Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-02
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
ATTEND COURT ARMED WITH RtvOLyeRs
Troops at san Francisco Tirht Grass fires
Sailing Vessels Tor Transports
shot by Miss .ander..

. WIN "a value 81 NNNNN NHHW.UNNs
General Merriam. Sun Francisco. has
ordered Major Frank vs.. Hess " tho
/ Third United State artillery ~ pro-
coed TO Wort Candy W ellington. where
Pc VIII be permanently stationed
The AlEor light artillery battery Will
probably move over iH The Preside tu-
day Saturday tu Join The forces at
. Camp Miller. Nh. Iowa regiment
drilled Friday before Brig Gen.
liurhes.
The Lcadvllle Herald Democrat. pub.
I llthod at t.oadviilc. col. has been sold
hy To former ownoI William ". Gift
nh. 70 James c. MptAnnan and Lutte
~. Johnson
The difficulty experienced 10 obtain
. lnr steamships for transport service
T Bias caused the gov rumUni Co seek for
! calling vessels which m1y be available.
] SDyuul have been examined and 10 ~
] undgraio1d that The ship Tacoma VIII
| hf chartered iu carry stores and MILL
I tary supplies CO. Manila
Returning from church sunday
evening. Thomas Lewis. % citizen ~
the lilr Horn. Wyoming. basin was
struck hy lightning aud Killed. Lewis.
/ ha wife and SON and r.. y Cooking were
seated IN q wagon together and m,
I nash Killed the horses and burned Airp
| LOWS ana the hoy
ono hundred and four recruits FOR
I Batteries A and u 90 the Utah artillery
arrived at Camp Merritt Friday They
are ln charge " Lieut. WCdgwood ana
arr not equipped The mon Wcrp re-
CtlNod 40 tho ferry hy the ladies N the
Rcd Cross society and given breakfast.
I They then marched Co camp and waited
IN the hot sun Tor some one 90 furnish
them with tents
Col. Smith NJ the First Tennessee
volunteers has asked Major gersral
otis for a board ~ survey 10 pass on
the uniforms Issued 10 hIs regiment.
] The colonel asserts that tho garments
were made ln Chinatown aud are
worthless after ten days wear ThCy are
IN worse condition than tho Old uni
forms worn hy the troops ON their ar
rival In San Francisco.
Miss Birdie Sanders. In resisting an
attack by three men. who opposed her
retention ~ teacher 90 th. white
Cross rchool, Boise. Ida. shot two on
them, The third running away one of
Che wounded men. WIN. Keudrick may
do. u iH supposed the men Intended
60 nhiuci Miss Sanders. iu order 90
scare her out N The country She 10
from Fort Wayne. Indiana.
Major General otis har not yet doslr.
mated the troops 90 gu IN the next rx-
petition Co Manila. 10 Is known. how
ever that Major General Merritt IN
especially anxious that The Flrsi New
. YORK volunteers should Zoo dispatched
speedily ana they viii probably have
place in The next ilCrt The troops az
the Preside ana Lime Point were
called uut late on Friday 90 fght grass
nrcH The flames a. Lime Point np-
preached dang rruuHly near the fonts
ana magazine ~ Fort BAKER. About 400
acres were burned over, but no serious
damage was done.
The case ~ Joel J. Hurt. the wyom-
Ing cattle man, who demands tho cue.
tody % his three litllc girIs. nov held
hy Mrs. Alfonso SchatfDr. formerly
Airs Hurt, came ~ in Judge Orien'a
court, Los Angelic. cal. Friday. Both
Hurt ana Schnrfrr werr present ana
each carried revolver. They were
dlHarmrd by sheriff white. The mother
was granted until next Wednesday 10
procure evidence from tho court records
~ wyoming and Colorado 90 onset
Hurts charges against her,
The storm wheel rlvcr steamer Mar.
quls ~ Dunorin. which left Victoria.
49, g.. Thursday morning Tor ~.
Mlchlrls in tow 0f tho steamer Prog.
roasn. has been wrecked az the entrance
10 the Straits uf Fuca. Immediately
after the prurr0Hsu and her tow
reached The open H.a tho trouble COM
mrnCrd. The river boat tuggyd on the
tow rope. being tossed around until
an her tlmhors We're strained and hpt
hack was broken Then the tow line
was cut and her crew boarded the
pr0rreHso. all bHinr saved. The wreck
~ reported 20 be- standing nearly up
right, bow down The vessel belonged
20 the Brltlsh-Amoricnn corprailon.
and cost about 5000.
Two contracts involving the payment
OF the largest individual fees Tor legal
services ever paid In California have |
been filed for record In San Francisco |
The contracts IN question are between |
Theresa A. OelrIchH ana Virginia Fhir /
daughters of the late James q. Fair |
and the legal firms of LlOdy and wood |
and CARRIER. bishop and wheeler. The |
lndentures call f1r the payment 10 each |
df the firms i've per cent OF the portions |
Of the ladies unWHd ~ the estate OF |
James q. Fair. This aggregates about |
100000 90 BE- paid each of tho firms. /
provided the trust viii he declared In |
valid IN the event "A contrary action |
the property shall boz paid 20 the nttor-
nevF f0r i've wears after the decree of |
distribution. The trust VIII having been
declared valid. the nut provls0 Of the
contracts become imperative.
The Internal revenue ofiico. san Fran.
cisco was besieeed Friday by purchns-
Hra ~ war revenue Wanpr and from
NlIf flNiiN wv NNNNN| 'I'NNfu MN INNfF NWN |
not been minutes lull in the rush
owing ~ thr small upply NJ he new
stamps forwarded ff'm Washington.
tho demand tt thcm churot be- met
and all orders were not hllcd Friday
The stock ~ nw stamps rave out
early IN the morning and by instruc-
titns from Wellington ! Rrd cent
postage stamps were sold FOR revenue
purposes after they had been stamped
with the letters o. r." The collector
received word from Washington that
10 od0 900 stamps N an denominations
were now en- route 10 that city. and IN
a few days tho printing bureau would
be able 10 meet an demands,
The steamship Acapulco, from pnna-
ma ana way ports, arrived at San Fran
cisco Friday. Tho umhtlllh. from
Puget Sound ana british Columbia,
also reached quarantine, and the city
~ Panama was expected from Central
America Friday evening. II ~ under.
stood that these three vessels will be
taken by the government Tor transport
purposes Tho city N Pueblo ana tho
Peru ARE rnpl1ly being fitted IN and
the departure OF the fourth fleet 10 Ma
nlla o. expected 10 De- set fpr July 10th
The ldea of sending each ship on nH It
IN ready without waiting FOR a fleet. has
not been fayOrahly considered and the
uoNt expedition viii te similar to those
that have preceded T. although the
term nusst" ia VnrIaHlN and may In |