Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-24
DEsERET EVENING NEWS: THURSDAY 81,

at his place at Point san Pedro. No.
Near owns seven miles Of water from
ut that place and has 1900 acres oi
land near by. He offers to donnu
Whatever water front may be nec,s-
sary. The water at this place Is 40
feet deep and gradually decpcns t,
col. John w. Mckenzie wei
known veteran of the MeNicnn war
is dying ut san francisco. lie II
native Of Newark, n j., and wa
formerly city marshal OF san Fran
cisco and colonel of the First regl
ment of the national guard OF call
fornia
The comet that was discovered last
Sunday morning by Assistant Astron
cmer Perrine of Lick observatory. h.
now Just now visible to the naked cy-
by reason OF its distinct cellar nuciyW
and tail, and II is an easy object To-
y small telescope II is situated y
the northern constellation pegasu
and is moving northwHrd ana east
ward somewhat moro than a degree a.
day. The elements uf It's orbit haN'
been computed by Professors Hussas
and Perrine. They think that the com
ct passed perihelion ON the 18Th o.
March at a distance of a little NOR
than 100. 900 600 miles from the sun,
and that II is now about the same dis
tauce from the earth. Its distance
from the earth and Its brightness ar
slowly diminished. The plane OF thu
orbit Is inclined 20 degrees 10 IN
plane of the earth's orbit The IN
tersection of this plane ~ In longi-
tude .6i degrees.
The shoup Ida, correspondent of the
Salmon CITY Recorder writes his paper
as follows. A fatal accident occurred
here ON the Sth inst, which resulted
in the death of John \. Corey. II
seems he had come oyer from Pine
creek after the mail for that place
lie had obtained the mail and had
started back home by way Of the
Grunter trail below which he used TO
cross the river in his boat He had
gone about one-qunrter Of mile 70
where he had to pass over cllIl
There was fair tran, but ny some
means he lost his footing ana fell over
the bluff He fell so to 100 feet, where
he was found next morning by a
searching party. His skull was
crushed and one leg was broken in two
places He was buried On the ION
the remains being followed to their
last resting place by nearly every man
in the camp. Deceased was about 80
years of age and had been resident of
this county Il or 10 years. lie was n
carpenter by trade.
The Idaho populist committee has
u
! convention, and in an address to the
| people savS: We congratulate all Not-
| ers of whatever shade Of political faith.
] who have heretofore embraced any one
| of our principles, and cordially invite
| them into full membership within our
! ranks. We most particularly call their
! attention to the initiative and refer
| cndum as the most direct and sntsfac-
tory method of settling all political
| questions or controversies which may
1 arise Through the persistent efforts
of the Republican party now in power
| in the nation, to more iirlnly fasten
upon the suffering millions of this coun-
try all the blighting curses of the gold
! standard. conditions have arisen which
| have resulted in the issuance by the
] chnirmen of the three national silver
parties of addresses suggesting the ad-
I visibility of united action of all voters
who are opposed to the gold standard
While not unfriendly to these sugges-
tiUns, this committee feels that the re-
sponsibility Of taking any action along
the lines suggested therein Is so great
and the consequences so momentuus t.
our party that the entire matter SHOULD
he referred to the people in convention
assembled for their decision. In con
clusion, we invite all men and women
of whatever political affiliations, wh'
are in sympathy with the inidying prin
Ciplcs of the Peoples party, to co
operate with us to the end that justlc,
and equality to the most humble of ou
ctiZens as Wen as the strong and ag
gresvc, may prevail in the enactmen
and enforcement of our laws.