Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-17
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in NeighbOrirg States
and Territories,
AN AGED WOMAN KILLED BY A CAR,



cars Of cattle each.
a court-martial will convene at Fort
Bayard. n. M, November 18th. in ac-
cordance with orders from General
Otis, department commrSder at Den
yer, Colo.
Patrick sullivan, formerly Of Eureka,
Utah. whose wife left for Butte, Mont,
some time ago, TO Join her recreant
spouse, has again deserted his wife and
left her in that city penniless, with
four children to look after.
The following races hdvc been an
nounced for Butte and Anaconda,
Mont. next season: Butte thirty-Onc
days,July End to August 9Th; Anaconda
August 18th to September 10th. stakes
seventeen in number, aggregatng
S21,OOO
Charles Er5well, a WesternUnion tel
eEraph operator at Cheyenne. Wyo.. Is
being tried in that city for the murder
of Private Daniel McCrlmlisk Of the
Eighth infantry, or June 18th last.
The trial was commenced Tuesday and
will continue for several days.
The Miners Union has made itself
manifest in Butte, Mont, by objectng
to Il football game to have been given
there by Leadville. Colo. team, some
of the members OF which belong to the
| state militia and took part in the re-
cent strike there. The game is now
| of
The Evening Denver Post has n $780,
| 900 damage suit on its hands, the plain
tiff in the case being Margaret e. Cody,
who alleges defamation OF character in
| having her name connected with the
! Denver end of the great Gould con-
spiracy exposed by that paper cou-
| pie of months ago.
A frightful accident occurred at the
! lower smeiter. Anaconda Mont, at
| o'clock Tuesday morning. which may
| result in two deaths. Michael Crogan
| and a man named Kelly We're at work
| in a pit under the canclne furnaces.
| In some unknown maner a torch hold
| ing a gallon of oil was upset and the
| men We're so badly burned before they
| could be rescued that death seems
| sure.
| An alleged German nobleman giving
| the name Of Count Otto Spanut- Wech-
ellen disappeared suddenly from san
Jose county. Cal. about a month ago,
| leaving many creditors and fair
| young bride. The bride, however, APP
| pears to be the only person who does
| not regret his departure. The story Of
the alleged counts experience in that
county partakes considerably Of the
| romantic.
Harry f. Arnet, who killed his girl
wife in a brutal manner at Angels
Camp, Cal, May 18th last, has been
convicted Of murder in the first degree,
and the jury fixed the penalty at life
imprisonment For some hours the
Jury stood seven for the death penalty
and five for life, The verdict is unsat-
isfactory, as his crime was a cold
blooded one. Arnets wife was 16 years
old.
An attempt was made Sunday night
to set fire to the building occupied by
the Capital Gas company at Sacra-
mento, Cal. Two employees of the
company entered the place at the con-
clusion Of their nights work along the
cOmpany's lines and discovered n
blaze in the rear. They saw two men
running into the alley, but could not
overtake them. The fire was eXtin-
gushed without loss.
Mrs. Mary A. Monroe, who lived
alone in a little cottage at San Diago,
Cal. was killed by an electric car ut
National avenue and Thirtieth street
Sunday evening nj . o'clock. The acct
dent was due to her deafness. without
noticing the approaching car she
stepped upon the track directly in
front Of It, Her limbs We're horribly
mangled. She was a widow, IS years
old.
Clara Fallmer, held at the county
|
the murder of Charles Ladue, has pro-
fessed Christianity. Her profession of
faith and acknowledgment Of penltence
were made Sunday afternoon TO par
ty of Christian Endeavorers from Ala
media, who held special services foI
her in the women's ward of the jail
She participated in the services and
prayed with the little group that came
TO offer her the consolation of religion
In all probability Brown, alias Nicely
the burglar who was arrested several
nights ago by Detectives Ryan and
O'Dea of San Francisco, Will have to
stand trial for participation in the
Ukiah stage robbery, in which D. X
barnett was killed. Sheriff johnson OF
Mendocino county, with the assistance
OF Ryan and O'Dea have already OBJ
tanned sufficient evidence against their
to warrant them in charging them with
being a party to the crime.
BY the explosion of q missed shot In
the Big Six mine at Leadville. Colo.
Tuesday, Thomas Cassidy had his righ,
arm blown off, his left hand mutilates
and one, II not both of his eyes, de-
troyed. William Gallagher was badly
cut in the face and both eyes were SER
lously Injured. Cassidy can hardly re-
cover. The men were alone in the
place when the accident occurred anc
in spite of their injuries, dragged them
|
signaled the engineer.
Mayor Snyder of Los Angeles, Cal.
with n small army of policemen at his
back, Intercepted an attempt by tbs
Pasadena and Pacific Electric Railway
company to lay a track on Octavit
street Sunday morning. The company
has no franchise covering this street
hut for some time the owners of tn,
road have been endeavoring to reacl
the wholesale portion of the city with
out running over portions of othe
companies tracks, in order to be abl'
TO mt on n line of express cars, n mum
her OF which have already been bull
and delivered to the company.
The cause OF the failure OF the Delta
County bank, which closed Its doors
at Delta, Colo, Tuesday is said 10 hav'
been poor collections and the fact tina
j. u. Mcclure. president of the banl
of Montrose which failed recently, wal
at one time vice president of thu
Delta County bank, although he is a
present but small stakeholder in thi
bank. The Delta County bank als'
had some money tied up in the Mont
rose county bank. The assets ar
stated TO be $4,000 and the liabilitie
$4,000.
Gov. Steunenberg OF Idaho evidentl.
Relieves in brcvity as witness the fol
lowing Thanksgiving proclamation Is
sued Tuesday: THE President Of tn
United States having by proclama
tion designated a day of thanksgiv
ing and prayer to Almighty God 70
manifold blessings, /, Frank Steunen
burg, governor OF the state OF Idaho
do hereby proclaim Thursday the 25t
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