Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-22
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in Neghboriny
States and Territories,
ALARMING REPORTS FROM LAKE BENNETT


A descrter from the Eighth infantry
sentenced to live years Imprisonment
Mt Fort I.eavenworth. escaped from
tho guard house at Fort Russell, WyO.,
Thursday. and has not vet been re-
captured.
In the event OF the entire state
forces being called out by the govern
mcnt. Governor Budd of California. by
virtue of his office as communicable
chief of the national guard, will take
the Acid In pcrron at the head of the
troops.
Dick Carr, supposed member of
the Robbers Roust gang horse
thief ana an eX-convict, held up Dep
uty sheriff j. q, dutlin on sweetwatcr,
Wyc., a few days ago, while the Office,
had him under arrest. He made his
escape by holding the officer ut bay
and driving on
Reports Of n most alarming charac-
ter, relative to the condition of Ice on
Lake Bennett. have reached Skaguay.
the spring thaw at a period so prema-
turc are such as to make the loss of
much property, and possibly many
lives, almost n certainty. The ice has
already begun to break up.
Tuesday last Constable j. Il. Smith
of Arbuc!sle, Colusa county. Cal. shot
and killed Il. II. Campbell in the
country, iive miles from ukiah. Smith
had II warrant for the arrest Of Camp
hell ON a charge of seduoing Smiths
daughter. The constable declares that
he I. cd 20 ni,i'e the arrest and vi en-
Campbell resisted he fiyed and killed
him.
Anxiety is felt at Seattle. WASH,
fnp N.GGalg N which are
long overdue and one which left the
Sound early in March. The outbound
vessel Is the bark Forest Queen, which
lefs there March 9Th for San Pedro
California, laden with lumber. She
has never been heard from since ana
hope OF ever seeing her or her crew
again is about abandoned. The list
Of her crew Is as follows. j. w. Bas-
ley, master. San Francisco; II. AL
berts, first mate, San Francisco; c.
A. Bell, second mate, Tacoma; c. Suz-
Xxi. cook. Tacoma; c, Jansen. Victor
Baden, A. Baertsen, c. o. Anderson
Harvey Anderson. seamen, all OF San
Francisco. The overdue vessels are
the Chilean ship Lake Lemon, 2ba
days from Guayaquil and the Peru
Wan bark Santa Rosa. go days from
Payta, Peru.
I'VE are prepared today to capture OF
destroy any force that Spain could
possIbly send against the Pacific
Coast" said Rear Admiral Kirkland
of the Mare Island navy yard, Cal
"In the first place, the Spanish gov
ernment has no vessels In the Pacific
waters nearer than the Philippines
We have greater force there thar
Spain, and can easily take care OF the
opposing fleet. The next possibility
lies in sending a fleet through the
straits of Magellan Even " SPAR
had the ships they would he practically
unsless after they got into the Pacific
through lack OF coal. We have two
monitors, the Monadnook and tbs
Monterey, that are more than a mater
for any vessel in the Spanish navy
BESIDES these two we have the Ben
nington and Mohicen, which are nov
en- route from the Hawaiian Islands
The Charleston will be In commission
by May LIST. and II 1t were necessary
We could have the Yorktown anc
Philadelphia In fighting trim by the
LIST OF June. What rely upon largely
tC complete our coast defenses are tht
ten vessels recently acquired. Another
valuable adjunct to our Pacific coast
dsfense IL the three torpedo boat'
now nearing completion In the Sound
This number can he increased materi'
ally. IL the necessity presents. since
each requires only sixty days for build
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