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Show THE D0GS - OH I first formidable Expedition Has Left Key West . - Hdw ftManU Shaftcr la Coamatdt Will land 0,000 boldan, Tha Pick of thm Army, douiewber Near - Ambulance Service. d The Key West, Jane invasion of Cab haa begun. The flower of the army, under command of General Shafter, baa Bailed for Santiatransporta, with a go, in thirty-tw- o atrong convoy of warships. The expedition was made up of nearly twenty regimenta of infantry of from 500 to 550 men, including, besides four regiments of the Fifth army corps, four The total regiments of artillery. force of regular infantry was about 11.000 men. There were also two regiments of volunteer infantry, about .8000 men , and two squadrons ' each, from the i Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth cavalry, about 2000 men; eight troops of wlunteeruavalry taken from Kousvelts tough riders, 6W men; four batteries of light artillery, 400 men, and sixteen guns; two batteries of heavy artillery, 200 men and sixteen guns; the battalion of engineers, 200 men; signal and hospital corps, etc., about 300 men, a grand totalof about Kttsan armv European Military Men Propose to ..Use Them in Field Operations. Dogsdr dutUfo. 13. W are especially trained to seek vounded nun ljmg la out of the IT places where it is possible they be overlooked In t De regular staff lathed to the rnedUal branch of the At th time Sh&kespe&re penned able to make ahe dogs march without that immortal tine, Let slip the dogs frisking to ivotd barking. ifyal and of war," he could have had no Idea that If are near the dogs give nostrangyta his worda would one day be used lit- tice of their approach by a low growl, long-delaye- erally. Yet such will be the case, for there la little doubt that in the next great European war the words written o many years ago by great poet and dramatist will be the very ones used by the officer In charge of tbfr war dogs to set his pack of ferocious canine on the enemy. In the armies of almost every European country, except Great Britain, says a writer in the Rambler, dbgs ar trained either as spies, messengers, or to tender help and assistance- to the wounded. Germany,, France, Russia, Austria and Italy, gil have their bands of trained dogs, although it is in the - r-- t. fa 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 SENDING Mfamt, 1200 men Santiago, 050 inert. (nssie 1000 men t herokee, 1000 men Seneca, 000 men Alamo 1100 men Comma!, 50 men and 178 ucatan, 750 men Iterkshire, !) i horse. men and 474 i i 174 hoi ses 10 11 12 Whitney, 100 men. (ilivette, 400 men and Secruraea, 500 men lilank Concho, 1300 men. Florida 00 men , 15 A TRAINED DOG TO THE FRONT WITH AMMUNITION. horses. first named country that they are made , the most use of. Since 1888 Prussia has employed va-- i rloas kinds of dogs for this purpos?, German point including short-haire- d era, spaniels, and sheep dogs. TFo dogs are appointed to each company, each being under the command of--a sergeant, while a lieutenant has the command of the whole of the handlers. Almost the whole of the time of these men is given up to the training of the dogs under their care. They City of ashington, 900 men. teach them to carry dispatches and de430 190 men and Allegheny, liver cartridges to the fighting line, to horses search for wounded or fallen soldiers, 18 San Marcos, 1100 men and 26 and, when they have found them, to horses 19 1L Miller,350 men and 3QQ mules. bark until assistance arrives. 20 Saratoga, 900 men. If they cannot attract any attention 21 Leona, 1250 men. by barking they carry back the wound22 Bio Grande. 1100 men. ed mans cap or tear off m piece of .his 25 Iroquois, 950 men. and carry it to the .hospital, clothing 28 Mattewan, 800 men and 400 when the attendants return with theta horses. .. , . .. , ... , - - to the wounded soldier' and con ef him ... 27 Morgan., to the hospital. 28 Stillwater. 29 Breakwater. fitrt (kt Alarm. 30 Cumberland. a Another clever trick of .their .Is to 31 Knickerbocker, 900 men. give an alarm at the approach of an 32 Clinton. enemy, German, being dressed up in State of Texas (hospital). the clothes of a foreign soldier for the On the Bides and on the smokestacks purpose. In the early part iff their of every one of the transports which education they are taken out with on formed the fleet were painted large old dog who thoroughly understands white numbers, and by these numbers the work. The young dog is first of the boats were officially known, their all taught to find lost articles' this conof original names being discarded. This stituting the beginning ' the' delivery of dispatches. waa for the purpose of facilitating One of the handlers, as the soldier signalling by the flagships and other vyho train and look after the dogs ar boats of the fleet. called, take the young dpg away, pyts The troops should arrive off Santiago a dummy dispatch Jnto the small leathby Wednesday night, supposing the er pocket in the dogs collar, and fleet proceeds at eight knots speed, and starts him off to find bis toaster. Most