Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-11
NOTES OF WESTERN EVENTS.
Two Men MISUNDERSTANDING Land
--Su cid,-LOs, His Eye.


Julius Ungemscb, n waiter al the
Oberon music hall, San Fran cleo,
committed suioide Sunday morning
by inhaling Illuminating gas.
On Monday the game keeper in
II wins, Wyo., gambling use nan
quarrel with Harry Bowel, a col
ored man who formerly lived In Sal
Lake, anu knocked the negro's eye Oh
with club,
Article Of Incorporation were filed
in the flee OF Idaho's secretary oil
state at Boise on Saturday afteruOou
for the Idaho Central Construction
company, with lite principal place OF
business at Boise. The uumbef
the fist year are: Alfred Enh ami
Hosea B. Eastman, Boie; Edward Nj.
Bartoi. Thomas q. Gaiioway al
William Il. SummercamP, Weiser;
Lucius G. Wilkinson and william
Hatkens, Of Salt LIKE.
Butte, Montana, liz to have some Of
Its streets paved. The Intefmountain
says that on Saturday Fred Green, the
agent OF Utah Paving company
called on the mayor anu presented the
merits Of RspbSitum, a Utah product
which the agent claimed was giving
good ealiefaction on the streels OF
Denver and Salt Lake. The agent Is
snceAvoring to arrange matters so that
the city engineer and paving commit
tee can visit Salt Lake and note the
qualities OF the material In use ON the
streets there.
Boiee, Idaho Call: On Thursda'
night II. s. Tincber, Que OF the victims
OF the recent Short Line wreck rear
Glenn's ferry, died At st. Alphonsus
hospital. Dire. Dubois aud Higgins
held post mortem examination on
his RENAME yesterday to ASCERTAIN the
nature OF his iniuriee. Tincher was
today buried in Morris Hill cemetery.
The Short Line officials, 1t is under.
stool, at one time offered Tiucner
| SO, 600 to compensate him Tor the in
juries received in the wreck, but that
he refused 1t. 1t is NOV uu ndersto u
that his widow, who 10 here, Will ask
the courts to give her much larger
amount. She has two children.
Two men were drowned In Nc
Leod's lake, Cal, Saturday forenoon
shortly before IL o'cl ca. Que was a
young man named John Robinson,
who LETT his home In Antioch day
or two ago to 20 to work on the barge
Katie. AS he was unloading cord
wood from the barge he tripped on
the gang plank and fell into the water
between the barge and the wharf. A
piece Of wood iell on his head and
must have stunned him, for, although
good swimmer, he aid not rise again.
Shortly siteward Chris johnson, fire.
mani on the steamer Clara Crow, which
tow ed the barge, Jumped of the boat
and was drowned. He was under the
IN tluence OF liquor, and 1t is supposed
he thought he could recover the RI
mains Of Robinson.
Three dredgers have been put to
work retaining 90, 600 acres of land on
Union Island, California. A little
more than half of the tract wac re.
claimed six or seven years ago by the
Williams brothers, but the levees Were
broken and the land was aba pdoned.
1t Is proposed now to avoid danger OF q
similar occurrence by opening up Old
river, which Is q short out between the
upper San Joaquin anu the lower part
OF that stream. This opening Of Oh
river will be Of considerable benefit to
| Stockton. incidentally, for during the
times OF ireshels 1t viii afford All out
let for large quantity OF water thai
otherwise would have to come down
to Rough and Ready, and by backing
up in the NHrrows cause high water
here. The old levees will be repaire
and some new ones built. The reclaim
alton is being done by company OF
which John Herd Is president.
Butte, Montana, Intermountsin,
May s: John b. Fisher, ex-clerk anu
recorder OF Deer Lodge county, COM
mitteJ suicide at Rosslsud, b. O., last
evening by shooting himself in the
head. He was passenger on the trai .
from Spokane, and as II pulled into the
depot he arose In his seat and, placing
the revolver to his right temple, pulled
the trigger. He was taken to the Sisters
OF Peace hospital, where he died about
three hours later. Fisher was about
33 years OF age and leaves wife and
child in Anaconda. 1t is said that the
reason he lett his home liz that city
was because he feared the action OF
the grand jury, whioh is now in
session. During his term OF Office az
county clerk anu recorder he contract.
ed an appetite for liquor. anu when he
turned over his office to his SUCCESSOR
the first OF this year it was stated thai
he was short 81 95S In his accounts.
Since he Quit drinking he has at timel
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