The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-02-27
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIeHRoRHoop.

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Mrs, Rosa 6. Meyer. widow Of the
late Gustav Meyer, died at the age of
- years. The deceased was a sister
Of the late Frederick FL. Auerbach and
Of s H.. Auerbach. owner of the Auer-
bach Brothers establishment. She was
noted for her transformations charity.
The funeral was at the family home,
3l3 East Second South street. The ser
vices, which were conducted by Rabbi
Reynolds, were beautiful in character.
The pail bearers were j. Walters.
George Rhodes, 5. J. Friedman, H.. Bar
nett, W. =. Levy and a. l.. Jacobs. In
lerment was in the family plot in the
Hebrew cemetery.
FRANKIE. Donovan, the representative
IN this city OF a large Chicago manu-
featuring establishment. has fallen heir
to 100000 by the death Of an uncle in
Philadelphia. who left no viii, but $500
600 to be divided among five heirs.
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Rose, the wife murder, is greatly
pleased over Abe fact that his long-de-
Iayed trial is finally at hand. He i'm
patiently awaits a verdict OF guilty. the
imposition Of the death sentence and It's
execution. He says that he would pre-
fer death to life Imprisonment Appar-
emily his ouly fear DOW is that the jury
nay bring in such a verdict that Judge
Charles w. Morse. who is trying the
case. may not be able TO impose the
death penalty. The prisoner said That
he would elect to die by the rife.
John Beck. who discovered rubber in
a plant common To most western
states. returned recently from Denver.
where he has been arranging for mach
inerv to be used in the extraction ana
manufacture of rubber. Mr.. Beck had
little difficulty in securing the neceS-
Sary machinery, and says he is pre-
pared to begin the manufacture of rub
her as soon as he can organize a COM
pany to take hold Of the enterprise.
Plans are already on foot for the in
corporation Of a company with a capt.
talization of 81 1000, 000, in this city, and
it is not unlikely that within a year
Salt Lake will nave a f~ull-iedged rub
Der factory within her borders.
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Letters carriers say that the amount
of mail delivered in the business CEN
ter Of the city is now about 10 per cent 5
heavier than it was a year ago at TINS !
time. With the increase in the delivery {
service. there is a decrease in the call
for p~ostoffice boxes, as business men
find it more convenient to have their I
mail matter brought to them by fire.
quent delivery than to bother with run
ming to the postofiice themselves. e
A copper mine has been discovered il
within the limits OF Salt Lake City.
In a back yard close TO L and Sixth
streets, in the northeastern part of the h
city, a ledge has been opened up, said !
to be thirty inches across and running d
la.7 per cent copper. At current mar
ket values this ore is worth over $50 a
ton. The ledge was found by workmen j
digging a well. They took out some h
of the ore and took it to William NJ. 81
THOMPSON. secretary of the Console ii
dated Mercur company. He had it as p
sayed. with the result that it was
shown to contain the high percentage
copper mentioned Nothing has been fc
done as yet to develop the discovery. A
but steps may be taken TO determine OF
whether rich copper mines do not I'M NJ
derlie a large portion of Salt Lake to
City. at
T. Z. McGurrin & Co. and J. c. Cut
jr.. are improving and repairing the te
parts OF the Constitution building un- in
der their control. Mr.. McGurrin will A
open a banking institution on the
ground floor of his section of the build
ing. at
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The stonecutters have about com NJ
pleted their work in preparing the Re he
mainder of the stone for st. Mary's
cathedral, and as all the steel for the :
is on the spot, when active work da
Is resumed it can be hurried on rapid
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After an illness lasting almost five Wis
years.. Judge Charles X. GilChrist. an
I'D resident of this city, passed away 5
1t his home, 1905 East First South eHt
street, about $50 Wednesday morning.
During the last few years of his life J
Judge Gilchrist was afflicted with a !
iropsy. and was compelled 10 sit in a we
On the day before his death he ma
placed in bed for the first time in a
more than four and one-half years.
Churches and o~rphanages are to have hoI
light. The directors of the Utah
light & Railway company decided yes +
erday to make a rate of u cents per nc
ilowatt hour TO the above named in
titutions, the change to be effective )
Immediately. The rate announced yes We
7rday is about 20 per cent lower than
he one formerly in effect. The reduc- 1
on applies TO both ogden and Salt va
axe. the
Persons with small moderate mr. >