Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS D B R dollop teller of the colored aa lonal atlena bank of denver oo on a visit to I 1 djoa J Ang angel elss california fell from a aly about midnight wednesday vi distance of twelve feet ink ing th Juries which may provo prove fatal his kail friall was wa fractured and several bones boneo broken flora macdonald Ma odonald sh shearer aber Iter well IJ krown in educational edu national and ad literary ery in san ban francisco was tako t ule be receiving hospital at ao an early earl hoar bout morning ufler io from temporary insanity caused by overwork work she bhe was wa round found by tw fla bermeD before daybreak V An dering about the beach near the Preal adi dlo mine shearer to a woman a 0 about out 40 yean of age and has beed identified with the san ban francisco public schools since 1876 1875 A machine used for loading car exploded at the works of the lead and smelting Sm elting tiDo a company 0 in pany cat tuesday afternoon and william and eugene flood two labor off f were botn seriously the th ems of the explosion Is 1 not known but atit 1 is ia supposed aupp oBed to nave have result reaal teu U from over pressure bryan anu flood were sta near the machine ano ani both were thrown dome distance and quite badly burned they were treated 64 the work and then removed to their bomea in selby the machine aa completely wrecked new has baa been received from tin parker barker indian agency jal CAI of a cocu becu lier r there which ended totally for 1011 the principal figure b brems IndIA Dloss his child by death find would not be comforted he beita 8 a dirge of his bl tribe and 4 01 DS the death aaice around the corpse arpee at we the name time tattling rattling a 0 foard par for boura boors and hours houra he kept up hythe ah performance too physical train upon him was waa intense rau aou aaili be jell fell bide the he body of at the tb hald rod and in a short bort time was waa himself corpse henry WAn denon of philadelphia went to sa OR several alveral week so CO la in search of employment bain saable to obtain it is be tole bume tor aid money wall waa sent to him dy by to bli bin last known address at ai chiru and howard HO he was waa jut to be toned found and his bia whereabouts have hate since remained a lya noy tery Ory william Brick ericon ton a neighbor ibor a 0 mother in 0 philadelphia eair 0 o ban francisco Francl recently reee atly an began egan seared arb tor for anderson anderaon without vat the man la is described so ST 87 years yeara of agoo age 6 feet 4 inch inthea in height with dark brewa half hair ana au s che and a oar boar over hla his left eye the pingree farm farina in colorado have been provided for or the poor of f denver lor for the season of 1897 were opened to tillers on arbr day mort my ft then than fifty families have taken up lam laa to farm for a living during the um sum ithier mon thir an abundance of at lanu land ties been placed at the disposal of th poor oar people by audy wilson in north denver the plowing and all work to place the he land in gondi lion to e be cultivated la is being done by the ibe county and the organized charities f the tb city have contributed the for vegetables which w blob will be distributed among those who take up land to farm the Pin linree pingree ree plan has ba been a luccese in denver says ay the field and farm rod and those engaging to in it have hare OIL elt well repaid for their efforts torto ef B R li mann MADD who was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of a dan francisco Frano Boo police court has ha acone into executive session earlon with himself bod and to la endear endea vAng ring to estimate the of a promotion backward prior to his hi appointment to the police court mana was a highe lt raober at a salary 0 or f 60 50 a mouth month the two positions gave him a monthly income of the board oi 01 cu cation however decided to prom te mann and at as a recent meeting 0 o g placed him bim to in we be olai a ot of 0 or r the position of teacher ot of a day school As AB mann cannot act as a seal alai int ant prosecuting outing attorney and teach a jay school class at the same time hi has hai lot lost him bin salary 0 sau aj a month and be now how r regard 0 gards political advancement as a a hollow chuckery A special from san ban bernardino to t he be times time says ay reports of the ure commission are to co the effect thai the ibe army worm la 18 making its it appear ance along the foothill region and in aulda great damage it has ba attacked grope grape vines vinea and aprilo trees tree ani an i sp ap theare ean to be m re than for years yean it has ban commenced