Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-08
NEWS OF THE WEST.
In Extraordinary and Romantic Story
in a Nebraska Court
A hoy MURDERS HIS FATHER
A PostOfllce Burglarlzed. Shocking
Suicide at Oakland, Cal.-Frigat.
ful Accident, Etc.

Deceased was unmarried.
Says the San Francisco Chronicle;
A five.cent fare may DO announCedIuy
the Southern Pacific between San
francisco and Oakland within few
days. There exists belief In Southefn
Pacific circles that the competition IN
the ferry service will have TO be- met
by n reduction In fares. This IN re-
luntantly admitted, but the admission
Ia made by one Of the chief officials Of
the corporation.
City Treasurer r. J. Elliott, Of Great
Falls, Mont, was drowned on Saturday
At the Great Falls Of the Missouri,
twelve miles down the river. He had
gone there with pleasure party for n
days outing, aud with n companion
was bathing in the rapid water below
the falls, when he was seized by the
uDdercurTent and was lost before help
could reach him. The deceased was
native OF Portsmouth, Ohio, was
asingle man and twenty. eight years OF
age.
An important captlrs was made nj
Colorado Springs on Saturday. Tho
prisoner ~ Harry l.. Archer, alias
Tllton, alias Burns. He has been tfav.
cling over the state representing him
self ~ an sgent for Butterlck's maya
zine and dress patterns, and by this
means has swindled large number OF
people. In Colorado Springs he OBJ
tained about $50 In n few days. The
publishers Of Butterlck's Monthly
Delineator has standing reward OF
500 for the arrest Of the man.
A special from Astoria, Oregon,
dated August 9th, SAYS The total
pack OF salmon for the whole river 10
date IL 230,6l2 cases, and Of this 1885,
$40 cases have been put up In tho
Astoria osnneriet. The pack 10 date
at 10 careful estimate includes $50, 900
cases Of Chinook salmon and 100000 VI
small fish, mostly steelheads anu blue.
backs. Thursdays average was ten
hsh 10 tho boat, yesterdays eight hsh
and todAy's only ak lsh, showing still
another disheArtoning decrease. II Il
now certain that the total seasons
pack will amount TO from 1900 10
$4,000 cases, or at beet l73, 900 cases
short Of last year.
The postoflloe nj Kent, near Tacoma,
Washington, was entered by burglars
on Saturday night. They blew the
door of tho safe aud secured S205 Ia
stamps, s2l0 In cash, n gold watch ami
all the postmastor's private papers.
-Four drawers Ia the safe were carried
OF. Tho postofllce IA In frame build
ing, half OF which Ia occupied M n
store. The burglars entered through
q window, and alter surrounding the
safe with stacks OF flour, blew II open.
The sound was heard by people in the
neighborhood, but no one took the
.,ss',,.n.d ~, h,,sIno.s IL A. givsn
ont thst ,hs,s asr no cln,a Ia Inc nsf.
ns,,s,ars mi A n rosItiyaIv Lnavn
H., ths 2ssitla nallca think ;hat thsy
hay.ihs right man under snfyrilanoc
Al n grand mass meeting held al
Yuma, Arlz,, on Saturday evening. the
peoplo OF Yuma and vicinity unani.
mot,alv paHsed resolutions REQUESTING
United States Attorney General OIney
moi 10 take an appeal 10 the United
States Supreme Court In the case Of
the Algodonea land grant, decided in
favor Oh Earl II. Cos OF Dsnysr by ths
United States land court OF prlyate
olaima. for the reason that every settlsr
IL PERFECTLY sAtisfied with the deeisiop,
that AN appeal will stop settlement AM
deyelopment and rstafd the growth Of
southweslern Arizona, ami Is not FOR
the best Interests OF the people OF this
section of the Southwest, nor for those
Of the United States government.
Under these oitoumstanors N is moi
believed that Au appeaI will be- taken.
IA only urged by psrsons OF no atand.
ing for blAckmAil and revenge, say the
resolutions.
o,,, -,-,
years, Committed suicide at hof nom,
near Haywards, Oakland, Cal. on Sun.
dny night by cutting her throat from
ear 10 snr with a razor. The deceased
leaves a husband and seven children.
A little over a year ago Mrs. guIdloo
was committed 10 the stockton Insane
nsylum. After remaining at that In.
stitution a few months she was dis.
charged A. cured. Her husband then
sent her 10 Germany on a trim for The
purpose of bsnsfltiing her health.
While In Germany she again went
insane and was committed 10 an asy.
luta, Her relatives sent her aonle
money and she was returned TO Hay.
wards. At this time she again AN.
peAfed 10 be all right, ON Sunday
evening she took dinner with her chill.
dren and appeared peffectly sane. Az
ter dining she told the children that
she was going 10 take A walk down the
road. Her eighteen. year.old son aus.
pected thai something WAS wrong and
followed her. When she had gone |
About a mile she turned and found that |
her boy was trailing her. Then she |
drew The razor from her poeket ami |
az, - thr,.t a., tha ,,r.s,,,.,.. - . ~.