Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-11
Man Who Bought a Fortune for
$3.50 Investigated.
CAUGHT BETWEEN RAILWAY CARS
Oh ldr II 10 sontd by COWS Ea ing
0adsiOOls-A Female mp's
'uCc5ss-PiOne,r neah.


ami they were easy prey to coyotes.
Henry Stevenson, brother Of George
| Fl. Stevenson, sx'regis or Of the U nilsu
| States laud office at Portland, Oregon,
committed suicide on the Washinslon
| side OF the river opposite the Cascade
locks, OREGON, Monday morning BY
shooting on the top Ui his head with q
r. fle. He WAS 33 years Old and 20 rea-
SOU lie know for ths act.
Fan Francisco does not have much
| success In the sale of railway iran
eli isee by auction. On Monday the
| board OF supervisors received one bid
or frunchiae granting the right to
opsrafs stfeetcsr line on p1rtious Of
Masonic svenue, Clayton and Carl
streets, the only streets that nre free o.
steep grades and fl rling easy nccess
TO the district Bomtn OF Go den Il tie
park where the affiliated colleges have
been Gated. The bid was made by
III" Market street railway company,
! 500 beng II red Tor the frsncuise.
The well known pioneer historian,
! n II van Ford, die in Walla Wulls,
Wusb., Monday. The Cause OF death
was old age. de was 81 yeats, s
IN lutns OH. Mr.. F ri was born ia
| Asn c unity, North Csrolins, whence
he muveC 10 Missouri IN lS4D, ctossin
the plains to Oregon III 1873 Mr.. FIru
wBs the leader oil inrge party INST
crossed the plains, his being the frs
| wagon to urive Into Cir tude II udt
| valley. He served ia Two ludia Ii
| wars AMI was Tor three terms u mem
Der OF the legislature.
Ms Il. Thompson and Ave childton
who live nn Rreu's crees, eight mile
west uf Red Bluff, Cal - Ia a SER.
| ou4 condition fl m the fl 8 Of poi
ION. DR.. WeslaKe, wiz was sum
mOneu to attend them, says tnei'
symptoms ara not those Of any mineral
poison, and rom the inves lgatlou he
made is convince they were pOis ned
by dfi king miik fra m cows whic Gu had
eaten tOaustOols. He can account for
! It IN no other way, as the diet Of tue
family has not been changed, and 10
canued goods had /, en- eaten ny them.
The cows that ale the toaIslOJls alsJ
are sick.
James McHale. gripman on Ru
Oiklanu, Cal, cable line, " crushed
between two cars At Frat and
Broadway streets at IL o'clOcb
on Moniay night. The grip
| McHsle's car caught In the hlIt anu
the car stopped OH the Southern Paci
tic tracRs NJ First street. He got the
crew OIL Telegraph avenue car TO
tack up their car with the intentio .
| vi uRvins them pull his car clear oil
tue track. He STOOD ia front OF his car
with the intention of coupling 1t 10 the
electric. The latter came BACK faster
than was Intended, anu MoHaIe was
cRugbt between the two, Thee OF MS
ribs and his thouiuer blade were
broken and he was iUJured Internally.
Santa Ross, Cal, claims to have Il
female tramp who lmpersOnate1 a man
30 well that her companions la a gang
OF the dusty roads fraternity did not
suspect her sex, nor did the jiil Officials
or police justice. 1t remained Tor a
woman h d scovsr the trick. A few
mo Dths ago young tramp who gave
the name OF "BIlly" johnson cams t.
Santa Rosa. he was rather under The
average height, had black sparkling
eyes, lot black hair ana was unusRlly
attractive Tor one in his circumstance
He driited In with a number Of Other
lramps, ami one morning was at
resleu for vagranoy. When he ap
peared before the magistrate he
pleaded 30 herd for mercy that the
justice let him of with the promise
that he would 10 to work az soon as be
could get something 10 10. The
young fellow did obi ilbs for a
few days. he behaved himself well
aud fl ally secured e position as coos
III restaurant, lodging with q young
man who AiDnIy agreed to share hit
room with him until he found Other
quarters. He continued TO work ultil
tue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wife, seeing
| him one day, told her husband that he
IN ust discharge his handsome cook, fol
she declared such graceful movement,
did not belong to u man. He was &C
cordingly discharged, and Monday the
eTstwhiie young mau startled his form
er companions by appealing In iemaI,
apparel. The young men who interest.
Ell themselves In the alleged yOung
mans case when he came to tow q
would not believe that 1t was "a woman
until evening, when they called upon
her. She, however, pleaded guilty IL
the charge o. impeTsonatiJn, but re-
fused to cay where she came from OF
what her true nRmo is. She said hnr
luck had compelled her to adopt IL,
life OF tramp. None OF the men W II
whom she came 10 town had any idea
that she Was woman.
Fur $3.50 George Emery purchas u
Ru apparently worthless OH ark on to,
Alviso elUugn, near San jose, Cal.
some months ago. Concealed IN the
ramshAckle structure he found cOir
unu notts amounting to Thousands o.
dollars. Now he has told OF his gooC
iuTtuue wuIle under the Influence o
nquOr, and the law oil GERS are ate
me remnants OF tie wealth. Lss
Septembe an oil fisherman heTm H.
Charles +. Rldman, was found deaf
IN his ark Ou the slough near Alvlso.
Nothing tut grinaing skeleton wa
lelt, which was fund ny railroad sec
don hanus. R,dnIan mad be n dea,
/ several week., anu rats had eaten III,
bou.s clean oil flesh. The coroner heiC
IN inquest auu took charge OF tn,
: Il cts, wuich contested OF u chain an
tue ark, whIon Werr all sJld Tor SI.5j
George Emery was the purchaser
Not long alter his purchase Emery
bevnn to urass well and later took
uin East. Recently he returned an.
,ffJTis were made 10 learn how he In,
utulired 80 much wealth. While u
lauDr last night at Aivlso 1t wa
drawn out OF him thar there was
large tum OF m ney In 1.-THE ark
He exhibited a 81 900 note in proof,
aud ssid there was much more