| Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS Tor reys rough riders will com mence to arrive at cheyenne monday from nevada idaho utah and wyoming points equipments axe are now en route from the east and no delay will be occasioned on this score the supreme court at boise ida today affirmed the verdict of murder t in the first degree against herman C st clair atair who so brutally murdered john decker his traveling companion in long valley boise county on octo her ber last the baite of st clairs execution will be fixed by the district court the general office of the santa fe railroad in los angeles cal gave out information thursday that all arrange ments have been completed for putting on a line of steamers from san diego to yokohama in connection with the santa fe railroad the first steamer will leave san diego not later than s october ct ober lot gustav walter founder of the orpheum and san Francis cos vaude vaudeville ville plunger died of appendicitis monday forenoon he had been ill since thursday last and was removed from his rooms at the orpheum building to a L sanitarium at 4 oclo cok monday morn 1 ing in order that an operation might be performed but died before it was deemed advisable to use the knife at boise idaho thursday company D 1 from genesee was mustered into service edward smith was made captain while wells E gage and james K bell were commissioned first and second lieutenants respectively it is in expected that colonel J W jones editor of the blackfoot foot news and col IT danford of lewiston will be made majors at a meeting of the roaring fork and eagle river live stock association denver col resolutions were adopted declaring their purpose to prevent with force if need be the importation of cattle from drought stricken regions of california into western colorado as the ranges are already over stocked it Is said that head of cattle are now on the way there from california the san francisco chamber of corn com merce held a special meeting wednesday afternoon in aid of the red cross society of california many prominent citizens were present all religious creeds being represented A committee was appointed to collect 10 from each member of the chamber of commerce which will amount to contributions aggregating nearly as 1 much more have already been made first lieutenant R D walsh fourth cavalry united states army stationed 0 gut ait boise idland ida and now acting mustering officer tor for idaho volunteers has received a dispatch from col wood of the cowboy regiment offering him a captaincy it to Is understood he will accept wood knew him film in arizona during the geronimo war ww where he walsh j distinguished himself as a tireless resourceful campaigner mal maj gen E S alls is who has been I 1 ordered by the department to proceed to the philippines as second in command to maj gen merritt has haa announced the selection ot of the follow ing staff maj francis moore in general capt john S mallary mallar judge advocate capt J S sawyer chief quartermaster capt john L zohn assistant adjutant gener fred W aide decamp de d camp geri gen otte and staff left denver today for af pf sam ban francisco the troops now encamped at the parade plain at the Pre presidio san francisco are first regiment california united states volunteer infantry 12 companies 1028 men seventh regiment california united states volunteer infantry 12 companies men battalion fourteenth united states infantry four companies men first and second battalions california united states volunteer infantry eight companies men several of the radl railroad road employed emp loyes of san bernardino cal have formed a plan for building a battleship to be paid for by railroad employed emp loyes and when built is to be presented to the government there are something over railroad men in this country and if each one averages 5 6 and the street and electric car men do as aa well it will furnish a battleship for the government subscription lists are to be sent to every railroad c company in the united states it is expected that within 10 days volunteers will be encamped at the presidio san francisco gen merriam has advised those in charge there that arrangements must be made at once to care for that number cori con tracts will be let next week tor for 9 a large amount amo of subsistence nine thousand blankets were ordered friday and 10 pairs of shoes wll be bought today saturday four hundred horses and an squeal number of mules will at once be purchased for the artillery and cavalry divisions of the mantis manila expedition the great excitement in garfield county colo which caused the citizens to draw up resolutions protesting against the influx of foreign cattle anticipated on account of the drought in california and sending a man to denver to confer with the proper au thorl ties regarding the best methods for keeping them out turns out to have been groundless ground lees so tar fax as can be ascertained by reference to railroad shipments and inspections by state authorities there is no unusual num ber bound colorado wards california is about to place more stars in the histrionic firmament on monday evening next miss helen young and miss olive snyder make their professional bows to the publio public they will appear at the california theater in moths that from buldas novel