Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-16
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Remarkable Story Of Hypnotic lnllu-
ence by a Burly Negro.
TROUBLES OF A CHEROKEE INDIAN
DOCTOR.
Killed by an Electric wire.-The Vet
erans' Home scaudal.-A Chintse
Lottery Agency Raided.

rial day.
The city Of Nephi has planted I'VE
hundred fine poplar trees ON the eeh''''
square.
The bad weather throughout Norm
Dakota and Wisconsin has retarded
spring work very much.
The farmers Of Montana are happy
over the prospect OF nu abundance OF
water for Irrigation this season.
John Cook, . fireman In the Seattle
Wood Working compnny's mill, mas
been drowned In Lake Union.
The Nevada prison ut present con-
tnins seventy-three state prironefs' IN
addition 10 this number there are
eleven United states priAoners aau
nine men awaiting trial.
Cattle mon and business men Of
Globe, Ariz.. are making determined
effort TO break up the gang Of cattle
thieves that for years has Infested the
Tonic basin In ella county.
The twelve. year.oid son Of Alonzo
Mitchell OF kamss has been thrown
from horse and NO badly Injured TINT
his lie IL d.spaired Of. The injury lie
sustained seems to be entirely ABOUT tho
neck.
AT Beaver, on Wednesday, tho roslg-
nation OF the clerk, Mo. q. Il. Norrir
was received anu accepted, anu MIR.
w. l.. Cook was appointed In the place
Of MIR. Norris as clerk OF the Second
Judicial district.
Another overturned boat has been
picked up Off Sand Island, OfcRon,nnu
there IL no doubt that both oil hef
occupants have been irowned. Tbie
probably finishes tho list VI those who
perished In the late storm.
Plans for the new school house to be
built In Nephi this summer have been
accepted by the board Of trustees.
Thompson q WeIgel, Of Salt Lake
City, are the architects. Bids will be
advertised for Immediately and opened
on the 10th ofJune.
At meeting u the Santa Rosa
zeal. board OF education, 1t has been
decided TO call an election on June
3rd, for the purpose Of voting on the
proposition 10 bond the city for $50,
for the construction OF new school
building. The Santa Rosa high school
has been recently placed on the uni
hrtt ahA p'sAk shNsR
to materially auvancs the interests of
the public schools here.
A Chinese lottery agency at Battery
street, San Francisco, was rnided ON
Sunday by Sergeant Pfice ana the
Chinatown squad. Wong He, the
keeper OF the plvce, was arrested, and
the layout with 1000 tickets was con-
hscatcd. The squad visited thirty or
Co Alk Loft all "a. "A.
day, but were unatle to make any
other captures.
DR.. John Il. King, claiming TO be n
Cherokee Indian doctor, has reached |
La Junts nnd hung out hic shingle MS
cur.-ail. Saturday afternoon he was
arrested for pIac,icipg medicine with |
out license from the Slate medical |
board, and In default o! $500 bail now |
lies In Jail. The doctor claims TO DO u |
fuli-blooded Cherokee Indian and cures |
all ills by faith and tae laying on OF |
hands. He was well known In Salt |
Lake, having come here In the same |
line VI business few years ago.
Kendall Il Smith, grain dealers OF |
Lincolo, Neb., with numerous eleva.
tors throughout the state, have failed.
Mortgages ON the property aggregate
nearly 100000. There are pressing
claims which, It Is alleged, cannot be
satisfied. Among them N one from
the President OF tue board OF directots'
OF the Columbian Nstionsl bank Of
Chicago for $40, 900. Local banks, 1t Ia
stated, arc heavy creditors. An exact
statement OF assets and liabilities can.
not be given.
The Chinatown squad started out on
Friday to make u systematic raid on
the Chinese lottery dene which are
nprinkleu profuseiy throughout the
Chinese quarter OF San Franci SEQ.
quite number OF places were visited
and broken up, but owing to the
activity OF the keepers OF the lottery
joints In destroying Nil evidence Of
their nefarions enterprise before the
police could force an ingress to the
rooms where tho proceedings were
being carried on only two arrests were
made.
A Wallace, Idaho, special says that
small d Cody,s lumber company Of
Old Mission, have failed for ABOUT
100000. Ths failure will throw about
100 men out OF employment, but the
lAborers nre NIL secured, and The assets,
u properly handled, will pay all the
liabilities. Attachment Hpils and
liens placed against the
aggregate SAL 200. The fall
ure IL sttfit uied 10 the lkrpe amount Of
logs and timber on hand, which owing
TO the iateness Of the sas5n, could not
he turned into cash.
The hearing OF the app LEGATION for q
writ OF habeaa corpus In ilia case Of III.
W. Early, the Boise, Idaho, clothing
merchant arrested on a charge Of
,thuu, Is In progress be fore Judge
Nugent. Early has been unable to
secure bondsmen and hih attorneys
nave taken this means to get him out
Of Jail. Information is ieceived that
MS brother, II. q. Eaf(y, In whose
name the business IL run, left
denver some months al ostensibIy
70 20 TO Portland. The h(pposition IN
That he has been taklnlslare OF the
here. -
The investigation at ~ Franclsco
,f The Veterans Home now being
made, win startlo tue stat, Il 1t 10 car.
led to the end, says the Clyypnicie. The
'lorm has been gaining int force SIT CO
ne organization OF the IinstitutioD,
llme after time the disgra boili scandal
vas hidden, but secrecy u a. longer
'ossible. Where the blamtS tests Is
Question for the atpociatp lou and for
Governor Markham. md condition
u The old soldiers at Younvvliie is 20
Fte'ched M TO seem almoetl increuible. ,
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