Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-21
DEsERET EVENING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER


LIEUT.. sImonds home is in New York
city. He has been with the Eighth IN
fantry for the past three years. Miss
Marshall Is the daughter OF the late
col Louis Marshall Of the United
States army. She ~ the ueicc Of the
famous Confederate military leader
Gen. Robert t. Lee. and great grand
daughter Of Chief Justice John Mar
shall OF the United states supreme
Court. Lieut.. Slmonds and Miss Mar
shall have large number OF friends In
military and social circles
In mercantile circles OF san Fran
cisco much attention Is paid to news
from the Orient. The Intelligence that
Russian fleet has occupied Port Ar
thur following so closely on the news
that Russia had obtained a firm grip
on Corea, leads to the belief that ac-
tive hostilities between the milSado
and the czar cannot ne long deferred.
1t Is regarded as significant that
agents Of the Russian empire have re-
Gently made extensive purchases OF
army supplies in the United states for
the garrison at Vladivostuck. a fow
days ago cable messages from Nlndl-
vostock Via st. Petersburg were re-
ceived in that city inviting several
firms to bid on an Immense quantity
of provisions. The merchants there
anticipate n great demand for supplies
10 MAINTAIN tnt letNH anu uIlllltS NOW
assembling In the Orient.
Albert Hon, accused of the brutal
murder of Mrs. Mary Clute, continues
to assert that he will be able to prove
an alihi He says that he is friend
of John X. Mclean of the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER and that Mclean can vouch
for his eastern record. He also gives
references to E. b. Adde, II. l.. on
more and Arthur Pemherton, bankers
of Cincinnati. and to Carl Schurz. In
answer to question about his knowl-
edge of Schurz he said: u am the
oldest friend that man has In America,
We were in the German rebellion to-
gether serving In the same company,
and wers both bnnished on account OF
our political affiliations. We came to
this country on the same vessel" The
police intend to send his photograph
to the chief of police in Chicago. as
they believe he may have been mixed
up in the Haymarket riots.
Daniel Sullivan. lon6shoreman, 80
years of age, residing at $40 Folsom
street, San Francisco, was found in a
dying condition on the Folsom street
roadway just west of its intersection
with Stuart street at $3.50 o'clock Fri
day night, and the manner OF his death
has been puZzliug the police for the
past twenty four hours. The condition
of Sullvan's body, as revealed by the
coroners autopsy, has left an open
question as to whether Sullivan met
with foul play or was the victim of an
accident. Two of the ribs on his left
side We're crushed mas We're three on
his right side. his liver and kidneys
We're badly ruptured. there was n
jagged scalp wound in the middle of his
forehead and the third and fourth FIN
gers of his right hand bore deep cuts
that had evidently been inflicted by
some rather sharp instrument.
The body of Joseph Blow, an aged
miser, was found Saturday morning in
an clubhouse of his wretched home at
the corner OF Alabama and Date
streets. Los Angeles, Cal He was an
eccentric character and lived alone
amid the most squalid surroundings.
Although possessed of ample means he
denied himself the commonest neces-
stiles of life and kept himself Almost
as secluded as hermit. The last time
Blow was seen alive was Friday after
noon, when the neighbors noticed him
walking about his premises apparent
~ suffering from pain In the stomach
As he was not seen stirring about Sat
urday morning as usual the neighbors
called TO see whether he was sick. A
lamp was found burning on the table
and his body. still warm, was in an
clubhouse, showing that he had not long
been dead. Among his effects was
found n box containing n number of
deeds to property throughout the city
and county. The value of this property
is not known, but 1t is thought IL viii
run well into the thousands, the con-
sideration for one small piece being
$4,000