Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-15
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in heighboring
States and Territories,
SEALING CATCH LIGHT THIS SEASON.


for a conference of Silver Republicans
in Boise. Idaho, Feb. IS, has been sus-
pended, as web as that for n meeting
of the state committee March list.
The acting secretary OF war Gays
that of the western states the following
have available for military service
the number of men stated. Utah, o.
600; Idaho. 10000; Wyoming, 5000.
ID. Heiner of Morgan. Utah. in the
course OF q business letter to the
Omaha Stocliman, says there are not
great many cattle in these pnrts, but
SO far as he knows they are mostly
healthy and doing we'll
The first contribution of Newcastle,
Wyo.. to the k!ondlke started for the
new disgings on Thursday. The party
consisted of eN-Postmnster c. NJ.
Clark and George Heldman. They will
prospect in the Copper river country
and go equipped with several years
supplies.
Frank Davis. aged 49, one of the pio-
neers of Weston county, died suddenly
at the home OF George Gould on Fresh
water creek. Thursday. of pneumonia.
Mr.. Davis owned a fine ranch on Stock
adc Beaver. where his family, consist
ing of his father, wife and three chill
dren, reside
AS a result of losing a goodly num-
DER OF Cdltlt ny the operation VI CtiNtit
thieves, MIR. h. ID. Swain, of salt Lake
is now in the Piney country, Wyo., and
has caused the arrest OF Charles Griggs
of Middle Plney camp, because of the
latter having in his possession so quar-
tiers of beef. Griggs has been held in
$500 bonds.
George Gillard, who has lived across
the river from Antioch, CAL for
number of years. was killed saturday
Ferdinand Stamm. They We're pulling
n duck boat In which n loaded shot
gun was placed on to the levee, when
T. iiinrd gave the boat a sudden jerk
and the gun was discharged, the full
charge of shot entering bis body.
Charles Collins, carpenter. was
found dead in the sand dunes at the
end of the of theSanta Fe railroad,
Santa Monica. Cal. at noon Saturday.
A wound on the back of his head and
the absence of his watch and money
that he was known to possess proved
that he was murdered. Mexican
named Pedro Garcia is in jail. charged
with the crime.
Messrs David Eccles and C. w. Nib
| ley returned Friday from La Grande
and Pendleton says the Baker CityOr..
! Republican. While in the latter city
they conferred with representatives
| of the Commercial association in re-
| gard to business in connection with the
| establishment of the beet-sugar factory
| Mt La Grande The work of cunstruc-
! tion of the factory. placing of ma
! chinery, etc, will be pushed forward
| rapidly now. in order that advantage
may be taken Of the beet cror of 1898.
! A special train IL at present speed
! ing across the continent from the
East. bound for San Francisco. bear
ing ll2 skilled mechanics, ship carpen-
tiers, engineers. blacksmiths, caulkers,
| Triggers and other artisans required in
building and finishing steamships,
! All OF them are one their way to
| Alaska. The train Is equipped with
| passenger coaches, sleepers, dining ana
/ commissary cars. and VIII land its
passengers in that city this Tuesday
| evening.
James l.. Davis of Trubody station.
near Napa, Cal. while on hunting
trip Saturday near his home, was ac-
cidentally shot and killed by his
cousin and companion. Harry Padler
of San Francisco Death resulted
within half ~ before the wound
g. nav cn taken to his home.
4 he inql adler testified that us
| he aud Davis were going through n
field he saw n jackrabbit and raised
his rifle to Gre. hut the weapon was
| discharged prematurely. the shot en-
tering the right nip of his companion,
The Alaska Commercial company
has some fears for the safety OF the
| bark Coloma. on December 20 last she
left Tacoma for Unnlaska with $4,000
feet of lumber. This was intended To
be used in the building of barges, but
as the captain of the steamer Lakme
| reports that the Coloma had not
reached her destination when he left
| Alaska her owners think that some
thing has happened to her. According
| ly the steamer schooner Snnolith was
chartered to go to Port BlalSely at once
and load lumber for Unalaska.
Mrs. Francis A. Stevens, an elderly
| woman who went to Oakland, Cal,
| from Arizona three years ago, claims
that she has been swindled out of
! $1,000 by her relatives by marriage.
title to the property, which was pur-
chased with the money. The defend
| ants are Louis l.. Srlscn his wife.
| Helen L. Nelson; DR.. Francis 5. cnIiS
and the California Building and Loan
| association. Cook Is nephew of the
plaintiff and Is made u defendant FOR
technical reasons. but the Nelson's,
| who are the parents OF Cooks wife,
are directly charged with conspiracy
to defraud.
A British syndicate represented by
| Charles II. Macintosh. ex-governor %
the Northwest Territory. has Just COM
| pleted the purchase of nine mining
properties, the deals involving a millt n
| and a half dollars. The properties in
| cluded In the deal are: Josie, on Red
| Mountain. near the lie Roi mine, $780,
| 900; Columbia and Kootenay, on Column
| bla Mountain, $4,000; Great Western
| and Golden Chariot. 100000: Nickel
| Plate, s15O,O00; Pack Train. $4,000; Le-
| Eal Tender No. 1 and Whoop Up. Mr..
| Macintosh Is on his way to London to
confer with the syndicate of which he
is director.
The sealing fleet this season is very
| small and the outlook Is not encourag-
| ing, Captain O'Leary of the schooner
| Geneva reports that seals are very
scarce and wild. and the weather very
unsuitable for sealing. Captain A. Nell
son of the schooner Mary Taylor lost
seven of his men by descrtlon and had
to put into port for repairs. He also
| says that few seals are to be found and
| predicts light catch. 1t Is stated that
the Cox and Marvin sealing fleet of
| Victoria, y. c., will not be put In COM
| mission this year, although sailors and
| hunters had been engaged. 1t Is not
known whether the precautions taken
by the United States to prevent poach-
ing have had anything to do with the
retirement of this fleet of British
| sealers.
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