Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-26
NEWS OF THE WEST.
By Dragged by a Horss and Fatally
Injured.
KILLED BY A DYNAMITE CAP.
Drank Pin, OF Coal OIL Drowned al
ferry-Iwo Carpent,rs Killed
1hriliiug Ixperienc,.

John Hilton, who was injured by al
explosion caused ~ detective d. MS
mite cap near Garlock, CAL, Sunday.
died Monday evening. HIS home
was In Porterville. Wm. Gill o
Fresno 10 recovering, but has lost his
eyes.
Joseph Hylapd, a miner In the Bell
miro at Butte, Montana. was osush
between the cage and wall plate at the
S00.ioot level, and had both OF his legs
broken and was otherwise mashed,
receiving injuries that were considered
fatal.
Maud, the 13.year.old daughter o.
Ate Jefferiee, who lives near Bucoda,
WASH, a lew lays ago started to Blu
coda on horseback. The horse became
frightened at the BARKING OF d =,
and threw the little girl { fl against a
stump breaking her back and fractur.
Ing her skull. She died two hours
nfterward.
A distressing and probably fatal
accident happened Sunday siterno IN
at Carson, New. Alex MEX .nzie, Is
years Of age, while isssJi1g wii1
horses, became entangled 10 the larIal
and before his horse could be sioppe /
was dragged some distance. The
clo hes W ere torn from his body, deeI,
gashes made In mis- head and he was
Internally Injured.
The Salmon City, Idaho, Republic
gives the details of the killing OF two
men, one named Hewlett md tue
other named Winover,at Gibbonsville.
The men were carpenters working for
the A. ID. d nj. company. With ak
other men they were repairing the
| trestle over AudersoD creek, which IL
| crossed by tho ore tracks. Contrary IA
orders car OF ore was sent down and
was on the men before they had time
| to get away. They all went down
with the result stated.
The Boise, Idaho, Statesman has
this in regard to ex-senator Dubois:
When seked about his proposed trip / ,
China anu Japan, Mr.. Dubois said the
party would sail early In August. Tho
other members Of the party will be
Senators Mantle, Cannon aud Petit
grew. They will carry letters Of IN.
| PRODUCTION from the Chinese and
Japanese ministers as well ne from the
secretary OF etate. The trip will be Tor
pleasure, but 1t Is their purpose to de.
vote par sicuIar attention to a study OF
the financial question from the orient.
al standpoint.
Clsrepce p. Thorne, q stenographer,
convicted OF an attempt to extort
money from Major Frank McLsugh.
lin and serving q sentence of four
years In San Quentin, Cal, prison,
attempted suicide by taking opl UNI
aud Or mixing pint of,coal oil. On
| Saturday evening, after the bugle call
hal sounded the signal for Sights
out" Sergeant Ella noticed q light In
Thorne's cell. Looking into the cell
he saw Thorne yng unconscious
clan OF thei prison, used lthei stomach
pump with such good effect that
Thorne was soon In normal condition.
A Lewiston, Idaho, dispatch to the
| Spokane Review of May 2lst says:
The ferry across the Snake river sank
today, drowning Thomas Aram, a
wealthy stockman Of Grangeville. 1t
was loaded with cattle. The ferry
was owned by Griffith White. Eisven
hundred cattle were here en- route 10
Union, where they were to be shipped
| to Dakota. An attempt was made to
today. Sixty cattle were loaded on
the boat. Mr.. Aram, Newton Hibbs,
q. Brown, the ierrynRp, and o boy,
Pouad, his assistant, were aboard.
The ferry swung of and soon began
to sink. When about 200 feet from thu
bank II sank. just bsiore 1t did 30
Aram jumped. He was carried uow +
stream aud drowned. The body was
recovered. The others swan toward
shore and, With assistance OF those on
the bank, were saved. All the cattle
swan ashore. The ferry boat was
ssvsd. Mfr. Arsm was the chief ow or
OF the cattle. His body will BIZ shippe d
to Grangsville for intsrment.
DR.. Cureton Of Albion, Idaho, q
dentist, temporarily located at Noun.
tainhome. had thrilling experience
at the Loveridge ferry on Snake river
few days ago, the details OF which
are given In the Moun,ainhome,
tdaho, Republican. With Chris
Haltzer he started to cross the river In
q skiff, Curet0n rowing. Being q
novice, Cureton etruck out into the
current too soon and before the ocou-
near the low.hanging ferry caule.
oaN1st' poink ~ eApeIienceu oars.
man, grabbed the oars and ate mpfsd
to avoid the cable, but he had barely
time to make stroke before the boat
struck its nose against the big wire.
Cureton very foolishly caught the cable
Instead Of lying down In the skiff, and
N an instant he was yapked cut OF
the boat, which passed on, leaving
him Suspended from the cable, his
m IN
vociferously for Bal ger, who, norsined
ut the predicament OF his companion
was floating rapidly away towards sail
water. The ferry finally came across
and Cureton saved himself by crawl.
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