landing operations should begin by of th dog are exceedingly food of tht can be readily unkind of Thursday, for General Shafter will not derstoodwork, which who all by posses dogs and, keep his men cooped up on shipboard have noted the eagerness they display a moment longer than is necessary- - It to 'carry home a walking ktlck 6r ra is not believed that they will be landed basket, or lake it to afiy'particuiaf perat faimrnera. the point on Gnantana-m- a son ordered by Its master, Another important part pf the work bay where the American flag now flies over the heads of Sampsons ma- of a war dog is. bringing up ammunirines, as that place, while w.ell adapt- tion during a fight When the battle ed to serve as a naval basis and as s has commenced, the handler takes up a stand near the ammunition wages harbor of refuge for the American with the dog. A soon as he sees- - amwarships, is not particularly well munition is t wanted, he loads , the anisuited for the beginning of military mal with 150 cartridges, carried Jn a 'double saddle bag half of the "cart-operations. rldgee on either side. Thus loaded, the intelligent, beast Duratioa of the War. does hie best to reach the flue sharpLondon, June 13. The Madrid returns the Daily Mail, telegraph-- ; shooters, pyd, 11 successful,, Immediately, and se continues the ing Sunday, says: An extremely bad work until the Jattl Is over, or,, ss impression is current tonight as to the would be certain to happen sometimes, of result events. Business men are in- he himself is killed. It has been proved clined to the belief that the war will that if a dog Is wounded while carrybe short, probably only lasting another ing out his duties, he can Beldom be Induced - to again venture near th month. place where be has bees shot. men the hold view, Military opposite However, the faithfulness of the dogs considering that Spain can put mpeb as a rule Is wonderful, and, when load-fled reliance on the elements. with ammunition the1 frill never Captain Afutb,taninlster of marine, allow the cartridges to bs takenfrom them "by soldiers of snother battalion, telegraphs from Cadiz thaithe of Admiral Camaras squad- and sometimes only, by those of their own company, so well are the dogs ron is being accelerated Xxt which' in Cuba taught to know "the 'division While the American-landin-,. they belong.' is officially denied, the authorities a The Germane find that.tha- - best sert that even if it were true, it would trainers for the dogs are the men .of be unimportant, as the Spanish army the Jfager regiments. These men are itself. of would give a good account It is believed that th. question of food supplies, so far as the penisula is concerned, is settled, at least until Oc, i. tober. 14 15 10 17 t tf on the march, the dogs are held by the soldiers ip a leash Work Hast at Night. The dogs have been fouod by experience to do their 4ok ip a much more satisfactory maflner at night than in the daytime, when (hey will sometimes play with other dogs, or chat wild gam. id possible, ft Is a great temptation to the beet behaved dog to see a rabbit or wild fowl dash out from somewhere and be unable to give chafe to itv The dogs Tun little risk of being captured, as.ln addition to being very swift, they ar. exceedingly ferocious. As regards their feeding, the dog that does his work well gets a good dinner and kind treatment, but the unfortunate brut. -- that get. very little dinner, but a plentiful dose of stick or strap. . t , - . In the French army the chief dogs used are barbets and Pyrenean sheep flogs.' The former areused because 'of their great intelligence. Tbetr training as war dog commences when they ere eight months old, and It is nearly year before they are proficient. The sheep" dogs are chosen chiefly because of theii strength, one of them deer-otherwi- se . T v vq, f AMBULANCE BOO DISCOVERING ! -4- - to carry 500 rifle cartridges. However, they are very difficult to break to Art. Th. bat beta are used chiefly to carry messages, and during the Flench maneuver last yeSF experimebU" were mpde to ascertain the relative speed with which cavalry, cyclists, pigeon and dogs could deliver messages. The whole five were given a message and started of at the same time, but, alas, "the dog cam. In last, the pigeons coming in first with the greatest ease. It may interest cyclists to know that the horesmen and cyclists ran a dead heat. The Russian dogs are chiefly trained p) assist the medical corps in their work.'and to help In the humane task of bringing aid as rapidly as possible to the jwounded soldier. Big, atrong doga are selected for .this purpose, 3L Bernard by preference, as being the feeing afeld 4 mostlntcliigcht whetneftto thetr own device; and also thetnost falthfuL Attached to the collar around their neck ,1. a- - small flask containing brandy, or sometimes a, strong, nourishing broth. A little roll of bandages, of which the wounded may avail l alas tied around their heck. The Leigh Ward in the Bannock Stake of Zion has been divided into two. The new ward will be known a Hayden. A new ward, which will be known as