Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-11
LIENI'S IN THE WEST.
Record Of Occurrences in Nelghborlng
States and Territories
DESPERATE EFFORT TO HOLD UP AsTAet



-,.a ehoup Rangers will not leave
ny pock Mont, for few days, the
Nv NJ deferrlng its departure for or
uvof from col. Torrey at Cheyenne.
rAo body of william q. Kroeger was
IA in a clump of bushes on the
ssan beach, near the life-saving sta-
o ossn san Francisco. Saturday. He
w. VA committed suicide by swallowing
nSson and shooting himself In the
mouth. ~,
~, an,rmed the verdict of murder
Vu ,Se arst degree against Herman c.
u. cyair who so brutally murdered
9Is,r becker, his travelling companion.
~ long Valley. Boise county, on Octo-
nar 99d last. The date of St Glars
per acntion will be fixed by the district
court.
cayeroI of the railroad employees of
can Bernardlno. Cal, have formed a
siar for building a battleship to be
pa,d for by railroad employees, and
pp.ser bullt is to be presented to the
a,,arnment. There are something
e,,sr 800 900 railroad men in this coun-
try and If each one averages 80 and
me street and electric car men do as
we'll 1t will furnish s5,oOo,oO0 battle
shln for the government Subscription
iIsts are to be sent to every railroad
Company In the United States.
lack of nerve on the part of a
,anr OF desperate men prevented the
soli,ary of the Standard gambling
ronns in the heart of Seattle's tender
lain sunday night. They had the job
carefully planned and counted on MAX
Ing an $4,000 or 10000 haul, but sur
,nised rightly that the trick had been
.inped OFF to the police by some STOOL
Tytree of the men whom the police be-
Have were in on this big trick were ar
rested Sunday morning. One of them Is
n Notorious ex-convict. whom some OF
The officers believe Is responsible for the
recent street car and saloon holdup
in that city.
A special from Washington says: An
nrder was sent from the war depart
ment Tuesday to Captain Baldwin, as
sIstant commissioner OF subsistence at
san Francisco directing the immediate
purchase OF nearly 100000 rations for
the military expedition to the Philip
pines The administration was will
ing to take time for having the sub
sstence supplies sent across the con-
tnent, and the order was therefore
given to have the supplies bought in
San Francisco to avoid delay The
government has not announced when
The expedition will embark for Man
lila but in case the ships can be
equipped with the necessary supplies
bly, be made before Monday.
Admiral Miller intends to raise his
asg on one of the vessels at San
Francisco. probably the Monterey. I'M
less orders from Washington interfere.
The Monterey is the only vessel there
With accommodations for flag officer.
Twenty men were passed by the nav
al recruiting officers Tuesday and all
were sent up to the navy yard to the
~ In
slipping only first class machnists,
frst-tass firemen, seamen and ordi-
nary eamen. As the Charleston will
take away nearly all the available men
Ften she Is fully commissioned, and
he Philadelphia and Yorktown will
10Th need full crews. 1t is expected that
before long the recruiting office will be
hipping all classes of men.
Sunday afternoon as Chas. Black. a
walter by occupation, was riding with
companion near the Lodge In Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco. he felt a
peculiar sensation In his right side
and called to his companion, who was
riding ahead. to wait for him. The at
tempt to make himself understood was
unsuccessful: the other man rode on
unconscious of any trouble and Black
fell from his wheel. When the park
officers came up they found that
Black was unable to speak and that
bis right side was paralyzed. He was
taken in the ambulance to the emer-
gency hospital, where he was at
tended by DR.. Wymore. The physician
diagnosed the case as apoplexy. caus-
ing paralysis OF the right side, and
probably induced by hard riding.
The Democrat OF Baker City, Ore.
says that Hon David Eccles states
that the La Grande beet sugar
factory, now rapidly in course OF
construction,to be completed and ready
Tor manufacturing the beet crop OF 1895
into sweetness" will not be surpassed
Tor efficiency by any like establishment
on the globe. The La Grande factory
buildings are to be exact duplicates OF
the immense structures of the great
sugar factory at Los Alamitos. near
Los Angeles, CAL, the most modern
style beet sugar factory in the world
OF which Mr.. Eccles showed the re-
porters some fine photographs Mr.
Ecces stated that the enterprise al
La Grande represents an outlay OF
between 100000 and $4,000 and that
LOO tons of machinery will be required
lot thls monster plant.
Just at dawn today "wednesday
May nth,) an attempt was made
70 mold up the stage running from AL
tutas' cal, to Redding. When about
Snree miles from town. the driver, VIII
nam Connery. became aware tina,
someone was climbing on his stage
from behind. As the driver turned the
tMouid-be robber fired point blank ir
~ race the bullet passing through his
meek carrying away several teeth
ana portion of the roof of his mouth
hand to hand conflict ensued, the
aF,yer using his heavy whip while the
,,op9er shot three more times at his in.
ENDED victim. A second bullet grazed
S srI $ lace and third shot pow.
lsr, burned his neck. The fourth bull.
s new Wild. Connery finally succeed.
81 IN forcing the robper to the ground
anu the stage horses dashed away car.
r!lng the plucky driver out of harm,
,rah lie Is In precaricus condition
IRON his wounds.
i Malad, Ida. Enterprise: Last FRIDAY
nfnursw Draper of Rockland was be.
Judge Howard on preliminary ex.
s,thsuon charged with a felonious
st on the person of John Hartley
via ot Rockland. According to the
hS there was a dispute between
NJ narueys and Diapers over dam
49,. dispute waxed warm, when An.
vsn,, draper instituted armed inter.
""gI TO protect. he claims, his faith.
No. me Hartleys deny that they
ga 'ehed Andrews father. In am
mt the outcome was that Andrew
nI,cbe struck John Hartley with a
Hsraio rk handle thereby breaking
lba arm about four inches above
Ri, "rIst. He then jabbed a fork into
nna nartley's arm and received from
haa, W the Hartleys a blow on the
au with fork and n syyine ecro.s