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Show AMERICAN EAGLE. . JL CAPT. WILLI SWlJf, Publisher. SPEEDY INVASION BOMliARD MA.TAN7AS. SAMPSON STOPS WOR ON NEW DEPBN9ES. OF CUBA. PATRIOTS Government darters i.igiil Large to luuvtjr the Military, A rathet Washingt u, Afri! striking sign of tun Imminence of ths Invasion of Cuba was contained In ths chartering by the war department of eight large steamers of an averaga capacity of looo tons, and able to carry from &00 to looo passengers each. Those ars to l used as transports for the cooveyanoeof the first military expedition to Cuba. The nam of ths boats ar the Olivette and the Florida of the Plant line, now in the gulf; the Southern company's steamer Aransas, the New York A Texas company's vessel Comal, at. New York, and ttis M alamo, now en route to the guif, and thres fine ships of the Boston Merchants it Miners line in Haiti more, the Allegheny, the Berkshire and ths Decatur Miller. The price paid for these vessels is from $10,000 to 113,000 for the thirty days for which they are engaged. They will lie taken charge of by the quartermaster's de partinent at the earliest possible mo ment. General Shafter, in command of the foiled States troops now concentrated at New Orleans, has been in consults' Hon with the officials as to the execu tion of plans of the campaign, but the orders given him cannot be made pub- THREATENS ANTARD WITHOUT TC BIQ CRUIStR CAPTUFiED. Ugh l Boat Sey West, April 27 The iihthoue MURRAY, lender Mangrove puffed proudly into UTAH lucent While Hi 4 Nol Flee ) Three Haadrt fehote rired la Eightee Key West harbor ycsU-rdaOur fleet ts HI. S fivtta- morniag MllilN Effertlve Kul-tpu- lik Uh the richest prize of the war thus Halief that fy Mo furls Keptled kul Old UTAH NEWS. lee Our At? fleet. far. The captive was the Panama. IltlMft. a big Captain (jiieve-loEecsnt rtloi have been barm tc Madrid, April J7 ""port is cir- iner and an auxiliary cruiser of the Mntzs has Ky West, April culated here that t:' "'at dissat- Spanish navy, which has been plying, had th first touch of real war. She sugar beet raisers of Utah county, isfaction in naal r1" s of late between New York and Ha ai,I"''-en- t Henry George, jr., ton of the great was bombarded yteriiy afternoon inactivity of tl,"'r,""'ut- - The vana. She had tweuty-niuingle tax aJv,oate was a I'tah visitor by th New York, the Puritan and the passenofficers and ntrsj frolvi,,tf impaClnciauati. last week. Ths engagement lasted gers, inrludinu three women, one tient and are sax VJ tie'nt- The I renchman and one Mexican, and a Hubert W. Morris, a prominent Salt only Is minutes, from 12. '7 to 1:15, but commander of t!ie fli'-- t. Vincent, crew of Bcveiitv two. Lake huaiun nun, died of heart d!s- - is that time Jmi shots were lired by ",ls threatened As the Panama carried two the ships, which were replied to by i'epe de Verde ul ese one night last week. to sail without on:.-- ' 3''ghis place ers, she could easily have annihilated the Npauiah forts, but without effect. K. P. Hunter, an Ogdcn business man, was not at St. rf"t while the the little Mangrove, an.l as the latter The ships entered Mantanas bay was tlirunu fro.u his !iii,.'y in a run American Ha came into the harbor with her prize for Meet watockading ths of the forts, purposs locating away last week and badly hurt. vana. it being a poiut w hich the government there was not a craft that did not Huntington isexperienring a build desires to secure as a No news concerns'10 movements sa'.ute her with supply depot for rousing cheers. boom. settler are iu Xw ing coming if Spain's the insurgents. While thus reconnoit-erinThe polilished here, under Lieutenant 8r, Mnugrove, navy i daily and business livening up. new earthworks were discovered although details of movements of Commander William H. Everett, was Mrs. Tarl of Logan Ml down a stair at Puuta Gorda the American fleet-- rt complete. Admiral Sampson ruising along the Cuban coast, navi way in Suit Lake ( ity Isst week, decided to destroy these, and ordered gated by Lnsign Palmer, about twenty B a Coaling tnininga broken j.and other scri the ships into th open sea. Firing miles north of Havana. The only St. Vincent, Apri--5- , 40 P- m Tht other oiis injuries. was commenced at a distance of 4'n'iC of the Meet in sight was the ship n A full oal and Spanish fleet is tain; military company will be re- yards and ended at about Tooo