Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-26
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE EYE.
While Intoxicated sheep Freezing
to Death miscellaneous.

While intoxicated. Frank Miller,
Waterman at Hunters point, near San
Francisco, walked or fell into the bay
from the Jorgengon pier at that place
Sunday morning and was drowned.
The extremely cold weather of the
past few days In southern Wyoming
has proved very disastrous to sheep IL
that section. many thousands being
frozen to death. The loss Is estimated
at 40 per cent.
The collecting of evidence against
Joseph Banks, Frank Percy and Tom
Darrell. the men arreted ut Evanston
Wyo.. charged with holding up paintc.
and Snyders saloon. is proving velI.y
Damaging to the trio and the chance'.
are that they win readily be founn
guilty and consigned to jail.
Despondent over her lot In life and
despairing of earning her daily bread.
Mrs. IL. l.. Leighton committed sui
eide Sunday morning at Z Mason street,
San Francisco, by taking carbollc nCid.
She was found at 1890 o'clock by Mrs.
Kelly, a roomer in the same house,
to whom she said that she mad tdhe u
poison and wanted to die. Vain eff
forts were made to save her and she
died few minutes later
Otto Bramesdorf, who lives at 52s
Harrison street, San Francisco, and Is
II trusted cIllplDyt VI tne NtsteTH Subhi
Refinery company.was accidentally shot
Sunday afternoon while he was hunt
ing in the marshes near Point Reyes
Attending physicians say that he has
lost the sight os his left eye. He ac-
cuses Frank Buckhorn of firing the
charge that wounded him. BuckhorD
denies 1t.
James A. Joyce, dry good merchant
whose place of business Is at 951 Wash
ington street, Oakland. Cal. and who
lives at SO Fourteenth street. was
struck down at Thirteenth and Wash
ington streets about 10 o'clock Sunday
night by some one unknown. He may
die. A series of peculiar circumstances
surrounding the affair seem to impli-
cate friend of the unfortunate man
and the police are just now puzzled
over the entire matter.
The fifteenth annual field trials of the
Pacific Coast Field Trials club were
largely attended at Bakersfield. Cal.
and the sport was of the highest class.
The derby was won by John Il. Lucas's
liver and white pointer, Alex c.. w. s.
Lewis pointer cuba of Kenwood sec
ond. and Frank Maskay's English set
ter Lady Rods CHAT third. No trouble
was experienced in finding birds. OPP
portunity was offered for test Of
speed, range. nose and bird-flndinf
quality, and Judges Merriman and Post
had no difficulty in reaching u de-
cision.
The report of the grand jury in the
Uber lynching case. brought in at
Genoa, New, Tuesday, was very un-
satisfactory. When the court had as
sembled the foreman said: May il
please the court,we have examined into
the Uber lynching case and have
listened to the testimony of seventy
witnesses. We have discovered who
the guilty parties are, and have suffi-
oient evidence to secure their convic-
ton In every case. Notwithstanding
this fact, the jury will not find indict-
ments. and further elaboration will bt
a useless waste of time"
The death-dealing carbon monoxide
Illuminating gas claimed another VIC
tim in San Francisco Sunday morning,
a young woman just entering upon her
twenty-fourth year this time sue
cumbed to the poison as 1t flowed from
jet in her bedroom. Miss Giovanna
Stornetta, u native of Switzerland,
employed at the residence of Lorenzo
Scatena, at GOA Fllbert street is the
latest victim. The young woman
failed to turn the stopcock sufficiently
to completely shut off the gas when
she retired on Saturday night, and
Sunday morning, when members of the
Scatena family entered the room to
arouse her they found the unfortunate
domestic lying dead in bed.
The Native Daughters of the Golden
West rendered a reception at San Fran
cisco Tuesday afternoon to the veter-
ans, pioneers, exempt firemen, Native
Sons and the general public. Between
the hours of two and five O'Clock the
main hall In the Native Sons building,
on Mason street. was crowded with
visitors. The hall in which the guests
were received was made charmingly
attractive by the members of the order.
At eight o'clock in the evening a prom
enade concert was held, lasting until
midnight. At this affair the veterans
in full uniform We're the honored guests
of the N. d. G. W.. and hundreds of
other guests were delightfully."- enter
tanned.
Alexander Badlam, n pioneer of CAL
ifornia, ex-assessor of San Francisco,
and one OF the most widely known
citizens of the state. died in that city
Tuesday night. He had long been af-
fiicted with asthma, and this compli-
Gated with other troubles, caused his
death. After his retirement from off,
cial life he interested himself in min
ing. and was successful in most of his
ventures. No one in that city was
more prominent than "Alec" Badlam
as he WAS universally known, and al
though he was nearly GO years old. his
death was unexpected, for he was nos
sessed of robust constitution. and
his friends believed that his illness was
but temporary.
The district grand lodge of the In
dependent Order of B'nai Birth, at
San Francisco. has elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
Grand president. Herman Gutstadt of
Cremiex lodge; first vice president. L.
Solomon: treasurer, Benz. Harris. Car
son. New; trustees, Simon Hochstad-
der, Marysvale; Julius Platschek, Max
Marcus, Oakland: chief medical exam
iner, DR.. s. S. Kahn; sergeant at arms.
Samuel Flyshaker: messenger, A. N.
Levy; judges of court, ]. s. Greebaum,
Henry Schwatz, Edmund Tausseky
Sol Bloom, George Samuel, Oakland.
A resolution to meet in Portland next
year was reconsdered and San Fran
cisco was chosen instead of the north
ern city.
Rear Admiral McNair who has been
in command of the Asiatic squadron
from November, 1895, until the third
inst. when he was relieved and ordered
home, and who has reached San Fran
cisco on his way to Washington in an
Interview said: 1.-THE feeling in China
and Japan is one of uncertainty. The
fleets of the powers in Asiatic waters
have been increased, until they are all
represented by an unusually heavy
armed force, but what that may por-
fond ia something I ,ln pnt lpnxy wbap