Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-04
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Three.Ysar.Old Child Prishllully
Burned al a Bonfire.
DRIVEN OVER TIE FALLS TO DEATH
BrGk man Crushed by irsin-En.
ginrer Mpnglrd on .haf,-Kilied
by Street Car.

fatal acct cit tuesday aittrnuon
near Honcut, Cal. His team IA
way, On he was tnruwn out and ia.
tally lurt.
The little tbrre.year.old daughter
~ John & lllps WAS irightfuily buruuu
at San jos, Cal, Tuesday, while
pisying about a rubbish Are. Ii 1t
feared sus Will die.
Omaha Stockman, June 2: White
Sons Il Co., pr mineDt cattle anu
hsep " err anu deaefs OF salt Lake
Guy, Utah, hal seven cara OF cattle
mere from iecoms, Nv.
William OK was sentenced to SIX y
days In the county jail al San Jose,
Cai, tuesday, for betting his old anu
decripit father with a buggy whip he.
cause Of the Old mans aileg ei iutem-
peiaDce. The son pleaded guilty to
The charge.
The smslgamsting room of the
Providence mine at Neveda City,
Cal, was br ken open by two ma, ken
robbers Tuesday night. The thieves
in turn broke open the safe ana 81 :
cured balls OF amalgam representing
the ge eral clear -up las, month, VAL
usd al from $500 to $4,000.
Joseph Kennedy, a ropemaker 10
years OF sge, met with AN accident
Tuesday evening at Sau Francisco, by
which he lost an arm. With COM
psnion named George JohLson he was
amusing himself by jumping on ana
IL a freight train that was leaving
the city. Kennedy slipped and fell,
ia A m nd. uni. Ia at
Eight cars passed over HIM before he
was feecued.
John Kerwin. q farmer living near
San Leanuro, CAL, was killed by car
OF the Hsywafds electric line, near
Elmhurst, Cal, Tuesday night. Car
1910 was making the run from Hay.
wards anu Kerwin was driving from
Oakland TO his ranch. The motorman
says that Kerwin. drove directly into
the car disregarding all his warnings.
Kerwin and the horse and buggy he
was driving were under the Car when
1t was stopped.
RawIins, Wyo., Journal: Anothe r
OF the rattlesnRkes al the club saloon,
Tkursdsy, shed his skin and appesre
In bran new notified green and ye =
NV Az toOh
nearly twelve hours to complete the
lob. The skin split just under the
throat for two inches, and gradually
was rolled tack. The SHINING process
occupied tue entire day, and wac
watched by quite crowd OF specta.
tore. This snake would rub against
the sand on the floor o the show case
IN which he was confined and again,
the sides Of his prison.
F. W.. Cook, q saloonkeeper OF
Loomis, CAL, was helu up on nnday
morning ana robbed of $2iO, come
checks ana other papers. Cook had
just closed up his place and was going
home, when q masked man jumper
from behind q bush and showed the
muzzIe Of q short shotgun against bis
breast with the order: "Habds III ~
The robber reached into the pocket VI
Cooks trousers and took out two sacks
of c,in containing over 5000, q pocket.
book and other vsiuabies and then
walked of. The r0bber paid no atlen.
ton to an old man walking with Cook,
not even requiring him TO huld up hib
hands.
Burglars gained an entrance to the
store OF Morris Bros, at Chinese
Camp, CAL, Monday uight and got
away with about $1,000 worth Of
jewelry. They succeeded in tearing
up the iron grating from the sidewalk
In front anu through the opening Ell
tered the cellar. They made q sye-
tematic searcn OF the store and TOOK
all that they could carry away. Their
visit was not disc, vered until next
morning and Constable Looney and q
potse started on the trail. 1t lei 10.
ward Burns' Jerry, and there Looney
found two Of the burg lars. Part OF the
stolen property was founu Ia their
possession. A third party lie supposed
10 have participated in the burglary
and the Constable hopes 10 arrest hi M
before morning.
@. q. Randolph and T. H. Lee OF
Seattle. WASH, returned Tuesday from
= prospecting trip in the Sultan basiu,
Snohomish county, which resulted In
The death VI John 6wanson, the thir q
member OF the party. Swanson
crossed the Skykomish river, which
is high, to examine q ledge Of rock.
Below where he crossed are some
rapids. He got Into his boat anu
started bach. As he got into the miu
ole OF the stream he gradually driftec
nearer the rapids. Lee ran to the bank
AMI called to him to keep away from
the rookie. Swanson evidently did not
hear HIM. He lost his head, let 20 hie
Jars and the boat was swept upon the
rocks. Swanson AMI ths boat wer.
drawn beneath the furious current.
He came up once with look OF agony
ON his lace and sank again. No trace
OF either the man or his craft was seeu
again.
Harry Fox, d brakeman emp oyed
by The Southern Pac, fic com psny, IN. I
instant death at Port Costa, GAL,
Tuesday night. FIX had procteut d
as lar as that point with his train,
which was bound for Sacrament !,
when IL was found that q pAsse . gei
rain would have to pass at that poi /.
He was on tue grouni waiting for Il q
train to appear. and did not notice h
switch engine approaching from an
opposite direction on parallel track
Fox jumped back out Of the way OF Il Q
passenger train, but directly IN froL
Of the switch eng ne, which passeu
ever his body anu manglsd 1t fright.
fully. The engineer of the swi CHI
engine was unable to stop when ne I'd "
Fox before him on Inc track, anu
could ne. attract the lattef's att.nuon
by either the vigorous ringing OF the
bell or the blowing OF the whistle. HI
was 81 years OF age anu leaves a
willow.