Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS sunday cripple creek celebrated the Vc victories tories at santiago by a parade a concert speeches and a grand ban ball strict ct orders have been issued forthe se gitary improvement of 0 camp merritt lieutenant colonel barnett of the tenth pennsylvania regiment reg dment has returned to camp merritt with recruits private G D granville company A first tennessee regiment died at the marine hospital san francisco sunday of meningitis lieutenant colonel little of the twentieth kansas says that he has not tendered his resignation and has no intention of doing so elmer holmin a lad of 11 years died at laramie Lar amle wyoming wednesday morning anol ning from injuries a received by be ing struck with a rocket july ath corporal wilson allson H mcallister of company M twentieth kansas volunteer infantry has diled died in the division field hospital camp merritt of pneumonia e switchman charles ashley in the the union pacific was killed la in the yards at cheyenne sunday morning hits hie head was waa severed from tea b body A state convention of the silver rt f AI c ans of wyoming has been ealleam liar august 3rd ard the meeting me etting to be held t casper with 60 50 delegates appointed to ito the different counties 1 tat cripple creek colo katurd saturday ay peterson a miner fell forty at in the half moon mine and was and face well as cut nt about the head as S deceiving i internal injuries PT gation having been ended by a k lin 9 of the montana supreme court K lv t has been decided to go on with the kl erection tl on of the state capitol building kj aad anish it this year p thursday night the episcopal par f sit ait pocatello Poo atello ida was waa destroyed F liy fire entailing a loss lose of about 1000 P ath no insurance it was the home ot kv P murphy the pastor y kt san isan francisco thursday henry williams aged 73 13 years and an inmate the almi shouse killed another in y tl named louls louis perritt aged 75 SP him over the head with a ia kocto ct at in IB reported at cheyenne wyo that t mesimo the army pack trains which left ard in charge of george knight of awai carlin has been cut off by the spaniards four of the men killed hilled and the others captured V she se schooner hooner hattle hattie I 1 phillips re ate having left at st michael the falcon J Q S leeds G W cytron cy 1 charles hanson also passed the schooner florence Florenc et hence april 18 r awang into st michael on oil june 19 private john dale company H b dakota who on saturday was gen tally shot through the right now lies in the regimental hos camp ca mp merr merritt itt in a very pre ci arious condition and may not recover fi IT i Peoples party convention at belle ewt ida saturday endorsed the and resolved their ap n of the tireless efforts and work rk done by congressman james oun in behalf of the best beat interests int inte eresto resU of the afa te and nation coal and coke com ames mmes ians have been purchased by daly y of the anaconda mining the properties ore are at wyoming and will here atter after be operated by the new company the first finst new york volunteer infantry commanded by col T H barber passed through cheyenne sunday evening in four sections en route for san francisco lunches and coffee were provided f for or the meni men by the ladies volunteer aid society of cheyenne the schooner thomas F baird captain anderson has arrived at san francisco from philadelphia with a party of klondike treasure seekers on board she had a very stormy passage of days her only stop being at valparaiso pa ralso the passengers and crew are determined to push on to the gold fields the pulpits of the various protestant churches of ef portland or were occupied sunday morning and evening by visiting delegates to the national council of congregational churches special thanksgiving services were held in all the churches in accordance with president McKin mckinless leys proclamation the republican league clubs of wyoming have elected the following delegates to the national convention at omaha A D kelley F A hadsell J D adams H P hynds C B 33 hadley M D edgar otto gramm J B louis kirk and birb amro woodmansee the dry season has so seriously tn in 3 aured the vineyards of the livermore levei more valley california that it is estimated that the yield will only be about one third that of last year in some localities the crop will practically be a dead loss if the heat is excessive between now and harvest time the output of even the most advantageously situated vineyards will be greatly reduced hon T F burke appointed united states attorney for wyoming was born in new york city in 1855 he was educated in the public schools of connecticut and columbia N Y law school he came to wyoming in 1891 and has hae since practiced law in cheyenne he served in the second state legislature and has been a trustee of the wyoming university for the past four years steven gordon the agent of the call california navigation and improvement company at boulden island was and cangero dangerously wounded at stockton friday morning by charles swanson who believing he had killed his man turned his gun on himself and blew the top of his hie head off the shooting was the result of a a drunken spree on the part of erf swanson who operates the ferry at that point the gunboat bennington has arrived at san ban francisco from mare maae island and anchored near the rush corwin and albatross admiral miller will probably transfer his flag to the ben hington ning ton the philadelphia will not go into commission until tuesday the Benning tons coal bunkers are fuu full and it Is expected she will sall sail tor for honolulu in a few days to barry carry the official news of the annera annexation tiou ot of hawaii maj gen E S otis has received a telegram from the war department ordering him to proceed at once to honolulu to assist in the ceremonies of the occupation of the islands he is making preparations to go immediately and to is detained onla by the question of a transport he has hae been ordered to take the first regiment of new york infantry united states volunteers with hint to garrison honolulu and will need a large transport although there is believed to be nothing in the story that a privateer has been fitted out to attack boats bringing down klondike gold it has leaked out in vancouver B C that the matter was brought to the attention