Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-27

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The North Pacific Lumber company
has chartered the steam schooners
Pasadena, Alcatraz ana Alcazar and
within the next two weeks will place
them on the route between Portland
Ore, and Alaska.
Idaho Is making great preparations
to be much in evidence at the Omaha
exposition. She has appointed com
mission TO prepare for "A state display
and will not cease until success in the
undertaking is fully assured.
Thomas Gallery was shot and NOR
tally wounded by Joseph Byrnes In the
formers saloon at Fracy, Cal. early
this Thursday morning. Five shots
were fired, three taking effect, one in
either arm and one below the heart.
Word has been received at Cheyenne.
Wyo., from Washington that the com
mittee on agriculture reported favor
ably Senator Warren's amendments
for establishing division of irrigation
in the agricultural department. The
same amendment has already been APP
proved by the Senate committee on
irrigation.
Particulars reached Los Angeles. Cal,
Monday afternoon of the killing Of j.
w. Hilton, an old rancher OF Las Nir-
gines district, Saturday. by two of his
neighbors named Harris and Caldwell.
Hilton objected TO his neighbors using
a road across his land, and the two
men say he threatened to shoot them
II they dared trespass. To protect
themselves. they allege, they We're COM
PEELED to fire first.
The miners in the northern coal dis
trict of Colorado who have been on
strike for a couple of weeks will re-
sumo work today Thursday and de-
pend on the state board of arbitration
to settle the difficulties existing be-
tween the miners and mine operators.
The operators and men both agreed
to abide by the decision of the arbi-
tration board, which will be rendered
as soon as the investigation is COM
pleted
The Rev. C. o. Brown has tele-
graphed his resignation to his church
at San Francisco. At a meeting of
the trustees Wednesday night action
was deferred until next "Wednesday
when 1t is expected that the Rev. Mr..
Brown will have returned to Chicago.
The trustees were unanimous in the
decision that the resignation should
not be accepted, as they feel that he
is a competent man, and the charges
are unworthy of their notice.
The body of Frank Bernstein was
found in his cabin at Calabasa, near
Santa Cruz, Cal, Monday. He is sup
posed to have died of starvation. The
condition of his body shows that life
had been extinct several days. Bern
stein was considered mentally de-
ranged. Recently he began studying
theosophy, and believed he had solved
the problem of living without food. In
the cabin there was not bit or food.
bernstein was q Swede, As years old.
He owned fifteen acres OF land, which
he never cultivated.
A sensational affidavit was filed in
the supreme court of Montana Wednes-
day, by County Attorney Stapleton of
Butte, who commenced mandatory pro-
ceedings against w. w. Wilson. steno-
grapher of Judge Clancey's court, to
compel him to prepare a transcript in
the Moody murder case. In the affi-
dnvit Mr.. Stapleton charges Judge
Clancy with intimidating and prevent
ing Wilson from getting out the trans
cript, so that the state could not appeal
the case within the statutory time.
Monday, on the morning of the Gold
en- jubilee, Charles +. Reed, who mined
In the streets of Auburn, Cal, in May.
lSi9, passed away at the age of 70. Mr..
Reed was one of the pioneers who
in mining in 1870, and the early fifties,
he located at knights Landing. Yolo
county, and gave his attention to wheat
growing. For years he was known as
the wheat king OF California. He lost
fortunes as easy as he made them. and
he quit the wheat business after losing
cool million in the great wheat deal
OF 1856.
The steamer Humboldt has been
chartered for the Alaskan trade by
John A, McGee Jr. at stipulated
t,l 10 n mi
months This is the highest rate ever
paid for n vessel on the Pacific coast.
The Humboldt is practically a new
boat and during her short term OF SER
vice between San Francisco and coast
ports has become a favorite with the
general public. Her original cost was
100000 During the term of the char
ter Mr.. Kalish will receive from the
charterers sums aggregating what 1t
cost to put her afloat.
John Croder died Monday from a
hunting accident. He was shooting
rabbits at San Pedro Cal, sunday with
n friend. Dick Burfiend. While return
ing the latter dropped his shotgun In
an endeavor to save himself from u
fall and the gun was discharged, the
load entering Croder's leg above the
knee. Burfiend tried to stanch the
stream of blood and finally secured a
cart and conveyed the wounded man
to George Larkin's residence, 511 b
Castro street. Physicians We're sum
moned, but owing to the great loss of
blood were unable to save him. He
died Monday morning.
1t has been determined that James
A. Joyce was not struck down by an
unknown assailpnt at Oakland, Cal,
Sunday night. but that his skull was
fractured by falling on the stone pave
ment. Charles Gard, after being held
by the police for several hours pending
an investigation, was released Monday
morning. Joyce is stlll in "a precarious
condition and 1t viii be u week before
anything definite as to the outcome OF
his injuries can be told. He was un-
conscious Monday morning and posi-
lively declared that Gard did not strike
him and IL was upon that statemen,
that the police gave UP their prisoner.
A special to the Denver Republican
from Pocatello, Ida, sage the past two
days have ben the coolest in that sec
tion for many years. The thermome-
ter Wednesday night registered 10 be-
low. At Bancroft 1t was IL below and
nj Market Lake "a below. 1t has been
Intensely cold for several weeks and
the snow all over southeastern Idaho
is from six to fifteen inches deep. All
stuckmen have been compelled to feed
for several weeks past and are becom-
ing alarmed at the threatening short
age of hay. The sheepmea have had
10 drive their fiocks from the great
burns Of central Idaho and begin to
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