The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-11-22

Armed bandits held up the overland
limited at Carlin. Nevada. and "a
capped with the suit cases Of passen
gers and the money sack Of Conductor
Conn. The railroad men at Sparks
state that they secured about 1900 in
all. A posse was formed and a pitched
battle took place az the edge Of the
town, no one being hurt.
Fred Adams pleaded guilty to rob
bling the United States assay Office IN
Seattle. and was sentenced to ten
years at hard labor in the federal pen
ltentiary at McNeirs island. He
pleaded guilty TO two counts charging
the theft of $4,000 worth Of gold dust
II is generally understood that his
thefts amounted to over s2000OO-
According TO members of the spe-
cial prison commission, officials Of the
Washington State penitentIary have
pnearthed a plot TO blow up the
guards quarters with nltro.glycerine,
stolen from the jute mill, and effect
the release Of nearly 25O convicts, as
they we're being marched from the
prison to the mill.
Michael storms, pioneer mining
man Of Idaho and Montana, died Of
general debility in Denver last
week. He was eighty.three years of
age and had been one OF the most IA.
miIiar figures In Denver for AZ years.
He was secretary OF the Colorado Pho.
neers' association and had the dlstinc.
ton OF being the oldest active miner
In this state
Mrs Maud Chefiield is dead at Sc.
ittle Mrs. Cremeld was the wife OF
Joshua" Chefield, who was shot by
George Mitchell, who believed that
7rehield had maltreated his sister Es-
her. Esther later shot her brother
George. She and Mrs. Crehield were
arrested for the crime, both women
;onfesslng that they had done II to
IveDge the death OF Joshua"
A. ]. Hembree. who was found guilty
1t Tlllsmark, Ore, of tho murder OF
us 17-year-old daughter has been SEN
.enced to an indeterminate term Of i'm.
)risonment in the state penltentiary.
HembTee killed his daughter on the
aIght of December %. 1905. and was
sus pected iof having also killed his
wife. both the bodies being practically
consumed in the fire which. destroyed
the house.
A burglar entered the home OF Mrs.
Parker NJ Laramie. wyo., stealing a
purse containing s1S and some papers.
The house is used as scarlet fever
quarantine hospital. the inmates in
Guiding three or four patients.
Captain H. H. Bodhsh of the whaling
steamer william Baylies. charged with
assault upon member of his crew on
he voyage from San Francisco to the
Arctic whaling grounds this spring,
and Captain r. w. Newth of the
whaler jeanette, accused of the abduc
ton OF an Eskimo girl, have been in
iicted by the Seattle grand jury.
The British ship Galena. sixty d "
rom Junln, Chile. for Astoria, ere
vent ashore on Clatsop beach. nea,
Gearhart park and within a few miles
south OF where the Peter Iredale went
ashore three weeks ago. The officer
and crew all came ashore safely,
A northwestern indoor track and
Geld meet by telegraph among the
leading Y. NJ c. A, teams will prof
ably be a feature IN sporting cir LEI
within a short time The towns repyS
sented viii be Tacoma, Seattle, Spo
kane, Portland. and probably Salt Lake
7ity. ata.tff
William Whalen, an aged mining
prospector Of Nevada who was err
rested at Sacramento, Cal, for swim
ding number OF citizens. securing
several thousand dollars by false rep
RESERVATIONS, has been sentenced tc
ten years imprisonment AZ San Quen
tin. ,,r
The Indians OF the low lands neat
North. Yakima, Wash. have been driv
en- from their wlgwams by the high
waters, and many Of them are coming
Into. town, hungry and penniless Sew.
eral Indian families are reported
drowned, but this rumor has not been
confirmed.