Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-28


land. cowboy, blew his brains out
with 4f-caliber revolver. Drink |
and heavy losses at gambling caused |
1t.
In attempting TO steal ride out Of
Pocatello, Ida, on northbound
freight Sunday evening, Mike Munck.
Sav 30 years OF age. had his right
hand and left foot mangled, necessitat-
ing amputaton.
Bob Works. manager of the Dugan
house. Butte Mont, shot and killed
Ed DAILY in the barroom of the place
at midnight Sunday. The men had
had trouble before and renewed it.
Three shots We're fired.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
Gov. Budd has informed his friends
that in view of the retirement of Sem
| ator White. he will be candidate for
| the United States Senate provided the
next Legislature is Democratic.
The United States assay Office has
| prepared n statement showing the pro-
| duction of mineral in Idaho during
1897. 1t credits that state with 49,
l25,3s3 gold, s7103,32l silver, and A,-
sol ,23l lead, or n total of sl3,729,sS5, an
increase over 1896 of sl,97Soi0.
The entire business portion of Cortez
Col, was destroyed Sunday by a fire.
which originated in Blockmers hotel.
| The loss has not been estimated. but
| IT. Is thought the loss on the buildings
| will be in the neighborhood of 100000.
and the damage to stock will exceed
| that amount.
While cut shooting ducks on the
marshes near San Mfiteo, Cal, j. Will
| bur Langville, young man from Bos-
ton, was shot in the calf OF the right
leg and badly wounded Tuesday,by the
accidental discharge of the gun of his
| companion. Henry woodward. The in
jury is not likely to prove fatal. The
| accident was due to Woodward fall
ing, his gun being discharged as a re-
suit.
The 12-yenr-old son of ]. Z. Paul of
| Eureka, Cal. met with shocking ac-
cident at Bell & Hansons shingle mill
OF Trinidad Thursday. 1t is supposed
| that he became entangled in the shaft.
when found he was lying on the floor
unconscious. one arm was torn from
Its socket. and the other was broken
in two places. Both legs were broken,
and the boy was badly cut about the
face and body. II Is believed he cam
not survive his injuries.
a dispatch from Laredo, Mexico.
says remarkable elopment has just
been frustrated there. Senorita Juani-
ia Beran, daughter of n prominent
citizen. secreted herself in trunk and
arranged with servant to have 1t
shipped to Terreon, where she was to
join her lover. Enrique Serrega. and
the two We're to go to Texas and be
married. Before the trunk reached
Terreon the girl was suffering so ter
riby that she made her presence
-nown. She was released and taken
to a hospital Serrega, her lover, was
arrested and is now in prison.
An original plan for applying for an
office has been adopted by Alonzo
Bradford OF Haywards, Cal. He was
n member OF the Second infantry OF
Iowa in the late war. He served
through the rebellion. On February
10, 1862, he was shot in the knee at the
battle of Fort Donaldson. and he has
forwarded to Washington his petition
to be appointed postmaster there with
an X-ray photograph showing the loca-
ton OF the Confederate bullet, as evil
dence that the wound was received
while facing the foe.
Lorenzo Lapham. superintendent of
the Clause Spreckels building, Sar
Francisco, was caught in the side
walk elevator Thursday afternoon and
almost instantly killed. Lapham in
tended to run the elevator up only q
few feet to take a measurement. When
wrong rope, sending the elevator up
faster than before. The sidewalk
doors We're closed, but not fastened.
and had Lapham remained on the ele-
vator he could have pushed them
open, but he had no time to think. In
his panic he tried to jump from the
ascending platform, was caught be-
tween II and an iron beam supporting
the sidewalk. and his life was crushed
out in moment
The death of Henry Odenkerchen
who was for many years almost n re
cluse in the lonely hills of Altamont
Cal, has revealed story of lost for
.,..I 1axF t.aN, TO
memory. Thirty-five years ago he was
one of the wealthiest inhabitants OF
New Haven, Conn. He was Identified
with the Winchester arms company
having many large contracts with tina,
through shipwreck, which carried to
the bottom cargo of ammunition and
arms in which nc was heavily interest
cd Before going to California his
wife died. Her remains were Inferred
In a New Haven cemetery. AS the city
grew it encompassed her resting place
a short time before his death the
husband refused to accept $4,000 fol-
the plot. He was postmaster and ex-
press agent at Altamont. but his bust
ness ventures In Calliorhla uiu io'
rrove successful.
Tacoma, Wash, was surprised by the
announcement made Thursday that
petroleum springs had been discovered
on an unoccupied tract Of land oppo-
site the exposition building, In the
heart of the residence portion OF the
city. The discovery was made acct
dentally some time ago. Severa
wealthy men. who learned of 1t, sue
ceeded In keeping the matter quiet I'M
til Thursday and In the meantime nave
been negotiating to secure the oil land
George w. Dickinson. formerly genera
manager of the Northern Pacific rail-
way, has closed a deal for the pur'
chase of twenty acres for $4,000. An
other oil tract, adjoining Dieklnson''
purchase, has been leased by the
Washington Cooperative Mining Syn
dicate. composed OF Attorney George
w. Fogg, Charles W. Thompson
Banker l.. ]. Pentlcost, Phoenix Bah
cock, DR.. Cloes and other wealthy Ia
comans. Their lease runs for NIFTY
years, with all mining rights. The oil
does not exude from the surface OF thu
ground, but Is found in considerable
quantities not far below and flows
mixed with water to the water level
where 1t accumulates. Only holes 6
few feet In depth have yet been dug
but experts have been taken over tbs
ground and exhaustive tests made as
to the quality of the oil. These test,
| have haan hiOhly aotisfartory TIL,