Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS theodore durrant has again been removed to the death cell to await the hour of his execution which has been fixed tor for 1030 a m january 7 john a colored man charged with selling liquor to indians pleaded guilty at pocatello thursday and was sent to jail for thirty days col G G hunt who has been detailed F to command the department of colorado during the temporary absence of general otis arrived in denver tuesday night talla driscoll a young lady of moscow ida accidentally shot a young man named walter craig at whom she playfully pointed a pistol the ball struck craig on the nose and has not yet vet been located the recent rainstorm in washington washingto n teas ban seriously interrupted railroad t traffic raffio tor for the past forty eight hours and a chinook wind which la is converting the snow in the mountains into water tk threatens considerable damage quarantine officer rosenau of has received authority from washington to refuse to vessels which cross the quarantine line or allow the pilot or any one else to go ashore before the quarantine officer has come aboard at boise idaho Wednes wednesday dayt the poor mark marksmanship manship of officer phillips narrowly averted a tragedy when the officer fired five shots at hugh lindsay lindaay 9 a rough character who was resisting arrest none of the wounds are meri serious out in the district court at laramie laralle Lar amle wyoming george nagle just turned 21 to Is suing his guardian william A acl robins claiming that the latter has made loans aggregating and all now BOW without proper authority from the court b edl parker attempted to kill C J sheets and his wife late last night at a los angeles cal lodging house hous e and then committed suicide by blowing out his brains parker had won the r affections of mrs Sheet sand the shooting was the result of an attempt by sheets to effect a reconciliation with his wife the united states steamer mohican now at mare island navy yard san francisco will go in commission for a z cruise around the world with a crew of naval ap prentices apprentices the boys must be between the ages of 14 and 17 and must be shipped with the consent of I 1 their air parents or guardians until they are re 21 years of age john healy who died in u a new york hospital on tuesday night from wounds suppo supposed ned to have been inflicted by george H lincoln positively refused to identify lincoln as the mancho man who stabbed him it to is believed the reason the refusal Is that before the cutting affray the men were the best beat or ol ft friends lendiL jp portland ortland ore men will send a raft A containing feet of sawed lumber to san francisco this raft will bb jaw feet long and 53 feet wide the contents of this one raft it if cut into inch boards and laid end to end would make a from new york to chio chicago iro with enough over to build gevie several ral houses at each end Adis A dispatch from san jose cal says kenneth benneth duncan formerly a methodist minister in chicago and san francisco narleen liay nar been returned to the insane asylum at agnews from which institution he escaped pu tuesday on coming to tofu he promptly stole a bicycle and wad it to a pawn broker tor for ta 9 and it was this offense that led to his capture prof willard B rising dean of the college of chemistry of the university of california has received the honor of an appointment as member of the american committee for the third international ter congress of applied chemistry to be held in vienna next july at which it is expected th that t the m most los t famous chemists of the world will be present the estate of the late josiah H R white the pioneer miner who made a fortune with walter E dean at tombstone ariz h has been appraised at the inventory which waa filed thursday in the alameda county court cal discloses valuable personal and real property in alameda and sonoma counties and in bloomington ills As the outcome of a dispute among some members of the crew of the ship bohemia now in port at san francisco first mate holman ana and seaman charles A benjamin the former with his face badly cut are in the county jail and charles P F steadman another sailor is at the hospital with a bullet in his thigh the men may recover joseph E ray a commercial traveler from philadelphia was arrested at boise idaho wednesday on a charge of robbery he went to the express office to get some baggage stored there and threatened to shoot the young man in charge because the latter refused to let him have it without payment of charges he terrorized the clerk and got the baggage william smith of oakland cal is determined to kill himself early monday morning he took ten morphine pills and followed the dose with an attempt to cut his throat he was prevented from carrying out his intention but says that he will end his life as soon as he gets out of the receiving hospital it is thought that the overdose of morphine he took saved his life and jack geyser who were ax arrested rested at pocatello ida monday charged with so brutally assaulting saul ting frank framk mccune were arraigned before judge holson tuesday and pleaded not guilty the officers are collecting evidence against the men and when they appear in court for hearing it is expected that things will be made