The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-14

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charge of attempting suicide by
going over the falls.
HENRY sHAW's REQUESTS.
By the death of Henry Shaw, the
celebrated botanist and well-known
philanthropist, the city of st. Louis
comes into possession of the finest
botanical garden in America, and
it has but two peers in the old world.
"Shaw's Garden" has always been
open to the public and has always
been highly enjoyed and appreci-
ated by the citizens of st. Louis,
and one of the places of interest to
which stranger was sure to be
taken. It's founder, who died re-
Gently, aged ninety, had been a res
ident of St. Louis since 1919, ex-
cepting ten years spent in foreign
lands studying botany and other
wise preparing for establishing this
beautiful garden which now comes
as a gift to the city he loved. The
bulk of his property, amounting to
100000, he bequeathed to the
city. Mr.. Shaw has long been known
as the benefactor of St. Louis by
reason of his gift of Tower Park
and other lesser breathing spaces
which he had ornamented and beau
titled and then turned over to be
enjoyed by the public. : He was
particularly interested in the child
rem of the poor, thousands of whom
have learned to bless the name of
this childless man whose heart was
full of love for all children. His
funeral was very largely attended,
the procession that followed his re-
mains to the tomb being the largest
funeral procession ever seen in st.
Louis. Bishop Tuttle preached a
funeral sermon at the church and
read the burial service at the grave.
ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
William H. Wright, of Ogden,
came near being strangled to death
a few evenings ago. While playing
with his children, and running
races around the house he unfor-
tunately ran into a clothes-line
stretched from the porch to the
fence. The force of his rush broke
the line, and the impromptu lasso in
an instant twirled itself around his
neck in an agonizing coil, nearly
choking him to death. 1t was only
by the most strenuous efforts that
Mr.. Wright could finally loosen the
hempen necktie, which left pain
full bloodshot ring around his neck
and other smarting wounds on his
chin and ear where the rope struck
him. 1t was a narrow escape from
painful death. The children were
present, but were all very young,
and did not understand the situa-
ton, but thought their father was
making those frantic groans and
efforts for their special amusement,
and that it was all a part of the
play. Mr.. Wright succeeded at last
in loosening the rope, though in do
ing it he nearly skinned his fingers.
CLEANING .BRoDERIcK's MONUMENT.
A dispatch from San Francisco
says that in the light of Judge Ter
RVS recent death the cleaning and
restoration of Senator Broderick's
monument has caused much COM
ment. The monument is a fine
marble shaft of great simplicity,
about twenty feet high, bearing at
the base an allegorical figure of
Liberty weeping, and another of a
mourning artisan. 1t stands on the
highest point of Laurel Hill Gene
terry, overlooking the Golden Gate.
The sea breezes of thirty years have
bIackened the marble, and it is due
to Senator Fairs generosity that
the present renovation of the mon
ument is made. He was a great
admirer of Senator Broderick.
DIVORCE FROM A CHINAMAN.
A Chicago dispatch says that
Chinese divorce case is the latest
addition to the marital misfit bu-
reau. 1t marks the commencement
of a wane in the practice of white
girls marrying Cinnamon, which
has been quite popular in the city OF
Chicago, as the complainant is a
white woman who married Chi
naman. Blanche 10y is the white
girl who has tired of her almond
eyed spouse. She said in the cir
cult court that she married Ching
10y in 1886, since which time they
have been running a laundry. On
July 9Th, last, after treating his wife
With great cruelty, Ching sold his
establishment to countryman and
fled to the flowery kingdom with
all his money. Mrs. 10y AYERS that
since her marriage, Ching repeated
ly beat and choked her, and his
favorite amusement was throwing