Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-17
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
CHASTITY Find Of Skeletons in AL.
IONA.
, MYSTERY TO ne SOLVED.


.on. Arizona, that on Tuesdny WIN.
10 n arlington, n miner, failing to
% away from "a fuse In time, was
h Lawn 10 pieces by blast In this Blue.
nose NINE
The Phnnix, ArizopR, city council
,..snassed an ordinance raising the
Liam Tux to $500 per annum, iucreas'
49,, Gambling taxes, Rud forbiddiug
nste in rooms where liquor IL sold.
y, also puts tax Of $40 a day upon
-, f.kirs, aud the salvation Army
A. a similar clause 10 forbidden ~
,ade the streets. The saloon mon
yrfy angry, as they were not eN-
".i,ns such legislation from that
pnsr,ef and have been putting In all
XIII time taking care Of the legislature.
ni,l accident was caused by Sat.
r,Iav's storm on the stage road hu
tween Cayncos and San Luis city,
california. a youth named Jewott,
smnioyrd on the HOLSTER ranch, a..
. Inrnnltd by lad named Snyder,
sit.fpplrd 10 cTOss flooded creek in
a spfinr wagon. The force of the
water threw the horses oil their feet
and unset aud wrecked the wagon.
IeWett was drowned, but Snydcr and
The horsea managed with great DIM
Gully to reach terra fitma. The late
foporls state that Jowett's body has not
SET been recovered.
prospaclors from near the Sonora
line bfi news Of CHASTITY discovery
made by them some days ago IN the
Desert mountains near the Qiyotoa-
miues, about 100 miles south Of PhW'
AL g.
water holes In the rocky basius, they
came upon the ghRstly skeletons of
fourteen mpu and five horses that
have evidently laid there for many
yeaTs. Near thpm were rusty irons Ol
wagon, proving that they were
Americans, though there was nothing
ny which TO establish their identity.
Ii IL supposed that they were u band Of
rmlgranis WIN started to California In
early days and wandered south Of the
old trail, were killed by thc Apaches,
their stock aud arms stolen, while the
wagon was burned.
There han beena long standing ieui
between District Attorney Granville
pendleton aud Johu 6raunis, growing
out OF litigation over n valuable tract
Of land Joining tho town OF Yuma,
Colorado, ON the south. Bitter nCcusa-
lions have heen made by both parties,
nud vile NAMES, slurs ami insinuationH
have been cast back aud forth. For
several mouths pact tho two families
have lived ON the land IN contention,
about 200 yards apart, IN inct Just
aofoss the road from each other. Last
Saturday, In the hearing Of Grannis,
Pcndlet0n made certain elurring re-.
mark about MIR. Gtannis, ami on
Wednesday Mrs. Grannis came down
and bought a fAwhiIe and started 10
hunt Pendletou up. They met In the
postoiilce and Mrs. GrsnDis struck him
over the head and lace with the raw
hide until shc broke It, When Pendle-
ton underworld 10 get out Oi her way,
rhe Grew n revolver gud hit him over
the head couple Of times, iuilicting
H. me ugly cuts. AS she struck MIN
the weapon was discharged, AMI shc
has been arrested ON charge OF assault
with intent to murder. She Ia certain
10 get OIL, ~ the ezplysion OF the charge
In the gum was accidental.
Preparations for the removal OF the
dead buried In the old Denver GENE.
terry began on Wednesday. Twelve
laborcrs were actively engaged and
before uight nearly 900 collins were
exposed to view. a curious crowd
gathered around the wOrkmen Ia The
morning nnd strict orders were issued
by those In charge allowing only those
VINO have buHiutss 10 enter the Gene.
terry. Ii Is estimated that neatly 51O0
bOIies have been buried on the ground,
aud 1t will take nearly a mouth to
complete thu work. The unmarked
graves la this section will be ideutifisl
ny reference to the city record anu by
this means every grave will be known.
The bones Will bp removed from each
anu placed In n separate box aud the
name labeled on the outside. Upon
arrival az Riverside they VIII no again
registered before they are cOnsigusi to
earth. Detective Thompson went out
10 the city cemetery 10 Investigate a
report that the receiving vault Ind
bpen broken into. The door Of the
vault WAS fOund torn oil It's hinges.
Inside the vault was a coffin contain.
log the decsyed body OF woman.
Naudal hands had torn oil the top VI
the oufiin, but the skeleton had not
been disturbed.
The question OF the causes which
resulted ia the drowning aud entomb.
ment OF ten miners IN the White Ash
mine, near Golden, Colorado, on Sep.
tsmber 9th, 1859, IL about 70 be solved.
The pTesent superintendent Of the
LOvelsni mine, w. Il. Millkan, mas
drawn up plans for the withdrawal Of
the water from the shalt In which the
bodies OF tho men are supposed 10 be,
A. the time OF the catastrophe three
nRtutgna war. haIN faHafutuH ila
origin. Some cnimed that the miners
had broken into an underground river
or reservoir; Others that lire, which
had occurred in the mine two years
previously, supposed to have been eX-
tinguished, had aot been put out auu
that tho fire had worked its way intG
the body OF the water. The third and
most probable theory is that the mlneff
Penetrated into the shalt Of the OLD
abandoned Lovelaud mine, In which
water had been allowed To Accumulatr,
tud, though It's presence was known,
no maps or surveys o! the mines tx.
ited % tell It's eXnct pOsitiUn, The
mlners, having no guide, had w0rke
~ TO anu penetrated the dividing II
blowing the water 10 rush In, druW n
Ing all and flllilg the shaft Ol th,
White Ash mine with water. Tn,
mine hal been considered unsafe from
three cAuses-iiTe, ventilation and thi
burned portion falling down ant
stopping the pussagewby-hut IA
thought WINS entertained OF an accideu
from water, ana that from shli
which all knew the presence o. On,
Of The conditions imposed on AL em
ployes had been thu they should sigl