Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A LONDON PHYSICIAN COMMITS SUICIDE


crado is causing much uneaslness
nmong the farming community of that
| state.
Reports from eastern Utah concern
ing sheep, indicate that focks are duins
wen in that section of country, ana
that losses will be very small.
Chicago parties have made the iinai
payment of forty acres OF soda-produc-
| ng lands near Green River. Wyoming,
| for which they paid the sum of $4,000.
Works will not be erected ON the
| ground.
Erick Sanders. gripman of the
Hyde street cable road, San Francisco.
was found dead IN his bed Monday
morning, at 1922 Polk street, The gas
| was turned on and the crevlces Of the
| doorway and window were stuffed
with rags to proven, the admission OF
| air. IT was a clear case OF suicide.
A collision between the Santa Fe
overland. west bound, and the Chicago
| limited, east bound, occurred sunday
| night ut Blake, n small station on the
| Santa Ie Pacific, seven miles this side
| OF the Needles. near san Bernardino.
| Cal No lives were lost but consider
able damage was done to the locomo-
| tives.
At Los Angeles, Cal, the board of
| directors of the chamber of commerce
their senators and representatives. in
has adopted n resolution requesting
| Congress to aid in enacting such legis-
lation az will deprive the Canadian
Pacific railway and all other foreign
railways Of any privileges that can give
| them an undue advantage over the
| railroads of the United States.
Mrs. S. A. Lee, a widow, 40 years of
age. who lives at Seventh and Myrtle
| street, Oakland, Cal, made an at
tempt to kill herself about 6 o'clock
Monday morning by leaping from
| econd-story window Relatives, who
saw her as she rushed for the open
window. caught her by the skirt Just
In time to save her life. They saw
at once that she had lost her reason.
The prospects of an early extension
of the rate war of san Francisco ere
multiplying. According to advices re-
ceived Monday afternoon by Vice
President j. c. Stubs of the Southern
Pacific company, the Western lines
have assumed position that means In
evitable war unless the Canadian Pa
clfic recedes from its demand for the
perpetuation OF its differential rates.
An organization of wine makers and
distributing agents in sympathy with
the grape growers has been formed, at
San Francisco, the object being to i'm
prove the present method of marketing
the vintage of California. Many prom
|
the movement. which will be conducted
In harmony with the winemakers' cor
poration already controlling la.gt
portion of the output Of the state.
Bishop William Taylor of the Metho.
dist church at Alameda. Cal, has re-
ceived news Of the death of his neice
DR.. Jennie Taylor Gordon, who wa!
known to all interested in foreign mis-
sions as DIR. Jennie. She expired a
: | MnlInpp Angola. Decent
Her husband is an African missionar.
, and her parents reside at Mechanics
burg. Pa. She lived for years II
Africa and was noted for her medica
skin.
Takasi, the newly-appointed japanese
consul to Chicago, and 7. to- an i'm
) perial navy constructor, EN- route I,
Philadelphia. who arrived at San Fran
/ cisco from the Orient Monday had mar
row escapes from death at the Occi
( dental hotel Monday night. They blew
out the gas upon retiring, and when tn
escaping gas attracted the attention
of the hotel employees some hours later
both were unconscious Physician
, were summoned and the japanese of
ficials were resuscitated after severa
hours hard work.
: The steamer Carlos Pacheco, arriving
, at San Diego, Cal, Monday, brough
from Ensenada news Of the murder o
Crispin Cessna. last Saturday at En-
senada by Jose Nillasante. Nillasante
, who Is customs inspector at Ensen
. ada, met Cessna at saloon there
There was long standing feud be
tween the men, and Villasante opene,
: fire. He shot Cessna four times, twic
In the chest and twice from behind a
Cessna ran to get out of danger. on
a Of the bullets penetrated Cessna
: I heart, causing instant death. Bot
men were intoxicated and the murdere
is now under arrest at Ensenada.
Plant tuberculosis has attacked n
olive orchard in the San Joaquin valley
California, and is causing no littl
alarm at the agricultural college of III
university at Berkeley. This is tn
first hold the dread disease has secure
: In California. and every effort win b
made to stamp 1t out. l.. II. Biolett
? an instructor In the Viticultural depart
ment, he's just returned from MERGED
where he discovered the presence of tn
bacillus which is causing all tn
trouble. The entire orchard VIII b
uprooted and burned, and 1t is though
that In this way the spread OF the di
sease will be effectually checked
Ranchmen Of northern Laramie coun
. | ~, Wyo., report that they have sui
fered no losses of stock during tn
Present winter from storms but tn
Losses from the depredatons of wolve
1 have been severe. Two weeks ago
) band OF fifty big gray wolves crosse,
the country from near Douglas I,
Glendo, killing grown stock as well a
calves The loss has been noticeabl,
great among dehorned cattle. as the,
can make no defense. A number o
runchmen are bringing in dogs ant
training them TO run with stock 70
the purpose of protection. a cross
breed between a mastim and stal
hound IL found to be the best kind o
animal FOR fighting wolves, and ranch
men are getting packs of them as fus
as they can.
Leopold Nathan Feidman. physi.
clan of London, England. and so.
. of wealthy parents, committed sulcid,
today wednesday, In his apartment.
: at 52S Eddy street, San Francisco. III
took poison. the character OF which Is
at present unknown. Despondency
caused by his unrequitted affection fol
Miss Rena Levy, an estimable young
lady OF that city end inability to coll
lect money due him caused him to end
his life. lie lcft letter bpqueathing
an he possessed 10 Miss Levy, another
stating he was weary of life addressed
80 pr. NJ S, Levy, and a short COM
mrnienticn to his parents IN London
,.h1 an, r,pnted To be wealthy. Miss
1Tvy suyS she was never engaged to