Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-17
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Suit In California 10 Annul a Utah
Marriage.
AN AGED MINER Is DROWNED.
C:ss Of starvation - Verdict Against
. Railway Hawaiian Flow YRS
and Plan S Excluded.

The California Inspector OF norticul-
ture has torb dden the bringing OF
Il wers and plants from Honolulu,
because they sre infested with the rad
wax scale.
j. NJ. Smith hiss brought suit Ia
san Fra cisco court to ennul his
marriage to Jane Smith, which took
place Ia Uiah in 1883. He complains
that at the lime his wife had living
another husband from whom she mai
never been divorced.
Tempe, arizona, New Complaints
are being made that theJaps employed
on the cauasrie farm are raiding
neighborlng hon rJOsts. Tho canagrio
people are reep nsible for very Ut
desirable addition to the valleys
population.
Wednesday evening the city coun-
cll Of Santa Cruz, CAL, adopted nn
ordinance against expectoratins on
aidewaiks and public places ami throw
lag banana or orange peel on side.
walks. The maximum penalty Is II
fac Of so -r lWelty days ia illi.
Employers OF labor In San Francis.
c. have been invited by the city super.
iutendent OF schools there to aigu an
aRreemsnt that la future they will
apply to principals OF public schools
when In want OF boys. The object OF
lhls Ia to get for tho boys trained In
iublic schools the preference OF emf
Payment.
Tue neighbors OF Rev. NJ. NJ. Gibson
Of san + fsuoisco, VINO conducts n
chicken ranch on Rsiwood rosd in
Fruitvaie district, Cal, have COM
plaine1 to District Attorney g. II.
Shook that tue ranch Is nuisance
They say that Gibson butchers oil /.
nurses nDd other animpls to feed his
chickens anu tnAt the stencil IL I'M
besrable. g boon has been requisite d
to abate the nuisance.
The jury in the case OF Flank Booth
sg sinst the Oakland, Cal, Cons olidated
Street Railway company returned a
verdict Wodneeday night awarding
the plaintiff Sl0,0J0 damages. The
case closed late In the afternoon anu
tue Jury took fifteen ballots before
reaching decision. Booths two
children were run over and killed by
q car OF the company al the clrner OF
Eighth ADD Adellne streets on the
evening Of March 9, 1896 He sued
Tor $50, 900 and the case has been on
trial Tor ten days past.
A distressing case OF starvation Was
discovered on Wednesday In San
FrsDclsoo, by Mrs. Winchell. wife OF
Msjor Wincheil OF the Salvation
Army. Mrs. Winohell received
pathetic anu urgent anonymous letter
| and Investigated. She found q woman
who gave her name as Mrs. Wettter,
20 feeble that she could hardly stand
alone. Her two-month.old baby wac
emacisted. Mrs. Wertter was taken
| to O restaurant anu later supplies was
taken to her. She ia married., but
| was recently deserted by her husband.
Word has oeen received from Michi.
gan BluH, Placer clunty, Cal, OF the
death by drowning OF Stephen Thomp.
son, an aged miner who was engaged
at work In Ell D1ra1O canyon. Thomp.
son was attempting to crOss on 10.
which spanned the water Ia the can.
you. He was pushing wheelbirrow
and, lo,i & he balance, he tell into the
swollen stree m. News Of the accident
was taken To Michigan BluN ami
large number OF citizens lJined in the
search Tor ThOmpsOn's remains. Tue
body OF the unfortunate miner was
found about a mile below the eceno Of
the accident.
LJTeDzl Masso, the twelve.year.oll
uepnsw OF Slel hen Ssnguinetti OF
5an Francisco, met with sn accident
Wednesday afternoon which may
lead to serious results. Ablut $3.50
O'Clock Ljrenzj, his brother, aud a
number OF other boys Of the same age
were playing on sOme spars. LoTenzi
climbed on one. elevated on truck,
anu iell t. the ground, u distance OF
six feet. HIS head struck spar lying
on the ground, cutting deep cash In
the scslp, winch required sixteen
stitches to CLOSE. The cut extended
from his forehead almost to his neck.
Pocatello, Idaho, Herald; An aged
woman, nearly blind, and without
money, who claims to have walked the
greater part OF tho distances from
Pennsylvania, appeared before the
boar Of O UNITY mn ssi9pn~- tot "