Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1891, Page 12

7 _pages of Boncroft; but the story of the first - 7 ~-Svggndiaries, among whom a number of es g, - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: s 1e Cream of the News of the Northwest is herewith presented in readable form, makes this news a leading feature, The First Vigiance Committee, The story of the famous vigilance commit- ee of 1856 that ruled San Francisco from ay until September of that year, is a well known tale that has been fully told in the Vigilance committee, that of 1851, is not so ell known, and its slight record as given by Bancroft is denounced by the surviviug exccutives of San Francisco’s first lynch | court as full of errors, Mr. Bancroft escap- fng tho trouble of investigation by what he survivors term “‘a heavy draft upon his magination.” The Portland Oregonian relates that while the vigilanco committeo of 153 was a mi tary organization 6,000 strong, drilled, dis- ciplined and oMcered by the loading citizens of San K'rancisco, whose chief executive was 1o less than Willlam T. Coleiman, The first vigilance committee was orignally com- posed of but forty men. Its origin and its Pprovocation is_worth recalling at this time, In 185051 San Fraucisco was composed of wooden buildings which took fire easily and burned rapidly. In May, 1550, a great part of the business portior: of the town was de- stroyed by fire, and again in May and June, 1851, two other great fires loft but little of the city unburned, These disastrous fires Were rencrally known be the work of in- caped Australian conviets were included. If the thic @ not always sot tho fires thoy always profited by them, for during and after the disasters they plundered the stores, the housres, vacaut lots where tho goods saved from the flames had been piled, These criminals were partially oryanized; had sig nul fires on the sand hills by which they com- municated with each other” what to do aud when to do it The courts at that time were not trustworthy; could not be depended on to punish erime, Criminals were saved from Justice by attorneys whose favorite device Was to prove an alibi, which was easily done through the confedorates and comrades of the priscuers, Judge Lynch dealt with these fellows and rid the country of a mur- Herous gang. A La Mafla. The granting of anew trial to John Rose nd John Edwards of Sealand, Wash., who rm-.. convieted of murder, caused a mob to About midnight the guard at startled by loud knocking ou the of the jail. He asked who was was commanded to open the and the leader 1ynch them, the juil W outer door there, and door. He refused to do so. of the mob told him hoe nad three minutes Yo which to open the door, and if ho failed to do so in that time the jail would bo blown up with dynamite, This fright- ened him, and he fired his pistol, presumably to arm, and o moment afterward opened the door, whep he was seized by threo arried him to an adjoining build- pt for several minutes, during whi Ishots were fived $u the Jail Immedintely aftor the firing ceased he was roloased and the captors started off. When he entered the jail the bodies of Rose and Edwards woro found lying on tho floor of their cage. Everything was conducted in a yery quiet, orderly manner, and no_unnece sary noise was made. There were about foriy men in the party, ano all ofthem were wmaskod so that 1t was {mpossible fo recognize them After the affair was over they all marched ont, toward Shoalwater bay, their tracks being easily distinguished i the soft mud of the tide land. Here all teace of them was Tost. but the keols of several boats were v bie in the mud, showing that the party arrived in boats from up the bay and ha parted in the same way, leaving no trac their identity. Sheriff Turnor was asleep at bis house. he affaic did not take over twenty minute 5 attempt was made to force the ivon_cage, Blthough a sledge hammer was found in the ail, whero it had beon left. It is supposed he' men were shot down in their cells, Svorything was conducted in a quiet and or- erly manner. Selling “Good Luck.” R. H. Jonos, one of the clerks employed 1n the internal revenue department at Portland, Ore., had an odd experience recently, which goes far toward proving that fraud takes unto itself many disguises to trap the unwary. Mr. Jones resides at 519 Montgomery ave- nue. One evening recently his door bell was violently rung, and when aservantresponded to the summons an elderly gentleman, nquired for the “gentleman o' the house,” sing his full name with quite a_show of fa- niliarity. When Mr. Jones reached the door e s confronted by a man about forty-tive years of agé, gray haired, sober faced and rossed in the ordinary garb of a mechanic. “Don't s’pose you know me!” he com- menced, coolly, ‘an't say that I do.” ' Vull, might's well settle it; I'm a mascot, am.” Several instances have been published re- cently of clever lunatics who have broken out of asylums and palmed themselves off as ane people. The recollection of such things us not particularly encouraging to Mr. Jones and he kept a wary oye on the strang- er's hip pocket. His surprise was doubled when the “mascot” shoved a horseshoo under k‘: faco. It was an ordinary horseshoe, ex- pting that it had been highly gilded. “T found this ere shoe in front o' your Thouse the other day,” said the stranger, “I allus vicks up horseshoes when I finds *em. hey brings good tuck when I gives em to guybody, and 1_brought yours back. I'm lied with luck, just like a reglar mascot. brings it to every one but myself. T'm the mos’ unfortinat’ devil—beggin’ yer pardin-—ulive, L am. Here's yer shoo; take &4, T don't want it.” 3 Jones scomed to hesitate, but the mascot added in ahurt tone of voice: 1 ain't sellin’ it, mind ye. Don't want a cent forit. I'm A peor man, ond the hard, hard worla’s big enough for me to die in 1 reckon. I alw'teat nothin’ in three days, but 1 don't want yer money. Take yer shoe!” Sceing n0 way to get rid of the sorrowful mascot, Jones took the shoe and gave him 50 cents to buy food with It was learned subsequently by Mr. Jones that the borseshoe mascot had been selling $good luck” at wholesale rates in various portious o tho city, oo of his viotims belug Dr. Mahouey, who paid $1.60. for good for- uue. The New Diggings. W. 5. Martin has been busy at East lake in outfitting for the Deep creek country. e has two horses, weighing about twelve hundred pounds each, astrong farm wagon with covered bed and two water barrels, with o commissary tc last six weeks for a party of four, The outfit will be joined at Stockton by Mr. Martin. The party will visit Dugrway, Deep ereek and Cherry creck smd prospect the country, W. M. Ellsworth and Harry Newbomb start for Dugway with threo wagons loaded with merchandise, a conside able portion Joaded with wet goods. They will first pitch their tonts i Dugway, but