Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-21

NEWS OF The WEST
,,nl B.liIng Of a Wife BY H''
Husband.
,,D,,s WITHOUT RESERVATION
.,.,. Fall Heir to Kansas CITY
propriy-A Town Flooded
rl.y.N'rrlasC AnnnIl'd'
,,o,,,s WITHOUT RESERVATION

leilou,y .nstnoon while out hunting :
bluidsy 's,otber. The younger roy
WIZ An'ail rife aud thu weapon ",
had .ssas,gej accidentally tue Dali
l5s.ss,.r.isd Aliroi'' left Jung
IS Wood, m silorney OF Wel'
fIst .ho was arrested Iueslhy
iei i Shs,je Of robbing tue post III ~
~ psndlelon, oregon, was ie'. .,'it' , ,ro
~ day, there being no Vs'I ~ ~.
sstsvef against him. 5hei'n
ss,,e,ted Mf. WOOD Without wa.
a,.nd he now states mat no lh ~ ~
- btips sult against the shsf'n iO'
damnsea
.v.,e wind and rain storm pre-.
lid A Briggs, Cali Friday ahu
s,,t.v The Feather river was
si 49,, han II has been since looz,anu
hlsus ,,iiss Of orchards On both siues
mA.y 1870 vatef. Malls and trains are
.s.dsnd telephone a.d telegraph
49, s,s down. II still stoTming IN
,,s mountains. Tho town was ALMOST
entirely dloded.
The discovery was maue ~ iSi'
80 Oneop, Saturday morning that
,so rd,oprrs had escaped from tho
.n,,v ioii An the night. Their names
~ Con Kelllher and EIwardO' Btien.
pv sone means they had unlocked lho
~ dests opoEing into the corridor
Tbey ,ben walked out ihe man uooi
bsiofe It had been locked iof the nlgbI
OiBuen was serving a sentence OF one
vsaf lori petty oilenso. helllher hau
M been sentenced TO ten years In the
rsnllspilafy for burglary. He was 10
bsye been taken 10 tho penitsntlary ~
salem Saturday night.
On Saturday Judge Slack, Of Ban
P,,nri,eo. annulled the marriage OF
ip,I Mercer to II. b. Wesicott on the
gfound OF fraud. The marriage took
pnee 10 Portland, Oregon, on May
ilih OF last year. The parties were
,nsagei 10 private theAtfloals, and
Miss Mercer entered into what she
,aprosed VISA sham marriage. She
altefwafd discovered, 10 her sorrow,
that Weslcoli had previously secured
amaiflage license, and that the cere-
m1ny bad ben performed by an au-
ibofited minister. Miss Mercer de.
claftd In her complaint that she had
never lived with Woslcott or reoog.
ulled him a. her husband. In HE an
,wef weslooll admitted the facts al.
Iegel In the complaint. Al the same
time he expressed Willingness 10
abide BY the marriage and 10 accept
Mics Meio " as his wife.
A shocking case Of brutality that 10
claimed to have resulted In at least ono
death has been made known through
The police department at Los Angslss.
Ga Tuesday morning last Mrs. Isaac
Calvert, OF Vernon district, gave birth
Aehlld that died few seconds later
and was buried the same afternoon.
saturday tho body Of the child was
tIhumed and pos, mortem Inquiry
held. According 10 the story gathered
nom the neighbors and police, Calvert,
Who vas formerly employed by the
dinAhl Lumber company ana Ia
veil known character about town,
usht home Saturday night and gave
biz vile a most severe beating, He
Threw her on the il9or and assaulted
her, although ho know her
condition, backing her eyes ana
Otherwise mAltreating her In
most shameful manner. IL II further
claimed that Mfs. Calvert said sue had
been Informed by the phyaiciau that
lhe child had been killed by cruel
Treatment given ils mother, and had
otsn ueaa three days ut the time OF It's
plt'h' After committing tho cut.
hseous assault Calvert hed, and his
ulllng place isunknown.
Attorney Randolph, Of OAKLAND.
S,LlhAs received Instructions from the
lW him Of Blaine & Gilman, Of Kan.
MClty, TO take charge Of tns Cali.
,ylulA hulfS Interest In AMI important
.sclmenl suit, which involves lands
vvONu nearly N,UOO,OOO In the henri Of
Kansas Cl'y' The principal heir "A
o @,' cara Jtssen, Of 81, Hslona, Mana
uuuhW hef father was Chrisiopber
idSuu, OF ~. Joseph, No., who owned
w. sces OF land In the Jesse James
son 10 Jackson county. Finale
Alnsas City spfang up like a mnsb.
Tom IN the night, and Il now cnvs,.
az Of the LAND. Hahn left thsI co,,n
W. ~ 'he early hllies, settled In Cali.
p'u any died there. Nobody
NV, aIss anything about his Missoun An.
NJ m,',si lot we land was considered Al.
s'V.' worthless when he left n. Time
-''s on and the land was iinsIlv saId
IL s pfobnle lale to pAy some n,
a malnS utols. II was only Tecsn,ir
s ssvo'eteu that mOht Of the heirs ws.,
s ,uo VINE either iniants or ma,,,sS
,,sn. Hence the statutes of Iinsi's
as, ~, W. not run against them, hnd-un.
rss ',.Vsn' Missouri deolsiops. thev re-
'.O'et 'he land, Attorney Rsyt1isS
INNiH probable that Mrs. Jss,an.
troml,s n, SI,iloinla hoIs will com.
H., .l1ho Statesman. Jan. 10. c..
mniAt w we bannoek capiaipl nsna,,'
su,sul ~ Camas Jim hnd a',,I
ssiHo uyet Indians, who Iivs nne
y.',, vn rails on Snake rIvsr usAI
"a, ," W governor Mcdonald ~ It'u
ton ~ i u, OF Receiving inform..
q tqusts IVY game laws aud solleiling
them Sa, neAl' The governor ssvs
bon st,ssaIs.ument with a flamipe rin
tlallpv ny, settling forth the law A.,
10 Vb,,s a' IL applied with canal 49,
on a,s nen anu Indians, 'Fbe yi .V'
SMALL, uen1era OF rpmnsnt s''-
lied lhsSol lnuiAns that bhvain'a
suows M aAv River valley.lor M ons
nov long. The tfiha ~ ohe
them ON . 'uo goNeInmsnt never nlao.J
tWsnlv 30 reservation. Ther, az, s'a a'1.l
ain VI We Tribe Loft. Tn a'o ohiy
Issg1 VI lhe baud va Anhlhll'
Salmon F.i ,1uf men who lived a, ~ ~
lie flty oI ~ u.s.. Terry killed somelbins
fellow S, n, .Hem One Of Nc MAJ
aHd dl,caslS,u Beach, had a sbn, vn,
mGn i nS,.'ilon aiose as to n, flSisun,
= band ~ Killer 70 teal H. T' ehuy
Of Ibs ' al narrow pass ma 'huueeu 10
.ue men, when heAT the house