Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-21
NEWS OF THE WEST.
vro BROTHERS Drowned, One Trylns
10 Save the Other.
0,Ep FROM AN ENLARGED HEART.
r.,,,l, Iritred by 1ramp-suicldsd
through De,ppndtncy-Caoght
Under a Gravel Bank

Inb acnnsninus condition on benoh
~ Inc bandstand 10 Golden Gate
p p,s san Fraucisco. Near by was
t.,,Is containing morphine. Tue man
.ss removed 10 the receiving hoepi'si,
srd the doctors announced luht nc
had takon poison and wouia sure'y
die,
a. Y. johnson, a logger, was
,,owned Wednesday while attempt
,ny 10 ave his brother, FRANK, VINO
La nsrIshed. Frank started u crohs
,hs north fork OF tho BtillsRusmiah
,iyer. Washington, on rait. me
an rencbed the middle OF the river,
Than II was struck by a log ana broken
W, Frank could not swlm, anu hle
sto,hsr Jumped into the river, which
,nss very high and swift, Although
God swimmer, he did not reach his
6rotber In time and started BACK, nut
was taken with cramps ana sank IN
tight OF q boat coming to his AID. Inc
broihers came from Wisconsin two
years ago.
Tine dead body OF a man wac found
In tho hold OF the steamer San Bias,
Ting at the Union Iron Works, San
ErancIsco. on Wednesday evening.
The discovery was made by the mem
hers Of the crew. The dead mans
mead was crushed, and his neck was
hrokep. He had evidently fallen
through the open hstcbway directly
aver the spot where he was lying. On
various papers In the dead mans
pooket were found the following
names; Dave Sheehsn, ID. w. Graw,
r. Deemer and George Cavanagh.
The booy was not in the hold vt
o'clock, so the mans death must have
occurred between that hour anu the
time when the remainB were found.
wednesday morning, near the Sac
rAmenlo river, six miles from CHICO,
CAL, a tramp attacked Wiley Cooper,
an old resident OF Butte county. The
men fought desperately with clubs.
Cooper, being in delicate health, was
finally knocked inseDsible. Officers
were sent for and Constable Woods
went to the river and arrested the
tramp, who gave the name OF William
Anderson. On examination OF Coop
er's wound 1t was found that besides
being beaten in horrible manner, his
nose had been bitten almost of, hang
ing only by smsll piece OF ekin.
Cooper lie not expected to recover.
result Of Cooper's Injuries.
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Sun: l. N.
Bard, a osttlomRn, auu A. w. Bristol,
sheep grower, both OF Bear Greek,
got into dispute over range rights
last Monday, and as termination to
the dispute exchanged rhs shots.
Bristol claims that large bouy OF land
fenced by Bard and used for pasture
for his cattle 10 government land.
Wednesday he and his son drove
band Of sheep into the enclosure to
craze. Bard stood them oil with
rae, and tho Bristols returned the fire.
Fifteen or twenty shots were ex-
changed, but none Of the party were
Injured. A. w. Bristol and his son
came 10 and endeavored to secure q
complaint against Bard, but Attorney
Baird refused to entertain the Idea.
Bristol's story satisfied the attorney
tnst he was entirely In the wrong.
Robert w. Dsutsch, a closkmaker,
who recently came from New York,
committed suicide at San Francisco
Wednesday morning by blowing out
the gas. He was living with his wife
and four mall children at 22373 Suffer
street and slept on lounge In the
room adjoining their bedroom. AT an
early hour wednesday morning Mrs.
Deutsch awoke with choking sense-
tion and was alarmed to find the loom
full OF gas. She opened window and
called for help. Thomas Maokel, a
newspaper carrier, responded, aud,
breaking into Deutsch's room, found
him dead on the lounge. Deutsch had
been sufferer from asthma for several
years anu recently came west to seek
relief. He grew no better, and 1t lie
supposed that he took his life to escape
the suffering which the frequent at
taoks OF the disease caused.
Thirty tons OF gravel and coarse rock
came sliding down upon two men and
team In u gravel pit about mile
ffon Irvlngtop, CAL, on Wednesday,
burying them. Their escape from in
slant death Is almost miraculous. As
result Of the slide Manuel Francis, a
young Portuguese, about 90 years old,
lies at the point OF death, his Jaw being
broken In four places, his lett leg
that he has suffered internal In.
iaries. The team had Just driven
under the bank, which 10 about tn irty
feet high, and Francis and "Big Jake'i
Juhlsr were loading the wagon when
the bank caved and came tumbling
DOWN upon them. The two men aud
the wagon were carried for fifteen feel
Down the hill and all were buried
beneath the pile. In the downward
course Francis was slid under tn,
wagon, and whsn found lay with the
reach across his body and about half a
ton Of sand ana gravel about him
Juhler was found buried up TO hit
neck in gravel, only his head belns
visible. CAUTIOUSLY enough, he had
ARer being tumbled about go much
maintained standing position, ant
waa not injured In the least. The team
was partly buried under the pile. Tn,
driver escaped Injury, he being som,
twenty foe. back OF the wagon.
John Randolph died Wed nssds,
night at Portland, Oregon. With hi
heart enlarged to the size OF bull
sek's, he has for years been doing tn
afduous labor OF longshoremsn Of
me river front. Randolph was
wlaower with thres young children
me oldest, . girl, looked after tn
household duties. He had not com
phined OF any serious pain beyond /
shortnsis OF breath at times. Wednss
gay night, while seating himself a
lne liable, he fell suddenly forward ant
expired. The coroner held IN inques
WIN an autopsy. The condition Q
tne man's heart as revealed by tn