Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-22
EVENTS IN THE WEST,
CALIFORNIA AS A PRODUCER. OF WINE.


Monday afternoon the freshmen class
of the state school of Mines Mt Golden
Colo, holted In u body because Of what
they claimed was an unjust eNamina-
lion, and one NchlrN they had not been
told to prepare for.
Superintendent clark of the SolditrT
home Boise. Idp., was assaulted by q
veteran named James Harrington,
Monday, who struck the official several
times on the head with a cane. causing
II fracture of the outer table Of the oc-
cipital bone.
Julius Bohn, who shot and killed his
sweetheart. Victorine Sassclli near st.
Helena, Cal. Wednesday night and
then committed suicide, was impelled
to his bloody deed by unrequited love,
and his murderous plans We're care
fully laid. The tragedy occurred on
the Chiles valley road. about twelve
miles from st. Helena.
Not since 1892 has there been so
many tourists in California as at pres
ent. All the large hotels at the popu-
lar resorts in southern California have
recently been turning away people for
want of sufficient accommodations. 1t
is estimated by railroad officials that
the number of tourists in California is
not far from 10000.
Supt. j. w. Mills OF the Pomona,
Cal, Agricultural Experiment station
| has succeeded in most unique and
| interesting agricultural experiment
| the grating of "a morning glory ON a
sweet potato vine. As result both
| plants attained an unusually large
| growth The sweet potato vine pro-
duced 81 pounds of potatoes. the aver
age being from 10 to IL pounds.
Sunday night was the coolest ex-
perienced in Spokane, Wash, so late in
/ March since the establishment of the
| weather Office seventeen years ago. The
| temperature fell to IL above zero with
biting wind from the northwest 1t
is feared the fruit crop on Snake river
| has been ruined. Reports from that sec
| ton say apricots and early peaches arc
killed and other fruits seriously In
| jured.
immigration Commissioner North
| and the special board of inquiry have
refused n landing to 30 out Of the ~
| Japanese who arrived at san Francis
| co recently by the China and the Dor
| ic. The remaining 50 were allowed to
| land The unlucky 80 claimed to be
farmers, visiting California for the
purpose of studying agriculture, but
the commissioner was convinced that
they were coolies.
At Oakland, Cal, Mrs. Sarah j.
Church has stepped In to end the ro-
Church. who eloped with and married
Angie Foster in April last. She began
suit in the superior court Saturday fol
the annulment of the marriage. and
made both her son and her youne
daughter-in- law defendants. The case
which is an unusual one, will probably
prove general test as to the marriage
Of minors at sea.
Joseph II. Moffett, a well-known car.
penter Of Oakland. Cal, shot anc
killed his wife Thursday morning ant
then made an effort to end his own life
The shooting took place about 7:l'
o'clock at $40 san Pablo avenue. whert
the Mofretts have lived for some time
II was not the fault of Moffett that q
third victim was not added to his list
for he incidentally tried to slay hi
stepdaughter, a Mrs Dana Guernsey
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Indiar
Digglngs, In Placervlle county. Cal.
| Tuesday night. Lyman $. Bell, viii
a rifle, shot and killed Richard Muir
ray upon mining claim Of the latter
No one saw the shooting, but hefori
his death Murray made his way to thu
store of John kohlert and told of belnl
shot from ambush. Bell Is in the Gus
tody of officers, but beyond admitting
the shooting, makes no statement. Boil
men are old citizens of that county
between whom ill-feeling has existe,
for over year.
Gov. Hastings OF Pennsylvania Wis
tied the stanford University, Cal
Monday and delivered n brief address
to the students in the course of whicl
he said There viii be no war witt
Spain. If / thought there would be
should he at my post OF duty. We ar
too strong to be fought and too power
ful to be bullied" The governor wa
given reception by the Union Leagu
oil fg f,rh a. Ia oh
es We're made by number of promi
nent citizens, both Republicans an
Democrats. :
The attorney general OF the Unite
States has commissioned T. Il. Ellin
wood of Flagstaff, Ariz., as special as
sistsnt United States district attorne
: to assist In the trial of the case of tn
United States vs. the Copper Queei
Consolidated Mining company. Thi
is a suit by the government 10 recove
sls3,000 from the Copper Queen Min
ing company for alleged timber tres
= and is probably the most i'm
I. rant case of this nature in tn
West. 1t has twice been tried witt
the result of a disagreement of tn
= jury Mt each trial,
j. Y. Gaddis. laborer residing II
Baden, Cal, was taken Saturday nigh
to the Harbor Receiving Hospital. suf
fering from injuries which later result
ed in death. There We're n number o
cuts and bruises on his head and badly
and the injured man complained OF Sc
we're pains. Gaddis received the wound
Friday night. He reached San Francis
co early in the evening from Baden
and. II is presumed. drank considerabl
whisky He drifted to some point oil
the water front where, according to hi
story, he was set upon by several mel
and beaten until he knew absolutel!
nothing.
The extent to which opium smoking
IL practiced by the Chinese In thi
country may be Judged from the fac
that the importations of smoking
opium at San Francisco last year ag
gregated III. 401 pounds. The duty, a
SO n pound amounted to S72S, i0G, Tn
drug was in the form prepared exclu
sively for smoking and not availabl
for any other uses. 1t comes in rec
tangular tin boxes, not unlike these II
which pepper and spices are put NJ
each containing about half n pound
So prepared, opiumis n semi-tluid darl
brown sticky substance, resembling
New orleans molasses in appear
ance.
The French bark Alice has arrive
In san Francisco port from Swanse
looking very much the worse for a 10