Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-18
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Two Children in California Fatally
Burned
sMOrHEaED A BABY 10 DEATH.


James Hey, painter, 80 years Of
age, lied In a San FfancissD jail on
Mnudny motnIng OF uelitium trsmeni.
hoey was sentenced lew Gays ago to
s,Tve lhree months 80 isil for disturb.
ing tho peace. He had beel drinking
leavily.
z. w. Shinple OF San Jose, CAL,
called at ne residence Uf Captain il.
a. Thompson on EucinAl avenue Sun
DAY night to tee the setvaut glTl, g.
whom he Ia engaged 20 DO married.
Heuring him III the fro I door CAPITA ~
IN mpsOu mistO0k him fUr hurs lar
and marched him to he city jail,
v here matters were satisiac Only tx
plnined.
RIymond Perkins, the hve.weeks-oll
ION OF Mr. and Mrs. d. w. Perkins OF
San Francisco, was smOiheTed to
death early Monday morning while
sleeping between his parents. Mrs.
Perkins had been accustomei TO plsc.
ing the baby between herself ami her
husband on retiring. She awoke at
l O'clock in the morning ana iOun
that the child has slipped dow in tue
the covering she was horrihed ~ lind
1t dead.
Little Lulu Christie, the two.yesr.old
daughter OF Mr.. anu Mrs. Hebert
Christie oil Scrlbner, Cal, was pracil.
cally burned to death Saturday. The
little one was Playing alone when the
mother, who WIS short distance
away, heard her scream. Mrs. Christie
ran to the child anu found its clothes
Ia flames. They were Immediately
torn from her body, but the fire ha1
NE lie deadly work, for the chill
could not survive the shock. She uieI
al $3.50 O'Clock Monday morning.
While waiting Tor the room train for
ssantDu, at Menlo Park station,
Cali TUESDAY, Mrs. Tray OF the former
pltCe was struck and seriously injured
nv the pilot OF the approaching engine.
Uuder the belief that she was on ii iv
rtcs, Mrs. Tray stood in the center
the main track as the train approsChe +,
an before the engineer could bring =
train to stanustill the woman was
8 ruck rom behind and thrown AL ip.
every 10 GOubtiul.
A letter from Rawlins, Wyo., say
Range st''k IN this portion OF WyO.
ming Ia sutf ring severely on account
OF the storms u the past week. Snow
has fallen to considerable denth
along Snake river and on The r.
desert ami mas been crusted over by
alternating thaws and cold Snaps 60
that cattle and sheep cannot get to the
feed underneath. Owing to the i'm.
mense number of Utah sheep winter-
ing ON the ranges feel IL scare and ur-
less warm weather changes conditions
very coon the loss 10 stock owners will
be heavy.
A dispatch from Rswllns says that
Utah sheepman, whose name could
not be learned, had narrow escape
from frightful death at Solon station.
Wyoming, Saturday. He was driving
q bunch o sheep scross the Union Pa.
clfic track when his wagon was struck
by en eastbOund passenger train.
Both horses were killed and the wagon
demolished. The driver was thrown
come distance, but escaped without
serious injury. At Latham station a
train ran into bunch oil sheep and
killed $50 Of the namber.
Am ng tue guests at the Palace
h ter, San Francisco, IL X. Inouzuke,
AN official OF the Japanese govern.
ment, who has come tU America ON an
official mission to study many matters
60 the management Of rail-
rUauR. Mr.. ntuzuke is lawyer by
proieHeloG ami Is the counsel Tor the
Of communications and
the bureau OF Legislation, besiues filling
the position OF acting secretary OF the
house Of peers in the japanese parIia.
ment. he says that be will spend
about Que month in the United States,
and will then go to Europe to pursue
his Investigations. He came from the
0 rient on one OF the Empress steamers.
The supreme court Of California, on
Monday, decided that the Increase
from sheep, whether OF lambs or the
wool grown upon them, was the prop.
eriy OF the mortgagor. The morgagors
In the action calling forth the dis
after the making OF the mort.
gage, sold quantity OF the wool and
Iambs, ana the mortgage claimed tubs
was illegal, he being entitled to til G
iDcrease and to the crop of wool. The
supreme court hold: "Asthe lien OF
The mortgage extende only to the
described therein, and as the
remains the owner OF the
property mortgaged, he has an unre.
,tricted right TO cell or dispose OF it's
ruit or increase"
Sarah Lear, the 5.yeAr.old daughter
II Ross Lear, a farmer OF Rock wood,
Jsl., was fatally harmed last Saturday
,venlng. The iather was burning
rush in % field, accompanied by his |
wO little children, who played about |
mong the flaming weeds. He was
ngrCssed In his work aud when about |
80 yards from his children turned
round AMI saw his little daughter's |
,lothes on fire. He ran TO her aud |
ried 10 txtingulsh the flames, but did |
lot succeed until she was badly |
,urned from her walst up over h or
lreast, face aud arms, anu he himssli
vas seriously ecorchet about the hands
md arms. The child received early
medical attendance, but 1t was OF no |
.vaii, am she died at the hospital
donday night. The little sufferer,
hough entirely conscious all the time,
lever uttered a cry from the time she
vas burned until sue died.
A serious fray took place at kes-
VicB, Cal, Monday morning about 6
'c.Cck. Five smelter men live in
abin on the side hill. Two OF them,
frank Curtis and Charles Donohue,
lad been out all night ON spree anu