Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-02
NEWS OF THE WEST.
FIVE Year-0ld Boy KILLED BY BeiD6
Run Over.
ACCIDENTALLY snor HIS FRIEND.
Drowned In ian Irrigatipg III CHI Ida.
no sheep Law Unconstitutional
A Fatal Fall.

The new sheep law In Idaho has
besn declared u constitutional In that
psit WHOM requires healthy sheep TO
BIO dipped
Mondoy's hailstorm In western
IDAHO did considerable damage. A
haibtoue picked mp at Salubria meas.
ured t5 inches In circumference.
Tuesiay night A. Pottorton, q pic.
neer Of ST. Helena, Cal. iell into an
open fireplac- at his h ome and Yves
badly burned about the head and
shoulders. Tho old man II very feeble.
He 10 In e seyious condition.
AT mass meeting called In Butte,
Montana, for Tuesday evening, to
consider the celebratioI OF Independ.
ence Day, only fifteen persons were
pr sent. There will be no Fourth OF
July celebration there this year.
John 8. Capron, n California Pic
neer who crossed the plains In lS46,
and was one OF the founders uf Eure-
ks, Nevada, committed suicide In San
Francisco on Tuesday, by shooting
hiL.self In the head. He had been
Respondent because Of illness.
A few days ago while little Nell
Blss, the daughter oil DR.. f. w. Bliss,
was out with the child OF b. Lloyd It
Ben Lemond. near Santa Cruz, Cal,
the latter seated itself on the railroad
track just as train was rounding a
curve. Mias Bliss CALLED to the child
but the little one did not heed the
warning, 30 Miss Bliss rushed TO the
rescue and pulled the child from the
track an Instant before the train few
by.
A 3.year old child was drowned in
an irrigutipg ditch two miles below
Boise, Tuesday afternoon, on Pict-
yune Smiths ranch, says the Statesman I.
One report wac that II was the child OF
. man who works for Thomas Cess.
The child was found missing and after
a long hunt it was decided to shu,
the water from the ditch anu SEQ n IL
could abs found. Accordingly the
stream " rs turned into the street car
power house fume and when the
ditch was explored the body OF the
child was found.
Louie, 1.-THE 5.year-eld son OF NJ. 3.
Borges. who lives at Blsnco, about
three miles from Salinae,. CAL, was III
stantly killed Tuesday by being run
over by wagon. The men on the
ranch were engaged Ia hauling hay to
the barn, and the little fellow elm bel
upon the wagon loaded with hay. He
lost his hold and fell, the hind wheel
OF the wagon passing over his lore hem
and crushing his skull. Death was
instantaneous. When the body Of The
BOY was brought In the mother wa
prostrated, but 10 now recovering.
Herman Wehrsen, a iruit grower
near Wrishts, CAL, met with an ACCT.
all probability Will prove fatal. While
driving 10 his home, In the neighb0f-
hood of LENA Prista,t about t10:3O
O'Clock In the evening in company
with VIM. Edwards, his wagon wss
upset while going over very narrow
stretch OF road known as the "Hog's
back" Wehrsen was thrown down
over rsgRsd ledge OF rocks for dis-
lance OF l75 feet, sustaiBiog q very
severe gasn In the back of his head. A
small sharp stone was imbedded in his
skull, which had to be removed by
the surgeons at Santa Cruz, where he
was taken.
The accidental discharge OF shot.
Gun In the hands OF Nicholas Reineck.
or caused the death Tuesday OF HE
irlend, Edward Louis, at Alameds,
California. Louis had been camping
for ZONE weeks near Sunol with
Reinocker, N. Beckman and .. +.
Westphal, together with their families.
as was his custom each year. AT the
lime Of the accident Louis ives sitting
on sons bexsa in camp, while Reineck.
er sat near him cleaning a thotgun.
There was detective cartridge In the
gun, and while trying to extract 1t /,
was discharged In rome way, the en-.
tire charge striking Louis at clos,
range in the hip and bowels. Rsi-
necker's little boy and both Mrs.
Louis aud Mrs. Reinecker were eye.
witnesses OF the occurrence.
Arthur Pierce, young sheepmap,
was accidentally shot on Billy creek,
Idaho, Sunday morning. He droppsu
3 15-calibsr revolver upon rock, the
contact discbarging the weapon. The
bullet struck him almost In the center
OF the breast, to the right OF the nipple,
and ranged up, coming out NJ the
back OF the neck. just to the right OF
the verteDra. After the accident the
young man wac compsiled to walk
iour miles from almost the summit OF
Craig's mountain to the Steen ranch
ON Snake river, where he i0und ST.
distance. AT tho latter place he be-.
came helph Sc, and was carried nearl,
a mile In rocking chair 10 the river,
where he was placed In n skifi anu
brough to Lewiston. He Is now rest.
Ing easily. AT the time OF the acoh
dent Mr. Pierce was In the act OF
shooting a coyote, when he slipped
and fell, dropping the revolver.
Thomas Morgan. the 10.yesr.old son
of Victor Morgan OF San Francisco,
died on Monday morning, anu as the
PHI ysicians had not been called within
twenty -four hours OF his deoe ase, they
cou d not give q certificate as TO the
cause OF death. The bJy's father H.
absent, and his mother has made
charges that the fatality was due to the
boys eating some cake given aim by
q neigbbor. Between this nsighb Dor,
u Mrs. Rusher, and Mira. Morgan there
has been trouble, which FesuIted about
a week ago in tho arrest OF Mrs. Mr..
gan, but the charge OF assault
was dismissed as the complainant re.
fused to prosecute. Mrs. Morgan says
her son had bean suffering from
throat trouble, but was taken violently
sick on Saturday night after eating
!