Mesa free press., 1897-11-12
EASTERN NEWS ITE1S.

The Chicago conference has decided
the Brown case in the accused preachers
favor.
Governor Pingree of Michigan has
taken steps to enforce the state law re-
curing railroads to sell 10OO-mile tick
cts for 500.
Speedy, the professional bridge
jumper, jumped from the Louisville
and Jacksonville bridge before an audi
ence OF $4,000 people Sunday. He made
the jump of 1870 feet in safety, and was
mingling with the crowd few minutes
later.
The grand jury has returned truebills
against Sheriff Martin and his deputies
for the Latimer shooting. The bills in
cluded nineteen charges for murder, one
Tor each man killed and one for victims
collectively. Thirty-six bills for felo-
NOUS wounding were found against the
same defendants.
After being out sixty-six hours the
jury OF the Luetgert case has faild to
agree and has been discharged. The
jury stood nine for conviction and three
for acquittal. At the commencement
OF the trial public opinion was very bit
ter against Leutgert but now a great
many are satisfied of his innocence and
will contribute toward his defense if
he is tried again. There is certainly
grave doubt as to his guilt. One of the
features of the trial was the vindictive
manner in which the states attorney
prosecuted the case.
The will of the late George M. Pull
man has been fled. Theybulk of the
estate goes to the two daughters, Mrs.
Frank o. Lowden of Chicago and Mrs.
Frank CaroIan of San Francisco, who
receive 81, 900, 900 each, and also the re-
siduary estate, the amount of which is
now unknown except to the executors.
The total value of the estate is shown
by petition for letters testamentary to
be $1,000, 900. OF this amount Sc, OOO,-
600 is personal property and the re-
mainder realty. Attorney Runnels,
who prepared the will, said that these
figures are conservative but fair esti-
mate of the value of the estate. His
two sons were only left an income Of
So, 900 each.
One hundred and fifty Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians, led by Chiefs Roman
Nose and Gray Horse, left their reser--
yations in Indian Territory and drove
to Harper, Kan, where they gave the
famous war dance. Roman Nose, who
had no partner, grabbed Miss Mabel
Hunter, school teacher of the town,
and forced her to dance with him about
the circle in the center of which Stand
ing Rabbit, a blanket Indian, stood
chanting and beating drum. Another
big Indian grabbed a young society
leader by the arm and with much diff
Guilty compelled her to join in the
dance. A signal was then given and
the band started for their reservation.
Some of these Indians participated in
the Custer massacre, and in 1869 they
cruelty butchered school teacher and
ten of his pupils in Western Kansas.
Henry George candidate of the Jeffer-.
sonian Democracy for mayor of Greater
New York died in Union Square hoteli
at 4:45 am. October 29th. Death Isl
thought to have been due to apoplexy..
George arrived at the hotel about l,
O'Clock in the morning. He had just;
come from several large mass meetings.
in the boroughs of Queens and Brook.
Ign. The work of the night seemed to-
have told on him. He complained of;
being tired but the friends and relatives
who awaited him thought it only the
natural fatigue that followed such hard
campaign work as George had been do
ing. The death of Mr.. George created
a profound interest in San Francisco,
where he was we'll known. George, as
SNASOA VI biO OSbS Wu1Cu pdD5E
he founded, was prominent factor in
California affairs many years ago and
his career since he left that city has
been watched with interest. He had q
large number of followers in this state
who believed in and advocated the
single tax bill. George first came here
in 1857 on board the United States ship
Shubrick of which he was purser's
clerk. His cousin, James George, was
already established here. His first en-
ployment in this city was in the ca
pacity of a laborer in a rice mill ON
Fremont street but in 1858, when the
Frazer river excitement started, his
cousin and o. F. Griffin opened
miners supply house in Victoria and
sent Henry up there 10 conduct it. Six
months later, however, he returned to
San Francisco and started a small