The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-21
LOCAL BRIEFS.

BANK CLEARINGS-Yesterday' bank
clearings were $4SS.SO9 For the same day
year ago they were 1854 IS2-
LIBRARY IS CLOSED.-The city free
public library was closed last evening
and viii remain closed until June l.
During the interim an inventory of the
books VIII be taken and the rooms rem
Ovatcd.
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS ex-
animation for the eighth grade graduates
talI into the university or any high
school in the state, win be held today
at Mill Creek The examinations Will
begin at $50 O'Clock.
PRINCIPALS TO MEET.-The princi-
pals of the city schools will EOid a
meeting this afternoon at the Lincoln
school and Principal CoOmbs viii pre-
sent a class in calisthenics under the di-
rectiOn of Miss Norris. The whole school
will be in costume, and viii give some
specially interesting drills.
GOT NO MONEY.-It was reported to
the police yesterday that the Salt Lake
News cOmpanys place of business had
been entered by burglars some time Tues
dag night. Entrance was gained through
the rear of the building by forcing open
a window. The burglars found no money
in the till and left without taking any
thing
GRICE ARRESTED AGAIN. - sam
Grice, who IS well known in police cir
cles. fell into the clutches of the law
again yesterday. He was arrested by the
police for stealing TWO sets of tools from
the federal building. The sheriff has a
charge of horse stealing also against him.
Grtce is accused of stealing horse be-
longing to a man living at West Point
near TOOele.
NO CONTAGIOUS ES-Yesterday
was the first day this month that no
contagious diseases of any character
have been Reported to the clerk OF the
board of health. There have been no
cases of smallpox since May p Since
the 1st of the month there have been
two cases of typhoid fever reported and
six each Of dtphtheria and scarlet fe-
Yer.
C. A. r. ENGAGEMENT twenty
first annual encampment of the Utah G.
a. r. viii be held at Odd Fellows hall this
evening After the installation Of officers
and the commanders address. Miss Mar
gerry Short will render an instrumental
solo, Mrs Goodwin viii read, Willard Eos
ter viii sing and Miss Elliott viii read
The evening s entertainment Will conclude
with the song America
PREDICTS PRESIDENTS DEATH
An unknown woman yesterday drove out
to the residence Of Manager Needham of
the dry goods department of the L. c. NJ
T. and notified him that when President
Roosevelt comes TO Salt Lake next week
he win be killed while I'm the city and that
the tabernacle VIII be destroyed by IRE
The woman. who departed without Civ
ing her name, is thought to be insane
TO BEGIN CANVASS committee
of young men who have undertaken to
raise 5000 of the fund to build a new
Y NJ. c. a building. took dinner at the
Commercial club last evening with Stan
ley A. Price. the chairman, and talked
over the situation. The committee viii
have their friends meet with them al the
club next Monday evening and arrange
ments are being made to have several
addresses on the subject II hand made
by those familiar with the work The
committee will commence canvass of
the young men of the city Immediately, to
raise their portion of the fund.
BOY IN Observation-Disclosures Robert
son, the boy who ran against live wire
on the roof of the West Side electric
power station Tuesday evening was tax
en- to the KeOgh- Wright hospital for
treatment yesterday. The boy was had
" burned about the legs and IN the
back. He was suffering much pain last
night but the attendants said that his
burns were not considered dangerous
Young Robertson made the statement at
the hospital that he was on the roof
with some other boys picking uD old
discarded wires that had been used in
repairing the power wires He did not
know how he had come in contact with
the feed wire.
ACCUSED OF BURGLARY-George
Goodwin. a negro who was arrested this
week by Detectives Raleigh and Chase,
accused of petty larceny, will have to
face a more serious charge Goodwin
was taken in for stealing pair of shoes
from a room in the American house. 81
East Second South. At the police sta
ton Goodwin claimed that he purchased
the shoes from q man who was stopping
at the place who had since left town.
The officers did not believe the stOry.
however, and upon investigation found
that he had stolen ten pairs of blank
cts from the American house while en-
plOyed there as porter. They also found
in bis room a suit Of clothes valued at
$50 which. it is claimed. was stolen from
the Independence block. The suit was
vest erdav identified by Dick DreVfuS.
from whom it was stolen. The charge
of petty larceny was replaced by one
of burglary, on which he will be ar
raigned today.