Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs. George Lochhesd and
family were down from ogden today.
7. j. Osborne OF Phoebe. New. is in
the city on business.
Only seven OF the old Stephenson
streetcars are left and they viii be
built over into double truck cars as OPP
portunity may offer
The new building of the Independent
Telephone company VIII be ready for
installation of the operating plant next
week.
There is q slight Increase IN the num-
Der OF miners and output at all Of the
Carbon county coal camps. The out
put at Winter Quarters yesterday was
l,2i1 tons, the heaviest since the be-
ginning Of the strike. Yesterdays to-
tai output from the four camp
amounted 10 5000 tons aud 80 tons OF
coke were loaded. The company OH
clals are now very hopeful Of steady
work for the rest Of tie season.
The Home Fire Insurance company
paid this morning 2iSl0 TO i, u. New
man for the damage TO his Wall street
residence by fire.
The directors Of the Consolidated Wa
gon & Machine company VIII meet To-
morrow, to hear the report of the Dusl'
ness Of the company for 1903.
Two cases OF chickenpoN were report
ed to the board OF health today They
are those of two Hokansen children,
aged four and seven years, residing AT
9Oi west Second North street.
With he continued cold the water
supply of the Utah Light & Railway
company Is shortening up. and the
company is being obliged to depend
more on steam.
The ticket Office OF the street railway
department of the Utah Light 4 Rail-
way company has been moved TO NO
7 East Temple street where II Is to be
found not far from the front doors.
Supt. Read will not move his Office
from the Hooper block for two or three
days yet
As Che supply OF eastern eggs is
about exhausted, eggs are likely to take
a sudden lump higher They are whole
sailing at SIS. 80 to $40 per case, and re-
tdllllE ut % ullI ~ WINS wv iH'NA'N
product fetching the latter figure,
The mercury registered l6 above zero
this morning, or eight degrees above
the figure of yesterday morning. The
lowest temperature was al Winnipeg,
where Il was 3S below zero The wealth
er Office predicts fair tonight ana to-
morrow, but today It Is so cloudy that
the sun Is obsCured
The coffee market continues on an
upward tendency with an increase or
half a cent which the dealer must stand.
Coffee Is now selling mt l5R cents
against llih three months ago. The
explanation is that the demand is In
creasing while the supply Is short.
Filing on water about the state con-
tinues with the state engineer but the
strict law covering this is resulting In
not a few Withdrawals by parties who
are merely intending to file for the pur-
pose OF selling out.
In the foreclosure suit OF Henry
Lawrence against Patrick j Ward ct
AL, Judge Hall has rendered judgment
for plaintiff for the sum OF Il22bO but
has declined TO enter a judgment OF
foreclosure. Plaintiff refused to ac-
cept the judgment Of the court on &C,
count OF the refusal to grant fore
closure. so Judge Hall has ordered the
case dismissed and each party il or
| dered 10 pay his own costs.
Director General S. T. Whitaker Of
the Utah Worlds Fair commission viii
On ia Ogden Saturday. To remain there
until he leaves for 81. Louis 70 super
intend the installation OF the Utah eN-
hIbits. lie says the space cut of from
the Utah noorage In the mining build
ing is intended 10 be given to some
other state, but believes he can get II
back again. The Utah space Is at the
main entrance, and adjoining the Brit
| ish government space