Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-09
NEWS OF The WEST.
Case Of The Starving HOdOC Indians
in California.
SAN FRANCISCO WANTS ONIONS.
A Murderer Sulcld s--Arr.sltd Tor
Splitting In Car-Miner Mur.
'dertd-A Ride 10 Death.

The pure food congress In San Il ran.
cisco will meet on April 50.
A barber OF Oakland, Cal, has bee n
arrested ior refusing to shave negro.
John Burns, a rancher, over.exerted
himself riding after stock near FIesno,
Cal, on Tuesday, anu caused death
from heart failure.
VIM. b. Bradbury, a San Fnnci 200
capitalist, was arrested on Tuesday
ior spitting ou the fl Dor OF street car,
In violation OF ci.y ordinance.
VIM. VOsez, n miner, was killed by
Albert Welugnttner, near Reduiug,
Cal. on Tuesday, as n result oil aquaT-
rel over mining claims. WoiDgartIer
waylsid Vo'ez ami shot MIN.
Miss Il iohol F. Fayles was found Ia
her apartments L., Los Angeles on
Tuesday badly burned NIB vi The lower
portion OF the body. Sue Is supposed
10 have become demented over spirit
uslism, ana in attempting to burn her
letters and personal effects set fire to
her clothing.
There 10 scarcity Of onions In the
San Francisco market. D.alets say
that all the California onion crop was
shipped as soon as gathered to the
eastern and southern slater, and that
corner has been effected In the
Washington and Oregon crops. 81
short is the supply IN California that
two carloads we're shipped Tuesday
from Reno, New, to Los Angeles,
Cal.
Charles Francis Kleup'er, who shot
and killed ChRe. II. Dodge and Alex.
snder Borland at New Hope, Cal,
on the night OF February 2nd, hanged
himEelf In the county jail at Stocatop,
CAL, early Tvesisy morning. lie was
TO have been brought into court that
day to have his TRIAL set. kieupier was
at one time very wealthy mau on the
Comstock, ami when arrested for the
double homicide, 1t Ia said that Adoiph
SutrO offered to go his bail to the ex.
tent OF half million dollars, II he
could be admitted to bail.
Word comes from Modoc county,
Cal, that the remnant of Captain
Jackie tribe OF MOdoc Indian, row
living in that county in the neighbour
hood Of the scenes OF Captain Jacks
tTeachery and General CanDy's death
In 1892, are now in pitiable could.
ton, verging on actual starvation. In
all there are about 100 OF the famous
tribe left. The winter has been "a
severe one, the snow deep, and the
Indiane have been unable to obtain
the ntcesssrles OF life. A party o. two
bucks anu ten squnws struggled into
Alturas, the county seat, from the
lava beds 10 get food, but the whites
were not chAritabiy disposed to the
Modocs. So hungry were the Indians
that they stripped the carcass OF q
dead COW to the bone, ravenously ate
OF the putrid flesh, and carried away
what was lett. 1t Ia reported that their
number has been Ieipced one-hsli this
winter by death due to starvation anu
exposure. There is no reservation,
anu no appeal to the United States
government
A correspondent lof the Omaha
StCckman OF April ssyt: Reports up
to today ms received at the [ I'll &c OF
the Western Stockman indicate that
the weather of the past ten days has
been the most disastrous period OF the
ontire winter. As we get norti,, the
storm has proved more severe. Che
snowfall was very heavy and wet.
Weak stock could not Withstand the
chilling that 1t produced and many
have perished in consequence. A stiff
breeze prevailed during the entire five
days storm and stock drlIted badly.
i had reports from Laramie gsnd Cas-
per, Wyo., on Saturday. the storm
over there was much more severe
than here. Weak cattle have per.
ished In considerable numbers, while
sheep have scattered to the four winds
and many have persisted. Reports
coming In from up on the Belle
Fourohe river and other range ooun.
try to the north and northeast chow
quite heavy loser. 3. G. Sheffield
has come in from several days In tine
saddle and reports having seen hun
dreds Of dead cattle on the open
range. He says losses will be IN uch
more severe than most people imagine
and bases his opinion on a personal
investigation. The annual spring
roundup 10 the only thing that viii
tell the story correctly, and until lite
work 10 completed, loss estimates are
merely guess work.