Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-11
NEWS OF THE WEST.
"a, Irdlar Eurd,ErS Of h. Il. Merrill
and Daughter Escape.
A., 900 FOR THE DEATH OF A WIFE
seaman, 10 San Francisco-Tramp
Kill, COnduc'or-AecId'niai
Death Of Two Wsm'n.

,.uora. CAL, is greatly sfIllc,sd
~ i,anlrs and burglars.
a., Mary johnson, Of Oakland.
i,I backwards n porch on
Is .v night, a distance Of ten feet,
bWaklng her neck
az, Minnie Ffitsehe, OF San
,..nel,ro. was walking along the hall.
N her residence on Saturday
vi Carrying n lamp, when II ex-
rIstsd, burning her to DEATH
rhssupreme court Of California has
,.s,S,d lha, $4,000 IL not TOO much
y, Horaee A. Rednold, Of OAKLAND,
~ 10 ,ecure from the electric rail-.
Wy that killed his wife
william Heron was killed Saturday
Al, ,he accidental discharge Of guR
vas carrying, while returning to
t,, boms on Austin creek, Cal. He
20 native Of Scotland, 50 years Of
,ss and leaves n widow residing 10
SO francisco.
Conductor Martin Clancy, one OF the
nldett C0nuucAVIH " Auo AAlhullu hnu
pacific Railroad and q resident Of
wiln,m,, Arlzona, left that place In
sarge Of fast freight train nj 4
sioloek Sunday afternoon. while his
,,sin was standing on the track u
Mcclellan, ten miles west, tho crew
stismplei TO eject N couple Of tfamps
f,rm tho train. One Of the tfamps
died shot 81 the crew, the ball strik.
ias Clancy Just above tho heart, Kill.
iss him instantly. The iramps o..
hpsd.
Oolle A handful Of the followers Of
Jo,eph Smith gathered ut 90 Market
,t,stt last night to hcAr the Rev.
Henry 4. Tanner preach on "rhe Oh.
l,si and destination OF Motmonism ~
4 Religion" says Mondays Ban Fran.
s,eo Chronicle. Toe few OF the audi
,ues who we're brought 10 tho place
Nv their curiosity were oOnti ierAhly
dinppoinieu, for Rev. Tanner did MT
enter into tho marriage question. Tho
object Of Mofmonism, he said, was 10
s,iabllsh au atmosphere for tho people
10 breathe which would be- Iurc
phy,loally. spiritually, intellectual
iy and morally. The people ~
Ike earth would one day DO Christ.
lltr, he said, by following perfect
,plrlual anu moral laws taken from
the laws Of God, anu observing the
laws OF nature would make them
physically perfect. The Intellect
would be perfected by obeying the
commandments, which wOulI teach
The rover OF diicofnment between
hghi aud wrong. MOfmonism, he de.
elsfed, was destined TO be the religion
oiihs whole world. He Insisted that
The bufieiing tbs belief haE bgen su0.
,e,ed TO for years anu years had ouly
made II stronger. In an Interview
alter his sermon Rev. Tanner said he
believed tho plural marriage system
vas the only thing which could aud
vouId rescue the earth from the sin
aud immortality In which he declared
twas buried al present.
Sheriff wight and his men, who fol.
lbwei the Indian murdeters Of Merrill
and his daughter formerly Of Uiah),
returned sunday evening. They lea
Bolomonylll0, AflE1aa. "Wednesday
mBfniug and took the trail OF lndiaus
near Ash 5pflngs and followed II
south. At 2 o'clock, near the base OF
toe WhitelOck mountains, the posse
came Ia slsht Of the Indians, but they
hAd been discovered first by the In-
dams from an elevated position. The
posse came within 900 yards Of the
indians As the latter were going up the
eide VI the mountains and had the AZ
unlhgo OF being among rocks and
luhiTsf brush. Tue Indians were nTeu
uponand returned the IRE, but escaped
over tue summit into n rough, rocky
eouhtfy, over u trail hard 10 follow.
Wednesday night the posse rode ten
miles iot fresh horses anu took the trail
again al daylight, following II south
over rough foothills into valley south
u Cisnsga. In the valley the trail was
plain ana was followed on = gallop until
stfk when II turned north toward
Solomouyille. Sheriff Wight rode ten
miles ThursdAy night for fresh horses.
Friday morning the trail was taken
again. II went back TO the mou ntains
where the Indians had bsea seen
Wednesday. Tue trail was lost on
Friday, Saturday Sheriff Wight To-
creased his posse and made thorough
isAIch OF the mountains, but failed to
md the trail again. There were but
luo Indians and they doubtless belong
ioAband OfTenegAdes that has been of
The reservation several yeaTa