Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-31
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torney Generals office reached there from
| Washington to take testimony in the suit
! that Mrs. Gen. John q Fremont has brought
against the United States for s1.OOO, 600 If
| I am not mistaken hrrp Fremont has re-
sided here a good deal and has many friends
| who might like to know about the case. It
! appears, according oo the claim presented,
| that Gen. Fremont, in 1859 bought from
two men. named Haskenaand Eggleston.s the
| land on which they were then living which
is now known as Black Point in San Fran
i,cisco, and upon which Fort Mason n,Sx
stands. Gen. Fremont began the erection of
residence on the property and commenced
laying out the grounds when the war broke
ots<. He was summoned to Washington at
once and obeyed at once, abandoning the
Improvement of his place. The government
took possession of the land in 1863 and built
fortsNtHson, claiming that the land had been
set aside in 1851 for military purposes and
that the government title in It'll had over
lapsed. Mrs. Fremont claims that by reason
or the non-occupancy OF the land and the
fact that Haskell and Eggleston occupied it
undiSturDed for ten years and then sold II
to her husband; that the general bought II
in good faith and was it's owner and the
government claims Haskell and Eggle,to.4
were squatters. Mrs Fremont, l believe. is
new living in Los Angeles" - -
Mining men In my section are in a state
| of great excitement over the approa ching
death of man who alone possesses the So
cret of a great gold deposit somewhere in
the Wasatch noun tains," said Domenic
Reilly of Denver at Wormey's, Saturday.
Che rlan in question is Enoch Davis, and
he Is about to be hung for the brutal
murder of mis- wife. While Davis was Door
-apd friendless on his trial he suddenly he
came very popular with powerful people
ftar his conviction. His case was appealed
to the SuDrec,a Court tho I-pita3 S,,.o,
who're the sentence of the lower court was
confirmed, AMI now a great pressure is be-
Ing brought to bear to have him hardened
All this is being done by prominent mining,
men who want to find that gold deposit
The story Is strange one
me gold fields are believed to be in n
garge in the Wasatch mountains on the
Ciatah reservation about seventy ,,iIas
from Salt Lake. and the Indians wont FL
proSpcctors come within five miles of the
fSoFse. The American Asphalt COMPANY
.tf3el to secure a lease on the lands com
TrisinS the territory in question for the
ostensible purpose of working the asnbaI-
tum deposits that abound therea bouts h,it
Delegate Rawlins prevented the lease being
GRANTED But for the story When Brig
ham Young was king of Utah an old fel-
Il " named Ned Rhodes went TO him and
made deal by which he agreed 10 bring,
Young his weight in gold by a certain time
lNno1es had son John, and taking the lat
ter with him departed from Salt Lake In
SIX NWeckS they were hack with two sa ~, 9
containing eighty pounds of pure nuggets
each. Young warned the men not to work
ife mine they had found any further sub
sequently, old man Rhodes died. leaving his
son John the sole possessor of the secret
AMI in the seventies John determined tn
visit the fields again. He started off. and
as ne was never See2 again his friends
concluded the Indians hid killed him Moth
ing more was heard Hfatke great deposit of
precious stuff until Davis cruelty murdered
his wife and was put in Jail Then he re
VIII Lob ID
to the gold fields in the Wasatch noun
tainS. where the latter had been killed h.
Indians. while he escaped. He had been
afraid 10 say anything about il before be-
cause be might ha~s, Ls-n charged with
killing Rhodes. Ths9 Nory mas exciteii
such interest and craieIce out in Denver
a,hr SAT- Lake that~-eNeral parties have
been quietly fitted out to explore the
Nasatch Davis has offered to go in
sEackies aii show S.lre the wonderful
deposit is II his life is spared in return.
Sct me chances are that he Will hang
At
I'VE hear n roat/deal about the deadly
Qualities OF the rattlesnake. the adder and
/ the 'copperhoaj," said dieeTge Wharton sof
Ssn Dfa"o at the Ebbi.t fhs morning. and
pretty nearly everybody has shuddered al
the description of the horrible effects that
- Sue from the bite OF tha ella monster
They have n snake in Australia though.
whose fanEs are more deadly than those of
all the others | have mentioned combined
! allude to the tiger snake. The reptile
does not grow to large proportions, n length
of three feet being a pretty good size and
its skin resembles the coat of the animal
after whom il is named. The bite of the
tiger snake is instantly fatal and chemists
who nave analyZed its poison IS far as pos
SINE are Of the opinion that ii possesses
precisely thu same qualities as prussic acid
Persons have been known to walk. out or
their houses on the briefest sort Of an er-
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ute. afterwari from the effects of the tiger
snake bite. The government of Australia
has STANDING; offer of 5000 or a thou
sand pounds, which il nearly the same
thing, to be given to any ore who may dis
cover a Zen, eiy for the bite CT tiger snake
a man named Underwood. SO | have been.
told. oncn discovered the successful anti
Go;e. and prCNel its efficacy by allowing
himself to re hit by the deadly reptile and
mourning no evil effects from 1t. He wa,rt-
ed two thousand pounds for his secret
however which the colonial authorities re-
fused to pay. One day. while drunk. Tn
Gcrwocd Was giving an exhibition and al
lowed two tiger snakes to bite him. In his
fnaudlin state he had forgotten where he
had laid the bottle containing the antidotc.
and he died in few moments, his secret
perishing with him :,
THE action of the Senate in determining
upon 5000 as the amount te be paid to the
heirs of the clerks who lost their dives in
gree the seal of government approval upon
the legal value of a mans life" said David
r. Anderson, the Albany attorney. at
Wor:nley's this morning. at the ccnSti-
tonal convention now In session in Albany
. proposition was made quite recently to
remove the limit of 5000 as measure OF
damages recoverable legally for deaths
caused by railroad accidents the object
being to leave the jures free to assess
what damages they might deem proper.
The suggestion was not entertained how
ever. being defeated by an adverse report
of the committee TO which IL was referred.
While the law was not part of the con-
stitutiop. but had been enacted by the leg
islature. it is very proper that ii should be
retained. JurieS are peculiarly sympathetic
with victims who have suits e,ainSt cor
porations for injuries received or the heirs
of killed persons, and we sometimes hear
of $4,000, $4,000 and other large amounts
being recovered on account of persons who
would never have earned such an amount
if they had lived or retained all their pow
1ers- FOR 100 years. 1t is an excellent thing,
| believe. that the sun, Of 5000 is begin
ming to be generally recognized in courts
of law the proper amount to be paid
the heirs of persons accidentally killed.