operations opera tlona st at highland rialto aw an place an olgay acre vii Is c yard byard near colton had every lea ion tripped rom orom the vines and sev ouy uvo ave worms were picked from one vine lu la highland the worms are going u lemon treba la in an apri cot col orchard ner near lytle crook creek she be worms are eating the fruit saving leaving nothing but the pit ex horticultural rose pear bag nt out some ome samples ample of she be post peat g tk anu and la Is making an effort to tup its if progress reu francis Bt ewart tg a deal deaf mute mate was suck by a while walking on southern pacific track near borritt v stanlus lathul lati lus uL cal on oa friday morning rau anu injuries which laai fatal rue rne unfortunate man was wa bout about even lost leet falling failing outside the ralis so u hr his body was waa not man leu iou when picked up by condio or kidney and two wo brakemen he ha was waa alive but they carriou him into a pa auger coach at the he reat rear jt t the me train rain ani when wilmington was reached a telegram was waa went sons tv v dr weldon to meet she he train at gat pedro A heartbreaking heart beart breaking loans none wh when on mrs Cr armack mack ott Bf warts mother oiher in saw aw tier her don an derne borne into the notion neue he lingered only about two noun bourn after being struck kuok fi was waa to la nil bin twenty fifty year he was waa so 0 o well thought of as a san ban pedro that alagi n were hall masted no blame attao co 10 the engineer two MOD men evidently fell fall into ingo a als dilute uge wednesday eve lu its irona of french camp station tat lon call cah I 1 orals and a merchant across the be road now one of then them strike the other la in the face T 0 mad fell heavily and with his neck beck the track the man who struck him took to his hia heels heele and as there was wa no pursuers made rood good haw 0 escape cape As ai the man did not got get up the merchant went across the street and wee waa surprised to nod find the be man dead his ht neck deck had been broken to i the fall he was wae a man about fio liO yeara f age of ordinary weight and drew there was wa upon him by which he e could be Iden identified tilled tb the moore have bare a description of the be other man and that li Is all the two had bad been een in the vicinity of frencer camp for several day chicago drovers drover journal Junr nal there has ba been a at aning prediction among so for some borne time that when fexas sheep beep began to come they would come with a rush this thie has ba unusually been the ce case alter after the shearing bearing sea ea adv ahoi but bus tor for a few years yeara sheep heep have hardly been worth shipping so 0 o far b tb on account of the poorness of the quality and aid the cheapness of the P price rice this year there la in a great im provement pro in both respects repe ct and nd not ot only beep but sheep heep boyem have bave been active in their efforts to got get he sheep to market it Is la is estimates that bat sheep heep are to come from texas texa this spring prang Altho although urb the he domand to la remarkably good it la Is not choa enough to take all thaw sheep beep st il one time and shippers should bould exer cise some lodgment in sending lending lo in properly distributed all of the texas sheep could be sold at good price A man whose name to la opposed to h be 0 A brown was wai run over and la in bantly scantly kellad wednesday night at oakland gal cal brown who bad been drinking had some time ago borrowed 15 cents of at miu miss tillson Til laon the he ticket agent wed no ay night might he paid her ber the he money back and bought a ticket for or son bao francisco asking her to val oll bim when the train arrived afew A few minutes later the train same came along and she be ablated ted him to go the he track ho he wanted to go forward to we the smoker ai nd ad started to walk alongside of ther th train just juat as aa he be wax wait ab at to bout board the be tram train conductor gaorge teepie gave cave the signal rau anu the engineer started barted up brown grabbed at as the maker platform but was waa thrown valor the he oar ear the me whole train laming jacalne over a d horribly mutilating his hia budy body mra mies saw brown fail and at tempted to stop atop he abe train by signaling rhe engineer new her matles im but bat did nut understood what she abe wanted nd pulled ahead wu we ting pang fang the now new chanow minister mini ater to the united stales had his hia eyes eya aps ops opened aided tuesday to a betat ot of flaire affaire existing ext eting in we he city of ban frat frai visco lice among hta his countrymen of he e bad aut