Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-03

as he was going to jump the town and
leave them.
The Baca Grant in San Luis valley,
Colo, was decided Monday by the Unit
ed States Supreme Court to be legal
and regular. The grant comprises lOO,-
900 acres of land selected under an act
of 1860 in lieu of part of the old Baca
grant near Las Vegas, N. M. This act
provides that the land selected should
be nOn-mineral and II apnnnr1 IN -7-
Gently mineral has been found on o por-
ton Of the land. Justice Brewer ,.NO
drliverd the courts opinion. held, how
ever, that this discovery at so late
date, could not affect the legality of the
grant The parties to the suit were
Quincy Nj. Shaw and Murray A. KEEL
loge. The decision in this court as In
the court below was in Shaws inter-
est.
Riverside county. Cal. has another
case of mysterious death. This time 1t
is a negro who was found dead In a
little camp near A. G. Patton's ranch.
in Union township, late Friday even
ing. Several bruises were found around
the dead mans head, and II Is probable
that they caused his death. j. Il. John
son testified at the inquest that the
dead negro worked for him at one time
and was an exceptionally well educated
man. He was a native OF Jamaica and
was about so years old. His name was
Augustus Lloyd. one ear was gone from
the corpse, and 1t looked as II It might
have been cut off with a knife. After
due consideration, the corOner's Jury
came to the conclusion that the negro
came TO his death from causes I'M
known.
Both officers and men of the National
Guard of California are anxious to be
sent to the support of Commodore
Dewey in the Philippines. 1t will re-
quire about three weeks to transport
the troops to Manila In case they are
ordered there by the government. An
order is expected momentarlly for the
examination of all officers Of the naval
battalion who wish to enter the United
States navy. They will rank as lieu
tenants and will be assigned to the
command of the vessels purchased and
added to the government fleet in Pa
ciiic coast waters. The war depart
ment has authorized Captain Caring
ton of San Francisco, to purchase sup
plies for the volunteer troops of Call
fornia, without the usual advertising
for bids.
Graham, Ariz. Guardian: Early Sun
day morning messenger came to
Stafford with a report that q Mexican
had been murdered at a ranch about
one mile east of town. Some Of the
boys went out there and found Juan
Diaz lying dead in front OF the house
with bullet in his brain. Justice
Fonda was notified. who summoned n
coroner's jury and proceeded to the
scene of the murder at once. An in
vestigation was held and several wit
| neses examined. 1t was shown by
these that several people stood near
the deceased at the time the shot was
fired but none knew who they were,
| nor who fired the shot. in fact there
| was the neatest concocted set of lies
sworn to that 1t has been our misfor-
tune to hear in some time. One little
| boy however swore that he saw Jesus
Giago fire the shot that did the deadly
work. also saw Diaz fall, and Giago
1 run. The jury returned a verdict that
/ the deceased came to his death from
! the effects of a guashot wound infiict-
/ ed by Jesus Gingo. Giago has not
| yet been captured.