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Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS. An Acconnt of tbe Indians at Fort Hall, SU.N IUcn OF AIUrillOLS. SaplKisctl ilunlcr by Apaclies ia Ariznaa. v ovii.se. Governor Warren has issued a Croclamation designating ISeptcm-ur ISeptcm-ur 11th as the day ujon whirli the first dtate election will be held. toca. cattle men are dtjio--J to holdfetlitir stock for a short time, many .redicting that good steers will be worth SIO before long. Another Wyoming boom. About sixty bear skins have been brought to tiie county clerk in the last tn o w etks for which the statutory statu-tory bounty of ;d each was ld. The mountains up north are rather an txpensive luxury to Uintah County. I Cheyenne, Jul IS. Louis Caro a wealthy stockman of Brown's Pare, was drowned in Gretu River whi'e swimming cattle struts the river. His bod was brought into Rock Springs yertcrda b George Ijir. Caro was one of the oldest members of the Odd Fellows' frateruity in Wyoming. Cheemie, Wyo , July IS. A sevtre storm swept over tills citv this afternbon. The heaviest rain of the season fell, ahd eras accom-lanled accom-lanled by lightning and thunder. The lightning stnick a flock of shttp grazing near the quarantine grounds near the citv . The herder, George Gregor,andalarge number num-ber of sheep were killed. A child of William Scaulau was also killed during the storm. The Arapahot-s ot the Wind River reservation, havejust finished a sun dance of fourdas'duratiou Formerly the Indians did stvire iienancu at the celebrations, but the barbarous portion of the festival I as lieen eliminated by order of the government. gov-ernment. The"uudanceisa test of manho-xl. Tho tried bucks,whtu the old custom prevailed, put the caudl dates for tribal honor on the ratk. A slit w as cut between the should trs of a lad who isplred to lie a warr"or. ' a. iiiong was passeu iiirougu mis ' and the two ends made fast to a supple tree. The noviciate slowly tore hini-t if from bondage, abstaining abstain-ing from food or drink during tiie trial Often three days elatffrd before be-fore the flesh was broken. Voting mtn of slight or impaired phsiUe frequently filled to -land the terrible terri-ble ordeal. Now the Indians try thtir jowirx of endurance and d) houorto tlitir king ofdi b dancing danc-ing iu tiie0.i. iir. A lad at tin sgtnty writes a Chtyiuue friend that the Indians hid a high old time for four da s. L iqenne Juur mil tlKltoOS. Portland, July lb The log liook of tht A nit I lean ship iy. rectiill arrived in port from JvTen York, is a Isngchaptir of disastrous accidtnts anil bad weather Captain Piter Conllntrbas betn irre-led at the instigation in-stigation of sailor Arthur Wagle,oii the charge of txtrtme bruUlit to tlit" crew. It ,s alleged In tl e complaint com-plaint tint Captiln CVrdiLcr is a her, irate individual, who loves to issert his authority in the mo-t expressive ex-pressive nianntr. It was nothing unu-uil fur him to knock a man down just for siart. The ship Kfi Ntw Vork on the l'tli of 1 tl.rtiarv, aud-evtndaslaltr, it Lsclaimtd, tiie captain heat Charles Wilbur, for some technical oll'en-e- mil eight da -following tliat lieat aud kicked tlit face of George llngu. Anothtr sailor further churned thitthesalkirs liad to work without rest from s o'clock In the ruorningtil! midnight, ml tint for n w ttk at i stretch the wtrelorced totoilscvtutetii hours a day. In couseiiuencc of the in- human treatment atTunled 1 the captain, so the corni Hint eonlfnut -, John Carney, aiiapirtiitice-,jiimpetl overloard and vommiltcd suicide about the 1st of tht month. Captain Cordiutr denies the story and the it is a blackmailing scheme on sa part of the sailor". 'JIOItAIl. Ia. A. staiiy, the vcli-Miow n at-tome, at-tome, rttumetl fnim a trip to his Twin I.akeH ranch WtsiuestLi tvening. On his dovn he-was he-was dnvini: a team .ind leading a hor-f whtn, at tilt bndgt across the Frying Pan near Asn Jjut-tiou, Jjut-tiou, one of his mart's fett sliiitd into .i broken place in the Hoor. Mr taley got out and began chopping to release the aulmil's leg. she begin to struggle so violently vio-lently to rtlta-e lurself as to I nock Mr. bta'e oh" the bridge, axe and ill into tht seething, rush ing waters ten feet below. Though he vvas liniupercd by having on Ids du-ter, In addition to his ilothex, he swam out and succeed ed in reaching the shore, without other injury tliau a bruise on the kiiee.Hisiijt,alargc,broad-hrinimi'd affair, floated down stream, lodged ou i nillt aud was recovered Help was secured from a ntiglilsjring ranch and the animal released from her painful predicament so badl lamed tliat Mr btalsy via obliged to leave Ihe team aud resume his homeward Jourue on the railroad. Pir-ous hviug near by sa tint il Mr. Stalt hail fallen into the creek tn o weeks earlier, he w ould scarcer have been able to get out. It was a t Iot call at best. Uand Juhdiun Star, July IS WASIUMrTON A Spokane Fills, Wash., spec ill sas. Horse thieves line made a grand round-up in Kastcrn Washington Wash-ington and Northern Idaho during the past few- das. The method of thtir operations indicates tliat tin have a regularly organized band with a leader. Saturday ami Stm-di Stm-di last they