Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-14
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in Neighboring
States and Territories,
BROWN PRlsMATIC POWDER FOR THE EAST


At Cheyenne, Wyo., Wednesday Miss
Laura Kent. daughter OF r. A. Kent,
was married to Lieut. William Earnest
Welsh of the Eighth U. S. infantry.
Lieut.. Wilcox. of the first infantry,
San Francisco. has gone to Washing
ton in response to telegraphic instruc-
lions. The destination of Lieut.. VIII
cox is Fortress Monroe. where he will
be in charge of the torpedo station.
He Is an expert In the handling of tor
pedoes.
The closing of the bridge over the
Boise river at Caldwell. Ida. Wednes-
day, created no little excitement there,
ms IL stopped all travel through that
section. 1t was closed by a representa-
tive Of the uillett- Herzog company of
Minneapolis to whom the bridge be-
longs. The Caldwell board of trade is
now negotiating for its purchase.
The United States troops from Fort
Apache and whippIe barracks. Ariz..
arrived at Albuquerque, N. Nj. at 8
o'clock this tThursday) morning over
the Santa Fe railroad on their way
East. The troops from Fort Apache
number about 240 officers and enlisted
men, and those from Whlpple barracks
are composed of about the same num-
Der.
The Nevada militia. fully equipped
from the state arsenal, IL ready to
move on short notice In case of emer-
gency. The infantry companies have
been organized at Elko, Nevada,
whittier equipments have been shipped.
A private cavalry troop is to be organ
zed at Carson City. Governor Sadler
has personally volunteered twelve
horses when the company is formed.
From the coal camp of Aidridge
Mont, comes the story of cold
blooded murder. John Webster and
| Mary West are the principals, the
| former, 1t Is alleged. having burned
the building In which they lived while
| the woman was on the inside. Ii Is
thought he strangled her before set
| ting fire to the house. Webster Is In
custody at Livingston and will be
charged with the murder.
A special train loaded with brown
| prismatic powder will be dispatched
next Monday from San Francisco for
| the eastern ships and fortifications.
| The powder s OF the srnukeless order
and has been manufactured by the
| California Powder company. The
works of the company. which are To-
| Gated near Santa Cruz, have been in
operation day and night for the past
three weeks The mill has been turn
ing out 250,O pounds every As hours.
The California state railroad COM
| mission has decided to make one last
|
senger business of the roads doing
business in that state. The members
of the commission say that If this at
tempt should prove futile there II no
reason why they should continue to
exist as body, as they would be a
| commission In name only. The reso-
luton adopted by the commission re-
qures the officers of the Southern Pa
cifc company and all Its leased lines
to appear before the board of railroad
commissioners May H. Under this
resolution all the roads operating in
California will be obliged to appear
and give such evidence as the commits
sion requires. The entire maintenance
and construction of the railroads will
be SO Investigated as to enable the
| commission to decide whether the pres
ent rate tariff can be reduced while at
the same time complying with the pro-
visions of the law. which allows cor
porations a fair interest on their in
vestment.
At o'clock Tuesday night the
steamer Arcata bound in from Coos
Bay sighted the British bark Wllscott.
under jury rig, ten miles off Duxburry
reef, says n dispatch from San Fran
cisco; The tug Reliance was immediate.
ly dispatched to aid the vessel and
succeeded in towing her into port
Wednesday morning. The Willscotts
anchor was dropped OFT Meigg's wharf
where the ship now lies sorry sight to
mariners. The Willscott is II days out
from Hioge for Puget Sound but she
was unable to reach her destination.
She was sighted by the British ship
Conway in the latter part OF February.
The Conway reported a vessel in some
distress about 1880 miles west of San
Francisco. but owing to extreme heavy
weather no assistance could be rem
dered the ship in trouble. The Willscott
is about MS badly damaged as she
could be without being rendered total
wreck. She was struck by hurricane
on February 10, and completely dis
masted, jury masts being supplied but
trailed over her battered sides when
she passed the bar Wednesday morn
ing.
When the Second congressional dis
trict Republican convention met at As
toria, Ore, Wednesday, the factional
fight in the Muitnomah county dele
CATION caused a split, and the result
was two conventions were organized
Two delegations were elected from
Muitnomah county TO the district con
gressionaI convention and when the
chairman OF the district committee
called the convention to order.
the adherents of what are known as
the Simon faction and the Mitchell fac
tion each put up a candidate for tenn
porary chairman, and after much con-
fusion both were declared elected. Both
sides carried on business in the same
hall for two hours, but finally the ST.
mon men adjourned to another place.
The Mitchell men adjourned until FRI
day. the Simon faction continuing in
today tThursday) and the fight between
the factions from Muitnomah county
vention assemblies. Both fac, ms are
VIII be precipitated as soon as the con-
vention assemblies. Both factions are
claiming majority, but In the district
convention Wednesday the Simon fac
ton showed a majority of ten. T. r.
Geer. a farmer of Marion county. VIII
probably he nominated for noyernor Inv