Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-07
NEWS OF THE WEST.
SsTsral Serious Accidents Occur 10
Miners While al Work.
A MAYOR IN A DILEMMA.
Action Against the Union Pacific
Trouble over an Old
Ordinance.

An explosion occurred in the coal
mine at Carbonate, Wash, onWtdues.
day morning, ana Two miners billed.
Thomas Feeny, an old Pacific coast
man, formerly OF Virginia, New,
dropped dead on the street o. Prescott,
Aria, Wednesday evening within
fifteen mihutyH alter his arrival ifom
tbs santa Mana mines. The cause OF
death was heart failure.
3. b. Seaman and Harry II. Walsh,
two prVspoytOrs, were quite UauIy IN
Juftd northwest OF Jupplo Creek.
rhey were WORKING Ia n shalt
about seventeen ieet deep wutn
II cavsd IN, huryiuE both meu TO thuir
waists. Their Iost anu legs were bauiy
cut up.
The Union Depot company at Den.
yer has FLED tuit In the utstrIct court
Tor t0J, $3.50 against the Denver Con
svliu-t,u Eluotric company. lie gfOuuu
Ut action ~ that tue DE when pAftl-
ally destroyed the depot Uuiidings Uu
Mafoh IL last was caused by Imperfect
electric Witing.
An old ordinance at ono time In force
iu Cney enue, WyU., uauu ~ unlawful
" kvvp ANY place vi business Upou be-
tween the nvurs OF . anu IA the
morning. IL has been discovered that
t.e ordihHnov was never fepuaivu anu
Marshal Carr says no Will UuiUtCu ~
70 tno letter beginning iorIhwiIn.
The trial VI J. NJ. ZiOn, Of IndiAnr,
against the Southern fauitio company
is un Ia the circuit court ~ JHrtUu,
Nevada. The plaintiff was put oil tue
Train Ut Reno on tho srouud thAt ne
was travelling on "suaIptu" aoKuL
AT. I.un says the ticket WAS an Ofigin-
nj anu asks $500 damages.
Fish Commissioner schnilgcr has
lust received letter lrym the govern
mont hatchery at NoOsnU, Missouri,
says the Laramie boomerang, that
tuuy will ship MIN 90, % ,aiuuOW trout
tggu In hhuut SHY dsjs. lie nHu asked
Tor 100000. M. nchnitkuI viii AlsO 80.
bJ,OJJ brown trout oggs from sue Mica
isuu hatchery.
Mfs. Jerry Callahan has fled suit
in the uiauict court AZ Cheyenne,
WyO., against the Union Pacific com.
Inuy fuT 100000 damages Tor the death
ui her husband. Dit. Callahan was
engineer At the shops IN Cheyenne anu
va the HischAfge Of his duty had 10 20
up 10 liz some ahaitug. lie was
caught by Uelt aud thrown 10 tho
door, receiving Injuries from which ~
dlod.
Mayor Hoy. Of Westminster, Is. O.,
has been accused Of accepting bfiBo
= MnW lltHIlE HNNHWE
company, the only American company
biuuing 10 secure contract for the
iew s3UO,000 bridge over the Fraser
tyer Hoy, II Is said, wired Cooper,
Tue consuming engineer, from the
Whaloom office ~ gave tins contract 10
tho Builcn company. A oummittoe Of
oluzvns IL investigating tbs onafgo.
The greatest steer on earth IL now
honoring South Omaha with his ooiOs.
sal and mag u iioent presence, says tho
Laramie Boomerang. He Ia described
~ being NuIte 80 snow, handsome IN
iJrm, weighing over 4iOJe pounds,
stands aiI feet ton inches without his
stockings, Ia twelve feet i've Inches In
length anu rising four years old. IL IN
estimated by stOCkmen that when
fatloned ho will weigh Al least 1900
pounds
A complaint wss iiled al Los Ange-
los, Cal, on wednesday, against A.
w. Benson, the theatrical manager,
who until few days ago had been Tor
several mouths past conducting the
Grand opera house In this city. Ben
son sold half interest In the business
10 one Rickorts, An EngliahmAn, fe-
ceiving large sum Of money. RICK
eftH avers that he WAa grossly swindled
In the deal through BunsOn'a false rep.
Irssutatious, also that Benson has leit
town owing thousands OF dollats Tor
which tbs partnership Ia liable. 10 II
said that Benson, who is now in New
York, will DO sAtrauited.
An accident at tho works Of the
smoksless Powder company near San
TIatasl, Cal, on Wednesday morning
resulted IN Workman BaohAua being
badly burned about tho head, anne
ami face. The accident occurred In the
chilling room, where the powder l.
taken, uampened and run into rollers
In some unknown manner tue powder
on winch BaohAuB was working be-
came ignited and some 200 pounds
In the room went up In smoke. The
nature OF tho powder 10 such that II
viii not explode In quantities, ana this
fact saved Baonaus and the other work
men from shocking death and the
building from total dvsiruouon.
An accident occurred In both the
Consolidated aud Vulcan mines at
New Castle. Colo, on "Wednesday,
John HANSON, John Middleton aud
John MacManus, on going into tho
slope at tneVulcan, found u hole drilled
In which the shot had not gone n.
They attempted 10 take this shot out
and In doing 40 fired 1t. Tue explosion
surioubly injured Jonn Hanslon aud
John MRUMauus, while Addiction
escaped with slight inluties. Tho
wounded men Will recover. Later, al
the Consolidated tho shot hrer, q Orge
Churchill, In carrying exploeivs Gaps
in his vest pocket, accidentally touched
one OIL aud u exploded, tearing ms sldo
badly. IL Is NOT known II recovery Ia
possible.
NJ. X. Harris, Judge OF the Superior
court, Fresno county, Cal, has
brought suit against X. h. Austin,