Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-09


the sailors of the schooner Grace. which
sailed from San Francisco few weeks
ago, under command OF captain "A, w.
Hall, for the Lower California coast.
In order to leave the men to develop
mines said to have been discovered by
Hail three years ago. haNqnarriVed az
San Quentin sick and suffering as a
result OF the terrible priyatlous through
which they have endured since the
Grace put them ashore AT santa Eo-
salia bay, $50 miles south Of San
Diego.
As the result Of reprimand re-
ceived from Principal McChesney for
having been 1isorderly In theater
and patronizing a bar, the young men
students Of the Oakland, Cal. High
school will defy an editor of Middle
town Lake county, to make good
statement printed at his instance
warning the principal OF the boys
conduct, and 70 compel the author OF
the article in question to come out in
10 the open. The matter has stirred
up much feeling at the High school,
the prevailing sentiment being thar
some malicious person has set about 1t
tc annoy the Oakland students with
unwarranted stories.
Mrs. C. Dunning the divorced wife of
a prominent ex-merchant Of Tularc,
Cal, made an attempt Mt suicide SAT-
urday which will probably result In
her death. But a short time ago her
husband failed in business and she,
claiming that he had mlstreated and
deserted her, obtained n divorce. Pre-
vious to this the loss Of an only child, q
daughter almost grown, had deeply af-
fccted her. She attempted to strange
herself with rope Saturday morning
and with large carving knife she all
most severed her hand, hoping to bleed
to denth but neighbors discovered her
and called medical aid. The Cummings
are among the oldest and most well
known people in that city.
y hunting accident which viii result
IN the death of father al his sons
hands, occurred Friday in the hills six
teeen miles east of Solcdsd, Cal. a
ranrhor named Hans johnson and his
| son John, 10 years of age, We're return
ms from hunt. The son was in ad-
vance of his father, carrying a double
barreled shotgun over his shoulder. In
passing through thicket the hammer
of the gun caught. causing Its dis
charge The load of shot entered the
elder Johnson's face and neck, iniiict-
ing friRhtful wounds. Though still
I alive, the injured man is completely
| paralyzed and his death is only a qucs-
ton of a short time The son is pros
| trated with grief.
But for the employees Of the GIL
| hard hotel at 500 Pine street, the
/ Italian opera company from Mexico.
now holding the boards at the Cali
! fornia theater San Francisco. would
| now be minus its costumer and prop
| erty man. AS IT is, these two function
| aries, in the persons of j. a. Rangle
| and Jose Maria SuareZ, now occupy
! cots i'm the main ward Of the IteCeiV-
| ing hospital, both seriously III from
! having put in the hours Intervening
| between midnight OF Tuesday and 1880
/ O'Clock Wednesday morning inhaling
| Illuminating gas. Rangle Is in fair
way to recovery, but Suarez Is hardly
| beyond the danger point. He was I'M
conscious when taken to the hospital,
and IT was only by the eoffrts of Drs.
| Rhine and Kearney of the hospital
| staff of surgeons that he was saved
| from the grasp of death.
Accidents were the order of the day
! Friday in Santa Barbara, Cal, no less
/ than three being chronicled IN one of
| which two lives were lost. The most
serious of the accidents was the death
! by asphyXiation of Fred Ware and
Tom Curry two men employed on what
/ is known as the Barker water tunnel.
| The men went to work as usual in the
| afternoon on their shift, but as they
| did not return at the proper time an in
| vestigation was made, resulting in the
! finding of the body of curry about SUI
feet from the mouth of the tunnel Two
hundred and fifty feet further in Ware
| was found alive, but unconscious. Help
! was summoned at once and the men
taken into the air and though all means
known to medical science were used
Ware died four hours after being taken
from the tunnel. II is supposed that
they were making their way out when
overcome by the poisonous air, rms
tunnel Is situated some three miles
from Santa Barbara and has depth
of LOO feet. Last Wednesday the
owner wanted to discontinue work
but Ware laughed at the idea.
Police Clerk Edward Gridley of Los
Angeles, Cal, Is experiencing the prac-
teal results of bread cast upon the
waters, Some months ago a one armed
tramp called at MIR. Gridley's home
and asked for sometime to eat. hi
good natured police clerk furnished
him food, and had a talk with the man
and was convinced that he was de-
serving fellow The tramp's name was
McNellis, and his first meal at Gridley's
home was followed by others. A
length the tramp disappeared without
word To any one. Some weeks age
Gridley was nstouished to receive q
letter from him postmarked in Lower
! California The writer said he had dis
covered a rich gold mine, and had taller
Grdley in as equal partner. The police
clerk paid little attention to the letter
hut later letters from McNellis con
frmed the original. What finally
awakened Gridley's interest was {
telegram from McNellis at Ensenada
stating that a big price had been Of
fered for the property by n wealthy
company, and asking what Gridley de
sired done with his interest. Then th'
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