of the british admiral by american consul dudley a few days ago ad adral at once dispatched H M S amphion north the amphion is a second class pru iser the admiral has also ordered the sloop icarus carrying eight guns to be on fhe he lookout for any suspicious craft the eighth california regiment is likely to be sent to honolulu to garrison that city it can be prepared for such service in a few days and its de torture would not weaken the philippine expeditionary force now in san francisco the choice lies between this regiment and the sixth california supplemented by the washington volunteers the arrival of 15 re recruits cruita from kansas will more than fill the signal corps and it will likely go with the next expedition A dispatch from june je 16 via seattle wash july 9 says on june 14 the revenue cutter bear cleared for the north with supplies for the loe ice bound whalem wh alers the bear was detained here a few days on account of the dangers to which several ships were subjected owing to the fierce winds that prevail althis at this time of the year there is no doubt that several ships would have gone ashore had the bear not come to their assistance and towed th them to deeper water especially to is tris true trite of the bark harry morse M H mead who has been drawling a salary of 2000 annually for four years as aa assistant coiner in the united states mint in san Frane has been suspended from service as aa an official ofil cial and the men who brought about huts suspension do not think there is any probability that he will be reo restored mc mead ad is a democrat and consequently does not stand much show of recel favors from a republican adminis tra tion he was laid off on account at c harges charges which were made by the derno democratic comer coiner of the mint albert T spotts spoils major general otis oils will hasten his departure for manila in abc accordance ordanie with instructions from washington he may mak go on either the peru or otty city ot or puebla which are expected to sail later than the n addle middle of next week without waiting for the other vessel now being prepared for we use as an trans trana ports on reaching manna manila general otis will probably assume comit nand ot C all the troops in the field leaving general merritt to discharge his duties a governor general it to is staw stated that brigadier general H G OUs othi will tw company major general otte oie and that general rien enal miller will assume charge of 01 the troops remaining at san FraM isea instructions have been re received ea aft mare island to get the cruller cru laer philadelphia ready for sea immediately her supplies es are now being assembled sAm blad with greatest dispatch ate so go into in bo commission on tuesday aeao ao an cording to the latest reports and will probably get under way for sea aea within a week later laiter the B has haa about all her coal on an board from the collier Sw swanhilda arthIlda orders received today thursday Thu raday are reported repented to contain instructions to her eom commander minder to leave tomorrow blither the philadelphia or the bennington win will convey th sh 0 official news of the action tion of at cong Con gired on the hawaiian annexation anft and tr many raise the ithe flag in the name of the tf T U f S there is in considerable consider aible ill neat at art cam camp merritt Merrl tit though the ahe death rate rae re very low south dakota h has on an the trick sick list and though p an acclimated regiment th the e OVE or 0 california has 17 in the hoai ott a as many more in qua quarters th the e ift am beds of the field hospital are all in use as are the 35 beds allowed by the french hospital iowa has the record for ailments since its arrival in camp cam thursday its sick list for the four weeks it ft lias has been in san francisco reached the auT surprising total of oases cases reported for far treatment among about 1300 1800 in the regiment there la Is an epidemic of colds and stomach troubles which surgeons attribute to the change of climate onla 6 of these cases have been at all dangerous seven of the soldiers who left ban francisco on the second expedition to manila are back ancamp at camp merritt Merrl tt haw hav ing returned on vie the rio janeiro they got as far as honolulu where the regimental surgeons ordered them back on account of physical disability four are from the first nebraska Nel braska volunteers sergeant stafford of company E corporal C A sheeler of company L private W I 1 malon of company L and private butler of company C two from the first colorado private howard and burke cannon the latter of the hospital corps and one from the twenty third united states infantry private paul miller private craig of company P V nebraska volunteers was left in a honolulu hospital where he is under care tor for pneumonia and measles among the vessels which will fly the american flag as ae the result of hawaiian annexation are the steamships aztec Barrac ouita and san sam mateo owned bythe by the pacific and southern pacific companies the island steamers claudine Claud lne mauna loa and and the steam whaler alexander now in the arctic the ships fort george helen brewer john ena and hawaiian isles will obtain american registry as will also the barks andrew welch fooling suey iolani diamond head mauna ala Nu uana R P richet rosalle rosalie himalaya roderick dhu and santiago of seventeen schooners ners to change their colors to the stars and stripes two the american and honolulu are four masted steel vessels the others axe are small craft engaged in trading among the islands the reception being arranged for the new york volunteer regiment about to arrive in san francisco will take the form of an elt elaborate borate banquet babl tables s will toe be spread tor for 1600 1500 people and the th ladlis of the red cross will wait on the soldiers the governor and his staff will probably be present the expenses will be borne by a large number of former residents of new york t now citizens of san francisco prank frank A hadsell who was appointed united states marshal for wyoming his term to commence september was born in massachusetts in 1882 1852 he came to wyoming in 1880 and has since that time been engaged jn in the livestock business in carbon county mt mr hadsell served as sheriff of carbon county several terms and has a splendid reputation as a peace officer |