Owen has been organized len miles south of Carter station on the Union Pacific railroad, with Elder Samuel R. Brough aa bishop, and Ephraim Marshall and Carl O. Youngberg as his counselor Elder Elias them-selvfe- s, 8. Kimball haa been refrom the presidency of the Southern btates mission, over which be has so long and zealously presided, and Elder Ben E. Rich, of Idaho, has been appointed by the general authorities of the church to succeed him. Elder Rich has, in former year, labored r very successfully In that field. Elder Charles Hhuinwy,,ooe.of the original pioneer, who reached Salt Lake basin with Preident Brigham Young In July 1847, died in bhumway, Arizona, May 21, aged nearly 93 yearn. He was born in Oxford, Mass., August I, 1800, and may be said to have been n pioneer all his life, lie hashuldsev-erposition of rcioniblIity in the church and in the state, Wing a mem-- " ber of the territorial legislative assembly of Utah as early aa 1851, when he wa aloe ted from- SopcteZ There ar now, so far as known, only 28 survivors of the original 143 pionees who entered halt Lake valley July, 1847, A movemeot is now pn fiHnb to extend the benefits of the Old Folkcexcurslou to all tha Stakes of Zion. It It thought by Ahe General Committee, of which Bishop Wm. B. Preston Is chairman, that in future every stake should have its Old Folks Days, one in summer and one in winter, devoted to the pleasure of our aged friend who have passed the three score and ten mark. It is suggested that these jubilees be in future left to local committees tinder the direction of the respective Brake Presidencies, and that In this way the aged nPeyery- - part of Zion, and not Salt Lake City and it vicinity alone, shall le alike recognised and honored. A new (take haa bean organised which will be known aa th? Woodruff Stake of ZioiC"Tt w nr comprise th." settlements at Woodruff, Randolph; and Argyle, In Rich County, Utah and Evanston, Almy, Rock Spring Diamond and Fort Brtdger In Wyoming. The organization waa effected by Elders Smith, Grant, Cowley and Woodruff, ol the CouncIIof A pi ties.'"'!! fshop J. M. Baxter, of Woodruff, waa ap--1 pointed President of the New Stake, with Elder Byron Sessions, of Wood-raf- f, and Charles Kingston, of Evanston as his counselors. Eldar Wm. Beveridge, of Almy was mads Btak J Superlntedent of Sunday Schools. Efforts ar being made by the Relief Societies to provide and secure a large body of trained nartee who will be available In all the eettiemento of the saints. The plan ia for each ward to select a small number of suitable sisters, have them attend a course of lectures on nursing and kindred subjects, which will be given free of charge,' with the proviso thst in consideration of this training they will for two years hold themselves ready, when not otherwise employed, to nurse the sick of the ward, when hailed upon to do ao, without paylThia wllLpro- vide the" poor with good attendanee when tick, and place the means of obtaining a livelihood within the reach of a host of young women. The quarterly conference of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion concluded its session at tha tabernacle Sunday afternoon, Jnne 12. President Angus M. Cannon delivered a discourse, in which ha threw s sarcastic dart at the Sunday referred to the pleasure seekers. sham battle in City Creek cannon and tbe fact that the resorts were full of Wheehnen. When he witnessed the wheelmen riding out, he wondered it tbe bishops of tbe wards would recommend them to tbe temple to receive ' blessings. It was announced that a remissionaries duction of seven wuld be necessary, since they were Increasing so rapidly that places could Cot be found for all. The authorities of the Stake were presented President Angus M. Cannon, Joseph E. Taylor and Charles W. Penrose, and ajl were sustained by unanimous vote. President Joseph F. Smith expressed his gratification thst the stake authorities had been unanimously sustained and he hoped the approval was aa sincere ss tha unanimity of the vote would Indicate. Tbe next conference will Commence September 10, 1898. Elder Alfred A. Garrick, who has - been laboring In Scotland, and Elder Edward Ruahton, who has been in tbe ministry at Birmingham, left Glasgow for home on Jnne 9. , . Elder,Hy rum Maughan of Weston, Ida., a missionary to the Northern states, died at Anderson, Indiana, Fri- leased milling the ore lu a five stamp mill. F. Ilummer of the De La Mar mine, ia visiting in ( tah, and report the property still putting out a nice" tonThe De la Mar ha paid divinage- dends amounting to 12,451, 000 the last one, amounting to 5115,100 having bccq dUtribu&d on May 1U. last. Wn. K Johnson, originator of the big cyanide plant at Florence, Colo., through which there now pases a a large percentage of Cripple Crttk matically It is admitted now that the best sort ore, J looking over Utah mining proof employment for these dogs is out- perty.. He was also an active promopost duty, conveying ammunition to ter of the Florence fc Cripple Creek th. fighting line, delivering messages railroad. and searching for