Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-20
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
CHARRED REMAINS OF MARY BECK FOUND



derson marketed cattle from Kelton
Utah.
Rendered desperate by adversely and
| drink. O. II. Timms. u surveyor resid-
| ing at San Francisco, ended his life
Sunday afternoon by swallowing the
contents of phial OF carbolic acid.
| Frank Schaefer, freight brakeman,
was fatally injured at Idaho Falls
| yesterday, while making n coupling.
| He was taken to the hospital at og-
! den, with very slight hopes Of his re-
! covery.
Julius Casserini, waiter, who is
| confined in the receiving hospital at
| San Francisco pending an examination
| as TO his sanity, set fire to his cell
early Monday morning and narrowly
escaped being burned to death.
G. soateria, a young tailor of Santa
Clara, Cal, accidentally struck the
trigger Of his shotgun against the
wheel of a buggy while out hunting
sunday. The gun was discharged LAGER
ating his left arm and rendering an
nmputation at the shoulder necessary.
His recovery is doubtful.
a verdict OF murder is the result OF
the inquest over the body OF Henry
Chapman, found in Il creek near Hams
Fork, Wyo. The body was buried at
the latter place yesterday afternoon and
the officers are now looking for Thomas
Saminon suspected OF having commit
ted the deed.
While trying to escape arrest Sun
day evening James Roach, u San
Francisco machinist, jumped over
banister in Il Folsom street lodging
house to the floor below and sustained
compound fractures OF both bones Of
the left leg. 1t is believed he will be
crippled for life.
The charred remains OF Mary Beck.
one Of the employees at the California
Fuse cumpanys works at Colma, Cal,
which were destroyed Monday night
by an explosion caused By sparks
from an electric lamp, were found in
the ruins of the spinning room Tues
day morning and the coroner Of San
Maceo county will hold an inquest.
The mother-in-law of Robert Here
fora, who was shot at the latter's
ranch near Lander. Wyo., Tuesday q
week ago, by Eugene Gonzales, an in
toXicated Merican, died the following
day us a result Of the wound received
Feeling is high against the Mexican
and he will be taken to Lander as soon
as practicable.
The life of John Olive, well known
throughout the state as the owner of
the great fish ranch on the summit in
Contra Costa county, Cal, is in dan
ger. He was kicked squarely in the
uNubIlltn ny u NltlouH IpItt f0dluludN
and physicians went to his home pre-
pared to perform q heroic operation
the only means of striving against
death for the mans life.
The steamship Belgic brought as part
Of her cargo from China to San Fran
cisco yesterday 1885 bales OF raw silk,
one Of the largest importations of that
kind Of merchandise that has been
made for some time. The estimated
value is nearly $1,0O0,OO0, 1t is con-
signed overland to New Jersey and
Connecticut silk nils and vii be for
warded by special train in order to
save interest on the money invested.
Mrs. George Sanford of Los Angeles
Cal, was so badly burned Saturday
afternoon by her dress catching fire
from burning waste paper in the yard
She was the daughter of the late II.
X, $. Omelveny and sister of the
well-known attorney, Henry Omel-
veny Her brother and sister We're
out Of the city when the accident oc-
Cured.
Frank w. Mcdonald. late of San
Francisco, is dead. He passed away
at London on the 18th of this month
but although the fact OF his death was
known the nature Of his fatal Illness
has not yet been learned. AT the time
OF his death and for three years past
the former cashier and director of the
wrecked Pacific bank was n fugitive
from Justice having been indicted for
defrauding the clients of the Pacific
bank out of many thousands of dol
lars.
The Arctic oil Works propose run
ming line of steamers to Copper river
during the winter from the san Fran
cisco port. Headquarters for the pas
sengers will be constructed at the
river and a supply station for miners
and prospectors VIII be established
there. The first vessel to start on the
route will be the Walcott, and it is
thought she will be followed by the
Jesse Freeman. Both vessels are now
being prepare with extra passenger
Accommodations.
j. Juinette of San Francisco at
tempted suicide Sunday by jumping
into the bay from the end of Lom-
bard street wharf. He walked quiet
ly down the pier, and without word
went off the strinGHf into the water.
His act was witnessed by the men of
the crew of the state quarantine
launch, and they fished him out. The
man was almost unconscious when
rescued, but after time realized that
he had been saved, and before the
patrol wagon reached him he fought
desperately to be released to make an
other attempt on his life.
Mad with jealousy, Il. Everts. whose
wife owns and operates n small hotel
called the Vincent House, at 1929
Twelfth avenue, Oakland. Cal, ran
the boarders of that hosiery into the
street Sunday night, as the wife
charges, at the point of n gun, and
threatened all sorts OF things while
doing so. Mrs. Everts was formerly
Mrs. May Il. Bacon. Her husband
died and she married Everts, who
was employed about the hotel The
union has been an uneventful one UNI
til Sunday night, when Everts fell
out with his wife.
The Quincy express office at Oroville,
Cal, was robbed Saturday morning
and over $1,000 in gold and bank checks
taken. The robbers HAD to cut the
telephone and telegraph wires leading
from the town. so that no other places
could he notified. 1t is stated that
the loss will fan upon Mr.. Schneider.
the agent, and not upon the company,
as he had been warned more than once
that his method in locking up was not
safe. Suspicion pointed to Lowell
Maxwell and he was arrested and
placed In jail. None OF the treasure
was found, but the officers think they
have the right man.
II. Newman, who left Oakland. Cal.
for Alaska several months ago and
who was supposed to have been muir
dercd by the TalSu Indians, has re-
turned to that city. His only expln
nation Is that he had differences with
his partner and sold out and returned