Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-10
NEWS OF THE WEST.
n,,s Of Joseph Sullivan. The oakland
California, Giant.
,prr,L MURDER OF A WOMAN.
III. chief clerk Of thu Idaho House Of
Representatives indicted for
Forgery.

p,,ti buvers are getting quite num-
at Fresno, Col. They are onct'
'l.sista $50 per ton for green lfults
i.iIyefsd 40 warehouse
r., fouryear.old son OF Alter,
p'.ivers. who resides six MILES NORTH
.,iiitgn. Cal, on Sunday fell of The
In ipio a barrel Of water und was
dfuwuul'
rt. grsmen Of Rtwlins, Wyo., ate
-.'t,ng prrparatiUns to celebrate the
FOURTH OF July. II u the intention 70
80. horse. hose, bicycle aud foot
nos. aud a baseball game win some
outside team.
r,. Industrial RopOrter company
h.s brsu incorporated at Denver Tor
ne pufp0sy OF publishing a Journal OF
s'iv1nce Inform ,tiOn ~ the industrial
ir.Jrs. The company Is capitalized az
$1,000.
A sevenycar-old boy was badly
uaurlri BY hogs a lew miles north u
norton. western Kansas, the other
5.y. lie was VA the iced lot aud when
Ji.e1vsfud three old sows had him
f.wp aud were proceeding h devOuf
b.m. lis thought that he will re-
cUyuL
Ybs community Of Hoxio, Kan, was
trJused ou TutsJay by tue news that
Henry B1usJn, liviug ten miles north
oil that place, hat committed suicide
ty hanging himneli 10 Tree. MI
Iiups1u only arrived In the county two
weeks ago, clmiEg from Wool River,
Nrb., with his vile aud two children.
Iuc cause was dependency.
The proposition before Congress to
REFUGE tue area OF the lullO~siOue
raik by over 100000 acres viii meet
he Incorporating dItappruval Of
every resident Of this state, says dis
raich from Cheyenne, wy. The
leoplc OF Wyoming are In favor OF re-
iaiuing tho original wild grandeur oi
Tue parh
George Il. Smith, OF Reese river, bsa
been giltd IN Nye county, Nevada, by
being shot through tbs sidu anu the
back Of the meek with a shotgun, rays
the Austin Rcuopis. lie LETT nome
yesterday morning 10 90 iutU the Mills
about i've miles above uIs home, where
some burop were ranging, anu carried
Aluu. Ills wife, several hours alter,
went To the hills ami found his dcau
luIy, which was brought 10 town TO.
lAy, 10 IL not known at the time Oi
going 10 press who did the ohsoIing.
The most brutal murder committed
in ~ DJrado county, Cal, for many
years was petputratuu near LairObB n
Monday night Ellen hJUinsOni an
aged widow, living on her ranch, was
stamped ~ detth nnd her house plum.
tefUd. Her body was found outside
the door, tue lower Jawb0ne broken
anu oil but two ui her ribs crusheI.
Thu skin anu ilssh over the fractures
showed the nail marks " n boot heel
rne bed clothes and contents VI a
trunk were scattered In confusion
about her bedroom. The police are
investigating.
Charles IL. Reed, chief clerk OF the
ldahs house VI representatives, has
been indicted by the Canyon county
grand iuryi on charge oil forgery. Ii
u alleged that he raised school war.
rant TOT 81 10 sl03, secured the money
and, II Is Understood, subsequently
returned IL, but TINS did not serve 10
siay the prosecution. IL " expected
tho case will DO heard az tho term o..
the district court now IN session Ina
Caldwell. The accused has held many
positions Of trust ana responsibility,
anu the Indictment 10 great sutprite
10 his friends.
The work OF eKoavatlng a canal for
util zlng the water OF Humboldt lake
for irugHting purposes has uegun In
earnest, says tho L0yelOck, Nevada,
AeW Era Three hundred feet OF canal
have already been cut, ranging In
depth from seven to twenty feet, ana
IN width twenty-five feet Mt tho top 10
eight feet At tue bottom. A dam has
been placed In Ihu Say slough " keep
ns much wator A. possible away from
tue wOrkmen while running tho canal
north from the slough. The lake front
10 dotted with cabins, ami number OF
claimants have carried lumberthrUugh
the water 10 Islands ~ build houses by
which 10 hold 100 acres when the lake
Is drained.
The San Francaco Chronicle records
the death OF Joseph Sullivan, the
Oakland giant,n which occurred on
H.HNHNN AANA NAhEs RANAAHhh WAS n
well known character. lie came from
Chicago when quite young, aud was
shout 20 years old at tue ume o! his
death. The measurements OF the
urcrasud, taken short time ago, are
es loillws: Height, 7 ieot 81 inches;
foot - incnes long; chts,, feet
Arluuu; length Of ann, feet Inches;
irom top Of mead 10 chin, 10 iuche,;
around the waist, tetl S incuvB, from
up 10 TIP Of fingers with arms out.
stretched, 5 CO. inches; weight, $50
pounds. sullivan haG "A small hand
Tor mAn OF his size. ho wore o
glove. When taken from the little
room where no died u was found i'm.
p1"iule 10 get his body around the
narrow passages In the HtuJnI story,
anu u was hltchud toa rope anu lowered
ny menns.of n pulley. riuce death the
b1ly had stretched considerable. There
was not hearso large enough IN Oak.
lsnd % carry tho remains. As a result
lhr Undertaken ~ charge Luilt nu nGIl-
ZION ~ his h-arso Tor tho purpose Of
carrying the Immense coli 10, whish
was foet long, 10 luones deep aud .
Ietl wide at Tue bIL.1m.