Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-23
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
An Industrious Young POr6er Gets Ia
His Work In Colorado.
SHOCKING DEATH OF A MINER
The Mysterious Disappearance oil a
Young Man from Ariz,na.--
Willard Couniy's JOY, Etc.

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lion IN Denver among Scotchm-n FOL
the promotion OF indoor aud neii
sports.
Louis Thorn IL accused Of attempting
to blow UP the coke retorts OF the Ci,i'
zens, Coal and Coke company at San
Francisco.
Forest fires have been raging In inc
Sierra mountains, southeast oil sal'i,lol
NM. and thousands OF acres OF tinue'
have been destroyed and many maue
homslrss. Several goatheruefs NV
reported to have perisheu.
Fishermen In the upper waters o.
San francisco Bay have p,eu w
perioncing "a good deal OF hhhoyn1ot
from sen lions recently. ohe VIZ. ~
came tangled in the nets near Conra
cosia a few da,s ago was tcached
and killed. IL weighed hehfIy oVU
pounds.
The Phmnlx Gd,ttlo thinks Arlzonh
has much to pe prvuI OF IN her legs
lature, which no TOR has been "a very
renceable body, and says; "liet US he
thankful that our Legislature IT. not as
were those Of Oklahoma, Kansas,
wyoming, Idaho, Washington, New
Mexico or even California"
There Is no disputlng the TACT that
the situation on the Atlantic ana
paoific road Il very alarming, snys a
sueoial telegram from Albuquerque,
New Mexico, aud before thu matter j.
finally ended It IL appIehenu.i ihN
strike and perhaps biOVdshou wiz nave
resulted.
Never In ths history OF the cattle
buainese ia this stale, says the Lush,
Wyo., H,Ja d, has stock come our OF
the winter IN better condition tbet
they nave this winter. hei ors rom rom
nil over tho range are oucoutasing anu
nort season will undoubtedly witness q
boom In the cattle Industry.
Frank I,.snet, receiver ut the koS-
well United states lanu Unce, New
Mexico. disappeared six weeks ago anu
has been muurned rs deau, hls WE
having offered $1,000 reward ior Tue
recovery OF his body. wednesday,
nIyiceH from his old nome at Lincoln
say that he In short 10 the government
somewhere between $4,000 anu ssO,OOO,
and his bondrmen flied an attachment
on his Lincoln county property TO pro-
tect them from contingent lose. IL u
believei that this alleged shortage
ACCOUNTS for Lesnaps disappeafance'
Michael Butler, u well known miner
OF Montexuma and Rathbone, Colo"
has been killed by rock tllie III tho
Pennsylvania mine. Inc tniue
WORKS Stout eighty men, but none Of
the others were Injured. Deceased
was about ~ years OF age, singl.
hrnther of Lawrence Butler OF Monte
yu,n.. and came from Clinton county
New YORK, where his remains VIII De
taken for burial. Tue Pcnnrylvanla
mine has been worked for years ou
This Ia the fret serious aceidobt th"'
ever happened therein.
n IA suggested that the citizens Of
The oounty Of San Diego, Cal, take
action in recognition Of the fact that
Miss NJ, l.. Mccormick OF ban
Francisco, native OF El DorauO
cnunty. has sci cteu scene from thlt
county for one OF the two painting
the Worlds Fair committees has ac'
c.nted from her for the National Art
building, and which among those 10
appear from the state Ia the only one
depicting California scene. ehe
chose San Luis Rey Mission.
The action OF the California leglsla'
ture In having It's effect In ArizOhei
and Coucilman Hawkins OF fTesc0ll
has given notice that lie VIII lntrOhucc
bill 70 move the capital rom fhoehlS
city, IL Is understood that Tue misap
plioatlon OF funds appro priateu lot the
improvement OF thecapi1ol stouhus ien
up 10 the action. No place OF inoauoh
IL esignated, but ~ ~ salu lnht tuoson
will oiiar AIS, 900. Marlcopa Ii by far
the largest taxpaying county IN the
,srd,ory and nobody apptehends any
danger from the measure, lhlnkihg IL
will h, killed In the committee.
Tho evidence taken by the commit.
tee of tho legislature which inquired
into the O condition Oi the defunet Capl'
tai National bank ut Lincoln, Neb., has
been filed, II shows that the bank
wa utterly insolvent. Balk Examiner
Griffith testified that at no lime wlthlh
n wear could the Capital National bank
have paid the state the IN hey on
deposlt. There was sGs5,O0O OF the
states money IN the bank. Heceivlng
Teller Funke testified that the high'
the bank was closed there was que the
depositors 800, and me BANKS
cash on hand was 81 900, with no o'hef
funds available, It's accounts WIN or.
respondents being overdrawn ana all
available paper rediscounted'
As Commissioner Donaldson was
watering his horses at the North FORK
n uay or two ago, says the Rexburg
UJabol Press. the ice gave way, pre-
cipltating him into the river up 10 MS
neck. Help be ny near he was assisted
out or he would have been drowned,
and started for Market Lake,e distance
OF fifteen miles, In one OF the worst
blzzarda OF tho winter. Being attirei
In heavy coat and overcoai, which
were completely saturated anu which
froze solid upon him, the long ride ona
heavy iunded sleigh which took many
hours to make the trip made the ride
desperately cold one. He wealhered
through tue terrible experience in re-
markedly good shape.
The San Francisco Chronicle Ia au.
thorlty for the statement that no nddi'
tiOnRl report has been received from
Arizona concerning the disappearance
OF Harry ]. Thornton, Jr. The young
mans mother In Frustrated with grief
ami anxiety over his unaccountable
absence. II some definite news oil
him could be received the strain on
the minds OF his relatives would be-
relieved. They have almost given NJ
hope of ever hearing from him agoin
Nothing, howeve will cause them In
r.,Iax tha seArch for him ,,,.t"