Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-01
NEWS OF The WEST.
Gins. Call for Life Of an Idsho
Citizen.
MURDERED By HER HUDAND'
storm o. trtk.s In Calf raia 20 A
svinoli IN iowa i.ots-hurdertd
thlnim n-lieavy Rains.

Iv rock. Inc unNtIh uit lAhhlNk ~
isvestlratlon, anu have traced blaol
I'm me bridge which crosses the
liver TO the cabin Ia which he wa
found.
At Fresno, Cal, Saturday night, w,
w. Rockwell shot aud MORALLY
sounded his vile. She was running
rom him, ANA he followed her into tht
slfeet, fifing as he ran. Tue woman
vas struck ~ i've bulleiR aud full IN
Inc ,trret, AZ soon ~ Rockwell had
emptiod his revolver no uiHapT reared
but was arrested. No cause l. asslguca
for the murder.
A San Bernerdino, Cal, special says
that rains have been falling IN Ilacrl
On the mountains and deserts dufipp
the past fpw days, and Saturday II
4 reported that q big washout had
AIKEN place near Bagdhd, on the
Wolavs desert, ana that trains will b.
unahlo TO PASS for couple Of dsyf
storms have visited all that section,
delaying all trains Tor two days.
Ats o'clock Saturday evening the
tcnldents OF that place were aalonlshe1
by n shower OF crickels which foil IN
ali rAfis of san KafRol, Cal. On the
court house tquaro particularly they
could be noticed, ne ON the concrete u
appeared M N n coat Of black paint had
been placed there. After they had
f,llen ihoy climbed up the sides Of the
tulldiugt, ami many OF them entered
the residences there through gpen
windows. when they seemed 10 be
satisfied by finding n place 10 rest thoy
sont forth their chirtup ne though
through thaukfulness. The noiso was
actually doaioning.
Rich aud poor were alike led 10 70.
vest In lots In this nuufishing young
city In the midst u the Moiave doeefi.
a sale made 10 Amanda &. Rowlsn Of
Jacka,n, Mo-, shows q consideration Of
$40, 500. Homer e.. NOrwaleH IA said
to have paid $4,000 for his town lois,
aud II appears 10 the record that VIM.
p. Steele paid 81 200 for landed prop.
eriy In the city Of Concord. One poO'
baker 10 Chicago gave bis bakery for
lots which he was assured were worth
fully So, OoO, ana numerous other casos
OF tho same Kind could bo mentioned.
10 Connolly has conducted bis barg ain.
log by meanH OF the mail service,
prosecutions will probably be begun by
the postal department. Inspect, r
Flint recommended that tbs caie DO
transferred to the Chicago division.
Shooting the dangerous White
Horse rapids OF the Yukon river on u
Taft loaded with horses was the excll.
ing experience Of Henry Hyde last
month. Ths news OF tho adventure
was taken 10 Juneau by William Lie.
bleche and John Coke, who had some
from Forty Mile and over tho summit
In thiriy.nve days. Hyde's Edvon.
tuts, says the Mining Record, resulted
iofiunately for him. On bis way In
he picked up ana took with him three
hoftes which had been turned loose by
their owners, who, being takon sick,
had turned back. These horses, with
the remainder OF Hyde's effects, had
been placed on n raft, which somehow
got away from ita moorings n ID started
down stream. Unable TO stop 10 and
determined 10 stay with his outfit,
come what would, Hyde leaped on the
raft and shot the canyon and rapids In
style calculated to elicit the admir-.
alton Of mankind, going through with.
out mishAp, though he was carried
some seven miles beyond tho foot Of
NAN AAlAAh hNlNNN Nv NhhAl Ahuu "
await the coming OF a relief party.
A member Of tho Lincoln county,
Idaho, delegation TO the Republican
tlate convention told n Boise StAtes-
man reporter Of the narrow escape
from death n few days ago OF q. w.
Wefnikc, Of Hhoahone, at Bhoshono
falls. Mr.. Wernike with n party OF
friends was paying a visit 10 this, one
Of The greatest VI AmericA's wonders.
Ono morning he took an early stroll
among the rocks a short distance above
the Numbering contract. lie stood for
time ON ono Of tho high promontof ios,
eelng 40 Impressed with tho grandeur
Of the scenery that he was lost In rev.
erie hnd started abeont-mindedIy TO
descend. As he reached the bank OF
lhe river he tripped and fell, bis head
sinking q projecting limb, cutting q
bad cash. He reeled ana fell uncon.
seloua into the river, ind his body
started towards tho falls. Fortunately
little girl saw him strike the water
aud gave the alarm. Several men at
once rushed 10 the river ana succeeded
In resouing Mr.. Wernike. His body
Hh1 slowly moving towards tho falls,
ana few feet further, would have been
picked up by n swiiter current. No
human power could have saved HIM
lhen. The point where he was pulled
out vas only about twenty yarde from
the fails.
Postal Inspector M. IL. Flint has
Teen occupied In Los Angeles, CAL,
lately ia uneArihing the particulars
concerning an alleged land awindlo
carried on by Robert Connolly Of chi.
cage. As II seemB TO have Involved a
violation OF the postal laws, Robert j..
Munroe, inspector Ia charge at San
Francisco, requested Inspector Flint
70 look Into the matter. From records
IN Bakersfield, Kern county, II was
learned that one Is. II. Baldwin oil
fusblo, Col, has purchased from the
stats OF California school section In
lho heart Of tho Molave. desert. Tho
And was thirty miles away from water
ana utterly worthless, but BALDWIN
Fought II Al 5l.2b an acre hnd obtained
hpalent February /, 1892. The land
WAS Immediately surveyed Into town
io1si alleged 10 be component paris OF
Town called Concord, . map OF tho site
o. which was duly recorded Ut Bakers
held' Baldwin evidently lacked
courage or means TO carry ON the de-
Nelopmeni,fo for the records show that he
soon transferred his prize to Robert
Connolly OF Chicago, reserving only
seven bloohs for himself. Tue alleged
confederation was S2l,50O. That Con.
holly made The most Oi his bargain l.
thown by record Of real estate iraps-
actions, showing sales In Chioeg0 Of
I0lH anu blocks In HCOncOrdO for con.