Show HIT BIT BY A POWDER CAN Lh t I Ic oh Ward Injured I iii By JJ lolI lolIO Ogden O ell July 2 Frank the 11 eUloh ot of Hay flay na Thompson who vho resides near the corner of Adams Adums avenue and street had bud a ow escape from death yesterday by lIy thu th explosion of a II small can of ot dec der The ihie boy hoy with other lads com coma commenced to celebrate thu tIll Fourth of or July Jul early eull Frank got gOI a 1 quantity of or powder some source and auth a nil placed It I I In ha a tin can in hii order that the explosion shut sion might be ho louder loud PI he the powder In the can with clay cn mid and at itt attached Inched a n short fuse fUMe to It Ho lie could not wall Avail until the thit Fourth to 10 witness IHne the ito explosion so to touched a match to 10 the and ran rail it II short abort distance but hUI tho lumin burned slowly vb and Frank thinking It Jl hat had gone glie out went vent over Ocr to the ho can just In Itt time to in get got thin the full force of at the explosion In f thin the fae ace A Ii Apiece Apiece piece of the tho tin till can cut about halt half thin tho flesh from froni his hi left heft cheek making makinI an on ugly ull wound l and fractured the bone of the chEek check near the eye Ills HIli sight Is 15 also alto In iii Injured but the th doctors docto untie hope t to be b able to save the sight Drs Dr E I filch Weh and ana G C A Dickson dressed the thc wounds woun s which are very painful C E ii STAGG OX O 0 LIVELY C E fi 10 Stagg made timings things lively In the lower portion of the Iho business district yesterday afternoon shortly after three by trying tl to shoot up the town Ho Ito had hall Just n R live days JUi sen sentence tence at ul the Iho city ini for Ho Hu went ent to Kohns secondhand stON on lower street streel and nod pur purchased purchased chased a n pistol and a quantity of or shells but bul refused to p 1 pay y for tho thin same sante and threatened the tho proprietor when ho lie I ed for ii the tho pay pU He lie went out on T II and Ind tired limed tho the pistol sev several severa e I eral crill era times into thin the fir air frightening pe pedestrians nR with his queer action actions He lie liethen then went vont along Lincoln to 10 street and tutu east cast t I t Grant avenue discharging the th gun ReV sev several eral eniti times lilacs Into Inlo the tho all ahr The police were notIfIed but could nol act hIm oit ot lImit arrival fot fol Some time lime lie III had ehl evidently b been en drinking but did not Mt arrest st lc was taken to the lc P po lice station 1 and lockel ut Up lie Ill w wilt will l b be R with c carrying rry K wea II nn pons Polls and alit the tho peace |