Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-28
Danger in Berries From Arsenical
Spraying Mixtures.
FEARFUL RESULT OF EXPLOSION.
Former salt Lakrr Dies in Arizona
Cut His throat with a Eucksaw
a schooiboy's llvw.

huseell ". WOOufuu, cashier OF tue
Prescott National ban k, died vt Pres colt,
Atiz,na, on Tutsusy, alter an illness
OF about month. Mr.. Woodruff was
u native OF Detroit, where his .amiIy
Is prominent, He lived several years
in Salt Lake City, where he is well
known.
An unknown man about rs yoars Of
| age was found Tuesday morning Ia u
| dyiDg condition aIo pslue OF the cleo.
| lric road lust below the Ssn Lorenzo
BRUCE at Hay wards, Gal. He expired
shortly alter. An autopey showed
that he had two ribs broken and bad
bruise on the side. 1t lie thought he
was struck ~ ali electric car.
A Colorado law provides that any
| who shall sell, give or furnish any
| H. bacc0, or article made In whole or IN
part OF tobacco. to any child under III
years Of age, without the written oruer
| OF the father or guardian OF such child,
| shall be Il ed In snm not lees than
So nor more THAI Sl00, or be i'm
prlsoned IN the county jail not m re-
than three months. The state school
oficers are active In seeing that the
law Is enforced.
Tuesday afternoon J. Q. Donigan, a
tramp undergoing short sentence in
the county jail nj Santa Rosa, GAL, al
tempted to take bis life. He took u
large bucksaw used by the prisoners
| for cutting " cod, retired to q dark cell
and deliberately commenced saving
his throat. He IL fiicted several horri-
BILE wounds, but County Physician
Shesrer stitched them up, after which
Donigan was removed 10 the clunty
hospital. He 10 believed to be insane.
The remains OF man were found
near Shady Run, Cal, Sunday, and
the coroner from Auburn held an IT.
qaest Tuesday, but could not learn tn e
mans identity. A revolver was found
near the remains, with two chambers
loaded. There was a bullet wound in
the forehead. The man was appareni.
ly about 80 years old and well dressed.
There wsIe no papers on the BODY. In
the cuffs were gold sleeve buttons
marked &C." Two half dollars were
found 10 the pockets. The bJdy was
malt mile from the railroad.
Health Officer Dunn, OF Oakland,
Cal, has had his attention drawn 10
the widespread sickness caused by the
consumption OF eirawberries raised by
L
have neen in the habit Of applying
arsenic to their plants. Some days
ago the sickness was prevalent, but
seemed 10 decrease, now only to assert
itself again and In much worse form.
The health officer warns all the gal
deners to stop using any solution ooI-
toiniDg trace OF poison for the pull
pose OF killing huge. Several psople
who ate berries secured from the mail
kets have been Violently III.
A man named Ssntine Navoni at
the Gold Bank mine in Forbesiowp,
Cal, was seriously, II not fatally,
wounded by the explosion of blasl
on Tuesday. He and another MIL or
had placed four blasts in q row and
touched the fuse Of the first one. This
"hzz ed" as the miners express 1t, or
the iuse burned out without exploding
the powder. Navoni then put anotht
piece OF fuse In tho powder while 1t
was yet heated from the burn ng out
Of the fret fuse. An explosion fol-
lowed and NRvoni was struck by the
flying rocks and badly cut on the
right temple, the skull being laid bare,
both eyeballs were blown out on his
cheeks and serious cash was cut by
the rocks in the shoulder.
Little Flossie Brush has been hover
ing between life and death for week
at San Fran cieco, from the effects OF
blow struck by o schooImate, Ross
Havrill, on Thursday, the goth inst.
The boy and girl were ct a'ed ntar each
other In school. AS the clrcumstances
are related bylother children who were
In the schuolroom at the time, Havrill
xas teasing the little girl, stepping on
her toes and otherwise annoying her,
and finally took away her pencil.
She tried to get her pencil back anu
finally grabbed 1t, whefeup0n he
struck her with his fst In the side
Just below the lower ribs and ov.r
the liver. At the same time he kicked
her on the shine. Whether he struck
her more than one blow or not is not
known. She began to cry at once and
complained Of severe paine. Later
peritonitis developed, and the girl is iu
a critical condition.
Roy Hamilton, only IL years old,
Ia the hero OF Hellwood, Oregon, Las,
Saturday Cnarles Bays, LAD OF is,
while padding In lagoon formed by
the high water OF the Willamette on
q raft, fell overheard, and as he could
not swim he at once sank. Standing
ON the BANK OF the slough were half
dozen boys. Watching Bsys' move
ments. Among them was little Ham
ilton. Realizing as Bays went dow n
tnat the boy could rot swim, Hamii- |
ton, throwing of his Jacket only,
plunged into the water and swan to |
the raft. The little fellow is an adept |
swimmer. When he reached the raft |
Bays was going down for the second
time. Hamilton begsI iesriDgup the
boarde forming the duui d throwing |
the pieces to Bays. Tie latter, how
ever, was too far gone from fright anu |
the water he hal taken TO pay any =
tention to the lf,-,avinR supports
thrown within his grssp. Seeing the |
drowning boy sinking for tho third |
time, Hamilton divsd for him and |
managed to clutch his arm, and Bays
had become unooncious, ana the |
heavy weight OF the bouy was more |
thsn the young hero could sustain.
He was obligeL to releste his hold OF
the body and come to the surface for |
breath. Hamilton struck out Tor |
shore and reached the bank. He ran
In his dripping clothes TO give the
alarm at the 6ellwoot Lumber COM
pany's mill. In hnlf an hour the |
miIlmen recovered the body.
Police Officer J. b. Boyee OF ost-