Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-11
CHINESE COOK
MURDERS THE MATE
Belonged to Schooner J.A. Campbell For "A
Hours There Was a Reign OF Terror
Assassin Steamed to Death.

! his conduct towards members Of the
! oar mas been such as 10 destroy their
! confidence In his administration OF jus-
! iiee that he be- removed. A commit
! zee consisting OF w. l., Stanley, j. 4.
! he Bolt l.. a, Andrews, Cecil Brown
! ana George A. Davis. was appointed 10
| take depositlOns and submit the case TO
! Washington. with the request Of the
bar association that Humphreys be re-
| moved.
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
The grand jury which IS Investigate
! Ing the charges Of bribery In the legls-
| lature has submitted a partial report
| to Judge Humphreys but as further
| report Is coming. the report has been
| nled with the court and not made pub
| ne Today Judge Humphreys gave the
| jury statement, submitting 10 them,
! II Is said, a new line Of inquiry The
| grand jury has made a very rigid in
! qulIy into the matter, having examin-
ed nifty or more witnesses.
ACCIDENT TO THE OREGON.
The battleshlp Oregon arrived here
! on the morning Of the 30th on her way
! home from the orient. As she was
| dropping her anchor off port an acct
| dent occurred, resulting I'm the serious
| woundlng Of Chief Boatswain j. IL.
| Murphy, who was one of the men who
| helped Lieut.. Robson 10 sink the Mer-
| rlmac at the entrance to Santiago har-
| Dor The Oregons anchor chain part
| ed as her port anchor was being
dropped and Murphy who was super
| intending the dropping Of the anchor
chain, was struck by. the chain as the
end came back. His leg was broken
and he was dashed against some ma
chnery, receiving dangerous cash on
the head, The oregon Is taking coal
here and is about ready 10 leave for
San Francisco.
REP. BECKLEY RETURNS,
The return OF Representative Beckley
from his trip 70 present Home Rule res
Olutions 20 Mckinley IN San Francisco,
/ has been the signal for commencement
Of harder work IN the house and sem
ate Beckley reported 20 the house on
his return Yesterday, He stated that
he had interviewed the President in
San Francisco and had been received
very cordially, President Mckinley had
stated his intention TO visit Hawaii in
the near future He had advised Beck
ley to return to Hawaii and tell ths
Home Rulers TO work on appropriations
for the public good work IN harmony
with the executive department and for
get past difficulties.
PORTO R1CANs STRIKE.
Some Of the Porto Ricans sent 70
Kaua INDUCED IN small strike ana
~ 80 40 an
Eleele to Maxwell on a strike and be-
ing refused employment at the latter
pIaco started for the canenelds. armed
with knives. with a view TO persuading
others 20 Join them in a strike Police
were sent for, and those who were
armed. ten In number, were arrested
The court Of claims created by the
recent legislature to hear claims Tor
losses caused by the great fire that
grew out Of an order by the board or
health TO destroy a dwelling IN when
plague case had occurred, has been
I'm session little over a week and al
ready has, II is said, much more busl-
ness than It can attend to In us al
Iotted term Of six months Japanese
Consul Mkt Saito has about 1000 claims
with Inventories taken Immediately ar
Ter the fire I'm behalf Of his country
men. The largest single claim SO far
put in IL for 81 600, asked by a Chinese
merchandise firm for a building and
stock that went up I'm smoke
The bark Reaper, Capt. Saletzke. ar
rived here fifty days from Newcastle
on the 2qth with report OF two men
lost at sea, both on the same day.
They were w. Fredericks and John
Kellar