit Inclusive, at one-fire rate r,si t tteioss to tiErir.n. Krery irain that wenl out to fiartiM I Ix-arh today was crowded. Tho oe - sion was tint eeuriB of thtl Twelftit ; district school and there was a big turnout turn-out of pupils a I their friends. Tomorrow itic rtjunty ten hers will have an excursion tiie LVtch an 4 a very large lurnoot U aiso eipct4 th-re. Tr.Actir.iu no tnt coAr. The ftio Grand Weswra today brought into the city another Mcursioa of t. achers from the Pacific eosset. Tha party numbered something oser forty rnnuUsrt. Thy stnt the day ls taking tak-ing in the sight of the eitr and will g east totn'jrrow m irniof. Th party of ; which etioe la yesterday morning; .-irfd on it war east this morniag t,v aii went wV greatly pletl with. ! Ls. They go an far cat a I'hicago in a party and will there divule lip, fta-frag their way back t too eat in the course of a moatn o sis wtU. I |