Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07
DEsERET EVENING NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY Z, 1898.

members OF company a, which is from
Denver, finally consented to enlist but
company c, from Longmont, refused In
u body. The chaplain of the regiment
was n member of company Q, and Will
retire with the company.
The will of Eugene y. Emerlc, de-
ceased wife of Henry r. Eineric, of San
Francisco. was filed for probate Wednes-
day. A contest of Its provisions has
been threatened by the husband. who.
by the terms of the will, Is Invested of
property which he claims to have deed
ed TO hi. wife when in fear OF death.
The test atrlx bequeathed the bulk OF
her estate to her sister, Lorena Myrtle
Barber. This devise includes loo acres
of the San Pablo ranch In Contra Costa
county which Emeric conveyed to
his wife by one deed, and 800 acres.
including the Emeric home at San
Pablo, which was conveyed by another
deed.
The profound mystery surrounding
the suicide of Philips H. l. lrnoureauS,
who shot himself through tn lead ON
the water front at Oakland, Cal, Tues
day night is still unsolved His friends
and relatives. who knew that he suf-
fered with some affection OF the heart,
have come to the conclusion that
Lamoureux took his life while tempo
rarily insane. They say that he had
conceived the idea that he had n cancer
In his stomach and he brooded over
This trouble a great deal He bought
a medical book and studied it and In
time grew to worrying over his condi-
ton. No one thought for n moment.
however, that he contemplated any
such rash act as taking his life.
After two weeks given to pIepara-
ton and enrolment, and two days of
physical examination at the armory,
the actual work of swearing in the
First regiment Of the California guard
ms United states volunteers took place
Friday. The first regiment IN camp
will include 10g0 men. officers and
privates, all told. OF these 5t2 arc en-
listed men and IS officers. OF the lat
ter there are five field officers, officers
on the regimental STAFF, II captains. II
first lieutenants. IL second lteutenunts
and medical officers At the armory
ON Tenth and Market streets, san Fran
cisco, the 1872 men who have been en-
rolled for the two batteries Of heavy
artillery called for. We're subjected to
the physical examination Friday and
sworn in after the quota of infantry.
a big advance in transcontinentnl
freight rates, both east and west bound,
will go into effect next Monday, says
the San Francisco Chronicle. The
new rates have been prepared in Chi
cage under the direction of Agent r.
II. Countiss of the Transcontlnental
Freight bureau. and they represent the
result of the recent meeting OF the
traffic officials of the transcontinentai
lines at Del Monte and at San Jose.
The new rates have been published in
the form of supplements to the east
and west bound transcontinental
tariffs, and n big installment of ad-
vance copies was received from the
east yesterday by General Freight
Agent A. d. Sheppard of the Southern
Pacific company. The advances over
existing rates will probably average 20
per cent. In some cases the advances
are much higher, and in others much
| lower. The rates on absorbent cotton
and lint, for instance. have been ad-
vanced from S1.50 to $40 per 100
pounds in less than carload lots ON
| canned goods the advance is Il little
| more than 10 per cent