wounded soldiers In Parttes just In from the Gold Mounbattle. This has been recognised after tain district confirm late reports conseveral years of practice with them, and although they have efficiently car- cerning the important discovery in the ried out every other duty they have Annie Laurie, and say that the combees put to slow work, such as drawing pany has opened up a large body of UOT.e!c.,ia not, as haa been proved, TQcSr iilong oni of the" quit, suitable walla of w bicb there la streak of very Th wagons in which wounded solhigh grade miueral in which , the gold diers are conveyed off the field, and values predominate. which are drawn by the dogs, require Word cornea from Silver City that attendants, and It Is claimed with rea-so- b that the attendants might just an the showing in the Ilotaestake at the well carry off the wounded men themspresent time Is more encouraging than elves. ever and that on the 500 level one of la discovering the wounded on a the walla of the vein haa been found field of battle the dogs are at their and that along it there 1 a solid body bed. The qualities required for this f quartz ia place which ia streaked work are inherent in the St. Bernard, ore 1 th breed mostly employed for this with copper. Some shipping 300-foout on level, taken the being special duty. ow nera are well pleased over tnd the What better trained than a dog , bloodhound or bulldog, too, could a sol-d- lr thq future outlook for the property. have to accompany him w hen nn Regarding 0ie Creole, Iw Stateline, duly at a lonely outpost and to give listrict, Nevada just over the bin timely warning of th. approach of line from Deer Lodge, the statement an enemy? Both breeds, properly Is made that the property ia in a most trained, ms Is well known, make the condition, with large bodies promising bat watch dogs in the world. f fine ore in "the tunnel, " winze find tower workings, and it ia stated that A REMARKABLE FIND. leveral expert mining men have made an examination of this valuable prop, Fmmu HI WmwW arty of lata while th. Poplteea mill la v- AnkwolofM kMHlas and day on or. from this night running iProf. Alleaon, of th. BerHiT Geo- mine, with satisfactory results. graphical Society, in describing his remarkable"" discoveries in Dawsons 'All doubt a to the permanency of Island, a lone island in the Pacific, says ore body in the Valeo at Park City haa been dispelled by the developements made in that property In th. past week. A winze 1 being sunk on the ore chute, 119 feet from the top of the main raise, through solid, first-clashipping ore, four feet of which sample 35 percent copper.lfl ounoes silver and $11.40 in gold. The winze la now down 30 feet, and front all appearances the ore body goes down at an angle of about 70 degrees. It I estimated that a drift westerly 75 feet from the tower lunnel will catch the ore chute 500 feet below the first discovery. Up to June lat over 700 delegate have been appointed to the Mining Congress, which will be held in Balt BADLT WOUNDED SOLDIER. Lakeduriug next month. These dele-gatrepresent some 70 communities In 25 different states, ranging from It ia on. of the most wonderful place and Georgia on the east Pennsylvania Ter visited by man. Stretched out to California, Oregon and Washington before u was a broad tableland, probably three miles In extent, and utterly on the wait. Montana wa the first devout most slate to accept the invitatlon to take vegetation. For-th- e pari It wa as smooth and flat, a if part in th. congress. Kentucky was leveled by the band of man, and upon the first to name delegates at large. It were strewn masses of wonderful Colorado and California, both of which ruin in all stages of decay. Here were will send large delegations, bav. very the remains of buildings that had probDot announced their appointments at ably once been structures, and th last crumbling remain of large, although their delegates hard been selected. Canada and Mexico will wall of which' only a few feet now standing.- - Far In the distance be well represented. rose n hugh pile that crowned the exSo far this year heavy snowfalls treme edge of the plateau and looked have interfered with operation In Gold majeatically out over a deep volcanic Mountain district bnt this difficulty ravine that extended for hundreds of now soon be a thing of the past. feet below. Around thia on all side will Mammoth haa been making some The could be seen the ruins of structures in the last xnjmhllng stage of decay. Improvement lately by running a The native took us around to the side ditch with which to convey a head 4f where- f a moan tain, here they said the water Ao a small turbine wheel, for long-deathe to with or d this .operagenerate power workshop people had been located. This aide of the tion of a blower with which to immonntain was of hard" volcanic rock, prove the air in the long tunnel. At which rose In a series of ledges of from the Holland placers, preparatory work ten to fifteen yards each to a peak sev- is don with a giant, with which being eral thousand feet high. Upon fach will soon be cleaned up