Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-07
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in Neighboring
States and Territories.
DEATH OF FRANK T. BALDWIN.
First Commission for oakIand's Portia-
Vincent Wallace suicides --i,ig Prune
Crop-Judge Euck iSllis Himself.

There are no Indians on the reserva-
ton, is the latest word to Gen. Otis
from Fort Duchesne.
Katie Neal, who eloped from her
home at Sweet Springs, Mo, with her
fathers colored coachmun, has left
Butte, Mont, on her return journey.
Vincent Wallace, the son Of one of
Britain's greatest musical composers.
died Saturday morning at the French
hospital In San Francisco, from the eff
fects of an overdose of morphine ad-
ministered by himself last Tuesday.
At Sallda. Colo, Monday morning.
the warehouse Of Peter Mulvany. to-
gether with It's contents. was des-
troyed by fire, entaillng u loss of Sl0.-
900. Sparks from locomotive engines
are supposed to have been the cause.
Miss Frankie Lane, of Oakland, Cal,
has received her first commission to
fight case before the courts and has
departed for Chicago, where she will
handle u suit that involves round
sum Of money and mank fine points of
law.
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock some
unknown person attempted to assassin
ate y. puhcra. n prominent apple deal
er of jacksonville, Cal, The would-be
assassin fired bullet through the win
dow OF the room Puhera was occupying.
The bullet missed his head about four
inches. 1t is not known who fired the
shot.
Ex-Judge Frank ~. Baldwin, state
code commissioner from 1895 to 1897,
passed away Saturday evening at $40
| O'Clock at his rooms in the Yosemite
hotel, Stockton, Cal, where he had been
confined as an invalid for nearly year.
| The end came as his family and friends
had long expected It. and he passed in
to endless sleep without n struggle.
The will of the late Henry Barnhart
the wealthy pioneer, who died in stock
ton, Cal. last Wednesday, Is probably
the shortest ever written in that state
| II was fled for probate Saturday and
| disposes of thousands of dollars worth
/ of property in very few words. II
| reads: 81 direct that my property shall
be disposed of according to the laws
of the state of California"
Fearful that he would eventually be.
| come insane. Robert Barrett, young
man employed in Thompson's hotel
Ross street and Shattuck avenue, Nortf
Berkeley Cal. committed suicide Sat
| urday morning by swallowing an ounc,
of carbolic acid. The action was evil
IDENTIFY the result of a sudden impulse
I of dependency, because the dead MAJ
gave no warning OF what he was abou
to do. and up to the time he took thu
fatal potion appeared to be in hii
usual spirits.
on December 10, 1895. Charles L
McnnefneS, theh nVau uI5Ih VI ~, a.,
NaHeJo' Cai,' postolnce, suuuen.y a's
appeared, u was uistontreu t hi,. 10 10
before that ne was snor. III ms ms a. az
away 1t was learned that he had stolen
Gently been discovered that McEner
ney is now serving n sentence of fiv
wears for burglary in the state priso
at Folsom. He Is known there by tn
name of Leland.
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Professor =. w; ohlius, one VI 81 ~
prominent horticui,ur's.s VI SUI 20. -,
cat, ana an aV.,v wv, ~, l,e H. W.
grange mas lust coIilpieteu III 49,,
or gathering statistics Oh this 20.
crop OF prunes Oh SANTA olata count
In round numbers, ne says .he - u ona n n
has produced thls year ou,VvV'vu
pounds anu tna a pu. iin,i oup' IT y
says these prunes are selling for hal
n cent more on the pound than an
other prunes In the market
w NJ poni,s ax.sunerintendent G
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ny, -. ia,tor Ia w u Van Sicl,Ie
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VI 49,. In,, at noy.on He saws: ';Every
49, ,,ou haor about here is grul
t Eiins S,,,, ha boueht nj any nrice.
80 "a noid for fnrtv-f our candles
saw NV came in over the trail tn
S,a,s Az i,' ~ hrn,,gbt among othe
, oti,ei u ~ on, Eases oT Soal oii I hoard
tr, b,,,, sSoo case for il. Yeste,
nun 49, 49,, ,'' oe,orod SS5O nor case In
uaS I na W ,s ,oing 70 keen il until IT
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In a highly sensational complain
filed Friday Mrs. Della Springer bega
suit for divorce from her husban,
Sanford Springer, at Oakland, Cal. TIL
complaint was accompanied by an al
plication for an order restraining tn
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