The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.


terday afternoon at the county court I
house by Cupid Scare.
MANAGER OF CALDER Sat Cald- !
er $ park Manager Levy has secured Will /
the BiJou theatre Mr. Rising also mal- I
ages the theatre at GlenWoOd park, Og !
den.
PRESENT WAR PROBLEMS.-Dr. J. |
NJ. Tanner will speak on Present War
Problems" at the Twentieth ward meet (
ing house tonight. The meeting will be /
he!d under the auspices OF the M. l. A of !
the ward
SERENADED THE HERALD.-An en- !
1oyabie serenade was rendered The Her |
aid by the Brigham City Military band
yesterday. The delightful music was
listened to by a large crowd that con-
gregated about The Herald office.
WORKINGMEN'S MEETING. The ex-
ecutive committee OF the Workin@men' s
Democratic club will meet today by order
of Chairman George SanbOrn, at 3J7
Progress building, at clock p. m, Tor
the transaction of important business.
MEETING OF QUoRUM.--The tenth
quorum of seventies will hold their
regular monthly meeting at the Ninth
ward meeting house on Monday night,
July ?. at 7:3O o'clock 1t is expected that
one of the first presidency will be pres
emit A full attendance is desired.
MR.. LAWRENCE WILL SPEAK.-The
Woman's Democratic club will hold
meeting at the residence of Mrs. J. p.
Sorenson, 61S Sixth street Friday, July
s. at 2:3O D. m. II. w. Lawrence will
speak on the initiative and referendum,
after which there will be music and re-
freshments. The public is invited
BANK CLEARINGS.-Th bank clear
ings yesterday were 1886, 90 compared
with x4sS.17476 for the corresponding day
of last year. The weeks clearings were
S2,24S.5S3.25, compared with 2,126,OO3 for
the corresponding week of 1889 For the
month of June the clearingS were 81, I59,-
1872 s. COMPARED with SO 3gl, $50. 10 for June,
1892
WATER REVENUES.-The water
works department yesterday figured that
the assessment for the fiscal year just
ended footed ~ to about $4,000. a figure
much larger than for the preceding year.
The attachments amounted to $1,000 as
against about $4,000 for the year before.
New services to the number of 525 were
put in during the year.
DEVOTIONAL MUSIC.-The joint
Mutual programme in the Eighteenth
ward Sunday evening will be almost en-
tirely devotional music Those who will
sing in addition to the ward choir will be
Messrs. Piper. Whitney. Spencer and
Patrick, Miss Bessie Edmonds, Miss Ruth
Wilson. Miss Mary YOUNG. Miss Enid
EdmOndS and Miss Clint Young.
STATE BONDS sIGNED.LThe states
issue of 100000 lawful money "a per cent
Tefunding bonds were signed yesterday
by Secretary of State Hammond and
Treasurer Chapman, preparatory TO re-
shipment to New York. While in New
York last week Governor Wells affixed
his signature to the 500 bond, which are
redeemable twenty years hence
JAPANESE FESTIVAL.-Th Japanese
festival in the Third ward tomorrow
night promises to be a very pleasant af-
fair 1t is in the nature of a ward re-
union and the festivities are to occur. at
Inc meeting house. beginning at o clock
programme of instrumental and vocal
music will be carried out and an ice cream
and strawberry feast will follow.
SUGAR DIVIDEND.-The regular quar-
terly per cent dividend was paid by the
Utah Sugar company yesterday 1t
amounted TO $4,000. The last assessment
of 10 per cent on the new issue NJ 1866 600
worth or stock issued over year ago
VIII be due and payable tomorrow and the
proceeds viii be used in defraying the eX-
pense of erecting the new plant at Bing-
ham Junction.
HELPED BY THE COUNTY. Relative
10 the statement IN yesterdays Herald
that Mrs. Howard, whose husband and
family of six little children live in a tent
back of Freed's furniture store, had not
been furnished any food or clothing by
the county, PauOer Inspector Sabine de-
clares that the sufferers were given all
that they asked for TO supply their i'm
mediate needs.
CAUGHT A BEGGAR.-John Reynolds,
the drunk who fell through the glass
cigar case at My Office saloon few
nights ago and who represented to the
police that he was stopping at one of the
principal hotels, was found begging from
the residents in the vicinity of West
Temple and Seventh South streets yes
terday afternoon. He was arrested on 4
charge Of Vagrancy.
WEEKLY HEALTH REPORT.-Ac-
Cording to the report of the health de-
partCent there are still seven cases of
scarlet fever IN five families still under
quarantine. One case of diDhtheria is in
existence in the city. Three cases OF ty-
phoid fever We're reported. The births re-
ported during the week numbered forty
two and the deaths. twenty, exclusive of
two bodies brought from outside the city
for interment
HORSELESS CARRIAGE BUSINESS.
The Woods Electric Vehicle company
was organized in this city yesterday with
capital stock of $500 In $40 shares, for
the purpose of conducting the business of
operating automobiles and all manner of
self-propelling vehicles for public use and
hire ana of selling all such kinds Of
vehicles. Fred A Sweet is president:
ANiras Z. Snow, vice president; j. S.
Gard. secretary, a. A Sweet, treasurer,
and q. n. Sweet is the other director.
ENDORSE WARRANTs.-Au Ret
ser has sent in TO the city council COM
muniCatiOn in which he declares that he
will hereafter endorse on every warrant
and bond which he issues a certificate
saying that it is within the debt limit
prescribed by law. He does this in ac-
cordance with the provisions of title eight
of the revised statutes The statute has
not been lived up to heretofore by audi
tors because they thought that it meant
that warrants should be indorSed in this
way only when the city could not meet
them and they were being generally cir
culated.
FUNERAL OF MIR. BRIXEN.-The
funeral of Andrew 9. Brixen will take
place Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
at the Twentieth ward meeting house
Friends may view the remains at the
family residence from to p. m. or
Tuesday. Expressions Of regret over the
death of Mr.. BriSen were heard in every
quarter Yesterday. A card of sympathy
was circulated among the hotel men, with
whom the deceased was associated for SC
many years, and will be forwarded &c
Mrs. Brixen together with tender OF
their services in her hour of bereavement
It is probable that the hotel men will act
as pall-bearers for their old friend
Andy"
ORGANIZE THE EAGLES.-The Fra.
ternal order of Eagles will be organized
today at Odd Fellows hall with about
forty candidates who want to see the
Eagles. DR.. Merkel the grand organizer
of the lodge. the growth of which is one
of the SenSati tons among traternal orders
will. with the aid of several Eagles who
are IN town. initiate these candidates. He
has been here some days and has haC
great success in his work OF organizing
the lodge The names of those who vii
go in today are Rot known, but they art
of the principal good fellows il Salt Lake
The exercises viii begin at D. m.
TO SENTENCE MAJORS.-Sherin Cor
don Of Box Elder county took Abe Ma
jorS to Brigham City yesterday for re
Sentence Majors was under sentence fol
the killing of Captain Brown, the Ogder
police officer, and ne was sentenced TO b'
shot last year. Bet when his case was
taken 90 the supreme court stay Of exc
cusion was granted and he has been wait
ing in the penitentiary ever since. The
court having decided the case and affirm
ed the decision of the trial court and the
time for a motion for a hearing having
passed another day for tho execution mus