Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-27
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Railroad Suggested for a BurllHs-
ion Link 10 The Coast
vtyRR KILLED by A CAYE-IN.
s,,uek By a Railway 1rain-Firss
Alaska Execution - Supposed
Desperate caught.
MINER KILLED by A CAvE-IS.

ou,nq TO the prevalence Of scarlet
,ovsr. the public schools Of CenifallA,
tv,sb have teen closed by the
city council, acting as board Uf
health.
rla.Iloo. Yeile, "Thrse Fingered
rhsTlir.D a Cake Inland Inlian, has
tsen convicted VI the MURDER Of one Of
1is trlbe aud sentenced 10 be hanged nj
sitks. This will be the fret legal eIs.
outlon in Alaska.
Nador AngRla, an omploys in the
Nav Almaden mine, Cal, was Killed
IN cave Tuesday. lie was exAmin.
ing new excavation 10 ascertain ~ Il
wsssafe for timber, when n cave ot-
cntfod and he was buried alive. A
Iarre iotoe Of men went TO work ln-
msdiately, but the Unfortunate miner
was dead when they reached him.
Three men named Eldrtd, spAulding
and Hodge, who live In SACRAMENTO,
CAL, were going duck hunting Tues.
dAy morning In two.bealed Wagon,
1nl while crossing the Railroad track
inc wagon was struck by freight
Train and completely wrecked. One Of
ibe occupants, Chester w. EldrsJ, 70.
sslved Injuries that may prove fatal.
The others escaped with a few bruises.
George Benson, q Tanoher living At
saptelmo, Lower California, was found
d,ad In his cabin Sunday morning by
Fred Richardson. Richardson was on
M way from Hau Quintin TO SAn
Antonio lanJibg TO drag the beach Tor
the bodice Of the three sailors crowned
Friday oil tho steamer Pschecu.
Richardson found Benson lying on
Inc door, evidently having diod not
l,pg before, Tho oifrumstaucss
pointed TO poisoning, but whether
suicidal or accidental Richardson
0suli not tell.
Mfs. Carrie Clark, n widow IS VI "a
yeatt Of age, was found dead In bed NJ
Los Angeles, Cal, Sunday mofning.
When discovered she had In her hand
= cup OF chloroiorn, which she was
holding TO her nosttils. IL was Al first
supposed that she was victim Of foul
play, possibly Of some burglar. Her
room. however, bore no indication OF
having been fanbaoked, and no motive
was apparent for the crime. IL was
lhsn supposed that she had committed
,ulelde. The landlsdy aud others wto
Know her, however, say tina tshe was IN
tho habit OF inhaling the deadly dug
In order 10 relieve her from nervous
headache.
The railroads are putting In new
automatic scales In Omaha on which
trains OF stock can be weighed when
running at speed Of from four 10 i've
miles an hour. In this way much
valuable time can DO saved, as II 10
always desirable TO get the stock out Of
the cars ~ soon 40 possible alter II has
been received at the yards. There are
four pair Of these scales and II will 70.
auite eight men to be added TO the
force 10 work them. There will DO
day and night shin OF one msn each
In charge Of y scale. This new man
nst Of weighing will DO usheied ia
January /.
Confined in the county jail at CSid-
we'll, Idaho, Ia James n. Tate, the
mtn who IL believed 10 be one OF the
parties WHO held up the Silver City
stage q short time ago, relieving T.. u.
MCGOWAN aud others Of their
vAluables. Ho 10 better known m
"rex.D He IL said 10 hs n ue,perhdO,
and the officers believe they made an
important catch. Tate bears an un.
onViable reputation. He 10 said TO |
have served term In the WallA Walla |
Ienltentiaty, and since his release he |
has not reformed. He IL believed 20 |
be- the party who recently held up |
Jerry Kinnay, the Short Line oOnduo- |
or, At Caldwell.
Demlng, New Mexico, Headlight |
Nine MexioAns charged with the muir |
der oiths Mormon Elder HeRton near
The Mormon colonies u few weeks ago
were brought from the south last week
Andlodged IN the JuArez lAil.It will 10
that tho Elder was robbed
Of two barrels OF molASsos. He found |
one OF the barrels had been cached, and
while waiting TO catch the thisve,, the
thieves Jumped onto him, cut him 10
pleceS, and then burned what there wts
left. The rurAles nj once took the trail,
aud have succeeded In unearlhing the
men whom they have good reHson TO
believe are the murdeTeru. a reporter
was told that the fellows would all 10
shot at an early day.
DeminE, New Mexico, Headlight;
II has been too long the custom IN
when n marriage takes place,
Tor tho rlii'rati oommOnAlity OF socloty
10 repair 90 the place where the
nupiluls have been contaminated,
e'abOTately prepared to awaken the
loho OF the surrounding bills with
anything other than musical inttiu-
msuis, and generally the hub-bub con.
Iinuea without interruption until the
groom, or some one on his behalf, treats
lhv crowd TO something stronger than
lpplelaok or mulled cider. Happily for
peace OF society, the legislature enacted
That such rowdyism 10 unlawful ana
nat those engaging la such an uu.
awful assembly hre guilty OF a misie'
ntauor.
Colonel william Bailey, OF New
York representa- an eastern syndicate,
hiss purchased tho Tacoma and Lake
Park railway, extending to Lake PERI,
en milet south OF Tacoma, Wash.
They Will MAKE II standard gauge anu
'atiy In February will commence
building finy miio extension, taking
l nearly TO C0wlliz pass, This txier.
non viii tap ons OF the rieheHt limb y
md mineral bolts In Washington. Tho
ilTeoI object 10 10 reach the rilton TiVtT
ioal field this side Of CoWhlz pass,
where coal veins have been openeu
light 10 twelve feet thick and exposed
n such manner that they eau he
'heaply mined. Coal ana timber Will
10 brought down an easy grade TO tide.
Valer. Timber along the line Ia NJ
leayy that ~ many places il will run
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