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Show 71- - - - - - ,-..v, ,0 .- I VOL. 8. NO 3. SPKIXCVILLE, UTAH, FRIDAYl SKPTEM IlKIt Si, 9S. PRICE- $2.00 PER YEAR. 1. ' M b. it. y Ai Yj--Mi. JiL- JL v JLj&- -Jw v A V ' '"' I Royal makei the lood pure, wholesome and deliciouf . rrn5! ax rv POWDER Absolutely Pure ftOVAL BAKING POWOFH CO., NEW VORK. MANILA LETTER: On Hoard Steamek "Colon," July 8, 18:i. I'eak Ones at Homk: Will try and raise ambition to write you a few lines. It is much wanner hero than in Utah and makes yuu feel quite drowsy and sleepy during the day. The Springville boys, with myself, are in the best of healt h and getting along finely. Am writing this on July (ith, and will give you a brief outline of our trip from Honolulu up to the present time, su w hen I get in the Philippines lean write you of more importance than my long voyage. We are thus far safe. We left Honolulu without any protection. pro-tection. The monitor "Monterey'' had orders to stay at Honolulu till further orders, so we are sailing along without any protection, but looking every day for the "Charleston" to meet us. 1 would feel more at e.e if she was with us. On June 2."ith, at 10 o'clock we left Honolulu. That morning the second cook died and was left at Honolulu for burial. He had some kind of brain disease and was sick only a short time. We have buried three men in the ocean, one from the "China" and two from the "Senator." Yje have had u picnic on the "Colon".'"5' C'; June 2iith, nine of the boys had the ui'.'aslts, and one had typhoid fever, and on Juno .);h thirty-six had the measles. There are no more new eases now, and not a Utah boy Is sick. I think we take belter care of ourselves. There are over COO men on the "Colon," so you can guess what we have to put up with. On the 4th of July we steamed as near to an island as we thought safe. It was discovered three years ago by Captain Philips, whose vessel was drifted in sight of the island by a heavy storm. The storm drifted him 330 miles from his course, when he saw the i.ilanrt. We went, to it and gave it the nameof Wait island. We are the second outfit that ever saw the island. It is. a very pretty place, about 8 feet above sea level, and has no inhabitants. There are large uSb in abundance around the island, also "Saved Her Life." MRS. JOTTN WALLET, of Jefferson, Wis., than xvhoni ncno Is more highly esteemed or wk'.cly known, writej. "Tn 1S90 I hzA a severe attack of LaGrippo end at the end of four months, In spite of all physicians, friends and good nursing could do, tuy lunss heart and nervous system were so completely wrecked, my Ufo was despaired de-spaired of, my friends Riving mc up. 1 could only sleep by the use of opiates. My lunss and heart pained me terribly and my cough was most aggravating. I could not lie lu one position but a short time and not on my left side at all. My bujband brought me Ir. Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure and I began be-gan taking them. When I had taken a half bottle of each I was much better and contin-.,ini contin-.,ini nnr!atiitlv I took about a doen bot tles and was complet ely restored to health to the surprise cf all." $tfmm' Dr. Miles- ucmeuies Dr. LvH aro sola by an druggists drug-gists under a positive guarantee, first bottlo benefits or money re- funded. Book ou a- w easS OI vie m ai v uuu i'Jl. MILKS MEWCALUO., Elkhart, Ind. fop g ' Miles' Restores M Mi large beautit'nl trees, and no doubt, there i line fruit on the same. W" are sailing bet ween 300 and 50; miles out of our cuiirsp in order to prevent j a meeting wiili any Spanish gunboats J providing there are any in tbe-ej waters, ilie '.Monterey" sailed from San Fiiiucisi.-o nnfv to bluif the Spanish. Span-ish. We haw had ,t very beautiful trip, t'le oe.-ati lieiog calm and peaceful. I enjoy (lie. vo-.ago very much, and like traveling , ;i the water, but. f.r all thai. 1 will b glad to gel. on laud once more. di a long voyage is Very tiresome. 1 cannot begin 'ogive a full aec uni. of tiie whole trip, but will leave m'. .-,( t.f i I I III I re 1 urn home again. Yes. I am sure coming back again. 