Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-01
EVENTS IN THIN WEST.
a HUNDRED PEOPLE NARROWLY ESCAPE
Japaneso Investigating American Banking
Pops In California Wine vintage
short The Zcaiing Industry.


other being charles. T. Hartman, nom
mated for Congress. what party ao-
ton VIII be taken Is not yet known.
The bunker IInl and Sullivan Mining
Company has commenced suit at Butte
against the Empire State Idaho Mining
& Development company. asking Tor an
Injunction. and claiming that Il holds
the apex ~ the ore body In tho Stem
wlnder claim near Wnrdnor. owned by
a. and that therefore u has priority Of
lucatlun
Gen. Marcus T.. Miller has decided
60 recommend 60 the war department
that the Nevadn cavalry be- Included
among the troops 10 % TO Manila The
troops hnvc never been mounted, hut
this win make no Difference. as the
transportation % horses - Manila has
practically been abandoned BY the war
department
The nrnt varsity game was played
Friday afternoon between the stan
ford University and the First Wash
ingion Volunteers. The game put up
b. the soldiers was very poor and loose.
and Stanford scored three times In the
ilrat half seemingly without much cf-
fort The final score stood - to y In
favor Of Stanford.
Several new features OF the charges
against Row Il. J. briggs of Austin.
Tex, havt been developed and viii be-
considered by Tho committee OF the 81
y. church South Oakland. Cal. now
trying the case. Correspondence with
several women IL 90 be considered and
charges % neglect Of pastoral duties
prc 20 b. preferred. The trial may be-
ntoitncted beyond the adjournment of
the conference now In session.
A party u distinguished Japanese
hahkcra have arrived at San Francisco.
They are representatives, of the Mitsui
hank " Japan. The visitors are on
tour 81 inspection and will make In
/ NcAtiHniipn un the banking ami COM
| mrfpni rvHlema of this country. A
/ branch ~ the Mltaui commercial cor.
] lpratinn viii be- established IN San
Francisco next month aud will be-
placed In charge of 4 odagak
According To- W. J. Hotohklas. see.
Rotary Of the WinomnkrrH Corporation
II California. which Includes 40 per
cent ~ the growers. the vintage this
year VIII BE- one ~ the smallest la tho
/ recent history Of the state. 40 says.
! "our advicoa indicut. that tho Yield
Of dry wines n IN the nciRhborhood II
I h"p.NN SALONS. ~ against gl0,0. 900
lant year Sweet wines will show
about 0nc-hnlf the product OF last
year"
II u reported hy George Howe. "a
well known Alaskan guide. that only
Two Of Tho several parties OF survey
oih anu cNplorvru sent into Alaska by
thr United States government IN
charge " officers OF the United Slater
army viii reach tho coast In time 10
! return before the winter storms block
the traiL The fortunate eNpedltionH
are those headed by Lieut.. SPUR and
! Captain Abcrcrnmblr. An nf the
other parties nrc safe. but will have
10 winter IN tho Interior
The Democrats II Bear Lake county.
IDA, have pui up tho following straight
Democratic ticket: state senator.
charles y. Harris, representatives,
chris Valentine, Alfred Oambnd: sher.
IN, Charles y. Robinson. clerk. James
=, hart assessor, l3nInutt J. Howell.
treasurer l.. Y, Shepherd. attorney.
Douglas lilx. probate Judge. q. e. I'M.
Her; superintendent NJ schools. annie
pfmnndi county commissioners. ole
TunHtrum it. 1. u. Nielsen. e. Web.
stcr surveyor Robert Birch; coroner
David Crockett stuart,
The necessity Tor adoqnntc auartors
Tor troops ut the Preside having been
brought 60 tho attention ~ tho cham.
pcr pi Commerce. that body Friday
mailed a communication 90 the socre-
tnry ~ var. aAklnE him 60 give tho
matter Immediate aud serious cansId.
Grafton, ana 60 wlrc the results NJ hiH
deliberations. 10 order that the work
may hc commenced az tho earliest pos.
Hlble date un the winter rains have ni-
ready commenced and the cold weather
VIII b. upon uH shortly.
The state railroad commissioners Of
California Will attempi To brlng about
reduction of rates by the pullman
car company, col Polk. expert ne
countant N The commission, has made
report showing that the capital stock
% the Pullman company IN estimated
az tle,ooOVon. Tho not earnings Tor
the last fiscal year were gl.GsO. $50. and
tho Income from the surplus account
on july ilHt amounted 60 se52ii.GiN
II n argued By the commissioners that
these profits Indicated excessive
charges
oyer 100 people narrowly escaped
death by tho collision OF tho steamer
Santa Rosa with one of the deroliot
log RATS now niloat In the Paclne.
The steamer was bound from San Dl-
ESQ, Cal, via Los Angeles ana santa
linrhnrn with 2o3 people on board
When on Pigeon Point she almost ran
at fun speed into the raft which lay
how IN the water Her course was
quickly changed, hut the raft Hcrapod
her side nnd carried away tho pntent
log na Il passed her stern. The raft.
which has become such menace 20
navigation, left Astoria on the 18Th OF
September In tow of the steamer Pros
grraHo. but broke loose, and eff1rtH 10
locate q, have proved unsuccessful.
Y. Stanley brown. general agent OF
the North American Commercial COM
pany on the Pribylon lalanda who has
just arrived In San Francisco. says OF
the sealing Industry The catch this
year will fall short u that of last Hon-
son. The exact number ~ seals which
We have taken this year ON tho island
IL is.0g2, which u 1900 less than last
year. The pclaglc sealing ah0,s even
poorer results. The total catch OF an
the schooners In the Boring sea does
does not exceed 1900, I should place
the number OF seals caught at between
1900 and 1904 The owners uf
Hchnoners engaged IN seal fishing are
really suffering from the poor success
they meet with. l know a number 81
them who would willingly sell their
ships and quit tho buslnoEs II thcy
could SEQ their way out Of H."
Thirty mon working tho night shift
IN No, Z tunnel u the Morning mine al
Wallace. Ida, had an almost miucu-
i0us escape from death early Friday
morning. when 800 pounds " dynamite
IN 70 magazine exploded. The nrat re-
ppm was that eight dead and wounded
had been recovered aud that the smoke