Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-24
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
WAR AGAINST CHINESE GAMBLING CLUBS.


Patrick ]. White. one Of the early set
Tiers Of California and an eX-sherim of
San Francisco, died at his home In the
latter city on Tuesday morning. He
had been ailing for some time.
Or. a. g. Lovelace. san Francisco
health officer, who has made Il record
for sanitary betterments IN that CITY
has been stricken down with apopleXy,
his condition being such that ms
friends fear the worst.
George Marshal, alias Louis Il.
Schroeder. escaped from the San QUEEN
tin Cal. prison ON Tuesday last, where
he was serving a three years sentence
for grand larceny Marshal was
trusty and donned guards clothes be-
fore making or.
Captain Charles A. jerks of the Ma
tional Guard OF California has been
found guilty OF cruelty to animals in
starving horses placed In his care and
for the feeding OF which he has re-
ceived money from both the state and
private sources He will be sentenced
later on.
Peter Jackson, the pugilist. straight
from the fUgs OF London, arrived In |
san Francisco Tuesday night ON the
overland eNpress,and registered at the
Baldwin hotel Peter says he is ready
TO meet all corners and that the stories
of his dissipation and fondness for
drink are not true.
Mrs. O. Cleveland OF Los Angeles,
Cal. has wiled to the Salvation Army |
her orphans home in South Pasadena.
The army Is required to pay of a |
mortgage of 81 900 on the place, and |
will come into absolute possession up |
on the death of Mrs. Cleveland. The !
building will be transformed into a |
rescue home for girls,
The inquest on the body OF the man
killed by the stockton, CAL police !
Monday evening after running fight Of
several blocks brought out plot to
! rob one of the local banks. The name
of the deceased was discovered to be
| Bill Williams, and also the fact that
he had wife near San Jose, where
he was wanted for burglary.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, who arrived
| in San Francisco over n fortnight ago
| and has been staying quietly at the
| California hotel, will leave there Sat
! urday evening on the Central over
! land train for Chicago, whence she
will Immediately resume her Journey
| to Washington, ID. G. Hawaii's eN-
queen is going East to he ready to re-
sumo her fight against annexation as
soon as Congress shall again convene.
News has been received of the dis
covery OF the dead body of n man
named Garcia five miles from Wagon
Mound N NJ. The man had been shot
twice in the back and his throat cut
from ear to car, and the body was
otherwise horribly maltreated. The
mans horse was also found dead near
him with his head completely severed
from its body. II is generally believed
that Garcia was murdered for revenge.
There is great excitement at Wagon
Mound, and should the murderer be
caught he will be summarily dealt
with.
w. f Karron. now imprisoned in
the county Jail at San Francisco,
charged with endorsement, has fallen
heir to n quarter of million dollars.
James Karron, the prisoners uncle,
who was a prominent mining operator
of Montana and Nevada, died last
week Mt Austin, Ia, leaving property
valued at 100000 to be equally divided
between his two nephews One OF
these is the prisoner, w. Il. Karron
the other. Linnie Karron, is barber
In Sioux city, Ia. No other surviving
/ relatives are known to exist. The Sar
, Francisco heir was formerly business
manager of the California Commerce
a souvenir magazine.
Denver Post of Wednesday: The
Union Pacific has been trying to in
4 duce Commander Booth-Tucker OF tbs
Salvation army to locate along the road
in Utah, Offering him inducements IL
the way Of land and rates of n ilatter
y. ing nature. Today the commands
d near Ogden. The head of the arm!
n in the United States viii reach Denve
D at o'clock tomorrow evening over tn
: Union Pacific. The result of his visi
\ to the rich valleys near salt Lake Cit!
J will then be known. If the Unioi
Pacific has been successful in directing
his attention to the tract for colonial
e ton purposes, 1t is feared Colorado VII
7 not secure all of the homeless of tn
h tenement districts of New York
= News from Phoenix. Ariz.. says tina
= the ella river, the most uncertain an
n | most treRcherous of Arizona streams
y is again swollen from excessive rain
in eastern Arizona and has reached
- height unknown since the great foo
- of 1890. The ferry can no longer eros
It, Passengers are taken over q
Riverside In cage suspended from
wire cable. The Maricopa and phoeni
bridge across the ella south of Phoo
nix is in danger of being carried ava.
This bridge is the only Southern Pa
ciiic connection with Phoenix. In III
eastern part OF the territory the foo
has done great damage. Many Walt
able farms have been ruined and d,
nestle animals and houses have bee
swept into the stream. There Is sa
to be much destitution and sufferin
among farmers.
War against the incorporated CHR
ese gambling clubs of san FrancisC
has been again declared by the pole
al and late last night an establishmeI
on Spofford Alley and Washingto
street was raided by Sergeant She
and posse and ten of the leaders lodge
in jail. In order to catch the gambler
while the game was in progress, Il
street doors of the house being barre
officer Galloway was lowered from Il
roof of the building to IL balcony on Il
second floor. FroR there the raid
dashed into the room where the gan
blers were at play and kicked over Il
table before they had an opportuni
Of hiding the money. His colleagu
burst in the front doors to come
his assistance, and the keeper of Il
), place, Wong Chung, and nine of h
u visitors were placed under arrest
|y When the gates OF the Californ
states prison close behind Mrs. ella
Mcclellan, the Elmhurst burglar,
year from this time, and she passes Q
a free woman, there Is a very eXcelle
G. chance Of her having to undergo
4 trial, based on similar charge to I
ne one on which she was recently co
Az victed in the superior court of Alamo
y county. new case has been broug
to light, which is being worked up car
fully, with the belief that 1t Will lie
to a revelation on the strange case
Mrs, Mcclellan. Several day ago t
home of Banker G. II. Palmer, on o
ctr nd n hq