should tha yrospocts for trade ba better further west will push on to the Deep Creck country., The country is filling up with me wvery fist.. The weather thero is very ple ant. Nearly all of the Deep Creok countr is devold of water, aud thac is its greatest drawback outside’ of isolation from rail- | roads. Mr, Kearncy has beon solving the | water question by ‘sinking artesian wells. o has six of those, five of which tlow twelvo per minute and cne flows twenty allons por minute. Theso wells ave in | onth eighty-seven to 165 foet. Mr. Bagley has a well near which flows sixty gallons pe minute, Fish Springs miners get their wate from theso wells, the haul being twelve miles. Tho watar is very puro and sweet. Tho stock and wagons ~ for the Deap Creok > line Lave been going forward the past e days 1o placen ulong the line ready to begin work, This iworning W. H. Wallace, Wilt Lett ang G. b, Shell wi'l start out along e line to opsn the station and get things in shape. Tha line will be in cperation as soon B ull the details oo wrranged, whbich will faic ten o1 twaive days yot. ¥ Murderor Facapes. Jolin, allas Bob Piseer, sentenced by Judge | Allon at Donver to eight yoars’ Unprisonment | W kilting Thomus Buckuor st & negro dance 1 SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1801—TWk No other paper It is the week’s history of the great northwest. at Elyria last Soptember, is & fugitive from justice. An hour after being sentenced, in company with Deputy Sheriff Reems, ho was allowed to visit tho Golden Grape saloon, at Twelfth and Markot strects, where Reems filled up with liquor. Soon after the prisoner persuaded the deputy to allow bim to visit Jennie, his wife, residing at No. 1213 Market street. Reoms is said to have beon very much intoxicated when they reached the woman's abode. Here he allowed Fisher, withandeuffed, to rétire to a room with b wife, Becoming impationt at the delay, tha careloss deputy called out to Fisher to hurr Recetving no reply, be investigated and found s prisoner bad escaped. He took with him about $200, with which bis wife had provided him, The alurm was quickly given, and every available mun in the sherifl’s’ office was started out after Fisher. The negro was easily located, having for some hours been hiding in a barn kept by Happy Jack,” a colored man and a friend of Fisher. By a peculin: whistle he gave tho prisoncr the sigual that the officers were on the track and Fisher took tho most desperate means to escape. In full view of the officers he and his brother jumpoa out of the staole window, followed by a volley of shots from the deputies, The fleeing prisoner returned tho five, and, aided by the darkness, escaped despite the fact that seven doputies re in the immediate vicinity. His wife and Reems were locked up. The deputy wiil be tried on the charge of avbetting in Fisher’s escape. Cornered Br A scheme to corner all tho brandy in the west, unearthed at San Irancisco, has cre- ated quite a discussion among the manufac turers, Most of the latter, by personal ex perience, knew of the existence of the youth- ful trust. for many mouths. In the interim it has assumed serious proportions. The market is heavily stocked with wine and prices are unusually low. On the other hand, the bonded warehousos are loaded down with brandy, ouly a small fraction of which hus been sold. It was stated by a well kuown mau turer that there are at loast 5,000,000 gallons of wine unsold, representing a surplus, which in the erowded condition of the market coula be dispensed with easily bv having the product converted into 1,000,000 gallons of vrandy It produce mu brandy than was at first supposed, This company is at the head of the movement to control the great castern mark The “‘combine’ has a broker in that city who is buying up brandy as fastas he can secure it. In some instances as high as 60 cents a gallon has been paid, although the nominal price ranges from 47 to 50 cents, The cellars in the city and country are filled, and it_is c pected that when a collapse takes place lively times will ensue, The independent manufacturers refuse to budge an inch from their position. While they might benefit by arise in price they still refuse to join the “combine,” and will market their own, product. An Eastor Whipping. 1t was nearly dusk. It had been a typical San Francisco Eastor—a beautiful, sunshiny morning. The well dressed throng of church goers on their way to morning service had stopped again and again among themselves to comment on the beauty of the day. In the afternoon it had still been clear, but the fresh western wind had begun to blow. And now it was growing late. The fog—the cold, damp, nasty fog—was rolling in from tho océan, “The wind made her shiver as she stogd on the street corner She was ot big enough to bo_out _at that time, when everyone was hurrying home- ward, even if she had been clad to withstand that western wind. She couldn’t have been more than seven. He came whistling around tho corner, Ho must havo been ten, and no cold could get in through tho thick overcoat he wore. “Whatcher cryin’ fort" m cold."! He came up close, looked around to see that no one was looking, whipped off the overcoat and put it around her, “I've got lots more home.” Then he vanished .into the modest tittle home up tho streot. i+ Whoro is your overcoa o8t it." He got o whipping for being careless, but he was a California boy, and tie'd sooner tal ten whippings than confess to anything like soft-heartedness. Horrible Experience. “T heard Stanley talk about his big snakes that throw their venom in the air, and hide in the packs of native bearers,” said W. B. Hooper of Cheyenne, Wyo. member something like that' years ago in Arizons, after the rebellion. "I was in a party that was_crossing over the southwest- ern corver of Death valley, which was a r ular bighway then for people gaing to Cali- fornia. The days were hotter thun the driest room in the Hammam, but the nights were terribly cold, espacially toward sunrise. Wo saw a good many rattlesnakes, and they were all monsters. They called them ‘saud rat- tlers,” and though they may be young opes with only eigit or ten rattles, you will find them long and fat. Wel, one nignt we were wrapped in our blankets on the ground when we heard horrible yells aud cries from one of the men. We seized a fire- brand and rushed to his side. He was struggling with a huge ‘sand rattler six feet long, with the blood flowing from wounds in the checks and neck and hands where the reptile had bitten him, Some ono shot the snake as it tried to slide away, but the man died in two hours, notwith- standing all wo could do for him. It s probublo that the soake had crawled out of the rocks in the man’s blanket and that as the man rolied over in his sleep the ser- pent objected.” Costly Frauds. The seizure by the revenue authorities of the Gallegas wine