Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-03
NEWS OF The WEST.
A Careless HOrSeman Causes a Fatal
Runaway.
AsCENDED MEXICAN MOUNTAINS.
Four. Year.Oid Boy Killed by Truck
Found Dead In Bed-Da
by Frost.

The city council OF Santa Crug
CAL, has agreed TO adopt an ordinance
against expeotorsting on tho Sidewalks
and In public places.
Mrs. Matilda Frye, recent arrival
at MERGED, Cal, was found dead In her
bed this morning. She was about 40
yssrs old ana u member OF the Ssi7a'
tion army.
Tempe, Arizona, News: S. ]. john
eon is In town today from Mesa. He
sayB that the late froet almost totally
ruined 800 acres OF grain for him. 30
great has been the damage to the
grain crops that one OF the orders for
large new threehing OUTFIT has been
cancelled.
James Holmes, a lad OF 4, was run
over aud killed In San Francisco on
Wednesday mor1ing, by truck. The
boy attended Kindergarten on Ninth
street and was on his way to the
school when the accident OCCURRED.
The boy and a companion Jumped on
the truck and were ordered of by the
driver, who snapped his whip at them.
The Olhor boy landed safely, but the
Holmes child was crusbed under the
wheel, which passed over his head
and breast. He was carried Into a
drug store and two doctors summoned,
but his deeth was almost instaDtap-
eous.
II. Cbevers Btopsl, q scientific gen.
tleman from heidelberg, Germany,
who has recently accomplished the
feat OF ascending the two big noun.
tain peaks OF Mexico, Popocatapetl and
OrizAba, Ia now In California on his
why to Japan. He ascended to the
top OF both mountains, he says, though
not without great difficulties and at
the risk OF his lite. Guided by Indiaps,
and with the aid Of ropes md other
contrivances, he managed to reach the
summit OF Orizaba from the south,
thus avoiding the snow which covers
the northern slope of tue peak. His
guides deserted HIM before he iescheu
The summit, AMI he was compelled TO
complete the ascent alone, In the midst
Of continual shower Of falling sto neB.
The other peak, though higher, was
nscended with less difficulty. He
measured both pc nks. According to
his calculations Popocatpail is 1898
feet anu Orizaba II ,S2S.
The prospects, for n fruit crop oil over
Colorauo were never better at thi,
time Of year than now, and great pre-.
parntions for big year are going on
everywhere, says the Denver Field
and Farm. The damage OF deslruc.
tive irosts islgrowing less day by 1ay,
and April will soon bs gone 10 allay
our worst fears. Fruit buds remain
dormant nll winter anu show no signs
OF starting until after the vernal
equinoxisi storm had passed, ami this
was commonplace enough anu did no
damage. A reader at Ftuita, Mesa
county, writes: 1--WE Will have more
fruit this year IN Grand valley tuan
hll the previous years put together"
And this condition will apply to every
other section over the other side. Buds
are now swelling and the sap Ia start.
ing, but the teaton seems to he three
weeks later than last spring, which 10
an advantage as guarantee against
Injury by frosts.
A good many persons do not seem TO
undorstand why free irrigation or tho
spraying OF trees with water protects
against frost. The explanation is that
the water 10 absorbed by the air, VIII len
becomes more damp. The more moi,.
ture Ia the atmosphere the higher the
temperature at which rain will fall. II
the temperature is below 32 degree,
the rain becomes hnOw or nail or, II
the amount OF moisture in the air is
small, frost results. But in the PROCESS
OF condemnation WHISTLER into rain,
hail or frost, a great deal of heat IL sci
Tree which tends to raise the tempsrh-
ture OF the air. Every one knows that
heat is required to change water TO
vapor. When the vapor Ii oondense d
1t sets free the exact amount OF heat
that was required to vap0rizs II. Few
persons not accustomed to deal with
these matters will realize how much
heat will be made available by this
process. 1t would require goou many
not nres TO the acre to produce as
much. The heat set free by the con.
densation OF one pint OF water would
DOLL wafer enough TO get supper and
wnsh the dishes for an ordinary fnmi.
~. By moistening the air We raise
the point OF condensation, cilled tor
short the dew point. THIS liberatsa
heat and tho heat 30 liberated may
prevent the temperature from ever
falling to u dangerous point.
Thomas And ersop, u prominen,
fruit grower Of Happy Valley, Cal.
fornia, met with u shocking anu fatal
accident In runaway on the streets
Of Reddipg, California, on Wednes-
Jay. He had Just arrived In the city
when an unknown person on horse.
back attempted to pass him, Ander.
sons horse became frightened aud
ths stranger, instead OF craving
aside TO let the enin,s! cuiet
down, continued his break neck
speed, causing Andefson'a horse 10
become unmanagesble. 1t got bcyond
control, and, swerving 10 one side,
threw the occupant Violently out OF
the vehicle aud against telegraph
pole. Anderson struck iull on the LEFT
temple, crushing the skull and dashipg
particles of the brain out upon tins pole
anu ground. He was quickly carried
TO dwelling near by anu several
physicians were summoned. Thi, US.
sislaDce, however, was OF no avail, Tor
tho unfortunate man died within Two
hours alter the occurrence of the accl.
dent A number OF people Witnessed
the accident and several made M
effort to capture the horse, but their
assistance came too late. Thsunknown
party who caused the fatality had evil
IDENTIFY foreseen the seriousness of the
runaway, Tor luet before the accident
occurred he quickly turned into an
unfrtquented street anu rode out o.
sight. a coroner's inquest was held,
the jury hnuing u verdies OF death by
accident When the fatal nature OF
the wound became known, a messen.
ger wss ut once sent TO the home o.