Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-14
NEWS OF The WEST.
A Sl,OOO,OOO ElniH5 Claim 10 The
Business Portion Of Tacoma.
stole 10 Avert Starvaiion-The Idaho
Deadlock 90 Reduction In Water
Ralss-Arid Land Legislation, Rlc.

Fh"ANNh N'uuNluh ~ WhAti
RaIss-Arld Land Legislation, glc.
The idaho senatorial deadlock was
unbruken aud the situation unchanged
UP 70 Feb. 10.
The people.oi Denver are clamoriug
fora reduction In water rates, anu the
city officials seem disposed " AuooIs 10
the demand.
The arid land bill, taking advantage
Il the Carey land grant Of 100000
acres, has passed the Wyoming legis.
lhtute.
The regular session Of tho Wyoming
legislature onds on Saturday night,
February 10. There Is some agitation
for the Immediate calling u au extra
session 10 dispose Of public business.
Secretary Of War Lamont has In.
formed Governor Hughes, Of Arizona,
That Geronimo anu bic baud oil
Apaches nowtt Fort 5ill will not be
returned to Arizona, as was feared
Both branches OF the Legislature now
In nrssion have passed memorials 10
Congress protecting Against the totura
VI the indiAnt.
Joe SiAuasmioh, Of Globcviiic, Colo
RADIO, told a sAd story at police head.
quarters Tuosday after hls ufrtst up1u
u charge OF grand larceny. lie was
accused u stualiaka $50 shotgun from
John EobiCa. stauasmioh aokuUwi.
edged having taken tho gun, but
claimed that he Committed the act be-
cause his wife anu six small children
we're In a starving condition.
Frank smith was shot dead At mid.
night Sunday night three miles east o.
H. Dulx, AfizluH. Tue mutdefgTs arc
unknown. a man named Draper was
arrested on suspicion. Draper paid
smith $500 SUNDAY. Two men entered
the residence 40 tue rear door and
awoko Smiths wife. Smith grappled
with the inttuders and forced tnotu Out
" the trout door, when be WAS ahCt
Robbery was the motive. but nothing
was taken.
Samuel J. Thomas, the young negro
who was accused OF tfytng 90 mufuet
tho Rev. Wolf and bic wife 10 Ala.
media, Gala, has been sentenced 10
serve forty yuafs In the pouitcutiary.
Thomas was not tried for tho brutal.
aseAuit on the Wolf, but he was ludl-
Tecuy punished for il. While the
police could not secure evidence
againit him, alill they we've positive
that he wAs thb man who committed
lhe cruel decd. The officers bad him
convicted OF m Aiamcda burglary Aud
he got sentenced twenty five ears for
10. Then hu WAS taken out OF Tell aud
tried on another charge II burglary
sud was convicted ugain. Judge Elite
worth, In passing sentence, said Inc
might give the young man No on the
second charge, hut lao thought nitten
years would DO about right. The Judge
said that would give tho prisoner time
10 think over matters. Thomas had
not word TO say TO any Gus Rs he WAS
itoned and taken out Of the courtroom.
The funeral Of Robert Lyle was held
iustdHy from his tnUms IA Berkeley,
Gala. lie was q convict, sentenced
ten years ago 10 life imprisonment In
San Quentin for the murder OF man
named 5uliiyan,in Morgan valley. FIR
long time past the convict has been
5lowly dying Of consumption. His
relatives knew that death was ques-
ton OF short time. They began 10
work for pardon Tor hin, 80 he could
be taken home 10 die. Governor Budd
was pleaded with and importunsd ON
all aidrs. lie heailntcd, but nuhlly
signed the document making Lyle a
tree mRu. IL was Governor Buddis
nfbt pardon aud he said the ouly rra.
son which prompted hin 20 grant II
was that Lyle might die outside the
prison walls. Lyle was 20 near death
that tue prison officials secured gov.
erumoht launch 10 take him to Betke.
Las "a
lived only tWehty.f0ut hours after his
arrival He was % years old.
The commiasioner Of the general
land Office has decided the famous
school section osts against the state VI
Washington and In favor OF John g.
Mcbride, who fled mineral claim on
the land, alleging that II contained
gold, The decision hEA caused HenHa.
lion In Tacoma aud commotiOn
among the state officers ut Oiy mpih,
This follows from this fact that the
State officers, from governor down,
have intimHIed their belief that the
state was not getting al entirely square
deal irom the Fudrtai officers aud the
further Tact that the cOmmissi0ners'
decision admits tint Mcbride'. owl
shgwing was that the ground 10 depth
~ ~ wv HHAiA ANNANNA ANHA AAANh 4
cent Of GOLD 10 the cubic yard. Tho
eject Of the decision IL iaf-reAchiug
MoBrldee' claima cover quarter Of q
section, Tut tAure are several other
elaine which VIII be governed by this
usclalOn. The section " situated with.
10 milo Of TaComa'a BUSINESS center,
u tlAversed by railroads anu 10 ohsily
worth 100000. Tho state ajhoOl
iund will be the loser 10 this extent h
This decision 10 suslaiuei By { ~ sscre.
laTy OF the interior sud tue Federal
courts 10 which state officers viii AZ
PEAL lIIs tho most valuable school
action Ia this state. The gold claims
we're filed nearly fiyo years ago by
Mcbride, Tacoma bankers anu others,
Nogold being found In paying amounts
"a expected, the bAnkets anu othrIs
withdrew, Mcbride obtaining many
Of the claims. lie worked peTsiateuuy
and employed tue best land lawyer.