company’s property at Portland, Ore., surprised many of the lead- ing wine manufacturers, The Gallegas coni- pauy has one of the best trade reputations in the state and was one of the largest manu- facturies in the United States "acts we learned about the unwritten history of the soizure which shows that considerable jug- gling was dono in the wine business a few years back. Previous to 1505 not $1 camo into the revenue coffers as taxes on brandy. Tt is stated that, in all probability m small manufacturers evaded the law used untax paid spirits 1 the fortif cation of their sweet wines. In 1588 evenue regime, over $1,500,000 was gathered in by the revenne department for taxes on spivits, The wide difference in receipts voints to fuiuds which grew under the eyes of sub-agents and iuspectors who wero Charged with tho work of towring. the atato and ascertaining frauds whenever any e isted. That cortain corrupt inspectors wero employed at that v is certain. Revenuo Agent Eldridge and Agents Thomas and Wilisou bave proved a Nemesis to wron doers in the liGuor traffic. The recent seiz- ure at Irvington has unpublished features about it which prove that the old persounel of the agents was sadly and diligence A Fugitive Returns. Thomas J. Riley returned to Marysville, Colo., and was soon after arrested on a war. rant sworn to by Thomas Farecll, charging him with embezzlement. Two years ugo Farrell was postmaster of Marysville und Riley was his chief deputy., 'The oftico was conducted 1 a very loose wmanuer, and Riley suddenly skipped. An examnation by a ‘;mwmcullmxwvmr wed adeploravlo con- dition of affairs, The shortage was variously estimated at betwoen #700 ana $2,000, which Farvell aud bis bondsmen made good! Other oficos wero concerved, as Riloy Lad bor rowed stamps from Yuba City, Gridley, Colusa and Ked Bluff, Riley biad not been heard of unti! turn. “He said he wont to Mexico, wh stayed some time, and then went Angeles. While there be wus stricken with paralysis, sud when suflcioatly rocovered he resolved to roture to Marysville and clear his re- ore_ho w Los wanting in honesty | which, ho_says, was his own money. He says the oMce was run very lonsely and that Farroll was in the habit of taking what monoy he wanted out of the safe without making a record, and was utterly incapablo of conducting tho business of the offico him- self. Was Already Divorced. Divorce proceedings that would double dis- count a Chicago court in point of time took the breath of lawyers and spectators in Vice ellor Green's chambers in Cheyenne, recently. The eomplainant was “de Reb'ren’ Justus Johnsing of Bushtown, Salem county.” The Reb'ren’ Johnsing led to the stand and his counsel tis your business?” ryman, sah." “Of what church " “The Afr'can Moth'dis *Piscopal, sab.” “When were you married “In 1808, sab,” “What was your wife's name." “Hee name war Smith, then, but her maiden name war Pu'nell, sah, 'kase she war married ‘foro T got hor.’ s hor first husband dead, o woro they orced ! indeed, sah, 'kaso 1 seen him about three months ago, and he war 'livo then “That settles the case,” said the vice chan- cellor with a twinkle, “ho is already di voreed.” A shooting took nlace at Salt Lake, the result of which s that 8. N. Schwartz is in bed with a bullet in his groin. The cause of the shooting was over a salo of a one-third interest in the Monte Christo mine, 1t scems that Schwartz grab-staked a couple of men in doing the work oa the mine, and when the rich strike occurred a fow days ago one of the men, beiug dissatisfied with Schwartz, sold out. This did not suit the latter and he became very wrathful and insulting, the main object of his wrath being Captain George T Bridges, whom he blamed for making thesale. Captain Bridges walked into Schwartz's place and bought a couple of boxes of cigars. While making the purchase Schwartz became very offens! but the captain, an old_veteran and Army man, merely laughed at him. Fin tz hecame very irate and went beh counter and procured a gun. Then, e walking out on the strect, tho old war spirit of Bridges flushed up, and in_self de- fense ho gave it to the threatening Schwartz, The wound is not considered dangerous and Bridges is under arrest. Varney Estate Settled. In the superior court at Butte, Mont., be- fore Lilswortn a settleme effccted between Mrs, Gracy Varney-iing and the executors of the Thomns Varney estate by which Mrs, King is to receive $i2,- 500, full of all claims against the estato Mrs. King is the adopted daughter of Varney, who was a wealthy mining man, dying about a year ago, leaving an estate valued at about $700,000. He legally adopted her in her cfildbivod, taking her into his family, she assuming her father’s name She atried a young man named English against_her father's wish, and upon his death it was found that she had been given $60,000 and a house in Kast Ouakland for life. This did uot satisfy her. While Engiish was away in_Honolulu she divorced herself from him on the ground of desortion, and ho returned to find this fact ) his surprise. She afterward married King and instituted proceedings to have the will set aside on the ground of undue in- fluence, and also a suit to recover $150,000 as her just share of the estate. Negotiations with the heirs and executors have been pend- ing for some time. the Judge was The Rod Freely Used. San Francisco’s board of education will moet in special session to give Principal Jo- seph O'Connor an opportunity to explain why, and to what extent, he thrashed one of his pupils in the Valencia grammar school on K'riday morning. ‘The pupil in question is Chester Kinsman, aged twelve years, and according to the state- ments of his mother and other relatives,he was most cruclly beaten, his body being one mass of bruises. Even his face did not escape, one eve being partially closed by a plow from a rattan, while another stroke cut his lip badly, and other discolorations and bruises were produced, as _the boy states, by blows from tho prineipul’s fist The boy remained away from school for three days, and on returning failed to bring with him the result of certain work in arith- matic which he was supposed to huve done at home. This ommission, he sates, was the canso of his punishment. Principal O'Con- nor jerked bhim violently from his place in line with his fellow pupils, dragging him away to his oftice and there béating him. Salt Lake Leper, Ah Foy. a Chinese woman afficted with leprosy, arrived in San Francisco from Salt Lake. At the meeting of the board of heaith Secretary Hoesch witl submit the question of returning the leper to Salt Lake City. Hoosch says it is bad enough for Sau Fran: cisco to have to take care of the lepers of the other counties of the state without having fo keep a hospital for all the states and terri- tovios of the Racifie slope. Ah Foys likely to live for ten years. Hoesch says that