Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-08
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS
III. Grand Jury at Provo Make Thslr
Final Report.
ANOTHER SHOCKING BEAR STORY
Annual Report Of The Governor Of View
Mexieo.--Fatal Family ieud
In Wyoming.
MOTHER SHOCKING DEAR STORY

..,cbinan vi syhille county Nyon'
,ng .uicided by hRuging himself lew
Hs,s nro. There h DOUBT as 70 tue
cause Of the act
Sing High, n well known Chinese
,.nnJfvunn, has Lot Boise on his way
,aChinn. lie took with biu sl4,pg
IN MONEY, the result Of many yoars'
i,bor Ia Idaho.
limited siases Attorney Wood, Of
pelso CITY, Idaho, started tyes,erdnyi
Friday for san Fmuclsco. Daring the
.ssk iollowing he will Represent tue
-ovsrnment IN the matter u the APP
snrstion 81 the CWur d'Alcne riotsfs,
nov confined Ia the jail IN boife cay,
ior wnts Of hatea corpus. ING mat.
tef will 10 argued In the appellate
court.
Articles Of iueorIornii ON of the Starr
Ifflgaiionl company are filed WIN
he county oicrR at Provo. The object
IF the company "a 10 draw the waters
n Current creek Ut the head Of
tioshon canyon, maNing o reservoir OF
Inc ancient lakobed lying just west OF
Mona tank, which c0vers an area OF
1900 acre., anf the stored water VIII
irfigate "a, 1000, Of Goshen valley.
A mountain Of zinc ore has been
Uncovered about two miles from Hills.
boro, New Mexico. Tho principal
,uifut appears In hill GeveDty.fve
lest high by 400 feet long and 900 feet
wide. This hill Is composed entirely
d the orc aud II II not much To say
here are hundreds 0f tons Ia sight.
Outside Of this hill the ore occur In
extensive patches In tho surrounding
hilis aud Oats. Tho formation IL "a
iolomltc lime surrounded by quartzlte
and traverHvd by porphyfy dykes, INC
3Ie being more abundant near 10 the
porphyry.
The body OF Philip Volter was found
In his cabin on Gray Bull river, Wyom.
Ing, last week. There were two.n0tee
rinned TO his bunk. Both were TO hir
friend jacob. One read; "You will
nnd me down the river after bear" la
the other he said; 81 am badly hurt. |
ought 10 10 to Frances, but cannot
stand 1t. o, how | bleed am in.
lufed internally. am smOtharing. IL
/ had not gone down after supper 10
hill that bear 1 would have been all
right. must lay down. On, mercy"
An arm and shoulder were broken and
he had wasted to n skelcton before
dying. His gun and hat were found
lying where ho had fought tho bear,
gnd bear tracks were found.
A family feud which has existed for
a long time in the Freel family OF
StOckage, on Beaver creek, In the east.
ern part Of Western county, w yomlng,
has eliminated In the shooting OF
Hank Freel by his nephew, jesse Freel.
A short time ago Je.se's horses dis.
appeared from his fathers pasture, and
were found day or two Since shot
through tho head. Hank Freel was
arrested on the charge Of killing the
horses and was taken 10 Newcastle by
Sheriff Stack. He demanded an i'm
mediate examination, and a. he came
out OF the building occupied by the
county officers, Jesse stepped quietly
up behind him and, before any one was
aware Of what he was doing, shot his
uncle In the hack Of the head with n a.
chlibTe revolver, the hall passing
through the head ard lodging noar the
frontal bone. Another shot was then
fired by someone, supposed to be
Hanks brother Jack, nj Jesse, which
iutt gTnEed his fingers, causing him to
drop his gun. Before more shooting
could be done the officers had secured
Jesse and Jack and placed them In jail.
There is no hoI. Of the recovery OF the
man who was shot.
Bradford Prince, the governor Of the
territory OF New Mexico, In his annual
report 20 the secretary Of the interior,
highly commends the action Of Con-
gresa In creating court OF private land
olaims, but says that this law as TO
small holdings Is faulty and should be
speedily amended. OF tho Thousands
OF these small holdings In 1.-THE territory
not one In Y11red, the governor
says, can be conf ri under the pres
enI law. The teWtorlal indebtedness
on March 4, 1892, nggTef htel ss04 500,
which IL q slight deere ass from the
year previous. During the year iOs,
B32 acres Of the public lands have been
disposed OF. OF this number lb0, 20j
acres were railroad sections, 200, $50
homestead entries, and 34,33l desert
land entries. There arc nov open TO
public settlement In the Santa fe die
trlct nearly 100000 ncrre. Rapid
progress Is being made In irrigation,
and several large companies have
been incorporated during the year.
There has Also been rapid and
important Improvement In agriculture
and horticulture. Tho advance during
The year, the governor says, has .been
marvellous. Tho progress Of the pub
lie during tho last year has beer ex.
ifemely gratifying, and has exceeded
the most aangulue hoIca. The gov
efnor, In closing his report, again urge,
the early admission Of New Mexico
Into the Union Of States.
The Idaho state Board Of Produce Ia,
received thirteen applications fol
olsmency for cOnvlcis now uuder
going various terms OF imprisonment
Among them IL THAT OF Frank Arm
strong, sent up from Altural county In
1855 for lite, having been convicted ol
the murder Of Paul Hubert, a we'll
known stOckmsn.
WIN johnson ami Nate Young tive
more pelitionert) ate the men who, IN
1851, attempted 10 defraud the Paeiii {
Express company OF 10000 In .
cunnidg manner. They took wo rtn
ltss package TO one OF the cOmpany'l
Caesia county illces, inform d Tho
agent that 1t contained SlO, 900
which they wished shipped Ia
sJi.tGnt point, and obtained a receipt
foI II. Then they SHIELD up" the stage
which was carrying the bogus parcel Il
the railway, Intending 10 compel III,
company,by legal means, 10 make good
the fictitious value Of their c0usign.
ment but the express agent was jusi
as smart "a they were. He suspected
crooked work, examined the parcel be.
Is.as Ia. a