The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-08

bodies being blown into shreds. Eli
Smith died from his injuries to-day.
Pieces of flesh have dropped from the
arms of Wade Shuff1ebarger, exposing
the bones, and his death will soon come.
Jerome Carter and William Carter were
also seriously injured. The explosioni is
said to be due to the carlessness of the
boiler to run too low.
CRIMINAL CARELEssNEsS.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, January 6.-Last
night, John Clark, an engineer on the
West Leisening mines, started down
the shaft with two miners to examine
the pumps. The fireman was put in
charge OF the engine. When all was
ready, he started the cage, but forgot
10 reverse the engine. The cage went
to the top triple rapidly and there the
rope broke, dropping the cage and the
men to the bottom of the shaft 800 feet
killing all three instantly.
RAILROAD WRECK.
NEW ORLEANS, January GA Brook
Haven, Miss, special says the south
bound passenger train on the IlllLo
Central was wrecked at Cedar Hill, by
an open switch this evening. Engineer
Jarvey and a negro fireman were badly
bruised, and one or two passengers
slightly hurt.
STEAMBOAT DISASTER.
The steamboat Park @. Bowen, from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, struck
snag at Hermitage landing, at Point
Coupe parish, at o'clock last night,
and soon sank. Eight lives were lost
The boat is O total loss, and the cargo
is floating away down the stream. The
names of the lost are: William Mitchell,
William Marshal, James Harrison,
William TAYLOR, Abraham Mitchell,
barber and porter, whose names are
unknown. All Of the steamers crew
and the passengers were saved.
RACE TROUBLE.
A Vicksburg special says: Race
trouble is again threatened at Ozark,
Miss, the place where short time ago
a number were arrested on charge of
burning Colonel Paxton residence, and
as it was asserted the plotting to as
sassinate the family. The negroes
succeeded in escaping, but it was
thought some of them were afterwards
| killed. + is said to-day that negroes
in the vicinity assembled in large mum
bars and threatened vengeance. Fifty
| Winchester rifles were sent from here
to-day. and the militia is being held in
readiness 10 respond to summons.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
New YORK. January civilian
Mann, an artist, shot and killed his
neice, Carrie Jones, and committed
suicide in an uptown tenement to-day.
She was a married woman and had
been living with Mann as his wife for
several years. The woman's husband
whose name is Stephen Jones, is a car
penter, living in Poughkeepsie, and has
not lived with his wife for thirteen
years. A 14-year-old son of Jones and
the woman who had deserted him, II
thought to be the cause of to-day''
tragedy. He lived with his mother
and Mann wished to get rid of him
Mann had frequent quarrels with the
woman on the boys account.
DOUBLE STAGE ROBBERY.
C1ovERDALE, Call, January Ga
. double stage robbery occurred las
night. The down stage from Mendo-
cino CITY was stopped near Philo by
masked highwaymen, who demande'
the treasure box; holding revolver i
one hand, he took the box from tn
driver with tie other. The stage ha,
only gone lf few hundred yard
when it was met by the up stage iron
Cloyerdale, and the driver remarked tina
he also had been robbed, but gave n
details. The express boxes were q
that was taken.
AN EMBEZzLER CAUGHT.
DENVER, January 6.-Harry G. Stick
ney, alias Harry Gardner, late cashie
of the Chelsea Salt Works of Boston
was arrested here last night, charge
with enbezzling S., 900 from the com
pany. He had $500 when arrested
He will be held until the arrival OF OF
ficers from Boston.
DEPUTIES AND HIGHBINDERs.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 7.-To-da
there was resumption of hostilltlt
between deputy sheriffs, who have bee
officially placed in charge of the CHI
. nese stores on 806 Dupont Street, an
I Chinese highbinders, said to be in tn
! employ of Lee Wong, who wanted
secure possession of the store. Just
one deputy sheriff was relieving al
other, the discovery was made tha
some one was trying to pry open I'll
door. One of the deputies shouted
the invaders, who were now chopin
at the door, to desist or he woul
shoot. A fusilede of bullets from II
outside was the response The office
lodged behind the partition and the
opened fire, the highbinders returnIr
it with a succession of volleys. VI
deputy finally craWled along the fioC
and began firing at short range. t
soon heard someone outside give ye
of pain and then fall. ALI the invat
ers then ran, taking the wounded
dead, if any. with them, for subsequel
investigation showed there was not
man to be seen. About thirty sho
lWere fired in all.