Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-31
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Tramps are Said to Fairly OYslTln
Some Portions Of California.
nAcKuEN AND MERCHANTS WAR,
Bread,tuif scarce In the Southern Part
ofthe TERRITORY. Schools closed on
Account Of Diphiheria.

on Seventh street. 5au francisco, for
the purpose 81 prevent < people from
lumring on aud oil ut stations Rt which
trains 10 notstcp.
Nophi u said 10 feel the plnchiug
timre, ~ many VI the people ~ that
place ore owners ut large hlcka OF
sheep Aud find themselves Win abuu'
dance OF sheep aul vol uul ALEC Win
an abundance Of accumulated debts
The merchants Of Ncphi alone hUid
over sSO,O1O against shecpmen, says
AZ exchange.
The trustees Of San Leandre, Col,
have closed the public schools OF thai
town because Of the prevalence OF
diphthcria. The schools viii remain
clo,od for month. There are sup
posed 10 be about "a dozen cases Of the
IN rase In the town. The town j. coh-
aideriug the ntcutsiiy OF voting se"ef
bonds.
says the San Franclsco Chronicles
Next Fri ny the 5 uthern Pacific huu
the Santa Fe will "a. rate into eject
10 tho Missouri river which Will tdinlt
OF rouud.trlp fate OF $50 To Chictgo,
limited in time thirty dnya east OF
The fivef anu sixty days wtsi, Nolcu
90 this effect hAe been wired o. tho
general passenger agents Of al lhe
mid.oUntinent lines.
John Shaw, native Of Denmark
about 80 years old, was drowned ~ lho
slough az the upper end Of Mcrfilps
Islsrd, Cal, enortly after miinlght
SUNDAY. Ho was on the drcdHef
which 10 building "a levco around the
Island, and was with others coming
down the slough Ia boat 70 w0tk on
his ahin. They came down tho wrong
aide Of tho slough and found Them
pelvtB under tie scoop a. y was com
iur down. shaw jumped cut OF the
bont 10 save himself, He came up
twice, but sank ngniu, uud when ne
was brought 10 the surface with pike
role life was extinct, although they
trlod hard TO gcauscilate him.
James O'Donnell, opium heni,
burglar, would.Oo Jaii.breaker and ex-
convict, hns been sentenced 10 ten
years In tho peniteutiafy at saofa'
msuto. O'DOunoll rOObtd house
some months ago, and when detected
by tho police loi them In n merry
chase for several squares. He mas
served several terms ia the ponitcn.
tlary, and Is considered Ouo OF the
most desperate young fvlons IN the
state. The manner In which ne
planned and led In the almost sue
cessiui attempt 10 break out OF the
county Toll entities him to this fepu'a'
ton.
Frank Botelle, n Mexican; Tom
Morongo, Marcos, general VI the Plate
indians, and Frank Wise, white
man, aud an ex.convict from San
Diego county, engaged In bloody
combat few miles east OF SAh
BernardinO, Saturday night while
under tho influence Ut liquor. Tom
Morongo cut the general with long
kuife, which entered between the
lower ribs on the loft side, ranging
upward, and cut the diaphragm,
letting the left lung down. The
wounds extend ncrOss tho stomach
about five inches, letting the bowels
protrude. As 10 the wounGei u an, the
physicians cay his case Is hopeless.
MorongO and Wise have escaped. The
others are In iail.
Probably never before In the history
ofCaliiornia were tnore as many ttamps
abroad M at the present time, says the
San Francisco Chronicle, They hre
divided iuto two Classus, the Old.llnurs,
who have tramped across the con
tlnent "a dozen timeH, and who have
not done nn honest days work since
the panic OF ~, ami the new
leaguers, who made their advent Into
the ranks for the first time this year
This latter class are still willing 10 worn
" they got "A chance, for Rs yet they
have not been imbued with the Ideas
OF the old.linsTs, that 90 work Ia Ru
everlasting disgrace. The southern
miues have closed down anu thrown
900 men out Of work; half Of these are
on the tramp now. They aio also COM
ing into California from Colorado at the
rate Of thirty day.
Samuel Nebeker, who has just re-
turned from the south, sage the tlch'
field Advocate, reports that bresdstuil
had become very scarce down there,
The CARO- OF -four when he took down
Wuul q have sold oil like hot cakes, but
money was n- scarce rs nOur anu II
had, indeed, become quite "a struggle
for the people 10 nnd bread I'll tue
now grain came IN. j. j. stewart
tsays the same paper) has Just returned
if0m trip 10 Coyote, Piute county
lie reports the country ~ being ioflOrn
l1ohing aud uninvlling. Coy otee seem
to predominats anu they ring both tht
evening AMI tue morning curioW'
Times are harder, II possible, In thhl
country than In tails, since many ol
the people depend upon tue sale Of
cattle anu sheep Tor o livelihood, ana
just now there he no sale OF either
The war between tho hackmen and
merchants In the center OF san jose,
Cal, has practically coded In favor Of
the latter. The uuGnuss men nave
complained that thu hacks standing IN
front oil their stores have uurn great
deIIm mt 10 their bueinuhs, osp claliy
on Santa Clara street, whore the cnliit
frontage 10 occupied by these vehicle
aud 1t Ia impossible for purs1ns IA car
rages to drive up to tue curb % trans
act business. Tue hackmun objected
tofemovlnr, on the ground thai They
could NOT mike expenses uuoH thel
had stands IN the center VI the CITY, Al
meeting VI the city C1uuoil tue oTl'
nance committee was instructed u
draw up an ordinance forOllling nl
vehicles used for hire 10 stand Ol
Santa Clara street, between Third auu
Market, aud First street. between ~
John anu San Fernando, or In front o.
u ulacs In any other par- OF city
whrrs a notice forbiddmg them 10 4
do was posted'
Al WelteI'a vineyard, ave mll''
north OF Ffesnn, Cal, the body o
John PopRin, aged thiriy'hVt, th'
a