Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Contractor Burned 10 Death BY
BOIlIns Tar.
,oa CHOLERA IN CALIFORNIA
-,,,,, paJy Fast-A Piliering justice
Of the Psacs-Kllled by u
street car.
.os CHOLERA IN CALIFORNIA.

msstue cause. He lea'ea "iuv
as Wssa native VI Missouri ageu ID
s,nta Cruz, Cal, has decided to
water carnival next scar on
6h,s e,,b. oBib and g7th. Tho pfogrom
Jul .ttne,I will chow more electrical
81 tban during the Venetian csrni
Val Of last June.
r,.,jay last eighteen Of the Santa
cal, chain gang struck t4r
Au f,sd. and refused to wotK unii
u,.,.' would get II. They were all
w into Iail to be fed On bread aud
~s,srsnl little OF that until they come
10 lime.
shannon Hitchcock, an old gentle.
.,of santa Rosa, Cal, has Just COM
,isi,d fast Of thifty days. hir.
H1ebcork IL nearly 40 years " age.
n"isn pntive OF Massachusetts anu a
i.siset.mskef by trade. FIr a uuu Der
', ,s,rs be hos been iiving IN the In.
800 on hla money, and be has taken
l,e ,asy o. q consequence. lie has no
family
Uoy cholera l. now prevalent al
storttop, Cal, and u IL killing Un the
~ In fast order. The feRi n was
lated by tue disease about six years
,so and then, without excel unn,evety
animal Affected succumbUd 10 the
m,lsdy. That prevalent now II said
/, he OF mild form, althougn there 10
hal very little hupe Of saving the livee
Of the animalo attacked.
Mis-. McMasief, eyed so years, met
vth A fatal accident nj san Francisco
an Tuesday night. She was crossing
M,,on street, near Jackson, when
.,,uok by P0well-s,reet Ger. The un-
animate woman was hurled several
isst, tustaiuing n fracture OF the skull
b,,Ides having both her legs broken.
sbe wss picked up in m unc nscious
condition AMI hurfidly removed to n
drug store nj the corner OF WashinAton
and Mason stfeets. Alter her henJ
vas temporarily bandaged she was
hten u the receiving hospital, where
bsie Injuries were attended to,butth
resulted fatally.
Amir de Cosmos was declared a
lutatlc on Tuesday by the Judge ~
tbe supreme court NJ Victoria BIC,
sad trustees were appointed TO manage
bis lofge tstnte, consisting OF several
blocks In the heart Of this city. Tho
history OF this man ~ remarkable
one, mads No principally by his OK.
tteme eg0sism. His real name IL VIII.
liam smith, but he has not carried II
for many years whom ne got the courts
OF California 10 change II 10 the more
Aflslocfatic one which he now bears.
Although over 90 years Of age he was,
until a recent iilntts Unbalanced bis
ha. al Ia
Western Canada.
Offln +. Syelo,y, Justice Of the pence
tfChino, Cal, has levanted ana vari-
tus people and institutions are mourn
iug his absence TO the extent OF about
$1,000. In addition 10 being Justice Of
the peace, Seeley was secretary OF
branch OF the SAVING Union at Chino,
40 Insurance agent, maintained a real
estate and house renting agency, was
member Of hall n dOzenOrdeTs anu In
one way or another managed to hold
On interest In everything In the sugar
factory In town. Each OF these differ.
tnt interests have suffered from his
connection with them. He left Chino
Nov. H., went 10 Han BeTnardino,
doubled hack to Los Angeles aud then
IN Tor the CITY Of Mexico, where he
nal present. He borrowed money in-
dltcfimlnalely and used his credit Tor
all II was worth Ia every direction.
stelSy left a wife and four small chill.
eien in almos, destitute circumstances,
and the lille home which they occupy
i'motlgaged for $1,000.
Henry q. AshonfeltoT, contractor for
The buildings VI the new Stats uni.
Nettlly at Seattle, WASH, suffered a
shocking death at the university
Tuesday morning. He was putting a
coat Of tar anu pitch on the interior
Of a large tank when tho handle Of
cue Of the buckets used for holding
The tar broke, scattering the infiamma.
Die stun over the stove used for heat.
lng. In an instant the flames spread
All over the Interior Of the tank, burn.
log Ashenfeltef 20 death. Frank Gal
hgheri a workman, was In the tank
Win Ashenfelter and narrowly Us
capped With Ills life, after making q |
heroic effort TO save bis employer. The |
hIo and It's fatal result caused the |
gieAlest excitement, ~ the classes
were just changing and most OF the
Students and professors were witnesses. |
lhe tank but low minutes before, and
cut the klndlings for the fire. He left
because the danger was too great and
cautioned the 9th or men.
A big cave has been discovered on
TIE ocean side Of Point Iona, Cal. 80
hr a. explored II does not seem quite
70 large ha the Mammoth cave Of Ken.
lucky but II is On interest ny, and will
furnish another sight for visitors, The
uho0Yefy was made by HoTacs Met.
eau sud Vernon q. Matthews, who
i've on Point Iona. They started out
On Monday on sort Of exploring sK-
peiitl0H, and at point about a mile
sag half north OF the lighthouse saw
u oig hole just above the surface OF low
uue, Whlcn seemed ~ be- the entrance
wA cave. They tried to get down,
uu' the cliff ut that point were too
,nUeep, ana they gave It up. Going fur.
'aet north they found M easier place
" descent, where they let Themselves
usWn with u rope. Near tbs place
pl descent they ran across smaller
n0le, which they entered, fading that
connected with the larger and leu
'u'o Tue bowels OF the earth. Metcali
-nu Motlhews made their way in, with
sone Tear, hnally reaching point 800
' 'ssI from tho entrance, where the pRt-
,AseWay widsned out into an I'M
inehse chamber big enough to hold the
Ia'gest building In SAn Diego. They
W. nor FULLY explore the cave, but
W. Srnuu1ht II ended ut the big chamber.
,trhey describe the interior rs grand.
'ue entrance is only open at low tide,
uut y Is probable that other passage
NIIl DO lOnnn admitting oXnlnreTa al