Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-07
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in Nelghboring
States and Territories.
SHOT AND KILLED BY AN OFFICER


The United States government has |
made a contract with the Snow ana |
Ice Transportation company of Chi
cago, to transport 100 tons Of supplies |
from Taila to Dawson City by means |
of steam locomotive snow sleds.
At Fort Harrison, near Helena,
Mont, Thursday, Private Alfred KEN
needy Of company g, Second T.. - In,
with his rifle. Kennedy had been
twelve years in the service of the U. s.
army.
| A man, who is unknown 50 far as his
real name is concerned, Is lying at the
morgue at Martinez, Cal, awaiting
| identification. He was shot and Killed
| ut Port Costa Sunday evening at
| about 10 O'Clock by Officer James Scott,
| while resisting arrest.
All the awards thus far made by
| Cant. Brainard, in charge of the gov
| eminent Yukon relief expedition Tor
supplies and provisions to he delivered
by the successful bidder at the head OF
Lynn canal. Alaska have been secured
by Portland merchants.
August Nelson, an old fish peddler,
| was stripped of his clothing by gang
of drunken toughs at Pismo,C cal. Iues-
| day. and while naked they singed MS
| body With burning papers in order to
make him lump. He finally became
| unconscious and may not recover. Or
ficers are now out hunting the guilty
parties
Col. W. A. Thompson, manager OF
the Boston Lyric company, left Denver
Thursday night for New YORK TO ar,
range with Augustus Thomas, the wen
known author, to write the play In
which Col. Thompson is to star j. *.
Murray next season. Before leaving
he signed n contract with MISS cara
Lane as Mr.. Murray's principal sup
port, and also w. II. Clarke, the well
known basso.
J. A. McRae, of Vancouver, B. e,
has Just received a letter from his
brother, Archie McRae. at Dawson
city. in which he states that he refused
$500 for 200 pounds of supplies. flour
will probably be scarce before spring,
but fresh meat is plentiful at 81 per
pound He reports that claims worth
working are selling for $4,000 for twen-
ty square feet. In one day three men
shoveled into the sluice boxes of
claim on Bonanza creek s2o,O0o
The state executive committee of
the Populist party OF Colorado at a
special meeting held at Denver adopt
ed a resolution to the effect that after
advising with the leading Populsts of
the state, they are of the opinion that
the call for IA meeting of the so-called
REORGANIZATION committee to meet In
st. Louis January ~, 1898. and the OBJ
iects thereof, are illegal and absolute
" unnecessary, and they refuse to
recognize said so-called reorganization
committee. The resolution declares the
intention of the executive committee to
use every effort to retain the party in
tact as an independent organization.
After having eluded the police for
more than a week, George Tauchi, the
Japanese accused of the murder of
Mary Castillo, a Spanish woman, was
taken from the house of fellow-coun-
tryman at 1921 OFarrell street, San
Francisco, Tuesday evening, by De-
tectives Gibson and Wren and Police
men l.. C. Clarke and =, A. Peshon.
He Is now booked at the city prison for
murder. He denies that he Intended
to kill the woman. Tauchi was found
by the officers in a little stuffy pantry
barely large enough to accommodate
his body. He was closely wrapped in
a heavy blanket, with a candle at his
head and a pitcher of water by his
side When dragged into the light.
Tauchi. according to Detective Gibson
admitted his identity, and said that he
had killed the Castillo woman because
she had sought the company of other
men.
George ]. Smith, a CONTRACTING
painter well known in the local bust
ness world, San Francisco, committed
suicide early Tuesday morning in his
office, 24O Post street, by shooting him
self through the heart. He left briei
written directions as to the state anc
future conduct of his business. 1t Is
the belief of those who knew Smith
that his suicide was due to increasing
pains with increasing years, resulting
from an injury received nineteen year.
ago In company with George Tread
well, then and ever since warm per
sonal friend, he was in an elevator &C
cident at the establishment of thu
Whittier-F company ut Pine an'
Front streets. The elevator fell fou
floors. The bone of one of Smiths leg
was fractured and splintered, and on
of the splinters was driven through thu
flesh of the leg till 1t skewered hi
trousers and his bootleg together. II
addition to this the concussion was 81
severe as to cause the blood to settl
in the spinal cord, and this is though
to have SO affected him as to have lee
to the suicide.
Mrs. Amelia A. Churchill, a widow
residing at 800 Natoma street. Sai
Francisco, was run down and crushed
to death Tuesday night at Fourth ant
Howard streets by an electric car o
the Ellis street line. Mrs. Churchill
was crossing the street. intending t.
visit a nearby drug store, at the tim
of the accident, and was away from
the sidewalk before she was aware o
the approach of car 5I5. As sh
reached the track a passing wagon oc
casioned short halt. and while sh
was standing In the path of the ca
Motorfnan William L. Hills, seein
that the woman was liable to an acct
dent, rang the bell to warn hel
Whether the sound of the changing be
confused the woman. or she did no
hear 1t, cannot he said, but she stoo
motIonless in front of the car until
struck her and knocked her down upo
the rails. The wheels of the from
truck had passed completely over tn
unfortunate woman before Hills ooul
stop their revolutions. Before sh
could be extricated from beneath,
from the track.