1 know of many dear ones that ine piav ing for me, al most evn leoir, I believe in prayer, and t.iod is not s i unjust that he will not answer prayer, and I feel sun; of returning. Well, there is a great change. since 1 started to write this lett-r. Seahd orders have just been opened today (July 8) aad the orders read to lake the Ladrme islands. They have unite a little fort, and S-ineh smoot h barrel bra; s guns. Don't know just ho many guns they have, so our first battle will be tomorrow, as .soon as wc arrive. We will pour the soup into them. We have been busy a!i day mounting our guns on deck, and we are now ready to run up against them. We are aiming to strike the islands at the peep of day. I am in the best of health and am rend to meet them in battle. I have no fear at all. July 10: We did not have to take ! the La drones. I July 17: Thank God we are a! Ma-' nihi at last. The warship "liostou" ; came out 300 miles to meet us. We! are now' at Cavite fort, Dewey nowi has r,000 Spaniards in the same prison that they expected io put. the Americans. Amer-icans. The insurgents have Manila solid. It is worth millions of dollars to see the the sights here in Manila bay. There are 1,000 ships in the bay. Mostly ships for importing and exporting. ex-porting. They arc of different nationalities. na-tionalities. There are battleships of all kinds, hut, Dewey is boss of them all. They go just where be tells them. Manila is a beautiful place, and is worth scrapping for. Well, I am wln-re i can see tli3 remains of Dewey's Dew-ey's work. He did it just right. We are at. Fort Cavite. It is such a pretty place. It, may be a mouth before be-fore we capture Manila. Manila, is three nidi s bv water from L'.irt '.- vitte am about ten niiies by I..nd, yet it is all joined together, is a huge citv. This is tin Manila wuv we are going to take the city. Dewey will drive bis fleet as near lhe eiy as he eaa and bombard it. lie can get. as eli se as he wants to as the bay runs elear up to the eilv. While h" is bombarding, we. with the, infantry, will sweep everything before us as we go, and we will do it right. We le'ar the roar of irons from the insu'-gents and sec i.h ; smoke. There are large and beautiful buildings here. Salt Lake-temple is not. so large as many buildings here. Manila is larger than San Francisco and far more pretty. Tell Messrs. llarmer, Tipton, Staten and Johnson tint the boys are in lhe best of health and in good spirits. There has been much sickness or, board, hut not a Utah man has been sick, only a slight, touch of seasickness seasick-ness for three or four days. 1 am well and feeling line. It is very warm in the day time and pleasant at night. It is winter bete now and the season is rainy. Give my kind regards to Wm. M. Uoylanee. Tell him will write him a few lines if I can find time to do it. The boys send their kind regards to all their friends. When the insurgents capture a Spaniard they deliver him to Admiral Dewey. The bovs that had the measles mea-sles are well now hut three or four, and they are getting along fine. We bad thirty-six rlowD at one time, but not a Utah man among them. U. W. Young is -one of the best of men. This is just a sketch of a very small part of tbe journey and life since be ing here that I could give if I had time. Give mv kind regards to all the boys and friends. Your loving boy, ANEH IIUMl'HKKY. Fort Cavite, P. I., July 28. 189. Dear Ones at Home: Have just twenty miuutes to write in. I am well with the rest of the Springville boys. We were thirtyfour days on the water. Titchrd camp la-t Sunday Sun-day about three miles west of Manila. We have not taken Manila yet, but expect to in a week or ten days The Spaniards do not want to gve up the I city so we may have a little scrap, 12 TO From September tldr2tii to September the 24th, a barga&i sale in RANGE, CODE and HEATING- stoves. Quilts and blankets. If yatt misrliis sale then you miss your money, and it will grieve you when $ou see $liat barons your neighbors have secured. One Rans of each kind, one Cook stove of each kind. and one Beating absolutely lor cost as samples, one 0;;;:;"' each only. Here to come early. t-t , iriave iusi: l eceiveaimv ma unci vmier ; , -, , -, 'U 1 j i stock oi Blankets aci Quilts, and tney will be sold during tip above dates at t-n-.rr r-lirrlil- odimnnonir-iir alinro r.nct -Cnr V ZjL V OJ.ililllj CLVL V Cl " -3 advertising purpose l'fii-ii-in. i--.ivvroQ tovnomliov - n in dates, 1'rom September 12th to September Septem-ber 24te. Respectfully, b'it 1 dmr: thin!: il v, ill be in is raining hire all lb" tii 1! We don't know what it is to have dry clothes. It just pou is down, but we can't., stop for rain. Fveryt hirg is nuiet at present. I uiil write you a long h'tter as soon a I get time. Dewey sunk lil'ieiu boats alt;:, gether. The wr-cks look horrid. One Spanish man-of-war was cut almost in two in tin1 cetiler by a .