the Southern Pacific vail- way company is to blame in the matter. There ixa law against railroads carrying people afilicted with such discases. The com- any’s officials could not have been blind to the woman’s coudition, It was apparent oven to the policeman who caused her arrest, and should certainly have been noticed by the Southern Pacific conductors along the road. He thinks the company should be compelled tosend the Chinese leper back to Utab, or else be fined heavily for violating the ordi- nance forbidding nhy person or corporatic from_bringing a leper into the city. The board will sustain the secretary Indian Atrocities. Great excitement was caused at Blackfoot, Idaho, over the killing by an Indian of two, unkoown white emigrants who were camped ut the water tank a mile below that placo, Nothing can be learned as to the cause of the affair, as thero were no eye-witnesses, Their bodies were found by & party at the tank and a number of Indians were seen taking to the hills east of lere. Au uprising is feared. Indian Agent Fisher, ~who was ot Pocatello, was tolegraphed for and Wells camo up on a special traiu, Deputy Sheriff Ross loft immediately for the scenc and-took chavze of the bodies, leaving an arued posse ou guard. Business is suspended and the citizens ure up in arms. About one hundred mounted men have left the city to demand the surrender of the guilty party. Should the Indians refuse, trouble is sure to ensue, as the posso aro all determined mon, Not an Indian was to be found in the city an hour after the affair. Tho governor and adjutant general were telegraphed. “The Morten Dive The divorce suit of o Suit, Madadena Morten vs Christian Morten, came to trial beforo Judge Ellsworth at Sacramento, Cal. M. Morten alleged that her husband had abused hor on one occasion so that she had fainted, and once at Tiburon had thr 2 to throw her i..to the She produced several lot- tors, one of which was written by her step- son, Lyman, to bis aunt, saying that Morten had been very cruel and abusive to his step- mother. Another lotter was written by Mrs, Morten to hor husband from @ government im near Midway. She said that she had worn men's clothes and worked out In the flelds, suffering much for food and from hard work. Morten at the time was In the city. His other child, Anne, by his last wife, was dragged to death by a cow, the lariat having caught around the child’s’ body. She also charged him with infidelity. Morteu denied the charges of his wife and alloged that ho bad only heid her ouce when she showed symploms of insanity sad romonstrated when stied & sugar Dowl at auother womao's kimselt. He deuies takivg wore than $85, | bead. Lywan, the stopson, testified that he had written the letter to his aunt under com- Ynlfllnn and at his stepmother's dictation, Judge Ellsworth believed Morten's story and denied the wife's applieation for a divorce, Hroke the Precious Rottle, Hanging on the large mineral cabinet in the mining exchange says the Spokane Falls Re. view, is a good sized bullion bag which resem- ble & small mail pouch, Itbears this label : F. A, WEBER, Lako View, Idaho. Hold in sok for ono botle of whisky broken by F. A. Web- er on East Eagle creok, Sop- tember, 1887, & H. Kewr, he label recites briofly the standing feud between Mr. Kemp and Mr. Weber. They wore old miners togother, and in 1887, in- cluded in a party of six rminers headed by denham Mills, who ‘Was buying property for the Carur o’ Alene placer Syndicate, thes made pack horses of themselves and beaded for the diggings on East Lagle creek, which havo since become noted. In the outht was ahalf gallon of whisky. One-half of this they drank before they: reached Eagle creck. Wabor carried the last bottle, He froze to they began «to wade the creok. 1 to the marrow they stood on the op- nosite bank and dripped: Weber made a mis- cue and dropped the sacred bottle, it struck a rock and the red liquid mingled with the walers of Eagle erook. ~This card on the bul- lion sack explains the rest Renvgadesin frons, Nine prominent Apa: s have been ar- rested and placed in irons at San Carlos, Ariz, undor guard. Amoug the prisonors is old Chief Eskimizene, called “Skilling,” for short. The first five prisoners were arrested on warrants issued by the civil authorities, charging them with the murder of white men years ago, but Eskimizone and the other three were apprehended for givine help to “Kid," o riotous remegade and murderer who defeated and eluded the authoritics for years, and for whoso capture the government nly expended thousands of dollars. Al of the Kid's close compa in crime have been killed, but he peoridicaliy makes his ap pearance within a few wiles of San_ Carlos. As s00n as his presence is reported at the Dost a detachment of cavalry and scouts is sent in pursuit. He appeared last weck within seven miles of San Carlos. Troops were sent in pursuit of him but to no effect. Eskimizene is the ablest aud craftiest, tho most treacherous wnd dang: us of the Apuache renegades on the reservetion. Noted Character Dead. One of tho most noted characters in the mission died last night in tho almshouse, says tho Wilcox (Aviz.) Nows. He was James Inman, more commonly known as *Jimm the bum.” Tnman for the past forty years has been a well known figuve in_ that section of the vity. He was an Buglishman and o cousin of the owners of the celebrated Inman line of steamers, He had been well reared in his youth and had reccived a thorough col- legiate education For some reason that he would never ex- plain he left his home.and became a wan- derer, finally drifting to this city in the early days. He was handy at all trades and eked out a precarious livlihood by doing odd jobs in the neighborhood, His finency of speech and general knowledge of affairs made him a favorite with everyone in the mission, es- peciaily about the saloons, where in refurn for an ho chat, he received his liquor tree. He died from a general breaking up of his system. Pearl Starr Again. A young woman disguised in male clothing was eaptured by deputy marshals in the Kiowa and Comanche country in the Indian territory. She proved to be Pearl Starr daughter of the noted Belle Starr by Cole Younger, a member of the Jesse James band of outlaws. Pearl Starr is now in jail on a charge of horsestealing. She will doubtless nave to face several like charges. The young woman is quite pretty, about eighteen years of age, with large blue eyes and the form of Diana. She dresses in the garb of a cowboy of the old days, wearing a high-priced Mexi- can sombrero, high-heeled boots and tinkling silver spurs. Peari Starr isa dead shot with a Winchester or six-shooter, and is said to be a superb horsewoman. 