Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-23
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A TRAIN HELD UP IN CALIFORNIA


While walking through railroad
tunnel near Leadville. Colo, Tuesday
william humphrey was caught by n
freight train and had both legs cut on
John Bloor, secretary of the senate
during the last session of the leglslu-
ture in Montana, has been sentenced
to one year in the penitentiaiy for
secreting a certain bill ON the last day
so as to defeat its passage.
The man found drowned in the river
ten miles below Sacramento, Cal. sat
urday is believed to have been Il.
Christensen, receipt for articles pur-
cnhsed being found In the clothing Of
the deceased, and man of that name
used to work on the railroad.
A coroner's jury will penetrate, II
possible, the mystery which surrounds
the death of Chinese named Gee Lee
at Oakland, Cal. and win in proba-
ability bring one or more of the dead
mans former associates to justice. 1t
is suspected that Gee Lee was brought
to his death either by the effects of a
strong opiate or a slow-working poison.
II. II. Craig. retired merchant OF
Rochester, n. ", who mysteriously
disappeared at the Oakland, Cal, fer
ny depot on Monday. was neither alb
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had been feared. He lost sight Of his
daughter, who was with him. aud by
mistake took the boat to Alameda,
which caused him to miss the Los An
geles train.
AT Napa, Cal. George w, Clark has
been found guilty of the murder Of his
brother William \. Clark and on Mon
day he viii receive the sentence. The
the first ballot resulted in a unanimous
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caused by slight disagreements regard
ing the degree of guilt and the penalty
to he fixed. Clark's attorneys propose
to appeal the case.
The gun carriages for a second mortar
battery at the Preside, commanding
the entrance to San Francisco harbor,
have arrived. though the guns are still
In transit. The new carriages Will be
placed In position with all possible
speed in order to have them ready for
mounting the guns on arrival. This
battery occupies the highest point at
the Preside. The first mortar battery
was placed and completed about two
years ago.
4 dispatch from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
under date of Monday says that w.
II. Schnitger, administrator Of the es-
tate of the late Andrew Gilchrlst. this
morning sold the Gilchrist ranch. con-
SlStlnE OF lEtuuv 3lcTeS OF IuteIttl lhili'
IA stone ranchhouse, barns, etc, for
Sl2,s0O to Mrs. GilChrist, widow of the
former owner. There were four bids
for the property, one of them for sll.
500 having been made by Leonard
Sedgwick, a returned Klondiker.
Considerable excitement has been &C.
| casioned at Santa Fe, N. NJ, by the
finding of $4,000 in gold and silver
coin by some men who were repairing
| II. Z. 1
| belonging to family named Rod
| riguez.It is supposed to have beenburied
| years ago by Rodriguez's mother, and
| as there are several heirs claiming Is
| and the finders are endeavoring tc
keep the amount secret. there promises
10 be developed considerable bad blood
| before matters reach a conclusion.
James Thompson and his aged wife
were burned to death In shanty in
which they lived, south of Chinatown
| near Fresno, Cal. at IL O'Clock Tues
day night. The DISCOVERIES broke in
the door and found the woman lying
| just where she had evidently sue
| Cumbed while trying to escape. An at
tempt was made to drag her out, but
the rescuers We're driven back by the
flames The neighbors believe that
| drinking, The fire is supposed &c
have started from the explosion of a
| lamp.
Reports received from the interior
valleys of California, show that severe
| frosts have done irreparable damage tc
| fruit. Apricots and nectarlnes have
| suffered most severely and In many
| places the crop has been ruined. In the
| san Joaquin valley 1t Is declared thai
scarcely any fruit win be gathered, ant
| the outlook for grain is also very
| gloomy, unless there should be abund
! ant warm rains in the near future
| The Santa Clara valley, the center Of
the prune industry, makes the bes
showing, and in that part of the stat,
| fair crops are expected.
The police of San Francisco are busy
| investigating the death OF j. r. Cad
dis, the Baden laborer, who succumbeC
to his Injuries at the Harbor receiving
| hospit |. They started on the theor,
| that he was murdered, and every steI
| they have taken since has but served
to confirm them in that opinion. Som,
new light has been thrown on tbs
movements Of Gaddis prior to the tim,
| he received the fatal injuries and two
| persons, man and woman, are IL
custody at the city prison on the sup
| position that they know more ahou,
| the taking off Of the Boden man thar
they wish to tell. They are Lille Hin
n denlzen of the Barbary Coast, and
Samuel Afford. Il hanger-on in thai
| vicinity.
| Gen. Shafter, commanding the depart
| ment of California, has just made &
| careful examination OF Notifications a
| Fort Point, The 10-inch rifles, l2-lncl
| guns and the mortar batteries, the EN-,
| placements for 5-inch rapid firing guns
were all thoroughly inspected ant
| found to be in perfect condition anC
ready TO withstand the approach OF an,
| foreign war vessel that might attemp
to enter the harbor Speaking of tn,
| garrison, General Shafter said; 9TH,
troops on duty are sufficient to care TO
the high power guns and keep them II
readiness for use, but the force is no
large enough to man the guns In tn,
event OF war Should war come vol
unteers would probably be called int,
service to assist in manning the bat
| teries."
Fred Roy Cromwell. whose name ha
| been included among those Of the los
| crew OF the bark Amy is still mum
! bered among the land OF the living
| He Is, so far as is known. the only on
| of the listed crew who is now alive. Mr.
| Cromwell, whose home Is in Ceda
| Rapids, Iowa, and who is about 20 year
of age, shipped for passage on the Aim!
on the afternoon OF Saturday the dn!
before the fated vessel left her mooring
to go on her voyage of death. Before
the vessel sailed, Cromwell became sat
| istled that she was unseaworthy an,
| therefore remained Mt homo He say