Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-30
EVENTS IN THE WEST
A Record Of Occurrences in Nelghborng States
and Territories,
FELTON, SELLS HIS OIL INTERESTS.


| declined to deliver Isaac Dunn on the
requisition of Governor Steunenberg of
| Idaho. Dunn Is wanted In Oneida
county ON a charge of grand larceny.
AT Boise Ida, Monday, Commssary-
| Sergeant Oliver Plunkett of the u. 5.
army, committed suicide by hanging
He left note stating that dependency
due to drink was the cause of the act.
According to a san Francisco dis
patch in an Oakland paper of Satur-
day, ex-senator Charles n. FELTON, has
sold all his oil interests to the stand
ard oil company for the sum of 81
500. 900. 1t is added that those interest
| cd In the deal viii not discuss the
matter other than to make hslf-heart-
ed denials in order to keep the affair
| from the public. Ex- Senator Felton's
oil interests are almost, II not entirely,
confined to the Pacific Coast Oil com
pany. In which he is one of the large
Stockholders.
Mrs. Marceline Pico de Aldrlch who,
with her illustrlous family, helped
make early history for the state of
California. died Saturday of apopleXy
at the residence of her sister. Mrs.
Josefa Pico Gottliebson. 1866 Nine
| teenth street. There was not the
slightest premontion of the fatal at
tack, as although but few months
from 20 years of age, she enjoyed ex-
set for the funeral, but the remains
will be taken to Santa Clara for inter
| ment In the family plot.
According to the books of the Den
yer branch mint for November, which
closed Monday. the receipts of gold
bullion for the month have been ST.
2S1,i9g.4i The receipts for the same
month of 1890 aggregated s32S,6Il.9S,
showing a gain in November of this
/ nf ha MT
eleven months of the year aggregated
| Sl1.920. S4i.10; for the eleven months of
1896 they were s3.9Si 1854; gain over
the same period last year. $7,020 ,57S.i6
The mint officials expect December re-
ceipts will bring the total for the year
to $l200O,0O0, the amount needed to
give this estimated amount being only
1,O79 1880. Seven months of the year
have furnished over 100000
A mysterious robbery of the United
States mail in Sacramento. Cal, dis
covered Friday evening, is being in
vestigated by the postal inspectors
but apparently with little chance of
unraveling the mystery. The discovery
was made by j. a. keefc. who con-
ducts printing establishment near
the postofice. Having occasion to go
into the basement of his premises, he
discovered several letters which had
been apparently hidden in a careless
| manner beneath bodIu. lplaNlnS
them forth, he found that they We're
unopened letters addressed to various
| parts of the state, MS well as to for
| eign countries. He Immediately sent
| for Postmaster Fox and delivered them
into his hands The find was IA total
surprise to that official and he imme-
diately notified the United States pos
tai authorities, who have detailed n
postal inspector on the case.
1t is the belief of Captain Bohen of
| the San Francisco detective depart
ment that Andrew Satto, the New
Yorker who disappeared mysteriously
! four days ago. has been murdered by
bunko steerers. Consequent upon his
| theory the tanks" of the city prison
there We're filed Saturday with known
and suspected confidence game work
ers of all varieties and degrees. Three
] of the suspects have already been
| identified by August Alshuth. a Red
ding miner, as the men who swindled
| him out of 1910 last Thursday and then
| shipped him to Vallejo, Two others
are suspected of having been connect
| ed with the sudden vanishment of
Andrew Satto. Unless the New Yorker
materializes alive, however, there is
| but slim chance OF connecting this
brace of worthless with his disappear
! ance. Meanwhile they and every
| other bunko man who can be captured
will be held to trial on vagrancy
charges.
A long standing quarrel between the
captains Japanese steward and cabin
| boy on board the revenue cutter Rich
ard Rush terminated Saturday in n
| homicide that transferred Captain
Roberts's bathroom into n shambles
and filed the little town OF Sausalito,
Cal, with vague and varied rumors
and its officials with sudden impor-
lance. The homicide occurred soon
after o'clock in the morning. but it
was well afternoon before folks ashore
| had any clear conception of the
trouble. and or o'clock in the after
noon before the truth was known out
side the officers of the Rush and
few Marin county officials. Charlie
Mishimura. Captain Roberts's steward,
shot and killed X. Imai, the cutters
claimed that he fired in self-defense,
and the jury believed him. although,
| at District Attorney e. II. Martlnelli's
request the steward will he detained
In the San Rafael Jail pending a pre-
| liminary examination.
The Pacific Mail steamship Gaelic,
which arrived from Honolulu Satur-
day, brings n very interesting story
from the islands. 1t concerns Walter
j. Mcbride, the paying teller of Bishop
& Co.'S bank and prominent young
society man. who has become insane
lit is said through drawing the fatal
number in a suicide club which he
Joined about six years ago in Seattle.
According to the story. which is APP
parently well authenticated. Mcbride
received his summons about year ago
and was doomed to take his own life
this month, following in the footsteps
of five other members Of the club who
have crossed the dark river by their
own voliton before Inn. Particulars
of the sad affair are not easy to get,
as powerful friends of the unfortunate
man have thus far prevented the story
from getting into print, but n letter Civ
ing some of the facts in the case was
received by friend of McBrides re
siding in San Francisco It appears
that Mcbride drew the fatal number
about a year ago. but had been given
twelve months reprieve. The matter
weighed so heavily on his mind that
his reason became unbalanced. and
through his strange actions and night
ly rawlings his friends learned the
truth. He has been taken out of tho
bank. and is being cared for by friends,
who propose to see that he does not
carry out his purpose. Within n few
weeks he win probably be brought TO
San Francisco In the hone that the
oh nppa NJ air may Ip him, pnnI