Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS omaha stockman jan 13 R bradshaw of lehi utah brought in two double deck cars of sheep A petition protesting against the annexation of hawaii signed by sugar beet raisers of ventura county Calhas bs been forwarded to washington A practical plea of guilt to the charge of rape as preferred was made at pocatello idaho wednesday by salvator the italian charged with ruining a 16 year old girl he was bound over in bonds of ex president cleveland has made a second appeal to gov budd of california for clemency in the case of baiter D worden convicted of murder in connection with train wrecking during the great railroad strike of 1894 notice of appeal in the case of H C fit clair claar has been filed in the supreme court at boise ida st clair was sentenced to hang at idaho city on the next friday for the murder of john decker the appeal acts as a tay stay af execution frank A leach superintendent of the mint at san francisco has been lecter by the oakland board of trade their delegate to the monetary conference to be held in indianapolis on january mr leach is in now in washington edwin T earl of the earl fruit co ban francisco has brought suit in the U S circuit court against the armour packing co of chicago to recover damages for a violation of the plaintiffs patent on a refrigerated car and improvements A six round boxing exhibition occurred at seattle wash friday night between dal hawkins of san francisco and jack green of that city the contest w was fast and scientific but green was clearly out pointed several preliminary events preceded the hawkins green bout thomas gardiner the ex city team tet ster of alameda calhas Cal haa been carrying in his body for he does not know how long a large needle which found egress monday night through his right breast gardiner does not know how it came to be in his body nor can he say when it was lodged there the steamer alice blanchard to Is to be withdrawn from the portland tra trade de on the completion of her next trip she will then go to los angeles and will carry miners from that point to copper river she will leave on the first voyage on february and will be kept in the business during the summer robert a bridge contractor has bas diso discovered a deposit of natural cement near st helena cal which he says ays la is much superior to the imported article and which can be procured at a much smaller cost mr says that the deposit is found in large quantities and can be easily prepared for shipment the pacific steam whaling ca com m banys excelsior will get away for tatia talia and on monday next more freight to is offered than the vessel can carry and the passenger accommodation from san francisco is in almost filled the excelsior will stop at seattle beattle to take on passengers and freight already contracted for snow is reported from almost every county in california with extreme cold weather the severity of which has not been equaled for many years orange main maintain taint however that their fruit to is practically uninjured the greater part being already picked at mt Tamal tamalpais malpais Ta pals fourteen miles from san francisco an inch of snow fell tuesday the schooner wahlberg which became famous several years ago through an attempted landing of filibusters supplies near honolulu lies a wreck at laguna heads lower california miles south of san diego she was driven ashore in a heavy gale on the night of december and her crew forced to take to the land joseph maristany Marl stany has commenced suit at los angeles cal against mabel sperry maristany Marl stany his former wife for the recovery of the property which he gave her at the time of their divorce suit he claims that she was never his legal wife and that she obtained the concession he made to her by fraud and misrepresentation A highwayman named john garry surrendered to the officers near leadville colo friday evening after they had located hla his hiding place and commenced riddling it with bullets garry was found in a cabin occupied by ambrose thomas 20 miles from leadville and threw up his shotgun when the officers made their attacks the contest over the will of the late nicholas C creede of colorado began tuesday before judge dark clark of the superior court of california many sensational sat ional features will enter into the contest and charges of adultery on the part of the dead miner and forgery will be made by the representatives of the interests of mrs creede A shocking tragedy occurred tuesday morning near the little village of clarksburg Clarks burg on the yolo tolo side of the river some fifteen miles south of sacramento cal jeffie cave a young son of one of the most prominent of bolos old time farmers shot and killed his brother in law louis isham in a quarrel over a load of cinders A fortune has come to C M oliver a convict in the deer lodge penitentiary montana friday he received a letter informing him that he had falleri faller heir to through the death of an uncle oliver has been granted a new trial and his early release Is confidently fi looked for as there are no witnesses in the state to testify against him mrs geo M pullman widow of the late palace car company magn magnate ate has arrived in san francisco accompanied by mrs john A logan widow of the late gen logan miss