Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-20
LATE LOCALS

LATE LOCALS,
Fine shrimp are IN the local market
| from Galveston.
The Signal corps began indoor target
| practise last night IN the state armory'
Warden DOW continues to improve, and
| there are hopes now Of his gelllng upon
| his feet shortly.
II IS reported IN this city that there are
now lj2.lG2 telephones on the Pacific coast,
an Increase over ms time last year OF
| ,l5L
The local evangelical churches VIII hold
special religious meetings for Two weeks
beginning Sunday March ~ ending Win
Easter
The dates for the examination OF eighth
grade graduates throughout The state has
been fixed by State Superintendent Nelson
FOR April /, May ! and June
The street car tracks which have re-
NAMED open all winter on Third south ne
tW cen East Temple and state are now
being filled In win paving blocks 80 taat
the street viii soon be IN presentaoie
shape
Contractor Campbell Of the federal
building wires from Portland that ne VIII
surely be In Salt Lake sunday night, 80
tina, active building Opordu0ns can uc
resumed on the feieral building In this
city the following day
Old Rapid Transit ear % has been made
over entirely into "a new car, ana VIII be
out IN few days for active service ior
another long term of years y VIII pc
placed on the MURRAY run Win NO 81 the
other rejuvcnated car
Local real estate men say that the Short
Lime Is buying only dldgonaily across
block Is, plat A, aud does not want the
whole block the idea being 20 extend the
tricks from the old Garfield depot
through 70 Third Wesl street. TO connect
there with tho main line SOUTH
county Clerk James received word this
afternoon from Or. Hardy Of the state
Mental hospital, OF the death OF james w;
Griffin, committed from this county Aplll
1890 Al that time be was 50 years OF
age. ana an inmate OF tho state prison
His remains viii be Inferred at PROVO
Agent ganborn OF tho Pacific Express
company IN this city says that there "
nothing TO show that the S3,OW bar of
gold stolen at Detroit, while In charge OF
his company, originated in Utah. lie says
Il will be difficult for the thieves TO dis
pose Of their booty without being caught
A painting Is to b. made by Harlow Of
seine fshing under the Ice In Utah lake
The picture Will show dozen Jtah couh-
~ farmers working the seine, with the To-
cal fish warden present TO see that all OF
the trout and bass caught we're thrown
back, while all of the Chub, suckers and
catfish were retained and carried on
A local old timer argues that the reason
the Lucin cutoff contractor Is SINKING 50
much rock and soil on that treacherous
strip near Pr0montory point Is because
he has located over q sort OF supterranean
outlet and that the process on dumping
may be continued until the cows come
home without accomplishing anything
one case OF smallpox was reported to
the board OF health today that OF Joseph
Wilson, aged 10 a transient, VINO recently
arrived In this city from Mammoth. TWO
cases were reported late yesterday after
noon. They are. Viola Mccall, aged 7
wears, residing at 1929 First street; Phoebe
Scholes, aged 6, 1917 east sixth South.
-Four additional guards will be put on
duty at the state prison IN u rev days,
so that the elght-hour law may be OBJ
served there, making 20 guards on duty
I'm ALL This will be q great RELIEF TO the
present guards. who have had TO remain
at their posts l2 hours a day IN order TO
avoid employment Of extra guards and
thus keep within the appropriation.
County Superintendent Of Schools Ash
ton announces meeting Of the trustees
and teachers Of the county 70 be held next
Saturday, March Is, at IL o'clock In the
criminal courtroom at the city and county
building. The object Of the meeting Is to
discuss the early exchange or old text
looks in the schools for new ones so that
everything will be ready for the opening
of school next year with new textbooks.
Local lumbermen say that wholesale
. 49, u ia. 4 s.
millcrs gauge their prices by the extent
e. which they are behind in their orders.
When they have not 80 much 10 do, prices
decline but when the stack OF orders IN
crCases, then prices go up The lumber
yards I'm this city are reported well filled
with all the varieties Of lumber neces-
sary, some Of them are OVeIfiled. But
eveFy bright pleasant day now, Immense
Quantities are sent out Of the yards TO
building sites,
IL is proposed in national guard circles
to reppat the rough rider spectacle when
the president visits this city as nearly
like the occasion when he visited Salt Lake
before as possible. IL Is assumed that
many men owning horses and living With
To riding distance Of this city Will be glad
20 show up ana organize q provisional
regiment of rough rider cavalry TO escort
tho president In a horseback ride about
town General John ., Cannon VIII have
charge OF all such arrangements ana
horse owners ready 20 take part in the
pageant would do well TO notify him.
The Fang pet monkey Is IN the past
tense. The dmahle young slman was
brought from South America TO enllven
the generally placid and sleepy neighbour
hood Of brokers row, ana was placed IN
'front.' OF the Fang resort In a rO0my cage
But the rigOrs Of this northern climate
especially during the winter time, proved
too much Tor hts simianship and within
the last few days he Wilted and went
the way Of all flesh. Dr. Bruce Garrett
was called IN 10 save the monkeys Ire,
but 1t was no go II departed this life yes
terlay and the cause Of the same has
been discovered TO be tuberculosis pull
mOuaris, not only the lungs, but the stom-
ach being infected and infested with the
murderous bacilli The lungs are now
preserved In alcohol IN the Doctors OF
ice as u Veritable curiosity.
The state board Of pardons will listen
tomorrow 10 arguments IN favor OF the
pardon Of Jesse Mcmillan, who Is serving
a ~ years sentence I'm the state prison on
charge OF mansldughter. a number Of
prominent people both In this state and
Wyoming have filed endorsements OF the
application for pardon BY the petitioner,
two OF the cndursers being the secretary
of state and United States marshal VI
wyoming. BY advice Of friends Nc
milan plead guilty without trial, and was
sentenced by Judge Norrell, at the SAME
time that I<lps, McAlllan's principal,
was given a life sentence II u claime1
that had Mcmillan gone 70 trial. the evi-
denoe would have shown that he was lea
mo The crime. and that the history Of his
previous character would have made plain
mat he would never have done such
thing on his own notion
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