Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS president F B gault of the idaho university has been deprived of his position through the board of regents politics it is said is the cause the president of the wyoming university ver sity dr frank P graves has resigned and will accept a similar position in the state of washington to which he has been elected miss carrie M swan the nineteen year old daughter of james swan of the firm of eckert swan flour mill owners of chicago was instantly killed at pasadena cal monday being thrown from her horse editor walton of the boise sentinel has been held on the charies charges of per jury and obtaining money under false pretenses he gave bonds in the sum of montana through its state treasurer has made application to the treasury department at washington for of the new issue of government bonds I 1 jack davis alias Diamond field jack has been found guilty by the idaho court of the murder of john C wilson on or about february 4 1896 on deep creek in cassia county the coroners jury in the case of little ethel gill at butte mont returned a verdict thursday night of death at the hands of someone unknown the case looks very bad against charles smith the first suspect arrested garrett cochran the famous princeton football coach mhd passed the medical examination preparatory to enlisting in the volunteer army has changed his hia mind and will remain in berkeley cal to coach the state university football eleven this year frank walton editor of the boise balse sentinel the populist organ of idaho has been charged with perjury and a warrant is now out for his arrest it arises out of testimony in a suit between the sentinel and the advance publishing company an ax fight is reported from a lumbering camp near rocky bar ida the principals were foley abbott and an unknown the men bagged each other in a frightful manner but abbott abbot was victorious and hla his antagonist is i not expected to recover the newly organized christian commission has ham planned a ti gracd d revival at camp caal merritt Merrl tt A telegram has been sent to evangelist moody to ascertain if he could immediately come to the boat rev kev H 14 C minton has been elected president A T needham secretary and H J mccoy treasurer of the commission I 1 private orville R knight company F twentieth kansas volunteers died ai at the field hospital san francisco today friday of pneumonia he was from Fort Scott his remains with those of private ibert albert augus of yates center who aleo albo died of the same disease will probably be sent to their former homes tor for burial col louis T morris has been ordered to appear before a board of retirement which meet in san francisco he is at present post commandant at the presidio and colonel of the fourth united states cat cavalry alry col morris who possesses pos esses an enviable war record was born bom in indiana i 1 1840 and his retiring year on account of age would be 1904 jealousy Is in supposed to have caused another tragedy in Rivers riverside itle county cal last night at 9 mrs J R brought who resides with her husband on a ranch near san jacinto Jacl nto took a dose of laudanum with suicidal intent intents 1 and death ensued in a short time mr and mrs brought had been married marri only a year and a half and up to th thai present month appeared perfectly cox conj tented and happy i the san francisco evening p s says bays the men in the montana arza regi 1 ment ere axe complaining of the food foidl served them while the men have been dissatisfied with the conditions t tha have prevailed for some days ald not strong protest was entered until tod today monday when the soldiers of c company part 5 13 of butte went out on a serl strike e and refused to drill under the present cori conj editions dit ions the silver republican bartys stata stat committee of colorado monday adopted adolte resolutions in favor of fusion with thal democrats and populists lists in the coma coma ing campaign on the state congress congles dional and legislative ticket and a ana s pointed a committee to confer witly va I 1 committees of the other parties wi wits this end in view this action was t taken axe in accordance with the wishes of sen ator teller the U S army and christian com cora a mission of california has been organ iced its purpose is the uniting of evangelical churches in a union tog systematic work among the soldie rai confining its efforts to operation cooperation co w the chaplains of the U S A and na navy an executive committee depre antl many denominations has been a aia pointed to formulate a plan of operas opera eions and elect officers for the orgaz organization liza the court of appeals denver colo J has handed down a decision in the a of willard R green against the T tom T boy gold mining company green at I 1 tempted to get possession of about 24 shares of stocks of the company val V value at over and secured judgment in the district court presiding jud judg thompson delivered the opinion of ft fh ap court reversing the judgie in every point and remanding the c case for a new trial major heuer of