gillette of elkhart ills and miss enders of chicago the party will remain on the coast tor for some time as the guests of mrs frank S carolin the daughter of mrs pullman in the election for councilmen at cheyenne wyo two democrats and one republican were victorious the vote being as follows first ward isaac greentree dem joseph grainger rep second ward john john L murray dem B E J kerr rep third ward albert russel dem abe underwood rep progress to is slow in the uber tiber lynch ing case at genoa nev and efforts to secure states evidence have proved futile two persons accused of participation of the lynching lunching lyn ching mason crummal and olle bogener Ho gener were placed on the stand but firmly protested their innocence minor evidence was given against a number and a batch of subpoenas was sent friday to dayton and to diamond valley mills james doyle joseph perks and andrew westland were instantly killed and daniel munday probably fatally hurt by a fan fall of rock in the hidden treasure firu at nevadaville Nev adaville two miles from Cerit centra raj T city colo wednesday afternoon phe accident was caused by the breaking of a stu llor platform upon which was hundreds of tons of ore which wo vas being sorted w henry W herington one of th most prominent citizens of rincon valley cal died at his home there them monday morning he was a native of franklin county 0 and was 85 dpn yearn of age in 1848 he moved to iowa ancl was prominently identified with the tol pol itice of that state serving several berrns in the legislature in 1864 he went aca ts california settling in sonoma county for several years he served the county counts y as supervisor it begins to look as if the man known as marvin who robbed E A brown or if los angeles cal of saturday morning after nearly killing hirn him iw by beating him over the head with a 1113 etc tol is really wulliam willliam A miller a nota criminal miller has served two a L in the penitentiary the last time 3 twenty five year sentence tor for stage stae robbery in tuolumne county with i three others miller robbed co a strong box of its contents 1 I guch a japanese was stabbed to ta death by fellow countrymen at the COT cor rall rail hollow mines near livermore Livermor eCal cal sunday night the murder has the ele el ments of a mystery in that the motive motive for the killing has not been clearly de fined and the number of those who assisted in the work has not been deter mined one japanese who admits beine a party to the crime is in custody but his explanations are vague ami bear the stamp of falsity w ranchmen ranchman Ranch men in the vicinity of hey enne wyo are losing a large number of young cattle through the Didat de 0 da eions of wolves the wolves dry are of th the largest kind and travel in drova rull ing down good sized sl sed colts and cilva ift the immediate vicinity of the ranch rann buildings N R davis me ine of the fi large stock owners of the county haa ha offered a reward of 5 for wolf hide in addition to the bounty paid by the state and other stockmen stoc kmen are espee expected ted to do the same W J martin the manager of the san francisco office of the western union telegraph company has tendered haw hi resignation to take effect february lat he will engage in 0 ther other busine business 8 s w mob will be to his advantage mr martin bears a high reputation as an expert telegraph operator and manager man ager H he has been in the employ of the western union for twenty two years and during that period has at various times been manager of the sacramento san jose joa and stockton offices martin oconnor was shot and instantly killed about 6 tuesday morning in a in the rear oc the white metal woon saloon butte mont bob shadwell the murderer is in custody both men were gambling oconnor caught shadwell cheating and warned him shadwell went out 1 got a gun and returning insisted on continuing the game As he grabbed the cards oconnor snatched the them from him shadwell drew his gun ana shot oconnor in the head rev edwards davis the poet preacher of oakland cal to chonk attention was attracted last san quentin when The theodore odbre durrant was hanged owing to his connection with that event has announced to the world that he will talc take unto himself a wife the bride according to the announcement to la wisp mf margaret kingore a daughter of attorney miller who la Is acting as the preachers legal adviser in pending litigation A dispatch today jan 13 front phoenix ariz says an amlo abr I 1 settlement has been made today between the warring elements concerned in the foreclosure suits instituted against the arizona canal co by a chicago trust company and no opposition was offered to the qualifications of C J hall to be receiver application lias has been made to the court for permission to issue assue in rece receivers ivera certificates for the purpose of liquidating outstanding maintenance claims the police of san francisco have arrested a man whom they believe is responsible for circulating many spurious 6 5 and 10 gold pieces at the race tracks he gave the name of gilbert kindall and is about 40 years of age in the room where kindall was arrested was found a complete counterfeiting outfit consisting of presses batteries dies molds metal and acids there were ten finished ten dollar pieces and seven