Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-05
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
WAR DEPARTMENT ACTIVELY PREPARING


omaha Stockman March 8: II. w.
Peterson was here from ColliIston,
Utah, with two cars of range cattle.
The river steamer Ramona has been
sold by the Oregon City Transportation
co. to j.. G. Dnvidge q Co., of Victoria.
The Ramona will be taken to Wrangel
and placed on the stickeen river.
Louise Chooco, the comely Indian
girl of Pleasanton rancherla, over
whom Antoine silva and Eulallo Con
zales quarreled only to the end that
silva lost his life, is dead. She passed
away Monday night at place near
Livermore, Cal. and II 10 known that
she died Of broken heart
Frank Adams, a brother of Governor
Adams OF Colorado has sent to the
comptroller his resignation as receiver
of the Commercial National bank OF
Denver to which position he was APP
pointed in 1884. It is Understood that
Adams's retirement Is to make room
for Republican. he being Demo-
crat.
Six persons were taken from Cripple
Creek to Colorado Springs Friday and
placed In the county jail. on a charge
Of ore stealing. They are c. II. Thomp
son, John Munaey, william Shueh and
wife. Samuel Dearborn and Snnlcy
Finchell. II Is not given out what mines
We're robbed, but 1t is lntimated that
the robberies were very heavy.
Edwin A. Lowe. charged
with having embeazled $500
while acting as assistant post
master at Newton Center Mass. has
been held for trial at san Francisco.
and VIII be taken to Massachusetts by
deptty United States marshal at
once. Lowe admits his guilt and says
the money was taken in one sum.
w. Shannon Rex, charged with the
murder of Hector Green at
the Cliff House on the
Yuba City, Cal, road on November Sth
last, was found guilty of murder in the
first degree with n life sentence, by
jury ut Marysville. Wednesday. The
crime was the outgrowth of a drunken
brawl. Rex is an old soldier and was
debris Waterman and constable of SUIT
ter county.
The steamer Aorangi arrived at Vic
toria, u. c., late Friday night with
nearly 500 men from New Zealand and
Australia bound for the Klondike. The
Aorangl made "A reoord-voyage from
Honolulu. making the run from that
port to Cape Flattery in six and a half
days. She was met by squad of de-
tectives looking for five embezzlers.
Sydney with $4,000 in cash. They had
left the steamer at Honolulu.
The motion to dismiss the case
against Sheriff John Brockliss of Doug
las county, New, who was indicted by
the grand jury for wilful misconduct
in office In permitting lynchers to hang
Adam tber ON Dec. Sth. was over
ruled Friday by Judge Mack at Genoa
The motion had been made on the
ground that the facts alleged did not
constitute wilful misconduct but felony.
Judge Mack decided that they consti-
tuted either or both.
An unknown tramp, stealing n ride
on the brake beam of freight train,
was thrown under the wheels at Dixon.
Cal, Wednesday morning at $3.50
o'clock. by sudden jerk of the train.
caused by bursting of the air brake,
and instantly killed. The head was
neatly cut from the shoulders and rolled
thirty feet away from the body. There
was no means OF Identifying the re-
mains. The man was fairly well
dressed and wore blue sweater.
The San Francisco train due in Stock
ton. Cal, at los o'clock Wednesday
afternoon ran into and instantly killed
n man near the depot at French camp
Fred Warner. of French camp, who
witnessed the accident saws that he
saw the man sitting on the cattle guard
minute or two before the accident
A notebook found on the dead man in
dicates that his name was John w.
Thompson; that he was born at Mobiles
vile. Ind, Jan. IL, 1921, and that he left
Frankfort, Ross county, Ohio. on the
first day of this year on board Il train,
without a nickel.
Admiral Kirkland Mt Vallejo, Cal,
has received telegraphic orders to in
struct Captain Louis Kemff of the re-
ceiving ship Independence. to sign all
the able-bodied seamen he can possibly
pass. The shipment OF boys which has
been going on for some months will
continue. The Charleston. Yorktown
and Philadelphia are the best ships now
there. but little work is being done
on them at present. Admiral Krkt
land says that he can prepare these
vessels for sea within six weeks. There
are 500 men employed in the con-
struction department and orders have
been Issued for the employment of ad-
ditlonal labor.
man named Fred, said to be Salt
Laker, and to have been employed at
Calder's park during the Pioneer Jubi-
lee. was Killed at X 'rnmerer Wyo., Fri
day, while attemi to burglarize the
store of w. s. Post. Fred was accom-
panied by two others and when the
storekeepcr hear their work from his
upstairs room he quietly slipped down
on them and fired five shots killing the
were captured below Dlamondyille
shortly after. They gave the names OF
Howard Conartree of Spokane and
Charles Adams OF Seattle. The dead
man is described as short and stout, OF
age,
VIM. NJ. Reddlng died at 4 O'Clock
Friday IN dive nj Lewiston Ida, under
mysterious Circumstance Redding
went there n week ago from Salmon
River country. He had $500 in cash, a
team or horses and q wagon, and stated
That he was on route Go the Klondike
Shortly after his arrival he INDUCED in
q drunken spree and spuandered all
his money but 5000 Thursday morn
ms he made preparations 10 resume
MS journey. but in the evening he nc-
companied disreputable woman to her
room. He was alone there at O'Clock
Friday morning. when the woman's
ma'e associate found him In a dying
condition. A physician was summoned.
but the man died before his arrival.
Increased supplies OF ammunition for
high power guns have been ordered bv
the war department from the BonIcia
arsenal TO the forts at the Preside and
Lime Point, California. Today (Sat-
urday) twenty tons of powder and a
large supply of properties will be
placed aboard borges at benicla and
towed to the Preside wharf The sup
Ply of munitions Mt the arsenal. which
viii he almost exhausted by this ship
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