Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-10

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day In his cabin In Park canyon, near
Butte, Mont. 1t is supposed Hogan
was frozen to death.
Forrest the man convicted at poca-
tello. Ida, for the killing of Sheep
herder Martinas, was sentenced Thurs
day by Judge Standrod to nine years
and six months imprisonment.
a number OF burglarles have been
reported recently to the police author
tiles at Oakland. Cal, and Chief of Po-
lice Lloyd is now convinced that an
organized gang Of housebrealSers Is at
work within the citys limits.
Isaiah johnson, colored private OF
the Ninth u. S. cavalry, has been con-
States court at Cheyenne, Wyo. john
son shot and killed Charles j. Pauley
during a quarrel over a 5O-cent bet.
No clew has yet been obtained of
the whereabouts of Andrew |. Sweet
ser. the Cordelia, Cal, wine merchant,
who went out in fishing boat from
Sausalito ten days ago and failed to
return. Whether or not Swcetser met
death in the sea or was picked up by
an outgoing vessel and taken to some
other port Is as yet unknown.
The city council OF Cripple Creek
Colo. has declared the office OF chief
of the fire department vacant. This
releases William Allen, veteran fre-
fighter, who was chief at Leadville in
its early days and was chief at Cripple
Creek during the big blaze Of 1896
Allen has been away for two months
and is said to be running "a saloon in
Seattle with Pete 5als, Cripple Creeks
defaulting marshal.
The ooored people of Butte. Mont.
are highly indignant over the at"
tempt to extradite Joseph Johnson
IA IA &c al at
for having eloped with kittie Mem.
They say that johnson will be lynched
If returned to that section, despite the
latter's claim that Kittie followed
him. Lawyers have been retained by
Johnson's friends and Thursday they
appeared before Acting Governor
Spriggs and argued against the issu-
ance of n requistion.
A dispatch from San Francisco today
says that carload of tautog and egg
bearing Holsters has arrived from
Massachusetts, and has been deposited
near the Farallone islands. The fish
commission car which brought these
out will go to Anderson, Shasta coun-
ty, where II win take on about 100000
quinnat salmon spawn from the Battle
Creek hatchery These are to be dis
trlbuted in the upper Hudson river and
in all of the streams in the New Eng
land states.
Gustave Linderman, chief engineer
of Won Schmidts drcdger. Vallejo.
Cal, came near losing his life Monday
afternoon and Is MANNED for life.
While descending a ladder TO correct
defects in the working of the machln-
cry, he lost his footing and was caught
in the gearing, which crushed his arm
above the elbow before the machinery
could he stopped. The arm was ampu-
tated about six inches below the Shout
der Mr.. Linderman is a prominent
member Of the Marine Engineers at
San Francisco.
About I O'Clock Tuesday evening
Henry Schoenberg fired two shots
from n pistol in his home. at Sixth and
Il streets, Sacramento, Cal His wife
and child ran out and reported that he
had shot himself. This proved to be
wrong. 1t seems more than likely that
he shot at his wife and son. for one of
the bullets struck a door casing just
over the youths head. His back was
turned and he did not see his father
shoot. Mrs. Schoenberg believes now
that the second shot was fired at her,
| though she did not see which way her
! husband pointed the pistol. Schoen-
berg has been drinking heavily of
| late.
Ebenezer Haley, one of the
few remaining pioneers OF Ala
media county, Cal, died at his home
|
morning. Mr.. Haley was n native of
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 81 years of
| age. He went to California around
the Horn in the brig Mary Jane in
/ company with the late II. Il. Redding
of Sacramento and seventeen other
passengers. OF the nineteen passen-
gers there are now but two survivors.
] Robert Van Norden of Montgomery
street. San Francisco. and Freeman
Dennis of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The deceased leaves four sons and two
daughters, number of grandchildren
and several grandchildren.
Michael Philbon. laborer employed
at the Union Iron works, San Fran
cisco, was killed while at work Tues
day morning by being struck on the
! head by piece of a plank failing n
distance OF about twenty-five feet.
Philbon had been sent into the foundry
to get a cope for use in another de-
partment. In the upper part OF the
foundry room is n travelling crane.
Monday two riveters were at work on
1t and used a piece Of plank to stand
on. After their work was finished
they left II there. Tuesday four other
laborers We're doing other work on the
crane and it is supposed that in NOV
ing the loose planks the smaller one
was preclpitated below, killing Phil
bon. The deceased was As years old.
married and leaves wife and chill
dren.
The search of the San Francisco po-
lice for the participants in Friday
mornings Chinatown pistol battle is
now about ended, and as result of
the work Of Sergeant Shea's men one
OF the murderous housebreakers who
attempted the lives of Charlie Ngow
and Tom Foon at So Prospect place
lies at the morgue, while two others
are in the tanks of the city prison.
The dead burglar was discovered Tues
day night at 1905 Dupont street by
Policemen Il. +. Burk and j. Gala
way, where he had been abandoned by
his companions afer several futile
efforts to battle the police in their en-
deavors to locate the body. He proved
to be Low FOX Guey, one OF the leaders
of the Tsuey on Tong highlander So
cieties and one of the most desperate
of his kind in the Chinese quarters.
Michael Purcell n boiler maker, was
making some repairs inside the smoke
stack of the steamer Wellington Mt the
Folsom street wharf, San Francisco
when six fires We're carelessly started
below him. He was strapped in a
chair suspended from the top of the
stack about forty feet from the damp
ers below. 1t WIS impossible to go up
and TO go down without assistance
meant being roasted alive. Dense vol
umes of hot smoke began sailing up
the stack while Purcell shouted loudly
for help. The heat increased every
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