Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-29
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
Bogus DOLLARS NOW IN CIRCULATION,


Omaha Stoekman. Nov. 90: II. 4.
Atkins was here from Milford. Utah.
with two cars of cattle.
on Friday morning at Millerville.
New, "A small burg ten miles from Car
son. Adam Uber, Il barber, shot ana
Killed Hans Anderson, because the lat
ter refused him drink.
John Goss met his death in the Orip-
inal mine at Butte. Mont, sunday
morning by an explosion of blasts.
Richard Gilbert was badly burned,
while two others escaped unhurt.
Andrea satto. car inspector of tine
Third-avenue street car line OF New
York city, arrived in San Francisco
last Sunday. on Monday he disap-
| peared under circumstances that cause
the police to believe that he has de-
| serted his wife.
Charles FEELS, an 1s-year-old boy of
San Jose, Cal, was instantly killed
| Thursday night near Hillsdale while
| stealing ride on a freight train. a
coupling broke and FEELS fell between
the cars. His neck was broken by the
| fall and his body was mangled by the
| wheels
a boy named Willie Perkins Of Boise.
| Ida, went out shooting Thanksgiving
| day. and as he did not return search
| ing party went out to find him, with
about n mile from home. His gun mad
been accidentally discharged. killing
the little fellow instantly.
An Offer of $3.50 goo, made by the Cali
| fornia Exploration company for the
| Thorup mine, five miles south of SHrl
| Andreas. CalaVeras county, cal, mas
| been refused by the owners The prop
erty is an old one but has been recent
| ly rehabllitated by the Thorup Mining
| company, which has sunk Il shaft 100
feet in depth. No dividends have been
| declared, but the development work mas
| given good results at all of the levels
and the property has been favorably
impressed Prince Poniatowski and
his associates.
Captain w. A. Phillips. United
| States inspector of steam boilers, died
at his residence, $40 San Carlos avenue,
| San Francisco. about IL O'Clock FRI
| day morning of n stomach anectlon
from which he had suffered much in
the past. During July and August he
was confined to his home for nearly
month with this trouble, but he re-
covered somewhat. and was able TO
attend to his duties until n week ago
last Wednesday. He rallied somewhat
for n day or two. but gradually grew
weaker until death came. Captain
| Phillips was about 20 years of age, and
of Scotch Irish parentage. He entered
the naval service of the country, and
served both on land and sea during the
late war.
A colored man named Green shot
and killed q Chinese at the house oil
Robert Coons, near Elk Grove Cal;'
Thursday. on Tuesday last Frank
Coons was POISONED by drinking liquor
he had purchased from Chinese and
Green had been deputized by CON
stable Springstead to watch the Coons
residence for the return of the Chinese
Green Thursday morning left MS post
for about an hour and when he re-
turned found Chinese in the house
The celestial started to run, and
Green. after ordering him to stop
opened fire and inflicted wound
from which death resulted in an hour
later The dead Chinese is not the one
who sold the poisoned liquor TO Frank
Coons. but is believed to have been in
collision with him and either con-
templated poisoning the rest of the
family or committing robbery. Green
is now in Jail in Sacramento.
Fortunaon the line of the Eel river
and Eureka railroad, near Eureka,
Cal, was visited by fire early Thurs
day morning and property worth $4,000
was destroyed. The fire was discov
cred in an outbuilding in the rear of
| S. Dickson's jewelry store on Main
street. The flames spread rapidly,
soon enveloping the jewelry store and
/ SnrtuulnB 10 AuJulHlnE uullulIlbS' Ol
one side were Hunts opera house and
another small buildin~ occupied by C.
Langdon ms "A real estate office, next
to which was Jones & Loripgs phar-
macy. These four buildings We're
soon totally destroyed, with most of
their contents. The large store of the
| Fortuna Merchandising Co. was on
fire several times and it was only by
strenuous efforts on the part of the
| bucket brigade that the building was
saved. The star hotel and Gregg's
| stable were badly scorched. The fire
is supposed to have been caused by a
tramp who slept in an Clubhouse. The
| insurance Is small