Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-19
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
A Record Of Occurrences in Neightorng States
and Territories,
KILLED HIS LITTLE BROTHER BY ACCIDENT


At Santa Cruz, CAL Tuesday II.
HeEse was killed ON l.. X. BuldWina
ranch 10y log falling on him. He was
u native of Germany, 81 years of 2ge.
Frank Pierce ana his wife. with their
little boys aged l6 months and years
respectively, had almost a miraculous
escape from death by fire Monday
night at Nevada city, Cal, All their
household goods and clothing were
burned.
Mrs. A. NJ. Dorm. n young married
woman Of Selma, cal, met death In
strange manner Tuesday night. She
was laughing 80 heartily that par
oXysm Of coughing WIS caused, which
ruptured n blood vessel and brought In
stant death.
Nicholas @. Luke. who ten years ago
was a prominent minister of the Meth
udist Episcopal church at san jose,
Cal, was ndiudged insane Tuesday ana
committed to the state hospital at Ag-
news. His afllicton Is due to old age
and failing health.
Col Young. superintendent Of the
Yellowstone National Park, says that
10000 head Of elk and deer have gone
into the Jackson Hole country recent
~. He estimates that year or so
viii take an the elk out of the Park
steps to give them protection.
The Republicans of Idaho are con-
siderably stirred up over "A meeting
that was held in Boise Wednesday
evening, at which Senator Shoup was
present. II is believed that the gath
ering was one to decide on the
distribution of public offices through
out the state; hence the stir.
DIR. Lewis Swift of Echo mountain,
near Pasadena, Cal, discovered Tues
day night four new nebulae. three In
one field This makes 100 ncbulae dis
covered by him since his telescope was
placed here. Prof. Swift has won
many prizes. He is a great discoVerer
Of comets. Efforts are being made
to retain the astronomer despite offers
from North Carolina.
John Broderic, prominent merchant
and one of the oldest settlers of Sausa-
Tito, Cal, met with an accident Tues
day night, which Is likely to prove IA
tai He was thrown out of his carriage
while on the road fromSausalitO to san
| Rafael. He struck on the back of his
head and injured his spine. When
| picked up he was found TO be complete
| iy paralyzed. He is now lying at the
| point of death.
A whole family consisting of moth
| err and her three daughters, We're poi
| soned in Sacramento, Cal, Tuesday
| morning by eating mush for break
| fast in which arsenic had been mixed.
! The sufferers have all recovered, and
| an Investigation which followed re-
| suited in the discovery that enough
| arsenic to have killed a dozen men
was in the meal. The family which
so narrowly escaped, is that Of Mrs
Dorothy Schubert.
At 7 o'clock Tuesday morning a
| Bakersfield, Cal, the jury came int
court with a verdict of murder in tbs
first degree in the case of T. NJ. Gleason
| for killing u. NJ. Cotton on July 9tl
last, Argument in the case was con
cluded at II o'clock Monday night anI
| the Jury deliherated till morning, bu
| most of the time was devoted to con
sdering the penalty to be inflicted. l
was finally decided to recommend i'm
prisonment for life.
Harry Masters, n grocer, was ar
rested at Stockton. Cal, Tuesday az
ternoon for making n threat to Xii
Dave Wnders. a collector. Master
called him up by telephone and said h
would beat him to death for attaching
his store. Masters was sent to jail il
default Of furnishing $1,000 bail
Abo,lt two yeas ago he shot a little no,
and was fined $1,000. The attachmen
Tuesday morning was levied for at
I
that charge.
T. j. Coleman of the San Francisco
Police force, went to Victoria, b. G.
for ]. G. Bennett. the san Francisco
wife slasher. now has an order on tn
chief of police of Victoria for the de
livery of Bennett. The order was issue
Tuesday by Justice McColl, sitting a
an extradition judge, but Is not re
turnable for fifteen days. the Britis
!. H.. Oh ali Il "a n
much time in which to apply for wrl
of habeas corpus to secure his release
The nine-year-old son Of Thoma
Gray. who resides near Merlin, Cal
while playing with his fathers riff
Tuesday afternoon, accidentally dis
charged II, the ball passing throug
the head of his little three-year-ol
sister killing her instantly. The on'
person near, an old gentleman, tricn
of the family, was in an adjoinir
room, and. hearing the shot, went
ascertain the cause, and, seeing viii
had happened. started for a neighbor
house to inform the childrens parent
1t was learned Tuesday that durin
n quarrel over woman FRANK Al
bott made an attempt Monday to mul
der his brother. George Abbott, at Ii
Angeles, Cal, firing at him thrice an
missing each time. Both brothers al
notorious in that city for misconduc
Z, Curcoran, pioneer and an ol
and respected citizen of Antioch, Ca
died on his ranch Monday. He wa
the father of Hugh j. Corcoran, MAI
ager of the California Navigation an
Improvement company.
Robert Isom. the well-1nown co
ored young Jockey of San Francisc
died Of consumption Tuesday afternoC
after n lingering illness. He was bl
is years of age. but for two years Il
dread disease has been sapping h
strength. His last races were riddle
at the state fair at Sacramento, aft,
which he went to San Francisco wit
the expectation OF riding during II
winter meetings His health, howeve
was so b I that he was not able to nj
pear oil e track even as a spectacle
Isom's mains will be shipped to h
home at Lexington, KY, where h
mother still lives.
The Piedmont and Mountain Vie
railroad of California has been al
sorbed by the Realty Syndicate ar
another step towards the consolidate
Of all the street railway lines OF Oal
landunder one ownership and one maj
agemcnt has been taken The pu
chase price is withheld for the prcser
hut II is admitted by both the sell
and the purchaserthat terms have he,
agreed upon. that the deal is entire
question Of details and convenlenc
The purchase Of the road gives n
Realty Syndicate the control of sew
local lines and a gross revenue est
mated at S35 900 month.