Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-20
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Vlll,d a Doctor Who Failed 10 cure q
Patient.
RgDuCTION IN WATER RATES.
Et.goy. Woods Father Drops Dead
Railways May Libel Those Who
Complain Of Them.
REDUCTION IN WATER RATES.

out OF season.
Estimates on the amount Of wheat
In the Kittitas valley, Wash, place II
Al from 10000 to 1900 bushels.
A petition will 10 sent from New
Wsstminstor, b. O., 10 Ottawa In favor
Of extending the franchise to women.
The total exports Of California wines
for January amounted 10 80, $40 gallons
aEgregsting = value OF f25Ts0l.
The next municipal election at Red
lands, Cal, will probably be fought on
the question Of high license vs. prob J..
billion.
Frank IL. Banborn, a carpenter, was
thrown from n horse In Everett, wash,
tho other day, and received Injuries
from which ho died soon after.
Hundreds Of hogs have recently
died IN the vicinity Of Cazadero, Cal,
the result OF disease that causes tue
animals TO break out In sores. One
farmer lost 100 head.
A band OF Oregon horses, In transit
10 Kentucky, q few days ago, says the
HALEY Times, was taken from the cars
At Bhoshone, Idaho, and the animals
sold for 90 cents Apleoe.
The Los Angeles city council by
unanimous vote Monday afternoon
adopted an ordinance making hoTi-
ronial cut Of 80 per cent In water rates
for the ensuing year.
The mayor Of Portland has suspend.
Cd nil the members Of the city fire
commission because he did not like
their polit/s, The commissioners had
declined 10 support tho mayors poliii.
cal party.
Caleb Woods dropped dead on the
street In Forest Grove, Orc, recently.
lie was 90 years old last month aud
was around with his usual vigot up 10
the lime Of his death. He wac father
Of the late Ex-Governor Woods, who
was governor Of Utah more than 20
years ago.
Gee Coon, q Chinese cook In Marsh.
Held, Ore, pointed n didn't.knOw-lt-
waa.Ioaded fife at Robert Moe In fun,
and pulled the trigger. Tho bullet
struck the collar bone on the night side
anu fsboundsd, as 10 was only % cali
Dor, but the Chinese was nearly fright.
eneu W uoA'n'
A special from Santa Ana, Cal, sAys;
Jose bepulveda, u bright young Mexi-
can boy, 10 years old, who resided with
his nolhsr on South MAin street, was
shot down like y dog while he was ON
his way to n dance near the Southern
Pacific depot Monday evening. There
10 no clue to the murderer.
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At the HoonAh Indian mission, so
miles from sitka, Alaska, n short time
ago, q double murder was committed,
I.ceiyeu' ono Of tbe ehiehs had bsen
niling with an Ineurable disease. and
nm Indian doctor was waiting ON him.
The chief died. and his iIIends killed
the doolor. than the frienda on lhe
isti.T aauVbt Inc man who did Inc
worn Of assa,sipatIon, and killed MIN.
Through the failure OF the last All.
zinA legislature to pass An appropria.
lion bill, the financial affairs OF tbs
territory have been In n curious mud.
dle for tho past year, the board OF con-
troll assuming tho power 10 appropriate |
territorial funds 10 pay current ex.
pensss. This action was brought into |
question Tuesday In an action Of Il. ). |
WAkelin, OF Phmnix, against the terri. |
toriAl treasurer, 4. J. Cole, for tho pay |
Wills os.h was in the treasury. A bill |
Is noy before Congress which n passed |
will allow the board TO audit and pay
the main items In the appropriation |
bill, which only failed because a
wrsprls over It's provisions was carried |
on TIL after midnight on the final |
day OF the legal session OF tho lsEis.
latute,
Three hundred mining psn and
Trospsciors left Spokane, Wash, Mon
day morning for Colyille Indian res-
orvAtion In anticipation Of the Presi'
dent signing the bill extending the
mineral laws TO the horth half OF tho
reserve. During the past summer sew
eral hundred claims were sthked out
on the reservation, IL being legal
point as 10 whether The mining laws
were not already In force. MOST OF those