3 Belle Starr had three husbands, Cole Youlger, Captain Reed and John Starr. Pearf ‘iseithe daughter of Younger, buthas taken the name of her step- fathor. & PR Californials Conl. San Francisco coal is the latest topic for discussion by smineralogists. There is not enough of it mined as yét to cut any fgure in the warket, still it is hapd to say what in- fiuence it may have on the home trade. To reach the mine you get off at the Baker's beach station of the CLifl House and Ferries railway and walk aloug the track near a- quarter of @ mile foward the tun, nel until you come to @ precipitou, biuff looking down on the water of the Golden Gate. Several tons of newly blasted rock are seen over one hundred fect below, and it is there that a gang of men are drilling and blasting an opening to the drive or tuntiel that is being made into the bluft with the intention of exploring the coal vein and sceing what quality of fuel can be found. The tunnel will be driven at least seventy- five foet, and if the indications aro favorablo a shaft wiil be sunk and the mine worked. A Convict's Thriving Businass. Wiliiam Ross, & conviet in the San Quen- tin, Colo., prison, found with opium in his possession, was arraigned bofore the board. It was charged that Ross sold apium 1o the ‘taking in payment mattresses, blan- 1008, money, ote. 1Ross confessed that he received the opium from a visitor whose name he did not know. Ho asked for clem- ency, claiming that this was bis first offcnse, Warden Hale said the board would perform a public service in prosccuting the persons who introduced opium into the prison. Owing 1o the secrecy exercised in this business it was extremely difficult to find the culprits The board decided to make Ross’ case an example, and five out of eight months’ time credits due him were canceled. Ross bas served threo years of @ five-year teem for and larceny’ ‘The Lion and Lamb. The interest in the arbor proceedings at Payson, U. T., were heightened by a flag raising, which took place at the public school. Tt was the first event of the kind that ever took placeat a territorial school in Utah, The flag was a beauty and was purchased by the pupils buying 10-cont shares in it. The exer ompanying the raising were of a patriotic character. Principal D, H. Christensen, a young Mormon, delivered a manly and ' patriotic opening address, The school building was crowded with pu- pils and visitors, Mormons and gentiles mingling together ' freely and with much so- clability, showing how fast the lines of ex- clusion are disappearing. Clipped His Claws, After & week's chase Sherift Hall of Wells, Nev., brought in a desperado named Cass Austin, whom he caught in the Goose Creek mountains, Austin and another desperado named Dove have for a long time been rob- bing settlers and sheep herdors on the bor- ders of Idaho, Utali and Nevada and making raids into Tacoms, Fowno and other unpro- tected towas, terrorizang the ‘inhabitants by knocking them down with six-shooters and shooting into their housgs. They went into Tacoma and perfectly riddled Bellinger's hotel while the propriétor, and three of his children were very lo' with pncumoni Dove escaped iuto Montana. The coun judge sentenced Austin to six months in jail. Had Killed dnny Men, At Albuquergue, Aviz, the ease of the ter- vitory vs Willlam L. Duvis, charged with the murder of & man uswed Albiu Johnson at Gallup about three moeuths ago, came to a sudden end. When the' lcase was called the defendant, on the advied of his attorneys, stepped in front of theigudge and withdrew his former plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty 1o the crime, & the mercy of the court. He was asses 0 lightest sentence possiblo—three years iWbhe territorial peni- ientiary at hard labor. - Davis says he bas killed three or four men, escaping Justive, and now by pleading guilty be recelves a light sentence, After killing Jounsou he fled to Sau Francisco, wus cap- tured there and brought back, secared bonds- men and again summ“ out, recently boing cap- tured in Salt Lake, U, T, when his identity became known by an attempt he wado to take the lifo of another man, He 1s a dangerous criminal, Last of & Dosperace Gang. A dispatch from Chifton, A. T., was pub- lished a few days ago in which it was stated that the lnst of the Clanton family had been killed at St. Johns, Graham county, Arizonn, during a quarrel with Baliara Pearson, says the San Francisco Chronicle. The Clantons, father aud three sous, were among the most notorious desperadoes that ever infested a region famed for such characters as Arizona was eight or ten years ago. They were the leadors of a gang of “rustlers,” or cattle thieves, aud their lawless carcers all ended in a sudden and bloody death, With the Clanton tamily the names of the McLowrys, the Karps and the notorious Doc Hoiliday are mingled in ono of the bloodiest chapters of the history of Arizona. It is just ten years since the stage from Tombstone to Benson was held up ono morn- ing by a gang of robbers who, without giv- ing the driver a chanco to halt, poured a volley at close rango mto the vehicle, killing the driver and two passengers and soverely wounding several others of the ten who wera on board. The expross messenger stopped the team, which had run away, aud the rob- bers secured nothing for their brutal erime. Much Room for Prospecting. A report of a rich strike recently made in the Pinos Altos dist Mexico is arecognition of the often told story of how men have for years passed near to valuable ore bodies without being aware of their proximity to so much wealth. [u this case the strike was mado within 200 feet of & wagon road over which thousands of men havo traveled. 1t is oneof the richest strikes ever mado in the southwest, it being said that some of the ore is noarly pure silver. It £oes to show thoe truth of what has beon often said, that there 1s w zreat deal of room for prospecting in the Rocky wountaius. Millions of doilars will vet ve taken out of mines to be discovered in localities where the existence of any oro at all is hardly known at present. Ireigation i Arizona. The cepsus burcau announces that there are 1,067 irrigated farms in Arizona, having a total area of 65,521 ncres. The average cost of land, including purchase price, fencing, plowiug and water right, is $16.92 por acre, of which §7.05 represents the cost of water right; and the average valuation placed upon the land by the owners is $13.05 per acre, in- cluding buildings. The average annual cost of water is 21.55 per acre, and the average an- nual value of farm products $13,02 per acre, ranging from $0.26 in Maricopa to 331 in Vampal county. The acreage now under ir. rigation approaches the maximum possible with the present water supply and methods of utilization, but the couservation of the flood of waters that now annuaily runs to waste would largely increase the arca suscep- tible of successful cultivation. Rather Rough perience, The sailors of the schooner Mattie T. Dwyer went ashore on San Juan point for water