yards. battleship In liana, th ree miles to the cruited at Swringville, a good portion The works were reduced, The ships supplies. Amnmniiiw'nd projectiles rear. Lieutenant Commander Everett are placed r each gun of the required number already having engaged showed excellent marksmanready on' scented a prize and scudded toward and to he the men been secured. Haready tu the stranger. When the latter came appear ship The New York returned to Mrs. Ilauiiah Wells of Wellsville re fight. vana, the Puritan anil Cincinnati being within ranire, a shot from the Man cently became the mother of triplet. left at Matuuzas. Admiral Sampson grove s 12 pounder was sent across her STARTLING SJCCESTION. The babes weighed seven pounds each was highly bows, but the Spaniard ignored the pleased with the action of lic and are getting along nicely. the boats and crews. While it is not and weut on. Another shot challenge It is the general belief at the depart t leet at ape , rTt Snjr Attark Out followed Frank Lee, the Panguitch horse thief known to be true, it is believed that ment without result, but the ManAalatu- sjiriin. Matanzas is to be soon re that and jail breaker who has been making' aside from doing much damage to the grove was draw lug oca rer the stranger. duced and made a base of operations in Washington, Apri ft). The naval who things lively there of late, ha been defenses, several casualties occurred ths calmly proceeded on her course, oflicials disHavana. with have some noticed campaign against on the Spanish side. transferred to the state prison. without any intention of apparently Is It the present purpose of relieving quietude the fact thitttie Spanish fleet If work on the defenses is resumed J mi ear-olGeorgia- Dal ton of the recuncenti ados, w ho are numerous at Cape de Verde, bflare leaving under running away. When the third shot was fired the Kockville ate some ant poison one day they will again be reduced. around Matanzas. Unless relief is exorders of the Portugese government, was w ithin 100 yards of the Inst week which he had found and Mangrove tended they will undoubtedly perish made heavy there. SILENT BLOCKADE. and Lieutenant Commander four minute Panama, later died iu terrible n the of Tfcey were of a varitiiitscription, such during progress W Our Warshlue Will Not he Kipiweil to war. agony. as medicine and misttilaneous goods, Everett shouted to the deck officer ('tins of Morro 4'Mtt. The Deseret Irrigation company has The reported seizure by the Spanish for' which in ordinart times the tleet she did not surrender he would sink her. The Maiu'rove's ollicers admit decided to erect a new flouring mill at Washington, April :;s. Secretary military authorities at Matanzas of could as easily ban waited until it that they expected the euemy's IDeseret. There are now more than Long of the navy department declares stores contributed by Americans and reached a Spanish frL Therefore it mpounder to Havana will open on them iu response be not bombarded In until held trust there for these poor suf- is suspected that the purchases show a seventy bucli mills In I'tah, equipped to the threat, but the Spaniard promptserious danger from the Spanish licet ferers, is regarded as a clear Indication at a cost exceeding $I,.'iik),ooo. adon purpose the partofthe Spanish ly came to. Ensign Diiyton, the senior He says the I'nited that even if the Red Cross steamer miral tostarton Mrs. John Dent, the Salt Lake col- la eliminated. a longcruise. A rather is Texas ollicer of the Mangrove, boarded the to land her permitted cargo in msdft ored woman who attempted to avenge States cannot afTord to risk the loss of of this con startling suggestion supplies at Mata,nzas, under existthe death of her husband by shooting a warship until the armadas are de ing conditions, the food will not reach nection is that the Spanish tleet may prize. The battleship Indiana had setn the make directly for the Phillippines, by Al Shaver, who got off with a light stroyed or are no longer a menace to the reeoueentrados, but will only go and meanwhile drew up to be greatly feared. to the capture, support Spanish garrison in way of the Cape of liuod Hope, to at sentence, will not be prosecuted. the Mangrove, giving her alusty cheer. be an easy mat ter to silence their resistance. It might tack Commodore Asiatic Dewey's While the city jailor of Salt Lake Thcrufore, it is believed that the