Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-21
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
U. S. TROOPS MOVING TO THE FRONT.
Reported killing ON sheep Creek wheat
Is High In California Kicked by a
Colt Miscellaneous Items.

Chief of Police Lees of san Francis
CO Is not now on the bond of Widber
After being locked up In the city
prison Widber made full confession.
Gov. Rogers of Washington has
granted an immediate pardon to Robert
Pierce. who was convicted of mayhem
and sentenced to term of six months
in the Pierce county jail.
Troops d and l, Ninth cavalry, left
Fort Washalsie. Wyo.. Tuesday even
where they were greeted with royal
demonstration. The fort has been left
in command OF Lieut.. seyvert and ten
privates.
A dispatch from Taiia, Alaska. via
Vancouver. says that Major Wood
commanding the Northwest mounted
police. has Informed the American mil
itary authorities that hereafter Amerl
can soldiers in uniform will not be al
lowed to enter British territory.
Manager Murray Of the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company is now at
Boise. Ida, for the purpose of getting
started the building of the long-dis-
lance line to connect with the coast
system, the line connecting at Hunt
ington with that built by the Sunset
company.
The Puget Sound bark Mercury is
now lying on her beam ends at
Skaguay. The steamer May West IL
damned In the ice near Manook. II
her timbers are not damaged she Will
be able to get free in about two months.
The Fawn and Julian. two small steam
vessels. have been blown ashore at
Skaguay.
The trustees of the University Of
wyoming have resolved that any young
man who Is a member of the class of
rs in the university who desires to en-
list in the army or any youtg woman
in that class who wishes to offer her
services In the hospital work should
receive their degree from the univer-
Sity Immediately on enlisting, without
any further college work.
When the train bearing the u. s.
troops en- route from California to
Chickamauga arrived at the Los An
geles depot they were greeted by fully
5000 men, women and children, who
exhausted themselves cheering the
soldier boys. An along the line similar
ovations were rendered them and in
several places bands were at the depot
to receive them.
Boise Statesman: Gov. steunenberg
has returned from his trip into the
went to be present at the meeting at
Moscow of the commission created to
settle the Indebtedness of |. c. Hatta D.
baugh and his bondsmen to the state.
He states the settlement was for S4.400.
which was approximately % per cent
OF the amount due from Mr.. Hatta-
baugh, as treasurer at Latah county,
at the time his bank failed
The tug Fearless arrived at Seattle,
4 Ia
Harbor, Alaska, to which place she
towed the ship Sintram from San
Francisco. The Fearless. on her 1000
mile tow. encountered very rough
weather. When near Dutch Harbor she
dropped her tow and ran in for coal.
Thirteen days elapsed before she picked
up the Sintram again. After coaHng
the Fearless left for San Francisco,
where she Will be fitted up by the gov
eminent for coast defense purposes.
Spot wheat reached the highest price
at Stockton, Cal, Monday In years.
One lot of 1900 sacks brought sl.75 per
GENITAL and the mills are paying $40 to
N.72R for milling wheat The market
closed strong Saturday evening at
sl65. and the sudden bulge Monday was
entirely unexpected. The grain deal
ers Were not very anxious to buy any
large quantities at the ruling prices OF
last WIEN, as lHty nave Dttn
ing a decline. but the advance caused
them to offer better figures.
Special orders have been issued from
army headquarters, San Francisco an
nouncing the following changes: Gen.
Merriam has assumed temporary COM
mand Of the department of California;
DIR. Moseley from Benicia Barracks
during the ABSENCE Of DR.. Candy, will
be surgeon at Fort Mason Captain
Long will be chief quartermaster dur
ing the absence Of Col. Moore: Can
tain Baldwin will be chief commissary
during the absence of Col. Egun. and
Major Field will be adJutant general of
the department during the absence of
Col. Babcock.
1t is reported that fishermen have
been ordered not to drift below Fort
Stevens, Ore. The new forts erected
at Fort Stevens and Scarborough head
are connected with cables, and 1t is
supposed that the mouth of the Column
bia has been mined. as vessels will not
be brought In in future at night. Cap
tain Fiske of the u. S. engineers has
been at Fort Stevens for the past few
days. AS no one is allowed In or near
the fort, and as the light house tender
ManZanila has been buslly engaged
there for some days. the orders to the
fishermen tend TO substantiate the be-
lltl tnat the mouth OF the Columbia Is
now planted with mines.
The Laramie Boomerang says 1t Is
learned that the Western Beef COM
pany, capitalized for $4,000 900 orig
inally, now reduced to 100000, the
largest cattle trust in the United States
has been systematically reducing it's
holdings In Wyoming, Montana, New
Mexico, Texas and the northwest. Not
long since three-quarters Of a million
dollars were distributed among the
eastern stockholders and before that a
much larger sum was similarly divided.
They are OF the opinion that the day
of big cattle holdings Is drawing to an
end and took advantage of the high
prices for stock. The sarie procedure
has been followed during she past year
by the big Torrey- Embar company of
Fremont county, Wyoming.
Sunday evening when the train from
Santa Cruz. Cal. reached the Watson
VILE depot II was discovered that Will
lie Castro, ae u &c, had been run over
by the train. A match game of base
ball between the Pajara Valley Wheel
men and the Dolphlns OF Santa Cruz
had taken place at the latter town. and
young Castro. wSr two others, had
stolen n ride over and back on the
brake beams. When the train slowed
up and the air brakes were let out the
young fellow was thrown on and fell
under the wheels. The rear car ran
over his leg, but he managed to pull
his body from under the train or he
would have been killed His foot was