Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-18
NEWS OF The WEST.
Dastardly Attempt 10 BLOW Up an
Italian clearinghouse.
AGAIN THE WAGES OF SIN.
A Switchman Killed at Butte, Mont
Death Of Famous Woman
Preacher, Lite.
AGAIN TUE WAGES OF SIN.

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The Reno Gasttto has a statement 10
the effect that there Il n band VI horse
and cattle thieves operating In the
south tnl Of the Fox range Of noun.
iaina, north Of Reno, Nevada.
Rev Lydia Sexton, Tor city years
famous o. the woman preacher, died al
Seattle, WASH, on SUNDAY, She was
born Ia 1893, and was known through.
out the length OF the laud. Fora year
past she has been blind.
There is great complaint by farmers
ON the Heppner (Orl branch ruau, be
cause cars cannot be- had 10 ship their
grain. A complete deadlock has
existed for SOME time. The warehouses
eau receive no more and can't ship
what they have.
-Four men attempted to hold up tue
northbound train on the Southern
Pacific, nine miles south Of Uraups
Pass, Or. The engineer saw red
light ahead, aud Instead OF slowing up
opened the throttle anu flew past. The
men wore masks anu were armed, but
no shots wero fired.
Ten men were injured by IN oxplo.
sion OF IRE damp Or gus Ia the Vulcan
nine NJ Newcastle. There had been
small fre In tho mine, but II was sup.
posed 10 have been oxtinguished, aud
tho men were ordered by the suporin-
tendent TO return " work when the
explosion occurred. Some OF tho men
may die.
Tho Baker City, Idaho, Democrat
says that one VI tho largest Blcufs ever
raised In that section of the country
was brought into the city Saturday,
ana on the scales weighed just 25si
pounds. Mr.. James n. Wisdom raised
the steer on hia farm In Powder valley.
IL Is a shorIhotn anu lust i've years
old.
The Idaho Springs hsiOs says tho
building ot a lOO.stamp mill Tor the
cheap treatment Of low grade ores Il
much discussed project among mill
men there. With oorrvBp0ndingly low
railroad rates, many OF the mines that
ARE now idle would start up and fur.
nish profitable employment for many
men.
A dastardly and partly successful
attempt 10 blow up the Bravo hotel at
Ban Rafael, Cal, an Italian boarding
resulting In wfecking the Kitchen anu
terroTiElng the inmates VI the house.
Antonio Victoria, LOGGER, the
sapposed perpetrntor, wns at once
placed under arrest and charged with
the crime.
j. II. Saget, swltchman In the
Great Northern yards Mt Butte, Mont,
was instantly killed on SUNDAY even.
ing by collision between an engine
anu loaded freight cars, caused by n
mistake In signals givona by Pat
Clancy, another swltohman. Clancy
was also seriously injured. Every
bone In Sageps body was broken. He
ieayesa wifo and small child.
News has been received at
PRtalumh, Cal, OF the accidental shoot
ing VI John Cline, a young man living
near Valley Ford, while hunting
ducks. Cline and a friend named
Lohenalein were walking along the
marsh la search OF game when
LOhenstein's gun was accidentally
discharged, the shot entering Clino's
foot The physicians think amputa.
ton will not DO necessary.
Active preparations are being made
10 increase the capacity Of the Amity
canal on tho north side Of the Arkan.
ahs, ut GTanaua, Colo. The canal will
be- increased 10 twenty feet on tins bot
tom here and wider in proportion up
the canal. Several carloads Of mules
have been brought from the Illinois
river canal 10 work on the canal, The
same company has also brought tents,
scrapers, ETC., ready for active work.
The superior court atSan Bernardino.
Cal, has rendered a decision
sustaining the legality Of the city
ordinance, which provides for the
closing OF oil classes Of business on
Sunday, except drug stores, The
merchants Of the city have combined
TO fight Sunday closing, and some
people OF the place, headed by the
ministers, are fighting to sustain II.
Both slJss are preparing for vigorous
contest at the coming city election,
with Sunday closing as the issue.
Boise (IdAho) Statemam Arthur p.
Davis, VINO, with h. IL. Newell, has
charge OF the photographic work OF
the geological survey, 10 I'm the city
from Washington. The purpose OF
organizing this branch Of the great
work was TO have the volume Of all tho
principal streams OF the country meas.
urod and 10 obtain information as to
RTteRlRn water supply. MT. Davis has
already placed guages In the Boise,
Weiser aud Payette rivers In Idaho,
and the Owyheo and Malheur rivers In
Oregon.
Another startling chapter In the ca
Teer OF Edward Barron, the million
aire, whose will Ia being contested by
his son George, has developed, says a
dispatch from San joe, Gal. An
action was begun In the superior court
on Saturday by iouTteen.year.old
mulatlO boy who claims 10 be n son Of
the once gay man OF wealth. The
story Ia that about fifteen years ago,
when Barron was a widower for the
second time, he employed u negtess az
housekeepsr, and to his alleged Tela-
tlons with her IL due the existence Of
the boy who now asks for a part OF
the rich estate.
The Denver city detectives think
they have discovered John Sautry, one
Of the O'Malley gang, who killed Gust
COllander during the Chicago election
riots last month. The man supposed
to be Bautry was arrested last Wednes.
day as yag, and gave the name Of
JRmes Farrell. The finding Of some |
newspaper clippings on the person VI |
the prisoner, relating TO the O'Malley |
riot, made The detectives think he was |
an Interested party, and as the picture |