Lieutenant Commander Everett rethe guns of Morro Castle anil the neigh squadron, which it would far exceed in contemplates the early seizwasenamining the eel! of the prisoners boring shore batteries, but, in the con-lli- president to Captain Taylor of the battleported ure of Matanzas, not only because of strength. The Suezctnal one day last week he found secreted beingclosed. ship, and the latter American ships might be crippled Its Importance, but in order that he under put a prize crew In the bedding a stilletto, two neutrality laws, to warships of on board the pocket beyond easy repair. The navy of the may hold out a helping hand to the captive. They then pro would be to belligerents, there knives and a clumsily fashioned key. nothing peasantry. It is likely, thereceeded to the flagship, where a formal I'nited Mates has a long coast line to starving in do this case but send some of Ad fore, that whilu there was nothing of Articles of incorporation of report was made and Rear Admiral defend, which compels a scattering of the nature of a general engagement in miral Sampson's ships on a long, stern Jensen A C i. have been tiled Its vessels, and it labors under the ad Admiral Sampson's Lieutenant ComSampson ordered reconnoisauce of chase after the Spanish fleet, or to in with the secretary of the state. The ditional he soon will take to mander to Everett yesterday, steps convoy the prize to disadvantage of not knowing struct Admiral Dewey to repair to home begin a heavier and lively bombardWest. pursuit of the company la general mer- the objective point of the enemy's tleet. ment Key waters. of Matanzas. chandising' at Elsiuore, Sevier county, The American navy is not so strong and the capita! stock Is fixed at $15,000. but that the loss of a SWITCHED OFF FOR TAMPA. DIVIDING THE SPOILS. single ship might WILL BOMBARD MANILLA. A $5,000 mcetiug house Is to be prove fatal in a naval engagement. for Troops Destine, Clilckauiauga Ordered Asiatic Squadron will erected in the Seventh ward In Logan. There Is the additional consideration Uj Siege to Spain's How a Division of tlie Tri pirty is MiiUe Nouth. Eastern l'oirAlouR. When a Ship li Taken. Plana for the building have been sub- that when the troops have been lauded National Chlcliamanga, Park, Ca., 27. The first mitted and work will beeoniineueed la In Cuba, there must be a fleet able to April Washington, April 26. The capture Washington, 211. The two companies of the naval battle is expected to take place of several Spanish trading vessels has a few days. When finished it will bo keep the line of supplies open and to April Ninth (colored) cavalry, which arrived at the Phillipine islands. Commodore led to a discussion of the division of the finest building of the kind in the in the reduction of Spanish in Chattanooga late yesterday, were commander of the Asiatic of the property thus seized. There is It Is a common habit to city. strongholds. after havingntartcd to Chicka- - Dewey, sailed from long Kong last quite a profit accruing to the mariners The grand lodge of Odd Fellows of ilesplso the power of Spain, but naval stopped squadron, and switched into the Western is now due at Manilla, upon the capture of a valuable cargo, and Utah held their annual session In Salt officers say it is a mistake in the case mauga Sunday Atls-t- !vwrdv Orders are said to where a battle is immediately expect say $500,000, which is divided as foliue iu-- twin, i.niu wl.i. ui..i, troops ed unless the Spanish fleet takes ref- - lows: L7is"77,sxasBxsjBja 100 grand lodge officers and delegates might weaken the American squadron tlie mined harbor. proceed as rapidly as possible toTamp,-- i Value of prize $5o0.o00 present. During the past year this just enough to give the enemy a victory Fla,, to which point troops from Mo. . 2.r0,(X.K) The fl"t t the Phillipines Government share, SpanTs order has gained five new lodges and In the expected sea fight, and the navy bile have also been ordered, and they U un Sumpson'g armored aim antiquated, and Hear Admiral department will not take that chance. leave immediately. expended $7,733. H In sick benefits. 