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Show WESTERN HEWS ITEMS. A Peculiar HeluOd of Committing Sn cide. Tt VSHOCTs 0 THE K HUM) lib. Tno lati'hro.1 Llopcrs Ilelora Io Thir Homes. MONTANA. Butle, Mont., Aug. Aug. 5 The intrepid sherifTof Missoult County returned I t-t night to the Flathead country, where he had Chief Michel unucr guard. On arriving at the re-ervation the officer found the Indians In-dians in an ugly temjicr and determined de-termined on resistance. The chief Iitive!y rrfustd to surrender the two fugitives, bheriu" Houston ap-plied ap-plied to Agent Itonan at Bavelli forassl'taure, lt could get no hclti ironi tint quarter, so he sent to Mis sw.la for a ptsc A force of tried frontiersmen was organized and left Missoula at 7 30 tonight for the scene. Live) times are auticijiat-ed. auticijiat-ed. Ilatte, Mont, Aug. S. What ap lears upon the surf ire to be a very lieculiar ca-e of suicide took rlace lu thiscit ia-t night about 0 o'clock. This morning the lifeless body of George bit rro was found extended iiiun the Moor of his room with his head immersed in a bucket of ater. There w tu vo signs of a struggle, and ever thing appearctl to indicate that he had coolly held his head uuder water until death ensued. No cause tan be found for such an act and his friends ero of the opinion he was taken with a fainting fitand tell with Ills head in thu water and was drowned while ttiU insensible. This would be so near an utter impossibility tint it is given little credit.Iu the absence of all proof the coroner's Jury brought In a ver- itlf t nf lliltll ! ilmu ,iltir NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb , Aug. S. About 8 o'elock this morning passenger train No. it, from Grand Island, collided with freight train No. 11, bound for Coluralius, smashing both locorno-tlvsw locorno-tlvsw and injuring several passengers, passen-gers, among them Secretary of state Cowdery and Attorne -General Leese. The accident occurred a: thejunction of the West Lincoln deiot. Mrs. Langworthy, wife of President Langworthy of tho First National bank of new ard, w as jerked from her chair and fell on the third seat in front, rlrik-ing rlrik-ing oil her breast aod receiving re-ceiving injuries that may prove fatal, several other passengers were slightly injured. Attorno -General Leese and Seeretar of State Cowdery, Cow-dery, w ere In the cabocsee of the freight train on their way to Mil-ford. Mil-ford. Both were thrown Into the teat immediately In front of Ibem. Lecec'a right arm was badly cut and bruised, while Cowdery was hurt in the back, knees, arms and -side. The latter wMumbls to walk and had to be taken homo In a carriage. car-riage. Fireman Delany was picked up for dead, but later recovered consciousness. He Is badly cut. Tho employees of the road are reticent and the officials refute to talk, so the damages cannot be stated, but they probably will not be far from $50,000. Fort Niobrara, Neb , Auff. S. Charges havo again been preferred against Colonel Kautz, late commandant com-mandant at this post, who Is now In Washington on leave of absence. General Brooke, commander of the department of the Platte, accuses him of conduct prejudicial to the K-d order and military discipline of the service In giving to a newspaper news-paper corrrspoaJent Information In regard to the charge on which lie was originally arrested. CAijrorOTA. Needle", Cal , Aug. 6. A cloudburst cloud-burst In tliemountalnsinthe eastern part of Jlojavo county, Arizona, last night washed out a bridge two miles west of Yuma. An eastern bound freight due at Yucca nt S oMock was precipitated Into the river, killing Fireman William Neil and slightly wounding Engineer Engi-neer Hursherand seriously wounding wound-ing Brakcman button. The Sau F.ancIscoexpress,duentf&ieNeedI8 lost night at G o'clock, was delayed ll Wdfcttntifa nui WltlllTOS Arfz.- and only readied Yucca a few mlu-utes mlu-utes alter Uie freight accident, liav-ing liav-ing a narrow escape. Alter the bridge was fixed up trie train came on, clcely followed by the Los Angeles An-geles express, which had overtaken the first one. When near Needles aud ruunlngfasta Iuliman ear on thu ban Francisco train left the rails, throwing the tourist car jut ahead ofitoscrou itsside. William llennult, of ran Antonio, Texas, was severely Injured, Isit tho other pussengers escaped with a severe shaking up. Los Angide", Aug. 5 All the union printers employed on the four dally papers of this city went on strike late this afternoon. Some days ago the proprietors of tiie four dailies united in a request tor a reduction re-duction in the scale from 60 cents n thousand to -10 cents. The union declined to accede tu tills and In turn ut in a formal demand that the proprietors sign a contract l noon today to maintain rates of 50 cents for one year. This the proprietors pro-prietors i romptly refused, nnd the strike followed this afternoon. Tills evening tlie proprietors gathered to ns they could find, and the papers will come out lu the morning. Mariposa, Aug.5. Marmass Wil ton, Peter Wcs tfsll. Charles Oliver and John It. McCann, accused of killing an Indian medicine man namtsl Bullock, were- brought before the superior court today on an In formation charging tin m witli murder. mur-der. They pleaded not guilty nnd tneir couuhcI demanded separate trials. The cases w ere set for September Sep-tember nth, 22nd, 25th aud 29th, and a venire was ordered lor seventy seven-ty Jurors. 