Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-08
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
STRONGLY foTlFNNe SAN FRANCISCO.
Judge McGuire Holds Court ut Dawson
saved from the FLAMES Electricity
Killed Him Isceiianeous.

The trial of Lois Palmer for the muir
der OF Joseph Donors last December,
has been completed at Evanston, Wyo,,
Palmer having been convicted OF man
slaughter Thursday.
j. u. Taylors house near Meridian,
Ida, was the scene of a disastrous fire
Thursday evening. The house was oc-
cupied by Oliver Newton. whose wife
saved her children from the flames at
the risk of her own life,
A dispatch from Santa Cruz, Cal,
says the Comtesse de Sterling died to-
day (Frday). She was Il native of
England aged 81, ana was widow OF
j. A. Short, who was British consul
at Corsica for 10 years. Her Hrst hus-
band was Commander Henry Trefreey
Fox of the British navy.
The superior court of California has
decred that Albert Frederick George
Verenesenec kockhoff, better known as
Albert Hoff, shall be hanged for the
murder of Mrs. Mary 4. Clute. The
death sentence was imposed Tuesday
by Judge Carroll Cook and Friday,
June 10th, was fixed as the date of eN-
ecution.
The schooner Hattie /. Phillips. the
Gloucester fishing boat which recently
went to San Francisco from the ATTAIN
tic, will be at once fitted up to go to
st. Michael. The Klondikers who make
up her party will take with them river
boat. to which they will transfer their
outfits at st. Michael. They will then
sell the schooner.
Lorenzo Pierucini, an Italian gar
dener. was instantly killed near Brigh-
ton, Cal, Tuesday morning In very
peculiar manner. y smokestack on
a building standing near the electric
from Folsom fell across the wires, and
the Italian, in attempting to remedy
the mishap. grasped the powerfully
charged wire and instantly fell to the
ground corpse. He leaves widow
and two children in Italy.
Two japanese visited A. II. Gefreney.
an inspector of the United states I'M
migration bureau,at Immigration Com
missioner North's office in the Ap-
praiser's building. San Francisco last
Thursday, and told him that his life
would be in danger II he continued to
interfere with the landing of japanese
Mt that port. Geffeney is the Japan
| ese Interpreter for the bureau, ana the
Japanese blamed him for the detention
and deportation of their countryrneh'
j, G. Courtney and ID. A. Campbell OF
Seattle, Wash. arrived there IRON
| Dawson City Thursday evening on .he
steamer Victorian. They lett l'aW-
son March 4th and made the trip VI
| twenty-five days. They report that
| Judge Mcclure had reached Dawson
| and had opened court. I'D LORD the
| man who stole 10000 from saloon
last fan was sentenced 10 nv" years az
| hard labor shooting scrape is re-
| norted to have occurred at skaSuay
he day the Victorian left. No par
ticulars were obtainable. The VIC
torIan brought $50, 900 in gold from the
| Treadwell mine as far as PORT loWh'
| send from where 1t will be shipped u
San Francisco.
The report OF the brand inspector, Of
| wyoming. located ut South Omaha
shows that there was a large increase
in the shipments from Wyoming OF cat
| tie between the list of April. 1897, ant
the 3lst of March, 1898. For the tor' ne
| year there were shipped 16.sl2; Tor th'
wear 1897, Ill Az. an increase of 34,63S-
| nearly 80 l-3 per cent increase. rms
| explains the reason OF the present higi
cattle and feeders in Wyoming. I'M
| brand inspector at Omaha seized e,os
estrays, the sale from which welded
| slO5. O20.14; from estrays sold at othel
places, SS1, Sii.06: total. slS6.Oi.2O o
which there were paid to members 10
strays slS22se.S3
Laramie Boomerang: 1t is believed
that the Cheyenne and Northern rail
road extending from Cheyenne 10
miles north to Grin Junction, is to d.
speedily transferred from the control o
the Denver and Gulf system to that
the Union Pacific. Manager Genera
Dickinson, Chief engineer Berry, Su
perintendent King of the Union Pacific
and Superintendent Rasback of tn
Cheyenne and Northern went over tn
line yesterday on n trip of inspection
Before starting Mr. Dickinson said tn
trip was taken with the purpose OF as
certaining the physical condition of tn
line, and that the Union Pacific com
pany would soon take control. He in
timated that the present train service
would be cut down and made tri-week
~. A move of this nature would NEE
with much opposition from the peopl
living along the line of the road IL
Laramie county.
New lines OF interior defense ar
now being built fer the Fertilization
of San Francisco. The army will b.
prepared to fight at the heads with III
powerful Pinch batteries ut For
ycint aud Fort Baker on Lime Point
|. through any chance of war On" q
more hostile ironolads should manag
to pass the outer line of works the hr
of the interior batteries of Alcatraz
Angel Island and Gravely bea ,,
would resist the further advance OF IN
enemy. Major Houer. who is IL
charge of the torpedo station on Goa
Island, and placed in position electrical
apparatus for submarine mines. Shor
connections or torpedo easements nav
been established and the mines ca
therefore be planted in the harbo
whenever the hour OF danger arrives
CAPTAIN Birkhimer's battery l., of tn
Third artillery, now stationed at Lin
Point has vacated the quarters belong
ing to the engineers and sought sheite
in tents. The wooden quarters are use
enr the working parties. a regula
camp has been established and tn
work of adding strength to the interio
line of work is going ahead with NOR