Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-01
To-day'S Metals;
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LEAD $3.50.
CASTING COPPER. 10 81 cents o 10.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

There were over b0 In attendance yes
terday morning. at the state prison
Christian Endeavor society meeting.
Miss Drew OF the First Methodist
church made an interesting address,
and the prisoners took an active part
themselves. A very interesting feature
OF these meetings Is the singing Of the
Prison Endeavor quartet, who are do
ing excellent work.
William Il. Sorensen, aged 50, an old
time miner, died OF pulmonary troubles
Saturday night, at his Fifth South
street residence. Seven weeks ago the
deceased had an operation performed
on his arm for necrosis Of the bone, and
had not been well since. He left no
children. Funeral services will be held
at residence, 1862 east Fourth South
street on Tuesday az 2 p. IN. Friends
ere invited to attend,
The infant child of Edward s. VIII
llams of Gi7 east Fourth South street.
was found dead yesterday morning. as
its mother awoke and turned TO caress
II. The child was alive and sleeping
peacefully at 4 o'clock when Mrs. VIII
liams woke up for few moments. but
when she awoke again the little one
was dead. A physician was at once
summoned, but Of course nothing could
be done. The child was only 2S days
old.
City Attorney Nye has drafted an or
dinance to present TO the council to-
night which provides for compelling the
street car company to keep it's cars
clean and also TO allow the health Off
clal space TO post card In each car
calling attention to the ordinance pro-
hibiting expectoration In the cars. The
ordinance was prepared at the nstiga.
ton OF City Physician King II provides
that the cars must be cleaned once
every is hours and prohibits sweeping
the cars while they are in operation.
The penalty for violation Of the ordin-
ance is from SIS TO 500 for each offense
Shippers claim that the railroads
have been 30 pressed for cars that they
have even emptied cars in transit west
OF goods and stored the same that the
cars carrying such goods might be used
for carriage of live stock or other class
es of freight for which there was par
tioular demand Then when the rush
was over, the stored goods would be
reshipped TO their destination. In this
way western merchants who had or
dered fall aud winter goods for late
summer or early fall delivery, re-
oelyed their consignments SO late as TO
be practl ally valueless TO them.
Charles Il. Bradd, who Is at the White
House from Thunder Mountain, says
the Profile. Smith and Big Creek coun-
try Is better than the much advertised
Thunder Mountain section. He also
states that there viii be no railroad Ia.
to that country until It is demonstrated
that there Is better ore In sight han Is
visible at present Mr.. Bradd reports
-four at Roosevelt at IS per sack, and
bacon az 40 cents per pound. He says
now that the winter SHOWS have
blocked the trails, great fairy stories
may be looked for as to the hidden
wealth OF the country. and the deeper
the snow the more vivid the stories
-Batteryman Samuel ii. King was
buried yesterday afternoon from the
Elks' club house, with interment In sol
dler's plot at the city cemetery. Capt
Wedgewood delivered the eulogy at
the lodge, and the late comrades Of the
deceased formed IN line behind the
hearse after the service and followed
the remains to the grave. j. j. Meyers
offered the dedicatOry prayer and the
pail bearers were William Edwards and
August Lyngberg Of battery a. Charles
Forslund, John Doyle, Private Taylor
and Richard Collett OF battery Il. Eu-
reka lodge No. III Of the h. p. o. T.,
had a large representation in the
march,
One OF the Nimrods who went out on
j Wash Young's rabbit excursion
Thanksgiving day says that there wers
not over LEO rabbits In the whole
bunch, and that they We're either stolei,
or thrown away before the train reache.
ed the depot In this city. Several
Of the hunters, II Is stated, who had
partaken Of more Of the mahogany
syrup than was good for their stable
equilibrium got into the car On routa
and amused themselves by peltlng the
Italian iaborers along the line Of the
road with the deceased bunnles. This
used up the greater part Of the cargo;
and when the train got stalled az
Fourth West street there was a crowd
there that made an onslaught that
cleaned out what was left in short or.
der. So the salvation Army lost their
furry supplies.