Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-10
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Man Dies In a Street Car From
Cancer In the Throat.
WEALTH IN A WRECKED STEAMER,
Burntd His Eyes with Acid--1hree Men
Killed by Poisonous Gas In
a slime.

On Friday morning the Portpeuf
river at Boise, Idaho, burst its banks,
Il Joding numter OF houses huJ
gardens anu causing considerable
damage.
While running a saw at his mil
near RED Buff, Cal, the other DAY,
Adolpn Engebretsen bad the 1ngsIs
ana thumb OF his right hand cut oil Wy
coming In contact with the cav.
josie Kensler, on trial for the muir.
der OF John kensler, her husband ~
MountaiDhome, Idabo, and an accom-
plice OF Alfred Freel, convicted OF the
murder, has teen convicted OF murder
Ia the second uegree.
p. McGillep, q steamfitter, died sud-
denly Thursday Afternoon at san
FranciscO. He was on street car,
anu was on his way down town when
when he was taken very III. He wac
assisted TO the sidewalk, but he expireI
almost Immediately. McGilleD was
80 years Of nge, anu had been sutieri0g
from cancer In the throat for long
time.
Boise, Idaho, StatesmaD: r.. Il.
Green has received 100 pounds OF beet
seed from tue sugar factory at Lehi,
Utah. He intends TO SOW 1t ana
zee II the soil AMI climate In this sec
ton are favorable to the growing OF
beets, He expects one OF the pfofes-
sofs OF the university at Logan, Utah,
TO come up wheu the time arrives for
the sowing OF the seed.
San Francisco Chronicle, May Z:
Vice.President J. q. stubUs OF the
Southern Pacific company lett last
evening for the East. The purpose Of
his trip 10 to take steps toward organ.
lzing the tranecontinental lines into
freight traffic association or some
Organization that VIII acc 1mplish the
purposes OF the traffic associations dis
rupted by the recent Supreme court
uecieion.
Tone OF white lend are being taken
from the wrecked steamer Coluu b.a
near Pigeon Point, Cal. HundIeds
OF feet Of white ana golu molding
secured from the Btateto0ms OF the
steamer have bean made into frameS.
Copper wire ny the ton was taken
from her, and in nearly every yard In
The neig borhood copper wire IL used
Tor clothes IineH. So remuDerativs has
been the wrecksge secured by ore Of
the, gfapplers thnt he has been enabled
to purchase a h me In Spanishtown.
Harry Trip, lad II years OF age, OF
Ban Ffapcisco, was the victim, the
other night, OF a cowardly assault that
will probably result in the loBe OF his
sight. He was standing in 'front.' Of
his employers store NJ about 1880
O'Clock when q wagon WAS driv.n
slowly past him. AS 1t came abreast
Of TripP one OF the two occupants
threw the contents OF shallow jar In
his face. The huid, either vitriul or
other strong aciu, burnt his face terri.
bly,, and in uyipg TO rub 1t away from
his forehead and eyes his hands were
badly burnt. The boy thinks 1t ID the
work OF two other boys with whom he
had quarrel
Mrs. Mary Dobelaarr OF San Fran
cisco, on Saturday TOOK dose OF
strycnnine apd ended her life as the
result Of four days' spree. Mrs.
D0belAarr was IS years OF age, tue
wife Of the owner ana captain OF the
hcow schooner Mountain View. The
woman had been drinking heavily anu
without any particular reason took y
desc OF etrychnine Ia the pIetence OF
w. ID. Miller, an elderly man nving
In The Dobelanrr house. He gays the
alarm and DIR. ThIasher was sum.
monsd. Antidotes were administered 4,
anu the woman took them eagerly, 40
che began to regret her act Immediate
Iy, but the dose proved fatal.
Poisonous gas in tunnel of the
mi In l..,.
Ranch and Sheep Ranch, Cal, on
Thursday caused the death OF three
men, u. h. bcogorno, Ed. fisher and
Frank Rocchi. The Bsssella is u
hydraulic mine anu is owned by a
company OF railroad men IL Oakland.
A blast Of twenty kegs OF black pow
der was set Q II just before noon to
loosen The gravel sp that further work
could be done. An hour after the
blast Was set of bcOgorno went into
the old tunnel TO SEQ II the blast hsu
any effect. He had scarcely Rone u
LUnured feet before he Tell u viCim to
the deadly gas that filled the tunnel.
After lspse OF ten minutes, as SEQ.
gorno uiu not return, Ed. fisher 10 {.
lowed to zee what had become OF hun
TiHheR did not return, and the men
outside started In TO lsarn what was
the matter, thinking the walls bad
csveu in and buried their comrades.
ID. q. Terrence, superintendent OF the
mine, together with Frank Rocchi
anu IL. Schroeder, started to go into
the tunnel. Terrence told Schroeder
10 60 back alter q pick, and lie anu
Rocehi went ahead. When 5cBrouer
returned he found TorroDce and II G.
chi overcOme by the gas. He carIit d
Terrercs out anu gave the alarm, anu
others rescued Rccchi, IufEencs re.