Show BY TELEGRAPH MR lok low wnm u AMERICAN THE DENTIS PICNIC pleasant A picture of the trip irti CAMI yellowstone park via livingston mont 26 25 the white frost was waa still thick on the blades of grass on the leaves on the shrubs and plants glistening in the morning sunlight like dla dia mond dust dast and the mists andoval and vapors nesta close to the surface of river as the presidential party mounted at a m and started out for soi the days daya march last nast night was the be coldest we have experienced being 20 degrees at 6 a m and in the mess mesa tent the water which had been served a few moments before the thu party sat bat down for breakfast formed a network of ice on the in ner surface of tha the gla gia glasses sees the trail was very crooked today to day and led over a low jow range of mountains covered with pine on the creste crests at intervals were found open grassy parka but the most of them were only a few acres in area about 12 miles out we came upon the lower falls of lairs or luke fork a dark grey gorge cut through solid walls of volcanic rock its sides nearly perpendicular cular about feet below us the stream rushed and tumbled over its dark bed broken white by ita fretting the upper falls some six miles from the lower one we saw at a distance through an open ing lug in the evergreen trees it seem ed to drop from the mass of the dark foliage behind it like a cloud of lace five miles further on we went into camp in a lonely open park at the north end of lewis lake the only spot on the shore line which Is not densely timbered the camp has been named logan in honor of the senator who was to haye hae been one of our party and whose tin avoidable nik nii absence nence sence our oar 0 aa t arul tm tieh VA ss vs 11 fm as ms 1 13 of the water of the beach mingle pleasantly with its twin sister the sounds of the sighing of winds winda in the trees nearby near nean by along our line of march we saw large quantities of indian tea a diminutive species of whortleberries berries five to ten inches high found only in the timber and at an altitude of from to feet the indians indiana are fond of tea made from the dried leaves and stems of this plant and I 1 have been told by those who have d drunk run k it that it forms a pleasant substitute for our own yesterday we remained at camp strong and its surroundings sire are worthy of more than passing notice the grassy bottom la Is surrounded by mountains clad with evergreen trees of all sizes from the young seedling up to mature age scattered singly grouped in clusters or mass ed into dark forests our oun tents were pitched on the banks of snake river which here posse possesses bees sees all the attributes of a first class trout 1 stream clear over it its a pebbly bottom with here and there swift currents eddies and deep holes the president and senator vest our two most expert fishermen made the best of the stay and scored the greatest victor victory F yet achieved over the finny tribe at one cast the president landed three trout weighing in the aggregate four and one quarter pounds and at each of some bix hix other casts took two fine specimen L the president secured the greatest weight the senator the largest number the total weight b being eing pounds the sport Is now about over the largest one caught weighed three and one half hair pounds looking back over our course from fort washakie Wash Wajih akie akle where we first mounted our horses horbes and abandoned wheeled vehicles and took the indian trail which has led us through some fertile valleys across some bad laride and over rugged mountains there are many memories which linger pleasantly in the minds of ever member of the party the tho hailstorm at camp crosby the dust duat which sifted into our tents at camp teton tho the trails over fallen timbers are lost and forgotten in the pleasant of the rest of the lourney journey pictures of camp lincoln with its banks of snow lying placidly and slowly lowly melting near the trail and near snow flowers and grasses which had all the tho freshness of early spring tender forget forgot me bots nots wild asters butter cups and columbines the latter with a delicate and scarcely perceptible shade of blue in its rich white and foz for raloh which many deem it the tho most moat beautiful of all the wild flowers found round in the rocky mountains a carpeting of 0 scarlet and aud blue and gold added to this the tho white mountain riar flax nestling close to mother earth and in such profusion as to suggest the idea that the hand of nature had grasped some of he her myriads of stars and scattered them in wanton profusion on the grassy Itom antio camp arthurj was waa grand beyond the power of pon pen to describe located in a abend bend of the gross ventre river and from the crest of which the trail trall trail trall led looking down upon it we also got the first good view of the royal or titans titana as ets they should be called to the west a forest of pine and spruce mantling the mountains to tho the south and east blay and sandstone rising high to the ty eky sky 1 the rich red from its iron coloring 0 ring marked here and there by dark green foliage the short abort thick grass of the little valley furnished splendid grazing gracing for animals and the trout stream within 20 feet of the tents made tho the immediate surroundings most moat delightful then the teton teto a basiner basin as large as the state stat to of rhode hode bode island and covered as thia reason beagon of year with nutritious grasses and profuse evidence of its being the winter grazing grounds 0 of antelope deer doer and elk the near nean future must practically determine its value for stock purposes then jacksons lake as we saw it from the crest of a high bluff on our line of march a gigant gigantic c sapphire sapp eapp hire its surface fretted and blown into white caps by the winds which swept down over mount moran and moaning lost embel emeel th in the gloomy forests beyond nature has indeed given a royal setting to this jewel 12 miles in length three in width on the east and northa north a fringe of qua quaking king as asp and willow brush on the west ani ann and south spruce and pine clothing the foet feet of the grand to tons and scrambling n g up their bides sides until vegetation d dies dieb I 1 es out and above this the fissures and chasms of the grim grey pile lio lia of necks neeka nned filled w elih with 11 snow fm vf banka hanka ama ala va I 1 A 11 IMI p aling whiteness in the sunlight yeb yes the scenery along our route will fabish famish many pleasant mementoes in the years to come enough game has been killed to the wants of the but today to day we entered the sa sacred cred precincts of the paik park and the buffalo and elk can look at us ua with perfect safety for general sheridan has hns given strict orders that nothing be killed the members of the party are enjoying their usual good health and realize something in the way of robust strength for the investment made in taking a trip of this kind upper geyser basin of yellowstone national park 24 via living at 1 today to day after a dusty march of 26 0 miles over a rough trail the president and party arrived in the upper geyser basin rasin of the national park and went into camp near old faithful geyser who greeted us uba usa a fermo few moments after dismounting with one of his hourly eruptions all of us were tired llred and and the ex hibl hibi tion that seemed specially made to greet the ch chief chiet of magistrate Magli could indic induce but few of our number to abandon their luncheon and rush to a point for observing the display this afternoon was devoted to resting bathing and oyer overhauling bauling our outfit mt but little attention was wab paid to the geysers beyond those in the immediate vicinity of our oun camp all are surprised with the wonders of our surround surroundings ings and tomorrow to morrow will vini no doubt prove a day of interest and pleasure of the curious freaks that nature exhibits in this section I 1 shall say nothing the whole park and all it contains has been so often described and I 1 would not undertake to to write up that which has been so eo well described by bar low dean and others af after ter ten a ride on horseback of mile every member of the expedition is in the best of health and of the slightest character has occurred oil on the whole journey to mar our pleasure parr earr CITY olty V UT T leg i 26 at alt a late hour last night a number of masked men stopped engineer thomas Road boad marter marten hughes lit lif and a fireman in the employ of the utah eastern railway company compelled them to return to the chops shops and taking an engine and caboose ran about 80 30 masked men to Co alvIlle about 20 miles distant leaving a number of menia men in charge of the train the tho proceeded to the county jail bringing their guns to bear on the officers they obtained control of the tha jail and taking jack murphy from his hla cell returned to the train and ordered nu an immediate return to park city upon arriving here the vigilantes vigilant ees took tooh murphy and hung him to a telegraph pole near the station the body being viewed by a num number berot benot of pae passengers on the early trains murphy was arrested on suspicion of having shot brennan last wednesday |