Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-01
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Several DsalhS From EallDs Toad
Stools for Mushrooms,
KILLED by THE LIMB OF A TREE.
Buried $50 Feet D,.p-A Faster Ar.
rested pcrishcd in lh> Storm
trn,hcd 10 death.

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Lsrsmle, wyominr, Boomerang,
Feb. %: Tho Union Pacific company
attempted to hire q corns OF snow
snoveIers 10 this city this morning to
eent west 10 Carbon and other points
10 clean BwitchCs anu aidtngP. 1t IL
SAID thst none oouli be secured, as
men claimed they Did not have over,
shoes aud other necessary trappings.
Under the impression that he was
providing Injurious addition TO the
amiIy supper, Richard Pastiui, OF
San Francisco unwittingly ami fatally
poisoned himself, his wife and four
children on Friday. The delicaCy pro-
vldeI was a dish Of tOAddtOOls, which
Pastini had gathered at Golden Gate
park under the impression that they
We're mushrooms.
Robert Gardner, the young faster
who completed the fifty-second day OF
his abstinence from food today, broke
his fast Friday night In the county
jail at Los A ngeles, Cal. He was
taken In Gu tndY and will be examined
as to his sauity. This is not uue go
much To the deliberate starvation to
which ne bad condemned himself az to
peculiar developments, which have
come cut in Inc last two days, tending
to chow that he is unbalanced on
religious eutieols.
Friday afternoon at Rentou, Wash.
ington, s. 2. Jackson, "a rancher, was
crushed and siiled by falling tree.
Jackson and his brother were clearing
laDa. One tree in falling lodged
against another. The two brothers
tried to get 1t down. 1t fell and Jack
son ran to get out OF the way, but he
was not quick enough, ana a branch
threw him to the ground. When his
VIE and brother reached him he was
dead. This 10 the fourth accident OF
this kind within week.
The searching party which went
out from RawllBP, Wyoming, last
Thursday to look for the bOdiea OF
Thomas Hogg ana William Cecil, his
Omrapi8n, who perished in the storm
last Saturday night, found the bodies
yesterday about ii O'Clock. The two
men were about thirteen miles south
OF town anu mile and half from
the roaJ. One OF tho horses was dead
near where the bodies were found.
They hAu unsAd1lud thOe horses anu
made wind break OF the saddlse, noRr
which they were lying, close to each
other.
Wyoming Indian Guide: Our friend
old Chief WashBkie, who Is 90 years
old anu who Is quite sick was visited
by Rev. Mi. Roberts the other duy
and requested MIR. Rouerts 10 baptlse
him. Washable saId to him that ne
was going away now and WAS GLAD
Washington knew his land, that his
chiiuten would have 1t ami that the
white men could not take 1t away
from them. He eai1 he was sorry 10
20 away from his white friends and
bis children. He would like to stay
niger but lac feared ne was going 10
die.
A fatal accident occurred Wednes.
day evening In the Smu gler U nion
mill at Pandora, near Telluride, Col,
Qlig Powell, one of the most popular
men in the county, being the victim.
He was engaged feeding the Orusher
and IN some unexplained manner
either got caught Ia one Of the Il i
wheels or in the crusher belt, there Da.
Ing no one around TO witness the acct
dent. His head was smashed fiat, the
brains being scattered around over the
frame work Of the machine, and his
body was crushed ana bruised. He
was ~ years old and leaves widow
and aged mother. This Is the third
victim this crusher has claimed in
four years.
As result OF eating tosdstuols ia
mistake for mushrooms, John w.
Watts and z, j, Rgquet died 10 Cali
fornia Friday. Waits was u saloon
keeper and Rcquut 10 a barber OF La
Wednesday evening they
gathered what they supposed to be a
meBs Of mushrooms. and cooked and
ale them at Watts piece OF business.
They were tOadstoOls. Both men
were taken sick. ROquet Immediately
the services of physician,
but Watts refused ~ believe that he
needed doctor. Friday night Waits
died In great agony, while Roquet
hOvers between lie ami death. Waits
leaves widow anu child.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Tribune: s. J.
Falk ANA brother were in the city
recently lIom Salem, q email settle.
ment east Of Cheyenne. Messrs. Falk
ItlulAtd luhl tGIIlDl6 4CclueDt &C.
Cured near that place Monday in
which Ephraim MoTbery was buried
alive, 100 feet under the ground, Nor.
berry, VINO Is young man of22 years,
resided with an aunt, was al Work
with some companions removing pipe
from u l50.fOGt well. MorpeTy went
down the we'll "a distances of 100 feet to
assist there in raising the pipe. SUD.
denly his companions above were
startled by seeing the earth around the
well begin slOwly sinking anu lew
seconds later was horrllied to see the
we'll ClOee up entirely. No sound came
from below anu the unfortunate young
man was doubtless smothered to death
within few seconds. The WORK OF
resCuing the bouy was begun at once,
Il owl ng 10 the great 'ptb, 1t viii
probably require seve's .y6' work
before the bOuy can cached. Ii
was only year OF no ago that man
met his death near Salem in tho same
as hluTbery was silltd.
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