Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-04
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Tsur.y.aT.old Boy The Vein Of a
Terrible Fatally.
FATAL SING OF a SCORPION.
ni.aslrous work Of a tim rowi r
CAp-ratai hioiipg-K'llefin
Railway Accident

lanes Williams met win uangof.
an. accidental StOckhfiuvn shaft on
Wsssschuaotls Hill, Grass Valley, Cal,
irnssday afternoon. A mass Of earth
fell on MIN, breaking two ribs and ~.
luhng his snine,
AZ the result Of quarrel over
came Of billiards Bert bold thOt anu
Stally wounded Tom Deuton nj White
Hall. Montana, Tuesday morning.
witnesses claim that Beld shot Ia self.
defense. Beld escaped.
At Grass Valley, Gal, Tueaday after.
noon, ueorEe BuTchard, painter AMI
n,pef hanger, tell from \ eratioli aud
dled from a hemorrsge about half an
bonr later. The deceased wRa about ~
yenfs Of age anu native Of ono.
A young man named Arthur Baton
met with serious accident NJ SANTA
Rsa, Cal, Tuesday morning. A giant
powder cap he WIS carrying IA his
ifousrrt pocket exploded WHOM Baton
lnii down. The ilesh Of the leg was
baiiy torn and filed with pieces of the
broken she'll The wound 10 two
inches Ia dismeter IN the right leg aud
IL conducted dangufouF. Baton
thought tho shell q curiosity, nnd
carried n IN HE pocket for several
days.
q. NJ. Goodman, an omploye Of tue
Victoria placur mine, about seven mllJs
north Of Glendale, Oregon, wac stung
by n scorpion on the third finger Of the
right hand last Thursday morning.
Goodman wns engaged In blasting
Humps anu took hold Of the insect,
which stuug him severely. Before he
could reach the camp, about " quarter
OF mile away, he arm was badly
swollen and al Last accounts the citing
was regarded ~ "a possibly fatal one.
The scorpion was captured aud moas.
ufed Owe ana half inches In length.
A Tribune suocial from PccAtello,
Ida, SEPT. 8, Gayi; A distressing nc.
client occurred this afternoon AMI fU-
quilted IN the death Of Samuel Arney,
tho iouT.yeaf.Old son Of Judge Arney.
Ho and two playmatuH found u dynn.
mite cap OF 600 pOuude pressure AMI
pfccee1Cd 10 build u bouffo over it 10
near the explosion. The fife did not
progress rapidly, and n can Of kVttrnnU
was brought Into reputation, and
while pouring u ON tho Ire tno cap
exploded, throwing oil all over tue
little fellow, VINO was Immediately
enveloptd In famos. The public.
school children witnessed tho hotfltls
scene, aud fnthod 10 his assistance, but
II was too late. lilo was iflghtiuliy
burned nbout the body, aud diod after
Two hours Of terrible agony.
As freight train was pulling into
summit, Cal, Tuesday evening two
cars were duTaIled, and while working
on the wreck section hand named
Casey was killed aud two others Fefi.
nutly ~ Jufed. The train had orders 10
meet another which was behind time
Al summit. No. was 20 take the
siding ana the brakeman threw the
sNltch A. usual. Before the entire
train had lett the main track he 10
placed tho switch, throwing two cars
from the track. Tho summit section
crew were Immediately cAlle1 Into
service, Aud efforts were huhiily made
10 clear the main Hoe, over which The
two derhiltd ears lay. Thomas Casey,
with several other section hands, was
working with wfecking crew which
was called from rruckes, whom a huge
piece OF timber which had been llos.
cned tell among the wofkmen, striking
Casey on the head. itneturing the skull
aud laying the brain open. An Italian
named Patqualla aud an American
named HnggUtty were seriously la.
lured. PAfquilla's wife reached Sum.
mit only that morning, coming from
her home Ia Italy 10 meet her HUSBAND,
whom she had not seen for nearly two
yeau.
Ths finding OF demented young
man at Klamath blGfis, on the KAN.
ath river, Cal, ~ thought 10 solve the
mystery Of n loug. missing boy, Wine
Mo1rade. Young MeGTade, who wa
about ~ yehrs Old, ia company with
Captain Livoringhou'e, q. A. iMohrin.
slioker anu Herman GASlmAn, all Of
AtoAtn, Cal, left there January 22Bd
last 10 visit a timber claim In the
northern part Of tho county. That
night they camped on Wire Grass
prairie, between Elk prairie and lied.
wood creek anu about twonty miles
from Areata, aud midway between
there and the Klamath river. On lhe
afternoon oithe following day young
Mcurado left the camp for n hunt IN
the thick timber. taking with him n
ride and cartridges, hunting knife anu
a low matchel, and ifora that day 81
this no trace OF him has bssn found,
although searching parilea were out IN
AAhNAtIA hlItthpnh hhAlNk hNNNNNl
monthH and rewards were offered Tor
bis recovery. Tuesday morning the
parents Of the missing boy, residing In
Eureka, California, received let.
ter which oAuHnd them 10 leave hur-
rledly for the klamath, AZ II contained
facts and descriptions which led them
TO believe that their lost boy IL yet In
thB land OF the living and among
friends. The letter Is from a man
named Thompson, reading on the
klamath, and who IL said 10 be known
also Us whisky Joe. In his letter he
hlatea that he has at his cabin u young
man who seems to answer the defnrip-
ton or the missing McGTa1e boy. Tho
young follow ii apparently between Is
and 20 yenrs VI age, but Ia demenlpd,
and viii tell nothing about himself
except that he has been lost for twu
years. That no had been away irom
civilization for some time IL evident
by the fact that he Ia almost nude, anu
what little clothing no has Is In tzliefu.
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