Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-24
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in Neighboring
States and Territories.
SAYS lie MURDERED HIS BROTHER.


A cowardly attempt to murder Mary
Christensen, a l.-year-old school girl,
was made in Rcdding, Cal. shortly
after o'clock Thurnday afternoon by
her rejected lover, Sam Shields. n man
80 years or age. He had ben refused adj
mission to the home of the girl since
last October and has written seven
threatening letters. In which he de
,clared his intention of doing away with
himself and intlmated that he would
not die alone.
Fire was discovered at S:45 o'clock
Friday evening In the factory of the
Union Box company, situated on the
block bounded by Powell, Mason. Beach
ana North Point streets, San Francisco
Even before the alarm could be turned
in the four buildings covering the plant
and the adjoining lumber piles were
in a blaze that Redeemed the sky for
miles around. For two hours the fire
men fought the flames. At the end of
That time all that was left was a heap
of smoldering ruins to account for a
loss OF not less than $4,000.
John Smith OF Redwood City, Cal. .was
found In barn Thursday morning
near Colma with his throat cut and ali.
most dead from the loss of blood. The
wound was self-innicted, and while
1t Is not necessarily fatal, Smiths CON
dition is considered critical. It is sun
posed that Smith attempted suicide the
night before, and after slashing his
throat lay In the barn where he was
found all night. For the past two weeks
he has been on II wild spree, and in
ms debauch wandered to the city two
days ago.
early last week the wife of II. w
RoDerts, who was employed as outside
solicitor by the Ancient Order of Unit
WDrkInnn n
nome ZIG Mission street. San Francis
co. Roberts believed that she had
clipped with another man, and brooded
SO deeply over his supposed dishonor
,hat ne became insane. Thursday even
ing three of his friends found him wan
uerihs around Stockton street. clad
oniy IN trousers, underclothing and
stockings. Friday the insanity commits
sloners committed him to the ASYLUM at
Napa. -
Lieut.. Joseph Drips of the Eighth
": ;. infantry, stationed at Camp
riot Butte. near Rock Springs, Wyo
mas disappeared from his post. He
left saying he was going to Salt Lake
ana would return in few days. but
nllhough he has been gone week he
mas not yet materialized. Drips was
IN SAT- Lake last Wednesday, when he
tod the officers at Fort Douglas that
ne intended returning Immediately to
Rock Springs. 1t is believed he has
deserted. He was financially embar-
rassed and is known, II is said, to have
issued worthless checks ON Wyoming
banks.
MOTIFS Cronin. mining man, shot
ana fatally wounded his brother Fri
day afternoon about four miles below
Sawyers Bar, near Yreka. Cal. The
brothers had been on unfriendly terms
Tor some time. having had trouble over
a mining claim. About o'clock FRI
day afternoon Morris Cronin met his
brother Patrick on the trail between
Sawyers Bar and the latter's claim
and shot him three times, once through
the groin. once In the neck and in the
leg. The doctor who was summoned
pronounced the wounds fatal and the
brother who did the shooting gave
himself up Friday evening.
George Brady,6i years of age, known
MS walking Brady" because of his
many long walking matches. burned
the residence OF his employer near
Mojave, Cal, Friday while in a fit of
insanity. He has been for some time
employed by N. l.. Smith. dairyman,
ut that place to do chores at a ranch
house about ten miles from Mojave.
which Is only occupied about half the
year. The house and contents were
destroyed, together with several out
buildings, excepting the barn, which
no doubt would have been burned had
nrady not fallen into a fit or been rem
dered unconscious in some manner.
"Swiftwater Bill" whose other name
Is w. C. Gates. likes Oakland, Cal and
so anxious is he to make 1t his home
that he has offered William C. Hen
shaw 1000 for his handsome resi-
dcnce at 276 East Fourteenth street.
Bill says that he has roughed so
long ON the Yukon that they cannot
come too fine for him now. He wants
the best they have got, and is willing
to pay for II in nuggets. Swiftwater's
picturesqueness and his money won
him all kinds of friends on his arrival,
and the touch of social life has made
him ambitious. He wants home
that he can be proud of, and hopes to
become a swell.
The San Francisco Examiner says:
Local ship owners are preparing to take
advantage Of the experience gained last
year. and as a result II is probable that
charters will be higher during 1898 than
ut any time during the past 10 years.
The phenomenal advance in the price
of wheat, together with the Unforeseen
demand for vessels to engage in the
Alaska trade. brought about a condition
in the shipping market for which own
ers last year were unprepared. A
VI 'if Tue luTttSt Sn1DDtnR
firms in San Francisco is authority for
the statement that the general business
for 1897 was transacted at loss, or at
best small margin of profit to owners
A warrant was issued at Los An
geles. Cal, Friday for the arrest of j.
NJ. Rice, local agent of George Eber-
hard & Co. of San Francisco, who dis
appeared last Tuesday, leaving a note
saying he was going to Azusa and
Pomona. and would be back in a few
days. Rice had been doing quite n
business at 40 South broadway for the
past four or FIVE months. handling the
products of Eastern hardware and BIZ
cycle manufacturers. for which he
was the agent. From all accounts,
however. he was unable to keep up the
fnst pace he had set for himslf in local
bucket shops. and what he cleaned up
OF the FIRMS money and otherwise was
not enough to tide him over his dim
culties. so he concluded to leave. He
Is said 10 be short about $1,000.
In the presence of the sheriff and
district attorney OF Napn county. Cal,
and Of six other witnesses, George
willard Clark has confessed that he
was the murderer of his brother, w.
4. Clark. at st. Helena, on last Thurs
day. Mrs. Lovinn Clark was married
to William A. Clark more than twenty
years ago in Clay county, III. She
Is 40 years old and the mother of seven
George w. Clark. the muir
derer became intimate with her
thirteen of fourteen years at-o Thor