Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-24
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
POINT SAN PEDRO WANTS THE DRY DOCK


Rumor has IT that Marcus DAILY and
associates are after the DiamOndVille
and Kemmerer coal plants. They visit
ed the properties Wednesday.
Pat sullivan and Harvey Cole, the two
last convlcts who escaped from the
Idaho penitentiary last Friday, were
caught Wednesday near Boise.
Wednesday afternoon the G-year-old
son of Mr. Nj. Kubiak, a tailor of Po-
catello, Ida, yas drowned in the Port
Neuf river into which he had fallen.
a proposition is now on foot to equip
Victor, Colo. with an electric plant,
the same to cost s250000. The pro-
motors are the Florence and Cripple
Creek Railway company.
The stern wheel steamer Game Cock,
which is being built at Portland, Ore.
for the Yukon Transportation and
Commercial company Of San Francisco.
was launched Wednesday. The steamer.
which is for use on the Yukon river,
will carry about 800 tons and when
loaded will draw about Az feet of
water.
Orders have been issued by Gen.
Merriam for the Sushtna river, Alaska.
exploring expedition known as ENpc-
dition No. ., to leave Vancouver bar
racks. Wash, about the Goth inst.
Captain r. Il. Glenn Twenty fifth in
fantry, will have charge of the cxpv-
dtion and will have two officers and
nineteen enlisted men under him.
In the trial of Albert Hom Wednesday
at san Francisco for the murder of
Mrs. Mary Clute. Rabbi Mayer May.
witness fOi the prosecution, was eN-
amined as to his sanity. May had tes-
tilted that he had seen the coupling pin
with which Mrs. Clute was murdered
in the possession of Hon, and 1t was
shown at the examination that he had
twice been an inmate Of an insane
asylum.
A special to the Denver News from
Santa Fe, n. NJ. says: The masters
sale of the Pecos Valley railroad has
been set by Judge Hamilton to take
place at Eddy on April 18Th. II Is
expected the bondholders Will buy II
in, take IT from the hands pf the re
ceivers and turn 1t over to the new
corporation which will Immediately
extend il 200 miles northeast to ANA
rillo, Texas.
It is now considered certain that the
Northern Pacific steamer Pelican, Ii:
days out from Tacoma, Wash. foI
Tien-Tsin, China, was wrecked or dis
abled OF the coast of the Aleutlan
Islands last October. An empty life
boat, supposed to belong to the Peli-
! can. was sighted by Captain Helm of
| the shin Fall;irk, which has arrived NJ
| Tacoma from Shanghai.
The citizens convention at Poca-
! tello. Idaho, Wednesday lasted but
/ two minutes, the Union SllNef ucks'
/ being unanimously nominated as fol-
| lows: For mayor a. II. Bean; clerk
| c. Il. Brooks; treasurer, j. NJ. Mason
heimer; engineer, V. c. Roeder; coun-
clmen. First ward, j. @. Sanders
Second ward, John Fusz; Third ward
u. w. Church; Fourth ward, z. w
| Mooney.
The notorious George Knowlton, bet
| ter known as Rebel George" one OF
! the smoothest confidence men in tht
| United States, has been convicted oil
obtaining money under false pretense'
at Yreka. Cal The crime which he
| was accused Of was the robbing of q
German named Yetter on the Southern
| Pacific train near Sisson. In com.
pany with two confederates he robbed
the man of $3.50 in card game.
1t is believed at Fresno. Cal, tina,
the two men who robbed the train neaI
! Goshen, secured not less than S5O,OOO
| The statement is made that there was
| S3b 900 in gold dust from Randsburg
| in the wrecked express car and that
nearly $4,000 was contained in the
| closed mail pouch, Joe Foster ~hu
| lives near Fresno, has been arrested
on suspicion of having been connect
! ed with the robbery, He was seen
| near the scene of the crime shortiy
before the hold-up.
The citizens Of Paris, Idaho, have
nominated the following ticket To he
voted for April 5th: j. u. stuck for
mayor; James Nye, police justice; Ed
| Y. Shepard, clerk, and Helen II. Croft
| treasurer. In the ward meetings the
| following citizens were nominated fol
the city council: First ward, Arthur
| Bulge ana Joseph X. Shepard; Second
ward, Walter Hodge and Thomas MIN.
| son; Third ward, A. II. Seegmiller AND
| MILFORD W. Rich; Fourth ward, Chris
| Tueller and Charles Innes.
DIR. r. p. Matthews, secretary of the
| California state board OF health. IL be-
sieged with letters and kilograms from
| cattlemen, entreating him to use his
| best efforts to secure modification oi
| the quarantine rules against splenetC
fever, Reports are coming in constant
| w TO the effect that cattle are dyinS
| from lack OF food and unles they can
| he moved into the more fertile ranges
| OF Nevada the loss will he tremendous
DR.. Matthews has laid the matter be-
fore the secretary of agriculture.
The Popullst, Democratic and free sill
YER Republican state conventions met
| I'm Portland, ore, Wednesday. The
Democrats and silver Republicans eff
fected permanent organization. but the
ropullst convention was still working
under a temporary organization when
an adjournment was taken until today
Thursday. The sentiment expressed
in the Democratic and free silver Re-
publican conventions was unanimous
| in favor OF n fusion of forces in the
coming campaign. The Popul!sts cX-
pressed opposition TO fusion.
The San Francisco Chronicle says;
Eddie Jones, the Jockey. and Ollie
johnson. a former i~Hir'r OF horses
are ruled OF the track. This an
nouncement was made by the board
of stewards after n 1--WE hours session
| Wednesday night The suspension
against II. III. Mason, the trainer OF
Lobos. was upheld, and the board Of
stewards will go still further and
will rule Mason OFF the turf. as they
are convinced that Lobos was twic,
run at Ingleside for the purpose OF
| getting certain allowances at Oakland
In fact the stewards are in possession
OF letter from Mr.. Carpenter OF Chi
cago which is very discriminating
against Mason.
Three OF the largest street railway
lines controlled by the Realty Syndl
cate ut Oakland. Cal, have beer
| merged into ONE rDmnany under thi