Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-04
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences IN NelghbOfire
States and Territories.
FIRE APPARATUS FOR sxAeUAy, ALASKA
nav. urisg. Acquitted and "Locaied"- Tho
senator Expected Estate Of jacob pa
-shipbuiider.' Combine Denied

.smpt to commit murder. was patiohei
Monday by Govefnor hicharda or
wyoming.
There IL trouble on In Butte. Mont.
with The platforms and hod-carficrs. be-
r,uss OF the Anaconda company cm-
allowing non-uni1n men. The union men
have gone on strike and viii take the
matsr 10 the snyer How Trades and
Labor assembly.
The ttiai o. charles Nelson. charged
usnh the murder of Thomas NJ. Kerr.
on Juno ith last. was concluded at
uolse. Ida. Monday. Tac jury. after
being out but two hours, found Nelson
moi guilty Nelson rhoi Kerr for I'M
due Intimacy with his wife.
Rapor,s received frcn various points
In coNsaio In regions where fnius, ilrcs
have been rproadlng for week pas.
ar 10 the offrci that the fires have been
checked In many places by snow and
rain. In the viclnty OF Glenwo11
Spring. the frcs are almoei entirely cx-
tlngulrhcd.
A special train. having on board the
officers " the grand cummandery nnu
the members 0f California command
cry Of the Knights Tcmpiar. with their
families and friends, let San Francis
co NNllN ~ NNNlNNN wv NNN"NMA p
where Will be held the trlannual con
clave o. the grand encampment
The steamer South Coast bound
from Ventura for San Franclrco. ran
into one u the dcrciIct log RATS near
Pigeon Point Tho vessel was severe
~ Jared. but ahcertd on In tim, TO
escape serious Injury. Tn Chamber
OF commerce " San Francisco has
sent communication 10 Secretary ~
the Treasury Gage asking him 10 take
steps TO stop the dangerous practice
u towing RATS at sea.
The batticshlp wisconsin IL TO be-
launched from the Union WORKS. san
Francisco. November 4. and prepare
lions for the event aN already under
way u VIII be made n gala occasion.
The governor. many other public ofii-
clais and a delegation from the state
Tor which tho vessel IL 10 be named
viii be present The young lady who
IL TO chrlsten the ship has not yet been
chosen.
Thirty.aix Republican members " the
Oregon legislature held caucus Mon.
day nirht 90 nominate a candidate for
United States senator 10 be- voted for In
n,paratc fcGton N the legislature today
(Tucsdiyl. A vote was takon and n.
W. corbcit received - out Of the 10
present His vote Il three short Of a
majority of the Republican members Of
the legislature ana 10 short of ma
Jorliy u ihe legislature on Joint ballot,
20 being nccefaary to a choice.
The Colorado state convention Of the
Mld1le-Of.thf- Road Populisi. nominal
od the following ticket Monday. For
governor simon OugEcnhsim Of Den.
Yer; for lliuicnant govcrnor-Francil
CARNEY " Ourayi for trclsvrcr-Gcorgc
H. Harvey % Denver: for secretary OF
Elmer heckwith OF Boulder, Tor
hudlipr--GeorEc Ash OF Olathe: for at
torney gcnefai-E. II. Campbell. for
SUPERINTENDENT ~ public instruction
Mrs. Rnman Client Curtis 81 Canyon
city. For fxenlu of the r.ate unlver-
slty-n. NJ. Richards, Joseph Wolf, and
Mrs. r. A. Lyon. Rev. Myrun W. Reed
WIS nominated for Congress from the
First district. on the state ticket.
uuEEcnhclm. the nntl-Telicr silver ne-
publican candidate. and Carney. Heck
with. Campbell and Richards, popullst,
on The fusion ilckct, are lndorsrd
John storor. q brother q q. II. storer.
trf aHuror NJ the state 81 Idaho. shot
himself through the head az his home
near Idaho Fails M0ndny. tn, man
Yves gloomy over reports that had heen
clrculnied about him. and. frenzled with
drink he committed the awful deed.
RpN Dr. Brlggs. " Austin. Tex. hnl
been acquitted u immortality, although
found guilty OF falaifylns In minor
matters ny the jury ~ the Methodist
church South which has been trying
hi case 40 Oakland, Cal. by the clost
vote Of thirty 10 thlriy-two the con.
ference then located" him, which will
prevent him from accepting a paf.nr.
ate elsewhere. DIR. briggs protested
vigorously ngainf, this action.
John stanley. mayor OF skagway
Mlssa, Who IA now In san Francisco
putchhslng apparatus for IRE Do.
lafiment, says; THE Pacific ana
Arctic railroad now being built from
nklsNay 10 aolklrk II well under way.
halls have been laid TO whites Pass,
ana w. 20 that point the road IN In full
WORKING order. over thlrly.nve tons
oi ireighi are shipped daily over this
spur Seven hundred men are work
ing on the road. Last month the pay
l'N was $4,000, From whites Pass
u Lake Bennett, distance OF thirty
miles frslsht Is Transferred by sledEes.
LtnlNfs on the railroad receive 81
eenw an hour.
The steamer Senator Of the transport
meet ! expected TO reach san Francis
60 today Tuesday,. She viii - once
he put on the dry dock for repairs ana
then the work of re-loading her fo'
Manila viii begin. The Indiana II 81
Gays out from Manila. the ohio 30 days
ana the Pennrylvnnla 20 days. II IA
tsumhted that these steamers Will
average seven knots an hour which
would lenglhen out their voyage a
more than forty days. The RIO a,
Janefio, which has on board about aOl
,lek soldiers from Manila, lott Hons
honE on Sept. "a and win probably ar
i've AZ San Francisco about the 2Oih
INST The Newport Ia expected on sun,
day. The others now on the way viii
probably Arrive during the month.
The estate Of the late Jacob Y. pa,
w, which has been In litigation foi
we last two years. has finally beer
distributed among the heirs In accord,
ahce with an order issued by Judgl
Conee OF San Francisco. The estati
was valued at s. 900 900, hut owing I,
an agreement entered Into years az,
ny The deceased. half the property a.
Wen AZ the outstanding mortgages
goes TO his surviving partner, Alexan
DER BOYD The remainder II divided
among his nleces, Mrs. John NJ. Curti
ana Miss Lizzie Muir,
irving NJ. Scott. vice president AMI
GENERAL -mannEer OF the Union Iroi
Works, San Francisco. when questlone,
ABOUT Dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio
IesardlnE a proposed combine anon
snip builders gun makers and armO
manufacturers, said; From what
understand there is nothing at all II
" robert Wallace, who IL alluded 4
Aa being now somewhere In the Yves
ahn on his way 10 consult with tn
pfoprietots Of the Union Works Is al