Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-07
NEWS OF THE WEST.
An Episcopal Clergyman Arrested at
Denver On a Charge Of Forgery,
EXPLOSION OF CRED FIRE"
A Flneen.Year.O Girl Charged With
MISUNDERSTANDING Mountain
Fire In Colorado.

an Immense amount OF ubinpko'
w. II. II. Waggoucr, editor OF .he
Lincoln county Ledger and oho ~ ~
most prominent men IN that po'"V'
Colorado, has Just died.
Falcon, Colorado, was In sot'or Nv
4o'clock on Tuesday mofnlns' ~ ~
ROtP, an emplOyo OF tue Oulo1 80
tic, white charging M -,
cannon was seriously lhJu ~
ing one hand blown OH ana o'"0' "'''
burned.
This IA what the Denver NetCs has to
sav, ItisA glorious Fourth netc Tor
~ ANAL Toy. He was blown up,
shot mo. had teeth blown out, arms
sboi Oh. feet cut OIL, oyos blown, all ~
ons short day, Aud Police surgeon
Wheeler did not have a moment To
himself.
The Highland Irrigation company
has lust COMPLETED "a reservoir, loh
miles from san Diego, Cal, with
capacity Of l,6U0,uO0 gallons, which
will be- filed by "a pump having
capacity VI l,OOO,0l0 galions dally.
Upward Of 1000 acres Of land viii DC
irrigated. The pipes are now being
laid. The cOmuany Will soon puliu
another reservoir u lew miles from thr
present one, with a larger capacity 70
irrlgate $500 acres more.
What came near being an awful ac'
cident on the night Of the Fourth was
ayerleu only by special dispunsAlioh
Of Providence. Out In the Wts'tih
addition, on McAllister street, near
Bucnnnnn, thore was an eEpleHion o.
cred fire," which shook the buildings
within several blocke Of tue vicinity,
shiveIed pRnes Of glas-, wrecked
drug store, partially demolished "A
grocery anu injured several persons.
Exactly how the accident occurred
nobody seems to be able To tel, bhl
that there were not more people hurt
II little short OF n miracle.
Adam Dixon, an eX.convilt, wna
Killed by FEED Gray In Gsnnn,
Nevada, on Tuesday afternoon. IL =
reported that Dixon maize some hlthy
remarks about Grey'a mother. Gray
who was IA liquor, approached ID xon
from behind, shooting him IN the leit
side VI the head, over the ear Dixon,
who never spoke, expired IN q lew
minutes. Grey then turned the pistol
into the saloon, snapping It nvo more
times but the shells Old not explode.
lie wns arrested at once. Dixon met
death In the same saloon where he
shot man named Campbell some
years ago, Tor which he served ten
years In the Nevada State prlaon.
A fineen.year.old black.eyed girl
and two men giving the names Of
Middleton aud Lawrence were arrest
ed at Santa Ana, Cal, late on Tuesday
evening ON charge ofburglary. Con.
siderable stolen goods were found In
their possession, The officers believe
the trio have been operating IA
Southern California during the past
year and look on tbs arrest AS a most
important one. The little girl claims
TO have been raised In san Diego,
where her father now resiies. she
says she IL Lawfence's wife, but hei
story is not believed. She went to jail
with the two men.
Big Valley can boast OF az queer q
case VI relationship ~ Ia noted IN one
OF our Oregon exchanges. VIZ vii
mention no names, but the family II
residing only few miles from Adm
The gentleman married widow
whose daughter was Glmost "A younl
lady. Several children were born L
ihcm. The wife died, aud In due oOuTsi
nj tune the daughter married her stol
father, and now, besidss being the VIII,
NJ her own step-father, she Is step
mother 10 her hali-bfo,heru and sisters
He Is the husband OF his own step
daughter, anu father Of the hall
brothers aud sisters Of his living wife
Adm (Cdi,) JrgHs.
The Rev. NJ. Edwaris, an Episco
paliRn uivlne, Of Palestine, Tex, spuu
Tuesday Ia Denvef's city jail. lie !
on his way 10 San Francisco under "a
charge OF Onicer Knight. In IA
francisco Edwards was CONNECTED
with Trinity Episcopal church an
lad charge OF the funds Of the oil
laiiesi home. About TIRES month
ago ho received u call to take charge o
church in Palestine, Texas. Aitu
his departure It IL said his account
were found to be incorrect aud he wa
indicted by tho grand juIy for embr2
Element. His arrest In Palesyiu
created a sensation. Edwards state
inst his Indictment was due % spit
work and that his accounts are a
right.
A destructive FIRE has been raging /
the mountains In the vicinity {
Cathedral rocks, four miles south {
Monument, Colo. The fire originate
through the carelessntss Of som
miners who were burning trash an
failed TO eItingulth the iife. tn
mountains In thHt district are denRol
tmhered ami the destruction
timber VIII be- very great unless IN
fire ia oxtinguished. Az no water
available the only hope lies In the az
vent OF heavy rain. The mountain
arc entirely enveloped In smoke nm
he FIRE appears to he spreading
There is considerable dry timber YIN
above, which makes matters wOreti
there was once camp located ther
The timber isgovefnment reserve lpn'
A distressing accident ocourre 1
ClackamN river, two miles mort
Oregon City (Oreg0nl when Nj.
Bradley's team became frightened IN
ran away, throwing the wagon COZ
tanning himself, wife anu four childfe
over rocky preclpiCe forty ieet higI
AS tho wagon WIS going over
Jumped ami caught upOl the verge
the preoipice, but the rest fell TO Il
bottom aud were all more or less SOL
ously injured. Mu, BRADLEY ttru'
upon the rocks at the bottom, tenrlu
The scalp loose from her head, III
body rolled into the water Rnd wi
fGuud after an hours search 80 var,
uOwn the stream. THO bahy,
months old, was brought UP unog