Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-19
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
GAVE THREE NAMES AND THEN DIED


Howard Russell Of Delta, Colo, IL to
revive the Grand Junction Daily star
Times. recently published by G. sum
Nichols, once OF Salt Lake
C. w. Wesmer OF San Francisco is
planning to 20 to the Klondike by bal-
loon. He proposes to use the DIE pal-
loon made for the Chicago WORLDS iair'
which was held captive, and he VIII be
nccompnnIed by james Thompson of
Cincinnati. a. Andrews of Chicago ana
u. Klemtke of Pittsburg, all expert
enced acronants.
A man named Johnson was fatally
wounded at Thompson Fans Mont,
Tuesday by n constable who hud been
called upon to arrest him for pullne
revolver on u brakeman OF the North
ern Pacific. who attempted 10 eject nm
from his train. Johnson died 10 min
utes after being shot. the bullet passing
through his stomach.
At Leadville. Colo, Tuesday night, n
tragedy occurred resulting In the kill
ing of Mrs. Andy Smith, W. X. slate
contractor, being the man who did the
shooting He fired two bullets into
the woman's brain. and then Killed
himself Slate was an admlrer of the
Smith woman and had been ASSOCIATE
ing with her during an estransement
between ntr anu HeI HuNphHus Nh'h
he learned they We're to be reunited he
grew frantic and did the shooting.
A sensation Is anticipated today in
connection with the lynching case at
Genoa. New. Three witnesses have
been subpenaed who. II Is expected,
will reveal the Identity OF at lenst two
more members OF the lynching party.
At an earlier stage OF the investigation
several witnesses testified that Con-
a. Il "a .l.a. l..n
ognized the leader OF the mob md
several OF the lynchers. Tuesday Grey
was witness to contradict this testi-
mony.
An unknown elderly woman was dis
covered by Policeman William Gaynor,
of San Francisco, at the corner of
Leavenworth and Eddy streets. about
6 o'clock Sunday afternoon, suffering
apparently from n fit. She was taken
to the receiving hospital. where at S'iO
o'clock she died. DR.. Fltzgibbon says
either from the effects OF strychnine
poisoning or epilepsy, he is unable to
determine which, Being urged repeat
eddy to give her name. she said she
was Mrs. Emily -, and stopping at
that. would say no more Later on, in
response TO the questlonings of n hos
pltal attnchc, she said her name was
Mary williams, and to DR.. Fitzglbbon
JuSt DeIoTt llpf utatH sils s'tiu lcT Nuiilt
was Jennie Webster. and aged "a.
Further particulars regarding the
agreement recently entered into by the
Japanese. the Pacific Mall and the Oc-
cidental and oriental steamship COM
panies. are now at hand. Arrangements
have been made to bear In equal pro-
portion all the expenses or navigation
incurred by the three companies, al
though the distribution of profits shall
be subject to the amount of the receipts
gained by them. Under the agree
ment the Occidental and Oriental and
Pacific Mail are each to reduce their
number OF steamers to three, although
they each run four at present. The
agreement will be carried into prac-
tice as soon as the steamers of the
Togo Kison Kaisha, now being built in
England. arrive In Japan.
Coroner Robert Baldwin. of Oakland.
Cal, is positive that Joseph II. Raeside.
the turfman, was murdered. and is
making every possible effort to pene-
trate the mystery surrounding his
death. At his request District Attor-
ney Charles Il. Shook has detailed
County Detective Henry Herbert to
the case, and the latter is now CO.
operating with Constable Jack Cr6nin
and his deputies in the work of investi
cation. The officers have subpenaed a
number OF witnesses for the adjourned
inquest. and 1t is expected that the
murder theory will be quite clearly es-
tablished. A number of the friends of
the dead man are lending their assist
ance. and the circumstances of the
case are sure of a searching investiga-
ton.
Preparations for the Golden Jubilee
of Callfornia-the flftieth anniversary
of the discovery OF the yellow metal
are making rapid Roadway. The cele-
bration will begin on Monday next and
continue during the week. 1t will
embrace many entirely novel features,
nearly every county IN the state con-
tributing to render the affair n notable
event in the annals of California. In
connection with the Jubilee n mining
fair will be held, which promises to be
one of the most complete expositlons of
the kind ever known in the West. san
Francisco Is alredy gaily decorated in
anticipation OF the coming carnival
week. and visitors are arriving in large
numbers. GOV. Buddhas declared the
opening day of the Jubilee legal holi-
day, and during the week of testivty
the public schools will be closed. Sell
dom before has state and civic pride
been aroused to greater degree, and
II Is alrcdy evident that all former
popular demonstrations there will be
equaled IL not excelled.
The committee of arrangements of
the National Stock growers conven-
ton. at its meeting at Denver Tuesday,
adopted the report of the committee
having In charge all preparations for
the barbecue Of the eth This feast
viii be historic. for the reason that 1t
Will be the last time In America where
wild buffalo. bears. elk and antelope
viii be served. The menu win con-
sist Of eight beeves, six elk. ten ante
lope, four bears, forty sheep, ten pigs,
200 opossom, ten barrels of pickles, half
n ton of cheese forty barrels OF sweet
potatoes, 5000 loaves Of bread and 400
Kegs Of beer. w. r. Anderson of the
Union Stockyards and Transit COM
pany. who represented the Denver
stock-Grovers' association at the recent
meeting fstockmen In st. Paul and
secured the appointment OF a large
delegation 90 this meeting from that
city, was present. and reported that
large delegations would be In Denver
next week from Chicago. st. Paul, st.
Louis and Kansas City. A vote of
thanks was extended to Mr.. Anderson
for the good work he had done.