Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-08
NEWS OF THE WEST.
FlslbOlt YOyaseurS from Denver 10
Chicago.
Killed by an Electric Car, Hurt ny o
Ruuaway-Bcct Planting --fla''
eau valley Trouble.

L. &. Moo ughi cohtthut'i
rrnnolithic sidewalks and generaily
engaged iu cuTbing and paving wa,
Killed AT Denver on Monday. lie gov
oH am electric uar In font oi anulher
car moving in an opposite uiivcu 10
and was knocked down hui cThsheu W
death. He leaves n wife anu Two
daughters In Omaha.
Laramie Boomerang; Aiivr passing
the winter in suu hern COirfi'o "n4
IJah. Fred stocks mas returned 10 ~.
Tend 10 his stock aud ranch intttofW
nero. when Fred let Ush tue lIuls
trees were ia bloom, aud nledtsgusl VS.
unbouuded To nnd the icy mDhh1'''
winter, still lingering In the Iap q.
gentle spring In Wyoming.
glenwood Springs hte been male
the victim Of "leirihui man ,
fake such "a was ughi 10 be Wufheu
on salt Lake about four months "Su.
Tho concrete carcass this time n tut
M 10 the stature OF an uTdiupfy mhii
the makofs doubtless having run thoIt
OF lime aud cement. IL 10 ouly ihf,r
ffcttwo inches nigh. The HINDER was
one Thomas Harkins, and -. J.lt"liIy
OF New York cityn was on nand, win "a
couple Of avalanche representatives To
witness tie Exclamation. The noWt'
paprr men were hken iu all right anu
Hafkins Intcuds % DO likuwisu with the
people until some one expose tie
fraud.
Yesterday DR.. 80. John and Allied
Frigon embarked at Denver iu d Hat
bottomed boat, with IA avowed lutrh.
lion of going to the Woriu'. Far 10
ghieago by water. They will make
Their Wny 10 the North Plattc, thence
10 Nllss.uri, then down g. tue miHs-
isslppi, 10 the mouth Of the limos, up
that stream 10 the canal anu % 10 Ont
uago. They will then present tnolr
wayeyofn caTavel 20 the Colorado
exhibit. DR.. 81. J hn acquired cou'
siderable local uUtOfiety IA fllkiu
county during last fall's campaign 10y
his Populiat speeches. lie -
Ffenchmau anu got the nickname 81
"the man Of many tougurs' brchuae
OF hiH perfect ugIuliutRlce win sew
tral European languages. he mhlr
use OF his knowledge 70 garner IN
uig foreign vote Tor tho Populisl ticket.
Hu aud his companion Will lecture al
along their route on fec coinage.
The johnson suit against the
Southern Pacific Railway, In which
the widow sues 10 recover SO, OlO
DAMAGE, came up IN the United
States circuit court ~ Carson, Nevnuai
ON rueniny, II. Nj. Juhu-On was Killed
by falling from the running board vi %
loco motive ~ August, 1879. HIS
widow was offered $1,000 to compIomiHu
the suit, hut refused, The 1citudnute
claim that johnson was subject TO hw
and vertigo. O,her stories bring cut
the facts that the engine hni bocn ~
tue Humboldt river IN 1855, where II
lay for six months, the result oil n
wrf ok. Since that time, II Ia said the
engine has bten ia poor condition. anu
the DAY Of JOhnsOnb accident hot
water aud steam were escaping into
the cab from the detective iluts. In
attempting TO fix the chtckvHivo while
the engine was running tue engineer
was thrown Oh anu received injuries
from which he died.
A Grand Junction, Colo, Dispatch
snys: The situation In tue Plateau
valley II daily becoming mote danger
Gus. The sheep men aud the cattle
men are both sleeping On thClt arms
and an 0pon outbreak would surprise
nobody at any tine. Thursday morn
log the residence u J. II. Brink was
fet hfe to between aud 3 O'Clock aud
was totally destroyed, the occupants
narrowly escaping with their livrs.
Sunday morning the stables Of w. II.
Banister were eel on lire and destroyed,
with all their contents, including live
stock. Both Of these fires Rre charged
by tho Cattlemen TO the credit Of the
sheen men aud Il will be matter Of
great surprise II the strained condition
uf nfisirs does not lead 10 bloOdshed be-
fore many days. The oattlemen are
the settlers OF the valley anu swear
that thoy will not allow the sheep men,
who came 10 this spring, 70 run them
out.
Boise, Ihaho, 3atsamam Last
Saturday there was serious runaway
down the valley road. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph RhoRdeo, with their three
yoar.old child, and 5. $. Watkins,
were coming TO town In wagon when
one OF the tugs became uniastened aud
the horses started to run. Alr,
Rhoades was jeiked out Of the wagon
and the wheels passed over bis body.
No bones we're broken, but two deep
flashes were cut In his head. MIR.
Rhoades was thrown unto n barbsd
wire Tense and was irightiully cut
about the face and shoulder. The
little baby mad most miraculous o.
cape from death. IL was thrown over
hut Ia some manner its clothes caught
On the side OF tbs wagon. IL danglud
IN mid air for u feH minutes, whom tbs
wagon gave a sudden lutoh and the
baby wus thrown 10 the side OF the
rOhd, cutting ito face little but other
wise doiug no injury. Mr.. Watkins
remained In the wagon until the
horses broke away from Il,
Grand Junction, Colo, NowG The
btUt planting IL now completed. 10
as been found impossible to plant the
iuii acreage contracted tor because Of
'hr htcuefs Of the season before the
planting could he commenced. IL has
hpl heeu cOnsideted advisable 10 plant
lhltf Than June 1, Neverlhe less, there is
ntulllelent acreage to make thorough
TEST And the cultivation VI Oeela In
TINS valley, especially this sea.
son VIII thoroughly demonstrate the
nahp'ablllty OF spurely arid REGION To
Tue cultivation Of the plant. We have
hal but one shower the eutlro spring.
lhose VINO contracted 90 cultivate beuts
were Obliged 10 get their ground guauy
without the MD Of rain, aud they win
lie obliged % lrrigate % Ksfminats tine
sotd. This IL not thr condition any.
whore else whore brets are grown. fu
California spring showers all Ia bring
ina up the plants. SO, too, Ia Utah. In