decidedly interesting for them cripple creek colo is about to lose three of its most notorious gamblers they are sam mcdonnell alias texas sam tony abbott and bobby burns all of whom are now prep preparing wing to leave the noted mining camp and seek fame and fortune in alaska they will take their gambling paraphernalia along and reap a rich harvest from those who see fit to cell call on them in the ley icy regions A member of the standard oil co writes from new york to a friend at port townsend wash that the coming season will see that big corporation operating extensively on the pacific coast its oil mines in alaska will be developed and the output brought not only to the cities of the pacific slope tor for distribution west of the rocky mountains but also for shipment to south america asia and australia george bennett walters a prominent labor leader of butte mont committed suicide wednesday morning at his home by shooting himself through the head walters was a clerk by occupation and at tuesday nights meeting of the clerks assembly he was a can dictate for walking delegate he W was as defeated getting 13 votes out of this and inability to get work made him despondent he was 45 years of age at nevada city cal robert J holland died shortly after midnight dec of injuries inflicted by thomas evans late monday afternoon while evans claims to have acted in ila self defense the killing is commonly regarded as a cold blooded murder and some talk of judge lynch Is heard evans is in a steel tank in the county J jail a il and presents a pitiable sight he has collapsed completely and has re fuese to leave his bed the 10 year old daughter of simon barringer Barn nger was accidentally killed at Blen bair near fort bragg cal wednesday evening by her brother two years older the boy had been out hunting and returning home was met by his sister who wanted to shoot the rifle the boy refused and a playful struggle igle ensued for possession of the gun g un the cartridge exploded and the bullet pierced the childs heart killing her instantly the building trades council of san saia francisco have indorsed endorsed indor sed the actions or of lobor labor commissioner E L fitzgerald in urging at washington D C on their the ir behalf the annexation of the hawaiian an islands advocating the eig eigher ht hour labor law supporting the anti immigration bill and striving to have a clause inserted in the specifications for the new post postoffice office in that city requiring that all the stone be dressed in san francisco at the suggestion of W C ralston who is now in new york tirey L ford of the miners association california will prepare resolutions in favor of the creation of the cabinet of secretary of mines and mining in the ahk presidents cabinet for adoption by the american institute of mining engineers and federations of miners throughout the east mr ralston has enlisted francis C newlands of we vada and representative loud in the cause the body of an unknown man was wag found tuesday morning coniing at the water tank maricopa maricola Mari copa ariz a short distance from that station the man had been struck on the back of the head with a mesquite club that was found a short distance away the skull was waa crushed the body was recognized by a local hotelkeeper hatel keeper as that of a man mail who arrived on foot monday and told him he was a teamster on his way from frola phoenix to tucson no clew to the murderer ivas was found colorado will not be numbered among 0 9 the western states which are f forming oat a combination to biennially inspect the books of the large eastern life insurance companies insurance commissioner vivian said such a biennial investigation vesti gation was folly unless a serious condition of affairs existed in the management of some of the large eastern companies he to is of the opinion that it is not the large companies which need watching but some of the smaller western concerns rosa medici aged 19 years was burned to death at the home of her parents on the santa monica road los angeles cal while sitting in front ofa grate fire with a baby in her lari lap a spark from the crackling wood ignited her dress and she was immediately enveloped in flames she dropped the baby on the floor and ran into the yard where her mother turned the hose on her but her injuries were so severe that she died shortly after the baby was not injured the artesian water works company of alameda cal is considering the matter of bringing a suit against the al alameda ameda oakland and piedmont elec trie railway company to compel it to take steps to prevent damage being d done to the formers water pipes by e electricity I 1 escaping from the rails no similar case has been carried into the courts before supt bupt borden of the water works says that the escaping electricity so 0 injures the pipes that they have to be replaced at short intervals authorities of san francisco have made a new departure in criminal procedure which is expected to deter mur derera from interposing the plea of insanity mrs E wilson who was accused of murdering her husband in that city on the of september 1894 was adjudged insane before her trial took place and she was sent to an asylum after her recovery she was taken charge of by the authorities of the city and will be brought to trial on the