Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-13
Events IN THE WEST.
RAveNscRAe REACHES HER DESTINATION.
Trade to Russia Increasing Troops
Wanted Mt Point Hope.

About $50 coal miners employed at
Diamondvllle. have gone on strike.
Their grievances are said TO be so well
founded as to make possible their ulti-
mate success.
At meeting of the board of regents
of the University of California, Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst offered to construct and
equip at her own expense building
for the college of mines.
John Adams, alias Michael Plunkett,
charged with burglarizing the store of
w. $. Post at Kemmerer Wyo., in
March Inst. was convicted at Evanston
Monday. His companion Charles
Counatree, pleaded guilty of being an
accomplish. II will be remembered that
this burglary was accompanied by the
killing of a man named Fred" said to
be an ex-Salt Laker who worked at
Calder's Park last year.
According to private advices just re-
| ceived by III. Liebes g. Co., San Fran
cisco, from their agent ut Point Hope,
| there Is immediate need for stationins
| at that point n small detail of govern
ment troops to hold in check the trou-
blesome natives. Two cold blooded
| murders were committed by Esqui-
| maux in that vicinity this winter, one
| victim being Frank Boyd, n prospec-
tor, the other minor official for the
internal revenue department, named
Waschock.
Articles We're signed In San Francis
| co Tuesday evening by representatives
of Tom Sharkey and Jim Jeffries for
"a contest between the heavyweights
10 take place in that city May 4. Alex
Greggains was selected to referee the
contest and II was agreed that the men
should be ready at the command OF the
referee and that hitting with one hand
| free is permissible. II was further
agreed that the pugilists may bandage
their hands II they so desire,
The Pacific Northwest Baseball
league was organized at Tacoma,
wash. today wednesday,, with Ia
coma. Portland Seattle and Spokane
in the list. The salary limit was
| fixed at $500. and each club will put up
forfeit to play out the season; The
| constitution adopted Is practically that
which governed In 1896. There will be
no guarantee. two teams dividing the
| general admission, and the home
club taking the grand stand receipts
Eighty-four games will be played. the
season opening May Is. The election
of officers was postponed for week.
The Merchants exchange of San
| Francisco has received "a cabegram
from Callao announcing that the Brit
lsh ship Ravenscrug, which left New
| Whatcom 1877 days ago for Callao. has
| arrived at her destination. She was
given up for lost some time ago, 90
per cent reinsurance was paid on her
and the time had almost arrived for
the underwriters TO pay the owners of
ship and cargo the Insurance money.
Vessels that left the Sound for South
America long after the Ravenscrag had
reached their destination. discharged
their cargoes and sailed again. but none
of them had either seen or heard OF
the vessel.
Pacific coast trade with Russian ports
Is increasing. Last Monday night the
bark Edward May sailed, and the
barkentine Addenda sails In a day OF
so for Vladivostock. with cargoes val
is represented by flour, and 5000 by
leather. while the Edward May has
l,l50 tons of salt aboard. The vessels
are bound for the terminus OF
the Trans Siberian railway and other
ships are shortly to be put on the berth
goods thus sent are used by the Rus
slams along the lines OF the railroad
and at Vladivostock.
With $4,000 in bills and gold In hel
pocket, Mrs. Margaret Warren, whc
says she is from Santa Monica, Cal. was
was taken to the city prison. San Fran.
cisco, Sunday night, charged by Pro.
prietor Fahey of the Cosmopolitan
hotel, Fifth and Mission streets, with
disturbing the peace. When she put VI
the small cash bail for her releas,
the police officials We're almost para
lyzed with the glittering wealth of casl
and diamonds she exposed. Bonds anc
stocks were mingled with certified
check for 10000 while treasury note.
and Jewels crowded one another In hei
capacious purse.
The Baker City Democrat relates {
story in which j. l.. Ware. a young mar
of "a years, narrowly escaped belnt
stabbed TO death by Frank Williams, a
SCOTS sawmill five miles west o.
Haines, both being employees of the mill
Williams and Ware and another maj
We're going to bed in the bunk house
Williams was smoking a pipe ant
Ware. in a joking fashion, told him I,
throw the sinking thing away, ant
I'll get you a new one" 1t is alleged
that 'Joshing" about the pipe led vii
liams. who is reported to be OF an ugl,
disposition. to attack Ware with keer
pocket knife while the latter was in her
Ware was stabbed In the lief
hand and in the right leg midway be
the hip and knee. Ware nearly bled Il
death before he could be brought t,
Baker City. His wounds will probabl,
not prove serious unless blood poisoning
| should epsue, The exasperated mil