Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-13

The crop Of wine grapes in San
Joaquin county, Cal. this year Is by
far the largest ever known, and the
wineries are crowded to their fullest
capacity. Last year the crop was less
than 1000 tons. This season it win run
over 1000.
John II. Colvile, who is wanted in
Boston for embezslement. was ar
rested Sunday morning in San
Francisco lodging house. Colville was
employed as bookkeeper by Marshal
S. p. Pollard OF Boston. and 1t is
claimed that he embezzled 81 500 of
his employers money.
A man giving the name of William
Morris Is detained at the city prison,
san Francisco, pending an invcstign-
ton into his antecedents. 1t Is believed
that he Is one Of a party of Eastern
crooks now in the city who have made
life miserable for those whose business
keeps them out late ut night and also
for careless householders.
After over month of hard and per-
sistent search the San Francisco po-
lice have succeeded in landing behind
prison bars one OF the smo0thest and
most dangerous criminals whose pho
tograph has ever grace the San QUEEN
tin rogues' gallery. John Forbes was
arrested Sunday morning and is 1ow
iltiu VII a warrant tllul kAill, Illl win
grand larceny.
Eddie +. Leitch, n brakeman in the
employ of the Southern Pacific COM
pany at Sacramento. Cal, and one
of that citys best known young men,
was killed at Clipper Gap Saturday
afternoon. Leitch stood in the middle
of the track and attempted to step on
the pilot of the engine when IL APP
preached, but missing his footing fell
on the rails and the wheels passed over
his body Leitch was well connected
and was 26 years old.
Arthur Arlington of San Jose, Cal.
was arrested at Oakland Saturday
night on an order of the chief of po-
lice of San Jose A dispatch from san
Jose is to the effect that Arlington
Is wanted in that city on the charge Of
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. His victim was Mrs. Il. #.
Smith, milliner, Mrs. Smith was but
one of several of the persons in San
Jose duped by this noted confidence
operator
George Kelly, n well dressed man Of
about forty years of age was arrested
by the San Francisco police Satur-
day after hunt of nearly, eight
months He was locked in the tanks,
He probably will be charged with
passing bogus checks. The complain
ing witness will be George Balovich,
a restaurant proprietor, who last
March was victimtzed for IL small
amount by means of "A check for $i5
drawn by Kelly on the Wells, Fargo
bank.
Three of the men alleged to have
freely distributed counterfeit money
in San Jose. Cal, during fair week
We're Sunday evening landed in the
county jail. There names are Frank
Berry, Mike Regan and James Don
nelly. They first operated in Mayfield
and Mountain View, passing several
counterfeit $50 silver certificates. Last
| Tuesday they reached San lose and
succeeded In passing several Comic der
ate bills upon the proprietors of subur'
ban establishments.
Because of family differences Her.
man Schoenfelder and Mrs. Jesse Mag.
| gee of Oakland. Cal. have left theii
| homes and the accusation Is openly
| made by the members of their respec'
tive families that they have flown to-
| gether Schoenfelder was accused Of
having been too deeply interested II
| the Maggie woman. and Maggie, II
turn, accused his wife OF liliinl
| Schoenfelder better than she did him
| The husband and wife left to mourn II
| their homes are of the belief that th'
missing pair have gone to San Fran
cisco and that they never expect e
return to that city.
| An awful trugedy was narrowl,
averted Friday night at the long v har
near Oakland, Cal, when a switcl
| engine ran upon a stretch of side tract
despite the danger signal which hao
been placed at either end of 1t. Twelve
workmen engaged in repairing, expect
| ing fully to see the engine plungl
through the span into the bay, took I,
| flight. one Of them, W. c. Harrison,
| bridge carpenter, saw no other escap,
from an awful death than To plung
into the bay, and this he did. swim
ming some distance before he coult
accomplish landing.
| "The pleasure of witnessing 10
years growth of the United States ha
to die at any time the Lord calls me.
| The speaker was Mrs. Fanny Stink
! ard,o San Jose, Cal, who celebrate,
her century birthday on Sunday, DC
tober 3rd, at the residence OF he
daughter, Mrs. Il. c. Burwell, nea
Agnews station, in Santa Clara coun
| ty. Mrs. Slinkard was born in Simp
son county, N, c., In 1897, and despit
her extraordinary age still enjoy
good health, clear mind and a re
markable memory.
James G. Bennett, the San Francsic
machlnist, who attempted Saturda,
| morning to cut the throat OF his di
yorced wife, Mrs. Villa Leslie, an,
then turned his knife against his owl
| neck, may recover from the wound re
| ceived at his own hands. The tive
once man and wife, are now lying Il
adjoining wards at the receiving hos
pitals. with every prospect OF ultimat
recovery. Insane jealousy impellc
| Bennett to commit the murderous as
| sault upon the woman whom he sti
swears he fondly loves as he moan
from the pain OF his self-inilicte
wounds.
There was large meeting of fruit
growers at CORTLAND, Cal, twent
miles south of Sacramento on tn
river Saturday. Those present dis
marketing of fruit in the East, and a
by ventilator cars to Ogden, an
thence by refrigerators. effecting bi
saving In expense. An organi2atio
was formed for mutual protection
to be fully organized two weeks henc,
Addresses were made on sugar bee
culture, and many signed an agree
ment to plant beets in accordance wit
the offer of the Oxnards to erect
factory in Sacramento II 10000 acre
are planted,
An unknown man died by his ow
hand in the Berkeley, Cal, hills o
Saturday. His body was found in tn
big eucalyptus grove northeast {
North Berkeley by two hunters Sur
day morning. For fifteen feet aruun