-Imt from the "Dall iiuore." We tee many sights anil are got ting along tine. Write and tell me all tin: news. The Germans toiii iieu. y not to lire on Manila, but Dewey told them he would blow them out of the water If they did not quit signaling to the Spanish. Admiral D:nvey read the rio', 'act to the Germans in good shape. The t'hig'.is'n t old the German admiral ad-miral not to interfere with the least ! hing w bieh e. neerned t he American I eoole or Io- w it. Id (i re on I hem. Wlnm Germany sends in one In; Hie-ship Hie-ship Hi, gland senKlwo. .Japan has seveial battleships in Manila bay. and Dewey keeps them all in a biim-'n. How is everything coining on in Springville? Give my regards to all friends. Write soon and often. War loving hoy Ami; A I.-KTTER FI1031 DON JOHNSOX. Camt Dkw ev. P. I., July :u. Iv.ks, DnAiiicsT Pakkxts: Again Iwiite to joii, because 1 go to the trenches in the morning, and may not, return for a week or more, as tilings are getting get-ting pretty warm. Our iutrench-ments iutrench-ments are about three miles from town, that is, from Camp Dewey, They are located about 1.000 ards from the walls of Manila. Our front is one mile long, and the intrench-ments intrench-ments contain 1,500 men, besides our four guns which are planted so ,as to command the Spanish intrcnclimcnts which are not more t ban f!nn yards from our guns. Yesterdav evening, we were returning from the frot t by way of the beach, in order to gather some wooil for our (Ires, when all at once there came a volley from a little dilapidated boat house, which was about 5a 0 yards distant. The bulk is flew over our heads, on the right and left and behind us. Every man ran like the devil was at his heels. I ran and jumped into a small pit that was on the beach. Fred Crager and a man named Chattertoti ran like the wind. Fred toid me afterward that he I The G real llOGS Irvine Inl Stove of each kind go is all object for you to . n : n .1 j w vlifr viil, V w V. V'l ls Wi , i 1 t'nougl h u! 1 I cv second, and it seemed to him it took him all day to get under cover. We wiil tio! ''rubber-nick"' around out of eover anv more. We can see the Spaniards in t ledr hit rene hmmit s a nd we have worked in plain sL'ht of the enetny and they have never II red a shot ti:a eame within. loo feet of us. Their gunnery is very poor and our shai i's'no oter- keep t hem out of s;ght most of the t in;". We had skirmishes ' yesterd ly ami today, and about l.dna sho!.$ v re tired by the enemy. Only j one bian has been hit, and thai wasi in the arm. The insurgents have; posts', guards a11 around "Uf camp and we vxpe(TiTfrou!ife Trorn iheiirj so in. Some of the boys say they arej very much frightened and (I tell you) ; I feel shakey myself. Th-re are It ' men in t he hospital, sick of the fever, i whi"h all'eets .i.,M every ne slightly. : I write t his sii u t I"i t er and i a ve it 1 efiind, as it i- pos-ible that a sliip will go b 'fore wi- ret :o ii. 1 a ii) on of ' stamps, but. have money, whi.-h is ; worthh-.-s as I,,.- a; stamps aw eon- i eeined, so t h,s will have :.. pi as a 1 s n.liei's i-rter. AM t h" '-'o: i. .r v : lie ' a: e l e v. ci w i- liieuioereii to yon. 1 wi: ic. e, as we o i not Kl.oe ret urn, and w ho may not trenches. 1 send in; best m dear one-- at, home, loving son S A r ' 1 ' v, : , n.-. I:..:.: til ' . e t ' ail : ' m m tir Dux. August 2d: There has b n a time since the 1 wrot be ;in:ii!n. this letter. It was, as 1 sail, emergency letter, and, of course, short. The call to the trenches came inside of two hours of the time 1 put the first part of Ibis b t vv away, sealed and addressed. I lay sleeping quietly, when all at once the. call to arms was sounded. All dressed and fell in, under arms. Quickly we filled our limber chests and dragged t hem through the mud to the intrench-ments. intrench-ments. There was a terrible battle going on and some of our Utah men were already at the front. Men came Hying, saying all were killed or wounded and that the enemy had r..ii.ked us, i.nd re-inh rci meats must get to the fiont in shot t e nkrorwe would be annihilated. We met men carrjing back the dead and wounded. The battle was a hot one. We lost II kilbdand 31 wounded. We staved there till 2 a. in. and then went back to camp for breakfast, and then re- 9 air Stitch, Projecting Sole nee or Button, all Sizes, nt Sons, I-!