finished five dollar pieces there were also several pieces partially finished the government relief expedition will tart start for the klondike on the steam ship alp oregon which sails from portland ore on january for and arrangements were completed tuesday with the pacific steamship company co pany by oen gen H C merriam commanding In the department of the columbia for the transportation of men mules I 1 and d supplies the advance party will consist of sixty men fromi from the fourteenth infantry and with them talce take mules and tons of supplies capt pullen of fort riley will have charge of transportation the san 1 francisco police are on the trail of matt reese and alexander mendelssohn sohn the confidence workers j who are accused of complicity with rebel george knowlton in bunk a toli tourist vist named sullivan out of on im an oregon express train about a month ao ago they were out of prison on 1500 bonds pach each and jumped their ball rome beese Is reported to be in 8 seattle eattle ana and ate aft arrest is hourly expected mendelssohn dels dela sohn gohn Is thought to be in san francisco rebel george was turned over to the custody of deputy sheriff 33 F furlong of yreka areka tuesday and taken to siskiyou lyou YOU county for trial the fifteen round glove contest between young griffo and frang mcconnell did not take place at vallejo cal tuesday night owing to the small size of thi the house mcconnell refused to enter the ring saying there was not enough money in sight after a protracted tr wrangle billy lewis was chosen as substitute for mcconnell tom toma sharkey was accepted as referee and at 11 1130 30 p m the emen men entered the ring aln it was agreed not to hit in the clinches and to fight for a decision the men fought ten rounds when referee sharkey gave the gave the fight to td griffo miss anna R brewster a teacher in clan diego ego cal attempted to commit suicide sunday night at her boarding house shooting herself through the 1 right temple with a revolver in her room was found a brief note in which she he sald said she was tired of living and wished to be buried from the morgue without services after she shot herself she walked down stairs and calling a young man in the house took him to her room and said pointing to the note on the table there are the directions she then became unconscious and has been so ince the doctors ay y her chances of recovery are very Ja wight light t she is about 30 years old jq dr E N torello of mission street t san francisco had a thrilling experience ri e nee sunday night and a narrow cape from a violent death he was iriving at ordinary speed along treet and had reached the on andara street bridge across which the mission street cars pass to ingleside Wear kearly lr the full width of the bridge was waa taken up by the car tracks and when about halfway half way across the bridge a car approaching from behind frightened the horse and caused it to jump suddenly to one side the bridge at this point Is not protected by a railing and the horse and buggy with the driver went over the side falling fifteen feet to the bottom of the gulch dr torello was very severely injured the buggy was badly damaged and the horse hurt two teachers in the sentous street school los angeles cal miss emily J gardiner and miss vada reid were arrested monday on a complaint charging them with battery the complaining witness is ex police commissioner C H long who alleges that the teachers used unlawful force and violence on his fourteen year nye old ar son seward who was a pupil in miss gardiners gardinere Gar diners room the boy and his parents allege that misses gardner and reid held tied him to a chair and took turns at beating him with a strap till his legs were black and blue from the hips to the knees this punishment is alleged to have continued for one hour and ten minutes and the boys nervous system is said to have received a severe shock the pacific coast steamship company anticipates a rush of travel from san francisco and seattle to alaska when the northern country opens up that will be beyond the ability of existing transportation transport aton companies to handle they will have their three big the walla walla umatilla and city of pueblo running between S F p and puget sound bound and from puget sound north a fleet of fourteen vessels the company has officially notified western roads that it will not guarantee passengers against delays at any of the ports at which its vessels touch and that it cannot promise to carry on any particular steamer as it will be practically impossible to handle the rush without some of these objectionable features the last of the rogers roger gang of counterfeiters counterfeit ers was found guilty monday in the united states district court at san francisco stephen rosenbaum better known as pinkey after a trial lasting all day with a most vigorous defense by denson was declared by the jury to be guilty as charged but the jury added we earnestly commend him to the extreme clemency of the court this recommendation to clemency the jurors stated afterward was due to his youth to the fact that in a sense he had been led into his crime and to the further fact that it was as the temptation of the poolrooms pool rooms that brought him to his downfall ro denbaum will be brought before the court |