Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-22
TYo.Ytir.0ld Child Killed by
RallleSnake Bite.
FATAL FALL OF AN IDAHO HOUSE.
Died ir the Storm--Idaho Floods
Drowned In a Siough-Mur.
dered aud Durued.


A popular vote will be taken 10 Spo.
kane, WASH, on the question VI a ioau
OF $4,000 ior the Installation OF an
electric lighting plant to be- owne
and operated by the city.
Edwin Batien, foreman OF the
VIVIAN ranch near Turiock, Cal, on
the banks OF the San Joaquin river,
wus dr0wued IN OIL ugn Tuesuay
morning by being thrown from his
horse while attempting to ford the
stream alter cattle.
There has been q rich strike in the
Huacnuca mountains, about twelve
milea from Wilcox, Altoona, near
the Fortuna and Slnged Cat mines,
anu four miI,s from the Southern
Pac fi6trach. 1t is reported to be the
richest find ever male in that part Of
the territory, ANA miners are much
excited over it..
A proposition hae been made to the
city council Of San Diego 10y repfe-
sentative Of Chicago ana 81. Louis
firms to provide that city WITH mu-
nicipal electric lighting plapt OF q
capacity OF 100 2.0O0.canulf-power arc
lights Tor the sum OF 5000, and a
Consideration OF the proposition Is now
pending.
The steamer City OF Puebla, which
nrTied Ht Port Townsend, Washington,
Moudsy night from San FrsnciacD,
had peculiar experience Saturday.
While steaming along at rapid rate
about twenty miles of the Oregon
coast the he ,vehs were uarkened anu
In n few minutes thousands OF huu-
ming birds alighted on the vessel.
Over 800 birds we're captured BY
passengers and crew,
Ate, Gal, Advocate: Joe Anderson
told us sUme time Ego that he hau n
hen that laid two eggs a day. He has
br ught to this office samples that
FUZZY satisfy US that the biddy has
accomplished that which we though
impossible, and any one who douots
the story can find them on exhibition
in our flee. Tho eggs are perfect
hsrd-shsn specimens, excepting the
portion that Joins the two gelher.
The orange shipments from River.
side. Call, last week amounted to
37.0S5 boxes, one Of the heaviest for
the season. This brings the total for
the season up to 563, 253 boxes, or 1878
carloads OF twenty Tons each. Tnis Is
only thirty.five carloads short of the
total for the season last year. The
navels are oil cleaned up, but the seed.
liugs and late budded varieties are
likely to bring the seRsOn's total up
to 1900 carloads.
Pocstello, Idaho, Tribune; "Uncle
Bill" Scott got nome from trip 10 the
west this mJrning. He reports very
nice business, but says that the whole
southwestern part OF the state seems to
be under water. At Weieer, he says,
man W drowned yesterday anu
that he also saw u house floating down
the river, which seemed Two or three
miles wide. The farmers on the low
lands around Weissr, PAyette and
Boi,e are all flooued and dozens OF
bridges have gone out all over that
section.
The charred RENAME OF Bernardino
Assure, u Mex can, about 3S yesrs OF
age, were found In the ashes of his
hut, near Holllster, CAL, by lau
namrd Jose Deross last Saturday
morning. 1t is positive that Assure
was murdered, for the body, though
badly chsrrei, had a ghsstly wound
in the chest, made by an AK or some
other sharp instrument. The BODY
was evidently thrown into the burning
hut TO conceal the evidence OF the
crime. There Is no clue 10 the muir.
Gerer.
The two.year.old con OF Ffancis
FLOYD, who resides In the hills some
seven miles from Livermore, Cal, ran
into the house on Saturday with Its
hand bleeding. The mother, thinking
hu b "A ia
sharp instrument, washed the blood
of, when she noticed that the hand
was swelling ami was turning black.
She called Its father, who look AROUND
the oak tree, where the child hal been
playing anu found young rattlesnake
scarcely foot long. The child wa
Immediately Brought to town ana
placed under phystcian's care, but
died In great agony few hours later.
The Arc Light saloon at Boise,
Idaho, collapsed on Monday night,
killing Hubert Ackermhn and injuriug
several other persons who were In The
saloon. There were thirteen men in
the wrecked portion OF the building
when the crash came, and 1t seems
wonderful that more were not KILLED.
The collapse came without warning.
There was something like report auu
then the roof crashed TO the floor. The
crash was followed by roar as the
walls tupnbled in all Directions. The
cause OF the accident 10 unknown, but
it seems probable that II .esultsd from
weakening OF the walls by the sclion
OF time. making them insufficient for
the support Of the heavy load.
For several months past negotiations
have beeL peuding between q biz
syndicate OF Epslis capitalists and
the owners of all the street railway
linss In Oakland, Gal, looking to the
purchase ana consultation OF all lhs
street railways there. The big d,al
which Involved the purchase outright
Of many millions OF dollars worth
of property, has fallen through, and
the explanation Is advanced by some
OF the Interested parties that the fall
ure OF the negotiations was directly
attributable to the unsettled condition
ofthe London fihsncisl market, reeuit.
ing from the political disturbances
abroad. But for the trouble between
Turkey anu Greece, II Is stated, the
deal would have been contaminated
before now, aud all the stteet galway
Ia Oakland, cable and electric, would
soon have been operated uuder one
management.