Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-25
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Clever Confidence Game Played
Among SacrHmentO's Population.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER IN IDAHO.
The Chinese iIighblnderS Brutality.
Terrible Pate OF Mining Prospec-
tors.-A Daring Peat.

q house OF 1il.iAme ~ ItmulN, Ari-
IONS, has been burned TO death by a
lamp explosion In her room.
DR.. Day, confined In tue city jail at
Tacoma, has attempted TO commit
suicide Ia his cell by hanging. Day
IL an opium fiond, and the attempt
was made because he wasn't furnished
with tue drug.
California Ia reported TO DO much
disappointed with It's Worlds Fair ex.
hiblt, and Its press Is roundly rating
the managers Tor their delinquencief.
The state gave $500, 900 anu various re-
much more for Worlds Fair exhibit,
and last week Ito exhibit was not halt
complete.
Gus ZtlnOr, n sheep herder anu
shearer, was shot and killed Mt Ash
Fork, Oregon. OH Tuesday night by
John Foeicr, "A salOou-seeper. IeluOT
was drunk and was killed while At.
tempting 10 yet behind the bar. Five
shots were fired, all Of which took
effect.
The safi Of Palmer x Denham,
harnessmskers, Of La Graude. Oregon.
was blown open on Tuesday night.
Aut tOUbtfo htCuANh NbNht W az 'Anh
and $500 Ia notes. Marshal Me-
Latchen, who was on duty at the
time, heard the explosion, hut was uD.
able IN locate IL. About two hours
later flames were seen Issuing from the
store VI Palmer & Dcnham. The hTe
attained sucn neadway that fhe buiiI.
ing was butted before the ilames were
tubdued. The loss IN about $4,000 on
ata,I and ahnuf eOnnu ON li.tlatuN
a Abort Beltgen has been arrested of
Boise, Idaho, for the murJer OF
Charles /. knight, whose body was
found floating In the Snake river
short time ago. Knight left his
mothers home In December, going to
Beltgen's ranch. Three days later
Beltyen arrived In Boise and secured
peddling OUTFIT belonging to knight.
The latter was ncvor seen alive again.
The peddling outfit was composed
principally Of jewelry, aud search Of
Beltgcn's house revealed twcnty-eight
pieces. Knight had reared Beltgen
from childhood.
Henry Elechner, q tailor, has com.
mitted suicide at Albuquerque, N. NJ,
by placing n barrel of revolver In
his mouth and pulling the trigger. He
was working for A. Bambino, aud
this morning he asked for quarter
with which 10 obtain his break fast.
On returning TO the shop he pressed a
cont, hung II up and then went over 70
glass case, from which he took rs.
caliber revolver belonging 10 Mi.
Bambino aud shot himself dead In the
presence ofthe proprietor and several
tailora. He n said to have teen I'M
doubleday crazy.
A transcript on appeal has been filed
In the supreme court at San Francisco |
In the tess case involving the legality |
OF tue proposed removal Of the state
capital to San Jose. The appeal Is from
the pt0.forma decision rendered by the |
superior court OF Sacramentu county In
the suit OF the people In the relation OF
N. ID. Rideout against Secretary Of
State IL. Il. Waite. The action is
brought TO eDJoin the secretary Of state
from submitting the question Of ra.
moving the capital 10 vote Of the
people. Tho application was denied
by the Sacramento court, and an ap-
peal Ii taken to have the question
finally determined. The case was
submitted on an agreed state OF facts,
aud the questions involves are entirely
questions OF law.
One Of tho cleverest confidence
comes ever perpetfated Ia Sacramento.
IN which the victims Of the skilled
crook are many, has just come to Light,
The confidence man operated on All
classes Of society, none escaping his
cupidity and turpiluIe. Tue sporting
fraternity and the clergy alike SUI.
Tered loss from his scheming ana
treachery. The operator Ia described
as man about 80 years Of age,
medium height, blonde mus,ache ana
partially bald. He wears "a cutaway
scat and hss.many aliaseB. In senrch
u prey, the operator seeks his victims
" home anu not on the street. Bo.
ore calling mt residence, he sscer-
nins. who resides there anu acquires
'ome Information concerning the
sencalogy OF the family, anu, n posi-.
dc, the name OF the woman prior to
marriage. Possessed OF this iniorma.
ion, the confidence operator enters
he douse, claiming 20 bear the same
lame as the owner, ana trying TO es- !
ablish, In the most Bauvs anu fGscI.
inting manner, relationship, however /
emote. In doing this he ALWAYS
,hdeAvors 10 ingratiate himself into 4
he good graces Of tho woman OF the 2
household, and 1t not inirequently =
happens that he succeeds.
One OF the greateet fuats OF daring 4
ver attempted In the world, snys the o
laramie boomerang, will be essnyed
Independence day Dy Crook county .
disposed citizen, by name u
v. Is. Rogers. Mr.. Rogers Ia a stock.
lan who lives in the vicinity o, the
)evil's Tower on the Belle Fourcbe
nd promises TO ascend the tower on
no day mentioned. When he FIRST
roached the idea he was only laughed
for his paine, but people came 10
elieve that he meant what he said
hen he deposited $1,000 guaranteeing
climb 1.-THE tower. The day VIII be-
snerally celebrated by the people OF
rock county anu those In the neigh
ofing Dakota counties. The 'citizsus
Spearfish, South Dakota, viii sup
" the flag TO be- planted ON the
'wer. MIR. Rogers's climbing suit
being mada by DeAdwoOd Ia
los. The Devil's Tower, gays tho Sun.
ipco REFORM, ID one OF natures great
u wOnucrs. IL stands on mound on
- Belle FourGhe river, and the two
wer TO tho height Of 1900 .oet above
10 river. The tower ltself raises its
sad TO q distance OF 600 feet above
10 mound, ana rs yet man has never
zen able TO gain It's summit, Ils -
des are nearly perpendicular, IL octa-
nal In shape aud IL 1900 feet In cir. 4
inference, The stone lies vertically
M affords no footing whatever. On
p II IL almost level, amt 10 covered \
IN iuxuriant growth OF grass anu
rubbery, TO the extent OF about hail .
acre. z