Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-19
NEWS OF THE WEST.
u, Masked Men Hold Up Thirteen
Men 10 q Store.
,,ryMpr 10 KILL A YOUNG GIRL
s,ul.CentenparJ Of CaliIornia's Oecupa'
lion for the U. s.-Rel'assd from
Prison-Agrlcultural School

The tolephOne wires hle oelnB
laced under ground in Portland, Or
Rsb.tt b. Montague, msyor'eleci Of
tssannon, Or, attained his mo iority
afer bis election.
rhs salmon hatchery at Mspleton,
o,asou. on the Biuslaw, Will probably
IN out 10000 Chinook salmon this
year
The Oriental Imports received at
r.snma for the yoaT ending october
mi we're valued at $40, Az ,522. OF
nj over IS, 900, 600 was tea anI silk.
rbsre have been 8,7OO boxes OF ap.
,is,. pa boxes Of pears and neatiy
IA barrels OF hops shipped from
Grants Pass, Oregon, since Sep.
tender lst
Clifton 4. Mayne, the eE.Ogden
hoomer vhp IL In jail at Los Angelo, f,
s.s been refused bail asked OF tue tu-
Irene court VI California on the gfouf d
efhis III health.
william Brandon, well known
.tsek dealer anu pioneer Cltizrn
peialums, Cal, died Monday l''eruo n
nom injuries received sevefsl wte,z
40 BY a horse Kicking him In inv &c g..
W. ]. MoGeorge, a young Gfurgia',
accidentally shot by a companion WI 10
hupting a week ago, al Euies ?, Cal,
dled At the hospital sunday night ITO b
the effects OF the wound.
II IL announced from Portland
Oregon. that the Burlington Tailwby
has a GOOD prospect Of iOfciug thu
Union Pacific TO allow II a We tern
terminal either at Puget Sound VI
Portland.
Monday afternoon s2l, 1880 wa
raid into the Les Angeles county, Cal,
treasury by the bondsmrn OF ex-
County Auditor Ell Hammond, being
the amount OF Hammond's defalcat lon.
with interest at per cent up 10 Nov.
embef let.
Asouth Seattle, Washington, mairi-
monial agent named Newman has
hesn indicted by tho federal grand
Jury for using the mails 10 advertise
ifAudulently that he had 10000
beauty % years old on his list who
wished 10 Ind n suitable husband.
The faculty at the Nebraska state
!, 1895, n school Of agriculture will bs
opened In connection with the Unit.
ysnlly. The session will last twelve
weeks. The course will be- on subjects
with which there IL no good oppor.
iunlly 10 become acquainted on the
farm.
The Mexican war veterans In CALI
forniA are moving for q grand fiesta In
Monterey, 10 commence ON July 4
and end on July next, to celebrate
the hftieth anniversary OF the raising
Of the American dag In California.
Secretary Herbert has promised that
all the available ships OF the navy
within reach Of Monterey harbor on
that date shall be ordered there on the
occasion for q naval display.
Another big water scheme has been
Instituted at Jan Jose, Cal. A. q.
Field died notice Monday In the re.
cofdet's office 10 the effect that he
claims all tho water In the stream
known As the Coyote creek and In It.
tributaries, flowing TO the extent Of
1900 Inches, measured under four.
inch pressure. This plan OF the pro-
lsctors 10 10 dam the waters OF the
Coyote creek aud form = reservoir for
ifflgating an immense tract OF land.
Three masked men held up thirteen
men 10 store at tho Virtu mine near
Baker City, Oregon, Saturday night,
aud took the contents OF the safe, VIII ch
VASE, The outlaws entered the trent
door and the command. Throw up
your handi!" was given, TO which no
attention was paid by tho thirteen men
10 the store, the crowd believing n
Joke was being perpetrAtsd, as they
hA just been relating thrilling stories
Of bad" men and bold outlaws. Two
ihoiu fired over their head were
sufficient TO ,conyineo them that the
man meant business, and all hands
went up. Mr.. Brooks, the proprietor,
had shout $500 seoreted outside the sale
and HIS loss was consequently light.
The robbers escaped.
News comes from Boise City, Idaho,
oIan Interesting case decided by the
supreme court there ON Monday-tbat
OF Watson M. Nesbit Jr., son OF a well.
known Utah mining man, who was
sent TO the penitsntiary November 20,
1875, Tor two years for stealing $i00 In
monty, n gold watch and a email bar
OF bullion from the safe OF 1.-The Gold
hill mining company Ut QuRTtsburg.
Tbs supreme riiiinds that there IL
no legal evidence against him and Tor
den his discharge. There was an
English sovereign Of 1920 In the money
stolen ana such piece was found ON
young Nesbil, with other IN snoy, but
Tue piece was not identified. The
court holds that the case OF tho state
was 40 weak that II takes the usual
eoufse ofdlschaTging the prisoner.
Word comes from Harrisburg, Or,
mat an unknown assassin attempted 10
murder Miss Ethel Riddle, aged 10,
saturday night, The girl lives with
her uncle George Henderson, and after
supper she had washed the dishes anu
hAl stepped out OF the back door 10
lhfow out a painful OF water, whom she
was selZsd by man In the darkness,
VINO stabbed her In tho neck and cut
hef across the wrists. She broke away
anu ran screaming toward the house.
MIS- Henderson, hearing her screams,
dan TO the door, when her assailant
usu' The physician who was sum
nonej, foun1 the girls wound not
uangerous, the CASH In her neck hRv.
lhg Just missed an artery. Twice be-
lofb recently Miss Riddle says her lie
nAs been attempted, she having been
hIei upon In the darkness. Her as
hallant WAS not recognized and the
ohly theory as 10 the cause OF the al.
"mpted murder Ia that the deed was
wi9mp1ed by jealousy OF rejected