Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-10
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Railway Train CruShss lnlO a
Funeral Procession.
DINE NOVEL fiLNn SUICIDES.
Fell IniO a Boiler Of Hot Water =
Mysterious Murder-UnVmployed
Ia Los Angeles.

Omaha 5tockman, Feb. s. Alex
Dobson, well known patton OF tbi.
market, brought In seven cars Of cattle
irsm Elslnofe, Utah.
A mysterious disease has attacked
some Of the horses OF Indian valley,
Gal, with fatal results. 1t seems to
affect tneir hind legs the m5si, anu
b dies ali treatment 80 far.
1t is estimated that 80, 900 acres Of
land. which includes tne tule basin
sud about ., 500 acres OF land eowed to
grain, are completely tunmerge1 in
ms vicinity OF Dunnlgau, Yolo cOun.
ty, Cal.
Los Angeles, Cal, papers report that
there are 5000 unemployed men Ia
that city, many OF them mon o.
family, ana nouo o. them capable
tustainins themselves without assihl-
ance.
Gladys White, tho 4.year.old daugh.
ter OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas White o.
Ballard, WASH, wa severely burneu
IN hot water recently. she was Sit
ting ON the rim OF Il boiler Containing
tee water when the cover gave way
and she fell into the boiling water.
On the road between Bisbse ana
Tom bstone, Arizenn, last week, Frank
Ramsey found the dead buy of IA
man VINO had been WORKING Tor s0ms
time IA the ssh Pedro valley, and was
inmiliarly known AZ "Bab." There
were Two bullet holes la the back anu
ona in the head, indicating an assss-
sination.
Surveyors will be in the field within
ton days, saye the Tempe, Ar'zlnH
Newp, 10 establish u complete and hnsi
survey VI the extension 10 CLIQUE ui the
Salt River valley raliroad. The clu-
plotiOn VI tnis rOal Ia an assursu lac
within tho presnt year, ana cOmmercl-
ally means great deal tU the iaTmi 4
community OF the south side.
David Phillips, barber, aged II
years, committed euicide a; POrt
shooting himseli IN the head with a
22.calibsr pistol. Ho had been in
busin ess for himself less than month
and was doing well. He was dime
novel fisnd, and 1t is thought that a
q result he had become mentally IN.
balanced.
Denver Daily Live Stock Record;
Report from the San Luis valley sRys
cattle on the ranges are faring rather
badly these days and 1t will not be
surprising to hear OF heavy losses be-
fore spring. The dry summer OF last
year left the feed rather short IN the
fall and the SHOWS which the weather
has been too cold to melt, have covered
the ranges 80 far as to make 1t harJ
matter for e,ock TO pick up u living.
Some considerable losses have already
been reported.
Little Myrtle Bsllsh met with
painful accident at Stokes valley, Cal.
recently. She was riding near the
wire fence at the side OF the road, anJ
in swinging her whip around the last
caught on the top wire OF the fence,
and, being fastened to her wrist, l.
pulled her of on the barbed wire, iu-
hicting seven painful wounds on her
face, but despite the pains and loss OF
blood, she hal the courage to get on
her horse and ride, though she Is only
years old and had four gates TO open.
The body of man was found fl lst.
ing in Eel river, below Fortuna, Cal,
Sunday afternoon by J. NJ. Mllligan
and NJ. U. BuzAn. The remains were
recovered and taken to Fortuna, whore
an inqu sst wRs held. No one could
identity the remains but 1t is almost
certain tsat 1t is the boJy OF Johnny
Somerville, O halt-breed, Il years old,
who was drowned In the south fork o.
Eel river early in January. S0mer-
Vile, with Hans johnson, and CIar.
ence Reed was crossing the river near
n.
and Somervile was drowned. Hi
companions were saved by clipgiDg 10
the boat and drifting ashore.
The funeral procession accompany.
ing the body of Harry Molk, to the
grave In Alsmeds, Cal, Sunday, met
with an accident that was very nearly
q fatality. The party left with the
coffin at 2;30 o'clock, and went over
the bay on the Alameda ferry. They
were met in Alameda by several backs
containing friends anu relatives OF the
deceased, and, headed by the hasrse,
started for the cemetery. The iirs
vehicle next to the heRrse contained
i've OF the mourners. When the cor
tege reached the road near Buena
Vista avenue, the O'Clock local broad
gauge train from San Francisco ap.
peared round sn abrapt curve ard Gu
clean through the procc5slon. Toe
engine struck the fra hhok, wtsckiug
IL completely ana throwing lis oCcu,
pants Violently on to ,he roRd. Her.
bert Grove, the driver, wac thrOwI
among his horses, and in addition
receiving severe Commissions from hlt
fail, was kicked on the head by oue u
the animala, sustaining nasty seal
wound. The occupants OF the hsck
were assisted out from among the broken
wheels ami debris. Ii was fouud IN.
two young girls Lizzie Heiner anu
Katie Gilbert, were badly Cut all Il
the head and incs and severely bruised,
1t is feared that both OF them have re-
ceived internal iDjuriee. The otheI
three occupants OF tue hack, though
they sustained painful bruites, esCRpel
comparatively uninjured.