Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-24
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Nine Men Lost IN a Burning Nine in
Montana.
ONE MORE VICTIM or THE DESERT.
An Express Car burned Working a
Fraud.-Deed Of Drunken Miners.
-Wnterworks for Elsinor.

Mr.. Hugh Sloan has for some time
back been eSgsged In planning 10.
water system for El'i1ore, SEWER
county, Gays tho Mant Reporter.
While in SAT- Lake CITY last week he
ordered tue pipes etc. necessary, ami IL
n few days will 70 south 10 superintehu
the work OF laying the pipe. The % ~
cost OF the work will bc about si,0O0
and Il will be but u shorl time until the
works. completed. Tho neighboring
city, Monroe IN also thinking Oh put
ting iu pipes ami have consnltei our
fellow townsmnn on the subject.
Four or five days sro fellow came
to Laramie, says the Boorerdng OIL me
2ist, and registered as &. Z. Crane anu
stated that ne was the agent iof iIhWis
a. Co., contractors, who had a contract
with the Union Pacific Railroad com.
rapy to sink 200 nrteslnn wells 2DO
mills southwest OF Salt Lake, nj NIL
ford, Utah. Ho represented that the
contractors has Just come from South
Ameiics, where they had completed
n large contract IN einking wells. He
hired about thiiteon men in Lniamie
and extracted 80 from each one ~ n
"guarantce OF goo iaith." Tnen he
gave them card ana told them he
would be along with special this
morning In which ho would take tue
men west. They were all down TO the
depot with tleir baggage, bot Mr.
"Craue" had taken fight. He was
not on hoard with his specially char.
tered car. About thirty men were
dupod at Cheyenne.
A middle.aged man with gray hair,
nh r.fslatst.I N the
American Exchange hotel, San
Francisco, n few days ago as J. Coniin
Of New York. He was well dressed
and Hported long overcoat trimmed
with costly fur. His baggage was
contained In two leather valises, aud
he appeared to be n commercial
traveller. On Wednesday Light COUlin
was found IyiGg dead upon his bed by
one Of tue servants of the hotel. He
had removed mis- clat and boots aud
was lying In an easy position. The
body was removed 10 tho mOrgue, aud
the contents OF the two yglises were
examined by tho coroner, who found
that they consisted solely OF the cloth.
ing Of tho deceased. There was a
wallet containing $3.50 In one oi the
pockets and "A bottle half full OF NOR
phine. There were no papers among
,he effects OF the deceased, nor any.
thing by which his calling or the cause
OF his death could be ascertaincd.
News hns been received OF a shoot
ing scrape Just across the Southern
Arizona line, In Mexico, which re-
suited fatally. Frank Peary and VIM.
Brook, two miners working In the
San Pablo mine, drank too much
liquor and engaged In q row. Brook
was arrested by Mexican sheriff ami
posse, which started 10 prison with
him. Peary came up and said: care
you going to let q greaser put you In
lail?" whefeupon Brooks drew HE
rix.shooter anu shot the Mexican dead.
Peary struck the other over the head
with his pistol, and succeeded In hold
Ing them at bay TIL Brook escaped.
Peary was captured, but on his wsy 20
prison escaped ana mas not been heard
from since. In the melee about hall
q dozen Mexican officers were killed
by the two Americans, and II they are
caughton Mexican soil It will 10 harj
with them.
On Friday morning Wellt-Fargo
Express car coming east on tho At
lantic and Pacific caught flto from
sparkle from the engine at Hancock
siding, near Albuqueique, New Mex |
leo, and, as the winl was blowing |
almost gale, the fire spread 30 Iapiu. |
Iy That the car and contents were en-. |
tirely consumed. Messenger Weins |
was asleep anu was aroused by redhot |
sparks falling on him He barely had |
time TO get out OF tue car SAT- Is. There |
were three safes In the car and they |
were brought 10 Albuquerque. Each |
contained at least S.5,OJ1 la $50 gold |
pieces, a large quantity Of currency,
bcside1 lot OF Jewelry, watches, etc. |
The safes were opened on Saturday,
badly warped by the intense heat. The
currency was burned. Many Of the
gold pieces are badly schorched and a
large number melted together. By |
extraordinary work OF the trainmen,
considering / 10 intensity OF tho wind.
storm anu the heat from the fire, tne
train was saved.
A dispatch from Phoenix, Arlzonn,
says that the friends OF Tim Cnminetti
are greatly exercised by reason Of his
uisapIearancc from his camp Ia the
lower Aqua Friar district since the
afternoon OF Saturday, April Is, when
he started out. from McGinnis ana Nc.
Cartby's camp TO put up some tuonu.
m.t Is ON 81 aims recently located. He
took with him n Winchester rifle, n
cAnteen OF water and sufficient pro.
visions TO last him until the next morn
ing, though 1t was thought he would
be able 10 return on Saturday night.
On Monday W. II. Morgan and man
named Il wards started out In search
Of Camiueltl, but were unable TO lind
him. Tuesday morning the OIL tire
region turned out snd some OF the
hunters found his horse, provisions and
cauteen. They were thoroughly alarmed
now, as II was evident that Caminelti
hsd iefs luis outfit some time before, and,
liao, IL was hardly possible thar he could
wander In that region Ioug without
water and rstain lite ana reason.
The ground 10 Of such a chaiac.
ter that II IL impossible tor
even exTerler ced traileis TO decide
whether u track has been made an
hour or u month previously. Old
prospectors say that Caminetli could
not nave been lost, As he was too ex. ,
perlenced ptosltc tor to have been
uuable to find hls way back 10 ms
horse even In strange lvcality, where. :
ms he was thoroughly acquainted with
every feature OF Inc cuuriIy IN that
region. They have two theories, one
that he has fallen down an old MINING
shaft and the other that, having gone
too lar from his base OF sup, l'ra' h,
became deleTioun for want OF water nnd {
continued his wandering. Caminrtti /
was well known thrOug bout eOulheru