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Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS. 1 Coasln or Abrabam Lincoln Passes Away. ncxxiXB Tiinoucu flijies. Rallrray Colll-don. Explosion of AlcohoL Other Items. COLORADO, rueblo, Colo., Sept. II. A cousin of Abraham Lincoln, iu the person uf Sin. John Ilurna.n, tiled in rueblo today. The remains were chipped to Columbia, "Mo., this evening, the deceased's bus-Land bus-Land accompanying them. Mrs. Burnam was sixty years of age. Venter Setcr. W. F. Shafler of Green River came lit Sunday morning fulfering fromverj aevero luruaou the lell hand cauted by the explosion of a barrel of alcohol. He is the roprl ttor of a raloon at that place and went Into a cellar tho evening before be-fore with an open light to draw-some draw-some alcohol from a barrel. In tonie unexplained nunnera drop of alcohol fell ujon the light, and the next instant a flash and an explosion explo-sion tent Shaffer llying upstairs, his clothes aflame. TIiom; in the tJloou tore hit clotlies from his body and fortunately the only Injury he it ctlved was tho severe burning of his left baud. Though there. Here a number of barrels In thucxllarat the time aud all w ere badly scorched ou the outside, the one that exploded explod-ed was tho only eeriou- damage done. Wm. Burger was at work Sunday at the htaJjate of the Graud Itlver Canal, and he reirU that while so engaged a large new car came floating float-ing down stream, fastenrd to which with a wire was a bundle. Mr. Burger aecured the drift, and on examination ex-amination tho bundle was found to be made up of a Milt of dan: woolen clothing, two suits of underwear and tno jalr or shies. In the pockets of the clothing were found seventy-live cents In money, a knife, a bunch of keys, a carpenters' rule, a carpenters,' lead pencil, aud the following paper;: a pink "bar slip' Issued by Murphy's Kxchange, Denver, Mart A. Watrous, proprietor; pro-prietor; two of the buslnrzs cards of l II. llall, contractor and Lull Jer. wood, brick or atone. Garden City, Kansas, ou the back of one of which, written in penciL Is the name "Rose McMalion;" a leaf torn from a diary on which is printed at the top "July, 1SS9," and at regular Intervals "Monday 15, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17," and on tills leaf, In penciL is the name "John I'helau." On the reverse side of the leaf thtre arc a let of penciled figures. It Is supposed that the owner of the bundle had thus made ready to swim the river, and that hews, drowned in the attempt. O'rand Janet em Star. xv-VOllLVO. Mr. Crewman the wood yard man's team became frightened Lvt Monday and ran away with a load of wood. Out at Parkview they ran into W. W. Rutsell's horso aud buggy, throwing Mr. Russell our, breaking the buggy badly aud In juring the horse. Mr. Ilu-sel! was dusUlerably hurt by the fall, but su'taired no serious Injury. There was a head ind collision at ilack Bultes Monday morning, ou he sevmth district, liny hi ne miles t- of Green River. One of the URlneer, Kallou, wai killed. The Uitr engineer mid the two firtmci Majd. Both engines were terrl iljr wrecked. Two eugiues from hUdistrkt were called to the scent ftbe wreck to htlp clear the track ,V'era was co telegraph ofllce at Ulack Bultes and no partlculais oukl be obtained until an cilice xas put Iu. The track has I on blocked for ten hours. Frank Hunter, who wag riiling a mowing maihineou llulton's ranch Monday morning, was thrown from the machine by the team ruuulng away. llefellinfrontoftheknlTrt of the machine and sustained severe rvuuds ji the tlsturs of the right rm. The accident nrv-tirrMl I... .,. thir team atUclied lo the hayrakc mining away and frightening lunter's team. Laramie Jixmi-crang. Jixmi-crang. WASI1IXCT0.V. Permission has been granted Mr. Charles Butler by the city council of Port Toirnend, Washington, to erects butchering and cold storage c-tablfchmtnt in that place. Tin tilling of auimala will be accomplished accom-plished entirely by machinery, and ill offal will be utilized on the premises iu such a manner as to prevent any offensive odor-. The work- will ret resent an investment of 20,000. Wat Shore. Forest flres have been raging Iu the mouutalnsalong the line of tin orthern Pacillc since lastThut-day. lastThut-day. As the forests are very do" It has been fearrj that it is hardly safe to run the gauntlet of thi IIjiucs, but the passengers have in an cases been carried thrcughsafelv. it Sunday nl-bt all trafllc was suspended. Tho flames reached a Huge pile of ties lying along the track, and the heat was so intense iliat rails for a distance of Sui) feel were varied cut of sluipc. Tlie firee re still raging. A new builJIu tj cost SI25.OJ0 is ta be erected in Tacoma by the . oung Men's Christiau Association uf lluit city for tho accommodation oi its members, bpecial features of the structure will be a gymiiMium provIJed with all modern appliances, appli-ances, running track, etc., a monster swimming i-xF hut, cold and diowerbalhs with all the conveniences conven-iences necessary thereto. As a means of hastening subscrhitlous to the building fund the execulUe ward will give a life membership to every young man who uUcriU "id pays In $100 to the fund. irrat oiore. |
