Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-13
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
what BOX Elder Ladies Have Tor III.
Worlds Pair.
sropy or An ARIZONA nOLp.Up.
,,,d ptcision. - important Arrest
Testing the Chinese
Act.

"a 4, stated that J. ID. Afford, the
cii,,ornia sheepherder who committed
.'a1ide at Terrace, Utah, last Thufs.
ns .tolc the razor with which lie cut
Ms throat.
pon Conucr,, aged 10, while climb
a picket fence ut the Horace
san Grammar school at San jose,
TX IN friday last, accidentally lell
hung by the sharp point OF u
NV s.t watch penetrated the muscle
p,esst uvbt forearm. The cries OF the
h,sueht assistance aud he was
oy5 ,oyed from his irightiul position,
al I'M almost the entire muscle Of
~ I'm had been severed, the wound
.,lng the bone exposed, Fortunately
~. srtery was not cut. II required
,seniv.tyo stitches to close the wound.
Tbsb 10y isina serious condition.
a, the 5000 Chinese laborers In the
80 M Washington bnt i've have
80 advantage Of the Geary act anu
aniisd for IA certificate Of Tesidenco
,lI,n lie Internal revenue Office. Their
.".,,'.ntatiye atsseattle hnsannOuuced
~ they are organized I'LL over the
'.,rntry md will contest the consiitu'
,on.IiIv Of the act 10 prevent the
,rholsssle deportation after May 5th.
ma dr.t one arrested viii br made "a
- ease. and tho Federal oillcete nrr
,nioined from iuttuer arrests until the
matter f. settled 10y the Uulied s'atts
supremo Court, which VIII take NJ
lrast three years. IL Is also stated that
ibe Chinese minister at Washington
has an agreement with Cleveland not
10 enforce the act at once, rs China
will adopt reialiHtory measures when
will cause much trouble.
In the United States court OF land
claims nj SANTA Fe, New Mexico last
Fduay, opinions werD announced IA
ayor OF the United Stattsin the case Of
inc Rio Colorado grant, involving
LOCO acres In Taos county aud N"
San Antonio gram, said TO cover $1,000
acres not far IRON Albuquerque IA
Bsrnallillo county. Tnete guutH were
made by Mexican projects anu were
tuUstquently ratified by the then ROV-
,fnor OF New Mexico. The court holds
mat ptefrcis had no authority to
make grants and the ratification Of
the governor IL Insufficient b. establish
ownership In the present clnimanis'
The decision Ia important, as 10 nutcts
fully dozen other grants In New
NrXlc1. IL IN Il ubiiul N the cases
will be- appealed TO TIE United States
Supreme court. SETTLERS on thtse tracts
will not, however, lose their individual
homes. Tor they may yet HE claims
10 the extent OF 100 acres each uuuer
lhesmnll.holding feature OF tho lad
court md receive patents, provided
they have occupied tins land for twenty
years.
An important arrest has been made,
which may unIaVtI the ytttry sur
founding The murder oi George Well
nau, who was as assina,rd IN John.
ton county. Wyoming, May 10, 1902.
Although several paTties were accused
OF the crime last summer. alter pro.
nminary hearings they were JiB.
cnnTged NJ Innocent, nuI no cue u
the real oiienler has been discovered
up to this da,e. Tom Hathaway, who
was with Vein man AT the time OF his
murder, testified ut one oi these hear
ings that he saw man nam q Henry
smith riding away. The United
Sta,es authuIitirs have since been on
the trail Of smith ami be was captured
few ays ago IN Oklahoma by sam
Mae., n deputy United States marshai,
who brought him to Cheyenne. whei e ue
now cUntlutdIn the county jail await
lug trlal. smith Il cowboy by ucCupa.
ton and rmerly worked In johnson
county. Hathaway also clalmei that
a mRu named Cruise and Que or twu
Others were with Smith ut the Time,
aud u confident that they were the
guilty parties. Cruise diHupyr Tci at
the time, but recently gave h.mself W
10 the johnson county authorities aud
Is now prisoner IN the johnson
county jail, and will 10 brought here
by the United States officers. The
trial II thrse men will probably bring
10 light all the darkly hidden details Of
Wellmau's R-nassinati1n, which has
been attributed TO tho trouble growing
cut OF the cattle war.
The ladies' OF BOX Elder county will
have "A Worlds Fair exhibit OF which
they may be proud. They have spent
great deal Of money und labor, aud
deserve much credit tor their exerl ions.
Not only the oillcefs but all who have
taken hold deserve TO be congratulated.
Certainly, for non.pTofossion We, tie
ladies' have "a display OF fancy work
that would 10 difficult TO excel. Their
collection II worth several hundred
dollars. The most important articles
are ~ follows. a lite size picture OF
Eliza II. Snow, the name, easel aud
lnie OF which are homemade.
The picture was crayOned by Prof.
Elsler. Mrs. Il. Il. Madison has had
The work under her caro- and direr-
Ton. The frame and easel are
covered with gohelin blue silk
velvet, the frame being artlstically
embroidered with purple pansie-, white
iosss anu English IVY. The China silk
Grape Ia also of tho g0belin blue. This
ualnty article was made by Christina
Anderson. Mrs. Madison nnd several
other Third ward ladies' have spent all
ihe time they could spare from their
households for over month on this
elegant monument to their skin. a
eilk dress pattern, woven and eIun by
Mis. FOsBren, n box OF very natural
hsnhelal flowers anu box OF feather
aAt ornaments made by Mrs. Paul
START, aud n dozen dainty Hilk hand.
hetchiefs, made by as many different
young lodlee, complete the exhibit
maze by the ladies OF Brighton City.
Sur quit, lovely enough TO cover a
nueplng princess, was made by the en-
Uprising ladies Of Honeyyille.-
n''9ham CITY Bug,er.
wAnh occasional correspondent from
"lhslow, under datcoi February 22nd
furnishes Us the following, says the st
,ohh'e, ATi1 ma Herald Last even.