Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-27
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
Ts,llIlne Tale Of Exposure on Pixies
Peak, Colorado
SENSATION IN b. PAso. TEXAS.
,,no Of Con,icis In Colorado.-hig
Field Fire Between hanii anu
Tnhraim Mining and Other In
telligtnce.

Eight h0Tee thleNNt W. ~
,be northern part OF idah0 the o,nu.
d.y aud hung up 10 tree VII 'ney
we're dead
The Isdtes VINO compose the Wotld'e
cole committees for Cache county nave
aailed meeting 10 DO held az Logan
morrow tFhdAyl afternoon 10 uistnss
Important business.
The Ladies' Glee club Of Logan has
elected permanent organization
aith the following officers: Mre. itay
otmsby, president Miss Hsitie
thatcher. vice president; Mhule
Warrington, secretary, Louise Tor
gens1n, treasurer.
There was big field fire between
Mnnu and LphrBim last week q
.t,ip of country two miles wide aud
Iouf miles long was burned over
fortunately the lire encountered no
,,reb buildings IN it, course. The
gt6und was, howerer, burned bare OF
giass and s,ubble.
About four weeks ago Mrs. Mltindh
Halhdny, VI Pichneli, SEWER county
Lost $50 in greeubaCke which aht was
carrying ia hu envu'Jp' la het poche"
She hal no Idea iu what part OF Town
she Lost II, but found so Of " near mo
Academy hall 'aui search by Mrr.
Halliday resulted IN finding Of the re-
naming hiiy.
A spccial to the Denver Neps from
seattle, Washington, anyt' hunly D.
Snively, the Democratic candidate Tor
governor, has begun suit hgaintI lhe
fCss Times Tor 100000 damage. Tue
Tess. Times published several articles
last Saturday changing Snlvoly win
tmutzzloment and fraud while q rcii-
deni vt Graitoui w. w.
A Jew night. ago oliver Bowley, a
vguug man reared in PhwniX. Arizona,
was run over anu almost instantly
killed by n train AZ the HtOcAyariH
mere. The train was an eXcur3iun taxi
ing a COMPANY Ot politicians to meet
ing In Tempe, and Bowley was MEM
Ter OF the Pioneer band accompanying
iLem. As he attempted e. step from
one coach to another he fell beneath
lhe wheels.
rho tiouf market At Portland, ore
20 IA In very depressed condition
owing 10 the slngnAtlon Of trade. Prices
un the oath inst. reached the low Get
point known tor fiitcen years. Standard
carload lota for $500 barrel, ami a
large lot for shipment was sold tor 1910
"a baTrel. The lowest iiyuTe reached
heretofore vas seven years ago, when
the price went down to $500. The
present figure IL lower than tue price
OF wheat warrants.
Two townsmen Of Lyons, Colorado,
were sent ns delegates 10 the stone
-. Ia Of In. Ut I...
names of those men who are not regis
tered, but are entitled TO vote ia this
p- rlnc1 They went there and Inn
iuuJiately, without warning, they were
httacked by the Oversver OF the quarry.
lie STUCK one man In the ince and
kicked the other brulaliy, and then
commenced throwing stones al them,
but they finally made their escape.
Judge 4. T. Lee, a prominent cfim-
nal lawyer Of III Paso, states that
several months ago he was offered
$500 by Doc Sing, wealthy China
man OF Guarez, Mexico, II he would
clear Ave Cinnamon, who had been
arrested for crossing the border. The
casn wag not brought befOre this
United States, Doc Sing stating that
he had paid the treasury agent, l.. =.
lrves, 500 for not prosecuting, and
WAS thus $500 ahead and had sure
thing. The grand jury Il iuvesilgat'
ing more Rharges against the same
parties and others.
Tue Humboldt mine nj Ouray, Colo
RADIO, has Just started up with force OF
eighty men. The Uiine has been lying
idle for the last two months, while the
new machinery wac being put In posi-.
ton. Foreman Mcmahon hired every
idle man In the city yesterday and a
cavalcAde OF saddle horses went out to
tho mine yesterday. The Humboldt IL
one Of the big mines Of this bonanza
district, and when Weaver II elected
aud silver IL worth what II should be,
twill boone Of the great producers OF
Colorado. II Is the extension Of the
SmuggleT vein Of Marshal basin,
whereon II located the Union, Snug.
Rler, MENDOZA, Sheridan and other
great wealth producers, and the ore
body Ia no large aud OF as rich ore IS the
bsst VI them.
The fret break OF any importance
which has occurred on the Colorado
State ditch took place on the afternoon
Of tho 2llh Inst, tho exact time not
beiug known. a large gang OF con-
vicls we're ut work ~ the east end u
tnq ditch, and were In charge OF three
different OverfGefs, each one having n
gang under his direct charge. When
the order TO fhll IN was given AT the
time Of quitting work, Oyerseer Dixon
fopnd he was three mon sh0rt, and !.
after n careful so9roh, no trace OF the
mlasing men could be and. The
rect Of the cOnvicts were hurried to
the prison and the escape reported,
when thorough search was cFA
menced, guards being sent to all points,
hut ut the present time no trace has
Deen found oi them. This Ia the first
escape OF any importance which has
been made IRON thu state ditch, Aud
nut little chance, 1t IL said, exists for
these men TO get away.
A terrible tale Of exposure and
narrow escape from death Oh Pixies
peek, Colorado, comes from the signal
station at the summit. A. j. SayOT,
who had boen engaged by the signal
service to store away some coal and
wood for the winter, loft Manit0u early
last Friday afternoon for the ascent,
hnd at 6'3O In the afternoon reached
the saddle hOuae in safety. The build.
lug has telephone, aud oommunicat.
I ng with Observer Myers ON the peak,
told him that no had reached there, and
huiug rather tired might not 20 any
further that night. In about ten
minutes no called up again and said
he thought he would complete the
Journey nj once. Ar he did not arrive
curing the night the people IN the
summit lqpunp uluru,na md anrl,,