Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-08
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MAN IN TROUBLE.


Ground Broken for the Handsburg Rail-
road-shot an Antelope Through the
iIcart-Central Pacific Matters.
The wife of Hon. ]. C. Baird Of
Cheyenne Wyo., died yesterday from
the effects of surgical operation.
Michael McNulty, an old-time
yesterday morning at Leadville by
drinking carbollc acid. He leaves Il
wife and five children.
Alvah Russell Conklin. until recent
" superior Judge Of Kern county
Cal. died Tuesday evening at his
home in San Francisco OF Brights
disease. He was 50 years of age.
d. II. sackett, wealthy Southern
California business man, has been
charged by Clara NJ. Martina l4-year-
old girl, with having assaulted her.
The papers were fled in the superior
court. San Diego ON Tuesday.
Ex-Tax Collector Charles L. West
lake Of Salinas Cal, WIS arrested
Tuesday charged with the embealle-
ment Of SIP collected from county
liquor licenses during the month oil
April this year. He has been held to
answer before the superior court in
81 900 bonds.
II. Liebes & Co. Of San Francisco
have lust let contracts for three large
bottom. stern wheel river steamers
and six bargcs for the Yukon river
trade, to be ready to go up the river
as soon as the ice breaks up, about
the middle OF Junc. Their combined
capacity will he $50 passengers and
5000 tons of freight. They viii have
| 500 horse power aud four feet draught
| fully laden electric lights, search
lights all modern improvements. They
will cost 100000.
Bert C. Grey. for whom the San
| Francisco police are still looking, he
| levinC that he assailed and robbed
Isidore Goulet. has n record. His
capacity for keeping out of the way OF
| the police is remarkable. He is want
| ed now on three charges, but seems 10
! know n policeman by Instinct, whether
! IL he n uniformed or plain clothes man.
| Goulet has not entirely recovered nut
| IL said to be out of danger. the
| youth is constantly on the go, and SO
escapes the police.
Mrs. Marie Nielsen died at San
| Rafael. Cal. Sunday morning from
| the effects of an overdose of cocaine.
she administered the drug hypoder-
mlcally Saturday night, and although
| she had the best OF attention she could
not be saved. Last Thursday Mrs.
| Nielsen was released from the asylum
| at Ukiah as cured, she having been
sent there after she had lost her mind
! from indulgence In the drug, and also
from the shock following the killing Of
| her brother, who was blown up in a
powder works explosion at San Pedro
| Point.
There will be war with the gamblers
at Sausalito, Cal, Monday next, and
the question Of whether the recently
passed prohibitivc ordinance win close
the poolrooms or whether trustee
La ron "a
suuarely before the people. II is said
that wholesale arrests Will follow
Monday. should the gamblers con-
tinue business on that day. War
rants will be prepared in advance
and it is expected that there will be n
hot time in the new Monte Carlo be-
fore the last boat leaves there for San
Francisco.
Ground was broken Tuesday at
Kramer, Cal, for the Randsburg ana
Kramer railroad and the work Will be
pushed to completion. The new rail-
road starts for Kramer, station on
the Santa Fc railroad, thlrtyflve miles
southeast of Mohave and runs over Q
gently undulating prairie twenty
eight miles to johannesburg and
Randsburg. There are no obstacles In
the way of rapid work, and the road
Will be completed by November 25th
giving Randsburg and the adjacent
mining country Of Panamint access to
the markets of San Francisco and Los
Angeles
John w. Foley, travelling salesman
for s. Bachman & Co., San Francisco
was arrested Monday evening ant
charged Tuesdny with embeZglinE th'
sum of $50 from his employers. The
total amount OF his peculatons Is sale
to he 81 500. His fall is ascribed t
women. Foley has been in the employ
of Bachman & Go. for two years, ant
until few months ago was considered
habits. His employers then We're in
formed that Foley was spending {
great deal Of money on the entertain
ment of women. The investigation o
his accounts confirmed the reports.
Alma Fallmer. the 14-year-old siste
of Clara Fallmer. who is to be trie'
L for the murder of her lover. Charlie
Ladue OF Alameda, Cal, and who 4
: now an inmate of the county Jail n
= Oakland, has been assigned to eel
In the women's department near Il
that occupied by her sister. Aim,
Fallmer is only "a years old, but tn
blood stain which led to her sister
downfall has manifested itself strong
~ I'm her. She is an incorrigible. an,
the Society for the Prevention OF Cru
city to Children considers her case l.
be serious enough to have her com
mitted to the whittier school If posi-
BILE.
In San Francisco Central Pacin
matters are readjusting themselves OF
the lines announced by William II
Mills week ago. Isaac Il. Gates
: having returned from Europe, ha
. been reelected n director and thir
l vice president and Colonel ]. C. Kirk
/, patrick has retired from the position
In the directorate to which he wa
n elected In order to secure a quorum 4
July. The return of C. p. Huntingto
to the board and his recollection n
first vice president Of the Central Pa
u cifc Is expected soon. The stock an
=, bond books of the Central PacIf,
u which We're sent to San Francisco dur
: ing the interregnum are being signe
by Vice President Mills, hut when thi
S work has been completed matters wi
be conducted by the transfer depart
S ment in New York as formerly.
Engineer Capps OF San Diego, Cal
who has been that clty's representa-
> tive in the construction of the Moren
% dam for the city water works, unde
', the sl,50o,000 of bonds voted by tn
II city, has filed an official report wit
the council which is extremely sensa
tlonal. He says that the contracto
4 ! has seriously violated the snecirca