Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-21
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN R. R.



Mr. and Mrs. J. W Kinder. former
r,-identa OF Boise. Idn.. have been con-
victod at Butte. Mont, for receiving
stolen property
A hard hght against oXtradlton Is
b,Iur made at Butte, M1ut, hy Mfh
Bnrnh n. lnlicy VI Denver charged
with selling mortEugod property ana
defraudlnR number u creditors
Hon. webster Davis, assistant acc-
retnfy 81 the interior. delivered one.
n not the very best speeches w Evans
ton Thursday nlrhtcvur rendered there
o. probably the largest audience ever
assembled In tho Evanston opera
hluHc.
The British steamer Waterloo, which
wln eail today. Friday Tor London has
ON board oue ~ ihD hrgllt Cafg0ra
salmon and fruit thG has luft San
Francisco Tor many months. She WI
take away aNGli cases ~ rllmlu ana
"a go cHalr ~ clnu.d iialt The car
~ ~ valued at i3ai.o00.
The Fifty.nrst Iowa regiment won a
great victory Thursday though not "a
drop OF blood was shed. iiy Hcur"
u to o. the picked eleven from The
rank Of the volunteers defeated Leland
stanford University team. the crack
football players on tho university
campus. and Tor the first time In Dix
years the college men were beaten on
their own ground.
Five people. residents of iiutte.M1nt..
were Killed Thuruday. one. John Rnlcy,
| meeting hlu death at Crete. Ncb.. By
being run over by train. Mrs.
Christina Andrews. a divorced woman,
/ shot herself fatally because John Nc
trud refused 90 marry her. Andrew
Ritchor. a miner, was crushed o. death
in Stewart mine. Emil flunkuy aud
Herman Kcokkic were killed IN the
otlac1 mine.
In tho case Of Diamondnold Jack. the
Idaho state board u pard1nA, has re-
/ qucuted tho governor OF the state 60
issue q rrpricyc. The board sets forth
/ iin reasons at length. Al the evidence
/ In support " the claim that the Sheep
/ hcrdora were killed by an0thcr.an that
/ Davis had nothing 60 do with the kill
/ Ink u summarized and the board asks
/ an who may be- interested IN the case
or who can shed any lght on Il 20 APP
pear or communicate with the board
| BY letter.
| Gencrai Mefrllm has ordered the fol.
] loving officers and men % proceed 10
| thc Phlllpplrca on The transport In
| diana which VIII util in about a week
CaNuol Funs,gu, Majors Frank ".
| whitman ana WllhDr Il MOtCliG Sur.
I Eeln John Hnficr. Assistant Surgeon
| Henry -. Smith, Adiuitut Ornerll
Charles u, Walkcr, QutriernaHtrr wal
| ton -. HUI. Chaplain John q. fchro-
man, trEImnui1l u1n-cuWm'ut luel
stan aud band aud Companies g. ~. y.
| q, ", !, X and NJ, TWruiiuih Kansas
! NH
she hoHpltal corra, making a total of "a
! Officers and 100 ENLISTED men.
Goncfal Merriam has approved The
| iohoNtnE court martial sentences. First
hefEcaM WAlam g. rruli Company ~.
iiri New York. regiment. q be- re-
! ducc1 90 che ranks and 10 forfeit 10
days pay Tor dHHhc1lcnco % orders
ana using abusive language. Private
Harry J. Dcu;schben, COmpaw A..
.me regiment, o. be- confined 81 htri
! lailur uricr SlrEc - tho plFt guard
VI Honolulu Tor or. mtsth ami 70 for.
I ftH $40, for dIrHhrdisnce OF orders
arl using obscene language; Private
John Albert, Company 4. nime reE.-
meir,, 10 be combined a hard labor I'M
der a post guard az Honolulu for thirty
days for dlsobedence % orders.
During the trial trip of tho torpedo
boat Davis Thursday an explosion oc-
Cured In one ~ tho boilers, Seven
men In the boiler room were Hcalded
20 badly that they died from their IN
juricH, The accident occurred In tho
Columbia river about twenty milea
above Astoria, while the boat was on
her trial run. The nature % the exc
ploslon has not yet been made known,
ns an examination m the boilers will
be required 20 determine exactly what
portion Of the boiler burst. one 90 the
men on tho Davis said; 1T o. imuus-
.lhle 20 tell whether the tubes in the
roller or q agnm pipe burst An We
know IN that an explosion occurred.
The boiler room was flled with boiling
water ana steam and the mon Ia the
room was scalded 10 death" Tho
Davis carried forty men an told. She
was one % two torpedo boats recently
built by Wolff q Sowftkor az Portland,
ana was soon 20 have gone into com.
miss lon. At the time 0f the acoidon,
me boat was IN charge Of tho OfiClnl
flal board. The officers declined a.
make any statement as 20 the cause ol
the accident The best theory obtain
able N that some NJ the tubes IN IN.
forward boiler exploded, owing 90 d
arrangement ~ the automatic water
sauge which permitted tho water q
get too low. Excepting for tho hnyO,
naturally wrought In the IRE room, IN,
boat Is uninJurcd. the hull and engine
being In perfect condition. Tho Davis
left M the river for the ahlpyard 10,
nlght In tow OF the tug Harvest
queen.
The San Frauclscn Chronicle thll
morning states that robert Watt, vice
president Of tho San Francisco and alt
Joaquin Valley railroad, admits tina
Ne placing II 1900 M more shares of
,he o1mpany's stock IN escrow virtual
~ means that tho Santa 10 railroad q
70 be extended % that city. In an In
tervlew AFR, Watt aall; THE stock haI
been placed ia encrlW
with the Union Trust COM
pany una an option given, all for thl
purpose of enabling tho santa Re 20 ge
INTO san Franclaup. Tho newapapeu
nave made one slight error Tho ppuoI
oi the shock now Ia tho possession 81
the Union Trustcompany has not beer
gwen 90 the santa Fe.howcyer which
amounts 30 practically the same thing
do not care 10 say wh1 holds the oIs