Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-24

Wolcotts bill creating the Tenth ju-
dicial district will be Endorsed March
LIST at a meeting of the Denver Bar
association.
At Butte, Mont. Wednesday, b. c.
w. Evans. who was charged with us
ing the mails for fraudulent purposes
was acquitted. there being an INSULT
cheney of evidence to convict.
A young man, by name william Nc
Laughin who has been working on
the ranch of Andrew Walker, about
five miles from Antioch, Cal, was killed
Sunday night by the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun. He had been hunt
ing with the foreman of the ranch,
Charles Matthews.
George Green and Tommy Ryan are
both ready for their battle before the
National club at Woodward's Pavilion,
San Francisco, Friday evening. Jim
Mcdonald has been selected as referee
of the contest and the advance sale OF
seats has been so heavy that a crowd
ed house as assured Demand for seats
before the sale opened exceeded that of
any contest this year.
A dispatch from Santa Fe says that
the New Mexico positively announces
that Thomas A. Edison and an Eng
llsh syndicate. have closed n deal for
the Ortiz grant, in south Santa Fe
100000. payable in two years. Edison
is building a plant that Will handle
$4,000 tons of placer dirt per day. He
will make his headquarters at Santa
Fe az soon as the plant is completed.
That Senator Shoup of idaho is do
ing all in his power to bring the Fort
Hall treaty to n termination, is evil
dent from the following letter sent by
him to Judge Blair under date of the
18th inst: My Dear JUDGE am in re-
ceipt of your esteemed favor of the
18th, relating to the treaty with the
Fort Hall Indians, and in reply beg to
say that ! am giving the treaty my
earnest and special attention. and will
press It's ratification. On yesterday l
interposed to prevent it's return to the
Indians for modification.
w. N. Donnelly. a woodchopper on
the San Joaquin river,rode fifteen miles
on horseback to Stockton, Cal, on Sun
day with his left foot almost severed
from his leg. to have surgeon dress
his wound. He had been cutting wood
along the river, and had the misfor-
tune to strike his foot with very
sharp ak Sunday morning. 1t seems
that he slipped in some way just as he
let the AK fall, and instead of striking
the timber, as he intended, the blade
penetrated his foot at the instep.
John Philbrook. a mechanic,who lives
with his sister, Mrs. r. ]. Fam at AIS
Tenth street, Oakland, Cal, was taken
to the receiving hospital Monday
night raving maniac as a result of
excessive use of the cigarette. Phil
brooks condition did not grow alarm
ing until about a week ago. Up to that
time it was believed that he was suf-
fering from melancholia, which could
be overcome by physicians in short
space of time. Philbrook continued tc
L aa.a .1yE H.. 17I
| lapse came.
! A party of gold seekers bound for
| the klondike has Just arrived at San
Francisco from Gloucester, Mass, on
the small schooner Hattie l. Phillips
| The voyage was made in 1873 days
She made stop of five days at Sandy
Point. very heavy storm was en-
countered in the Gulf stream. and the
vessel was hove-to for thirty-seven
| hours. Six stops We're made in the
Straits of Magellan. The men, who are
| nearly all artisans or fishermen, vii,
sell their vessel and go north by
steamer.
on Sunday about / o'clock John o.
! Donnell. aged Is. the son of Thomas
| O'Donnell of the San Benito Hotel
! HOLSTER, Cal, started to drive his
aunt, Mrs. Thomas Moran, to her home
| in Bolsa, five miles from Hollister
| When three miles out he saw a hawk
near the road. and, despite the re-
monstrances of his aunt, got his shot
| gun and jumped out of the buggy
Leaning the gun against picket fence
| he vaulted over; then, keeping his eyes
upon the hawk, he drew the weapon
| through the pickets. The gun was dis
| charged. innicting n frightful wound
| in the side, The shot tore the liver to
| pieces and also the lower portion of
the lungs The young mans injuries
We're such that he died in few
| hours.