Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-19
EYENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in NeighbOring State,
and Territories.
KILLED HIS LITTLE BROTHER BY ACCIDENT


At Santa Cruz. Cal. Tuesday Il.
Hessc was killed on l.. *. Buldwin'e
ranch by a log falling ON him, He was
native Of Germany d years Of age.
Frank Pierce and his wife, with their
little boys aged is months and years
respectively, had almost IL miraculous
escape from death by fire Monday
night at Nevada city Cal, All their.
household goods and clothing were
burned.
Mrs a. NJ. Dorm, young married
woman Of Selma. cal, met death In Il
strange manner Tuesday night. She
was laughing SO heartily that q par
oNysm Of coughing was caused, which
ruptured n blood vessel and brought in
slant death
Nicholas G. Luke, who ten years ago
was a prominent minister of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at san jose,
cal, was ndjudEed insane Tuesday and
committed to the state hospital at Ag-
news. His aflicti0n is due to old age
and failing health.
Col. Young. superintendent Of the
Yellowstone National Park, says that
10000 head Of elk and deer have gone
into the Jackson HOLE country recent
~. He estimates that n year or go
win take. all the elk out Of the Park
unless the government takes some
steps to give them protection
The Republicans Of Idaho are con-
siderably stirred up over "A meeting
that was held in Boise Wednesday
evening, at which senator Shoup was
present. II Is believed that the gath
ering was one to decide on the
distribution of public offices through
out the state; hence the stir.
DR. Lewis Swift of Echo mountain,
Il
day night four new nebulae, three in
one field. This makes 100 nebulae dis
covered by him since his telescope was
placed here. Prof. Swift has won
many prizes. He Is a great discoverer
of comets Efforts are being made
to retain the astronomer despite offers
from North Carolina.
John Broderic. prominent merchant
and one of the oldest settlers of Sausa-
Tito. Cal, met with an accident Tues
day night, which Is likely to prove ia
tai. He was thrown out of his carriage
while on the road fromSausalto to San
Rafael. He struck on the back of his
head and injured his spine. When
picked up he was found to be complete
ly paralyZed. He is now lying at the
point of death.
A whole family consisting Of a moth
er and her three daughters, We're poi
soned In Sacramento. Cal, Tuesday
morning by eating mush for break
fast in which arsenic had been mixed.
The sufferers have all recovered, and
an Investigation which followed re-
suited i'm the discovery that enough
arsenic to have killed a dozen men
was in the meal The family which
so narrowly escaped, is that Of Mrs.
Dorothy Schubert.
At 7 o'clock Tuesday morning at
I l.. IT,.
court with verdict of murder In the
first degree in the case of T. NJ. Gleason
for killing ID. NJ. Cotton on July 9th
last. Argument in the case was con-
cluded at II o'clock Monday night and
the jury deliherated till morning, but
most Of the time was devoted to con-
sidering the penalty to be inflicted. 1t
was finally decided to recommend i'm
prisonment for life.
Harry Masters, grocer, WIS ar
rested at Stockton, Cal, Tuesday af-
ternoon for making II threat to kill
Dave Wlnders, n collector. Masters
called him up by telephone and said he
would beat him to death for attaching
his store. Masters was sent to jail in
default OF furnishing $1,000 bail.
About two yeas ago he shot little boy
and was fined $1,000. The attachment
Tuesday morning was levied for at
torneys' fees for defending him on
that charge.
T. ]. Coleman of the San Francisco
rolice force, went to Victoria, b. c.,
for j. G. Bennett. the San Francisco
wife slasher. now has an order on the
chief Of police of Victoria for the de-
livery OF Bennett.The order was issued
Tuesday by Justice McColl, sitting as
nm evtrndition judge. but Is not re-
turnable for fifteen days. the British
law providing that men shall have that
much time in which to apply for n writ
of habeas corpus TO secure his release.
The nine-year-old son of Thomas
Gray. who resides near Merlin, Cal
while playing with his fathers rifle
| Tuesday afternoon, accidentally dis
charged II, the ball passing through
the head of his little three-year-olt
sister. killing her instantly. The only
| person near, an old gentleman, frient
of the family. was in an adiolninf
room, and, hearing the shot, went tC
ascertain the cause. and, seeing what
| had happened, started for a neighbOr's
house to inform the children's parents
1t was learned Tuesday that during
a quarrel over woman, Frank ABB
| bott made an attempt Monday to muir
| der his brother. George Abbott, at Los
| Angeles. Cal, firing at him thrice and
missing each time. Both brothers are
notorious in that city for misconduct
p. Corcoran, n pioneer and an old
| and respected citizen of Antioch Cal.
| died on his ranch Monday. He was
| the father of Hugh j. CorcOran, man
| ager of the California Navigation and
! Improvement company.
Robert Isom. the well-known coll
! ored young Jockey Of san Francisco
| died of consumption Tuesday afternoon
| after a lingering illness. He was but
| is years of age. but for two years the
| dread disease has been sapping his
strength, His last races We're ridden
at the state fair at Sacramento, after
which he went to San Francisco with
the expectation of riding during the
winter meetings His health. however
| was so bad that he was not able to ap-
| pear on the track even as n spectator
| Isom's remains will be shipped to his
| home at Lexington, KY, where his
mother sim lives.
The Piedmont and Mountain View
railroad of California has been ali
| sorbed by the Realty Syndicate and
| another step towards the consolidation
OF all the street railway lines OF Oak
| landunder one ownership and one man
agement has been taken. Tho pur-
| chase price is withheld for the present,
but II Is admitted by both the seller
and the purchaserthat terms have been
agreed upon. that the deal Is entirely
a question Of details and convenience.
The purchase Of the road gives the
Realty Syndicate the control Of seven
local lines and gross revenue esti-