Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-15

DEATH OF COL. AYERS OF LOS ANGELES


Friday evening on q charge uf perjury
on complaint OF John Long, and sub
sequeutly released on $1,000 bail. The
arrest OF Jones Us the result Of his
peculiar actions In n real estate deal
In which John Long and b. Kampling
and wife figured.
Mrs. Nellie O'Tooie. woman Of dis
solute habits, comitted suicide Thurs
day morning. at 10 Hlnclllcy alley, san
Francisco, hy shooting herself through
the heart. The woman was rcputed to
be the wife of Special Officer OTuole
and bore his name. II Is siad that the
two have had good deal of infelciiy
lately, and the woman has been both
destitute and Respondent.
j. Hubert Vos. the famous Dutch
artist, arrived in Snn Francisco from
the East Thursday accompanied b"
his bride. They have apartments at
the palace. The newly-marricd pair,
who were Joined in wedluck Mt st
Paul just a week ago, are now on their
way to Honolulu and the South seas
on honeymoon trip, but VIII remain
in san Francisco FOR the present.
One small newsboys with murder
Gus heart put fear into the breasts of
at least n hundred men at noon Thurs
day In the pabst Cafe, Ellis and Po-
well streets, san Francisco. and as
result Of his conduct, Louis Wachren
one of the walters of the place, is
nursing painful knife wound of his
left hand, and warrants are out for
the arrest of the boy upon charges of
assault with deadly weapon and dis
turbing the peace.
Col. j. j. Ayers, one of the Nestors Of
Pacific Coast journalism and for the
past twenty-five years identified with
Los Angeles interests as a citizen,
editor and publisher, died at his home
at AZusa at o'clock Friday morning.
Asthma in It's worst form caused the
veteran newspaper mans death, and
his ailmt At had been of long standing,
though II is only within the past year
that 1t had manifested its presence so
strongly. The deceased was native
of Glasgow, Scotland, aged 81 years
The Pathnnders, as the Van Cleve
Vaudeville company have pleased to
call themselves while they were play
ing In the mountain towns near stock
ton. Cal, during the past two weeks,
went to pieces Thursday morning at
jamestown in Tuolumne county. whore
three of the company remained while
five others went on to Stockton and
Were landed in the county jail on
telegraph messa~- from the mountain
town that warrants We're held there
charging each of the members with OBJ
lullilE llblts uiAh'i AtAAsN ~ N'NA'''r'
DR. H. w. Gould who died in San
Diego, Ca, Nov. 1st at the age of rs
years, left n very extensive and Nalu-
able collection of minerals and curios
to the state University Mt Berkeley.
DIR. Gould had spent many years in
mining and prospecting all over the
western part of the United States, and
appears to have had high apprecia-
tlun for the strange and unique IN ma
ture. Everything worth saving was
carefully cataloEued and put away in
his cabinet, until at his death the
specimens comprised nearly every kind
Of mineral and quartz to be found in
this country.
The latest developments in the Belew
poisoning case at Dixon, Cal, leave no
doubt that IT was case of deliberate
murder. but the identity of the pois-
oner is MS much n mystery as ever.
From discoveries made Thursday, 1t is
practically certain that the deadly drug
was placed in the family tea-kettle
and not in the well,as at first supposed.
The officers are still working diliEent-
w on the case, but as yet there are no
clews which point to the murderer
The fact that the poison was brought
into the house and put In the tea-kettle
nnrrows their search somewhat and
gives them hope that they will event
ualy arrest the guilty party.
Seized with remorse for an act Of
theft. William Andrews. boy of is
years, residing at $40 Thirteenth street,
Oakland. Cal, endeavored to atone Tor
his crime Friday morning at q lodging
house at 623 California street by ending
his life. The young man made an
earnest attempt at lf-destruction. but
before death came the landlady of the
house discovered his plight, notified the
police and had him removed to the
Harbor Hospital. The physicians of
the hospital labored necessarily over
him during the remainder of the day.
hut II was apparently too late, and last
night the young mans case was pro-
nounced hopeless.
Montery. Cal. has just been the VIC
tim of a clever hunko game. which mas
left about twenty bolts of worthless
short-length cloth in town and relieved
the townspeoph II n considerable sum
of money. a man went there to visit a
brother, who, supposedly, was an en-
ploye at the Del Monte stables, His
brother had gone. he said. and he be
ing without money. proceeded to work
upon the sympathes of several men to
get them to buy a length of cloth which
he had brought as "A present for his
brother. He also started several raf-
nes and escaped, leaving the game In
full swing. The lengths OF clotn were
found to be too short for Use and the
man cannot now he found by the nu-
merous victims of his wiles.
The officials of the electric car line
ut Santa Barbara, Cal, set aside the
| earnings of Friday last for the benefit
OF Allen Green, one OF the conductors
Of the line. who lost his foot about O
week ago while attempting to board Q
car while In motion. This offer aroused
the citizens to such an extent that tbs
cars were crowded all day. Two of the
citizens hired the Spanish string bant
to play on the cars so as TO induce the
citizens to ride. Friday night th6
| Chinese band was on a car and at
tached 10 one of the regular cars and
pInving over the entire line Many
| Of the citlzens not only paid the custo.
mary fare. but made donations OF large
sums The entire town did It's best e
raise n large purse for the unfortunat,
man.
A. Hayman the well-known thentri
| cal manager and one Of the stock
holders OF the Al Hnvman company
which controls the Baldwin and Cali
| fornia theaters. arrived in San Fran
cisco from New York Thursday even
| ing and Is guest at the Palace Hotel
| He Is there, he saws, to dispose of hit
| entire interests theatrical and other
wise, in San Francisco. Mr.. HaymaT
! denies the statements credited to hin
in the press dispatches concerning tn,
| '1ayness" Of San Francisco, but n,
| says that both he and his business as
| sociate. Mr.. Frohman. have decided
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