Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-12

well-to-do resident of woodland, Cal.
left stockton Tuesday evening with "A
barber named George Keyes, and their
friends say 1t is an elopement. Miss
Cook has been stopping in Stockton
for several weeks and frequently has
been seen with the handsome knight of
the razor.
James Egan, section hand was run
over and killed on simpson Hill, near
Carbon, Wyoming,by a pusher engine
carly Friday morning n week ago. He
was taken to Carbon but died at 1880
the same morning. a severe storm
on the hill prevented the approach of
the engine being heard by the un-
fortunate victim.
Wilson Barrett, the great English
tragedian, who ranks with Irving, Is mt
the Pacific hotel, San Francisco. where
he arrived Tuesday evening unan-
nounced. Mr. Barrett is on his way to
Australia, for which country he sailed
by the steamer Alameda Thursday
He owns theater in London, and Is
famous as an author and stage dl-
rector and producer of plays as well
as an actor.
An important lumber deal was closed
Mt Santa Cruz, cal, Tuesday. when
of the Iona Prieta Lumber company
and +. A. Him company, purchased
Grover & Co.'s large stock of lumber
recently sold AT sheriff's sale to Robert
Dollar of San Rafael, and leased
Grover & Co.'s mill for five years.
This puts an end to all lumber wars
which resulted from having so many
lumber firms in the field.
At Denver Thursday work was be
gun on one OF the biggest enterprises
ever started in Colorado. viz. the cree
ton of large electric line and power
plant to furnish electricity and power
for the Cripple Creek district. The
plant will have its location at Gold
field and will cost half a million. AT
the head of the enterprise are DavidH,
MoTatt president of the First Ma
tional bank Of Denver and Eben
Smith, prominent business man OF
the Colorado metropolis.
The home Of william Gibson at
Butte, Mont, was wrecked by an ez-
plosion early Thursday morning, the
deed being the work of some person
whose intent evidently was to send
into eternity the entire Gibson house
hold At the time Of the explosion a
group of mourners We're sitting
in the house surrounding the
bier of Mrs. Glbson's mother. The
report of the explosion caused consid-
| cradle CONSERVATION throughout the
| city, hut fortunately it did not result
in any fatalities.
Chief Farley of the Denver police de-
! partment received Information from a
| reliable source Thursday to the effect
that an effort would he made during
| the night to take Fred C. Sanchez, the
| Mexican who murdered his young
| bride two weeks ago for the purpose of
| collecting an insurance Of $1,000 he
| had secured on her life, from the coun-
| ty Jail and lynch him. AS precaution
the chief called in all the city patroll-
men and stationed them at the Jail
during the night, thus preventing the
proposed onslaught.
The Montana Woman suffraglsts
/ closed their convention at Helena
Thursday after pledging themselves TO
work for the election of men to the
legislature who will promise to vote to
| submit the question to the people at
the election in 1900. The officers
chosen We're: Madame T. Rowena Of
Nedini. president; Mrs Nanita Bag
ley Sherlock Of Boulder, vice pres-
| dent: Mrs. Martha Il. Dunckel OF
Butte. recording secretary; Mrs. Rich
ard n. Garvis of Helena, correspond
Ing secretary; Or. Mary Il. Atwater OF
Marysvale, treasurer; Mrs. Dotha a,
Dolan Of Helena, auditor; Mrs Ella
| Knowles Haskell of Helena, chairman
of the state central committee.
When the schooner Vine sails out
| Of the San Francisco harbor the last
Of the week she will carry the members
/ of one of the best-equipped expedi-
tions which has gone out of that port
to look for the precious metal in the
wild country of Central America. They
| are the officers of the Spanish Amerl-
can Developing and Mining company
| They say they have concessions from
Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala
r TIL, gl
the points of contact OF the countries
covering the mineral development OF
the tract. The claim is made that this
company, has a capital stock of So
100000 with one-half Of it paid up
The officers of the company who ar,
here are: Willis Aumock, president
| Walter Grammar. secretary and treas
urer; Henry II. Stuart of Derby. Eng.
land. vice president and engineer.
While engaged in a family quarre
Tuesday afternoon, Frank j. Gross o
Tuttletown, Cal, shot and killed hi
! nephew, j. f. Gross. better known II
that vicinity ms Little Frank" Tn
trouble dates back four or five year
and was commonly termed fqmil!
feud in which Frank j. Gross was o.
one side and his nephews AMI niece
ON the other. From the testimony ad
duced at the coroners inquest Tues
day afternoon II appears that the muir
dered man was the primary cause q
the shooting which ended in his death
He had just returned from Nevada
City and having become imbued witt
the family bitterness against his uncle
took up the quarrel and was on hi
relatives property when the fatal sho
was fired. having previously crossed
the road which separates the two resi-
dences.
At Boise, Idaho. Thursday, the stat,
supreme court handed down an opin
ion calling attention to the rights oil
insolvents and their creditors, Tho
case was heard at the Lewiston tern
and originated in Latah county, grow
ing out of the insolvency of the Banl
| Of Genessee. The bank in question
failed in November, 1895, and John II
| Gaffney was appointed assignee. II,
employed S. S. Dening attorney. L
appears at various times between De
cember 16, 1896, and May H. 1897
Judge Piper made numerous ORDER
allowing fees to the attorneys. Thes,
! allowances aggregated $2.292 80. Thl
orders We're made without notice e
the assignees. The assignees moved
the court to set aside the order allow
ing fees against him. The motion wal
denied. Now, however, the action Il
reversed by the supreme court. II wa
claimed by the assignee not only tina
the fees were allowed without motto,
TO him, but that they were excessive
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