Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-08
NEWS OF The WEST.
A YOuns E15lishmn Of D,HYgr
CHARGED with Enb'llpm3lt
ABOUT TUE OREGON SHORT LINE.
A Deputy Constable Stabbed 10 DCalh
browning Of Threc.ycar.old
Child, Etc.

was u leave Laramie today saturday
f5r Sheridan with $4,000 hsh Tor The
s,teans Of that section.
George gill, 3.yesr.old child, was
drowned ia thu Rosebud pond Ut
Mound City, Colo, ON Wednesday
afternoon. Tho child was playing
rear the water when he stumbled nud
fell In. An alatm was Immediately
given and Within few minutcs thU
distracted mother OF the child received
ucr boy, but u was too late.
Nevada EHtcrpfiFoi Ga Tuesday
Flank B. Djten died Ia Carson city
lie was born Ia Plymouth, Mass, aud
was 81 year, OF hfe He came around
Cape Horn In 1919 to California, being
among the leading Pacific coast pi
noers. For several yeats he followed
tue occupation u miuur - w 0nu's
Creek, sonora, bhnw'a Fiat and other
noted l1calitios in the southern minra,
with considerable financial success
Then be became n successful fAuChet
I'm the Iuolumnr county section for
several yoars, hually settling over Into
Nevada IN 1851.
Fred l.. Nackimuth, deputy con.
a'hbio, was sta bed anu killed in the
Ar lngiou hotel Ut Tracy, Cal, on
Wednesday morning ~ a. J. Duly
fmBrly proprietor VI the hotel. Duly
went ~ Stockton ana surrendered him-
self. He had been ordered from the
bifsoom at tho hotel by the present
proprietor, aud charged his expulsion
q WackHmulh, between whom and
himself there had long been hurI fre'-
ing, lilo went Into the back yard,
whefe no waited Tor Wacksmuih u
come out, and then stabbed him when
hs appeared.
4 young Euglishman, who Is well
known In Deuv,f's business circles,
has been arrested on a CHARGE Of smhtz.
zlsment. His name IL J. X. KIDD aud
fIr the past few months he mas boon
engaged ~ travelling agent for liquor
house. The sum involved IL alleged 10
he $500. About a week ngo Kidd took
n trip 10 Idaho Syringe, Georgetown
anu Silver Plume 20 collect bills Tor
the concern, and succeeded IN account.
lating $500, which, II IL alleged, he
failed 10 turn over 10 HE employer lie
$50 years Of age, very stylish In ap.
pearancc, and hasa wife slI children.
Being unable 10 give bonds Tor his
appearance he was taken to the county
jail.
The Denver News says A letter
from William Well, who IL hunting
aud fishing Ia northwestern Colorado,
making headquarters ut Mntvint
lodge, gives stirring account OF life
on the frontier Of Colorado. lie saya
that the season for shooting big gam q
has now arrived and gentleman
rom Baltimore, Nd, has dislin guishsd
himself by killing the largest buck ever
brought 10 the lodge, having twenty
poiuts on it, Rntlefe, +. Gilpln Of Colo.
rado Syringe enjoys tho honor o. kill.
ing tho fret bull elk Of tho season.
This troutAre described IA plentiful In
all the streams and Of unusual size.
Tho outlook IL excellent for n good
seasons sport
John McPhail, one Of tho most
prominent ranchefs OF the Sound, was
accide tally shot and killed on Fox
Island, Wash, on Wednesday even.
lug and his widow IL nearly crazed
with grief, thinking that she was the
cause. Tho two were going In boa,
to another island aud were preparing
to pull the boat into the water from the
beach. Mrs. McPhsil put the rife
used Tor bird shooting, into tho boat
with the muzzle toward her. The
charge lust passed her side aud struck
her husband an inch below the hsatt
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In tue boat. He fell Immediately. a
passet-by summoned doctor anu Nc
PhEil was moved to his home, where
he died four hours later. He remained
conscious 10 the last.
Word has been received at Portland,
Or, Of the killing OF MyT0n Hamilton
nj COndOn, or, by James Barnard
Barnard was tried ana convicted al
Portland last Gpfiug for cattle stealing
ami sentenced 10 two years Ia the
peniteutisty. Alter being there a ioV
days he was released by tho supreme
court for a new trial ut Condor lhii
month. Hamilton was witness
against HIN, and was at Sheriff VII
cbx's house Monday whom BarnaTt
rode into town. lie put his horse Ia .
stable, walked up 10 Wllc1X's ant
shook hands with Mfs. Wilcox, liz
called Hamilton out, walked up tn,
street with him, then back, and whoT
near Wilosx's itont gate drew his re
volyer ana shot Hamilton In tue bacl
Of the head twice, once In the back
aud once In the left arm. one shU
missed and struck the residence Of q
W. RinehEft. Five shots were FIRE,
altogether. Hamilton Tell dead HgAint
WilCOX's gate. Barnard then ran Il
tue stable, mounted his horse and rod,
out " town, waving his revolver a
the citizens 10 Tighten them back.
posse started ia puuult. When lao
card Of Barnard WAS only about on
mile ahead OF tho posse, His hOIf
was almost exhausted, Barnard ht
an unenyiable record, ami was Ns.l
ciatei with tho R1syn bank robbery
The Portland OrCg0niaH sayf. III
opinion has gained belle in local raj
road circles that there will be a cOntc,
against the recent appointment Of u
Union Pacific receivers No receivers &
the Oregon short Line. Tue conlrl
ia expected to be- made, II Of all, by a.
bondhOlding interest II the Short LIN
not allied to the Onion PAolne bond
holders. Tho reason for tho Ruiir
patsd action il tho fact that, under III
present arrangement, the short Lii
Ia allowed 10 agcepg trtillo from n
other road except tho Union Pacific
aud, Of CluTte, the Oregon & Nayig,
lion on the west, It's desired TO mas
tue Short Line iutt as independent .
the Oregon Railway q Navigation
free 10 make traffic arrangements vii
any other line. In that case, instsa
OF accepting the business OF the UniO
Pacific system alone, II might stcur
business routed Tor the northwest b
the burlington, Rock Island, NILSSON