Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-19
NEWS OF The WEST.
4 California Pioneer Takes His Life
With SlIyChnine
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF rowDER.
Two Chinese Murdcrers Try 20 Break
Jali-The Patrol system
Other Items.

grain. He says there Ia lees than two
inches Of snow there, auu that hauling /
10 at a stnndstill on account Of II. lie |
Gays n msn can make wages 10y coming |
To this valley for grain and hauling It
to the camp.
A secret meeting Of q number OF |
prominent citizens was held al Canon |
City, Colorado, on Monday, 10 discuss |
railroad matters. IL IN unIorstuot that |
an effort will be made 10 secure the |
building Of the Florence aud Cripple |
Creek llne 10 this city. The Rock |
leland Will also be llefCd inducements |
to tuild 10 Canon City.
A meeting OF the Bar Association Of |
Knlispel, Montana, has been held 20 |
consider the hdvisabillty Of having that |
judicial district divided. The prupo- |
tition H. TO have Flaihcad aud Teton /.
counties set on a. n separate judicial |
district. A committee oi three was |
appointed 10 go 10 Helena when the |
legislature cUnvones TO lobby In the |
interests Of the measure.
The ciltlemen OF Montana have had |
very successful year, Gays the Hel. |
ena iHdCpCHdeHt. While the prices |
received this year by the cattlomcn |
were not altogether satisfactory, they |
were very much higher than last year. |
a careful estimate OF tho amount |
brought into the state this your from
the sale Of cattle alone places u In the |
noighbOfhODd OF s0iOO0,OOO. This onuT- |
nous amount Il distfibuiod 10 more |
people than the total fer any previous
year.
A very painful accident happened
10 Charles T0utvllie on sunday after.
noon Mt PandO, lumber camp eove-
raj miles from Red Clih, Colorado. lie
whs ruptirlHg an old bob.sltd aud held
tedhot bolt with pair Of tongs
When he struck the Iron with the
hammer the bolt glanced OH striking
him on the ball OF tho loft eye, from
the effect Of which ho will lose the
sight entirely. lie was taken 10 Lead
Wills 10 an 0Culiat, who viii try 10 save
the sight OF the other eye.
The patrol System q caring FOR the
public STREETS " 10 bu introduced into
the city Of oakland, Cal. 10 ~ favored
by the coubcll and superintendent Of
streets. Under this System q man Is
given u certain number Of blocks which
he IL required 10 sweep aud keep IN
good otueL IL also probable thgttho
council will authorize tho aupotintun-
dent Of streets 10 employ 200 men TO
give the public thorOughiafcs a general
DvtThauliug nud At the same time re-.
liuyU the distress which Pre- wallis among
the laboriuR men aud enable them 10
obtain their Chrlsimas dinners.
Last Frldsy night, Deputy Sheriff
O'Noill hehrJ noise like tho gnAwing
Of Arat In the county Jail Al Shora-
Al. 10
veHtigAtlon was made, and under the
false floor OF the cell OF Chin Hane
and Hoey Yen Sling, condemned Chi.
nesv murdurers who are awaiting the
result Of an appeal, were found half n
dozen fine steel saws anu caaeknifo
made into a saw. The Cinnamon claim
that the saws were passed to them by
one OF the StTybe brothers, 10 DO kept
till lac asked for them again. The
Strybes deny all knowledge Of tho
saws.
Word has been received from Bowie,
Atlz., that the robbery Of tho stage
near there, which occurred last ThuTs-
day night,wa committed by the driver
OF the stage that was held up. He WIS
Nil alone on the stage with the mail,
and after cutting open the mail sacks
aud riding their contents no Matched
up story about having been held up
aud expected that II would be believed,
because that country IL Infested with
holu.ups ana hard character. He was
suspected however, and ON being ar
rested some OF the stolen mall wa.
found on his person. lie was sent 10
Tucson for trial.
CaEadero, a little town about thirty
miles from Santa Rosa, CAL, lie CON
slderably stirred up over the mysleT'
iOua disappearance OF John Cook, q
cripple, VINO owned Gud ran smnl
saloon not far from town. He diHap
peaTei about week ago and no trace
has been found OF him. A bullet hOl,
found In the wall over bis bod and Ont
through the door, show that there had
been come shooting, and tho finding
OF CookiH hat and coat indicates that u
he was murdered II was while he wal
working about tho house. There wa
considerable money In his house. Par
ofthia has been found. The nolghboTi
believe that the man has been murder
cd and tho body concealed, and hay,
been searching the woods.
On Saturday night n hunter named
Broyles, living at sacramento, Cal
nut six pounds OF pOwdeT which hal
become damp 10 dry In tho stove oven
nnor the FIRE had gone out, aud ne &
lected 10 notify his brothers. Mex
morning his brother Charles built
dfo ia the stove and missing the pow
der asked what had become OF II. Be
ing toll that It was In the oven h,
opened the door 10 take IL out and 4
exploited, burning him severely abou
the head and neck, settling his ol0lhei
on hre and burning his hands an,
arms up 10 the elbows. Anothe
brother who was In the room wa
hurled against the opposite side of tn
room aud badly burned about tn
face. The stove was wrecked, IN,
windows blown out and three door
blown from their hinges.
General Taylor Smith, an orchards
near Campbell, Cal, took dose o
atrychnlne on Sunday evening an
died. lie was about 45 yeaTB OF age
and was born In Uath, while his par
snts were ON ths way to Californi
with OK teamP. Smith had been In al
insane asy lum several times aud drea
OF being again committed caused hi
act. Mayfeld Smith, n brother OF Tia
suiclde, was In the city ut the time IA
poison was taken. When he TeluTue
tho general was in commissions IN IN
yard. Ho asked the cause OF his Illness
and tho general replied that he ha
taken siryChnine. A doctor was sum
moned from Campbell, hut the ma