Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-04
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
REFUSED TO TALK FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Herman MISUNDERSTANDING Club Weld
National Guard Inspection.


Maj.-Gcnoral Dickinson has issued |
orders for the inspection OF all the ma
tionnl guard of California in the near
future. The naval militia s also to |
he Inspected and both branches of the
service placed in readiness for any |
emergency.
Mrs. william Jordan committed sui
eide by hanging at Missoula, Mont, |
Thursday. Before committing the rash
act she had long interview with a
Christian Scientist concerning the
sickness with which she had been af-
ficted for several months.
II It now almost n certainty that
Grand county, Colo. is to have "a sugar
factory. A big meeting In thei interest
of the same was held at Grand juno
ton Thursday, and the enthusiasm
manifest was such as Is usually at
tended with success in the launching
of any new project
Three old-time miners of Montana
were killed in that state Thursday.
While timbering n shaft in placer
mine at Trinity Gulch Robert l.. Wat
son met his death Emanuel Redding
was killed by cave In the King Solo
mon near Clancy. while Olof Hoagman
was crushed to death in the mill Of the
Elkhorn mine at Elkhorn.
Pasadena, Cal. has a murderous
club wleder. who is terrorlzlng the
town and rendering It unsafe to walk
! the streets at night. No one knows
| who the man is or what his intentions
are. He jumps from behind hedges
| and fences, sneaks up on his victims
| from behind and deals stunning blows
| with his club. His object is not rob
| berry.
Assistant Prof. C. w. Woodwork of
the department of entomology at the
California state universityis preparing
complete list OF all the California In
sects. No state has before essayed the
task of collecting a complete list ex-
cept New Jersey, where over 5000
species OF insects were classified. Prof.
Woodwork believes that CALIFORNIA;
list will far exceed In numbers that OF
New Jersey.
At Grand Junction, Colo. Ed Young
was placed on trial Thursday ON the
charge of assault with intent to com
init murder. 1t being alleged that he
attempted to kill Sheriff j. ID. Reeder
last April, when the latter arrested him
for cattle stealing. The defendant is
n brother-in-law of Sheriff Wilson of
Grand county, Utah. and his attorneys
in the case are Henry w. Ross of
Grand Junction and l.. Il. Rhodes Of
Salt Lake.
Nathan Fedmap. who committed sui
eide in San Francisco on Wednesday,
has wealthy relatives in England, is
now doubted. 1t has been learned that
In 1896 Feldman was doing song and
dance act at the Bella Union theater
San Francisco. and at that time gained
considerable notoriety by falsely rep
resenting himself to be the eldest sol
of Sir Robert Peel.
Seven years ago William Rodgers.
convict serving thirty years sentence
in the penitentiary at San Quentin
Cal, was told by Lieutenant McLear
of the force of guards to stop talking
and attend to his work. The prisone
I replied: IN not talk any more. HI
kept his word until Thursday, when h
a was informed that Mclean had left tn
prison. Then Rodgers broke his sill
I ence of seven years by remarking tina
= his vow was off. He now CONVERSE
freely with his fellow-convicts.
!. In referring to the exclusion from
. California of foreign insurance com
pany, the San Francisco Examine
SAYS: ut is called the 'Madgeburg o
New York but Commissioner Cluni
= says: ut is called the 'Magdeburg o
a Prussia, and while on the face of hi
opinion gives legal reasons for refus
' ing the company q certificate to d
business. 1t is apparent his object |
% retaliation on the Prussian government
- for declining to permit an America
company to do business in their coun
|
= government towards California fruits.
Thursday night detectives at Sa
!, Francisco arrested Frank NJ. Simpson
II who is wanted at Marshheld. Oregon
on charges of embeZZlement arson an
: classifying accounts. At first he de
MED his identity, saying his name wa
Frank Smith. but later admitted tina
he was the man wanted. He says h
was in the employ of the Coos Ba,
Roseburg and Eastern Railroad an
Navigation company for three year!
a as agent at Marshiield. He claims
he innocent OF the charges against hii
s and says he was only waiting in Sa
3, Francisco for money from his folk,
who reside in San Diego, to enable hir
to return to Oregon.
e A dispatch from San Francisco say
u the McCloud River railroad is to be eS
e tended this year. This railroad d
- present starts from Upton, a station o
the Southern Pacific, two miles mort
W of Sisson, and runs ina southeastern
= direction 90 miles to a station calle
c McCloud. 1t climbes over the souther
d. spur of Mount Shasta. The intentio
IL to extend II to the town OF Alturai
"A in Modoc county, n distance of
~ miles When Alturas is reached It
10 not improbable that n connection wi
county. with the Nevada, Californi
(. and oregon railroad. which runs mort
lie from Reno. In that event II woul
-. form a cutoff line for business be
tween Oregon and Nevada
n Herman Leihes, founder OF the gres
;, fur house of Fl. I.iebes & Gothic Mort
II American Commercial company an
= the Alaska Exploration company. Sa
Francisco. died In London, Enelan,
- last Monday evening. mt the home {
his cousin. solomon Leibes, with whol
the deceased had made his home 70
the past three years while In Englnn,
|, The sad intelligence was conveyed I
his relatives and business associate
by cable Tuesday morning, and tn
doors OF his large establishment wer
closed Herman Lolbes was born 4
Rawlcz. Prussia. In 1912, and was 9
years and II months OF age. He ar
rived In New York In 1862 worked a
trade as furrler for some time
. and there met Charles j. Behlow
working in the same shop The tw
became friends and formed n partner
ihlp which has continued since. TIL
two ambitious Young men conceive,
the idea that California offered bette
opportunities for them and they starte'
for the Golden state, arriving In Sai
Francisco October G. 1864.
Oldest Postmstress in Britain.