- sl i rans A V EM l HI a tin ued to take charge of the guns. All went well until 0 p. m, whin a battle took place. I ;is caisson corporal and issued th amunilion. Theshiiek of shells about, my head was fearful. Tin y had the range of our guns, and their. shells burs!, within t hil IV feet 'I'll-. It was a miracle that we escaped es-caped unhurt Shells burst right in (ear tae-s. and the ri lie lulls came like ,I:ail. Tin-and Tin-and lhe ea ; li lasied ne i infant it e Inapt burst all over us mading was deafening, y an hour, and about )s exploded near us. The cheered us and howled. I he ma! i er wit h bat t cries? ill right!" One bursting Wis;,! . Tin ' 'n she!! knoc ieuus. An d t be sights off one of our her si ruck a limber and llil, ,1 it p.umiiler and Fox full of ''4 lin'ev-.. An il her burst in our in tg- y.iue a:n CjVi. me with mud. I tl be three limbers and I he ammuuii ion. One ilii sliot, ! ruck t he embankment, on slo.i I and knocked us o!T Taking ii all in ail, our th'e w..s a t ibly hot. one. men we out feet. hup! isl.l Oi we remained in the I icnchos thiily- ! si' hours, !mi 1 sleni a lillb' between ;lh,.,;U!nilli:l,iin,r, tl)!. Vlllt.y imng XZfL ho. IVrsoiis who say the Spaniards i bl l e dare not tigbt don't know what they re talking about. I'll write again soon. From your loving son, Don. Tlii: CITY CUl'M'Ui. The city council met, Monday evening even-ing with all the members present except llarmer. Tim recorder to whom was referred t he mat 'er of t he mortgages once lu-ld by G. P. Thompson, Thomp-son, rei.ort.ed (hat thev wane still in existence and were assessed to the I proper , from I' lersons. A coii'iniinicanon li. Oitehlow. the cit y at tor- ney in the Deny Thomas damage case, in regard to the final settlement of the rase stated that Geo. Sutherland, Suther-land, at torney for Thomas, was anxious anx-ious to know what lhe city would do about it. Crifehlow reported that, lie thought a reasonable compromise might, be etTecied. The matter was referred to the mayor for invest iga-t iga-t ion. DOOR TO lee mm WHITEHEAD'S STORE. lee Gve&rn Drugs. Medicines. Pr." ; apt Ions Carefully Compounded by Pari Tranche!!, Pharmacist in Charge. 'nfi TH h Brag Stationery, Toilet. Articles, Soaps, Perfumery, Sponges, Brushes, Cigars, Confectionery, Musical Supplies, Etc., Etc. : ; : East Side of Bank Building, Springville. R. A. DEAL, f ,-efiJeiit. , L. CUMMINGS, Cashitr H. T. REYNOLDS, Vice-President. Springville Banking Co. SPKINOVILb K. UT A H . O Clip It ml SStoolS. 300,000. fransacts a general banking business. Exchange bought and sold audidepo its received subject to check. Four percent interest paid on time, deposits, compounding semi-annually. Money always on hand for short time loans. Childrens' Ox Blood, Chocolate or Black, Strap Sandals, sizes 5 to 8, Closingat 8 to 11, 90 cents; 12 to 2, $1.15. Centre Sf,9 Provo. A letter from A. K. Welbyofthe Ran (riande Western was read stating that work would start right away on the new depot, and asking the city council to see about securing a wider street along ea-it of their track from the depot east to Waters' corner, and promising to haul material enough to grade up t lie st reet in gond shape If the city furnished the right of way. The mat ter was referred to the committee com-mittee on streets and sidewalks. The city marshal's biil for the-m the-m tilth of August for himself and deputy, dep-uty, amounting to Sol, was presented and allowed. The city treasurer, Mrs. Haymond, was before the council and presented several complaints for taxpayers. Mose Johnson complained that his tax on red tstite and improvements on block 35 was erroneous and too high, he being assessed $130 on real estate and $150 for improvement. Tho tax for improvements was found to he erroneous and was stricken off, and the tax on real estate was cut down to $100. Mrs. Sarah Wing asked for the remissi in of the taxes on her property in block 34 and ou tho real estate of the Benjamin Wing estate. One-half of Mrs. Wing's tax and all of the tax ou Benjamin Wing's estate was remitted. Mrs. Pennington asked for a reduction of the tax on real estate near the drive corral In tho creek bed, and also on her house and lot, Not granted. Councilor Huntington then reported that there was a great deal of complaint com-plaint being made by the people traveling trav-eling on the street by Barlow's in regard to the. way it had been dug out by the graders for the Rio Grande Western. He stated that It had been dugout where the railroad crosses the street until they had st ruck water and had caused a mud hole that made Havel impossible with heavy vehicles. The matter was referred to the committee com-mittee on stieels and sidewalks. The council then took up the reading of ordinances, which consumed the rest of the session. A little son or Jacob Strong fell from a horse one day during the fore pait of the week and sustained a broken arm. It was set by Dr. Dunn, ream NEXT lee Gf earn Chemicals. Store, 75c Earth - f- 5 -J -1 5 i |