Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-15
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT MARE ISLAND.


The dead body of James Kelly. a
veteran tie-chopper and miner, was
found Wednesday in his cabin near
Walden. Colo. He had been partially
devoured by mountain rats.
Gen. shafter OF San Francisco has
received orders from the secretary of
war to send 500 tents from the quarter
masters stores in San Francisco To
st. Louis. The tents will probably
be shipped today Uiiday).
Lucy Chun. A years old. head cook
Mt the Chinese theater, on Washington
street. San Francisco, was found dead
in bed in a sleeping apartment ON
the top floor of the place early Tues
day morning with thirty-two caliber
revolver by his side. Death had re-
suited from internal hemorrhage,
caused by two bullet wounds, one In
the abdomen and one In the right
lung.
The collector of Port Jackson has
been notified by the secretary of the
treasury that go Chinese would ar
rive at San Francisco ON the Gaelic,
due on the goth inst. The Chinese are
on their way to the Omaha exposition
as actors, jugglers. artist and exhiD-
itors. and will be allowed to pass on
in peace. they having agreed to return
to China after the close of the exposi-
ton.
Guy St. John story. Imprisoned at
Helena, Mont, for embezZlement, was
pardoned Thursday by Gov. Smith.
story was arrested at Salt Lake in the
fall of 1895, it being alleged that he
embeZzled funds belonging to tine
Northern Pacific railroad company
while he was station agent al Riminl.
The application for pardon was signed
by Governor Wells of Utah and George
NJ. Cannon of Salt Lake.
During the past few weeks 80 men
have left the Preside, Cal. and the
government officers have been detailed
to arrest them. The army officers de-
ny that desertion Increased with the
chances of war. They say only few
men have quit the Preside and that
they deserted to go to klondike. The
soldiers. however. say the men DESERT
ed to avoid fighting the Spaniards.
Rumors of the impending war have
caused a marked decrease In the pas
senger business of the Pacific Mail and
Oriental and Occidental Steamship
companies. Twenty passengers who
were booked for the Orient by recent
outgoing steamer cancelled their book
ing few days before the steamer
sailed. owing to fear of being held up
by privateers ON the high seas. These
steamers each carry from one to four
howitZers.
T.. Il. lyman, wealthy ranch owner
of Stanlslaus county, Cal, is dead. He
achieved a great deal of notoriety siN
years ago by his remarkable disap-
pearancc and the subsequent litigation
resulting In the legal declaration that
he was dead. Two years later he re-
appeared, stating that he had been
living in seclusion in Boston. Although
he was supposed to have been muir
dered the legal proceedings againrS
him were set aside ana when nearly 81
years of age. he resumed the persona
management of his vast estate. Dcatf
resulted from Brlghts disease.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
that officers Of the revenue marine SER
vice expect orders detachins them
from their vessels and placing them In
the navy. They are now under the or
ders of the treasury department. 1t Is
said that the expected orders are on
their way from Washington and 1t Is
an open secret that the revenue cut
tiers Rush. Corwin and L. s. Grant vii
not go north this season to patrol tbs
Bering sea and Alaskan coast. II Il
expected that the three revenue cutters
will be attached to the navy and vii
patrol the Pacific coast
Students climbed the flag pole of tn,
! University of California Thursda,
night and cut the halyards, making 4
| impossible to raise the Stars an(
Stripes. This insult to the nationa
culors has aroused the Indignation o
the college authorities and the expul
sion of the offenders may follow. Th
affair is regarded as Of special momen
! because the University of California 4
military institution, being in par
supported by the Federal government
with an army officer detailed as mill
/ tary instructor and with strict dis
] cipllne in matters of military training
/ The faculty is taking steps to identif.
| the vandals.
Contrary TO expectations Palo Alto
Cal, viii not campaign stable u
| harness horses this year on the eastern
grand circuit. The entire string Is nov
in training and will be sold at publ
auction. although the stock thus ia
| has some likely horses, with two pros
| pectlve champions The entire racinl
| string OF 1898 Is To be sold at Cleveland
Ohio. May 16 to "a. 1t WAS at the Pal
Alto farm that the value of fusini
| thoroughbred with standard bred bloc,
| for producing the fast aud ideal har
ness horse was developed. Here sucl
famous performers as Arion, 2:07A
| Palo Alto, 2.0s%; Sunol, 2:0sA; Azote
| 2;0i&, We're all born and bred. Neve
| has such shipment OF horses, with q
much combined speed. left California
as will be consigned from Palo Alto oi
May ..
The annual election of the board o
| directors of the Central Pacific rail
road company was held Tuesday 81
the Hobart building. san Francisco
and the following ticket was unani
mously elected; Isaac l.. Requa o
Oakland, William II. Mills of Sal
Francisco, c. Il. Bretherton Of London
+. l.. Spencer OF San Jose. Charles T.
| Eells of San Francisco, j. c. Kirk
| patrick of San Francisco and w. NJ
Thompson of San Francisco. Thomp
| son who has been secretary of tn
board for some time was the only ne,
man elected. and was substituted TO
| ]. II. Gates of New York IN orded tina
| there might be n quorum of four dl
| rectors near San Francisco available
| for meetings. There are now In thi
new board Ave members residing in o
| about San Francisco. W. IL. Mllls
however, expects to be in the East 70
| some time this summer. but does no
wish to resign on that account.
on account OF the emergency arisinl
| from drouth in the quarantined are
| allowing cattle TO be removed fror
| that state, the quarantine regulation
FOR Wyoming. established by procla
nation, dated March II, 1895, hay
been modified to the extent of allowing
cattle to be brought into or throug
the state of Wyoming in accordanc
with the nrnyiSioDs of the epariaI nr.la