Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-28
Az Old Indian Chief Burned 10
Death
CARSON MINI WITNESS INSANE.
hot His VIE frr Refusing TO Drink
Iiquor-Nomau Badly Burned
"A PoiiIul MIDDLE.

MS WIN ~ F"AN NNNNNNNH|.N .N AN'...NN H
They had been quotfrling. Clnut'uu
was drank, anu hi vile haI refused To-
drink liquor with him.
John T.. Hnrmcp, the tramp who ls
now IN the Sacramento, Cal, iul
awaiting tflpl iur having found and
appropriated the $50. 600 stolen from De-
rain by Bandits Brady and BuEniug,
has commenced suit ugaiuFt w iIs.
Fnfgo y Co. Tor the return VI the
wearing apparel aud iowelry taken
from him.
Arizona has 10, 1000, 900 acrra Of desert
Ignd capable Of reclamation 30 aRfi.
sultuTe aud 0G7. 600 acres are already
under cultivation. Water canals apd
reservoirs are uow being constructed,
which, within the next two yeafs, viii
provide for reclamation b3j, 900 ncfos.
other enterprises will reclaim 100000
40 tCs aud itiunal.
There was filed with the San Der.
nardino county clerk Monday a copy of
the articles VI incorporation u the
California; Eastern Railroad company,
incoTT GRATED under the laws Of Colofa-
du, The object 90 the corporation " to
TCputchHte the Nevada Southern rail.
way aud continue II through 10 GoOdU
Springs, New, making a total lUug,h
u ~ twenty-five miles.
Tuesday afternoon Mfs. +. n. French,
Mft. Charles CTabb ami Mrs. Truman
were In a wagon going down a hill On
Sequel, Cal, when their team became
frightened and ran away, running into
a buggy,causing the lauies 10 be thrown
out. Mines. CrabB and Truman were
badly bruised, while Mrs. French was
injured internally 10 Thai doubts u her
recovery are entertained.
X. Bauey Matthews, q well known
gambler OF Roeehufg,, Oregon, aud
Miss Grace Smith, n daughter Of
Thomas J. Smith, eE-iudge Of Douglass
county, elOped Tuesday night and
were married today In vancouver,
Wash. The father had underworld 10
prevent tho marriage, knowing the
criminal character Of Matthews, but
tue girl oluuod her parents,
Daniel j. Brooke, an old and we'll.
known citizen VI Sacramento, Cal,
who had been employed for many
yrprs ~ shipping CLERK In a wholesale
grocery, committed suiciue Tuesday
evening rs shooting himself In tho
mouth. He lett n letter 10 the coroner
saying that bis father aud brother had
been tsbt 10 insane RSylums and he
feared he was also going crazy.
cEhisf Gil, a, tho head OF a small
hsrla OF Indians living In Mission
~ NY. Cal, was burned to death rues.
Way. lie had been engaged with HE
sou snd lwo other mon ut ~grubbing n
piece Of land. They piled tho brush
In long rows anu Chief Gil Ia some
manner became GuTTounde1 by the nts
before he knew n, and, being quite OH,
did not have the strength TO hght his
way out. This IL the story ~ told by
the other Indians.
NJ. ID. Osborne and father are buslly
engaged 10 settling out 900 apple ttous
on their Konnewiyk, wssn., intm.
Their orchard l. the most extensive IN
the valley, az they now have between
1900 ana 1000 fruit trees. Besides
this they are setting out n large mum.
tor OF other variety Of trees, suUh ss
walnut, b%utternui, hickory, pecan,
almond, eIc. MI Osborne will also
experiment with sweet potatoes.
A man named John Dorothon was
tsken to the San francisco Receiving
Hospital MONDAY night suffering rom
"a cut In his throat three aud oue.hali
inches In length. lie said he dli not
know who cur him, aEd insisted that
he had not been Ia a quarrel with any
one. 1t ia supposed that DOrothOn
was cut by n young man named ed.
ward MCGfAw, a bartender, whose
itiends claim no IA suffering from
dellrium lremens.
In the superior court Mt Modesto,
Cal, Monday, Judge Budd granted q
temporary injunction against tue ool-
lsctots Of the Modesto and TuTlock
irrigation districts from selling reAl
property Of the delinquent assessment
payers OF the district, by these iu-
functions collectors nTe restrained from
selling property until the suits Of
Bradley Va the FallbrJOk Irrigation
district, aud TTogea ct al VI the Mo-
destO Irrigation district are decided by
The Supreme court Of the United
States.
Mrs. Frank D0nnAtin was nearly
burned 10 death Iuesday afternoon a.
Cotton, Cal. While burning brush her
clOthing caught fire and IN ~ruunipg 10
her nearest ueighbUr Tor assistance the
wind lannud the flAmes until they
spteau over her llmbs ana body, en-
wrapping them In IRE. Her frantic
outCfits called the neighbors 10 her aE-
distance and her burning clothes were
torn from her, but net until her limbs,
arms and body were terribly burned,
Her recovery is doubtful.
Politics are getting red hot at Santa
R1ss, Cal. The Republicans hAu
their convention last week 10 nominate
delegates TO the CITY convention, anu
The Democrats hal thoif macs meeting
Tor tue fHme purpose Monday night,
The POpulibls held their macs meeting
Iustday night, Saturday In the lAst
DAY whom nominations eau be- hlrJ
with the oily oleIk. The Republicans,
hoping to gain some Il. vantage over
their rivals, SET their convention for
nHiutday evening at 7 O'Clock. Tue
ID mOcrais, hoping TO reap some nj
vantage by waiting to suo who their
opponents are going to nominate, ret
Their convention Tor Saturday, night ~
b o'clock. The Pupullsts cay they
would gladly OuiOr-e some OF the mon
on tue old party tickets II tnoy hpd the
chance, aud are s0undly denounciug
Tue old paTties Tor what they call ult-
reputable political methods Ia trying
TO freeze out others. In the meantime
me lAboring men are preparing TO