Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-20
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
CANNtRY WORKMAN STEAMED TO DEATH



VIM Farley. prominent citizen of
Preston, Idaho, died on Friday morn
ing after an operation for appendicitis.
Preston. Idaho. Herald. Hon. James
l.. McMurrin of chiffon mas been APP i
pointed by Gov. Steunenberg to rep
resent Oneida county at the Irrigation
Congress which will be held In Lin
coin, Neb, the latter part of this
month.
The suit OF Kate McNeown against
$. Kelly is now ON trial in San Fran
cisco. The plaintiff is seeking TO re-
cover $780, 900 damages for the death OF
her husband, Patrick McKeown. who
was killed by the collapse of build
ing owned by Kelly.
Friday evening lone highwaymnn
held up an electric car at Sacramento
Cal, and robbed the conductor of all
the change he had amounting to $3.50.
There were no passengers Oh the car
at the time. The robber wore "a red
handkerchief over his face and was
armed with an old-fashiOned pistol.
Dominica Boitano.who was employed
In a canncry at SAN Francisco, Cal,
while engaged In steaming tomatoes
Friday afternoon, was overcome by
the heat arising from the steaming
apparatus, and subsequently became
unconscious. He was removed to the
receiving hospital, where he died
without having regained conscious
ness.
A carpenter named Atkinson has
| brought suit against Supt. Clark of
| the California state hospital for 500
| 900 damages for injuries sustained
| by walls of the building falling on
| him last October while employed at the
asylum grounds tearing II structure
down. The suit is brought on the fact
| that insane patients We're put to work
| with him on the job, and an accident,
resulting in Atkinson losing leg,
was caused by their carelessness,
| Thursday afternoon, five miles above
| Basalt Colorado. the Midland passeh
ger train ran into section push car
and killed three men. Their names are
Michael Welsh. Thomas Lucas and
| John Lyons. James Cody was seri-
ously injured. The gang of section
men We're riding the push car down to
| Basalt. which point they were trying
to make before the passenger came
along. As they were rounding curve
the collision occurred. The men Were
taken to Leadville by the passenger
train, and the dead Were taken back
to Basalt.
The widow OF Charles II. Young, of
Los Angeles, Cal. who was defendant
in a divorce suit three weeks ago, APP
peared before Judge Vandyke Friday
in connection with the inheritance OF
her late husbands estate. The divorce
proceedings resulted in "A victory for
her husband, the court granting an
absolute divorce; but before the de-
cree had been signed Young died. The
question now arises as to whether
Mrs. Young is not the lawful widow
and entitled to the deceased's estate
which is valued at several thousand
dollars. The court overruled mo-
ton made by the attorneys who repre-
scented Mr.. Young to have the divorce
declared valid and complete.
Captain John T. wertz of Omaha
has been appointed Indian allotment
agent for the Shoshone reservation II
| wyoming, says the Laramie Boomer
ang. The work of allotting the lane
on the reservation in severalty to th'
Shoshones and Arapahoes Will b'
commenced at once. After the allot
ment there will be n large area of val
liable land unused and an effort vii
be made by the citizens of Fremon
county. in which the reservation Il
situated, to have these lands opened
for settlement. The land in question
is watered by the Wind river and IL
tributaries, is susceptible of irrigation
and cultivation, and Will support
large number of ranchmen and stock
men.
a. Matthei an old resident Of santt
Cruz, Cal, committed suicide Frida!
. evening in the insane cell at the coun
ty Jail by hanging himself He wal
taken into custody that day TO be eN
amined as to his sanity. He Imagined
his friends were trying to poison him
\ When II. Abeina, the 1ailor gave hin
food Matthei refused to take 1t, say
ing 1t contained poison. Abeina thel
fed the other prisoners and returned 4
, the insane cell. Looking through tn
1 wicket, he saw what he thought was
!, pile of clothes, but on pushing then
: aside discovered Matthei's body. Mat
', thel had placed muller around hi
neck. attached 1t to pair of socks am
then tied the latter to an iron bar owe
the door of the cell and strangIcd him
self.
q Jack Manders, who has been keepin
a saloon for some time at Marquette
!, met violent death a few days age
says the Otto. Wyoming, Rustler. Tn
Information is that he rode away on
. spirited horse to look after /, nch Q
:, stock in which he was Interested 1t
supposed that while riding his horse
threw and fell on him and that while /
a dazed condition he got IN and wan
. dered to a cliff, over which he fell sew
eral feet, breaking his neck. He lai
there until found few days afterwarC
At the inquest held befo-e Ju,'ioe "
p. Webster, verdict of accidenta
death was found. The unfortunat
man came to this country from Scot
land, from which country he received
handsome installment of money ever
three months.
u. Thomas Boyson, who has ;ust II
turned from long trip abroad, Is no.
at the Palace hotel in san Francisco
and has an interesting account to Civ
of the departure Of Andrec's balloon fo
the North Pole. Although sewers
leagues away from the actual place G
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