the accumu!dge was a number of gigantic stone lated debris of tlis winter months, and bads. Some were cut off at the peck, he not now the debefore It wilt long while In other the whole bust wa shown. They ranged Jn size from ten composed ledge will be exposed, when to thirty feet high, and were hewn out the Mitchell amalgamator will be of solid volcanic rock. Some of these started up for a steady run.' image were thrown down npon curicontinue to Encouraging report ous platforms, that looked they come in from Deer Lodge, in Eagle had been specially constructed to hold Lincoln county, Nev., them, and npon which they probably Valley district, work in th. operaa and progresses had once stood. Others, again, wer broken, and soma had tottered so far tion of the different mammoth gold over that they seemed ready to crash ledge of the camp, it become, mor. down upon thoee below. All the face and more apparent that In time and bora a striking resemblance, and the the expenditure of muscle and money expression waa most sinister. In each in intelligent development, thiaseetion case the head was long; with protrud- la destined to make a record as a day, Jnne 3. Ills remains were brought heavy home for burial by Elder L A. Kelsch, ing chin and expanded nostrils, and all of the precious metals. Quite mission.' Tha originof them appeared to be the faces of producer of the president men. The whole place ia full of the a number of prominent Salt Laker are ating cause of his death was appeninterested in properties In Deer Lodge mot remarkable archaeological dicitis, for the cure of which he underand are expecting some good return. went an operation April ' 23. ol . j ot V4 es tf -- well-form- ra-ma-ln . MASTIFF TRAINED TO DRAW LIQHT AMBULANCE. Jle ty-ft- aJf Xoa-aeti- Bjr the Fovns Madrid, Jun. 13 In the chamber o I deputies the government was interrogated as to whether the United Btates had notified the powers of the blockade of Cuba, and whether the power, recognized the blockade as effective. Duke Almodovar de Kio, the foreign minister, replied that aiDce the Paris conference conditions had radically changed, and the powers bad not yet decided whether the blockade ie Syrta ance Mining ooinpany was incorporated, with a capital stock of $50,000, to develop nilniug property in htsfcline district. Tlie incorporators are rest- - ' ' denta of Beaver A mao named Thompson has secured an option on the Elkhorn mine, on Elk Creek 10 Idaho He has taken up a force of miner and will commence sinking on the ore chute, from which Hugh Turner took $4MXX) in six week, ss THE CUBAN BLOCKAAE- ftpanlsh M.ntoter's EiraM for I President George Q. Cannon haa returned from the east and Apostle A. H. Lund is on his way home from 1 goid-"bearln- jf -- g 1 Daniel Mandich. who ha bee. on trial, charged with stealing cyanides from the April Fool mine at De Lafouod guilty 4. mar, Ne , wa charged The Dubuque Mining company, capl tallied at 2i,0oo, wa incorporated one day last week The company a property is in the Columbia mining district, Tooele county. During the past week the Persever- . - 1 fr pr by pointing. The aversion which the dogs feel for certain uniforms is inculcated t into Ahem by come German soldier putting on French or Russian unlforma. They then tease or maltreat the dog, while the other men caress' and pet him. In this manner the dog very soon learns to distinguish between friend and foe. Alpine stations A So intense la this hatred in some of regards the kind of dogs chosen the dogs for men habited In any, uni- to undergo this warlike training, no form other than thatof the regiment .Special breed is selected - fieoteh-c- oi to which they belong, that they will lies tre perhaps more widely used than By other because of their wonderful In order, however, attack a postman that they shall not do any injury when Intelligence and In moat cases cross breeds are prefi rred All the dogs go through such an elaborate course that, wheu their training Is completed, they carry out their duties almost auto- 20.000 men The regulars were practically picked men, as not a single recruit was taken, the regiments tarrying only the old seasoned troops. Following is the hst of transports with the number of men parried by If they discover wounded men lvlng m ditches or behind bushes they them to help themselves to the btndy and lurk Imes-antl- y to attract Aestion and bring help hey are mneMmes. used to pull a small cart on which a i oujje of wounded men tan te carried off the tie! of battle These war do, hi been tried In ftctnal warfne and the Frent h In their wars m Tunis and AlMem, used them to udt jfn ace he soldleis of the Great 3 mu tzu al o used them dur-l- n the war bet w ten luiket and Rus-- i. In Batage wartar too they have bees found extrtme'i useful In prevent-t- a the bteal-h- ) up stealing saiages nd stabbing or shooting the sentry. Without the dog tiuieb warning, the enemy would bae crept up close enough to hue silent v murdered the man. The Dot, h used dogs for this purpose In theen Italy uses dogs to sccompam sentinels on the lonely mi mjprat MINING NOTES. |
