Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-15
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Vnrslar Escapes By Breaking a Prison
Door Lock.
suor AND FELL INFO A LAKE.
nnposing Land Grant TO Railways
Liaht Orange Crtp-A mys'
ferrous Suicide.
suor AND FELL INFO A LAX

The Gan Francisco Chronicle OF Dec.
~ has long write-up OF Mercur,
Utah, as q great gold camp.
Coroper Campbell OF Los Angeles,
al has gone to Elizabeth lake In the
nnrthern part OF the county to hold an
,nonest on the remains OF Harry Run.
All of Los Angeles, whose body was
Sound i'm the lake. While there are
circumstances which give ground for
susnieiop that murder may have been
done, the generally accepted theory in
Inc absence OF expct Information on
the subject 10 that he may have acct.
deptally shot himself while hunting
and fallen into the lake.
A man named Eldridge, who is well
known to the police on the Pacific
coast ms q daring burglar and all-roubd
crooh, effected his escape from the jail
al New Westmipster, b. O., Saturday
morning, and so far has not been re.
captured. The prisoner was in the
isilyard, and made his escape by breal :
ing the lock OF the door. He was
tried at the Inst assizss on charge OF
burglary MT the Standard OIL COM
pany's fiice, but the jury disagreed
and he was remanded till the pext
sssigss.
The orange crop Of Southern Cali.
iornia is only equal to that OF LIST
season, when there was such heavy
loss BY The freeze. Tue quality is
better that It was last year. The
shortness Of the crop 10 In some respects
atoued for by the large hizs o the
fruit, 90 far as quantity IL concerned,
yet big oranges 10 not cell as readily
as the medium grades. There as
been some complaint Of packers lend.
ing out oranges that are unripe, Du t
there appeare to BIZ no protection
against such methods.
John g. Lucke, q young student 90
years Of age, was found dead in
Golden Gate Park, San Frnncisc i,
California, Saturday morning with
body was lying near the site OF the
ForIy.nine mining camp and near by
were the razor with which the deed
was committed, and q Iosded revol.
yer. Mystery seemingly impenetrab e
eurron nds the Gaze, Tor despite the
fact that as far as can be learned there
was no motive for suicide, tne indica-
tons suggest that the young man tOuk
his OWL, life. He was hsid student,
but was always Ia good spirits. Last
Saturday he ordered u suit Of clotuts
and paid deposit OF $40. He had
several dollars left, but when fouuu
there was no money on the tody.
The mineral land fight between the
miners and the iu6sidiZsd railroads l.
TO be renewed In California. 1t will
be conducted substantially on the lines
followed two years ago, when nearly
every application by the companies for
Iauds claimed to be agricultural was
met by protests setting iorln that they
were mineral in character. Ia this
manner about .000, 900 acres were Tor
Time lieu up, but since then have
Dren released under rulings by he Ia
Iefior department, and about $40, 900
acfes OF mining lands have Ueen
patented to the railroad companies.
Applications for additional psten .,
principally In Sierra, S.skiyou ana
Shasta counties, Cal, are now on file
and 1t was resolved by the new min.
eral lands committee Of the State
MiDers' association at lite fret meeting
Saturday to place every obstacle pu ssi.
bic In the way Of the alienation OF The
lands In question from the public DO.
main. To this end IrOtetts will br
filed In the various United States land
oincea, and, II need be, apr eals will be
taken 10 the Gem missioner of the gsn-
eral land flee anu the secretary OF the
Interior, pending action upon which
tue issue OF the patents will be re.
lurded aud possioly ultimately pre-.