Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-07
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Great Rush Of Cold HuntE 10 The
New Cooks Inlet Fields,
r.pERSlcL. CHOIR IN OAKLAND.
wheat Destroyed by floods-A Gov
ernor Huri-Klll,d In a Quarrel
Accidents aud Suicides.

A man 90 years old ard supposed u
be A. J. Beldin OF Salem, o., wht
found deaf in saloon At Tacoma
Saturday night.
At Coullotvllie, Cal, Saturday, Mics
Rosie Martinez committed Suicide by
syallosing csfbuliu aoid, Tue dtceast
was "a years old, aud was well sdu'
Gated. Hue had been led from tue laih
Of virtue.
The temperance societies OF Nat-
oouvef, Il. e., have orgauiL d Tor nolill'
cal aud other purposes, their ANowed
object being Tor "of, anized war aRains
IN, liquor ttbfilc." Toe name Of tue
union will he the Vancouver Total
Abstinence Union.
Mis-. Guisipini Albera, an agei
Italian W man, died In Ayiul agony q.
lsr home In San Francisco y 'tufusy,
IT m the ,fieo,s OF stTJ ouniDe, taken
with suicidal intent III health AID
desponJeucy, caused by poverty, tut.
nishsd the motive lot the act.
samuel Lemon, aged 20 year., was
found 4 duTday nine miles rom Chio0,
Cal., under the body of dead horse,
He was driving Wednesday night
when the horse lell, throwing Lemon
from the wagon ara iailing On IA m
Lemon died Immediately alter b,lnI
released.
Al Now, the richest ana most i'm
pottant Chinese In Southern Caliior'
nia, head OF the local Hop Sing Tong,
owner Of couDl,,s shops anu the l. ,
Angeles Chinese Theatre aud penefsI
hIgn mucH.A.muck, was married sat-
ufdAy at Los Angeles 10 buxou
Chinsse dAmsel nom santa Bafbafn
aged 10. A big banquet followed, al
the prominent Chinese In town being
present
The leVee tepafAiibg the ranches o
tho late Senator James q. Fair and
W. &, Curtis, 10 Calliotnia, broke TO
Gently, and the water which bad beet
staining on the Curtis fAuohos within
a few Inches Of the top Of the lvve'
Tau through 10 the Fair tAnch. Thte'
thousand acres Of wheat, vhion voult
have yielJod twenty sAoEs 10 the acre
were soon covered by water, and tb'
whole crop viii DO destroyed. Thu
damaEe done IL estimated ~ Hboul
10000,
An OAKLAND, Cal, dispatch ssy'
The Mormon Tabernacle choir will
give concert on Tue,dAy evening
Apfli IL, at the First Cougfega liona
church. Two dAughisfs, ote son'in
law aud several grandchildren o.
Brigham Ioung arc memtefs OF tbs
choir anu will DO heard here. IL cost
the organization $1,000 to visit tn,
Pacific coast. They nave l76 singers,
mauy OF whom are we'll known solOlsu
In the musical world. PAJefs~sk
and sOusa recently to,k part Ia thril
cOLoefts And they display score o
prizes taken In ali paris Of the country
At Fefndale, Cal, Saturday, tn,
stage between that town ana Pstrolli
met with an accident while goinI
down a steep gtaue which resulted IL
the death OF William Peters, ih'
driver, and the killing OF one OF thu
stage horses. The brake gave way ant
the stage started down hill at n teffin
pace, passing over anu KIN x tn
horse aud throwing Peters ovtr tn
steep tmbAnh msnt, killing him almoe
Instantly. There were no passenger
on the sIAge.a
A Wholesale shooting ARRAY oocutTs,
on the Clark TAuoh, nine miles irOu
WsuAiches, Wash, Saturday night
A man named Be gstor tried 10 pof
HuAde his vile TO return TO him. sh,
refused, and no used force. She ap
peAled to q man named Bird Tor pro
lection, and Sh00ting then commenced
One bullet from Bifd's revolver gu
tsf,d BrswtteI's abdomen AID passe,
through his body. Bird received
shot In the arm aud shoulder aud Mr.
Brewster also received = 0All In tn
shoulder. Brewster will die.
One hundred and sixteen men vii
depart from san FrAuclsco ON Wed
nesday, April 8, on tho bAikentiu
Marion for the nav COLO fitlds nj Cuyk'
inlet The bAfkeniine IL Of Bis ton
burden anu will carry nearly her iul
complement OF freight In addition I
ll6 pAssengers, NJ well ~ ssamun
O. oks and officers. Between dsck
l22 rude bunHs, scarcely Dig euUusi
for the accommodation OF one ma
each, have been constructed OF Tougl
lumber, four swinging tables hav
been strung up In an open space neA
ths galley anu there these gOlu hunter
will abide while the vessel 10 maxim
Its way nOTlhward TO the new III Dol
ado. Notwithstanding the poor AZ
commOdatiOns the prospective foug
fare and long voyage In n calling Vel
sel, the rush for passage has been Z
great that within the past three uaJ
Captain Andrews, her mts,sT, tt,t'
that he has teen obliged 10 turn ava
over 100 applicants.
A ditpslch nom Ensenada says this
Colonel Augustine BAnglnrs, gOvernt
OF Lower California, 10 now iying In
critical condition Ms the result OF u
accident which happened satuIda
aitstn. on. ABOUT 4 O'Clock the g0'
srnor, In company with M. Merlu
Rivera, Don Emillano SOAIra 40
Don EmillAn0's brother, EvetAd
Ybatra, Of the CITY OF Mexico, stare
on tour OF the JacAlilos miuiug di
tnot, In which Y0,Tfa and the GOV
ornOT were Interested. A TuTsle wi
driving the spirited tam that was
carry the party on their mountainOu
IIuTusy, aud In leaving tns city an
turning a sharp corner tho caftial
was overturned, coming IN oonth
with n deep uiich which had beu
washed out by recent rains, All u
OcculAuJs were thrown Violently TO Il
ground. Governor SAnRiuts stuck Q
his head. N, deal assistance was Ia
mediAtely aummoueu, AnJ II W.
:ound that the governor suffered fro
internal Injuries and blows on u
head, whioh caused conclusion OF Il
brain.