Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-05

up of two companies from Sacramento
one from Grass Valley, two from
Stockton, one from Bakersfield and one
from Fresno. Possibly two companle,
may be taken from the Second regi.
ment, commanded by Col. Fairbanks
but. II he can arrange 1t. the governor
viii try to keep the Second intact fol
mastering in as an organization wher
the expected second call comes from
Washington.
The steamer city of Dawson, built al
North Beach, San Francisco. has beer
shipwrecked before she reached tn,
water She was to have been launched
Wednesday and towed around to Fol-
som street wharf to receive her ma
chlnery. Everything was ready fol
the launching, the last obstruction in
her way was knocked out and the boat
began to slide toward the water. Her
stern just touched the bay when tho
ways broke down and the City of Daw-
son ended here first brief voyage In
shpwreck. She now lies with her stern
in the water and her bow, badly dam
aged, high and dry on the rocks.
The Colorado Federation of Labor in
convention assembled at Colorado
Springs. has pledged the services of
the 10000 labor unionsts In that
state to the President of the United
States In case of need in the existing
war. The resolution declared strongly
for Cuban independence and seconded
everything that the government had
done In the interests of that country
The convention decided against the
contemplated bond issue and called
on Congress to coin the silver of the
treasury. and IL that is not sufficient.
to issue legal tender direct to the PEG.
pie.
The present war with Spain has i'm
pressed upon the people of San Fran
cable between that city and the Faral-
Ion Islands, which are located 2S miles
west of the Golden Gate. A signal sta
ton there could give early informa-
tion of the approach of a hostile fleet,
and would be of great value in time OF
sighted much easier than is now pos
sible. Governor Budd has wired to
Senator White asking him to call the
attention of the administration to the
matter. A cable would not cost more
than $4,000 and could be laid within a
month.
d. J. Nelson, an aged peddler, met
with shocking death on the Seventh
street broad-gauge trestle, Oakland,
Cal, Monday afternoon while attempt
ing to cross ahead of a local train.
ne Olu man nHu evidently started Tor
the mole when he was overtaken by
the 1880 o'clock train. The engineer In
charge of the train thought that the
old man would step to one side as the
engine drew near and blew the whistle
only once. After that no further at
tention was paid to him. Some time
after the train had passed the man
gled and bleeding body of Nelson was
found in the mud, where 1t had fallen
from the trestle. AS he was still
breathing he was taken TO the receiv-
ing hospital, but died almost immedl-
ately. He was terribly crushed about
the hips and chest and his head was
crushed
A wall on the lot adjoining the
chamber of commerce, Los Angeles,
Cal, fell Monday morning, killing C.
Balovich almost instantly, Gripping
Anton Pusich, and injuring several
other laborers more or less severely,
The man killed was Slovenian. as
were also those injured. A gang of
laborers, under the direction of Fore.
man Pusich, were back filling the wal,
with dirt from the Inside excavation
for the building being erected by
Henry Mortz. To facilitate the work
staging about six feet high had
been erected between the walls, which
were pinned together by heavy side
beams. Foreman Pusich was stand
ing between the walls about 10 o'clock
when he noticed the staging begin to
sway. He gave the alarm, but before
the men could escape the wall fell in