13,000 It is currently re- while exceeding in mother of vessels, share, The secret service of the department Fleet Captain Staunton's ported that the companies of the Ninth is no match for ourleet. I'pon the passage of the resolution The insur 5,000 has sent word that Spanish ships were share, through congress authorizing interregiment, now in camp here, as well as gent army is expeoed to materially Balance to be divided among to to sail is this and it side, l thought Brigadier-Generathe Willurd Twenty-fourtvention, infantry (colored). aid the fleet by renewed activity. officers and men of the NashGeneral R. possible that the armada which left Ollicers of the, Ninth have bidden goodville 220,000 Young and Cadiz several days ago may be on the of Commander Mayuard, W. Young telegraphed the war departbye to their wives and are making IDAHO'S QUOTt CHANGED. share 25,000 ment offcriug their services Iu case of way across the Atlantic. The fleet at every preparation for departure. The Executive Officer Dlnnlnghaaa 3,250 Will Furniith Two Cospftnles of Infautry Cape de Verde Islands will also move in movement of troops to Tampa is bewar. Navigating Officer Wluslow. .. 3,2."0 Iuttmit of order to obey the neutrality laws of lieved to embrace not Cavalry. 1.175 only the colored The Twenty-fourtEnsign Magruder Infautry, which I'ortunal, and that also lloise, April 27. If an arrangement Ensign Kuensll may cross to troops, but all tho military stationed 1,750 left Salt Lake City lust week for this side. 1,750 here as well. The shipment of the mad continues, Ilaho will be per- Ensign Snow was diverted to Chattanooga, 1,150 mitted to have mort troops in the field Ensign Walker Ninth the sudden cavalry, following Tenn., as being a more strsgetie point, 4.000 Chief Engineer Freeman to than Iu other AMERICAN BARK CAPTURED. any sta. response 5(H) as It Is within a few hours of several departure of two batteries of artillery Past assistant engineer an urgent request fro n Governor Asslstsnt engineer 2.125 ports where embarkation might be Vnantith lllanatrh Aiuiouuclitf; Tills Kvent for Tampa has produced a fever of 2,375 Steunenberg, Senatjr Shonp called on Assistant Surgeon rieadwell.. excitement among the soldiers. made. OIT rbllllne. the secretary of ?ar and adjutant Assistant Paymaster O'Leary. 2.375 Madrid April "S. An oflicial disThe Sixteenth Infantry, which was 2,375 Clerk Inglehart Hpaulsh Auxiliary Cruisers. general, and secure! an order chang- Pay 1,150 stationed at Salt Lake for a number of patch from Manila, capital of the Cadiz, April '.'9 Three steamers of ing the Idaho quota from two troops Boatswain 1.5O0 Gunner years preceding the arrival of the Philippine Islands, says the governor the Campania are beof cavalry to two bitt illons of infant- Carpenter . 1,500 Twenty-fourttwo years ago, passed (f llolio, Philippine islands, announces ing armed as cruisers. The Iluenos ry. The Idaho executive had wired Three hundred potty omcera and enKl the that the Cano on to the has their 530 each through city Spanish gunboat way Ayres is mounting four Senator Slump tint with only two listed men, averages, front Saturday last and were accorded arrived there, having captured the guns', four and two guns troops of eavalrt, Idaho's troops a grand reception ss they transferred American bark Sarannc, Captain llar-tabREVOLUTION IS CERTAIN. guns; the Antonio Lopez would necessarily be merged with from Newcastle, N. S. W., on Is from the Oregon Short Line to the Rio and two O's, and those of other state, and her people mounting tour ferloss Disturbances In Spain Which May (irande Western, Their stay in Salt February Vrt, for lloilo. The Saranac the Joaquin Popla two 9's and two could not be heard from as they deResult In a T opalsr rprlstng. had 1010 tons of coal ou board. Lake was for a few hours. 1 f e l-- Bof-to- service in Cuba. The Cape de Verde fleet has been notified by Portugal to leave St. Vin- cent. The price of breadstuff has vanced nearly 2S per cent on account of the war. The giving out of news concerning the movements of warships has been ad- Pa-iti- g ut Vim-rut- . C - purchase-ofsupplie- s n prohibited. one-hal- ; c k only Thomas Twlgg of Ogden is dead, Twigg was the colored porter who was arrested on a charge of criminal Intimacy with a white woman two years ago and later married the woman In the case, whereupon the chare against him was dismissed. A new canal has just been completed at St. George at a cost of $rooo. It will not only furnish water for a large area of hind, but will How over the bluffs w est of town and generate power Jor any purpose desired, after which It Till water the low lands. Small Kits with matches started