Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-31
NEWS OF THE WEST.
,iolDh Suiro aud ]. ]. Haley Try 10
Pull Each Others Hair
NEW POLITICAL PRIMARY PLAN.


a. Mathews, who lives near the
p,,iso beach racstfack, san Diego,
iaI.waa digging tfecholes MONDAY
,.t,n he was attfacked by yellow
..liitrr op some Of the pebbles he
,s,,v out, Closer examination showed
,1.t tbs pebblos contained Tres gold iH
.Yfielent quantity u make them valu.
.tI. a. sprcimuus. The stones wnte
,gorp smooth AMI wore probably pleOes
Of aoat washed down iron the noun
tliua.
WI. Andrews, i0l the last ten Year,
afrayUr In the United States mint at
san Francisco. has handed VA his
resignation aud on June lat viii lcsv,
IN die East. Mt. Andrews has It-
beutrd a valuable estate 10 South CRt.-
IIuaand intends making that lace bic
utufr nome, where ne viii he close %
he relatives. He h. the sJu Of the late
Mfs General la Orange anu nephew
OF Mrs. Judge Lamar.
Mn. Palmer, the wife Of N. a..
Palmer, d we'll known Pacific coast
mining man, committed suicide Moi
Jay night nj Prescott, Atiz5ua, by
dnuking a cupiul u catboiio acid
during a Nc Of dependency and men.
i.I alteration. About two and half
years ago she accidentally shot anu
EIlIel her ten year old son, since
which time she has been dependent
Ut tlmss, which has been aggravated
By sickness.
Alta meeting OF the Committee Of
one Hundred, helu nj Los Angeles,
Cat, Monday night, the postal primary
plan was adopted by a majority vote
and will be- submitted 90 The central
committees Of the several political
PARTIES for approval. IL approved by
one or all " them the plan will be
given a practical trial at the coming
fall primary election. The plan l.
looked upon with favor BY citizuns in
the state desiring electoral reform. The
plan provides that primary elections
are 10 be carried on through tho mails,
ballots being sent TO each voter.
Employees OF the Liobhart Commif-
sion company, while engaged In Ut
loading car VI bananas Monday
morning MT Denver, were startled By
tho appearance ofa live boa constructor
coilod around bunch OF fruit, anu
thaWlng out from long cold spell.
lie had tho car a. himself for "A while,
but was finally killed. He measured
four aud ont-half feet, AMI n said To be-
the largest snake ever brought 20 DeI-
yer In consignment OF fruit His
snakeship hailed from Port LimOn,
South America. Two years ago the
same hTm received smaller specimen
Of the boa In the same manner. He
was presented 10 the Glitch AmuHe-
ment company and celebrated his first
public appearance by swallowing
smother snake aB large as himself.
After this start no lived until tho
following winter, when tho cold killed
him Oh.
On Monday Adolph sutro, the San
FtanciHco capitalist, who II on the
shady Hlde OF 10, and j. }. Haley,
attorney for tho Southern Pacific rail- .
way, who Ia 81 years Of age, had n
lively time before the California board
OF supervisors. Mr., Sutr1 was asking
for railway franchise ~ SutTo Heights,
and made some remarks In whioh
lac reflected on the Southern Pacific
management. Mt. Haley replied in
hot words, and Mr.. Sutro character.
ired Crocker, Huntington and other
$, Il. officials aA rascals. Then the
two old gentlemen proceeded " settle
the dispute with their hsts. One
supervisor, however caught Mr.. HALEY
around the waist anu held him back
while another seized Mt. Sutr0's coat
tails and restrained him. The bollig-
eTent veterans olAwed the air tor a
little while, but ~ their nngor tips
would not reach closer than within
about half an inch, there was no
serious damage done, though the
uoacemakers had 10 put forth consider
able effort 10 prevent rough and
tumble fight between the whiIt-haitod
"Boys.N