saysehe Portiand Oregonian, aud whilo on shore one of them shot a buck, wounding him. Twoof the sailors named Frost and Brune followed it, and afier chasing the an- imal until they were almost exhausted ais- covered that they were lost. Tho schoouer waited for about twelve hours, but was forced to leave withiont the mes rost and Brune wandered until thoy discovered a tel- egraph wire, which they followed to this city. In their travels over mountains, valleys and through snow they encountered wolves: bears and panthers. They describe the country as very rough. They slept in the suow every night and had to dig away the snow before they were able to light a fire. The poor fellows looked exceedingly dilapi- dated when they reached here. Dead in a Barver Shop. Captain W. P. Kirkland went to Dick Miltigan’s barber shop at Cheyenne to et shaved, and opening the door found the sole occupant & woman, sitting upright on the floor, against the wall, dead. He at onco gave the alarm and a. number of persons gathered and immediately the cry was raised that a murder had been committed. Milligan was found in the back room sound asleep and when told of the dead body in the front room he was as much surprised as auy of tho others. The woman has been in Cheyenne nearly a year. The reportis that the dead woraan came here from Sydney, Neb., where she loft a husband. Dr. Crook says that she died from the effect of drink and typhoid over. After the Redsking Are Gone. An “Oklahoma boomer” was advertising that section in Denver. “We'll have the greatest country in all_creation out there,” he said, “after the redskins are gone, and the blackjack lands are in trim, and the squatters take hold. The wagons of the new settlers are rolling up all the time from overy point of the compass, and in some places you can see clearings ond log shanties. The white men out there want to_raise corn and wheat'and cattle, and the negroes mean to raiso cotton and fobacco, all of which things, with lots of others, can be raised a-plenty in Oklahoma. 1t's a big territory and I can tell you where you canssee scttleincnts that are bound to rise like a boom. A Plucky Woman's Work. Mrs, Shane, o widow with two children, went to Wyoming two years ago, and took up her residence in Jawbone gulch, Silver Crown mining district, where sho took a claim and with her own hands has kept up tho assessment work. The claim promises to be a paying one, and aiready she has uu- covered a body of rich gold quartz, with in- dications of richer ore as depth is gained. Mrs, Shane is a soldier's widew, and is a lady of fine education and culture. Her cabin in_Jawbone gulch bears ovidence of refinement, and while itis one of the most out of the Way places in the camp, she has any number of visitors, among whom will be found the best people of Siver Crown and the surrounding country A Western Steamer. Captain Hogg of Denver, who is lavgely nterested in the new steamer being built to run across Utah lake to secure Tintic pas- senger and freight traflic, was in Provo on business matters. The boat 15 now nearly completed and will be ready for launching in e few pays. A large, flat bottomed barge, 60x40 feet, s also being built to accommo- dato the freight, as it is expected there will be considerable business whben the Provo- ‘Tintic line via Utah lake is once fairly in running order, and arrangements are to bo made with the railrbad_companies to make the round trip from Salt Lake to Tintic good over this route either going or coming back. Horrible Mine Accident, The most horrible accident that Las ever occurred at Gallup, N. Mex., acoal mining town, happenod in the Caledonia mine. Thrco men, Cassiday, Lynchand a Freuchman, name not kuown, were in one of the entries 800 feet from tho surface, fixing the track, when a rock weighing soveral tons broke loose and fell on top of them. ! One of the -men was takon out with his head down between his logs and his back and head crushed. Auother had been caught as he was lying on the ground and he was mash ed flat, The third was caught under the rock from the chest down and crushea. Death was undoubtedly instantaneous to all That Alaska island. Kodiah Tsland, Alaska, is described as larger than some of the New England states, Swith a climate similar to that of Maryland," and is “capable of supporting & large agri- cultural population.” It is claimed that a part of the terrilory can b made a competi- tor of Washington and Oregon in tho raising of the more hardy fruits, such as apples and cherries, he next steamer sailing for Sitka will carry In her cargo & large consign- meni of young applo trees,’ says the San Francisco Chronicle. Is it an Elopement? A sixteen-year-old girl named Ethel Tierco, who had been an inmate of the county hos- pital at Santa Rosa, Cal., for some time, sud- Jdenly came into possession of about §2,000, aud bas mysteriously disappeared frou that SES. *nullnn. She was enamorod of a young man. named Hoppy and the supposition is that the.young coiple have oloped. The sup- position {s founded on strong eircumstances. A search for the eloping part! wfl been in- stituted. A Bogus Dootor's Methods. W. F. Lay of Grand Junction was arrested and lotters waro discovered on him which in- dicated that he had boen doing o fraudulent business through the mails, He represonted himself to be a doctor, but his only practice was on patients far away. Lettors of an ob scone nature had been received by different parties in town, and Postoftice [nspector Pat- terson of Denver was notitied. Needed Legislation. Secrotary Bowman of the Puobio board of trade has collectod numerous statistics by in- terviows with shipers as to tho necassity for railrond legislation. His figures show that [onver frefeht coming that way is han dled free ovor the intervening 120 miles, and that 1,000-mile tickets are punched the same on a trip from Pueblo to Leadyillo as from Denver to Leadville. Value of a Human Life. Frank Glencross, who beat Martin Reagan to death, but who was found guilty of simply assaulting him with means and intent to do great bodily havm at Los Angelos, was sen- tenced by Judge Shaw to pay a fino of $100. The punishment is realler greater than it ms, as Glencross has boen ruined finan cially and otherwise as a result of his fatal encounter with Keagan. Struck a Pillow of Gas. While workmen were boring a well in the Oddellows' cemetery at PPleasonton, Colo., and wero at a depth of about one hundred they came upon a strong flow of natural It was ignited and burned steadily o a pillar of flamo ten feet high. It has boen extin- guisned and relighted soveral times, The supply shows no signs of exhaustion. Indian itaiders, Sheriff Olney, just from Solomonville, re ports the Indians shooting iuto and driving way @ party of sheepherders at tho sheep 1ks, about twenty-five miles from theve, betwéen Bonita and Solomonville. The