Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-20
NEWS OF THE WEST,
4 Nan Terribly Burned By an EIplO.
sion Of Molten Steel,
ARELlc OF Long AGO uSgARrnED.
An Imbi zzler Mournod for Dead Again
Turns Up.-Assassinated
While SlcIghiug.

potsess1r VI new chemical fire en-.
Zine, which was purchased by volun.
Ter subscriptions by the citizens.
The Electric Light q Power com.
pany OF ReIland, Cal, have sold sil,-
900 Of stock, opening the way fOf oyer
ating the street cars with electricity
coon,
The following II recommended a. a
sure cure for tue tramp nuisance. IL
was given by Fresno, Cal, super.
visor "Feed tramps tcautily, work
them hard, give them long terms and
long hours and clothe them Thin"
The police have captured i've high.
waymen who have been operating In
Seattle, Wash, for the past two weeks.
Property which was stolen from three
men was found on the prisoners. The
Identification IL complete.
Mfs. Addie l.. Ballou, whose efforts
Ia the legislature three years ago, Ne.
cured the passage Of the bill Tor the
appointment Of women as notatles
public I'm California, has been appoint
cd notary public Tor San Francisco
and county.
Two Arizoua s'ockmon recently
found ia their pasture colt that had
been Killed by some animal. The car
oa.s was literally stfychninod, and the
next morning the stOckmen found n
dead mountain lion near the bait. He
was a monster Ia size, measuring feet
inches from tip to tip.
Empire according to the Carson,
Nevada, dppoaD will soon have reason
10 boast Of being the home Of an In.
vontof as we'll M that Of hero. FL
Reagan has Invented n clock "A work.
ing motel Of II can be seen nj local
saloon. lie names II tho mercurlal
alarm clock. II Isl NO arranged that II
will alarm when the temperature
where the clock II placed goes above
90 degrees or below 70 degtees,or II can
be- set ior any other rango Of tempera'
ture desired.
Nicholas Cousin, well known
ploneer capitalist, dropped dead on
Saturday morning while Ia the vaults
1f the Safe Deposit company Mt San
Francisco. Tho deceased was exam.
lining some papsts while seated IN q
sbaif In one OF the private offices,
suddenly fell forward and expired from
heart disease. Hs arrived In Csllfor.
ala In lsiO, amassed competency
and retired from active trade some
gears ago. Deceased was native Of
burgundy, France, and was " years
u age.
A special from Cottonwood, Idaho,
states that George Cooper, prominent
young lumberman, was Assassiuated
while out sleigh riding with n young
lady. The couple were some distance
from town anu were passing n clump
Of thick brush alongside the road when
some one concealed In tho brush fired
upon them with rifle. Cooper was
shot through the body and died In a
short time. The assassin IN supposed
10 have been rival Of Coopet's for the
young lady's hand. There IL intense
excitement at Cottonwood and n posse
IL In search Of OF the assassin.
Up In the Sierra Ancha mountains
Of Gila county, says the Phmnlx
Gazette, there are plenty Of bear, great
big bears, 40 big M fOur.year.old steets,
and with claws ON them that leave n
mark like a butchers cleayer In the
bnow. There arc not many people In
the Sierra Ancha. A few people 90
up among tho pines anu plant potatoes.
Nobody shoots bear In that country.
Phil Askins, the famous mountaln-llon
hunter, with the assistance Of n flne
pack Of hounds, managed 10 Kill one a
few years ago, but that was not In the
benr region OF the mountains. Bear
and humans live together with mutual
respect, n not amity, and neither side
cares 10 break the truce.
N. r. Porter, Of the Cascade Land
company, stated 10 n reporter OF the
Great Falls, Mont, LEADER, that he
moved about $500 head Of sheep,
which had been pastufing about i've
miles down the river, ON account Of
the smelter smoke. lie says that ho
kent on lOeing sheep out OF his band
from some mysterious disease and was
unable 10 Mud out Whist II was. He
made several post mOTtein- and slaugh-
tered some Of the sick ones and found
that the flesh and fat had "A yellow tinge.
A herder who had worked near the Eat
Helena smolter told him that band
there had been affected In the same way
10 he came 10 the conclusion that II
must be due 10 the arsenic In the smoke
from tho smelter, which became dt-
posted on the grass.
A special from Moscow, ldaho,glves
m account OF the accidental DEATH Of
Edward OyleaT, sou Of Captain J. O..
Oylear, While out hunting with u
hired man, Ernest Cooper, on the
Clearwater river, twenty-five nils
east u Cameron, deer Jumped up q
short distance ahead OF them and
Cooper leyeled his gun TO shoot,
Oylear was slightly In advance, and
the deer ran In such way that a.
Cooptr fired Oylear came In range aud
the bullet penetrated the back OF his
head, Cooper went 20 the settlement
Tor help, and the body was carried
several miles on n stretcher by men on
Bnowshoes and then sent TO Oyleats
home at Cameron. Tho deceased was
Is years old, and had only been mar
rivd a tow days.
William O'Leary, n furnace man at
the Pacific Rolling mills, San FRAN
cisco, was deiuged with molten steel on
sunday, through the explosion OF ono
n the furnaces. The furnace WAS about
10 be- "tapped" for n casting ani
J'Leaty was digging away the clay
rom tho opening when the explosion,
sauset by overnoating, took place
Tho llquid metal struck the hapless
man fifst on the back, knocking him
Town aud then burning him flight ully
all over the body. He was rescued ~
quickly an possible by the other work.
meu, but not before every particle OF
his clothing had been burned from hir
person ami his skin had peeled on IN