Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-31
Crushed Under 1900 Pounds Of
Rock in a Mine.
LADY PHYSICIAN MEETS DEATH
pestrnc, I've rire-rell 10 Ills Death
WON ng's rcai 0ulru,
decreasing.

evening.
George A. RjEors, commissioner, Of
Fremont county, Wyoming, one Of the
prosperous farmers on Wind river, shot
and killed himself last week. Cause,
lots OF money ut the gambling table.
Peach Festival ut Grand junction,
Colo, September 2, ADD 4, the great.
Get carnival ovont occurring In Wee.
tern Colorado, promises this year 10
eclipse all previous celebrations.
Dr. Theodore WIKI ine. one Of the
host known physicians Of Pomona. was
killed Friday evening by being thrown
from her carriage, her hOfto having
taken fright ut railroad engine. Dr..
wilkins neok was broken In the fail,
causing instant death.
Friday morning, while working on
the bridge acrOiH Rock creek, shout
i've miles from Rockford, Washing
ton, Flank Horton fell from ihe frame,
iorty ieet, TO loge OF rock bslnw, hoi.
flbly mutllating his boy. Ho died
Friday night, after suffering grea,
agony all day.
News mas been received OF the acct
dental killing of miner named Henry
McCreary At the Banner mine, about
thitty.two milei from Chic Cal.
Friday morning MoCfcary WAS wofk.
ing In n tunaol when a large rock ieli
from the ceiling, crushing tho unioftu.
rate man 10 tho door VI tho tunnel
aud killing him instantly.
A single bighwAyman held up the
korDyille ami Caliente stage Friday
wNl fusa NJ Ia UIEH
Cal, aud compelled the driver anu
passengers TO uniatten the Wclls. Fargo
treasure box from the coach anu tnfo "
II out into ths road. The driver was
then ordered - proceed On bic IiuTnuY.
which he did without resistance. Tue
box contained about g, 900 in bullion.
The passengers were not molested.
William Gardner, who was formerly
prominent at San JOaU, Cal, a. dealer
In fruit lands anu n handler Of fruit,
committed suicide Frldry afternoon by
,hooting himself through the brain.
The deceased was native Of Ntw
Hampshire, 6s years " nge. FJrsomv
dmo he has been suffering greatly
from chronic ailments, anu dcspondcn.
cy over his condition was tho cause q
the suicide. Gardner was man Of
ContluoIholc muhnt.
Miss 0algnni, Mise Leahy and
another young woman were IN the
ocean bathing al Santa Monica eau.
yon, Cal, whom all three got beyond
:heir depth anu were In serious trouble.
No one wrs near TO help anu the
struggle went on several minutes
when Charles Strong, an employc at
Long wharf, CHANGED TO come In sight
OF them. Without stopping TO throw
N any clothing he plunged In, and,
alter = hard struggle. rescued all three.
A second death at the Stockton, Cal,
asylum from encounters among
patients occurTod Friday. While en-.
urcising In Tho yard Mrs. Maria
Bacigalupi was kicked In tbs abdomen
by Mrs. KatheIino Casey, another in-
mate. anu death onsued. Mrs. Casey
was considered n dangerous potent
and when the attendant lett her 10 20
10 another part OF the yard che was
secured 10 q tree by padded belt. The
other unfortunate approached too near
and was kicked by the woman. An
autopsy showed that one OF the email
intssiinos was rupiured by the blow.
An Albuquerque, New Mexico
aNtWh lNttu tults NNNhlu luulhuH
sggregating ~. eO0 are making propar.
ations for big pow-wow camp meet.
ing ana dance TO bo held on the San
Juan river below Bloomfield about
September 9Th, lasting nins days.
They have extended an invitation 10
the people Of San Juan county and
Durango to Join thom In their great 70.
ligiops festival. At this time they OK.
N al
themselves, either Indian or white.
a part OF tho treatment consists OF the
patient's occupation OF q sweatbox for
nine days, more or lefs.
One OF tho largest and most destruc.
tive forest dres that has ever visited
Oregon ID now raging near Oak Point,
forty miles up the Columbia from A..
iofin. A stretch OF flame three miles
wide IL sweening through the most
valuable timrpr lands In Oregon.
Several lumber camps have been do.
stroyed, hundreds VI cattle pofiehed,
but no loss OF life 10 reported. Large
parties OF lumbermen anu ranohers
have been fighting the flames for two
days without rest, but the fire Ia gain
ing rapid headway. Millions OF logs
anu q vast quantity OF standing tim.
ber, together with few ranch build.
ings. have been burned. This loss can.
not be estimated nj this time. There
~ no prospect Of the nro being con-
trolled until 1t buTus Itself out.
Wyoming's total coal production In
1898 WIS 2,240,0ll short tons; epol
value, s2,977,0Ol. Wyoming IL one OF
the coal producing states whose output
In 1895 was lees than that OflsDi, and
one OF tho four In which there was an
advance In tho average value per ton. |
Compared with 1904, tho coal product |
Of Wyoming In 1895 showed loss OF |
l7O.622 short tons. Theie has beon a |
steady decrease Ia Wyoming tonnage
ainoO 1892 anu In the output la 1895, |
which was the smallest. The value OF |
tho product OF 1895 was Sl02, iOl, less |
than that OF the preceding year, the |
advance In price being . cenie ton.
from Sl.8l In 1894 TO Sl.B3 ia 1895, The |
decreases In 1895 were substantially all |
In Carbon ana Sweotwater, the two |
principal coal producing oountios, Toe
former lost liitle more than $4,000 tons |
anu the latter about $50, 900 tons. The |
losses were partly made mp by an In |
eteaee ofll4,l72 tons In Ulnls county |
anu about 20, 900 tons IN the aggregate |
tonnage from unimpOTlant counties,
Harry MoCuiryt cyan work Friday |
morning nj O'Clock In the 7OO.fco
level OF the Banner mine, rear Oio-