Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-22
NEWS OF The WEST.
SUPPOSED nuRDrHASD ROBBERY
Trirhtul saNmill ccidcnt.--CaIifir.
mia international Midw inter- lNpo'i.
tiou.--A Iramp's Fate.

News hos Just been received Of the
killing Of J. f.. McBriie by Joseph
Kelson, near Cooks Peak, n. NJ.
BDth were from Kiugsl1n anu the
killing occurred over u cattle aud
horse trade.
A terribly accident occurred 1t
sawmill at SPOKANE, Wash, on Satuf-
day. Geo. II. Maxwell WIS caught by
IL revolving shaft, whirled over ",
dashed hundred times against tie
floor and ceiling, crushed, mangled
aud torn TO pieces III his body was
hurled across the room a liiolees mass
Of hcsh and broken bones.
Gold r. Curti., appointed receiver OF
tho First National bank al Great
Falls, Mont, which Suspended IN july
has made statement showing nsssis
exclusive Of Stockholders liability,
gI,87Tl4O, with liabilities s. ~, 3ii. At
"A meeting Of resident stucknuidtls q
proposition was made uUp0sitors to tAae
lime cerlinca.og, payable Ia five equal
Installmonit--twel fiitueu,t eighteen,
tweuty.ono and twenty -tour months
from date. DepOsit0rs will probably
accept.
Anunkuown man, about lhirly.nve
years Of age, WIS found dead with .
bullet through HE head about II
O'Clock on Sunday morning, iyiug
near the railroad trHCF neM Cauuu,
twelve miles east OF Grand Junction,
Colorado. lie had nothing upon his
person that would identify him, indi-
cations being that hr had been robbed,
hut nj the cOrouetis Inquest no light
was thrown except that three men
were seen 10 pass the pump house IN
Palisades the previous night, and ne
Is supposed to be one Of them.
A party Of ladies and gentlemen
visited the Indian mission one day
this week writes tue Kor,rnia (Idaho)
Herald. They say there was never
~ large number OF Indians there M at
the present time. They are living Ia
tepoea and are kept busy gathering and
drying berries for winter use. There
~ among the new arrivals nj tho mis-
zion q charming maiden, etill In her
teens, regular Pocnhuntns OF a
creature. Her beauty and pr0Hpoc.
tive allotment VI rich bottom lands, Il
issnid, had their effect on one Of the
young men " the party, aud court.
ship IL now In vigorous prosecution.
At least one hundred stock growers
In the vicinity Of Rawlins, Wyoming,
have been interviewed, aud the gen.
erai opinion IN that there will DO
practically no winter range. One
pr miuont sheep man, who went over
his winter range south Of the Union
Pacific, states there Is no winter feed,
which he attributes TO the cold wet
spring and hot dry summer. The
spring being 40 cold, grass did not
start, and, When II did, II was burnt
up by the dry hot weather. This In.
cludes the winter sheep rangea In
Northern Colorado aud Southern
wyoming, IN area scope OF country
200 by 300 miles square.
There Ia no doubt that the occasion
Of breaking ground Tor the California
International Midwintor Exposition
will be a memorable enc In the history
ul the Golden state, Rnys the San
FranciscO Chronicle. An Effort IA 10
be made among public and private
officials and heads Of firms OF every
kind 10 have Thursday next declared
holiday after tho noon hour, and
there ~ no doubt that this generally
expressed desire win be- hee1ed. The
gathering on the grounds will run
Into the hundreds OF thousands. Civic
and military organizations II all kinds,
bands Of music ana choruses Of singers
will be present. Speeches Will be
made by able orators,
Free Mastiu, local manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
was found dead on Saturday morning
Ia Rittcnhouse grove, north OF Hast
ingH, Nebraska. The suppOsiliun 10
that no committed suicide. Assistant
superintendent Horton Of the tele-
graph compau stepped into the local
office, introduced himself, ana began
checking up the books Of tho Office.
Shortly after Mastin excused himself
and stepped out Of the office, CashUd a
check nc convenient drug store,
visited the Insurance oiiiccs, paid his
August Assessment, anu mailed tho
receipts ana some cash 10 his wife.
Tho letter was the foundation for the
theory that he had taken HE life. The
searching party found the body about
une-hali mile from the Belknap reri-
dence. AZ the telegraph cilice inloT-
mation Rs 10 whether or not Mast0n
WAS short In In his acuOunte, could not
be obtained. Mustin Il au ola pioneer
and has hell everal positions OF trust
lie was c0u y recorder Tot four YEAR,
lie leaves wife well provided for.