Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-10
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
COURT ASSAULTS AN ATTORNEY
Near Reno-NearIy Asphyxiated-
Scene In a Court Room.

sourwlne and Geyser Jack. the men
tried at Pocatello, Ida, for n murder
Gus assault ON Frank McKeon, have
been held to the district court
A dispatch from Reno, New. says
that Keller, the south end of the Car
son and Colorado road Is being con-
sumed by fire, and IL is doubtful II
any part of the borough can be saved.
1t is small place and there is not
much to burn.
William Putnam and Parrish john
son, who left Coulee City, Wash, De
cember Goth for their place thirty miles
northeast OF Waterville. were found
frozen to death about thirty miles
from there by search party. They
had lost their way and wandered in u
circle for nearly one hundred miles.
Johnson was an old settler.
The suit of Yavapai county. Ariz.,
against the Territorial Loan commits
sion, involving the validity of S2l9.OOO
of county bonds, was decided In favor
of the defendant by Judge street In the
district court ut Phoenix Saturday. n
temporary Injunction granted has been
dissolved, and the acts of the commas
sion were adjudged fuliy vaiil. me
bonds were issued In aid of the con-
struction of the Prescott 81 Arizona
Central railrond, a liiie which lately
was abandoned and today has not n
foot of track.
Chance l.. Harris, q western news
paper man, died suddenly at Butte,
Mont, Sunday morning, from the, et-
fects of an internal rupture caused by
n fall on the ice. Mr.. Harris was
about &C years of age; went to Mon
tana about twenty years ago and was
for a long time connected with the
press in different parts of the state: lie
was an active member OF the state
| H.. ...,I
membered in Salt Lake and Denver as
the chaperon and the life of the Mon
tana Press excursion last year. lie
was a native of New York.
Arthur Wilson. the prisoner in the
county Jail at Sacramento, Cal, VINO
confessed to having stolen and riiied
two mail bags from truck near the
depot two weet- ago. has made
| further confeGsign that he has been
| guilty of series of burglaries which
have occurred in that city during the
mast month or more. Wilson not only
| confessed to the burglaries, but he ac-
| companed County Detective Fisher TO
the scene of his exploits, showed him
the marks OF his Jimmy on the win
| dow stills of several houses and took
the officer to where some of the stolen
plumber was buried.
Harold Pilkington, n young society
man of Sacramento. Cal. who has been
| employed as bookkeeper for the
plumbing firm of George b. Stack, has
confessed TO having embezzled be
tween $500 and $500. Stack felt that
there was something wrong day or
two ago and had his books exported.
with the result that he discovered the
loss. He called Pllkington into his
office. and, in the presence of Stack
and others, Pilkington made COM
plete confession, but begged for mercy
for the sake of his family, which. he
said, lived in Oakland. He further
| declared that his family would make
good the loss.
The stockholders of the Central Pa
| cinc railroad are now receiving O. divi-
| dend of one-half of one per cent on
their holdings of stock. and in view OF
the fact that the Central Pacific be-
| came in default to the government To
the amount of over s100,000,000 on the
very day the dividend became payable
the disbursement of such large
amount OF money for such a purpose
| presents spectacle seldom, II ever
witnessed before in the history of rail-
road affairs in the country. This Is
the third dividend of like amount thai
has been paid to Central Pacific stock
holders within the past eighteen
months. One dividend was paid ir
1896 and another last year.
A domestic known as Eugene u
had narrow escape from death
Wednesday morning in the residence
of Attorney l.. J. Pringle at East Oak
land, Cal. About $3.50 o'clock Mrs
Pringle was aroused by groans and
found that the noise issued from the
girls room, which was on the same
floor. The door was closed, but not
locked and on opening it the strong
odor of the escaping gas at once made
evident the cause of the distress. Mrs
Pringle threw open the windows ant
dragged the unconscious girl into the
hall. The doctor who came in an
swer to telephone call administered
stimulants and in half an hour the
sufferer began to revive. The girl
who Is recent arrival from France
with u limited knowledge of English
could not explain how she came int
such a perilous position. 1t is sup
posed, however, that she turned OH tn,
gas accidentally.
On Saturday afternoon the court room
of the Lassen superior court, Susan
vile, CAL. was the scene of an extra
ordinary alteration between a judg
on the bench and an attorney at tn
bar The affair was marked by al
interchange Of offensive epithets AM
concluded with a personal collision. II
| which blows were exchanged by tn
two unusual combatants. For som
time relations have been strained be
tween Superior Judge +. A. Kelle.
and Attorney Il. V. Spencer. On Satur
day Spencer took strong exception t
Il ruling by the court, several ironica
remarks passed. and then Judge Kelle.
fined Spencer $50 for contempt. In
stead OF stopping the wrangle thi
made matters worse, Spencer denounc
ing the court to his face and the cour
retorting with the unqualified state
ment that Spencer was a falsifier. No
| content with branding the attorney al
a liar. Judge Kelley followed IL vi
by leaving the bench and striking
Spencer. Spencer attempted to strik
back. but Deputy Sheriff Martin in
terfered and the judge returned t.
his seat on the bench.