the united states state ei gincer corps san francisco has haa gov out the following for publication bu aul marine mines are being placed over a area embraced within lines drawn trw f sausalito Sau to the green grebil buoy south belvedere and angel island thence til shag rock then chento to point cavallo a and it will be unsafe for any vessels what ever to pass within said area until fu fui ther instructions are issued no definite date can be named present for the sailing galling of the third tion to the philippines preps eions will be pushed forward june has been mentioned pro brov tonally as theadate the date of sailing galling it if i quiren twenty two days to prepare j sailing galling the tour four vessels which went ent 6 i wednesday but the long delay caused by the non arrival of supply sup there are hundreds of carloads ot at sw su plies piles at san francisco now an and so go will hardly take so great a lent length time to prepare the third fleet ton tor a vice four special conveying Tenn tennessee eee volun volunteers volunteer tee ra to san F francu ralael are expected to ter reach oakland moia this Thu thursday evening the te tro broo numbering 1198 men and officers n probably cross the bay and mara march camp merritt on friday morning mornin gm E i thirteenth minnesota volunteers give an exhibition drill at the me tea pavilion on friday night the ceede to go to the red cross fund royh roy H burton of omaha mir ill III of pneumonia at the cite it vl t county hospital san francisco francis ta vs a member of the nebraska vo dolunt n as at first reported he ate went there with the regiment but did not enlist in it early sunday morning a special train over the northern pacific arrived at portland ore from st paul with men and three commissioned officers to recruit the thirteenth minnesota volunteer regiment to its maximum they left shortly after for san francisco in a special over the southern pacific in every seat of the train boxes of lunch and a pail of straw berles had been placed early in the evening by the women of the emergency corps the seats and walls of the cars were brightened with flowers in profusion A proclamation was issued by the governor of new mexico thursday which annuls that of the former governor prohibiting california cattle from coming into the territory it is now prodded that such cattle be allowed to enter or pass through on permit from the united states bureau of animal industry stipulating that all suck must be perfectly healthy and tree free from texas fever provision is also made that the cattle shall be subject to all regulations of the territorial veterinary board with these arl provisions obeyed california cattle are now free to come into the territory sergeants M C corey john stringer and J W childs of the first arst battalion washington volunteer infantry have been orde ordered ired to seattle and spokane on recruiting service sergeants raymond wm H darr and jae jaa reid held of the second ba tallion will recruit at vancouver yaquina and walla walla private john H stevens who came eom walla walla with troop li first ga cavalry valry died at the presidio Pre sidia wednesday of pneumonia the men of com etoy y E first idaho volunteers have anted captain thomas E homer with a handsome gold mounted sword award and scabbard duplicates of those given to general shatter shafter when he left san francisco A dispatch from Sk aguay june 12 via victoria june 16 says mrs sarah rowley bowley an english woman has been beell arrested on a charge of t attempting to murder postmaster steele of talla she learned that her brother had left tor for her with postmaster steel when she asked him for it he is said to have informed her it had been lost she then borrowed a loaded revolver and aiming it at steles head demanded her maney she was at once arrested and held under ball for trial at sitka on the way to she jumped overboard H her er husband leaped into the water to save sav e her and both narrowly escaped drowning at the pack TM train gambling house samuel dunder doff cropped dead after losing considerable money A alj fire caused by the explosion of a sabo gasoline litle stove ato jj tik in the restaurant of mra mann ori od front street tracy cal bundey Bund sy destroyed the entire business portion of that town which consisted of three blocks of closely connected bildings Wil dings the wind blew a gale and the efforts of the citizens to stay the course of the blaines were of no avail there was somei some hope have that the fire might be checked when it reached the tf odd fellows hall ball a new three story brick building but to the surprise of all ah the be bulling burned like a bundle of sh shavings many people lost their Ors personal effects even after they had been moved into the street two switch engines of the southern were brought into use as fire engines blatt proved of little ir service erce the residence portion of the town escaped damage and itna is all of tracy how remaining dubiny the fire C E jumped om the second story of the odd fellows jall and broke his leg the total toa 1 about partly insured smith