herds were abandoned. Victoria and his vand killed soven Mexicans at the samo placo in 1880, Colorado. Pucblo has a £300,000 flouring mill. Berthrond elected its first high i ticket. Mrs. J. J. Lambert, wife the Pueblo Chicftain, is dead. Deputy Sheriff L. 1. Payne died at Mon- trose on Monday of pueumonia. Some agitation is in progress relativ the coal mines near Villa Grov Three Chinese doctors have been held to the district court at Pueblo for medicine without a license. Frank Palmer was sentenced at Telluride to a year in the reform school for stealng @ valise belonging to Gus Anderson. A 1on Pacific conductor named Mable was badly hurt in a freightv wreck near Trin- 1dad. One leg may have to be amputated. Jose Alercz was acquitted at Trinidad on a chargo of attempting to wreck a Denver & Rio Grande train on the night of ebruary 2. Jesus Morenia, a prominent Mexican citi- zen of Montrose and ex-interpreter for Chief Ouray, was buried Tuesday. He died of pneumnonia. Bob Ford’ thoe slayer of Jesse James, has left Walsenburg. He is now at Colorado Citv, bnt oniy on a visit, as ho will go fur- ther west in a few day IPourteen-year-old Frank Holly, arrested at Pueblo for carrying a revolver and threaten- ing to shoot any oue who didw’t dance for him, is pronounced insane. Warden Smith took formal charge of the peuitentiary at'Cavon City. Retiring War- den Lamping was presented with a $100 silver set by the employes of the prison. The Pueblo medical socioty held;a meeting and _decided to prosecute bitterly ail un- liced practitioners and midwives, and drug- gists who prescribe over their own counters. James Muldoon, a miner employed in the Simpson mine at’ Lafayette, was instantly killed by a fall of coal. “He was a singlo man and his mother and sister reside in Indiana, ere his body will be shipped. homas W. Burchell, a pioneer and one of the mest prominent citizens of Leadville, died of pneumonia after an 1llness of forty- eight hours, He had been the receiver for the Leadville land office siuce 15i7. Del Norto 15 just nw working up a wool- en mill project that promises to do much for the place. The schemo s all but completed, and the indications juzt now point to the con- struction of the mill this season. Onio par- ties are at the head of the wovement. Ten Chinumen were jngged at Durango for running an opium dive and a regular knock-down den. One washee was struck blow on tho head by a fellow almond-eye, which cracked his skull and separated bis queue. They were fined $300 in police court. H. H. Ingersoll, oue of the oldest emvloye of the penver & Rio Grande on the western slope, is the possessor of a half interest in a mica mine near Grand Junction, which prom- in the near future to bo a source of re nue to him and to his partmer, William Wheeler of Deltg county. William Hort was horeibly disficured by the premature explosion of a blast in the Smuggler mine at Ballarat. The miner had blasted a hole which took too long to explode. Returning tosee what was the matter, the blast went off, throwing the chargo full in hus tace and likely putting out both eyes. The jury in the caso of Thomas Heffner, charged with the murder of Jim Lay, a Chinaman at Denver, returned a verdidt of guilty in the first degree. Heffnor, on being informed of the verdict, swallowed half a bottle of morphine which he had hidden in his cell. The two prison physicians im- mediately went to work on him with a stomach pump and the would-be suieide was saved. A cowboy near Lay had a nar from death a few d; quarter of a mile from c wood, when he was suddenly pounced upon by a mountain lion. He had no weapon ex- cept & bowie knife, which he used to good o fect. His cries atfracted the attention of his partuer, who seized a Winchester and salicd forth to the rescue. Between the knife and the gun the lion was killed, but not before he had badly bitten and clawed the attacked man of the editor of W escape about a gathering five- Nevad Governor Coleord vetoed the bill making Lincoln’s birthday a legat holiday. The citizons of Austin held a jollification meeting on Account of the passage of the bill granting a franchise to the Nevada air line railroad ‘There was extracted from the Consolidated California and Virginia, 1,572 tons, ecighty pounds of ore, which was shipped to the Eureka mill. The pumping assoclation of tho Comstock levied an ssessmeat, amounting to which wiil be apportioned among the G Hill mining camps. L. Dutertrio did not meet with success in pumping the pulp from the large shaft he was sinking at Golconaa, the pulp being too heavy to ran. Mr. Dutertrie will try somo other proce Beruie, an Italian sentenced to the stato prison for twenty-five years on July 13, 1859, for killing u couatryman, was committed to the insano asylum at KReno, n having shown signs of insan Gould & Curry will commenca shipping ore soon. There are about one thousand - tons of ore on hand, and some ore has been* openod out from the two hundred to the four hundred level of tho mine. The big and muen talked of Indiun fandan- g0 took place at Battle mountain. Quite a number of big chiefs wero present and presented to the tribo the reason why they should be peaceablo aud friendly. The Reno electric light and power company bas purchised a Fight of way fora ditch and one acro of ground of the Murray Brothers, about one mile west of Reno, for $1,750, and will avect a plant for the company t'a cost of $15,000. New gold ledges are reported to have beon found near the Sterling district in tho south western part of the county. The Hiko mail carrior states that a prospecting company from Los Angoles, Cal,, has an ontfit pros- pecting there, which is fully equipped to meet the diflcllties of that soction. The vesidence of George W. Cagwin in Carson was totaliy destroyed by fire; total 10ss, $3,000, Mr. Cagwin's mfant son was locked up (n wsmall room for punishment. Seouring some matohes ho st tho piace adre | and waated his grandmother 1o vome snd see | tho blazo. When sho arrived the ghined such headwa burued to the ground ment reached the scene. fire had that tho ll\|lh|‘lx fore tho fire dop Utah. The Torritorial Toachers' instituto was o ganized in Salt Lake, A haililsome man has captured the wite of J* G, Bagnell of Coalville, ‘The wool assgeiation warehouse at Manti is being rapidly pushed ahoad The Castle Valloy railvoad filed articles of incorporation The people's party have political eruption at Payson t mining uctivity is foreshadowed on the Crescent Hill at Park City Mail servico has boon o vier branch of the Rio G A superior articlo of asphalt has been found in Tie Fork of Spanish Fork canyon, ho advent of the railroad in Sanpete and Sevier counties opens up a country rich in mineral wealth Mining litigation at Tintic is voluminous proportions, fourteen ing been commenced. [n the 15,000 damage suit of Alfred Tom- linson against the