Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-20
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Rescue Of q miner hfeF BEING
Thirteen Days Buried.
RUN Down pYsrAMpEDgD CATTLE.
Mosquito plague-Fatal Accident in n
Runsway--A Judges Narrow
Iscapc-piOuecr's Death.

iOrty years Of agR, ended his life Saiur.
day, at San Fran cisco, by taking
laI ge quantity OF insect poison. lie
bau been out OF work for come time,
aud after engaging room at lOiRing
h0uae, purchased the poison at near
Oy urug store, saying that he intended
to XIII Dedbugs. Charles Brown on
tered the room Ia the afternoon ana
iOurG Emerson unconscious and APP
pBEently near death. He notified the
police and the ledger was removed ~ q
hosyital, where he died an hour latter
despite the Efforts Of the Attending
physlCianB TO ave him,
Oaklsnu, Cal, is visited with q
plague. Myriaus OF fer Cious mos.
qultgea have swoOped down upon the
CITY, az result OF hro in the Berkeley
hiilt, and their presence here has
cBusui p sltiye conformation. 1t Nv
the first time In the History OF the city
that the Insect has bean noticed TO any
extent at all. 1t seems that when the
hundreds and hunureus o, acres were
swept with fire back OF Berkeley, last
sunday night, the mOiquit0es which
thrive there In greater aUundancet than
anywhere else iu the country, were
iilerailyiblown anu driven by the imoke
to Oakland. They have made thug
uubesreble since then. THEFT attacks
at night are something unhesId OF.
A. p. Harper and his wife, who
came to Oakland, Cal, recently with
the Christian EndeavOrsEs, aud who
live In Tgunessse, started Saturday
morning on bicycle trip TO San Jose.
They were riding bstwesu Mission
Ban Jose Gnd Warm Springs, whsn a
bunch OF cattle, which hal been
slampedat, tore down the road, over
took them in narrow dohle, and
flung them both into gully thirty
ieat bclow the rOal. They fell, with
their maChiues on top OF tAsm, Into O
deuss clump OF brush, anu thoy are
badly scratched and bruised. 1t was
July an hour before tue couple could
climb out OF the canyon, ami thsn
they made their way to Niigs aH beB.
hey could. Both complained Of
many Injuries, but tuey are being
taken cafe Oh
John Durbin, Oregon's Oldest pio-
nesr, died Sa,nrtay at the home oil uis
graudsoD eight milee northeast from
Salem, Oregon, aged lOS years. He
was born In FRyetts coDuy. PENN
aylvanla, September IS, 1894. He
served u the war OF 1872 CO Ileuten.
amt, also ia the Mex can war and the
| civil war, and besides that no hAd
plenty oil Indian fighting. Ia 1900
ne moved TO OHIO and in 1870 wac
married. TO Sarah Fitting, by whom he
| ha1 len children, five OF whom are
| living. The family moved TO Illinois
In 1892, and in 1916 they emigrate1 tn
| Oregon, arriving in the fall OF 1916.
| Mr.. DurOiu settled in Marion oOu nty
| aud made that his home. He has
, teen active all his life, farming and
stock rsising. In the tlities he drove
| cattle into the Rogue river valley to
rrGzr. He treated with the Rogue
RIVER Indians, promising them two
head OF fat cattle year Tor the priv
lege OF the pRsiursge, and he always
Lived uD TO his agreemeni.
9. G. Wright, author Of the famou g
Irrigation law OF California, narrowly
escaped death in the fumes OF his
burning bOuse ut Los Angelts on
Saturday. He read the paper TIL mid.
uight, when he went to bed In
seconded uor room. He had not bee "a
gslrep long before he was awakened
by smoke anu heat. SpriDging from
the bed he made for the door, which
WINS tightly closed. As soon Us tie
opened 1t smoke rushed in In SUCH
volumes that ne was obliged to close
the door again and seek retreat by
another route. He lost no time / n
getting to the window, which he
throw open, and breaking the screen,
leaned out and called for help. Tho
distance to the ground was too great
to venture leap. The fl tmes mad
such hesdwey as to make Wrlght's
situation extremely critical. The
whole interior OF the house was ablHzs,
and staying IN the bedroom meant d aih
either ny fire or eutlocati0n. Seeing
no other means OF escape, he made q
rope OF his bedclothee, emo end Of
which he fastened to the bad amt put
the other end cut OF the window.
Down this ladder he went as lar az 1t
would REACH, and tnen dropped into
Inc arms OF Judge j. &. Chapman
aud other n0ighb0re, VINO had con-
.Tegsted at the scsne or the conf agra
don. Tue whole house was reduced
TO ashss.
James Stevens, the mlHrr who was
buried In mine In the Mammoth,
a. T., gold fields, forty miles east OF
+ p Xxx, rs already related In the
NEWS, was rescued Saturday morning
al s o'cl, ok, aiter thirteen days i'm.
prisonment. He had Lost slxty
pounds, bat was reasonably strong.
III had had no food and only gal Ion
II water, which was exhausted Q
week ago. SlsYen9 was cInflned On
the l25-iOOt level. The first attempt
at rescue was begun on tue night Of
the Cave-in, but was absn
doned two days later, and
new shalt was started through Holl d
rock. Stevens was asueslained TO be
alive by the tapping Of an iron air
ehaIi. Rgpiiee 10 the tsppings were
70 eeiveu regularly. The work OF regcue
was pr secuted ceaselessly In six. ur
shifts. stevens said he heard the Te.-
oueTs at the time OF the beginning OF
the second shiti, and mover felt any
alarm until two days ago, when fail.
ing strength made him fear they
yOull NOT reach him Ia time. He had
done considerable work himself in
clearing the deoris OF the oave-in 10
facilitate the passage OF the air. When
he had located the direction OF tho
shaft being sunk toward him, he be.
gan digging to meet his rescuers and
proceeded a foot through the solid
rock. He had kept iaiFly accurate
account Of the time aud had lost only
twelve hours, believing 1t was FTldR y
night when they reached him. S.e.
yena was unable to drink water at