Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-21
news OF THE WEST.
1 Suicide Epidemic Continues 10 Rage
Around San Francisco.
OFFICER WILSON BEArEN1ODENH
r,iJ.blooied Murder Of a Gambler-
A Ranch House Burglar.
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sacramento tCal.) city trustees have
pss.sd an ordinance 10 rohiuit gnno'
mo by the use VI the uiCkBl.in-tht-
sIot machlhes'
Oslng to late ifosts & ere Will be
r,.cticaily no peaches nehr lfUka
irsil this year. The trees were ~
VII tloom wien the cold snap came
and very few trees escaped.
A toltion las been presented 10 the
Wichita (kansas) city council looking
t,watda tue expenditure ~ $1,000 In
rrsp,uting Tor coal, gas, oil, SAT- aud
auc ian water.
Fish 10 the Sound cities are cheaper
than ever bet r.. Large hauhut seil
Tor b oeatt each, Many f,h oi unusual
sizs n.. teing taken by the nshiug
DO h. Recently a hHhbut weighing 40
pounds was brought ashore.
Mis- Winnie Davis, daughter Of cx.
pfesidcut Jefferson Davis, Of tho cor
Tolerate ttatts, arrived iu Aspen, Colo,
ON Iuudny evenlBgin clmrauy with
hrf sis.or Mf-. Hayes Of Colorado
5pnugs.
Dr. r. NJ. Eckiorl, prominent
citizen Of Glendale, Cal, was run over
ami killed on Tuesday morning NJ tue
Watei.itteet crossing Of the Santa Fv
railroad In Pasadtna. EckiOr1 wnn
retired phyaician and very wealthy
Deputy sher q Wilson has just died
IN the county hospital q, Colorado
Strings, tflm the effects Of terrible
beating which he received in CJluia o
Clty last "Wednesday morning. lnu
c.r0rer IL investigating the case.
The Tioga Land and Promoting
conn any Of Rongir, Wy0., has hieu
articles Of Incorporation with a capital
stock OF 81, 900. 900. Tue object IL tue
tuichnse OF real esta,e, plating same
Into .owntites, erecting build.ng'i etc.
Chotlo' r. Smith appeared IN a iii-
uc . curt insau Ff,nciis0 OaMuIdly
anu gave up a 81 SILVER watcu, paif Vt
cheer, Old.platuI alCeye.buttOns anu
milestone shirt stud 10 satibiy The
claim VI local dfy-goods hrm for nui-
chauuisu bought by his vile.
George w. Ford, prominent NOR.
chant and ola Fellow VI Prescott, A.
T., became violently inHaue on Mou-
day aud was committed TO thu Military
hospital. lie imaginca that his fficnuu
are trying 10 XII him % secure the In
tufauoo on his lie.
Tho ranch house ut the BtOokline
ranch up the San Pedro river, toward
the Sonora mines, wus robbed last
saturday during the absence OF the
employee The burglnf st0le about
$40 worth Of wearing apparel and
personal property. They conc sled
their ideutity, preventing trailing ny
muilllng their feet with sNcks.
The suicide epidemic which has pre-.
vailed for the past month IN this city
continues undated, remarks tho san
Ftanclfco Chronicle. The Victims Of
this sad mAnla arc found Ia all p,si-
lions and walks In life. On Tuesday
two new cases were added to the
already TOO long list Of seli.destroyors.
A man namoI Bagwoll, u gambler,
was shot and Instantly killed nj North
Yakima, Wash, on Tuesday, while
going home, by an unknown man,
who aiturwAri made his escape anu ~
now nj large. The murderer, who
was concealed behind picket fence,
awaited until his victim mad passed by
anu then shOt him In the back with
rint' me bullet pierced tue heAfl
gud Bagwoll died Instantly.
over on the north side OF tho river,
says the Bakerstleld (CaL) Californian,
Mr.. Camidgo has an apuUot orchard
that the owner feels disposed 10 enter
Tor premium. II IN only three years
old, yet the present crop viii average
l26 pounds to each tree, sumo running
~ high gs 1850 pounds. This crop has
been sold on the tree for "A cents per
pound. There arc 100 trees to the
acrr, hence the crop will bring tho
owner the very tidy SUN Of $500, VI
which Rt least $40 will be net profit.
James q. Halliday, mn employe ut
the state asylum at stockton, Cal, was
stabbed three timua on Tuesday night
by H.. q, Burton, former patient
Burton was committed 20 the asylum
some time ago for alcoholic mania. He
apparently recovered anu was given
old Jobs about this institution. Ga
Tuesday night he attended An encamp-
ment ut G1odwator Grove aud got
drunk. Halliday attempted 10 take
him home ami Burton drew a knife
and stabbed him three times In the
body, IL n said that Hailiday'B wounds |
are not a upBTuuH