Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-27

the fruit resources of this region and n
great many are anxious to secure in
tereats of one kind or another This
feeling made IL easy TO raise the money
needed to erect these evaporators and
run them. The plants viii be put up
early in the season so that everything
necessary will be finished before the time
comes for beginning operations.
Friday morning at San Francisco.
Tom Nolan, an ex-pugilst and saloon
keeper, shot and family wounded
James O'Rouri;e. a race track tout
known as Irish The shooting oc-
Cured on Powell street near the corner
of Ellis O'Rourke, Dennis Doyle and
Louis Seaman, a steeplechase jockey,
had been drinking Thursday night and
during the early morning hours. FRI
day morning they were elected from
Nolans saloon on Ellis street Becom-
ing anxious for revenge, ORourke and
his companions awaited Nolan's de-
pai'ture from his place OF business and
assaulted him. He then shot In self
defense at his assailants. o'Rourke
is shot through tho left lung, the bullet
ranging downward and lodging in the
abdomen. He made u statement ex-
onerating Nolan.
A japanese known as &c Taught
fired four shots at Mary Costello. a
Spanish woman, in the lodging house
at SOL Sacramento street, San Fran
cisco, Sunday afternoon. None Of the
bullets struck the intended victim of
the desperate Oriental, whose act was
prompted by jealous rage, yet she
dropped dead, and her body Is now at
Tie morgue. 1t bears no sign of n
wound. and the physicians say that
death was caused by heart failure. In
duced by extreme excitement. About
u year ago Taught opened an employ
ment agency and engaged Miss Costello
as an assistant. BY promising mar
riage he induced her to live with him.
Recently she left the place where they
had resided. After making many
threats to kill her on sight, the Jap.
anese met her Sunday and accomplished
his murderous design, though in an
unexpected and sensational manner.
A special to the Denver News from
Ouray, Col, under date OF the 2oth
says: Closely following the death Of
Michael Harms, who was frozen to
death occurs the tragic death of his
son Thomas at a. m. today. The re-
mains of the elder Harms arrived from
Telluride for burial at this city on
Thursday, and were at the house of his
son. Thomas. The undertaken had left
some embalming fluid, composed of cor
rosive sublimate and arsenlous acid In
dilute alcohol at the house and In the
room with the corpse. The poisonous
fluid was in bottle labeled cham
payne" and Thomas Harms, thinking
il whisky. took two large swallows OF II
before discovering his mistake. Despite
the efforts of physicians he died in few
hours. Late this evening word was
received that the death of Il sister, Mrs.
Winters, who was on her way from
Denver to attend the funeral OF her
father. the elder Harms, may be report
ed at any minute. She had to be left
at Pueblo, having been taken very Ill
on the train.
John Henry Walker and Miss Alice
Beatis. both of Salt Lake City, Utah,
were married in this city last Tuesday
under circumstances that We're very
romantic, says the san francisco
Chronicle. Mr.. Walker, VINO is son OF
the foremost banker and one of the
wealthlest men of Salt. Lake, is, In adj
dition, very wealthy in his own right.
Miss Beatie is the daughter of II. $.
Beatie, a pioneer of that city, and who
died some years ago. Her mother,
sister of II. b. Clawson. one of the
foremost Mormon dignitarles, died.
about fifteen years ago, and since that
time Miss Beatie has been living with
her brother in law. j. *. Gillespie,
prominent real estate man of Salt
Lake. Miss Beatie has always moved
in the best social circles in Salt Lake,
and, meeting young Walker, mutual
affection sprang up between them. But
there was opposition on the part of
Walkers parents to the union. though
no reasons were gwen. and the young
folks, seeing no way out of the diem
ma, conceived the idea of coming to
this city to be married.