Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-21

1t is stated that the overproduction
of oil In the Los Angeles. Cal, oil fields
at the present time is nearly 800 barrels
| a day.
William Gray. mining man OF
| Livingston, Mont. was found dead
| day afternoon. The body. was dis
| covered by three boys. Gray disap
peared from his home. on the LIST Inst.
| His head has been mashed In, thus in
dicating murder.
John Meyers of the Chicago fire de-
| partment has contracted with n ship
builder of Portland for the construc-
ton OF n steamer for the Yukon river
| There are fifty who Will go to the
I;londike with Meyers, and all belong
to the fire department Of Chicago The
steamer is to be completed May 18th,
and will be sent to the Yukon in
| knock-doWn shape.
The Times of Laramie. Wyo.. says:
President j. T. kingsbury of the
State University OF Utah was visitor
I'm our city Monday. He was shown
through the university here and ex-
presses himself as much pleased with
everything President Kingsbury IN
tends visiting the most prominent UNI
versities in the country during the
next six months.
As n consequence of the unfavorable
criticism that has followed the sinking
| of the steamer Clara Nevada and the
trouble that attended the departure OF
the steamer North Pacific for the nortl
CARRYING gold seekers, Col. Hustes, col
lector of customs at Fort Townsend
Wash, has determined to compel YES
sells bound for Alaska to carry only th'
. number of passengers allowed by INT
Federal permit.
As a solution of the difficulties at thu
al. 4sRtN al n
girls, where there have been OF lat'
numerous violent outbreaks among tins
inmates, 1t is proposed to hypnotic the
incorriglbles and while they are In tina
state suggestions will be made which
may influence them toward better lives
The physicians who viii make the ex
pertinent, it is said, have used the hyp
motto power extensively in their prac
tice.
Central and southern New Mexio,
are infested with cattle and sheet
thieves and trouble IL anticipated oil
= ranges east and south of albuquerque
for the stockmen are organizing AM
intend to rid themselves of these depre
dators. NJ. II. Moriarity, sheep raise
In the Chilli vicinity, where there ar
over 100000 sheep. says that the bi
, ilocks are being greatly diminished an
that the officers appear powerless 1
stop the lawlessness.
Commencing Feb. %. the Missouri
Pacific Railway company will place /
operation between St Louis and Kan
sas City and Portland, weekly servic
of Pullman tourist sleeping cars, ru
= in connection with the Denver g. Ri
Grande, Rio Grande Western, and tn
Oregon Railway g. Navigation Co. TIL
cars will leave st. Louis Tuesday an
Kansas City Wednesday, arriving
Salt Lake Friday and Portland Nor
dny ,tf11 lAax 40 nd
day, arriving at Kansas City Frda
and st. Louis Saturday.
A fire broke out in Angels CAM
Cal, Thursday night at about 10 o'cloc
and came near reducing the prosperou
mining town to ashes before 1t wa
finally brought under control. One III
was lost. and for few minutes
looked as If several more would be sac
rificed or large number of person
would be seriously injured as the resu
. of a rush to get out of hall in whic
an entertainment was being held.
was stream from hydraulic monte
that finally extinguished the flames an
probably saved the town from destruc
ton.
A. II. Wilbur, farmer from Marys
vile. Cal, committed suicide Thursdn
morning, at $50 Suffer street, Sa
Francisco, by cutting his throat with
penknife. Wilbur had been sufferin
for some time from brain diseas,
and had recently been under the car
OF doctor His body was found b
Miss Brown, who had been attendn
him as a nurse. About o'clock sh
IL took his breakfast to his room. and h
It was then In an apparently cheerfl
p mood. When she returned to the ROOF
few minutes later to get the tray {
dishes, Wilbur was dead The dea
man leaves n wife in Marysville. 1t
said that he was possessed OF consider
able means,
On Sunday the executive committe
of the Idaho Silver Republican stat
committee met at Pooatello and adopt
ed the following resolution: Resolved
That after a full consideration {
Chairman Patries call for confer
ence of Silver Republicans at Bois
City on February 2sth, and for
meeting of the Silver Republican stat
n committee at the same place on Marc
: LIST. the executive committee is of tn
opinion that the best interests OF tn
II party demands that said conferenc
>. and committee meeting be held at tn
time and place named in said cal
Resolved. further. that all Silver Re
publcans who will and can, be urge
10 attend said conference and aid h
their advice and counsel.