Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-14
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
NEW RECORD OF TARGET SHOOTING.
Suspected of Hobbery-Dying from
Bnrns-At Deaths Door.

Reports from southwestern Colorado
allege that the Indians are swarining
that section, killing game in large
quantities.
At Leadvilie, Col. Saturday night.
Frank Russ was beaten on the head
by two Austrains and fatally injured.
Russ is said to be dying.
BY drilling into missed shot in the
Vindicator mine at Cripple Greek Sat
urday night, George Fleming a mar
ried man, aged 40, was instantly
killed.
j. w. joiner was garroted Sunday
evening on the waterfront, Seattle.
Wash, and robbed of $3.50 The thugs
We're two In number and one of them
wore a mask,
Thomas Hanes. white and Charley
Ross, half-breed, were taken To North
Yakima Saturday from Fort Slmcoe,
Wash, to escape lynohing at the Lands
of Indians on the reservation. They
killed Watoose Benson.
II. C. Bollony was shot and Killed in
Seattle, Wash. by Andrew Amen, who
afterward shot himself. The two men
were partners in a livery stable, and had
a disagreement over business matters.
Both men formerly lived Ia Schuyler,
Neh.
Richard Powers n member of the
Trinidad, Colo, Rifle club. at the regu-
lar weekly shoot of the club broke the
worlds record for target shooting OFF
hand, 200 yards distance. Powers made
a score of 96 out Of possible 100. the
worlds record being e5, held by some
man in the East
Mrs. James Flannery IL dying at her
home, 1867 Campbell street, Oakland
ha off uf f.f
frightful burns received early Thurs
day morning She lay on the floor
hours after being burned. and lack of
prompt medical attention added ma
terlally to the seriousness of her con-
dition.
George p Emmerton, a passenger
on the City of Puebla which arrived
at Seattle Wash, Sunday morning
from san Francisco reported to police
headquarters Sunday night that he had
been robbed of S240. He placed the
money under his pillow Saturday nieht
John G. Nolan, waiter on the
steamer has been arrested on sus-
Diclon.
The schooner Orient which reached
San Francisco Sunday from Willapa
Bay. brings word of the schooners
Antelope. Geneva and Agar, all bound
for that port. She spoke to them all on
y
are both sealers and are coming in with
the result of their seasons work. The
Geneva reported that she had 300 seal
skins in her hold. The Algar's catch is
reported as 115 skins.
Yit Sing, a Chinese girl, was MUIR
dered at her house at the corner of
Bartlett alley and Pacific street, Sar
Francisco, this (Monday) morning
shortly before / O'Clock by Charles
Chinese
disguised himself as negro, and when
she opened the door In answer to his
knock, he stabbed her to death with n
l2-inch highblnder's knife. He made
his escape but later surrendered himself
to the police.
One million six hundred thousand
gallons of wine were transferred to the
Winemakers' corporation at Santa
Rosa, Cal, Thursday. Those dispos-
ing of the wine are the Itaiian-Swiss
colony, red wine, $4,000 gallons; Swiss
colony, dry white wines, $50 900 gal
Ions; Miller & Hotchkiss, dry red, 49,
900; dry white. $4,000; II. Il. Chase.
27o,O 900 red, 10000 white; f. A. Reiners.
co. 900 dry red, 10000 white: ,'loverdale
Wine company, $4,000 dry red, 5000
white.
William II. Clements of 1914 Adeline
street, Oakland, Cal, who Is employed
set upon by toughs at San Pablo
avenue and Adeline street at 8 o'clock
Friday night and beaten in n fright
full manner. Clements declares that
his assailants were bent upon murder.
and his wounds seem to bear out that
theory. He was found lying PROSTATE
in the street by Paul Carroll, a clerk in
the employee of Louis Scheeline. n hat
ter. and was taken to the receiving
hospital after help had been sum-
moned
George b. Speary Of Stockton, Cal,
manager of the big Touring mills which
bear his name. and president of the
company which operate them, lies near
20 death at ranch house not far
from Olema, Marin county. the victim
of an inexplicabie hunting accident.
His left kneecap was shattered Friday
afternoon by charge from his own
gun while he was out quail shooting
on the Country Clubs reserve He lay
for hours while his companion rode
madly for help. The location and char
actre of the wound and the long delay
Of attendance, combine to make his
condition exceedingly precarious.
A map is being made in the surveyor
generals office. says the Boise. Ida
Statesman. that Will be presented
by Senator Shoup together With other
Information relative to Boise barracks.
The map shows the outline OF the
states of Idaho, Oregon and Washing
ton with the railroads, principal cities
and Indian reservations. The Una
tilla, Fort Hall. Lemhi and Duck Val
ley reservations are shown to be i'm
mediate tributary to the barracks
here and more easily accessible than
any other point where the army IL or
may be stationed. This Information is
to be presented to the department In
an appeal to be made for an enlarge
ment of the post here.