Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-07

Chief OF Police Reed bellows that Il. f.
Nisbet who is under arrest, is one of
the gang.
A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo-,
Sunday, says Edward Harmon, aged
20 years. son of Edwin Harmon. form
erly a prominent Denver attorney. was
shot and killed today by the accidental
discharge of an old revolver which he
was handling, He lived but ten min
utes after being shot. The ball entered
his body just below the heart, passed.
entirely through and emerged just to
the left of the backbone. Harmon's
father was receiver Of the United
States land office in Denver for three
years. He was Confederate soldier
and ranked as a brigadler general
War The young man came to Kan
sas City two years ago and secured
position in a wholesale house.
The lively young mining camp of
Eureka, on the Colville reservation.
Wash. Is experiencing an epidemic of
gun plays. The town has n number of
bad men, who drink reservation whisky
and go on the warpath. Within a few
weeks six men have been shot. A pros
pector named Wynn is the latest VIC
tim. Wynn and Dick Frizzel were In
an immoral resort when Fritzel shot
Wynn in the groin. II is feared the
wound will prove fatal. A question of
jurisdiction has contributed to the law
less conditions. Now that Judge Han
ford of the United States court has de-
cided that the Stevens county authorit-
les have complete control of the. north
half of the reservation IL Is thought
the lawless characters will be ,,nished
and suppressed.
Most of the fice-bound whaling fleet
is owned by the Pacific Steam Whaling
company, and II is now announced that
u relief expedition will soon be sent
north by the company. The steamer
Thrasher loaded with provisions and
properly equipped. will be sent in quest
of the fleet, and 1t is expected. accord
ing TO reckoning OF seafaring men, that
II will find the vessels before the
revenue cutter Bear gets into the Arc
tic. The relief expedition taken north
by the Bear Is to proceed overland
across Alaska toward Point Barrow,
and the steamer will not follow until
the ice breaks. The first antSperhaps
the las Of this seasons whalers will
leave for Boring sea on next Thursday.
The vessel is the bark John VIM
throp.
Tod Sloane, the Jockey fresh from his
conquests in England is back In San
Francisco. which he pleased to call his
NOME. lie arrived from the East sun
day evening and was warmly welcomed
by his friends He is several pounds
heavier than when he left but expects
to ride at 1903 pounds He confesses to
being in poor condition after his long
journey. and will not accept any
mounts for several days. After six
weeks he intends to 20 East He will
live up to his contract with Fleisch-
man, he says. all reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. After this year
he may do more racing abroad. This
year he says he viii not be able to
race abroad, for the reason that the
English racing season closes in No
vember. and his engagement with
Fleischmann will keep him in America
until that time.
The steamer Queen left Victoria, Il.
C., Sunday morning with over 500 min
ers for the Yukon, She will be followed
today tMonday) by the Danube with
over 200 more. over one hundred min
| ers' licenses for the Yukon district Were
issued Saturday and almost as many
Sunday by the collector of customs. He
has issued over fifty daily since the IL
censes have arrived a party has been
organized at Victoria to carry on
dredging operations on the Hootalinqun
| river. They win take In a large steel
| cylinder similar to those used in sink
| ing artesion wells, and will work the
bars of the river. The cylinder will be
| taken over on the snow In specially
built sleigh. Application will be made
| at the next session Of the local legisla-
| ture for n charter for Il railway from
| Observatory inlet To Glenora, to con
meet with the Teslin Lake railway
| This will give n route from the coast
to Damsey. all in Canadian territory.
Evidence of what is undoubtedly a
| foul murder was discovered near Col
fax, Wash, Sunday. by Il. X. Lloyd
While walking along the Palouse river
| one mile west of ColfaN, his attention
was attracted by pile of clothes lying
| In the mud by the river hank. He
picked up one of the garments, which
| proved to be "A white shirt. and further
search revealed another white shirt and
| an undershirt. In these was wrapped
| a pocketbook and a diary. In the for
mer was two drafts issued by the
| Banco de Occldent of Mexico on the
| Anglo California bank Df San Fran
| cisco. payable TO John Schiess. for $500
| each. The drafts were written and
| printed in Spanish. and were dated
| May 2, 1892 There was also what al.
| peared to be copy of deed or con-
tract written In Spanish at Guatemala,
tincate from the clerk OF the court OF
Multnomah county. Oregon, that the
| foregoing was copy of the declaration
OF intention to become a citizen. one
| of the shirts was covered with blood
! and had five clean-cut holes, undoubt-
eddy made by knife.