Union Pacific at Provo,the Jury gave the piaintift £00, Diamond, secrotary of the bogus Salt Lake accident company, has skipped after fleecing many u bogus insurance. Work on the sugar factory at_Lohi is pro- arossing finely and everythiog looks lovely for the Utah sugar company ‘The vote on the issue of £300,000 in school bonds for school houses and school sites in Sult Lake was 5% for the bonds and 83 against, company has old-fashioned lered on the Se- wde Western. assuming suits hav- The coroner's inquest on the death of Frank Simpson, killed in a gravel bank cave near Hyult exonerates those iu chargo of the work from all blame. Tho new Eldorado of Fish Springs contin- ues to excite the atiention of mibing men and prospectors. Partios aro leaving Provo daily for the new district. Iourteen coal miners from Castle Gate, mostly Italians, were brought to Provo by deputy marshals under indictments brought by the grand jury T'ne saloonkecpers of Provo have formed a protective union in order to guard their in- terests and to cineh those drug stores which are doing a retail business under a wholesale license, ‘'he wool clip in the southern countics is now commencing, and tho condition of the flocks show that the output this year will ox- ceed the 13,000,000 pounds of ‘last year by considerable, Gieorge V. Sehramm of Ogden was struck bridge of the nose, exactly betwoen libre rifle bullet, but it against the skull. Who fired the shot is & mystery, A youug woman was held up at Haymarkoet by au uusavory follow with a_six-shooter, who demunded her mouey. The woman shrieked aud mude a wild dive for the nearest doorway, into which she fell fainting. Utal is losing much by cattle being brand od over the ribs, For years it has been the custom of hide dealers in California to deduct one-third from the price of the hides where the brand was on the_side, aud this system was introduced here about two months #go. Montana Deer Lodge has elected a board of sehiool trustees composed entirely of women. Over three huudred women voted at tho lection for schoof trustoes at Butte on Sat- urday. Marie Wainwright's watch and 845 in money were stolen from her dressing room in Ming's opera house at Helena, The Plutus mining and milling company has becn incorporatedawith a capital stock of $1,000,000. The principal place of business will be at Bozeman. Articles of incorporation have beon filod for the Butte consolidated railway company, the new corporation that embraces all tho street railvouds of Butte. effelberger and Root, charged with rob railroad freight cars of Alaskan furs, found guilty at Missoula aud seutenced each to two years at Deer Lodge. An_extensive cave in the Mullen tunnel, eighteen miles west of Butte, has diverted ali traftic from the main line of the Northern Pa- cific around by way of the Butte branch. News from the newly developed mining properties near Woodville was received when the Cabbage brothers came in with mauy fine specimens of ore, which are found to assay, on the avorage, seventy ounces silver. The Curlew Extension mining company has filed its certificate of incorporation with the clerk and recorder of Missoula county. Cap- ital stock, $1,000,000, divided into $500,000 s at the par value of $2cach. principal oftice of the company will bo at Stevensvillo. At the election of school trustees soula the following were clocted Murray, J. S. Booth and Mrs. Jacob Hemn hard for three years: C. I Davis for two years; Mrs, John Rankin for one year, On tho proposition to issue 5,000 bonds for school purposes the vote stood 229 in favor and 3 apainst. Sinking has commenced in the shafts of the High Ore, Wak aud Green Mountain wmines of the Chambers syndicate, controlied by the Anaconda company. At the Mountain Cousolidated work is progressing in the bot- tom of the snaft, Which is now between seven and eight hungred foet from the surface. The Northern Pacitic through train_from the cast, which was due at Buite at 2:15, did not arrive until 11 o'clock. Tho detention was caused by a huge slide a short distanco this sido of tho Homestake tunnel. A mass of rock and dirt, aggregating many tons in \vuu{hl, became dislodged and shd’onto the wrack. Mussigbrod and Mitchell have again se. cured the contract for the care of the insane for a threc years' term. In the absence of the governor, Licutenant Governor Rickards sigmed tho contract along with Scorotary Lotwit and Attorney General Haskell, Tho coutract is for §1 a day for each inmate, or a reduction of $1 a week from the late contract. M. A. Guthrie of Folev Bros. & Guthrio, who have the contract for building the Great Northern branch from Monarch to Neiliart, says: that just as soon as the snow goes off work on the extension will be commenced. Railway ofiicials are reticent as 1o the status f the line from Neihart to Barker, but it is nferrod that the same contractors also have the contract for this work. Both lines are expected to be completed this summer, Idanho. The Seven Devils cou tract great attention. Over 40,000 was disbursed in Pocatello by the Union Pacific company on the last pay- day, The Seattle, Boiso & Salt Lake railway company now have their surveyors in the fleld There were seventy-on in_the state prison when the bill appropriating §30,- 000 was intrdduced. A party of surveyors will soon bogin opera- tions surveying a railroad line from Welser ry continues to at: ! up tho Weiser niver. The Red Elophant mine has New York parties, and with a capital of 500,000, Three hundred to 400:0u lately been strack in Corto, owned by 1. M Sand Point is floode contractors have t. their first cainp puttiv othe small blazo ocetrr chool house at Bois containing dow and th explode, Citizens of Moscow are 1suck the propesed paper factory. 3,000 tons of strav will b created oyed as worthless, Keontenal covuty h poct of be- coming one of the most populous counties in dian reservation rocently nt alone wdds 5,000 Lo boen incorporated sold to there e galena ore has tho Sunday mine at Bruner. vith men. Railroad ken quite a lot of men to iich is now completed, and wps on the | 1in the laboratory City, A few bottic hemicals wero setting in tho win- veat of tho sun caused them to rostod in The miil will early, und n for what 15 new de the pro its population eurly all the borsemen on that side of tho Prairie near Grougeville have suffered from the raids of horsethioves and intand usio every ondeavor to suspend these nefartous operations and briug the guilty ones i jus- tic Ed Hurringtos was trial wurder of utation was very bad, and the court disi of the district attoruey. Rich goid diggings bave been Cattopwood. Fhe dirt is taken u tloor of the old hotel cab'n through e siu! hox. Thouswuds and thousards of ounces of gold cdust were weighed thow hana (Lo sarly days, & man dixty vears of age, last week at Oshorn I Ker Jury i he cuse on wetion fouud ab frow the