Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-18
A Record Of Occurrences in Neighborng
States and Territories.
LEFT HER BABY AS A DEPOSIT,
Society Frozen to Death A Million
from klondiIc.

for two weeks under treatment for
nervous trouble.
The demented man who was found
near Pocatello. Ida. Sunday, has been
Identified as N. Il. Haskins OF Mont
rose, Colo. He Is on his way to visit
his daughter. Mrs. Maggie Brace, in
Portland, oregon.
The body of Fred a. Parish was dis.
covered in room In the Phoenix lodg-
ing house, Los Angeles, Cal, Saturday
morning. Parish had plugged all the
cracks in the room and turned on the
gas Friday night He was Il Jockey,
81 years of age and apparently well
supplied with funds. His parents re-.
side at Stewartvilie, Mo.
The steamer Corona arrived at Vic
toria, Monday. with thirty men from
Dawson, who brought out close upon
one million dollars. They confirm the
report of the finding of the quartz
lead on Bonanza creek, but not that
of the mother lode. +. j. Livingston
was lost for eight days, having lost
the trail. All the new creeks are turn
ing out well. There is no starvation.
Daniel Mullen was frozen to death on
n range eighteen miles from Leadville,
Colo, early Sunday morning. He with
man named Loquar. PAD McQueeny
and Pat McGlenn. while on n spree.
away and were overtaken by n severe
storm. Mullen was frozen to death,
while Loquar Is now in a bad condi-
ton. The other men had an expert
ence which they will not forget in n
hurry.
Some of the best society people Of
San Francisco are busy making his
tory. War Is waging-war that has
been imminent for months. On one
oil nj
bury, manager of the Friday Fort
nightly, and her friends, and on the
other with their friends are Miss Marie
Wells, Miss Charlotte Ellinwood, Miss
Ethel Keeney and Miss Leontinc
Brakeman. four of the most interest
ing buds who have ever made their
debut in San Francisco.
Adel Carr, the 10-year-old daughter
of Thomas Carr of Oakland, Cal. who
was visiting her grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Carr at PENIS Grove. near
Petaluma, found n powder flask con-
tanning half n pound of powder Satur-
day afternoon. She threw the flask
into the fire. The explosion blew the
stove to pieces. broke the windows in
the house and set fire to the clothing
of the child. The little one ran to the
barn where her grandparents extin-
guished the flames, being severely
burned themselves. The child's inju-
ries may prove fatal.
j. ]. Hull, n San Francisco wood en-
graver who disappeared suddenly from
his home in Berkeley, Cal. six months
ago, has been located in Portland or.
Word was brought from the north by
n drummer that the missing man was
well and prospecting but that he did
not want his whereabouts known to
anybody. The missing engraver is said
to be In hiding for the reason that he
engaged himself to n woman of whom
he has since grown tired. As his rela-
than face her fury when the result of
his later decision became known.
A hatless and speechless individual
Is terrorizing the town Of Haywards.
Cal. T. C. Armstrong was sitting alone
in his home Friday night, when some
one thumped at the front door, de-
handing admittance. Armstrong
opened the door and n barebeaded man
" wild appearance entered and took a
seat. He could make no explanations
and Armstrong threw 10 out. The
man then went to Joe McKeever's sta
bles and demanded admittance again
He was persistent, and tried front and
back doors until a bulldog was turned
lose upon him. 1t is thought that the
man is insane.
While the Cabinet saloon. Prescott,
Ariz., was crowded with hundreds of
people, Mrs. Bell, the wife of 1t mining
man, entered with a babe in her arms.
and, placing it on the bar, left with
this farewell: 1.-The father of this
child deserted me and this babe. caring
more for whisky than either of us.
wish to tender now his child. so that
his appetite may be gratified to the ex-
tent Of the deposit" Their was a wild
rush for the youngster seventy Ave
men coming forward to ask for the
waif. The probate judge was called
on to settle the controversy. and has
taken charge of the child.
Mrs. Katie Wyatt OF San Diego, Cal.
n cousin of Mrs. l.. II. Smart, known
in the literary world as Helen Garden
err. Is one of the twenty-eight persons
In various parts of the country who
Giles Bushnell. The latter. who was n
prosperous merchant in New York.
died thirty-six years ago. leaving an
estate of several million dollars. BY
the terms of his will large portion of
the estate was left to twenty
eight residuary legatees after the death
of the testator's three brothers. These
are now dead and the estate is being
closed up Mrs. wyatt's share is en-
timated to be between 100000 and
100000.
As freight train 81. bound for Sacra-
mento. rolled into Suisun depot Satur-
day morning about Q o'clock, an ac-
cident occurred which resulted in the
instant death of Ed Soland. head
brakeman. There were six cars to be
sidetracked at Suisun. and Soland who
was riding on the gangway of the loco
motive. either fell from the engine or
missed his footing in trying to alight.
The train was moving slowly at the
time, and the engineer hearing the fall
applied the air brakes and stopped the
train. He went back n short distance
and found that Soland was dead, his
head being frightfully crushed. So
land was about 30 years of age and was
an old employee of the company. He
resided in Oakland.
Boxing is to be revived In San Fran
cisco during the month of February.
The board of supervisors has granted
the Empire club permit for boxing
show some time during next month.
Applications from several other clubs
for permits Were before the board, but
all were rejected. The Empire club
will bring OFF a twenty-rccnd go be-
tween Joe Choynski and Tut Ryan. the
Australian. The preliminary will be
between Tom Lansing and Henry
Baker. The managers of the clubs
which have been left out in the cold
are somewhat at a loss to understand
why their applications should have
been rejected and the Empire club
favored. The Occidental club made
application for n twenty-round contest
between Peter jackson and Peter Ma