| Show another attempt at burglary but intruder frightened by a comans womans screams robbed by a negro boys steal cigars had in his pocket when found insensible an attempt was made to burglarize the home of david W james third street salt lake at 2 this morning but the burglar was frightened away by the screams of mr james daughter in eliose room the man was operating when discovered the robber biad forced a side window leading directly into the young womans comans room and so noiselessly did he work that his presence there was not discovered until he had time t ransack alio entire room but fortunately he secured nothing of value while at work tho burglar caused some skirts belonging to miss james and which were hanging in a clothes press near her bed to rustle and this noise somehow awakened her she rose partly in her bed and listened alwn presently the man approached the mcd and touched her with his liand she says she supposed it was the cat that had leaped upon the bed and sho cried get out of that at this the burglar whispered softly and said never mind wa only me at this chri woman aa as she was able in hear fright and the fellow became alarmed and rushed for the window through which ate went quickly george D aho lives next door heard taft man as he went through the window and he ran to his window in time to see the robber bolt through the front gate of hiis tiis lot FARRELLS HARD LUCK r t jerry farrell a cook and his four year old son little walter as jarry calls him presented a very sad as flioy hied cp before the desk at the police station last night the father told a hard luck story that in many respects is unique in that it vitally concerned little walter who though he is perfectly capable of walking well and taking care of measures ly a foot in height 1 farrell appeared in the station for the purpose of reporting a robbery that he eaid biad been committed upon himself by a burly ayro who used a ra for to accomplish his purpose farrell that he had met the black man on the train as he was on his way to tuss city from stockton where ho biad been engaged as a cook in a railroad camal he had also paid the fare of another stranger on the trip to salt lake lie says the way here the black man became very with him and when this city hal been reached the colored man placed como of his things in grip and boldly taking charge of the valise placed it I 1 upon a street car farrell says be paid the car fare uptown he was a stranger in the city and consequently was easily led wrong by the negro whom to accuses of having inveigled him into n uptown block where they were whirled to the third floor and entered a room all aliis time Little waller was along and he stood by with wide open eyes it ia said and saw the negro rob his father there was a white man in the room too so farrell says who assisted in the assault and robbery farrell was forced across a couch he claims and then the burly negro seized him by the throat at the same time brandishing a razor with a demand for 35 that the black man seemed to know reposed in pocket this money was given him and the two robbers departed CIGAR STORE ROBBED leonard brothers and earl nelson two newsboys were arrested last night on the charge of petit larceny it is claimed that they broke into the showcase of the cigar store in the entrance of the dooly block and took many good smokes the boys might have made good on the steal had it not been for two other newspaper peddlers who squealed on them to the police who later took in the accused lads PRAISE FOR i conrad C von hamm a large importer and commission merchant of honolulu is A guest of the knutsford and will remain for several days before returning his journey homeward mr von llanah bays that a great depression followed the annexation of the islands because of the operation of the exclusion act which prevented the sugar planters from having their work done by chinese as formerly f have been repeatedly tried at ahe work mr von hamm says but they have been unable to stand the climate and have not given satisfaction the gentleman is now of the opinion that congress will be appealed to to so modify the exclusion act as to permit to be brought in for plantation work f mr van hamm is one of the owners af pf a magnificent american hotel which will be opened in honolulu in march next the building is six stories high contains cort ains rooms and is absolutely fire proof associated with him is alexander young of oakland cal and other prominent gentlemen the steel for the building was shipped from new york around the horn while the stone was shipped from san francisco cost of the building when completed will be KOHLSTROM ARMED i john kohlstrom a sheepherder from wyoming who lives at mt pleasant altah came to salt lake with faa securely in the inside pocket af pf liis coat with a safety pin after seeing the sights he discovered that his safety pin was still in his possession but his money had disappeared he suspected two men who had followed him from wyoming and asked the police to arrest them upon being told by a friend that there would be little poa of the police apprehending the hien until the money was spent kohl atrom bought a gun and went out to do a little detective work on his own responsibility he declared that if he saw the men who had shorn him of his long green wool he would recover the goods without police assistance STILL HOPES FOR A GAME manageri rj riser of the university of utah football team received telegrams from manager roe of wisconsin and ithe management of the rose carnival company elating that the proposed toot balf game at pasadena on new acary day had been called off manager riser wired back that the utah boag would play the parris indians or any other team eliat might be chosen up to noon today manager riser had received no reply to his proposition bustill but till hopes to make some arrange menta for the coast trip A game is always played at pasadena in connection with the rose carnival on new tears day LABORER PICKED up D J cunningham n laborer recently employed on the leavington leamington Lea cut air met with very serious injuries early yesterday morning an element of mystery enters into the affair it being supposed by sonic of the local police that the man was maliciously shoved from a high landing of a in the rear of the union block cunning ham had engaged a room at the place and wont to bed at a very late hour in the night after taking several drinks in the morning probably about 2 the man rose and went out to the back door in the second atory of the building it seems but after that he was unable to recall what happened to him lie was discovered by the night watchman on the block about 2 with many wounds upon his body apparently made by a knife 1 it is possible the man simply fell from the landing and got them that way lie was still in an unconscious condition when found and the olli cers quickly removed him to a nearby saloon where his hurts were dressed by dr gacsy the man was unable to give a good account of the occurrence occur ence still being considerably dazed when put to bed again on his person was found and when told what the extent of his wealth was cunningham seemed disturbed and acted as though there waa some of it missing lie was taken yesterday to the keogh wright hospital and late last night he was reported as resting wall |
