Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-21
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
4 Chinese Lspsr Discovered in San
Francisco in a Horrible Condition.
BuRGLARIEs AT MALAD.
A Denver Real Estate Man Arrested.
--Railroad Accident In Idaho.-A
widows Singular Claim.

filled the valleys and m-untains WIN
plenty Of snow for irrigation.
The boiy Of Hank Metcalf, who Wa
carried away by u suowslide on MT
SMILES read on February oth, nh.
teen found buried under thirteen rect
Of snow.
HALEY II daho) Tmcs-Young Finn.
merry, who CANE down from DeeI
Creek yesterday, says that ms issne'
has struck II rich In the Jolly SnIIo',
claim situated about one mile west VI
the War Dauce group.
Ni,b, b.,ore last the Wood River
train ran into nine heau OF ca''lei w
n trestle below rikura. IL was Storm
ing at the time, AMI the engineer WI,
unnble TO zee the obstruction unuiI
zoo Inte 10 stop the train. All nine
herd were killed. one being caught ny
The cow catcher and dragged Tor two
miles.
Rob Weyms, an oil prospector, has
returned TO San Diego, Cal, from the
desert with an account Of many peo-
ple taking w desert claims IN the
New river basin, in the southeast
corner OF San Diego county. The
people are expecting the region TO be
irtis ,ted from tue Colorado river. AZ
prescnt IL IL being watered by an
overflow from New river.
Reports have reached Guthrie tO.T)
that a large body Of Cheyenne lnuians
are holding ghost dance In Mills
county, Oh their reservation, near thv
se.ne OF n battle with Custer, and are
becoming very ugly. The settlers IN
that vicinity have asked for protection
and come OF them state that II IN Get.
tain the Indians h we killed one white
man during the last few days.
The snow Ia piled on each side OF TIE
cut, near TikuIa, IA high as the top OF
the cars. The top OF 1t thaws during the
day and crust OF Ice forms on the top
Of the bauks, 70 that when the train
comes along every morning II has TO
force It's way through. The lee scratch
"a the cars, and wears out depression
from half an inch TO an Inch wiue,
along the length Of the cars. An hours
,irong wind may blockade the track
at any time.
The neighboring coal camp OF Rock
vale. Colo, has had "a serious shooting
accident. q. J.. Plerson, assistant
,uuerlntendent Of the Canon City
Coal company's mines, In getting out
n his wagon with u Winchester rifle
In his hand, allowed the trigger To
catch on something, which caused the
gums discharge, the contents entering
bls right side. The ball came out
about ak inches from the point OF en-
trance, IL IL not known how serious
~. inturv tuay pfaye.
The new board OF regents OF the
State university OF Idaho Will soon
draw from the university land fund
sl5,l04lO, II being all Of that fund
remaining In the hands OF the state
treasurer Hill. The $4,000 secured
recently from the government for the
agricultural college has been appor'
toned by Sts.e Auditor Ramsey TO me
national endowment fund, anu u the
agricultural college Ia not established
II will be used Tor the state university,
a chair Of agriculture having recently
been created In tnat institution.
On the night OF February go, last
year, John Blair was run over and
killed by a Burlington train at Ben
trice, Neb. This widow sued Grosshez
a Braun, saloonheepets, for $4,000
damages, alleging that her husband's
death was primarily caused by whisky
cold him by the defendants. The case
was one OF the hardest fought that
ever came up In this court and lasted
three days. On Monday, after being
out "a hours, the Jury returned u
verdict for the plaintiff In the sum OF
$1,000.
Jack Rivers, who was working on
the Henrietta mine for the Pyramid
company at Lordsburg, Arizona, a
few days since, put In several shots anu
then climbed out OF the hole 10 give
them chance. An explosion followed.
He went h ok into the shat 10 work
again. Just Ms he reached the bottom
Of the SHAFT the last shot went oil. The
result was terrible for the poor fellow.
His head, body and limbs were iled
with tho flying rocks. Both legs were
hfOEen, one heel was shot away and
the other badly mangled, ana his
body and head were covered with
wounds. Death ensued soon after
wards.
j. b. Gordon, a real estate agent Of
Denver, has been arrested on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons
and creating a disturbance. Gordon Ia
SAID u DO infatuated with Mrs.
Underwood who lives on South Eighth
street. He has just com menced suit
10 the courts TO recover $50 loaned her,
ana yesterday no wrote note request
ing her to call at his Office. Mrs.
Underwood did 80, but she brought u
Policeman with her. She was afraiI
u9rlOn would attempt to XIII her, she
sAlu' When he saw Mrs. Underwood
with the officer he drew gun anu
attempted to raise row. The cfllcer
'ook Tue gun away ami took the BELL.
geteht to Jail.-DenUer NeWs.
A bold anu successful burglary took
pIaGe az Aialai ON Sunday night. A
uA' VINO sleeps IN one OF the stores
10y, hhu been 20 church and going
,p" tue store about 10 O'Clock was In
we agl OF lighting match when he
IT, Ah9ekeu insensiblc by blow Oh
" "e neeu' Upon recovering no was
e1sseu ana beat Into insrnsibility and
thu maui aud foot. The burglar
srd ptoee"uel TO blow open the sae
wo. too Tue store, taking about $500
t,e,a a lew nights previous the
- Shmhtia was bufglarizru, anu
Wa " blanket thhen from there
s'" % 'uund In the Malad store. The
thr',m"s Tered by boring q hole
m, VIC u00r similar To the one al
w.,i' " NJ |. at this place few
IA "go' II Is more than likely TINT
Regi,,, part OF the same gang.--M no
NM 0u,oeFs OF the Chinatown police
III says the San Franc,sco