Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-21
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
YOUNG wITBEcK GOES ON TO CHICAGO.


At Boise. Ida, Thursday evening,
ex-senator Fred II. Debois delivered an
address on Hawaii to crowded house.
Gov. Richards, of wyoming, has
appointed Hon. J. +. Crawford. editor
OF the Saratora Sun, to the position of
land appraiser, vice j. X. jeffrey, re-
signed.
Rawlins, Wyo., Republicans: II has
been reported that a representative of
an eastern commission house has been
contracting for Utah 1898 wool at Is
cents. Sheepmen here do not credit
the report, however.
The will of Richard Gray. late traffic
manager of the Southern Pacific COM
pany, was filed for probate Tuesday.
His estate Is valued at $4,000. He be-
queaths everything to his wife, Luz
cretia Minerva Gray. who was named
to serve as executrix without bonds.
Signor Anton Cassiletti has died at
San Diego, Cal, aged 81 years. In his
younger days he had European repu-
tation as a violinist and was attached
to some of the great continental con-
servatories. He was also a noted
linguist, speaking ten languages flu
emily.
In the trial of the Creede will con-
test ut lsOS anBeleS, 1ul., 1nuTS0ay,
there was still more expert testimony
offered to show the effects of NOR
phine on the mind This testimony
was introduced by the proponents OF
the will. who are endeavoring to prove
that Mrs. Creedes mind was rational
when she signed an agreement to take
100000 of Creede's money and leave him
to enjoy the balance.
A man giving his name as Martin
IN
Olympia, Wash. at an early hour
Thursday morning by police officer.
When the officer asked Benton why he
was on the streets at that hour he
said he was waiting for Governor Rog-
ers, whom he intended to kill. The
man was arrested and taken before
Judge Hodgdon, who committed him
to the insane asylum.
During the past forty-eight hours
seventeen vessels carrying in the ag-
gregate more than 100000 feet of
lumber. have passed in through the
Golden Gate, San Francisco. This ar
rival of so many lumber laden vessels
Is due wholly to the unprecedented de-
mand for tonnage to engage in the
Alaskan trade. The arrival of the
fleet relieves to a great extent situa-
ton in the lumber market created by
the same demand that will cause a
scarcity of lumber carriers.
Young Critic, the Australian boxer,
Is again matched to meet Mcconnell,
the local weller weight. The men will
meet in the big building of the
Olympic club. San Francisco, Febru-
airy 3. The affair will be for members
only who will be charged a small ad-
mission fee. thus committing the club
to professional matches. The purse
will be about 81 900. Cocker" Tweedie,
the recent arrival from Australia,
will meet Jimmie Lawlor of San Fran
cisco on the same occasion.
II. Y. witbeck, son of n wealthy
Chicago merchant, was on Monday
last released from a private sani-
tarium in San Francisco, in which he
had been confined for some months.
and Tuesday night left for his fathers
home. The young man since his ar
rival in San Francisco has enjoyed
much notoriety in consequence of his
appetite for Intoxicating drink. He
has for some time enjoyed an income
of $500 a month from property which
Is held in trust for him by his father.
This income is to continue as long as
the young man lives.
Frank S. Steel of FL Paso, Texas, is
to be the successor of w. ]. Martin as
manager of the San Francisco office
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany. The honor was awarded to Mr.,
d
age, is regarded as one of the best
managers in the company's service.
For six years he has been in charge
of the FL Paso office, which as trans
fer point to the Mexican lines is con-
sidered one of the most difficult posts
in the service. In his negotiations
with Mexican lines Mr.. Steel has been
peculiarly successful. The manager
elect left FL Paso for San Francisco
Tuesday evening.
The northern Colorado coal opera
tors held n meeting Thursday in the
offices of the Northern Coal company,
Denver, and adopted a volumlnous set
of resolutions addressed to the strik-
ing miners. The resolutions are to the
effect that the operators cannot ac-
cede to the demands of the miners, as
their product comes into competition
with southern coal, and II is impossible
to get n higher price for 1t than they
are now receiving. The opertors are
determined not to give In, and in case
the strike continues for any length of
time they may import men from out
side states. They say that to advance
40 present scale of wages would mean
n..er ruin for them all.
Il. A. Brown, the man nearly mur-
dered by Isaac Irwin in San Jose, Cal.
about fifteen days ago, is having an
unpleasant experience. Brown recov-
cred the $500 stolen by Irwin. and
Tuesday had the satisfaction of seeing
his assailant held for trial by the SUI
perior court. But he IL having n hard
time with his money. Mrs. Sager. pro-
prietor of the clearinghouse In which
Brown was nearly murdered. has sued
him for 800 damages to bedding and
furniture by the blood from his
wound, and DR.. Hablutzel Is suing for
$50 for medical attendance. The stolen
money is in the hands of the sheriff,
hut will probably be greatly dimin-
ished In amount before the litigation
is ended.
At Boulder. Mont, Thursday, the tnry
In the case OF Mrs. Caroline V. Kelly
Of Danuor ,.at,,rpad n vcrfict of not