Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-30
EVENTS IN THIN WEST.
BIG FIRE AT SAN BERNARDlNo, GALA.
A Raft of Great Proportions II emains of
Peter rrencii-Murdcr In China
town eliancous.

tailed to command the department OF
Colorado during the temporary alb
sence of General Otis, arrived in Den
yer Tuesday night.
ITALIA Driscoll. young lady of Mos
| COW, Ida, accidentally shot a young
| man named Walter Craig. at whom she
| playfully pointed n pistol. The ball
| struck Craig on the nose and has not
| yet been located.
At Boise, Idaho, Wednesday,, the
poor workmanship of officer Phillips
| narrowly averted a tragedy, when the
| officer fired five shots at Hugh Lind
say, II rough character, who was re-
sisting arrest. None of the wounds
| are serious.
The remains of Peter French, the
| millionaire cattleman who was killed
| by Edward l.. oliver last Snday in
Diamond valley, Harvey county, ore,
will be taken to Red Bluff, Cal, the
| home of tile mother of the deceased.
| 1t is understood that Oliver is In Gus
| tody at Burnes, the county seat of
| Harvey county.
| Portland. Ore, men Will send n raft
| containing 5000, 900 feet OF sawed lum-
Der to San Francisco. This raft Will
be 396 feet long and SO feet wide The
| contents of this one raft. If cut into
inch boards and laid end TO end. would
make n footwalk from New York to
Chicago, with enough over to build
several houses at each end.
A dispatch from San Jose. Cal, says
| Kenneth Duncan, formerly Methodist
| minister in Chicago and San Francisco.
has been returned to the insane asylum
| at Agnews, from which institution he
! escaped on Tuesday. On coming to
town he promptly stole bicycle and
| sold 1t to n pawn broker for SO and 1t
| was this offense that led to his cap
| ture.
Joseph Il. Ray, n commercial traveller
| from Philadelphia, was arrested at
| Boise, Idaho, Wednesday on a charge
| of robbery. He went to the express
| office to get some baggage stored there.
| and threatened to shoot the young man
in charge because the latter refused to
| let him have It without payment of
| charges. He terrorized the clerk and
| got the baggage.
William Smith of Oakland. Cal, is
| determined TO kill himself. Early Mon
| day morning he took ten morphine pills
and followed the dose with an attempt
| to cut his throat. He was prevented
| rom carrying out his intention, but
says that he will end his life as soon
as he gets out OF the receiving hospital.
1t is thought that the overdose of NOR
phne he took saved his life.
A member of the Standard OIL Co.
| writes from New York to n friend at
Port Townsend. Wash. that the COM
ing season will see that big corporation
| operating extensively on the Pacific
| coast. Its oil mines in Alaska win be
developed and the output brought not
only to the cities of the Pacific slope for
distribution west of the Rocky Moun-
tains. but also for shipment to South
America, Asia and Australia.
George Bennett Walters. n prominent
labor leader of Butte, Mont, committed
| suicide Wednesday morning ut his
home by shooting himself through the
| head. Walters was n clerk by occupa-
ton, and at Tuesday nights meeting
of the Clerks assembly he was "a can
didate for walking delegate. He was
defeated. getting 10 votes out OF 1870.
\ This and inability to get work, made
| age.
The 1o-year-old daughter of simon
| Barringer was accidentally killed at
| Rlenbair, near Fort Bragg, Cal.
Wednesday evening, by her brother,
| two years older. The boy had been
out hunting, and returning home was
met by his sister, who wanted to shoot
the rifle. The boy refused and play
| full struggle ensued for possession of
the gun. The cartridge exploded and
the bullet pierced the child's heart,
killing her instantly.
The artesian water works company
of Alameda, Cal, is considering the
matter of bringing q suit against the
| Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont cleo
| trio railway company to compel 1t to
take steps to prevent damage being
| done to the formers water pipes by
electricity escaping from the rails. No
| similar case has been carried into the
| courts before. Supt. Borden of the
water works says that the escaping
electricity 50 Injuries the pipes that they
have to be replaced at short inter-
walls.
Geo. A. King, author of a number of
| religious works, is dead at San Fran
cisco. He was born in New Ipswich.
| N. H.. So years ago and was at one
| time a prominent lawyer and capital
| list in New York. For years he prac-
ticed law in Rochester, N. Y, and af-
| forwards was q large operator in rail-
acquired large fortune. He leaves
besides his son Cameron ii. King. who
Is a prominent attorney, several grand
| children and relatives in Boston.
Mass, among whom is Miss Harriet
| II. King, his daughter, well known In
Boston society. His funeral was con-
quoted by his son Cameron, who de-
livered an address and read from his
fathers writings.
There was a murder in Chinatown,
San Francisco, Wednesday afternoon.
A Chinese known as Lee Fat cut the
| throat of Lee Long, a recent arrival
from MERGED county. The murderer
was caught in the act by Policeman
| Magnin. Tho officer attempted to pre-
vent the crime but did not reach the
| spot In time. The wounded man was
taken to the receiving hospital where
he died, the jugular vein having been
severed. Lee Fat win make no state
ment regarding his crime, except to say
that trouble over money matters
caused the deed. He does not deny the
crime. His murderous act was COM
mitted at the corner of Washington
and Stockton streets. In fun view of n
number of people. including the pas
sengers on a passing street car.
The attorneys for w. II. r. Durrant
will make another attempt to gain
time, and are at present engaged In
perfecting another appeal to the SUI
preme court OF California, should
their efforts to save the convicted muir
derer from the gallows fail In this di-
rection, an appeal will be taken to the
Supreme Court OF the United states,
The new appeal that Is to be filed in
the state supreme court IL based on
the exceptions taken by Attorneys
Boardman and Duprey before superior
| Judge Bahrs when Durrant was SEN
fenced the last time. Judge Bahrs last
Friday settled the bill of exceptions
and the transcript Is now in the hands
of the printer. AS soon MS the docu-
ment is ready 1t will be filed in the su-
preme court and an appeal taken