Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-24
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Tho Fort Col inS, Colo, POSlOlIlC.
Robbed by Burglars.
A Chiuaman's Atiumn'ci Suicide at a
uotel.-Ieaih a. Result VI
u Fight.

a a... .faaV
took an appeal aud was released uhue'
$3.50 tall bOnd.
Mrs. r. T.. Martin, Of Taos, \. m',
wife Of d.. Martin, anu htu.e VI
Philadelphia, died here todny i'y gu
ucTv, Us pfO-tfatluui " ught on " ~
time of the A, 4. & S. +. train hold-
mn at Cimafron, kau., three m0hths
aso. She was a PASSENGER on the lTHln
and never recovered ron mo lngn'
oau,ed by the appeaiasce OIL the To''
tiers.
IL IL pr5bable that many hundred
acres Of hops will bs planted IN we
valley during the next year, says 'h'
Boi.e, Idaho, S,dtesman. Tue expert
meut OF hop culture has pr vea M
pleie uuoctss, AMI " Il saii ihe no
Ifuouccd o. payettc are ptonuuuctu
by pxp,ft authority 20 he superior 10
any others grown In this county
DR.. Riscnt, a well known physician
Of Oakland, CAL, sent ashft g. thF
nese laundry adorned with q sluo ula-
motd stud which he had iptfol1rh q.
nbsttnct. The doctor missed the STUD
anu informed an lficc'i "hu ,tcutol
tue stud for him wi.uout ululouiy
from the MonVniinn diver % Tue Aun'
DRY wagon. lie had ~ hidden IN ME
blouse.
Says the Laramie (wyo.l Eepub T.
can: The nnAucu committee no thc
CITY council h undecided ~ 10 what lt
viii do COncpfuiu. the uupotiliun Tor
the sale OF watcfworks houls, aus VIII
take no action until Engineer Lana
shall have nude AZ examination 'i
the tpungs. The chances are, now.
ever, that no bOndB Will DO issuud by
tlooliy.
The community had narrow escape
from a ifiuhiiul urusltr FTiiay, says
the Haley ttdan8l Times. Four care
being H4t.itncEuu were mmed
against car loaded with giant powder
standing on the sliding ut the depot.
The end Of tie powder ear was tmaHhcd
into kinliing wOId, tho Cuuu OF hve
boxes Of powder broken aud several
boxes scattered poll NELL through the
car. Strange 70 say no explosion en-
tued.
A Chinaman jun 1ed from the ferry
boat at U klaud AZ u WIS making It,
. O'Clock tup from san FmuciscJ on
Saturday evUulup. The Monaghan
was standing on tue lover deck at the
tttrn OF tue boat. Just aitrr u pnssui
Goat island he etvppeu upon the guard
rail aud jumped. The Terry wa-
stopped ana % boat lowered tn search
for the suicide. lie lof no baggage
aud no Glow ~ to his Identity. AZ
soon as tbs boat was lowered tho
steamer came oh to oakland.
a petition from quite number Of
Chinrse merchants and business men
Of san Fraucisrr has been forwarded
e. Governor Nj rkham asking the exc
Cutive not @ cIuuuiU the sentence OF
Wong All Fuu now In San Quentin
under sentence tor lie Tor the Kiliiug
of hu0w You. Tue prison directors 1T
recent meeting held IN Sgu Quentin
recommended "A Communication uf the
sentence 10 imprisonment 20 ilfteen
years. To this lrnieucy the triends OF
the murdered unl nre opposed, 90
shown by tho number Of signers 10
the petition.
On Saturday afternoon M Lee Bur.
ton was standing on tho sidewalk
IN front Oi the Central hotel nt PLW.
NIX, AT.1., Lee lRiue came along
connected beating him over the head
with club. Burton stepped back u
few iCtt, ami pulling uutn tiN.shDoter,
fired Two shot. at Rit q, The iiHt
mi.Cej, bur tnr srCIni took effect In
the stomach. Rlue fell. Burton ran
into n store anu was Immediately ar
rested hy deputy sheriff, B0lh were
brickMyrs aud formerly partners
here. Trouble hAi been brewing tor
two yuarr, which .ultcd IN the
shooting. Riuc lived but twenty min.
utes. Burton claims lac trrd In self
defense.
On Saturday morning whom the
chaInhvgmni 10 NJ the ~. Charlie hotel,
Sau Berundinn, Chl., went 10 room
l2B, they ituld the door locked. THINK.
ing nothing Of II they proceeded 20
Hush their work, ana nj . O'Clock
Sunday afternoon tfiei the tnuc door
again, but II was still locked, They
tsporis o. the oiiicc, aud two port, q
wers Beut 10 Investigate. Looking
over The trans, m they 7awa Uoal
BODY tttelched Uu the door, the head
surIouudc1 IN pool OF blood. The
mans name was John Kennedy,
lately from Wilmington, near l. +
Angr e.. lie reached san Bernaldiuu
Gu the previous Wednesdny. He COM
mi,ttd tbs act deliberately. Taking a
sheet from tho bot and carefully
spreading u OF the door, then remov.
log all his clothing anu placing his
valuables ON stand, he laid down,
first placing n newspaper under his
head, tie towel about his Jaw, folded
the sheet around him aud senta tullet
from 32.cbliber pistol through his
brair. Death was instantaneous.
ThlTty.tw1 dollars In cash was found
on hls body.
Some time on Saturday, night the
Fort Colliua (Cop,l purt, ilics WIS
entered. TIE safe was blown upeu
and something liE6 so taken there.
from, The rubhuts entered by prylng
uIeu with a Csowbir one VI The win
dUws In the back arr OF the oilice.
Next morning, when Deputy Post.
master Simms Rul assi tlut opened
the Ollie, thry found ,nr ga etsn ting
open an rlil "a OF IT, coltr Ms IN ly.
iug atOutthu room were vUi0us drlls
Hni other tool. ui,d by tie bb5.s In
their safe cracking eKIeIin enif. Also
Iyug On one a. the b'cs IA the OH Sc
VS. found a cat WY o. uch " m
uuI Iatctei, In ths plcl ut Of Il Wi
letter which the author ties believe
mu7 uruish an important clio q the
mi1.llght iutr der. The wa rom
u g. G.. Fla MIR In the p lst III q built
ing, was also visited and tue m ,ncy
drawers r'f Of their contents. Tie
burglars were evidently ffgh on Il
away, tor they neglected % larry Wi h
them their wearing apparel agd their
tools. Tue Fort Collins poet tiigo wa.
r.II ~ t.lnNf fmn panr. rW, aud tbU.