Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-21

ianitor at the Santa Fe depot, was
stopped by two masked highwaymen
on Thursday aud his pockets were
rlfIed OF their contents, but no valuables
w.f. rour IL their disappoint'rsnt
In, tnirvts even rothed him oi his
dinner pnii. Next evening about
o,clcok, az ]. s, puriy was returning
from Riverside in u buggy, some Que
sp,zej his horses by the bridle aud
drought them to stands,iil. Pufiy
M oucu struck the horacs a heavy blow
With n whip and the spirited animals
! dashed the robhcr TO tho ground, the
bupsy passing over him. Phriy, We.
| ING unafmud, drove to the city, whers
| the officers wers informed VI thv al
tack, md they are now on the trail.
Tho following statistical showing Is
derive from official sources; Mexico
mas 10, $3.50 kiiomcieis OF railroad, cost.
| Int, the government an average per
| 4i,ometur. In lunsidies, $500. MeEicO'e
revenue ior the fscd ycir 1857 be.
fore the time u the railroads, was
sl7. 285 92J. Tae revenue tor the last
f,scsi year was s5T go, 03B. Most Of
this Increase IL cJnsidetol mainly dus
to the bulldog OF Railroads. All Tut
sixty miles OF tho rohuantcpec rnitoad
IL graded. IL 10 rumOreJ tbat Coils
Il. Huntington Will In April have
work started Oh the International rail-
road extension from Durango 10 Qua
dalsiara AMI the Pacific coast. Engi-
neefs employed by tho Monterey aud
Calf railroad are now surveying tue
route Tor an extension 10 the Pacific
coast.
louis Meyer has been victimizing
corner grocer men in the outlying dis'
tricts oi San Francisco. He went To
Riecliefs' store, ut the corner Of Dun
can and Sanchez streets, last SATURDAY
aud, Iepreru ntiDg himself g. bo u
waiier ii u Z, stsurant "a lew block. Oh.
gave "a large order for Ifocerea. lhcse
waru put into "a delivery wagon aud
Riechcrs aud Myer started Tor the
restaurant. when they were two
blocks away from tho grocery Ml or
pretended TO have suddenly remcm.
befej that ne must get SOME bread.
He told tho grOceryman to wait I'll he
ran back to bakery sud jumped from
the wagon. Hc rao back 10 the grocery
and obtained $3.50 from MIS-. Anne
II ccheru 10y toltng her that her nus.
band had sen, him back for the mOuey
tp get some brrai. Ha then dlbnp'
peared. Riechera waited Ia his
wagon about half an hour for the
waiter and then returned to his store,
only 10 learn now he nai Uscn duped.
Meyer has been arrested charged
with obtaining money under false
pretenscs.
The Pacific Mail Slca mship com.
pauy has begun cut.raie war IN
earnest, says tue San NnnciscO
Chronicle. rhe war, however, only
effects Mexican aud Central American
ports. When tho Spnnish'AmUricsn
Steamship started its Independent line
to Central American ports ~ that the
shippers could escape the excessive
freight ratea charged by tho Pacific
Mall company, tho latter company paid
,, but little attention To tue darling oppOsi.
, ton line. evidently believing 1t would
die n natural death as other competing
lines had. However, wheB the Spanish
American company's steamer Gan Il
, holm LETT this port Tor the South ON LIST
, OF tnis month with lull cargo anu
|, leaving tons OF freight on the dock that
, IL could mott TAXI, telegfa me were
rushed back and forth between here
and New York, especially as the
steamer Coiima VI the Pacific Mall
followed out bohind the GrandhDlm
! with q rather empty cargo. Then
/ orders came from Now York to fraezs
out the new company which had taken
D freight Mt IS and slU u ton. while the
. Pacific Mail wanted monopoly Of the
: business at SIS n ton.
Peter J. Lelk. OF North Denver, is
a about TO leave that city for LUs An
= geles, Cal. He has arranged Tor til,
/ sale Of property that he owns In Dem
, yer aud does not expect tD return, at
least not while his wife lives, anu on
= whose account he quits Colorado
!. Through the murierous aud persistent
prosecution OF some unknown FEM
Mrs. Leik's health has been completely
broken I'd she has been brought 10 q
condition OF extreme nervousness Dor.
dering upon insanity. For the past
u three weeks an unkn0wD man ba'
7 haunted tho Vicinity OF the Lelk resi-
! dence and has twice murderO usly AS
4 eaultcd Mis-. Leis, hitting her with q
7 brick while she was walking In hel
1 yard one evening, and later on attack
!. Ing her as she stepped upon the reai
4 porch OF her house. The last time h.l
;. assal liant used razor aud hacked bel
4 In O horrible shape. Her scrcaml
4. brought her husband to her and tn,
j villain escaped without being rccog'
e nixed. Since then he mas MAZE m my
. attempts 10 enter the hoasv late n
> night, aud although Mr.. Leik and hi
) neighborr have laid In walt Tor hin
he has elud.d them. MIR. ami Mr.
, LeIk are very reticent In regard 10 th'
!. affair, but 1t Is believed that the would
DO murderer Is man who previous T.
= Mrs. Leik's marriage raid her assidu
= Gus attentions anu wanted to mirT,
!, her, but was rejected in favor OF Mr.
Leik, denver NspS,