Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-29
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Workman Caught by a Shaft and
Whirled 10 Dea,h.
BRAKEMAN RIDERS CLOSE CALL.
,irs Cherries OF the seasOn-fatal
runaway - Hunter hrowned-for
Sunday ,bseIv0nce.

Lewis Piekullsh, editor OF the Sai
Francisco Slav Sloga. slipped under
train in attempting to board II MONDAY
afternoon, and had his foot bailJ
| Crushed. He was ~ A lum Rock PARK
attending an o 10 FeliOws' picnic.
The Santa Ana valley is being
| looked over for csnaiRre or the factory
at Ratio, Cal The plant grows wilu
throughout Orange county, and
Roodly supply OF the root is guarantee
for the beginning OF the new Industry
In Southern California.
u cateilo, Iiaho. Tribune: "Billy''
Alien, the musician who has BEEN IN
tue city since tue university graduates
visited here, went down to Salt LAX e
City to furnish the music Tor Mr.. Gun
ning's entertainments at that place.
The fret box of ripe cherries to leave
CaliiUrnis this year was shippei from
V,cAvilie Monday by Mrs. Prudence
Ly0us, consig ed t. PJrtei BroI err
cjmpa y, Chicago. II was n tea
uOuud boz. This ia over two wees
later than last sesson.
The Ministers union in Sacrams n 10
adopted the following resolution Oh
Su day: "Resolved, That We earnestly
request all PEOPLE, whether church
members or MT, to Teiraln from pic.
II cktug, racing AMI every form o
riutUus amusements on the Lord
Jay, as unbs coming a Christian
civilizations"
A young man giving the name of
Walter Wood Was arrested Monday at
SACRAMENTO, and charged with an
attempt AZ burglary. Wood wa
discovered in the act of coming out
OF IA residence and wa ssizsd. The
only thing of n Suspicious naiur
t1uud on the prisoner at the time
his arrest was pair OF ieweled garter.
While Giff Jones, Charles Dseter
and Ray Weston were rOun Ing up II
Uand " y ung horaes on Lower GRAB
ere, X, near COulee City, Wash, they
undertook to sSim the horses across
the stream. While crossing tue river
the borsts became uufu y aud j ne
ami Weston were thrown into IL
water anu drowned. Deeter manage
10 reach the shore.
A young man named Wm. II. IL Il
was drowned In the McMullen slough
near Dathrop, lCal., ON Monday fer.
moon. He was driving cattle acros,
the Mccormick rarch and III tue
middle o the stream his horse Ill ppeu
aud fell. Iu the laundering which
followed, the horse stepped on Hali'
head snd he sank in the shallow
water. The cody h,s not been recov.
cred.
William Tsyntop, a car cleaner 6S
- Af hal
cars this morning while worning ut
the Oakland, CAL, railway yards, ana
was fatally injured. He had occasion
10 cross between two cars aud VIII lie
doing go car which had been clicked"
Jown the switch struck the train
through which he was passing. He
waB knocked down, receiving a brJkeu
arm and internal injuries.
A hobo who ate pied to steal q ride
on the bfskebeam OF the Spokane and
Northwestern train recently mad all
unpleasant experience. Near Addy,
WASH, the track IL covered with water
for q long distance, anu Ii was so ueep
that the tramp could, with difficulty,
keep his head out OF ii. At times he
was completely submerged, and he
would probably have drowned hau
not sumo of the pas engeTs / card his
cries for help. The train was stopped
anu the half.drow ned hobo rescusu
from his perilous position.
Johu Gomez, young man EN-.
ployed at the II. G. Laying Machine
works in San Francisco, was fatally
II jured Monday morning while oiling
tue main shalt 10 the works. HIS
was caught by the shaft, anu
before the engine coulu be stopped III
Iesporse to nils cries, he had bsea
thrown several times against the CELL
ing underneath which the shaft 70.
tstes. Gomez was cut loose from the
shaft AND taxed TO the hospital, where
1t was iounu that his right leg, below
he knee, had bren badly shattered,
his left arm broken, his scalp IacerateI
In several places and his body badly
bi uised.
Mrs. Leah Williams was knocked
down, trasg,d by the hair anu bauly
b aten SATURDAY night Mt Tacoms,
WASH, by Morris Williams, from
whom she was divorced several years
ago. warrant was sworn out for
WIiliams' arrest, but he has 80 far o..
capeu the police. Justice Mattison
was informsd that on Thursday night
Williams went to his divorced wiI.'s
house, broke 10 the door with an TX
anu gave her an unmerciful bsatlny,
Mrs. Williams 10 seriously III from the
! fl cite OF the beating, ana her frienus
ear she may not recover. Mrg. VIII
llams was divorced on the ground OF
cruelty.
A fatal runaway acol dent occurred
at Eureka, CAL, Monday. DR.. w.
ii. Wallace, accompanied by Cephas
Aohesen, proprietor OF a livery stable. |
" ere returning rom an ODD Fellows |
at Afcatn. When hal |
way between Baysiue and Fresh water |
he team became frightened and ran |
away, throwing the occupants out Just |
's they reached bridge crossing a
mall slough. Both struck on their
lesds. Wallace was badly bruised on
he head, face and chest. Acheson's
'kull was fractured. Aohe,on when |
picked up was bleeding from the nose
ind Ears and was unconscious. He
lied shortly aiterwsrd.
At Fire bsughs, CAL, on SUNDAY
morning two Mexican boys nam,
Thomas an Frank Garcia get into 4
luarrel with countryman Nance
Frank Velles, and the result was Il fight
,etween Velies and one of the boys.
While the two were fghlinR the 9th ~
'rother came up behind Velles nm
sDbed HIM four times in the bsck
Wit knife, the blade OF which meas
| es over tour iucues. Every sisb