Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-16
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
Persecution Of az Arizona Post
mistress.
M ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY.
,..t.bod for Robbiug q Prlcs.-C0d
Fisheries Clts d.-A Child
Burned TO Death.
70 ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY.

49, enough votes have been secured
a.. n IN the lower house. AZ
1.1rrnor Waite In his inaugural ad.
~, recommended the abolition Of
uoital punishment, he will sign the
MIMI II reaches him.
horrible accident occurred IN the
,.,rsr yafjs OF the Atlantic and Pacific
'suvay Of ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico,
~ fuefiay. Eugene BOhn, IN ON.
,.a,s. was on his way home, when ne
~ struck by work train and 80
t,,,lbly mnnyled about the face ns to
~ upfeclgnizablo. He was walking
foun the track IN drunken condition,
and did not hear the approaching train.
Iip. the fye.year.old daughter Of
Herman Bnertscheger was horribly
Iur od TO death at Paimdale, Gala, ON
Mgrdly. Her mother was engaged ia
wishing ana tho child WINS standing
bv the side OF an ordinary wood fire.
Inc wind was blowing hard aud blew
ths flames from the stove uoor Against
the child's clothes, which caught IRE,
She died In horrible agony from the
effects Of the burne.
Christian Peterson Of Huntsville
was crushed to death ou Tues Jay
under the power wheel of his sawmill
in Ogden valley. On MOnuuy he
visited the mill, ami must have slipped
into the race, which was filled with
lee, and been carried by the swift cur.
rent under the wheel. lie was found
there yesterday morning by IA party Of
spafchefa from Huntsville.
Last b cember young Mexican
iumed q. MOnlDO Cnllcd on Father
OiReilly NJ Sau Burnlriino, Cal,
about midnight and porauadei him to
20 several miles 10 vista sick woman.
When In a lonely pot MOntgO at.
inckud the priest, tAking his money
aud watch ana knocking Oh NE ginlsua.
The priest, being ar-.ighted, could
not sec without his speciacles and
wandered about Ia the swamp all
night. Montio was found gully ON
Tuesday, anu was sentenced 20 fifteen
years ia the peni,enuary ut Folsom.
Governor Richards, OF Montana, has
signed the bill making II unlawful for
a scalper to sell tor any consideration
the whole or part OF any ticket on any
railroad or steamboat, whether tho Hue
be operated or owned within or with
oug tho state. The punishment is
hue OF $500 and one years impris0n.
meni. The bill makes II tie duty Of
every railroad or slea mbost line to
provide for the redemption OF tho
whole or Of amy coupon Oi any ticket
sold by any authorized agent which
the purchaser has not used at a rate
equal to the difference between the
price OF the whole tloketaud the cost Of
n ticket between the points for which
the used portion OF the ticket WAS
actually used before such ticket shall
have expired by limitation. This bill
was passed by the last legislature
against the protest OF almost all the
LABOR organizations IN the state and
despite the fact that the committee Of
the house reported It OF doubtful con-
stitutionality and special In character.
Hcaipefs declare that they will 20
right on doing business and are conf.
dent the courts Will declare the law
unconstitutional.
The cod fisheries Of British Columbia
ara closed on account Of the ,rOuOlO
between the Kitkat!a and Bella Bella
Indians. Members OF the latter tribe
claim, as previously announced, that a
number OF Kitkatlss massnored party
Ol Bella Bella, Bella CoolR and Rivers
Inlet hunters on Sorrow Island. They
ray that a gun owned by one OF the
dead Bella Bellas was sold by one OF
the kitKatlas, and that, ms they think,
II Hunicient evidence that the kithat.
las know something about the alleged
massacre, and they want revenge. A
resident OF Fort Simpson told Captain
Heyers Of the Danube that three large |
canoes loaded with Bel "A Bella Indians
La. ri In "a Ia
kitkRtlas were at work. He said that |
the two tribes are only waiting for an |
opportunity to attack one another. |
Nothing IL known regarding the |
strength OF the opposing PARTIES, but
the kitkRtlas are tue more powerful |
Tribe. The Bella COolas anu Rivers
lnlots are said to have promised 10 |
Cooperate with the Bella Bellas. ON |
GERS Of the Indian department In Nan- |
couYor do not place much credence IN |
either the story Of the massacre |
or OF the later trouble. Indian |
Agent Ladd was given Instructions 10
investigate, and IL IL thought II there
were any probability OF serious trouble
he would have sent word down, The
same would have been the case II there
was any truth IN the story OF the mas
slCTc. LHdd has steamer at his dis
pOaal, Rnd 81 would have been no tTOu.
hle Tor him to thoroughly Investigate
the matter.
Information comes from Tombstone,
Arlzonn, that Colonel NOyes, com.
mander at Fort HuaohucA, has been
making IT very uncomfortable OF late
for civilians who visit the pest. He
Issued an order some time ago requif-
Ing all civilians visiting the fesetva.
lion TO register at the guRrdh0use be-
lore transacting any business. deoige
n, Clark, carpenter, and his wife
hRs feeiued there for several years.
Tie latter is the postmistress ut that
Place. Colonel Noyes mas been trying
10 get rid of her and her husband tor
q long time. Not moving last enough
TO suit him, he gave orders 10 have her
moved of the reservation yesterday
With her postoilloe. She toegrapheI
NE tacis on Saturday night 10 Conata-
nle Brood, and he wired TO United
states Deputy Marshal Shilliam at
henson 10 meet him at Fairbank, and
lhe Two men went 10 the post early |
yesterday morning. The work Vt
moving the household effects had
already been accomplished by u squad
o. soldiers. Deputy Shilliam went to
No'0nel Noyes anu showed his author.
w Tor fcquestinga cessation Of hOstili.
uesi anu gave him 20 understand that
Hloboslcilice was TO DO protected by him.
~ he meantime kilograms hnu been
1'siuk between the pOstmistTess and
wy iuutth assistant pOstmaster.genrT raj |
Nv Wh8hlnptOn, She had Dlsrrd the