Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-30

market, wac here from Ogden, Utah,
with seven cara of range cattle.
jacob Pollock, an employe q the
Shelly Scanlop mine, Grass Valley,
Cal, dried giant power In Stove
Saturday. The powder exploded anu
his cabin was blown to atoms. Pollock
was fatally manglej. Fifty pounds OF
powder caps in the cabin did not ex-
plode.
Mrs. Frederick Lee, wife Of a Ia.
coma, WASH, commercial traveller, has
been missing since early Saturday
morning. Several times recently abs
has exhibited symptoms OF an at
normal mental condition. 1t Is feared
she has committed suicide.
Il. j. Steve, a cabipet.msker, was
found dead Sunday afternoon in the
Augerais house, San Jose, Cal. He
had been stopping there for y few
nights but did not leave his room that
morning. The smell OF gas was dc.
tected and it was found that Steve had
committed suicide by asphyxiation.
A huge spider entered the ear Of
Miss Clara Wettz OF GRANITE Pass,
Ore, and burieu Itself, giving the
young lady good deal OF pain. Mon
day Mrs. DIR. Myers, In the DOCTORS
absence, elected the interloper with an
ear syringe, and warm water anu soap.
The Insect was dead when ousted. Ii
had entered the car while Miss Wertg
was walking along the street.
Ole Gundereon, a carpenter, resi- ling
at the Nevada dock, Port Costa, OIL,
fell overheard Sunday night and
was drowned. Guuderson came up
from San Francisco Intoxicated ami
started .or his home, about ii mile
distant, and 1t is supposed that he
staggered into the bay AMI struck
ON the rocks, us there was gu immeuse
cash on the side OF his head. W hon
found his head was under water. ID
leaves widow AMI two children.
Lowry Smttb, a prominont mau resiO-
ing near Red Bun, Cal, was fouuu
dead in his bed Sunday morning. For
several days past Mr.. Smith hal been
in even better health than usual, and
on going TO bed was In good Spirits.
He made no complaint before retiring
and apparently nothing was wrong.
Mrs. Smith arose at the usual hour on
Sunday morning, and after preparing
breakfast called Mr.. Smith, but received
no reply. She veat to his bedroom,
and, placing her hand on his shoul.
der called himngain. He was dead
II. g. Henry, the millionaire con.
tractor of Seattle, WASH, has secured
the contract to build the sppro aches 70
the Great Northern Railroads. tunnel
through the Cascade mountains, and
men are already on their way to
commence preliminary work. Henry
rANs b. 80.
tract. 1t will tnlxe about six months 10
do the work, and then everything viii
be- ready 10 commerce on the track,
which 1t is said will be one OF the
greatest engineering feats in history.
The tunnel will be two and q half miles
long, and will reduce the altitude OF
the road 1000 feet.
A fatal accident occurred near
Eureka, Cal, on the night o. Dec.
18th. A young man nsmei Frank
Wren had just taken charge OF the |
mail route from Dyervllle to Olsen's
ana return. When about two miles |
out from Fruitland the horses came TO |
big gulch about II feet deep. They |
succeeded il jumping across, but the |
blackboard did hot clear IL. Its weipl |
ulled one OF the horses Into the gulcp |
Tns animal fell upon the stage driver
and both were killed. The stage |
driver did not appear at Olsen's next
day and searchers were sent out, anu
on Christmas afternoon the stage and
dead driver and horse were found In
the gulch.
w. p. Anderson, special agent for
the Union Stock Yards and Tran,it
company, has returned from a hurried
trip through the western cattle range
countries, including visits to sheen
feeding lots in the Arkansas river
valley along the line OF the Santa Fe
railroad, says the Chicago DrovsEs'
j journal, anu In reference to the exaE.
Rerated reports OF stock lossep, MIR,
A Dderson says: "The storms In the
northwest have not materially affected
cattle on what 10 designated as winter
ranges. Among the wheat lands In
the eastern Dak0tas cattle are not ex-
pected to rustic, but must be housed.
The winter ranges OF the western
DEkotes, Montana, Wyoming and
other sections provided by nature Tor
the production and su-teusnce of wild
or domestic cattle nave not, nor is 1t
likely they will, suGer mncs from the
fact that the cheap feed of the states
made 1t possible to clear out the doubt
iul ranges OF the younger or pilgrim
cattle most likely to succumb to star.
Walton for lack OF forage. In prop
erly selected ranges, formerly the
winter quarters of the buffalo, elk,
antelope, etc., cattle do not suffer any
more, nor 80 much as in uncovered
feed lots of the prairies Of the older
states.
An Evanston, Wyoming, paper
says: There was quite a furry among
the creditors OF David Dunconibe here
this week when Edward Reading OF
Salt Lake got n writ OF Ieplevin from
the district court of Uintah county 10
recover 1900 head OF sheep leasen by
him in 1893 to David Duncombe, also
OF Salt Lake and heretofore one OF the
heaviest wool-growers in this section,
Word came to the ear of Mr.. Reading
That everything was not right with
MS sheep and he came up to investi-
gate for himself. He found about 500
head In charge Of Walter Duncomue
ana about the same number that had
been cold TO J. g. Mercer anu J, N,
Hamblen OF Ogden, who were prepar.
ing TO ship them with others to Ogdsp
10 Iced. He also found that a number
d his eheep had been sold TO the
Deponset company Of this place, but
me earmarks had been so changed that
ne Could not positively identity them.