Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-11
NEWS OF The WEST.
+, yanps Man with a Fortune Driven
Crazy by Dissipation.
srcIpE OF AN OLD PIONEER.
r,,a pul n amp ever End is Burn'd
10 u,ath-Drath on 'he Kali
Gasdline Explosion

,-u,,,nia has In the neighborhooi
4, OK 400 acres In almond orchards.
n n BELOW, a wealthy old man OF
lang Beach, Cal, was struck ny
,,sin and killed ON Monday high"
r.a Lusk. Montana, Herald says
,Huriog the cold weather OF last
ma n baud Of Wilson bro,herS' sheep
sanp ana that something over lOO
Rnsd vele ,mothered TO death.
While attempting to stop n runaway
,o,se tuesday evening, A. A. Allen u
Ia, Angeles, Cal, Was thrown uown
and ursgged quite q distance, histku
ssing cracked from ear to ear.
Nsvs comes from keswick, CAL,
,.a, there was an explosion OF gasoline
,s.ra Tuesday evening, resulting IN
80 b,fnipy OF twelve men, Among
,hsm Arthur Dean, VINO 10 badly
nuri.
Conductor William Allison was run
,ver AMI killed by his train al Stark
vile. Col, on Tuesday. He was iun-
INV ahead OF the train TO maze 4
caupling men he slipped on The Ice
and lsli Oh his back across the track.
A collision occurred between two
,,s,yht trains in the Colorado Midland
ard al Glenwool Springs, Col, on
'rns,dsy night. None Of the trainmen
wste Injured ana the damage done to
the engines was not great. The failure
nj the blahes to work was the cause OF
the accident
Adolph Whitehead, California
nioneer, committed suicide at Weaver.
ylll, Cal, on Tuesday morning by
.a,t,lpg his throat from ear to ear with
razor. He had recently ,okes the
gold cure for alcoholism, aud it IL
thougut the change anu 1he medicine
was 100 severe for man OF his age, as
bic heart became affected.
A Young man with q fortune was
committed To the Ukiah aeylum at San
francisco on Tuesday. The uniortu-
nate is Fred Reiner, ioImer resident
Of San Rafael. Rsiner some months
ago Inherited fortune OF $3.50, 900
from the estate OF his mother III Ger.
many. He has since devoted himself
toa wild orgie OF uisslpaiion with the
result that he Is now wreck both 10
bUUy and mini.
Ed, Morrison OF Green river, Mon.
tsAa, met with serious acciuent al
the stock yards in that city on Friday
last. He was assisting in unloading
cattle and was in one of the chutes
opsping the door 10 let the cattle out OF
the car. He had thrown the door
aside aud was In the act OF showing the
hull bar Ia toard tina: ID used to keep
The cattle iu the car when the door Is
opep) when q steer leaped over the top
OF the bar CD top OF Morrison, throw.
ing him 10 the ground anu breaking
his leg above the ankle.
The b)Jy OF Mrs. Catherine Quinn
who vas well known ina lameub, Cal,
"a "M0lber q linn," was uiscovere
10 BTictyarn slough, which has but o
few inches OF water and runs into the
tidal canIl near High street. Death
was from cuff cation by drowning. No
enc knows Just how Mrs. Quinn met
her end, but she was Sc years Of age,
deerepit anu poor, anu 10 supposed 10
have wandered 10 tue small haurs o.
the morning to the point wheie from
dizziness or weakness she fell and dieU.
Those vino knew her well do not think
the committed suicide.
Great Falls Leader: The storms OF
the past mouth, 1t IS estimated by
loal railroad men, have already cost
the Great Northern railway Company
sl00O,U0O. This amount only Includes
the actual money to be paid cut 10
gangs OF men employed in clearing the
track, the loss of traffic In abando ed
Irsins anu the care OF passengers while
snowbOund. o. top OF all this comes
the report hat several suits are to be
brought against the company by stock.
men for stock lost while en- route east
during the stormy monthe.
Eddie Matthews died Monday night
hs the result Of burns received III q fire
at his hcm me In San Francisco. The
child's mother 10 lying at deaths door,
The latter has bsen III Tor some time
past. A nurse has been attending hei
and looking out tor the two children,
Eddie anu May. Monday morning
The children aw0ke and the nurse
dressed them. Both were then seated
al the kitchen tabls to await theil
morning meal, It was still dark, and
an oil lamp vas lighted upon the
table. The mother called to The nurse,
who responded TO the summons, and
then the accident occurred. Eddie
pulled away at the tabIecl0th. The
hmp fell upon his clothes and they
were In flames in u moment. They
DIazed up and the poor child ran to hi,
mothers room. Tho sick woman goI
sxtinguished kthe flames, but her boy
nad been feariuliy burnsd about ih'
ACE, chest anu arms.