popularized by the frawley company they will be supported up by the excellent stock company which has recently given trilby and is now playing in the ensign miss young is cast for the part of the countess and miss misa snyder tor for that of fuschia leach A lack of nerve on the part of a gang of desperate men prevented the robbery of the standard gambling rooms in the heart of attles Se tenderloin sunday night they had the job carefully planned and counted on making an or haul baul but surmised rightly that the trick had been tipped off to the police by some stool three of the men whom the police believe were in on this big trick were arrested sunday morning one of them is EL a notorious ex convict whom some of the officers believe ls is responsible for the recent street car and abid saloon holdup in that city joseph H sinton traveling freight agent of the missouri pacific railway milway and one of the best known and most popular freight men on the coast died at his home fell street san framcisco a few minutes minute after noon monday after an illness that dated only from last saturday night apoplexy to la given as the cause of death sinton had beeh with the missouri pacific for more than a year prior to that time he was with the panama railroad under E H hinton for a long time general agent of the line in san francisco he ats 37 years of age and leaves a mother and sister he was unmarried plans for concentrating troops on the presidio Pre reservation san frano have been formed by the war department the volunteers now there are rapidly being supplied ath clothing and camp equipments captain george U S A who was recently on duty with the alaskan relief expedition has been appointed chief quartermaster of the department of california with headquarters in san francisco major robert H white surgeon U S A station at the pre sidio has been appointed chief surgeon of the proposed expedition to the philippines ip millionaire Million aAre W A nevilles of san francisco is having his inning in the little game of pleasure dollars and vineyards that has been on for the past year or two having for its ita principal participants the captain himself his superintendent myron H an and two women mrs MM easle williams and her sister mrs MM ars grace loose he has caused the arrest of azhderian and the women upon the charge of having exhorted from him a 2000 check upon the threat that in case of his non compliance they would publicly accuse i him of having proved himself unfaith ful to his wife by his hie relations with elsie williams A guard of 18 men from the coast defense vessel monterey will watch the loading in san francisco of the city of peking with coal and stores for the american fleet at manila the peking will carry as many troops as she has accommodations for about 2000 no extra berths will be provided and the vessel will get away the early part of the week the city of sydney will have extra accommodations put in the tween decks and steerage and the australia will also be fitted out in that manner it to is expected that all the vessels chartered at that port as transport snipe ships will got get away within 10 days A dispatch from victoria B C csayi assy b a startling discovery has just juat beer been made on the shores of lynn canal ba b the steamer J M coleman A row boat bearing the name of the unfortunate steamer clara nevada wab found high and dry on the beach neat nea seward city opposite where the disaster occurred the boat con contained tabled a couple of coats two miners bags bage full of clothing and a few provisions while a few feet away were the embers of a camp fire all this tends to show that at least one man escaped the fau fate ot the lost fifty and should he be found alive the details of the tragedy will cease to be a mystery erv prom from present indications the cruiser charleston will be ready for sea early on saturday her stores are going on board and the supply of ammunition for deweys deleys fleet is in being rushed into her magazine the charleston will not wait for the city of peking but as a stop will be made at honolulu fo coal it is more than probable that the pacific liner will overtake her there ther from which point the two snipe will proceed in consort aside from carrying ammunition and supplies to admiral dewey the charleston win prove a valuable adjunct to his squad squadron rOtt she will come next to the olympia la in point of size and her crew will consist of about officers and men A special from washington says an order was waa sent from the war department tuesday to captain baldwin an assistant commissioner of subsistence at san francisco iaco directing dire the immediate purchase tich itse of nearly rations fot for te military expedition to the paup pines DInes 1 the aA administration mInIstratIon was will rig to take time tor for having the subsistence si supplies sent across the continent ti nent and the order was therefore given to have the supplies bought in man flan Franc francisco teco to avoid delay the government has not announced when the expedition will embark for manila but in case the ships can be equipped with the necessary supplies for or the voyage the start will probably be jarade before monday thousands of cattle in danger of starvation if ft they remain in the center of bf california are daily dally being