Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
RUN OVER BY A TRUCK AND KILLED.


The Pacific hotel at Evanston,
Wyo., was gutted by fire yesterday
morning. entaillng a loss of $4,000.
l.. p. Erickson was crushed to death
under the wheels of train at Borle
station, near Cheyenne, Wyo.. yes
terday.
The new surveyor general of Idaho,
Joseph Perroult, assumed the duties
Of Office yesterday. with Bamford A.
Robb as chief clerk, and nine out of
the thlteen former employees, new APP
pointees.
James Kidward. father of Chief Of
Police Kidward Of san Jose. Cal.
died very suddenly Friday morning of
heart trouble. He was native of
England, aged 70 years, and had long
been a respected resident Of that city.
Benjamin j., Butler. who bears a
striking resemblance to the late Cen
eral Butler. says he was sandbagged
and robbed early Friday morning at
Market and Mason streets. San Fran
cisco. Butler is machinist and lives
at 1904 Grove street.
Mrs. Il. e. Bouck. the Salt Lake
woman arrested at Helena, Mont.
several days ago, has been ordered
committed to the Hot Springs, Mont,
asylum, Mrs. Bouck claims to be the
daughter of Olaf Hammer of Salt Lake
and niece Of Franklin Hammer.
George Sherrett, carpenter resid-
ing at 432 Twenty-nlnth street, San
Francisco. was taken Friday to the
receiving hospital suffering from the
effects of a fan OF over forty feet from
scaffoldlng near the roof of three
story building on Seventh street. he
tween Howard and Folsom. He was
injured internally.
W
ing division of the postoilice at San
Francisco, was arrested Friday morn
ing on a warrant sworn out by Postal
Inspector Thrall before Commissioner
Heacock, charging him with embez-
element. 1t Is probable that an addi-
tional charge OF falsifying public rec
ords will also be placed against him.
and the next morning Mollie Phelan
was found dead in bed. The base Of
her skull was found to have been
badly bruised, her face was discolored,
and finger marks were found on her
throat. Cantwell was charged with
the murder OF his mistress. and the
evidence brought out the fact that he
had beaten her to death while in
drunken frenzy.
Conductor jeff Gage of the Car
quinez branch of the Southern Pa
cillc railroad had narrow escape
from death at Shellvllle Saturday. He
was standing on a siding examining
way bills and did not see she approach
of some cars being backed down by an
engine until within a few feet of him.
| He jumped and saved his life. but re-
ceived injuries that will keep him laid
up some time.
The police have arrested James
Woods, a member of the Sacramento
fire department, on the charge of in
cendiarism. The evidence against
Woods Is said to be very strong and
bonds were fixed at $1,000. During the
past month or more there has been a
large number of fires that were evil
IDENTIFY the work of an incendiary and
the result of an investigation is that
Woods has been arrested.
Little Vera Cooper Mayer, child of
three and half years, was run over
and killed by heavily loaded truck
Friday shortly before noon at the
corner OF Mlnna and Seventh streets.
San Francisco The truck was driven
by Henry Steers, an employe of Went
& Co., proprietors of the Eagle tam
merry. Steers, as soon as he learned
that the child was dead. surrendered
himself to the police and was released
on his own recognizance by Judge
Conlan.
At San Jose, Cal, Tom Flannelly, the
murderer of his father and OF Sheriff
McE,Voy, is in fair way to pay the
penalty for his crimes by death from
blood poisoning. Flannelly has seven
bullet wounds in hts legs, back and
arm, none Of which are considered
very dangerous but the one in the left
arm. This. like the one inflicted in
the arm of Sheriff McEvoy, has as
sumed dangerous appearance. and
blood-poisoning is expected.
| California pioneers, died Friday at the
home of his daughter in Stockton, Cal,
at the age of 80 years and 10 months.
He was born in North Carolina. and
was Il pioneer of Kentucky. Missouri
and California, going to that state
nearly forty years ago. His living
| children are Mrs. Cornelius Swain and
Mrs NJ. A. Bissen OF Stockton and
| Joseph Davis of Fresno. The third,
fourth and fifth generations number
nearly half hundred.
Marshal Greed In not so warm-as
| he is hot, but he certainly was the
hottest man in Marin county. Cal.
| Friday afternoon. Like the agricul-
turlst in the fable Greed took a vipei
to his breast and it stung him. Thii
| particular viper was In the shape of {
man named Charles Smith, who ha.
been In the employ of Greed for som,
time. His sting took the shape of rob
berry and. by reason of 1t, the tow
marshal Is out few hundred dollars
worth of clothing and jewelry.
Three deaths occurred in Butte yes
terday, all violent ones. William Goss
an employc of the Original mime wal
killed by a circular saw; MIR. Murray
n saloon keeper, was found dead sus
pended by the arms from wire
stretched near his bedroom window
the supposition being that while un
der the influence OF liquor he wake,
out of the window and was thus caugh
with the results stated; Dennis Cronil
fell 220 feet down the shaft of tn
Diamond mine and WIS Instant.
killed.
The trial of Theodore II. +. Cantwe
on the charge Of numbering his mis-
tress, Mollle Phelan. on the Sth of las
May, came to an end in Judge Smith
court at Los Angeles, Cal, Saturda
evening. After three hours delibera
tfon the jury returned verdict findin
Cantwell guilty of manslaughter Can,
well, who had somewhat OF n reputa
ton locally as a prlzefighter had bee
living with Mollle Phelan, and tn
woman soon merged into an amateu
boxer under his instructions. on tn
night OF the death of the woman bite
differences arose between the coupl
The saloonkeepers of Oakland. Cal
are equally divided on the uuestio
of another adjustment of the liquc
license problem. 1t In the aim of man
to increase the already high license. ,
| that the number of gatoopa win lao M