murder charge in the superior court next week district attorney bames says bays this plan Js as to be adhered to in other similar cases geon geo A king author of a number of religious works is dead at san francisco he was born in new ipswich ipswitch N E H 88 years ago and was at one time a a prominent lawyer and capitalist in new york for years he practiced law in rochester N Y and afterwards ter wards was a large operator in railroad stocks in new york where he acquired a large fortune he leaves besides his son cameron H king who la Is a prominent attorney several grandchildren and relatives in boston mass among whom is miss harriet H king kl ne his daughter well known in boston society his funeral was conducted by his son cameron who delivered an address and read from his fa fathers theros writings I 1 the eta province of the sigma alpha epsilon held its second annual convention at denver tuesday the eta consists of six branches the universities denver arkan colorado of texas Ms bab california and leland stanford JT only three of these are represented in this convention colorado denver and leland stanford jr but written reports were read from those not represented the following officers were elected tor for the ensuing year Wes president ident 13 M webster denver vice president harry douel leland C P hiller denver the next meet alg of the society will be held in denver in december 1898 tuesdays meting closed with a banquet at the albany hotel in the evening there was ts a murder in chinatown ban wednesday afternoon A chinese known as lee pat fat cut the throat of lee long a recent arrival from merced county the murderer waa as caught in tae the act by policeman maguth the officer attempted to prevent the crime but did not reach the pot in time age the wounded man was taken to the receiving hospital where he died the ju jugular alar vein having been fiat vered severed lee ee fat will make no statement ent rega regarding ing his to say that trouble oyer over money matters caused the deed he dhea not deny the crime his murderous act was committed at the corner of washington and stockton streets in full view of a number of people including the passengers on a paSsi passing tig street car the attorneys for W H T durrant will make another attempt to gain time and are at present engaged in perfecting another appeal to the supreme court of california should their efforts to save the convicted murderer frota from the gallows tail fall inthis in this direction an ail appeal will be taken to the supreme court of the united states the new appeal that to Is to be filed in the state supreme court is based on the exceptions taken by attorneys boardman and duprey before superior judge bahrs when durrant was sentenced the last time judge bahrs bahra last LS r friday settled the bill of exceptions and the transcript is now in the hands of the printer As soon as the document is ready it will be filed in the supreme court and an appeal taken the san francisco chronicle in its annual new year edition gives the following statistics regarding the principal natural products of california total production during 1897 wine gallons best sugar pounds wheat centala cent als barley centala cent als wool 3 pounds lumber hops bales beans pounds prunes pounds raisins 64 honey cars 12 tons tona each oranges cars boxes each the exports of merchandise from san francisco amounted to the largest in any year with the exception of 1891 when it was the imports for the year amounted to 39 J A van who on friday was appointed attorney general for wyoming was born in pennsylvania in 1860 he graduated in westminster college new wilmington Wll pa in 1886 1885 and in 1888 moved to nebraska where he engaged in business for three years yeats in 1891 he moved to wyoming and has since that time been engaged in the practice of law in cheyenne in 1892 he was elected prosecuting attorney of laramie county and in 1894 was elected to the lower house of the third state legislature he was a member of the commission appointed by gov richards in 1895 to revise the laws of the state he to is now the law partner of C W burdick Burd lck the present secretary of state of wyoming his appointment is said to mean harmony As the result of a christmas debauch lagora molina a chilean wood chopper met a terrible death molina who was employed on a ranch near los gatos cal drank deeply saturday evening and with three other laborers caroused in his cabin until far into night after three members of the quartet had fallen to the floor in a drunken stupor molina took a lighted lamp and went out juto into the yard he stumbled and fell the lamp exploded and the burning oil ignited his clothing being unable to arise he lay there until burned to death no one saw the accident and molinas tragic fate was not known until sunday morning when the body with the chest and lower limbs blackened and charred was found a short distance from his cabin the overturning of a lamp for heating glue in whitneys Whit mill san bernardino cal started a fire late wednesday afternoon which destroyed property valued at and threatened to wipe out the city four teen residences an episcopal church a skating rink and hardware store were burned and the fire was only got under control when needed help arrived from the adjacent town A peculiarity of the |