Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-26
NEWS OF The WEST.
SUICIDE OF A POSTMASTER.
Zig Demands Upon Wyoming OIL
Fields.-A Man Digs His
own Grave, Eic.

beer nsrrild less than two months.
A dead Caliiornia lion weivhiug lH
pounds WINS brought 10 San FfaneiscD
on Monday on the steamer POINT
Arena. which arrived from the Men
dorino coast. The beast was killed Ny
William Kidweli, u hunter OF Menuo'
elmo county, aud sent TO San tfancls'
co 10 be stuffed aud mounted.
The robbers who iorcibiy took s'Ou
from Merchant Ottors0n at wallace,
Idaho, Saturday night, were tracked 10
n cabin near potlsville and ehou were
exchanged. a large posse OF ci'lEsut
took Northern Pacific special Inv
desueradoes were driven ny the moun'
tain roads and cut "a. IL ~ tbuu sht
they will surrender soon.
on Sundoy evening the body Of an
elderly man, five feet Elk iuoh's ,hil,
with tcant gray beard, wa. iouhu III
thceand hills eOuth VI san Ffano'evy'
lie was dressed In wCli-wotn pioWh
suit. There was nothing found ~
which 10 identify the body. II was
Gaze OF suicide. This man had jug
hole Ia the sand pile, and, alter lying
down ~ the grave, fifcd u bullet lhtp
clutchtd In the ,uicidU's hand
A young live male tiger was landed
by steamer few days ago At San
francisco. Tue beast was the prop
ctty Of Chun NJ n, the Chinese boat.
swain Of the steamer. II was caught
near Houg Kong about three months
ago auu had oulgrown iiH small cage.
No oppor,u nifty ~ the beast grew aud
developed Ia size was given Il TO move
GROUND. The only way II could
stretch was To stick its paws out OF the
cage and pull them back. IL was very
cunning Ia us way, sasning ~ iacv
with It, paws aud Drinking water W. u
was poured into IL mouth from the
NJ out Of a watering pot. Tue snlmh
was sold for 800.
The arrest OF Postmaster Naaai az
Cheyenne charged with cmbsg1lug Is
$3.50 package has created considerable
discussion Ia that city, nud Information
tincr received from tluTe gous 10 SHOW
that people believe tim iunlrcuI Mt.
Massi says he remembers III, package
very well aud also placing ik IA the
pouch Tor Chicago. Al Chicago they
claim that WHEN the bug was Oleued
the $3.50 pack Sc was missing. The
ihtft therefore, Gays tho Laramie
boomerang, lays between MaEsi, the
latiits having ihr mail IN charge be-
tween Cheyenne aud Chicago gud the
Iaftios In the tfilee there. lpvestiga.
ton was begun at Cheyenne aud viii
he continued through all departments
10 Chicago.
There are Cricrs pouring into Casper
for oil from all parts Of tue country,
says the Cheyenne SuH. The ohaTHo-
ter Of the oil at once recommends n
wherever IL " trie , aud there IL talk
In Casper n building u lips liuo from
the oil telds 10 the fRiiruad m the
sprng. The only reason that the
Wyoming OIL has not long ago taken
its place on the market IL because Of
the pTohibitivo freight rates which
have been impUicd. There seems 10
ho dispuHltiun 90 10 the right thing
now, aud the ficllr Of that whole TO.
giuu Will be- productive Of much
wealth 10 the state In short time.
Nowhere Ia tho world is the oil
Oi tubs state tqunlvd, anu II viii
make way Tor itself when onuo
STATED,
People In this part of the country,
says the Lar ME 10 .Wcrdgg, were
recent" amazed by the agOfy OF
hunter returning from the wilds q
southern Wyoming of how na ioug
COMPANIONS had disappeared from IHe
camp Ono anof another anu how he
hal been able 10 fni no trace ~ them.
lie believed that lIul play had Oc.
cured ana determined To nee. A
posse was organized TO 10 ara invetti-
gate. IL was Joined by number Of
oltiaunB from Craig, ROutt county,
Colorado. They found all the men
supposed to have been killed, who
seemed TO DO very much surprised over
the anxiety exhibited iot their safely.
The posse brought them the fret Ia.
formation they had that they were
lost.
The recurrence Of dreadful accidents
on lines leading into Chicago has lei
10 great deal ~ criticism ON ihe part
OF railway officials west Of the Missouri
river. ~ have noted the accidents as
they have been reported" remarked
prominent railroad man yesterday
(saya the Denver NoWSl, "Gud Ia only
one instance has any tangible excuse
been offered, The case | refer to IL tho
accident at jackson, Mich, which has
been accounted for by the claim that
the air brakes failed b work. Now,
I've seen tnu air brakes tested at Toast
a thousand times and never knew
them 10 iaii. o. this account | take
no stock In claims that the air brakes
didn't work. The accidents reported
for two months pact were, In my
opinion, preyenlable. Why do We
not read OF such accidents ON west
ern fosj,f The reason Is that
greater vigilance Is exercised in the
West. On our line the moment train
stopa at an unusual stopping place thu
rear brakeman Is required 10 start on n
run ON the back tTaCG and travel one.
eighth Of a mile II not recalled. II the
man walks he Is liable TO be discharged,
and II makes no difference whether the
train II standing m an open ptaTie with
n straight track rs lar as the eye can
Ttach. In the East have seen men
sRunter along for care lougth 10 the |
rear and then sit down, ms they felt |
that they had done their duty, There |
Ia no doubt that certain roads In thu |
East nre Ovardolng themselves In NJ. |
tempting TO carry more passengers |
Than they can safely handle. The high |
rate Of speed which IL demanded ~ |
the pubic IN another source OF danger, |
but there Is no doubt lhTee-fourths OF |
the accidents could be avoided by |
proper precautions"
The fourth anu last one OF tho gang |
that held up and robbed a Northern |
Pacific train nj Gray Cllh, Montana, |
last August lies dead Ia the moTguo al |
Kllispell, Mont, Jack White having |