a fire In Sandy last week which burned a barn and several tons of hav, two cons and a number of pigs. The destruction of several houses which were close by was narrowly averted by the prompt action of the lire brigade. Joseph Stay of Mill ( reek, a landscape gardener, committed suicide by hanging on Friday last. Stay w as recently released srom the state insane asylum. He became despondent and planned the hanging bee in which he figured as tha principal character. Utah'seontribution to the volunteers called for by the president will probably be two light batteries. L'nder the call for l.T'.noo men I'tah w ill furnish 4I,', about enough for the two. The signal corpse has been recruited to Its full strength, twentv-thrsmen. k woman who resides in Paradise, Cache county, last week threw a coffee pot at an unruly cow wh'ch she was attempting to drive. The missle sped w ide of the mark and hit her young daughter In the head, cutting a gash which required nine stitches to close. Mrs. Adaline Ken son. widow of tin late Arxa'.e Fr. T. liensun, and a , died at l.o,ran last pioneer of week after an iiiness cause I by a fall some weeks siuc. Mm na. HIn ( Wipdaor, Conn , in being a little more than . at e death. e -- ty -- The dispatch also nnnounces that the Spanish tleet has sailed to take up its position to meet the I'nited States squadron. The latter hail not been sighted when the cable message was sent, but the American warships were expected at any moment. Juitfe Torre?' Hanger. Cheyenne, Wyo , April 27. Theodore Koosevclt is not to have the only regiment of mountain rangers. The president has authorized Judge Jay L. Tor-reof Kinder, Wyo., to organize a cowboy regiment, and he will leave at once to enlist a lot of rough riders of this state. Judge Torry was the first of many western men to tender a cowboy He is well known in Washregiment. ington, where he has for many years persistently pressed the proposed bankruptcy legislation that bears his name. y S.ll.il to tilts- Hat tie. Payonne, France, April 27. According to a letter received front Madrid, dated Tuesday, a Spanish squadron, consisting of four Ironclads and three torpedo boat destroyers, sailed for the I'nited States yesterday. It was rumored that the squadron w as to steam diiectly across the Atlantic and bombard northern ports of the I nited States, The port from which this squadron sailed wss not mentioned. Another squadron, it Is said, U being formed at t adii nttlrhl lUllrst a Few llun.lrrA Miles Helow Mouletlilew. Washington, April 2s.- - -- The navy tic partinent has received word that the I'nited States battleship Oregon was spoken a few hundivd miles below Montevideo. The vessel was booming along nnder forced draught and making good speed. atop at Monte-videfor coal and will proceed to Key West with all possible haste. The officers are not Concerned for her safety. Mii! quick-tlreri- ANXIOUS TO LEAVE. Large Suiiin Helng I'alit by l'eople Who Wish to Quit Msultu. Hong Kong, April 2S. No news has been received here as to the whereabouts of the American tleet. The ltrilish gunboat Linnet has sailed to watch the liritish interests in the Philippines, ami the Esmeralda also sailed for the Philippines, both without cargo or passengers, and piesum-ablto bring away more passengers. Large sums are being paid by people anxious to leave Mauilla. y SIXTEENTH IN CAMP. Ths Keglment Arrived In Chliksiiianga and gu Into Cauip. Chickamauga National Park, Ga., April SI The Sixteenth regiment of infautry, from Forts Sherman and Spokane, Washington, and lloise Idaho, have arrived aud are camped in the park. Companies B and T, of the Ninth (colored) cavalry, from Fort Duchesne, I'tah, 117 men, Captain W, II. Wright in commaud, has also arrived. Har-rack- s, sired to be, in the war. London, April 20. Rumors of serious Senator Shoup telegraphed Governor disturbances In Madrid were current ia Steunenberg that ke had secured the the house of commons lobby, based on change designated, and he also re- a dispatch from the British embassy quested that in forniog hiscompanies, there. These disturbances were the the governor would favor the Shoup result, it is reported, of the revulsloa rangers of Salmon City, by making of feeling when the report of the cap them one of the new companies, ture of the Paris wss denied. The Under this arrangement Idaho will canard had raised Spanish feeling to scud 800 men to the