The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-13
LOCAL BRIEFS.


VOTE FOR QUEEN.-The vote TO date
for queen of the carnival for the Third
ward Is; Pearl Cotton, 5000; Annie smith
rs, Pearl Weller, 500; Rachel Aodgson'
5l1, and Florence BOlto, 36l.
WILL HOLD MEETINGS.-EIiss Leach
OF Colorado, of the Pentacostal missions;
VIII arrive in Salt Lake this evening, ana
viii begin a series of meetings TO last
week at the Union Gospel Mission.
EMERY COUNTY INSTITUTE.--Th
Emery county teachers institute will be
held IN Castle Dale June 4-15, inclusive
The programme just out is an attractive
one and includes many good numbers.
HORSE MALPRACTICE Deputy
Sheriff Ben Harries commenced suit in a
justice, s court YESTERDAY 70 recover IIOll
a S. Kendall SO. the value OF morse
which 1t is alleged defendant ruined by
burning an injured foot. Harries sWears
1t is a case Of horse malpractice.
IT WAS NOT SMALLPOX.-AIbeTt c.
Arnes, a canvasser, called at the health
Office Yesterday to report that his little
girl, residing at 627 South Tenth East
street, had symptoms of smallpox. Dr.
Ciesy Immediately investigated and FOUND
that the child had a bad case Of scarlet
fever.
OPEN MEETING-B. r. Peixotto lodge
No. 4H, J. .. b. b, viii hold an open
meeting in the Jewish temple on We'd
nesday evening, May is, and all friends
SolomOns. Rev DR.. Nieto and others will
speak Music viii complete the pro-
gramme.
FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOLING
Sunday school of the Twenty-third ward
will give a good entertainment in the
meeting house tomorrow afternoon and
evening 1t is for the benefit of the sun
day school and, as the programmes are
very attractive, q large attendance Is an
tlcipated.
xRrr.1Sr~r y rrr- a fssyxrr pEDnDm To-,
new cases of scarlet fever were reported
last week, making tWenty-SeVen IN the
city now under quarantine Two new
cases Of smallpox were reported, making
twelve in all. The deaths for the week
numbered thirteen and the births report
ed were fOrty-One.
MARRIED BY NIELSEN.-Justice
Nielsen yesterday married William NJ
Green and Sarah A. Fellows at the home
of the brides parents, 56 West Sixth
North street. The ceremony was quite a
PretentiOus affair The couple are little
more than children, the groom being Just
y and his bride only l6. They will make
their home with the brides parents.
TEACHERS PAYDAY.-On Monday
afternoon Clerk MOretOn will distribute
at the Office Of the school board checks in
the sum of S9,3A.7b to teachers in pay
ment of their salaries for the last two
weeks Of the school year. Those who 90
not receive their pay checks on Monday
may get them on Tuesday, but all teach
Frs viii have &c file their final reports be-
lore they are entitled to pay checks.
CITY'S LAND PURCHASES.-City Au-
ditor Reiser yesterday filed for record the
agreement between Salt Lake City and
The Union Pacific Railway company, dat
ed Jan. 10, 1898, for the purchase of 1854
acres Of railroad land in CITY Creek can
yon watershed, for which the city paid
S6,4R on the date stated and obligated it
self to pay the balance, &25.0l353 in an
nual instalments, The last payment being
due Jan. 19, 1905.
CHINA DECORATORS EXHIBIT
The Salt Lake club Of mineral painters
will hold its frat aemi-annual exhibit on
Friday and Saturday, May Is and Is, IN
Walker Bros. art rCom. The exhibit opens
Friday at : p. m. and closes at p m
Saturday. The exhibitors include all the
china decorators OF Salt Lake and Ogden.
The display promises to be hne one,
and every one interested in this art will
certainly consider 1t well worth attend
ing
UTAH BOYS WILL FIGHT-A num-
Der Of the Utah bays who did service in
the Philippines are enlisting In the reSu-
lar army. n response to q call sent out
from Fort Douglas, four of these boys
enlisted yesterday. They are Michael
Aorrissey, William Edwards, Alma
Green and August Elynsberg. They will
be sworn III and sent to the Preside 10
be ready to 20 TO the front at the first
opportunity. Charles Jones of Missouri
also enlisted yesterday at Fort Douglas.
CANAL MANAGERS MEET. - The
presidents of the several canal companies
taking water from Jordan river held a
meeting in this city yesterday to perfect
a concerted plan for measuring the river s
flow and dividing the water, but action
was deferred for q few weeks. The city
was represented at The meeting by En-
gineer Kelsey, who reported that since
The planks have been taken out of the
upper dam, the city canal is receiving its
fun share OF water, calculated at about
ninety-Iive cubic feet per second.
DEATH CAME TWICE.-A sad case
was brought TO light yesterday by the
death of the little S-year-Old daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs William Rfston at their
nome on First West street below Eleventh
South The little 4-year-Old daughter had
died the day before and the distracted
mother was alone in her trouble, as her
husband was away on a ranch in WyOm-
ing and could not be reached. The cause
of death in both cases was influenza. The
family is said TO be in very poor Circum-
stances, in need Of charity in fact.
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB.-The Social
Science club completed its organization
last Wednesday evening, and the follow
ing executive officers were installed: Ben
jamin Johnson, president; J. O. Cecil, vice
president. Wallace, secretary; {. A Ce-
Gil corresponding secTe tary; Thomas,
Treasurer; A Reeves, sergeant at arms;
j. G. Cecil, librarian; Henry b4Tkham,
critic. After short programme an ami
mated discussion ensued upon the follow
QUESTION of the Philippine Islands Is a
Menace to This Country"
CREDIT MEN TO MEET.-The Utah
association of credit men will hold a
meeting at the KnutsfOrd on Tuesday
evening. May 10. Business which was
commenced at the adjourned meeting last
Tuesday Will be taken up. An outline Of
procedure for the association to follow
viii be formulated, and the matter of
employing a salaTied clerk will be dis
cussed. Members of the association are
requested - be on hand promptly at S
O'Clock, so as not to delay the discussion
and business.
LADIES AID SOCIAL.-The Ladies'
Aid society OF Heath NJ. T. church, cor
ner OF Third South and Eighth West
streets. will give a social next Friday
evening. Doors open at 1:30; music by
violin and piano until S p. m. Programme:
Ouartette, Misses Maggie De Almond and
Eeighbor, Messrs Hunt and Knuckey
violin solo. Mr. La Belle; duet, Mrs. Kill
gore and Mr.. Roberts, .'Tribulations of
Riddv and Pat Malone, Mr. and Mrs. G.
III Ia Belle; lightning drill for all; re-
freshments, ice cream. cake and lemon
ade Admission . cents and Is cents for
children.
Utah Coal.
Castle Gate and Winter Quarters