Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-13
NEWS OF The WEST.
Fell From Wagon ard Received
Fatal ltjuTloS.
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SAVED FROH BRUTAL TRAMP.
Fishermen tacn "jHbJ: Shafk--
Damages for Being HOUktd
by Cow
SAVED FRox BRUTAL TRAMP

A searching party has LETT MEGA, a.
T., In quest o! Gordon HuusRkcr, who
lett his hCme month ago On trip
crOse the desert, ami nothing hsH
tesn heard from MIN since.
An arbitration committee will de.
termlne the value # the water plan!
| H. Los Angelic, Gal. The city aud
the water company will each appti {
member of this committee, these sp.
pointees to select the third member.
Paul Erdmanu, q team tier, died in
SACRAMENT, Cal, Weinesday morn
| ing ir IN injuries received tue previous
Afternoon IN a funa~ay acclueat.
Etdmann was thrown 10 the ground
nd the wagon passed over his BODY.
Deceseed was 3S years old.
johnson Sides an the other Ieadiug
ladiaps OF Nevaua have held IA tow.
WOW and have issue orders that heie
alter iOuians cannot go to &. liiurhiu
10 pick hops. This action was bruught
about oy the recent railroad accident
| IN when number OF REDSKINS were
! killed.
81. b. FieluP, a prominent resident
| OF Smelling, Cal, aged about &C year,
| lell from his wagon IN oueliUg
"Wednesday aiteruoOn anu died irom
MS injuries Bbuut an hour alttrwaTd.
| Fiel was = piO neer resident u the
county and leaves a large !amlly O.
grown children.
At MEGA Grande, Cal, n few days
az Nj. Morris, rancter, was nearly
killed by bri,g dragged 10y colt. He
had eli dssvOred TO iassO the animal,
but his feet Became tangled in thu
riata, and the colt, which TOOK fright
wheD the coil settled AROUND It's neck,
ran away with Morrls.
Go tlried schink has sued the Pacl-
bG Rolling MIL compnny of ga.
FrauclscO, 10 recover SIS, 600 damages
| Tor persO al Injuries received W hills In
the employ Of the corporation. He at.
tributes his injuries TO Negligence
and un'killul handling OF steam
ma mer by another employe.
Walter A. PiUmmer has sued the
) uthern Pacific mpsny to recover
$4,000 damages. He complains that
July llIh last he was assaulted and
| elected from traiu while IfaveliuE
from Dunsmuir to SHASTA, Cal. He
charges that the conductor, without
right, refused to eccept his ticket.
D.>Powers, All Oregon Railway and
| Navigation tTack-wslEer, while ON his
rounds Wednesday afternoon, peaT
| Portland, Oregon, saw tramp assault
q hye-yeaI old girl. He sttacBed tn.
tramp with rtzjr aud trieI to kill
him. He Cut the villain iu the back,
making wound eight inches long.
The tramp was arrested.
James Cannon, pal inter residing al
Baden, Cal, was taken To the hospital
"Wednesday evening with boin bJnes
| o. the lower part OF his ia ht leg
btubeD. He was taken from the nou q
at 1923 Eighth street, where no said ne
hau quarrolled with man who threw
a ben Oh at him, which broke his leg
and knocked him down flight OF
stairs.
A Mexican named Luis Moreno and
his wife laid themselves down in the
shade Of bst car At Clifton, Cal, 0
take their afternoon sieeta, Some
boys were taking a ride down the
gIsde on another car. Their car
crashed into the car beneath which
the MeKicRns had epsconcsi them.
selves, with the result that the man
had his foot sevefed ana the woman
lost hsr arm from tue elbow Gown.
Accidents beiell couple Of mining
partners ten miles out OF X ngmau,
| Afiz1nB, almost simultaneously re.
Gently. One of the men fell down tn o
shaft, breaking his leg. His com.
psnlOn, while turning over the con.
tents OF satchel 10 search OF band
ages Tor the injured man, let re.
volver fall TO the ground. The wes-
pom was discharged through his Ow
thigh, and from nurse he was trans
formed into patient In hurry.
Sylvester Warford, an old resident OF
| Vallejo, CAL, has commenced suit
against James McCuIdsn, "a capitalist
OF Vallejo, for $40. 900 damages ana
5000 for medical attendance. Nc.
| CuddeD Ia in the live stock business,
and on juno Goth was unloading cat.
| tie from cars. A CIV attacked War
ford, who was standing on the side OF
| the road, hooked n m, threw him
down and stamped on him. Wsrford
claims that the cattle were without
sufIl Client number Of drivers anu he
W nts McCudden to settle for perma.
Lentinjuries received.
After desperate struggle OF Dix
hours, Washington Ell ridge and
George Joaquin, two fishermen, cap
| tured o large man.eating shark
Wed etday morning, three miles of
the West Berkeley shore, Gal. The
shark belongs to n species very uu-
| common on the coast, aud 10 consid-
cred so rare a treasure that II will
| probably be purchased by the univeI-
silly Professor w. e. Ritter, head of
| the biOloPical department., aud his as.
sistaut. Harry b. Torrey, examined
the prize, 1t was found TO be eight
feet in length, elk anu one.half feet In
| circumference and weighs sblut 500
| pound.. The soientists consiler the
specimen shady" shark, for 1t has
hut two rows OF teeth. while the limit to
its growth is not reached until six rows
are grown. Though the shark II only
a "bsby" 1t managed 10 give EldrIdge
and JUsquin the scare OF their lives.
| Ablut O'Clock they caught the huge
fish In their net. The water was inn
msdiately dashed into white foam.
| As the fishermen had no means OF
gettit z rid OF their prize they set sail
for the West Berkeley wharf, In
momsntsTy danger OF being swRmped.
at TOOK us SIX hours to sail the three
miles" saiu Eldridge, "although there
was stir breeze blowing. The shark
dragged 800 fathOms OF salmon net anu
nearly wrecked us. When we res cheu
the wharf out captive smashed the
bOwsprit OF our little craft, and IL took