inspected by united states quarantine officers at revo reno for transportation east bast it is estimated that there are beleen 75 and head of cattle in need of pasturage A large portion of them have been provided for in the northern counties or in the tule lands from to head will however have i to be shipped shifted to utah wyoming montana Co colorado lovado and nebraska the state of nevada having closed its doors to the california herds about 1000 head a day can cam be examined at reno for splenetic oplene tic fever and the process h has as been 16 operation for ten days and w will ill probably be continued for at least a fortnight longer sunday runday afternoon as chas black a waiter by occupation was riding with a companion near the lodge in golden ote park san francisco he felt a peculiar sensation in his right side and called to his companion who was riding ing ahead to wait for him the attempt to make himself understood was the other man rode on unconscious of any trouble and black tell from his wheel when the park officers came up they found that black was unable to speak and that hi his tight right side was paralyzed he was taken laken in the ambulance to the emir emergency hospital where he was attended by dr wymore the ph physician diagnosed the case as apoplexy caus tag paralysis of the right side and probably induced by hard riding the democrat of baker city ore says bays that hon david eccles states that the la grande beet sugar factory now rapidly in course of 0 be completed and read ready lor for mainuu bettering the beet crop of 18 1898 9 11 anto 1 will not be surpassed tor for efficiency by any like establishment on OB the globe the la grande factory 7 buildings are to be exact duplicates of the structures of the great talar factory at los alamitos Ala mitos near lae angeles cat cal the most modern natyle ie beet sugar factory in the world of mr mccles eccles showed the re porters some fine photographs mr eddee stated that the enterprise at ala grande represents an outlay of between te tween and and that 1100 tons of machinery will be required for tala onster kiy 10 southern pacific company may v A litte rate cutting in its own behalf feln S of maw few days to meet the low lea to in OD ore over the Cana canadian pale from A san I 1 anc laco to eastern awl bant toab I 1 TO em mot attar meeting the com t tw atthe oia the aman ali acHan line has been me street of fex tended e d by t aph letteen e genera 1 VP or asevo tt of wa ana the he ot of the oe other lid a dianer lines for a week amai sadae a relt it is announced may be established at once bes n san francisco framcisco ammo an ad arad also aleo between san pran fran etwo and new york unless the vana oana san Imedla tely consents ettes pateo abow applying nm trtat another detachment of company D first idaho volunteers left for the rendezvous at boise wednesday night coll col kinport the recruiting officer returned from delivering the maln main body of the company at boise sunday morning and since monday has been recruiting those who came from malad and other points and from pocatello ana when he has delivered this contingent the counties of bannock bear lake and onelda oneida will have furnished a total of the committee which arranged the ovation last week repeated wednesday night with some slight changes the program of that occasion the lasses of pocatello Poa atello nave have procured a handsome slik silk flag to be presented to company D when they pass through pocatello Poo atello on their way to san francisco it if they are sent that route oth berwise it will be sent to them at boise insubordination has broken out in the ranks of the nevada volunteers and captain wright was arrested saturday charged with the offense tense of upon being sent to drill fhe he men captain wright it is charged called an indignation meeting which protested against the temporary officers appointed by governor sadler it was also charged at the meeting that a petition signed by seventy men asking governor sadler to permit the company to choose its own officers was suppressed inthe in the interest of governor sadlers appointees A number of the men had bad stated they theal would refuse to accompany the troops I 1 but only three men fell out of line sat arday after governor sadler had visited the camp and explained the matter these three were permitted to return home and the balance were started on saturday nig elgh lits ta train for cheyenne just at dawn today wednesday I 1 may alth an attempt was made to hold up the stage running from al cal to redding when about three miles from town the driver wll wil liam connery became aware that someone was climbing on his stage I 1 from behind As the driver turned the would be robber fired point blank in his face the bullet passing through his cheek carrying away several teeth and a portion of the root roof of his mouth A hand to hand conflict ensued the driver using ills his heavy whip while the i robber shot three more times at his intended victim A second bullet grazed Con nerys face and a third shot der burned his neck the fourth bul 1 let flew wild connery fin finally fally succeed ed in forcing the robter ro boer to the ground and the stage horses dashed away carrying the plucky driver out of harms reach he Is in a precarious condition from his wounds the |