dreamed we exist bouce major H A moore special agent of the treasury department had bad a with the minister in which s b lob he be informed that diguls ry that bat chinese women were being brought to san ban francisco and sold into slavery la very his hia attention was waa called to he be fact that within the look la a ax X months more than ban a hundred ohl obi nee women had been lauded landed at san baa francisco under the guise of native aalga tore of this state or as wives ot or resident chinese mero banto who had bad gone to china for a visit facts were laid before the minister to convince him that therit importations were in ID violation of the law awl and he promised prom led mojor major moore to use every endeavor in hla his power to assist him in putting an end and to the illicit traffic in womankind within 0 aoe no bofia time on tuesday thom thoi Hickey an pa inmate of the oakland gal cal city prison made three attempts attempt to end his bi life he first sought bought to sever ever the arteries in him wrist with a place piece of broken glau glass before he be had bad in doing much injury he be was wai discovered anu looked up la in another cell call where almost before the jailer jailor ls back was turned be tried to end his hia life by in haling baling illuminating gas ga he was wae discovered Klao dod this time removed to a tel steel tank where there was waa no gas gai jet hickey removed his all suspenders tail last ned them abou arou around nd bin neck and tied be other eod end to the grating of his hia cell call and tali fell to his knem knees preparing t choke to death f his hia heavy breathing At tracked the jallen jailers who placed him ina in a fright jacket aad a ud caused him to be removed to the she county conety jail where he be was waa looked up in the padded cell call hickey was waa arreater arrea ted a low lew day allf ago lor for violating the sleeping out ordinance bance and was serving a five 11 to days daya when he tbt suicidal ul tendency he hm bas ben beao barged with being insane a d will list be token laken before the commissi commissioner to the denver field and farm this thie week weak W C bradbury a contractor and pro promoter poter of 01 irrigation enterprises talked mot interestingly regarding abe great g work he is IB doing tor for a syndicate loate of english capitalists to in southern oa thern now new mexico A system of irrigation including two dame borome ab be rio bio grande with roger colre stitt canals Is contemplated the work already completed la in a concrete dam in theato the ji i grande opposite olo old it itwara was at first intended to mia structure at a point two miles further farther up the river but the damage from back w water star tu to the she santa fe railroad bed forced lorieda a change of location building a dam in this treacherous river to la a feat 0 great magnitude owing principally to so the quick mando to drive foundation piles pile the use nae of a monster driver wielding an 1800 pound barner bamer sixty five strokes to the minute manule alter after a line itne of plies was waa put down t be silt lit parked 0 no o all ai to require toe she ung of a powerful pow erial hydraulic tream lU to 90 open the way for the oo curnet high water interfered greatly with tb work the intake aud abour gatea gases each consist of a battery of five A to loot foot cast iron pipes anchored with piling phing the dlton runs runa open down th weak batik bank of the river lor or two majel when it becomes necessary neo eary to oras or as 88 to the east side aide tole transfer tra to IB by means meana of a triple inverted siphon made of five foot wooden stave pipe laid elleu alvau feet under the river bed A large tract of fertile valley land alj alil be placed under irrigation by ible baua it la is the ultimate purpose of big company to place a masonry daia six feet high its ib the diverde river near ar bugle stations at a point B elephant la butte toll tole dam will furm form a reservoir twenty two miles mile long and will carry water on to 90 the cornado JOfus 10 del fuerte muerte making of that once famous 46 journey of death a prolific flo agricultural district all work on these large enterprises will soon be stopped owing to the high water the intention being to resume operations after the rainy season in july we believe that the building ot of this dam to la the ficat ln in stance acance of the use ot of mattress work which was wag made necessary by th tb treacherous nature of the moll in building the abutment for the head gate twenty two carloads of willoat were woven into mattresses mattre saes ballasted ballested bal lasted and pinned home with piling |