Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-11
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. |
A SHANGHlED SAILOR JUMPS OVERHEARD,
Administrators OF Estates Required to
Explaining Salmon Rim-Acci-
dents and Cattle Movements.

The captains of the vessels arriving
from Alaska report that the salmon
run in the north VIII break all records
this year The schooner Premier ar
rived from Ncnalnska Wednesday
with ESQ barrels of salmon, ana the
ship Eclipse with 5000 cases on
board.
\ sailor named John Falcon, be-
longing to the United States battle
ship oregon. was picked up in san
Francisco bay Wednesday. evening
shortly after @ o'clock. He claimed
that he had been shanghled. and tina
he had jumped overheard to regain
his liberty.
T.. J Connolly. boatman, % years
old, was taken TO the san Francisco
receiving hospital Wednesday after
noon, having crushed his right foot
while at work on a barge loading sup
plies at the foot of Folsom street.
Connolly slipped and the motion OF
the barge caught his foot between its
side and the wharf.
w. NJ. Lee. a San Jose, Cal, horse
trader, about so years OF age. met with
a severe accident on Wednesday by
which he lost his right foot. Lee at
tempted to cross Kearny street. II
front of the st. George Hotel. between
Washington and Jackson streets, when
ear llI2 of the Kearny street line came
toward him, going north. The ca
struck him in the back, knocking him
down. His right foot fell upon the
track, and before Motorman Craig was
able to check the moving car II was
upon the Frustrated man.
Early Tuesday morning an infant
girl was found in a basket near one of
the gates of the Rose Dale trotting
farm, near Santa Rosa. Cal. The child
was only few hours old. and was
found by one of the employees Of the
farm who was on his way to the
field to work. The little one was al
most dead from exposure when dis
covered. II IL now being cared for In
the home of Joseph Gaudln, superin-
tendant OF the farm. No claw has
yet been found that indicates the
rarentase Of the child
David Davidson, who murdered his
wife, Emily Davidson, ut Rnndsburg
cal. May 10, 1897. was brought up
from Bakersfield Saturday for his pre-
We're examined. and defendants at
torncy moved that he be discharged
on account Of the insufIiciency of the
complaint !nasmuCh as IL did not state
that Emily Davidson was a human
being" There had been some appre-
hension of mob violence, but the trial
passed OF quietly and the prisoner
was taken back to Bakersfield on the
evening train.
The steamer Umatilla left wednes-
day for Puget Sound ports. She had
on board 152 passengers, ten of whom
We're bound for Alaska. Captain A.
f. Rogers and James Evans of the
treasury department of Washington,
went north on the steamer and will
proceed with all possible haste to
Dyea and Skaguay. They are armed
with fun power by the secretary of
the treasury to do all that is possible
to relieve the blockade existing at
those points, and to prevent famine.
which 1t is feared will break out this
winter.
Tho state board of equalization fail
ing in an attempt t. raise the assess
ment of San Francisco, Thursday voted
to reduce the rolls of no less than
| thirty-siN counties. The reductions are
In no case less than ten per cent, and
in most cases fifteen per cent. The
total amount thus stricken from the
general property roll of the state is
SSl .iIS,l10, and the result will be TO
raise the rate of tax levy to nifty
cents ana II fraction. The burden of
this increase in the rate of tax levy
VIII fall ON san Francisco, whose as
scssment is nearly one third as great
as the entire property roll Of the
state.
Denver Field and Farm: J. NJ .Ten-
| son II Sons Of Brigham city, Ttuh,nre
doing an immense business IN the
sheep line this summer They lately
| made several large shipments to the
Chicago markets and are making ar
| rangcmeuts for other big shipments.
| They shipped 200 head from opal,
Wyoming, 5000 from Park city and
vicinity. $500 from Logan and this
week they sent 5000 from Soda
As. ut.
| kets. The firm will handle $4,000 sheep
| this year which at the low average Of
| 81 "a head. Will amount TO $4,000. j.
NJ. Jenson Jr says they have been
paying from $3.50 to $50 II head for
sheep, SLIGO to Si.S5 for lambs.
The sugar-laden bark Ceylon, TWEEN
| ty-eight days from Honolulu. had a
narrow escape from being wrecked
| Wednesday morning. Captain Cal
| houn was bringing his vessel in on the
| Hood tide between eight ana nine
| o'clock, when she was carried on &c
| Arch rock, San Francisco. There was
| little wind at the time, ana though
| she got clear of the rock, she was car
| ried 10y the tide with heavy force or
to The rock a second time. The gov
| eminent quarantine tug George NJ
| Sternberg. which was close at hand
/ pulled the Ceylon from her dangerous
| position and she proceeded up th'
| bay. She VIII tie put on the dry docl
| as soon as she unloads her cargo con
sisting OF ii,44j bags OF sugar.
| Dick Bell. a Round Valley, Cal. In
| dian, has been found guilty of man
| slaughter and will be sentenced In Sar
| Francisco on Monday Bells crime
| was committed on February 9TH. OF
this year, In y Reeds house neal
| Covello, on the Round Valley Agency
| He and Tom Steele, nnoher Indian
| had a quarrel over some grain Bel
| accused steele of stealing. The quarre
| amounted to violence, and according
| to Bells testimony, he retreated as rai
| as he could. but when he could retreat
| no further, knowing that Steele was
| dangerous character, and had
| served a term in san Quentin, he drew
| his revolver and fired. inflicting q
wound in Steele's hip, from which he
| afterward died.
The Drovers Journal sizes up tn,
| Chicago situation In the followinf
| editorial: Western range cattle arr
| pouring to market In large quantities
hut not half as many have come I,
| market as We're here this time las
| year The season Is well advanced
and II the SHOWS should begin to fly
| earlier than usual, as might easily b,
| the case, the cattle would have {,
come at n very heavy rate during tn,
| remainder of the season to come any
where near last yenrs run. The cat
| tie are not In good beef condition. !
| majority Of them are not fat enough
| for killers and carry more flesh than