front. an extraordinary pitch of elation, and as intense excitement prevails, espec SILVER VOTED DOWN. ially in Madrid, the populace, egged en by political intrlguery, vented its cha rtenioerstlr Pmpa.ltlan to t'olu Seigniorage grin by attacking the established au Ieffeted In Committee. o thorities. Washington, April 2(1. At the meetA revolution In Spain within a very ing of the ways and means committee, short time is a moral certainty, accord Mr. liuiley, ou behalf of the Democratic to Sir Charles Hall, the recorder of ing minority, offered the substitute agreed London. He has been at Madrid on upon by them for the proposition in special unoll'tcial mission for the British the bill authorizing the issue of government. 000,000 coin bonds. It provided for an income tax of 3 per cent on Incomes After the I'arls. from all sources in excess of 82,000. bonds, April 26. The Red Star Queenstown, and municipal State, county however, were excepted from its pro- line steamer Pcnnland has arrived here visions, to meet the unanimous decision from Philadelphia, and repot ta that she of the supreme court in this respect. has not sighted the American liner The minority estimated that such an Paris, chartered by the United States Income would realize 8lCO,000,unO. government, which the Spaniards are Coupled with it was the proposition to said to be trying to capture, but Sun coin the silver seigniorage, which, at day the Pcnnland sighted the Spanish The warship Don Carlos (possibly th Car present, amounts to substitute was voted down by a strict los V), which was steaming rapidly at party vote. No amendments were the time. The Carlos V, a first class offered to other provisions of the bill. armored cruiser, left Havre for Ferrol it was said at the time, on April 3. owing to the lack of time. IS BLANCO A LIAR? OREGON IS SAFE. Our Maxima. The Ciudad de Cadiz, which will accompany the torpedo squadron, has four guns, two 9's . and two The forts at Uota, six miles northwest of Cadiz, and at San Catalina, are being strengthened and news guns are being mounted. Insurgents Korelng Matters. W ill Keipitre a Hlg Army. New York, April 27. Cuban advices. rallies Is Mailrlrl the Orcumllng of One or New York. April 27. "It will take are to the effect tl kt the insurgents are Our Ship. more than HO.ooo nieu to subjugate the fear The Spanish, forcing thefightlni Ladrld, April 2;.An oflicial dissaid James H assault by lat and sea, are hurry Spanish in Cuba." patch from General Itlanco says: "Pari ing United States consul at Cal Springer. I cities. Insur their the o lng troops f the enemy's who arrived In this city squadron has gone force within baron, Cuba, eastward. One of the American Iron gents have appe ed in on the tramp steamer Testerdav was There II ana. miles of dads has grounded opposite Dimas, thirty "The Spanish on ths is raid by them just evond BocadeJaru Ravensdale. province of Pinar Del Hio, and three will be able to raise between !10 land had have must and the comb: mU other ships are working to fl,ii her. co, and 300,000 men. In my opinion, the a full view of the .h'kadlng squadron. Spanish volunteer are watching on Insurgents cannot muster more than this W hen the boat bearing dispat shore." Insurgent sttscked Arteniba and they 3.".. ooo or 40,000 at the most, waters, the smoke cable left Cuba but were repulsed. for the most part are from a great lire, by the insurgents, and poorly equipped." hills. was rising over t ,l A regiment of veterans will be recuited at Butte in case ol war wim Spain. A successful attempt at tobacco raising has been made by a ranchman living near Cheyenne. Joseph Jones the well know farmer of Nevada who died at Genoa, left property valued at $40,000. Two hundred and fifty thousand The new postmaster general. Charles sheep will be shorn in the neighbor Emory Smith, entered UDon his hood of Douglass this season. Monday. western The streams all over The two cruisers now building for Montana have been rising rapidiy, Japan at Cramp's, may be purchased and the railway people are watching by the United States. for trouble. Public receptions at the White Henry J. Burleigh, the Dillon law House have been resumed after a susyer, who disappeared so mysteriously pension of several weeks. some weeks ago, has been heard from The monitor Terror captured the at Portland. of Spanish steamer Saco with a cargo An offer to purchase 810,000 worth Havana