general manager of f the pacific coast company returned from southeastern alaska thursday in reference to a report brought out from dawson that the low stage of the yukon river would probably interfere with navigation this summer between st michaels and dawson mr smith said the story was told me at juneau and it was published in the alaska papers I 1 did not have the opportunity to inquire into the reliability of the man who brought out the report or the truthfulness of the story although it bore evidences of reliability it was also reported at juneau that the canadian authorities have issued an order requiring every prospector going in to have pounds of many people are now going down the river in small boats the first steamer was advertised to leave the lakes for dawson june the rumor that canyon city had been burned is untrue the sawmill and two or three tents were all that was destroyed the fire following the timber to sheep camp but I 1 do not believe that sheep camp was threatened it is now regarded as certain that all of the soldiers at camp merritt together with 1600 1500 artillery stationed at the Pre presidio sidia are to go to manila the sixth california and washington regiments will remain on the cosat Every command but the engineers and the signal corps is now either up to the maximum war footing or practically so both the eighteenth and twenty third regulars have recruited to the limit and all their sources of supply have stopped enlisting men the fourteenth regulars require only 50 or 60 more recruits the volunteer regiments are filling in the same game way extra recruits for several regiments are on their way to san francisco kimball and sergeant cobb will arrive today friday from salt lake with 19 recruits for the utah cavalry troop which will then have its full quota of gen merritt is quoted as saying he expects to accompany the third expedition tion on the city of para horses owned by officers at camp merritt will be appraised and bought by the government it if desired as they cannot be taken take n to the philippines orders have been issued to have the city of para ready to sail with the third manila expedition on june 25 it is not expected however that the transports wll wil sail much before july 1 so fat far IS ae decided upon they will consist of the ohio indiana 6 morgan city city of para and Va valencia Tencia the last named which was secured thursday can carry six hundred men is neat and has superior supe accommodations for officers she will probably be made the flage flagship hip of brigadier general king who win will command the expedition or of general merritt himself should he decide to go with these there ved vessels sels the steamers progresso and willamette Wll lamette have been examined and may be taken if they are not secured the forte of men under general king may not exceed or of owing to the limited capacity of the steamers engaged seven transports have already sailed and only six thousand men are yet on their way to manila it will require nearly 20 more troop ships to carry the more soldiers necessary to make up the which is given out as the number which will occupy the philippines if the deal with the british northern pa company can be successfully made the way will be opened for engaging more foreign vessels and the government may yet get steamers as aa the coptic gaelic and doric the can hardly come in the list for she sails saturday tor for the orient when gen merritt shall call upon gen den E F a 8 otis to recommend those regiments most fitted for the next expedition tion to manila the names of the minnesota and seventh bali california fornia ments and of the wyoming and idaho battalions will almost certainly be sug g ested details of men from each of these commands were today ordered to guard the transports already secured for or the third military cruise hitherto orders to guard a ship have been sent only to commands which subsequently embarked in the vessels thus protected so according to precedent the regiments and battalions selected for such guard duty may fel reasonably sure of accompanying gen kingto manila it is not so certain that the kansas and iowa regiments will sail on the next expedition and it is in not likely that the washington volunteers will leave the pacific coast tor for some time gen merriam Merr lam in comand of the department of california today tested orders dividing the washington regiment beewen the Pre presidio sidia and angel island barracks assigning the regiment to those stations for an indefinite period the engineer corps is being organized with all possible speed but only a detachment will be ready for sailing with the third fleet A large supply of submarine cable and telegraph wire has been sent by the war department for transportation to manila the cable will be used to connect the principal island with manila after the united states troops acquire complete possession gen merriam in command of the department of california departed last night tor for vancouver barracks for a weeks stay in connection with his duties as commander of the department of columbia |