Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-26
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
TROOPS REQUIRED FROM CALIFORNIA.
santa Fc to Close the Gap Concern
trating Caiifornia's Forces.

DIR, C. H. Blackburn, well known
physician of Evanston. Wyo., IL dead
at his home in that city.
A writ of habeas corpus In the cases
of William Money and James b. Allen.
sentenced in Kootenm county Il. C.,
for murder. has been denied, and the
prisoners have taken an appeal
Lieut.-Col. w. II. Patton has rendered
TO Governor Budd, of California, the
services of the First Regiment Of
Southern California Cavalry of Los
Angeles county. recently organized and
commanded by Col. Jones.
Governor sadler, OF Nevada, has re-
ceived the following message from Sec
rotary of War Alger "'rhe President
has authorized the enlistment of Sc
men In your state, good shots and good
| riders to form company in mounted
rifle regiment. the company's officers TO
| be taken from your section
The Red Cross League and Sanitary
| Commission of California was organ
| lied Monday with the following Off
| GERS: President, Mrs. Willard b. Har-
rington; vice president, Rev Father
| Wyman. Rabbi Voorsanger, Rev. DIR.
| Foute; secretary, DR.. G.. +. Hanson;
| treasurer, William Alvord. The league
expects to do good service during the
| war.
| Helen Stack. daughter OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. Timothy Stack of 2601 Durant
| avenue, Berkeley, Cal, handsome
| girl of q, member OF the Junior class
| at the University of California. met
| her death Saturday afternoon in the
waters of the bay near Tiburon. From
what can be learned, IT appears to
| have been an act of self-destruction,
| committed under sudden attack OF
| melancholia.
The report of George p. Brown, re-
| ceiver of the Tiger mine, Colo, has
| been dlsapproved by Judge overs OF
| Leadville, who takes exception to all
| but the loan made prior to July l. 1881.
| This disapproval Is against over $780,,
600 worth of loans made by the re-
| celver. The court also refuses to allow
| Receiver Brown the $1,000 fees asked for
his services, and further refuses to al
low any fees whatever on account Of
administration, but the gentleman
is exonerated from any intentional
wrongdolng.
| Col A. o. Brodie. of Prescott, Ariz.,
has been authorized by Governor Nc
| Cord, who acted under instructions
| from the secretary of war. to recruit
two companies of cavalry. consisting of
| 40 men in all, to enter active service
Immediately. The cavalry men are to
form component part OF the cavalry
regiment to be raised from various sec
| tions of the United States. Governor
| McCord made strong effort to prevail
upon the secretary of war to accept an
entire regiment of cavalry from Arizona
but was unsuccessful.
There is evidence that the Santa Fe
Railroad company is seriously thinking
of closing the gap between Mojave and
| Bakersfield. Cal, and forming a con-
nection with the San Joaquin Valley
road. James Dan, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe system. has been in the state
| for something over a week past and
has been looking over the country that
| lies between the terminus OF the Santa
| Fe Pacific and the terminus of theValley
road. The route of the proposed extern
sion viii In all probability be from
johannesburg through Walker Pass
and down the canyon OF Kern river to
Bakersfield.
The count of the funds in the San
| Francisco treasury was completed Sat
urday and the exact amount OF Wild
ber's dcfalcation was fixed at Sl1I.-
| 0s3.19. Six persons were engaged in
the tally and each counting independ-
emily, obtained exactly the same re-
suit Christian Refs has been appoint
ed treasurer of the city and county OF
San Francisco by the board of super
visors. vice a. c. Widber resigned.
The other candidate. Henry S. Martin
| Jr, did not have sufficient represent
alton of his political faith in the board,
| and, after brief struggle in his behalf
by the minority, the appointment OF
Refs was made unanimously.
Wyoming stockmen have been ad-
vised by Chicago commission houses to
withhold shipments of beef to market
until the result of the present war be-
comes reasonably forecasted. The beef
market Ia In an unsatisfactory and UNI
settled condition Mt the present time,
and this is due in large measure to
the restrictions placed upon trade by
| the war developments and prepara-
lions. Exporters are operating in a
very limited manner. and Eastern chip
pers are buying for present needs only.
1t Ia believed, while the consumpti. n
OF beef and mutton will be reduced
that pork and canned meats will be in
Increased demand to supply the troops
with rauons. Stockmen are advised to
withhold shipments until these unset
tied conditions are adjusted.
Referring to the Presidents call for
troops and the apportionment of Cali
fornia, Governor Budd said Monday:
THE call is for two twelve company
regiments and two four company bat
talions, making thirty-two companies
OF enlisted men. ON the basis of lO1
2e6 men, and adding four batteries to
this, of 200 men each, will bring tho
number up to 400 men. This will
practically require the entire national
guard. In forty-eight hours from the
time / receive instructions the guard
can be modified at any point to he
mustered Into service, The call does
not ask for any cavalry, and we have
no artillery. In this case I shall sup
ply the men to man the batteries and
the government must furnish the guns
Under the present call 1t IL Impossible
to use more than half of the officers OF
the national guard. am not pre-
pared to say what disposition will be
made OF the remainder"
An opinion has been rendered by
Judge Ross In the United States cir
cult court. Cal, In the case OF the Unit
ed States against the Southern Pacific
Railroad company. ID. o. Mills and G..
L. Lansing. trustees, and the Central
Trust company of New York. The opin-
ion In brief sets forth as follows: 1.-THE
main purpose of the bill in suit is to OBJ
tain a decree quieting, as against the
southern Pacific Railroad company and
Its mortgages. the complainants al
legged title to all of the odd numbered
sections of land In California within
the indemnity as well as primary limits
of the grant made by Congress to the
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company