Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-14
NEWS OF THE WEST.
An EnglIShman'S narrowing Expert.
enCe al Santa Monica, Cal.
SUICIDE OF A MINING MAN
Fatal Accident 70 a Boy at Smlihileld
Cache Co.-Morialiiy At butte,
Montana, Etc.

The lumber yard Of Eugene Amor.
otti at Lander, Wyo., was destroyed
by Gre early this morning. The IRE
was the work Of an incendiary, as the
yard was fred In two separate places
Estimated damage is $4,000.
A Montana exchange says that dur
ing the first eight days OF the PRESENT
month seventeen babise died IN Butte,
ten OF the deaths resulting from chOlefh
infan,um. During August fourteen
babies died In Butte from the same
cause. Some OF the doctors attribute
the mortality 10 milk, some 10 the watof
aud others 10 both.
An American from some portion OF
Sonora was found dead on Tuesday on
Warrington street, phmnix, "A. II.
No one knows his name, but the
clothing he wore had the marx OF
He-mosiiio merchants. Ho was evi'
Gently man OF some consequences ~
he has pack train thoroughly
equipped for deaert aud mountain
travel. The Jury returned verdict OF
death from natural ouuaer.
The I2.ycai-lld sou Of Thomas
Obafy, u smith field, Cache county,
power cLuFn, on tue ranch ~ William
roombs. The boy hit the animal with
awhip, causing him to Teiaiiate. lm'
mediatciy the h0rsv turned aud kickeui
ttflting him Ia the stomach, The
kick was severe one. DIR. snow was
teiephuned for nu1t morning, but the
boy expired about five minutes before
his arrival, alter great suffering
Oscar QuArselle, who was sent 10 the
ponitentiafy irom Bear Lake county
nr nvc years for killing his wife, has
been granted bis freedom by The Idaho
board Of pariont. Qunrseilo's sentence
would have expired In about Two
months, but, owing 10 many o1tonuat.
ing circumstances surrounding the
care aud Ia combination OF his uni
form good conduct as a prisoner aud
the almost unanimous appeal OF the
oitlEsus Of Bear Lake county, txs
,oulive ciemonoy was extended IA his
behalf.
Thomas Rhodes, a well known min
Ing man, committed suicide In his
room In the Holienbeck, Lee Angelic,
on Monday morning by shooting him.
trif in the mouth, tue weapon used
Lolng q Colps seli.aoting revolver. The
deceased was one OF the most popular
aud test connected young men IN
California. amt had been Stopping At
the HOilcpbcrk since thr 18th inst,
Among the effects OF the deceased
were found two cards, upon the back
~ each being written the following;
'In case OF n fatal accident happening
10 me away from home, wish my
remains 10 be shipped 10 Los Angeles
to be urrmated. Thomas Rhodes" On
the back Of each card was also
written a request that IN case VI acci-
dent his vile should be- telegfaphe1
for AZ once Mt the Palace hotel, San
Frauclsco. IL 10 stated that about two
wears ago Rhodes cleaned up some
500, 600 In mining la Lower Cnliior-
MIA. Everything he touched turned
into money. This kept up until quite
recently. Some tune ago he put u
large pile OF money lnlJ n mine In
Colorado, and when tue recent iinRn.
clal crash came the mine WAS closed
up with the rtst.
George Carter, an Engllshmau,
about 30 years u age, had AN expert.
encu at Santa Monica, Cal, during the
long hours OF Sunday night that Il
narrowing In its awful details. He
had been drinking more or LEES during
the day and just about dusk found him.
SELF wandering about on the buff,
which is 100 feet high. He mate n
ialse step and went plungiug over the
pTeciploc. From the condition Of his
limbs when found he must have struck
ON his feet on some Juttlng earth mild
way down aud then cid the rest OF the
way, for hit ankles were both broken.
The force Of the fall rendered him at
first unconscious, but gradually he re-
gained his senses aud realized his
pitiAblo condition. II was pitch dark
aud he valnly called Tor help. No one
passed his way, and II they had would
probably have been unable 10 hear his
calls, for he was very weak and the
roar Of tho breakers nearly ut his feet
would have drowned his feeble efforts.
He must have suffered fTlghiiully.
All the small bones In one Of
his ankles were but mass
Oi pulp, no badly were they
broken, and the other ankle was not
much better. Before morning deeper.
alton sliced him, and taking pocket
knife from his clothes he determined
10 put an emu TO his agony. He made
dozen ugly Htaba on his face anu
neck, hut In hls enfeebled condition
III his efforts were Intellectual, anu
then again he relapsed into unc0n-
robustness. IL was about 0 O'Clock In
the evening when he went over the
bluGand at O'Clock IN the morning
some paisora.by from the wharf discov-
cred his inangled body ut the foot Of
the oli1. He had lain there for thif-
teen hour. Carter was conveyed to
santa Monica, n mile or NO away, and
physicians proceeded TO dress his
wounds. Life was nearly gone. He
was feaTfully shaken up internally,
aud besides all this there were great
gashes on the eide Of his face where no
had jablsd his knife for tho purpose Of
putting AN end to his existence. Ply.
ticlnns thlnk ne has II bare possibility