Tuesday. sugar, off of Reno water bonds for $'.1,000 for the Since the inauguration of war the entire amount, was rejected by the of prospects of an early annexation city council. Hawaii are greatly increased. A reward of $25 is offered for the re News from Washington says volun- covery of the body of Fred Mather of teers from the different states will be Carson, who w as drowned in Washoe held in state camps and drilled. lake 00 the 4th. At Berkley, Cal., a red cross society Agent Nickerson of the Shoshone Its mem- agency will have the Wind river canal 150 strong has been formed. bers will tender their services to the put in shape to furnish water for the Indians, who will perform the work. government. The Spanish battleship Pelayo, the Considerable excitement prevails in heaviest fighter in her navy, accom- Rock Springs owing to the fact that panied by three cruisers, is supposed three men have been arrested charged to be on her way across the Atlantic. with stealing cattle belonging to poor Monitor Terror captured a people about town. The The negro who gave the Denver polittle Cuban coasting steamer at Cardenas. She had $70,000 on board, be- lice so much concern a few months side a cargo of bananas and 300 casks ago by his attacks upon unprotected women, reappeared one night recently ,of wine. In a month the torpedo boat Farra-gu- t and sandbagged two women on Nob will be launched by the Union hill. She will R. J. Conway who lives near Elko, Iron works, San Francisco. steam 30 knots, and will be the fleetest Nevada, while applying alcohol to a craft in our navy. rheumatic limb, got too near the stove and the alcohol ignited, severely burnA decision was rendered In ths UnitIllinois in the court ing his hands and setting fire to the ed States supreme inheritance tax case, sustaining the house. law. Tha opinion was rendered by Mrs. Lizzie Ward of Vancouver, en route to Des Moines, la., became deJustice Mclvenna. The third class French cruiser Ad- ranged while ou the train, and was miral Rigault de Genouilly has been suffering from extreme nervous prosordered to Porto Rican waters at ths tration when taken off at Cheyenne. request of the Fronch consul at San She Is in a critical condition C. W. Thebo, formerly of Kallspell, Juan de Porto Rico. The Soanish torpedo boat Audas but who now registers from Dawson which was forced to leave British wa City, left Butte last week on his way ters ow ing to the neutrality treaty, back to the gold regions. Mr. Thebo steamed to Cadiz, Spain, a distance of has just completed the purchase of 1600 head of cattle and will drive them 600 miles in 31 hours. over the Dalton trail. He will begin Minister Barrett, at Siam, suggests loading in a few days at Anaconda. the if America , Trans-Atlanti- NOTES. Montana will furnish 419 men for !u0 mines in There are said to service in the Cuban war. harbor. Bands of starviug Caifornia sheep Male nurses are being enlisted for are now feeding on Nevada's ranges. Tender Msugrove Makes Kill! 11, ul. ORl NORTHWEST NEWS SI M.MARY. new-dutie- that captures Philip pine islands, she should negotiate with Great Britain to exchange them for ths latter' West Indian colony. The Spanish minister, Senor Colog nan, is endeavoring to persuade China to declare her neutrality, In view of the fact that the Americans are using Mlrs bay as a base of operations. Butte will send 312 men to war, and most of them will draw a double salary. Several of the big mining companies have agreed to indefinitely continue the salaries of employes who enlist. The Columbia and Minneapolis, the two fleetest cruisers in our navy, are stationed along the eastern coast, where the Paris, it is thought, w ill be first sighted, to render any aid that may be required. The report that the war with Spain will cause a postponement of the Traus- Mississippi exposition is without foun dation. The work vigorously proceeds and everything will be in readiness for the opeuing day, June 1. It is reported from Manilla that a few of the Spanish cruisers in those waters would be used to destroy the commerce of the United States on the That is, providing they do Pacific. not "discover our Asiatic squadron, which they profess to be so ansious to The second annual Decoration day celebration upon the Custer battlefield will be an interstate affair, Wyoming, Montana and the Crow agency participating. Col. W. F. Saunders of Helena, Mont., will