1 lie crime was committed June 15th. Bullock was a medicine man and Is believed to have been shot and killed according to Indian custom because he had lost a 1Q-tlenL 1Q-tlenL oitrcic-N. Porliaud, Aug. 5. F. W. Anderson Ander-son was ntrc-ted In Hist Portland this morning by tiolicu officers on information furnished by the ill III oflicu of Oakland, Cal, stating 1 that Anderson is wanted in that 'ty for kidnapping. I.ast April s. 'e Ol-srn, a four- ear-old girl, and In ou';:lt '"-r to ,ler dnorced mother vko'" woman of the town and sister te' Audcrou. Salmi, Ane"- 5. Tlie board of tra leiias receiv. l " "?''i from "'" Oregon delegation U ashiiigton to a t. legram urging lb 'm ,0 u'c ",li J Influence in securlmt a recountef the census. The delegv '"J" la,e" that the matter has been p. -ueiJ , fote the dcpartircut, which n 'lut-slR specific allegatioim.frciisUs lu 'lr" fectiousand a full show ing of ou sioii. These will be forward's, without deloy Ashland, Aug. 5. The dead body of a man lu aua!idaticed stage m decomiosltion was found in the field of I Peuniger, two miles north of Central Point, this couu y, yestenlay about noon. A coro ner's iLque-t uevei0)eii tne latls that the d.-rnl man was Kphralm Jemlson, an old resident, about CO yearsof ae. who liail lieen missing about six weeks. The man had btcn employed by IVntilgtr cutting wcnhI, and had a camji in the clearing, clear-ing, where he lived alone. Aijar eiitly h" had starttsl for IVnulger' house and had fallen dead while on the way. No evidence of an wounds was found In the postmortem post-mortem i xatuinatiou, and the coroner's Jury simply rendered a verdict of death from cause unknow un-know ti. LlnkviIIe, Ore.. August 5. Tiie resilience of Dr. r. Heinenway, at Bonanza, caught fire at 5 X) o'clock ctenla morning from a defective-flue defective-flue and was burned to tlie ground. Nolhfug was saved. Three small children that were In tho house w ere bailly burned, prolmbl fatally. Loss, $1500; no insurance. Portland, Ore, August . Mrs. Anna Koebel jumped overboard from the upcrdec't of the steaoier latona this afternoon and was drowned. The sromsn goton board the steamer at Oregon City, and when the tnt was near KIk Itck shesuddetil h-qeil overbonrd and sank Immediate!. A boat was lowered from the ste-imcr, hut the body sank an I was not recove red. The woman had bn in ill health some time and was undoubtedly insane. She had acted strangely on the boat and was Ik-Il'S watched. She leaves a husband evixl sevcnl children. AKtZOVA. Prtscott, A. T., Aug. 5.--Colonel S. Ii. B-v.aiis.nu appotoleuof Cleveland Cleve-land as stiecla! agent of the "eral land ( nice, and who was lmlicted by the lost Unitc-4 States grand jurv for accepting a bribe of Hinry Heinlg, was brought to Prescott fur trial last night b two deputy m.r- homa. IUlensbu-s, Wash , August 5 In the course of a quarrel over a horse at Itoslin this arternoon a mgro ntmed Miles Mao stabbed and dangerously wounded a livery man named Polhctisc. Mayo was arrested, lut through fear of lynching lynch-ing was brought to tills place and jailed. The negroes declare- that If lie is lynched they will avenge his death. A bitter feeling exists bo-tn bo-tn een the whites and blacks. MW MEXICO. Albuquerque. Augusts. Theraln season has come earlier than usual in the South west, and the Atlantic aud Pacific is having an unlimited amount of trouble. One of the wont cloudbursts which lias occurred oc-curred on the road happened near Yucca station, beyond Kingmnn, la't iilht. A freight train a few hours late tame thundering along at an increased speed. All of a sudden the engine tottered en a """ mm M.K uu leii over, bur ing beneath It FiremanWilliani Nell, who was killed outright. The engineer almost miraculously irap-ed irap-ed with his life, but sustained painful pain-ful injuries. The ears following the locomotive went over in the ditch, and tills moruing daw ned upon the most serious sw reck of engine aud cars, besides the loss of one Il'e, which has occurred on the Atlantic and Pacific road. About 10 o'clock this morning an accident occurred on the same road near Navajo station. The engineer en-gineer of a passenger train in passing pas-sing over a weak spot on the road wtiieh bad bee i washed out several days before felt the track give, and threw on the air brake to stop the train. When the train came to a standstill the Pullman had reached the w eak spot. The track gave way, and tho coach fell over. Among the passengers were Mrs. Weldner, wife of Conductor Weldner, and her daughter, Miss Zella. Both la-dies la-dies were badly injured about the face and body. A colored porter received re-ceived several brjIs-arr1cutibout the body. |
