Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-06
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
THE sHARxeY-JerrRIEs FIGHT TONIGHT,
Daughters Struggle for sutro-Chi-
nose for the Omaha Exposition.

Philias II. Lamoreaux, secretary OF
the Remillard Brick company Oalr-
land, Cal, and a man of some means,
well known in the community, commit
ted suicide at 0 o'clock Tuesday night
by shooting himself through the hend
No reasonable motive can be assigned
for the act. rN.HHft
Two husky spaniards attempted to
haul down two American flags waving
over the re sidence OF w. Fl. Wilcox,
So Golden avenue, Los Angeles, Cal.
choosing an hour when they would
haYd only 4 woman to dad With. The
w,oWan, they encountered had fighting
not to speak of "a monkey wrench
AMI she did them up brown.
The revenue cutters Grant, Rush and
Corwin were painted the regulation
war color Thursday at San Francisco.
Alterations In the tugs Fearless Vigl-
liant and Active nre rapidly progressing
and In few days they VIII be ready to
join the revenue cutters. The United
States steamship Albatposs, late the
fish commissioners steamer, is being
fitted out at the Union Iron Works
The 2l5 Chinese for the Transniissis-
sippi exposition, who arrived In san
Francisco ON the steamship Gaelic.
have BEEN taken to Omaha by Customs
lrspectorJ b. Urquhart of SanF'rancisco.
who will get receipt for them. Thirty
five of these Chinese are women The
COMPANY that brought them for the ex-
position has gwen Il bond to the govern
ment to take all Of the men and women
out of this country within three months
after the, close OF the exposition. ~
Frank V. Salazar, bootblack OF
Oakland, Cal, is a claimant TO 100000
acres of land In the state Of Sonora,
Mex His title, he asserts, is based
upon government patents which were
issued to his paternal grandfather
many years ago. The grant is within
sixty miles of the United States Dor
der, and comprises agricultural. mining
and grazing lands of presumably enor-
NOUS value. Salazar has recently taxi
en- steps to investigate the present
staus of the grant. f,.
Nearly all the companies OF the First
regiment of the California national
guard have been passed by Capt. Car
rlngton, U. s. A.. and the board of
army surgeons, and the regiment as a
whole will probably be mustered In to-
day (Friday). Capt. a. ]. Kelleher and
First Lieut.. Fren w. Dehrma.nn of the
First infantry regiment, who were by
special orders from Washington as
signed to the duties of adjutant and
quartermaster. respectively of the First
regiment OF California volunteers, have
been formally sworn into service by
Capt. Darlington. AS soon as the new
regiment of infantry Is formally or
ganized, Dohrmann will draw upon the
government quartermaster stores for
such equipment as will be necessary 10
completely outfit the twelve companies,
Governor Budd of California has been
warned Of what is alleged to be n plot
| against his life, The story of con-
| spiracy against the governors life came
| from a Southern Pacific railroad brake
man. He said that while the overland
| train was passing Benicia last Friday
| he noticed three Spaniards in close con-
versation in one end of the car. The
| men seemed greatly wrought up over
Governor Budd's activity in organizing
the volunteers to fight Spain and one-oi