Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-29
EVENTS IN THE WEST
AN ATRoCIoUS MURDER IN LONG VALLEY


against u Road supervisor.
iire broke out in the warehouse fl
The rear OF Cooper, ulrey d Co.'s stor
at KING CITY, cal, near Salinas. abou
~ O'Clock Tuesday evening, ami tn
whole building and most Of the stool
OF merchandise was destroyed TIL
loss is estimated at $1,000. The orlgiI
OF the fire is unknown
A dispatch from santa Fe, N. NJ.
says that Col w IA. Weed OF Whit,
OAKS, who has twenty mon at work OF
placer claims IN the Yaqul country o
Sonora, has received letter from hi,
foreman saying that all telegraphic re-
ports OF trouble between the Yaqui In
ulanS ana the miners were without
foundation. The Indians are peaceful
and welcome prospectors. but brigand,
ana gang of petit thieves are making
| disturbances.
on Tuesday Chief of Police Lees OF
san Francisco completed his forty
| fourth year of service in the depart
ment OF which he now stands the head
| His subordinates celebrated the occa-
ton by presenting their superior Of
! hCer with handsome floral piece com
posed OF chrysanthemums. roses ana
carnations, in the form of the star of
authority worn by every member OF the
force. At the top was the simple In.
setiption IA years" and below Isaiah
| w. Lees"
The body of the man who shot him
self on the wharf at Long Beach, Cal,
Monday night and jumped into the
| ocean, was fOnud Tuesday morning. 1t
has been Identified by Sheriff Burr as
that of II. Nictorson, IL secondhand
| clothing dealer at Los Angeles. He
| attNInntpn "a
| day but was prevented, and went direct
| to Long Beach,. He owned consider
able property, but his financial affairs
are badly tangled. He leaves widow
and large family.
A serious accident occurred Tuesday
afternoon at the Norwich mine, in Bos-
ton ravine, Grass Valley. Cal, where
by Richard richards, Il miner. was
probably fatally injured. Richards
was working In the mine when u cave
took place, the unfortunate man be-
ing buried under falling rocks. One
large bou lder struck him in the mid
die of the back, injurlng the spine. He
received deep gashes on top of the
head, nearly penetrating to the brain.
His recovery is doubtful. richards
was only recently married.
Captain Ole Anfindsen and Sailor
Christopher Larsen, the only two sur
vivors of the crew of fifteen of the lost
steamer Caspar, reached San Fran
cisco Tuesday in the steam schooner
Whitesboro from Port Arena. Both
the returned sailors are loud In their
praises of the bravery of Adolph Peter
sen and Henry Andersen, the two eX-
sailors and ranchers of Port Arena,
who at the risk of their lives launched
Il small skin through the surf and sue
ceeded in bringing the imperiled and
nearly dead captain and seaman to the
land.
The San Joaquin Valley Railway
company of California gave an order
Tuesday to the Ensign Manufacturing
company for 100 box cars, which are
to be finished in December and deliv-
cred there in January by which time
1t is expected the road will be extended
to Bakersfield This will double the
equipment in this special respect. In
addition the San Joaquin Valley ROAD
has now 100 stock cars, $50 flat cars,
twelve passenger coaches and ten loco
motives in service. not counting four
engines recently ordered, The road
has reached point seven miles north
of Kern county, so that at present
there are 230 miles of rail laid, of which
202 are in operation.
In the federal court here, says dis
patch from Seattle, Wash, Judge c. II. |
Hanford placed on file his written
opinion in tho case OF the United
States government against Mrs. Cue
lin, who was arrested because she |
came to the United States without a
from Chinese government.
Now that the written opinion Is on file |
it is said that United States District !
Attorney Brlnker will Immediately |
place its contents before Attorney Gen !
eral McKenna in the expectation that |
steps Will be taken to have |
the decision appealed from. Govern |
ment officers say that II the higher |
courts sustain Judge Hanford. Con-
sress will have to enact Il new ex-
clusion law.
About o'clock last Wednesday
afternoon Wilson j. Lee, n steady, in
-elligent plasterer Of Pasadena. Cal,
aged 20 years, got on his wheel to go
Town town and buy his wife some
Nothing being heard from him that
light, the police were notified Satur-
lay night telegram from Elsinore,
iigned by Lee, was received, announc-
ng his safety. When Lee arrived home
ate Monday night he had SiS5 In
'hange, bicycle wrench and pump in
his pocket for which he could not ac-
cunt. His friends think that while in
/ temporary fit of insanity he rode to
chino. worked in the beet fields and
armed the money. Lee has recovered,
nut can remember nothing of the oc-
j. c. Brown, young Scotchman. who
nut pretty wide swath at Los Ange-
es and Ventura, Cal, as long as his
money lasted. was arrested Tuesday as
lie was on the point of departing for
'ancouver, II. c.. TO take the steamer
or Australia. The arrest was made an
he complaint of John C. Traynor. who
epresented various creditors. among
hem the proprietor of the Somerset
louise. to whom Brown is alleged to
we a board bill of considerable pro-
ortions. The creditors alIege that
'rown was profuse In promises to pav
nd represented that he had money IL
bank at Los Angeles and also in
'enturn, but inquiry failed TO corroh-
rate his statements. It Is alleged that
e had already purchased a ticket Cor
australia, but his departure will he de.
lyed M he can satisfy his clafnoring
The Grand jury of Oakland, CAL. has
ied an accusation against Supervisor
'harles Roeth, charging him with viii
al ana corrupt misconduct In ONCE
w so doing the grand Jurors have
pened the way TO Roeth's removoI
rom Office If. after trial, he Is found
uhty. The Jury presented n snaciai
eport TO Judge Ogden Of the crfrninai
OF the Superior court Mon
ay afternoon, making fpur ennoiga |