deliver the memorial address. Oue of the notable features will be the presence of 100 Crow and Cheyenne Indians in a war dance. Charles E. Blydenburgh, county attorney; H. Rasmussen, treasurer and John Irons, county commissioner of Carbon county. Wyoming, have begun suit against the county commissioaers to compel them to pay the amount of their salaries during the time the Republicans were holding the same These were contest cases growing out of the fact that Finns who could not read the constitution were permitted to vote, afterwards declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. Mr. Blydcuburgh sues for 81.200, Ras mussen for $1,025, aud Irons for $200. William Hines. stock agent for the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, has returned from a trip through the Big Horn basin, in Wyoming and reports in the Derrick that he never saw cattle and sheep looking better at this time of the year. The Bi Horn basin country is bloom- The new town of Thermopolis people and many substantial find. buildings. Four large stone store Subscriptions for war purposes. buildings are being erected. The which have been undertaken by the town is quite and orderly and well Spaniards in Buenos Ayres, are meet- governed. A large number of visitors ing with good success. Among the will spend the summer at the hot subscribers are many Frenchmen and springs. Fully 150,000 sheep will be Italians. The Uruguayan Red Cross ranged in the basin this year. society has informed the Spanish com The citizens' bridge committee of mission that it is prepared to send an Laramie, Wyo., has accepted the bridge over the North Platte river, on the new expedition to Cuba. An exciting meeting of Spaniards stage road from Laramie to the Grand took place in London Tuesday afterEacampment mines. The bridge is a noon. It was called to protest against fise structure, being composed of wood the socialist-labo- r meeting on Trafal- sad stone. gar square Sunday, at which the atrociJohn Moore of Whitehall had his ties committed by Spain in Cuba were neck broken by falling from the Parvigorously denounced. Several English rot smelter smokestack at Parrot, and Irish speakers supported Spain at Montana. The stack had been struck the meeting, one of them saying: "If by lightening and Moore went up to American aggression is not defeated in repair the damage aud was over come the case of Cuba, Jamaica will next be by dizziness. coveted." Reuben Roe, an old miner and prosCnptain Slgsbee has been challenged pector, who has resided in Lennder, to fight a duel by Lieutenant Ramon Wyo., for thirty years, has been tried de Carrauza. a member of Senor Toloy for insanity and found to bo of unBernabe's suite. The challenge grew sound mind and dangerous to be at out of Sigsbee's testimony before con large. He has several times threatened the lives of persons. gress. General Lee was also cha! longed. James Clancey, the notorious robber, r senThe Twenty-fourtinfantry, which who is serving a left Salt Lake last week. Is quartered tence lor holding up the Great Northat Chicamanga, ou that part of the ern bridge crew, says he and not J. D, battlefield known as "the field of con Casey committed the l'ine Tree saloon AU the regiments la camp robbery at Butte, for w hich Casey i fusion are given regular diill work and skir- serving twenty years. mishing. Harry Warr has offered Governor Uncle Sam's torpedo boat Gushing, Sadler his services in the event of war S3 knots, is returning to Hampton and promi,es to raise a troop of cowRoad to undergo repairs to her for boys in Smith and Caron valleys, Nevaward engines, which will require t da, who will furnish their own horse. month. It is asserted that the injury Every member of the company w ill be was caused by the smartness of a naval sn experienced rider Bnd marksman. cadet and not by a Spanish shell. The Inventory snd appraisement of Mule dealers of Kansas City and St. the estate of P. A, Largey been Louis formed a combination to jol filed In Butte. It values the estate at Uncle Sa u and put up the price 25 per $.v:,le?.M. of which 8li,747.fi0 is real cent. Between the highest and lowest property and $135,440,03 is personal. bids there was a ditTcience of only 20 John A. C'rcigh'on succeeds Mr. Largey The government threw out as president of the State Savings bank, cents. their bids, ami the price dropped. h ing. has 3!i0 thirty-one-yca- hs |