Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-31
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
CHILD CRUSHED BY A TROLLEY CAR,
wild West Manager Hurt -Const Insurance
Men VIII Fight Hay True TO His
Party iiseeilnneous.

on Feb 9Th. rabbit hunt and feast
will take place at Market Lake, Ida,
and the surplus of the Dummies killed
will be shipped to Salt Lake for distri-
button among the poor.
In three rounds Saturday night be-
fore the Grass Valley. Cal, Athletic
club Dan Murphy of salt Lake knocked
out Jack McCiausland of Browns VAL
ley. Murphy rushed the fight from the
start, ana in the third round knocked
Mcciausland down -four times.
Harold Stark, the 4-year-old son of
Mrs. Emily Stark whb lives at SOP A
Turk street, San Francisco, tripped
flight at the Home for Children con-
Quoted at 1896 Twenty-fourth avenue
Oakland. Cal. and nlunged headlong
down the stairs, sustaining injuries
which resulted Wednesday night In his
death.
George Standard, manager of the
Wild West show at Central Park, San
Francisco. was seriously injured Sun
day just before the time for the exhi-
bition to begin. He was thrown from
his horse. which fell upon him, crush
ing his head against the ground. He
sustained fracture of the base of the
skull. His condition is critical, and his
recovery Is doubtful
Hulda Johnson. aged three and a
half years. was run over and killed by
an electric car Sunday evening i'm front
of the residence of her parents, No. 241
Mission street San Francisco. The
child attempted to cross the street in
front of rapidly approaching car
when she was struck, knocked down
and crushed to death. Her body was
shapeless mass when taken from be-
meath the wheels.
The order of Insurance Commissioner
Clune of San Francisco declaring in
valid the bonds of foreign insurance
companies includes every fire insur-
ance company doing business in that
state not Incorporated under the laws
of California.1t leaves the great volume
of business in the hands of two local
companies. The insurance men We're all
under the impression that their bonds
were sufficient and that the bonds of all
insurance men doing business in that
city and state were perfectly good and
Will make a hard fight
Samuel Robinson, who has Just COM
pleted sentence of eight years in the
Colorado penitentiary for robbing the
Florence, Colo, postoftice, was arrested
Sunday by United States Marshal Isra-
ell, charged with the murder of Govern
ment Agent Robert Hubbard in No
Mans land in 1888, Hubbard met his
death while gathering evidence against
the famous Cook gang of border ban
dts. II is alleged that Robinson was
at that time a member of the gang,
and murdered Hubbard In order to pre-
vent him from testifying against mem
bers of the gang then in custody.
State Treasurer Henry G. Hay of
Wyoming has rendered his resignation
as chairman of the Republican central
committee for Laramie county because
of the vote of the Wyoming senator's,
Warren and Clark, for the Teller Mat
thews silver resolution. In resign
ing he says "The position taken by
our senators indicates that 1t is their
intention to force the Republicans of
this state into a position antagonistic
to Mckinley. the national Republican
party and the st. Louis platform. and
large majority of them cannot SO be
forced
A dispatch from McMinnville. Ore,
today CMonday) says: Fred Clemens
and Paul Duclo were out hunting and
met by accident near the Willamette
river. Duclo saw Clemens and changed
his course to meet him. When within
10 feet Duclo told Clemens he Intended
to kill him and brought his gun to his
shoulder. Clemens warned him to lower
the weapon and as the warning was
gun and fired at Duclo's face and killed
him Instantly. Duclo was found dead
with the cooked gun by his side. A
coroner's jury verdict was justifiable
homicide. A feud had existed between
the men,
NJ. Norton, n follower of the race
track who has lived in Oakland, CAL.
but short time, committed suicide
wednesday night in Blairs Park.
- l.xF ok. Ii -
the head. He was thoroughly despon-
dent and sought to rid himself of the
burden of protracted illness. Norton's
body was discovered Thursday morn
ing at Inspiration point, where he had
gone to take his life. His head lay
In pool of blood and in his right hand
he clutched n 3S-caliher revolver Nea,
by lay small whisky flask, and in
his pocket was a card which read.
MY name is NJ. Norton. Former resi-
dence. Oalland.,'
The little 1S-months-ol daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Elmer Brown of
Sacramento, Cal, went to her uncle's
house near her home Thursday. While
there she entered a bedroom, where a
phal of carbolic acid stood on wash
stand. The child got the bottle and
drank the contents, and then returned
to where her aunt was btcupied-in her
household duties. Mrs. Brown noticed
the empty bottle in the child's hand
and, suspecting what had happened |
for a doctor. The doctor
arrived in fifteen minutes, but In the |
meantime the child had been seized
with commissions and died in about |
twenty minutes, The parents reached |
the house early, but nothing could be |
done to relieve the little ones suffer- |
ngs.
A special to the Spokane Spokesman
Review from Occur d'Alene, Ida, sun |
day. says: Oscar and Anmi Joslyn, |
aged 10 and ~ years, sons OF Musician |
Ioslyn of the Sixteenth Infantry band, |
at Fort sherman. were |
at 3 O'Clock today while skat- /
ng on the lake. Two other boys went |
through the ice with them but Wee, |
rescued. Oscar Joslyn was taken out |
unconscious and removed to the post
hospital where all efforts to resus . sute
him proved unsuccessful. The accident
occurred near the mouth of the river
md the body of Amnii was carried I'M
Ter the ice by the current before as
'istance reached him. The rapid cr'-
'ent of the river has prevented -
reezing over and parties are searching
or the body.
The body of Mrs Melissa Ransom.
widow 40 years of age, lies stiff and
old at the undertaker's, Los Angles
al, with two bullets in her back and
:. II. Arthur, blacksmith. so years
II age, whose mad infatuation for her
md jealousy because of her preference
or another man prompted the murder |