Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-17
CONFESSES THU MURDER
OTHER HAPPENINGS IN THE WEST
A wealthy ueircss In San Francisco
Fatal Ending OF n Qunrrei-fatrick
nIurphy's Assassination.

Signal Observer Milton u. henuV u
Cheyenne, Wyo.. died in that cltE
Thursday evening. He leaves IL Wiie
and one child.
The boxing contest between Eddie
Connolly of New Brunswick ANA l'ai
Hawkins of San Francisco, occurred in
that city Thursday ulsnt, before an au,
dience OF about 800 people. IL 'ast'
fourteen rounds and Iesultea in VIC
tory for Connolly
Robert Peel, grandson of Sir Robert
Peel. the great English statesman, IS
a student in Boone's Academy IN
Berkeley, Cal, and Will enter the col
lege of mining of the state university
next yenr with the class of 1902. Young
Peel was student at Elton before go
ing to Berkeley and has two brothers
in the British army.
News was received at Santa Rosa,
Cal. Tuesday evening of the narrow
egcape from death of Charles Stoetz
near Occidental. He was driving along
on a high grade when his team became
frightened and ran Off the grade, leav-
ing Stoetz PINNED between the wagon
and big tree and dangling twenty
feet from the ground.
Richard Phelan, who killed Daniel
O'Connor on the Leary wagon ROAD
near Sierra city, Cal, on October 18TH
was, early Tuesday morning, after a
trial lasting eight days, found guilty
of murder in the second degree, the
jury recommending the prisoner to
the mercy of the court. He VIII be
sentenced next Saturday morning at
10 o'clock.
The friends of Lieutenant-C Colonel q.
b. Atwood, quartermaster OF the de-
partment of the Colorado, Denver,
have started q vigorous campaign TO
secure for Col. Atwood the Office OF
quartermaster-g general of Tho army,
which win be made vacant by the re-
tirement of Gen. Wilkes early in Feb
ruary Col. Atwood is at present in
the East on leave, and 1t is said that
the object of his trip was to prepare
the way for his promotion.
Charles II. Plum, a veteran furniture
manufacturer and one of the best
known of the California pioneers, rs
dead. Mr. Plum died Tuesday morning
at the residence of his sister. Mrs. Ed
win Joy, 207 Fell street, San Francisco.
He had been i'll with pneumonia only
since Thursday last. Indeed, he was
ut work in his store on that day, and
his death was sudden, as he had al
WAYS been accounted n robust man.
Had he lived until the last day OF the
year he would have been 10 years old.
1t is learned at Phoenix, Ariz.. that
Chauncey NJ. Depew and n number of
other New Workers., broadly known in
railroad circles, will visit the Pacific
coast within the next fortnight with
the especial intention of inspecting the
new Randsburg railroad. in which Mr..
Depew is financially interested. In
Arizona 1t is understood the party will
accept the hospitality of President
Murphy of the Santa Fe, Prescott and
Phoenix Il. r.. and will spend several
days in Phoenix.
Advices from Ensenada. Cal, are
that Jose De Luna,a miner who recent
ly arrived there from Santo Domingo
tells of quarrel between number OF
men at Los Angeles Bay which re-
suited fatally for one. He says that
enemies of his hired an Indian 10 throw
u stick of dynamite at him, but the
Indian missed him, and n man named
Romero was so badly injured by the
explosion that he has since died. The
Indian and two of the conspirators
We're arrested.
A special car dispatched by the Alas
| ka Trade committee of San Francisco
| is now on its way East 1t contains al
exhibit of Alaskan products and Arctic
costumes and Is accompanied by
| Secretary Carmen, eX-GoV. ShaekleS
and Charles X. Taylor. who will speal
| to the people en- route regarding the
recent gold discoveries and the ad
vantages of San Francisco as n point o.
| departure for the Klondike. John +
Bennett, a writer and lecturer o.
Berkeley. Cal, win leave In a few days
ON n similar mission.
Advlces from Mexico state that tn,
Mexican government boat, Democratic
and the sloop Of schooner Don Teo
| flo Garcia sailed from Mazatlan Dec
for Clipperton Island on an importnn
mission for the government. This mis-
sion is to reassert Mexican authorit,
over the islands and to claim the islnnt
against any occupants who might b'
| found As II is understood that al
English man of-war placed n few peo
pie on the islands some time ago vir
tually taking possession of the islan'
as British soil, the Importance of tn
Democrata's trip is evident.
The remains of man who had evi
IDENTIFY been dead for nearly thre
months We're found Tuesday afternoon
hanging to tree near the cemeter!
in the Preside. San Francisco, by tw'
boys. There was nothing by which tn
remains could be identified. II wa
evidently a case of suicide, the man
whoever he was, having hanged him
self by piece of window cord. II
had sought secluded spot. distan
from any road or trail and thickl
grown with underbrush. AS well Il
could be determined, owing to the ex
treme stage of decomposition, the bod
was that of a man about fifty years O
age, five feet seven inches in height
He wore n gray sack suit, nearly new
white shirt. black bow tie. black Fe
dora hat, Congress shoes and had a
ordinary red bandana handkerchit
tied loosely around his mouth. Hi
hair was black. thickly sprinltled wit
gray. He probably weighed in III
about 100 pounds.
The Democrat of Baker City, or
says: 1t seems now fully assured th5
La Grande viii have beet sugar fac
tory. The final effort in the way
securing the required subsidy was mad
Mt the mass meeting of citizens hel
Saturday night. Just four days pre
vious the subsidy was 10000 81 or
Twenty thousand dollars had bee
raised up to Saturday evening. an
when the call for subscriptions WI
made nearly $4,000 was added to the lis
At this juncture Mr.. j. NJ. Church sta
ed that arrangements had been mas
whereby the balance would be provide
for, and the meeting went wild wit
enthusiasm. A telegram was sent SUI
day morning to David Eccles, the rel
resentative of the Utah capitalists,
come and complete the signing of Il
contracts. When this preliminary
attended to the word may he sci
throughout the length and breadth
the land that Grande Ronde valley VI
have sugar factory.
.., a.. . nar-lo,1 T,1 ora no,