rendezvoused near tills tity and hastened away with 5(W head of horses toward the linti-h Columbian line, through the Flathead Indian couutrv, in northwestern Montana. A Walla Walla farmer reports the loss of Al held which were traced to within a ft w miles of sjiokane Falls. Win Lewis oft'heuev, lo-t a staliiou for which he rectntly (aid $1 -WO. V large number of ranchers hivt organized for pursuit of the thieves, but with little iiopu of success, as they have a good start. A tatlle U turn to occur If the pur-uers overtake over-take tbe thieves. Mrs Nellie Child? committed suicide at the Ilrevoort House, cattle, early on the morning of Jul 10, by taking a dose t.f "rough on rats." The cause of the deed is not know ii. It Is supposed, however, how-ever, it was the result of depressed spirits, brought about by a protracted pro-tracted spree, during which she had trouble with her husband. AKUONA. Gklw, Ariz., July It.. Information Informa-tion has K-en nceiied here of tho dlseuvtry of the dead body of Kd-wanl Kd-wanl Ilaker at Ins cabin in the Ancha Mountain, forty miles north of Globe. He ls supposed to have been murdered on the 14th. Some doubts are expressed as to whether the deed was committed by Aiaches or white ru-tlers, but the fact that the body had been mutilated about the head points to the killing by Apaches. A number of horses were stolen and the cabin looted. Citizens Citi-zens from Salt River and sheriff Thompson, with arposse leflje-ter-dayfor the scene of the tragedy. Troote and scouts from San Carlos and surrounding jiosts are also en route. SEW MEXJCU. Las Cruces, N iL, July 16. Yesterday afternoon a party of six prisoners working on the streets made a sudden dash for freedom. They kuotked one of the guards over with a shove and securing bis pistol took a couple of flying shots at the rcmainlngguards, oncshot mak-ingahad mak-ingahad scalp wound that nuy prove fatal. Two of the escaped were np-l prehended at a late hour last night,! and the balance ate being hunted in all directions. Among tl.e prisoners still at Urge are two noted horse thieves. IDAHO. WiiilsinUbckfoot a short lime ago wemetoneltvadfl, an Indian belonging to the Fort Hall Reservation. Reserva-tion. Ijavada Is '11 years old and is fairly educated. Ue learned from a conversation with h!m Uiat he iiad been nine years In school at Deer Lodge, Montana, and is now married mar-ried and settled down with ills triLu the Itaunocfcs ou the reservation and when wu saw him, he was engaged before tho District Court in Dlackfoot as interpreter in a case where a citizen was charged with selling liquor to the Indians. Monkey Jackson, a blanket Indian, was a i urcliaser of the liquor, and wa a willing nitness against the vendor, who was convicted on aid Monkey's testimony and that of another blanket spetimtu who helped him to imbibe the forblddtu firewater. About fifteen hundred Bannocks are located ou tho reservation about three fb-irtlis of whom are blanket Indians those that receive rations from tliu government, but (uMilively refuse to work for thtir living. There are about four hundred hun-dred adult Indians, abotitone-fourth or whom arc wonting on ti.tir farms, and are raising and selling wheat, iits and potatoes-, and some of them ow ii considerable t ropcrty. One of tbe noble reus who is distinguished dis-tinguished by the name of Whisky Joe, cultivates twenty-five acres of and and is aid to own propcrt worth SIO.OM dollar. The Indian school hs located at Tort Hall, alwut eight mllci from H'ackfoot aud sixteen six-teen from Ross' Fork, where the Indian farms abound and Hour-!u. Hour-!u. The school Is kept open ten months iu theear. ill July and August a vacation is given. Needle work and domestic labor ate taught the Indian girl-, and mt-thanicnland mt-thanicnland farm work is taught thubos and the general liiturts of au Kuglisli education is taught tu all tlas-es. Aliout one hundred scholars are tiirollttl, and are receiving re-ceiving tlit btntfit rf this interest ing and imporla'it institution, and we learned from Lavadi that ar-ranginicnts ar-ranginicnts are belli;, made to enlarge en-large the school and increase the nueibir of iLs jhipils. SuuVurn IdaliO IndrjKttdcnt. John Johnson, of Randolph, a-pears a-pears tu be at apt upil in the Lib eral school. It is only n few montlis since he severed his connection with the Randolph Wani of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lalltr-tla Lalltr-tla Saints, and he has already budded aud blo-sometl out as a whiskey seller without a li-ctnsc. li-ctnsc. He cills hi ibominition "tlit Ila.Hlsi! Ii Pride' all inintrd In capitals. He is said to It) sti ling liquor in ta fiance of the territorial law and the county coun-ty oflleers Um James I'rown, formtrl a member ef the same ward, "is Ids whisky isirtuer. Itcpjieats however, from the court record- of Randolph th tt Mr. Johnson John-son is we 11 up if not a lilt's- iu nJ-viiice nJ-viiice of Ins part. Ho 1-thargcJ by Jolin C. Gil, of Randolph, with tillering upon Ills, the com' lain-ant's, lain-ant's, premist durliig Ills altoiuce ami wilfully and criminal! miking ofiensivcaiid lmlectut jtrojioaLs to the complainant's wife, and with otln r villainous eonduct. bouthiru Idaho Ind' pendent. |
