Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-07

20 blow up with dynamite the tug
Ethel ami Ms-t0n ~ h.r dJek on tus
south side OF Fshermen's wharf, near
the loot Ot Union street, Sau Fran.
cisco. That tue attempt failed was no
fault OF the fiendish perpetual IRE Of tue
outrage. There Is no positive clue "a
TO VINO the guilty persona are. The
only solution rs to who the instigatOTs
of such au act could be lies in the
present sailor troubles over tho ship.
ping OF union aud nou.union crews on
c0asting vessels. The material used
In the attempt to destroy the tug was
stick VI Hercules No. powder or
dynamite, In which had been inserted
eighteen lion caps all OF which was
attached 10 n coil fuse and placed on
top Of the high pressure cyiluder in
the engine room ami lighted. Tho
fuse burned very slowly evidently,
anu the cylinder being warm--as the
steam Ia kept up In the boilers all
night--cnused par, OF tho compJsillon
fuse 10 melt, and the burning end
went cut. The preparations were dis.
covered by the engineer, who had been
asleep ON thS boat oil night au1 In
hlissful Ignorance Of what was going
forward.
John d. Stockdale, boy Of 10. was
shot anu killed Dy Maurice Bike. at
Denver, on Wednesday night. The
shooting was entirely accidental. The
two boys spent the evening together
IN SlOckdale's house ami about 10
O'Clock Baxter started 10 40 home.
btUckdale accompanied him out on the
porch Tor the purpose Of examining
revolver belonging to Baxter, which
he wished to purchase. Standing out
In itOnt " the house Baxter handel
the revolver 81 his clmpAnion aud
Sl0ckualr examined II aud probably
unwitliugly placed the trigger at full
COCK, and WHEN he han led IL back &
Baxter the mu1llo pointed direct.
~ at his stomach. Ia taking
hold VI tho gun Baker prof.
ably caught hold Of tue trigger aud the
hammer Tell aud "a bullet was sent fly.
ing Into his friends towels. Hn did
not know that he had shot him until
StOCkdale cried uut. vi am shOi.n
This was his only utteTauce. Baxter
hardly hal time TO help him into the
house before no expired. Baxter Al
once notified tho police, but no pro-
Creliugs Will DO taken against him.
The dead boys patvnis live In Scott
county, Iowa. In Denver he lived
with his aunt.
Judge CARRIER, OF San Ffanclsco, has
reud red an Important dcoisl0u, giving
Judgment for tue defendant IN the suit
OF Hat,ir Shutc agaiust the Pacific
Mutual Insurance company. rhe
action was 10 recover SlOOOD GU "a
policy iusuriug the NE VI DR.. w. H.A.
HOgdOu against PERSONA Injury or
death by accident. HudgJOn died
during tue iifo u to policy, and the
plaiuiill, ~ his beneficiary, burd for
ihe Insurance, claiming that HOdg-
don's drsih resulted from one oil the
accidental causes against which he
was insured. IL was admitted In tho
trial that death was caused by tue Ia.
hnlution Of cnl0fofurm. The deceased
was u physician in active practice "a
the lime 0i his death. He took the
cnloroi0rm 10 relieve the paiu attend.
ing certain rectal troubles from which
ho hau loHg Uttered. He bad often
before taken the drug Tor The same
purpose. At the time alleged In the
complaint he was found Ia his be-
dying. The sheet had been drawn W
40 that It coveted his lace. His hanjs
were hOl ting to his nose han ker-
chief saturated with chlorpiorm,
tho thumb AMI for hager graspinH