The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-27
UTAH STATE NEWS.


he departed for Washington to take up
his duties at the capital
The Utah Delegation in attendance
at the recent Trans-Mississippi con-
gress, held at Houston, Texas, are nov |
visiting In the city Of Mexico.
bishop G. A. MAdseu, president Of the |
sanpctc-scvier Sugar company, says |
that a sugar factory will be In opera
tion In sAnpete county by 1901.
Congressman Kings plurality over
Mr.. Hammond, AZ shown by the official
canvass. Is i.9s7. HAmlin, the Socialist
Labor candidate, received a total Of o27
votea
The postofiice At spanish Fork was
burgiAriked on the night Of the 18th,
number Of letters, stamps, coPpsrs aud
checks being taken, one check being
for $500 aud one for $3.50.
A Salt Lake chinaman gives n most
unique excuse for the poor condition OF
half-starved skeleton Of a horse he
has been driving, declaring the animal
II suffering from Insomnia
The burlington surveyors have com
pleted tho survey Of that line Into
Weber canyon M far as DEVILS Gate
aud II Ia reported that work on tho
roadbed will begin within the month
The winter just past has been the
mildest aud dryest ever known In the
deserts In the western portion Of Utah,
aud ON this account nearly oil OF the
nocks have been driven TO the noun
tainA
The evaporation from Great Salt Lake
during the course Of a year IL, accord
ing TO the records, eighty Inches. hit
were not for this heavy evaporation
the entire valley would be inundated
In few years.
The outlaw killed by a sherlf's posse
on Green river has been Identified as
George Currle. one Of the men lmpli-
Gated Ia the train robbery on tho Union
Pacific railway near Wilcox, Wyoming,
about year ago
Captain J. q. Doolitte, the Salt Lake
agent Of the Frisco line, has departed
for England with carload Of Utah
horses, which have been selected by
Mr.. Doollttlc for their ntness for ser
vice In the Transyaal.
Htata Eiah Conuissioner sharp has
made Arrange menta for sMpmeut OF
sea salmon, which he viii, a. an eS'
pertinent place In the brucSlsh water
atthe mouths OF the rivers lowing into
the lake, he believing that sea salmon
will thrive there.
The new Utah Society, Army OF the
Philippines, an organization composed
Of the former members Of the Utah
batteries, entertained their friends NJ
grand ball In Salt Lake City oD the
10th, At which Govcrnor Wells led the
grand march,
The officers OF Butte declare that
Edward Marshall. the man captured by
Salt Lake oiicrrs recently, In the man
wanted for the murder Of Mrs Crecch
at lutte. Mr.. Crceeh having identified
him by photograph, aud he will b
taken 10 Butte for trial.
Lars T.. Peterson, OF Spanish Fork
suleldcd last week by hanging himself
Ia chicken house. The serious illness
Of his wife, added 10 the fact that h'
has been mentally weak for the pas
two years, Ia regarded as the cause fo
the commission NJ the deed.
The employees Of the salt Lake Cit
Street Railway have been granted al
increase Of one cent an hour, and arr
now wondering how the company cat
stand H. In hundred years this In
crease would amount to si,a2O to eacl
man employed by the company.
Charles Cooper, one OF the veteran
who helped 10 lay the foundations @
Salt Lake City, is dead lie was famou
for his work as an image maker, an
As a plasterer his work ON the walls O
the Temple and the Assembly Hall l
Salt Lake does him great credit
In week or 40 state Fish commii
sioner Sharp will start out with 5000
trout for the streams In Morgan count,
$1,000 for the streams In rooele county
$4,000 for Juab county, and 10000 Il
summit county. In u few years Uta
should be iisherman's paradise.
The plan Of making the city prlaol
era OF salt Lake work ON tho stree
has been abandoned, II being argue
that their labor cost more than II WI
worth To the city, and Zion will q
longer be blottsd from the itinerary
the ieatlve hobo.
Major Grant says that the statemeI
made In document purported to ha'
been written by Aguinaldo saying Il
guns Of the Utah artillery were ca
tured by the spaniards aud retak'
aud returned by the Fillpinos, is q
Anti-expanslon lie, pure aud simple.
Joe Loynd, formerly employed by Il
Utah Sugar company, has taken char