Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-07
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Blow on The Jaw Causes a Speedy
Dab.
rEDDLER CRUSHED BY A TRAIN.
Run Ov,r With Lnad Of Hay aud
Killcd-Onion.t ing tOn,es,--
6or,d By u steer.

The trustees OF Fort Brspg, CsL,
have passed an Orulnsnce fOfDidulng
he beating OF drums or singing Oh
the Streets OF that city.
The Californis Press association +
on It's annual uiug, lite mem here
having left San Frsnciso1 for We.
toris, B. c., Sunday evening, in three
special Pulimana.
George Savetta, about twenty years
old, whO.e father " foreman OF the
railroad section gang at Oceshside,
CAL, 10 tufferipg from meHtsi de-
fangement as esuIt OF smoking
cigarettes.
Julius Arnox, a ranch hand, lie lying
ut the Grsnu Central hotel AT Fresno.
Cal, In q critical condition. Ttus.
day afternoon while 81 work he WISE
attacked by ferocious steer, wbich
"horned" him twice.
Frank Gould aud Chsrlie Phelps
entered into an onion-estlng contest nj
San Jose, CAL, few days ago.
Phelps won, devourlng half OF two
pound onion in elk minutes, Will.
Gould Struggled with the other hal
Tor thirty minutes and still had large
portion OF II before him when he gave
up in despair.
A peddler named John Carroll. who
lives In San Francisco, while driving
a one-horse wagon Friday was struck
by Southern Pacific train at the
Missionrond crossing, AMI Instantly
killed. The verdict OF the coroner's
Jury was acciuental death, and NJ
blame 10 attached to the trainmen. The
wagon was demolished and the h0rse
killed.
Adam Beaver, a veteran rancher OF
the Scandinavian colony at Fresno,
Cal, died early Friday morning as
the result of an accident. Thursday
afternoon Beaver was bringing In u
wagon load Of hay when the upper
part Of the load, on which he wac
situDg, fell, and he slid to the ground.
The hind wheels passed over his chest,
crushing the ribs over the heart aud
lett lug.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Norlem of Lorin, CAL,
Is believed to tie dying az q result o
injuries received Friday afternoon In
n runaway. She was driving when
her horse became frightened and W.
controllable. A pane of glass In the
buggy broke, and the e0und Increased
the animsPs terror. Tho horse
swerved, the vehicle overturned and
Its occupant was hurled Violently to
the ground.
James Floyd Of Oakland, Gala,
seated himself near the railway tracks
Friday while under the IL fluence OF
liquor and fell aslesp. The 10 O'Clock
train from the mole struck him and
cut fl the toes Of his right foot.
Floyd IL the man who, with two
others, was In the company Of . tramp,
known ~ "Oos-Armed Bill" when
the latter was overtaken at the same
spot and insta ntly killed by the local
train.
Hiram Frost, we'll known woods.
man, met with an accident at Elk
river, CAL, Friday afternoon which
resulted in his death. He wss canting
heavy log with a crowbar. The
bar slipped and In some uuaccountable
way few around and struck him q
heavy blow on the Jaw. He sank TO
TO the ground and said to his brother,
who WAS working with him, at 10
all over with me-" and a few minutes
afterwards expired. His jaw was
badly shattered, but the physicians
say death was caused by the shock.
Two burglars, one OF whom wore q
mask, entered the house OF Professor
J. w. Anderson, three miles south OF
Fresno, CAL, Friday, during the alb
sence OF the family. The only occu.
pant OF the house was the Japanese
servant. The burglars chained him
toa post and ransacked the house
securing several articles OF value. The
burglars gained entrance TO the house
BY outing q screen door. When the
professor returned In the evening he
found the Japanese sO tightly bound to
q post by q chain that 1t took nearly
an hour to remove the links.
One of the most interesting and ex-
citing school elections ever held In
Santa Barbara, CAL, took place FRI
day. The Interesting feature OF the
election arose from the TACT that
prominent lawyer, Charles F. Carrier,
was pitted against two women, one
Mrs. b. +. Thomas, wife Of Q leading
member OF the local bar, and the other
Mrs. Fillmore Moore, wife Of an SOLVE
socialist. The man won, as did q iso
uc khhfu cabuiontS ~ ~ LUIS OUlhprs
where Judge NJ. d. VeAble was elecied
trustee over Mrr. b. ID. Whitmore,
candidate OF the woman's suffrage club,
by 300 majority.
The 2.ycar-old child OF Gus A'bers
and wife Of Alameda, Calls, uad a
narrow escape from death BY poison-
ing Friday. While playing in one OF
the rooms alone tho little one found q
small bottle ON the bureau, and tecur.
ing 1t took out the cork and swallowed
the contents. The phial contained a
mixture Of morphine and chloroform,
from . prescription filled by = doctor.
When the mother discovered her child
deathIy sick snd saw what 1t had
swallowed she hastily called In
physician. The poison had been
taken In such an overdose that the In
liant was relieved. an antidote being
promptly Administered.
Benjamin Rule, q young miner,
was Killed Friday morning ut the
Massachusetts, Hill mine, CAL, and
John Rippinghsm, one OF his pari.
nsrs, was slightly injured. They had
drilled and charged ten holes, nine OF
which exploded. The tenth charge
Rule and his partners did not hear,
but they thought II had exploded
simultaneously with one OF the others.
They descended to the bottom OF the
shaft TO send up the rock loussned by
the blasts. Several loads had been
sent up when suddenly the tenth