Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-25
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
COUNTY TREASURER BEATEN AND ROBBED



Cattle are said to be dying by the
hundreds within n few miles OF Den
Yer, Col, and all on account OF the
late severe snowstorm In that Niclnity'
Nevada has new newspaper, the
Lovelock Tribune published In the cen
ter of q rich mining section. IL ~
for silver first, last and all the time
but locally, the best man goes
Tuesday night at San Francisco
qilots were ordered on board
the troop ships at 2 y. m. wednesday
The supplies are not yet all on board
but vessels are expected to sail late
Wednesday or early Thursday morn
ing,
An ex-Salt Laker in the person or
James II. Whltson, now residing in
Leadvlle, Col, was fatally hurt In
| runaway Tuesday while returning
from a mine Whitson has "A wife ana
son, who are frantic over his fatal
mishap.
Recent heavy transforms on the
range OF Wyoming. near Evanston
have caused the death of large mum
| hers of lambs. sheepmen thereaoouts
reporting heavy losses. Pomeroy
| Bros, of Fontenelle, are SAID to nave
| lost 800 in one night.
Sir Henry Irving in answer to a
message from the Bohemian club, San
| Francisco, expressing the sentiment
that the stars and Stripes and Union
| Jack were now entwined, cabled he
following: Loving greeting. We
shall coal together
Rock Springs Democrat; \ large
piece of coal estimated to weigh about
six tons was taken out of No. IL entry
in No. / mine this week to be sent to
the Transmississlppi Exposition at
Omaha. 1t is now ON exhibition near
the entrance to No. l mine
Advices from Honolulu state that
the German bark j. c. Glade arrived
there on May 10, 162 days from Liver
pool. The captain reports very
stormy voyage. Two seamen were
washed overheard in the bay OF Bis
cay. The vessel was 81 days rounding
the horn.
Col Hale of the Colorado volunteers,
now at SanFrancisco, has received in
structions to have his men ready for
embarkation ON Thursday for Manila.
This regiment III fully equipped, only
lacking ammunition. which viii he
served to them tomorrow. II is said
that they will sail on the steamer
Roanoke, though the vessel has not
been chartered yet
Proceedings have been suspended at
San Francisco In the case of John II
Robinson against the Southern Pacific
and in the contempt case against 9. p
Huntington and his attorney, II. s.
Pillsbury, growing out of the depart
ure of the president OF the Southern
Pacific for the East pending the de-
cislon of the railroad commission on
his refusal to testify before it,
Laramie Boomerang; The epidemic
of cerebro-s spinal meningitis, which
prevailed at Casper last week, contin'
ues, and there are eight new cases re-
ported. Those attacked are children
of from to years. Two children o.
Mrs. Mcclure died of the disease Tues
day and child of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il
Tubbs died Friday. All OF the parents
who have been able to do SO hav'
taken their children out of the city.
w. NJ. williams, president of thu
What Cheer Mining company, wal
killed last week at Florence, Ida. HI
was working on the wagon roaI
grade and was killed by falling tree
which struck ridge and broke II
two, and the top, being swerved from
its course, struck the unfortunate MAJ
to the earth, tearing off the entire tol
of the scalp, breaking the jaws, boil
arms and left leg.
The youngest volunteer of the pres
ent campaign has come to the front
He IL Douglas Dodge, aged years
and he was found securely stoves
away on the City of Sydney. san
was put aboard tug to go ashore, h
fought stubbornly the big deck han,
who had him in charge, still strong Il
his determination to go with the sol
diers, who gave him three heart!
cheers.
The British collier Ming Ch<l ha
arrived in San Francisco with a carg
of coal from Puget Sound. The gov
eminent has been negotiating for tn
charter of the collier for several days
and 1t is possible that she and he
cargo may be sent to the assistance q
Dewey's fleet. A big cargo of coal al
ready purchased by the government
has arrived at san Francisco on tn
Peter Jebsen, which may also so I
Manila.
The steamer Zealandia, now at Sal
Francisco, will be prepared to sail 70
Manila with troops. Under an act Q
Congress passed Tuesday, she is nd
mitted to American charter and whe
she sails next 1t will be with the Star
and Stripes at her masthead, Capital
Howard will lose no time In discharg
ing the vessel and in preparing for III
accommodation Of the troops. 1t
inside of week.
The Oceanic Steamship company ha
been wiped out Of steamers by II
u government and as every other avail
able vessel in port Mt San Francisco
otherwise engaged It is probable TIL
the passengers booked to Honolulu b
the Zealandia viii be turned over
the Occidental and Oriental SteamshI
company for passage on the Dori
An effort was made to charter the Pi
cific coast company's new steame
Senator, but owing to the enormoI
accumulation Of grain in Tacoma 81
!, could not be spared by her owners.
Lying In an unconscious condtic
and suffering from an attack of ner'
ous prostratlon, Mrs. George J.Wens
housekeeper for ], II. Jewett of q
n Bush street. san Francisco. was four
X Sunday afternoon by IL. +. Dugan,
v druggist. and Police Officer Edward
who broke into the Jewett house, SUI
posing her to be dead. The bell ha
been rung several times during Il
ID day, but no response had been mac
to IL. and the doors Were smashed
~ before 1t was discovered that n
Al woman was still in the land of Il
living.
nj The San Francisco Call says: {
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