The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-11-16
UTAH STATE NEWS

the Socialist vote at Park City at
the recent election
Governor Cutler has issued a proc
lamation naming Thursday, November
80, as Thanksgiving day.
Salt Lake was visited by a slight
earthquake shock on Saturday, the
third in the past ten years.
The proposition to dlsincorporate the
town of Moab was lost at the recent
election by decisive vote.
Work has begun upon power plant
which will supply Malad, St Johns
and Samaria with light and power.
Ogden Is becoming more-upto-date
each week. Last week an automobile
ran down a buggy and a boy on a
bicycle.
The Utah agricultural college foot
ball team was defeated by the Univer-
sity Of Montana eleven In a game
at Missoula.
Rabbi Charles ]. Freund of Salt
Lake Is arranging to call mass meet
ing In the interest of the Jewish suf-
ferers In Russia.
Moses I. Morris was held up In Salt
Lake City at p. m. Friday and when
he resisted was shot In the shoulder,
inficting painful wound
BY vote OF 1872 to "a the citizens
Of Forestdale have decided to remain
a municipality instead of disincorpor-
ating, as had been proposed.
Josephine Moyes, aged 16, suicided
In Ogden last week, taking poison, as
the result OF grieving over the death
OF her mother and desertion by her
father.
ID. s. Tracy. Democratic nominee
for councilman from the Second ward
in Ogden, will contest the election of
his opponent DR.. II. ]. Powers, Repub-
lican.
Utah won seventeen gold medals,
fourteen silver medals, fourteen
bronze medals and received five hon.
orable mentions at the Portland ex-
position.
G. w. Spencer, Salt Lake boy.
collided with street car while riding
his bicycle. but was saved from death
by the fender with which all cars are
now provided.
James Marburger was attacked by
heart failure at his home in Ogden
and dropped to the floor dead before
the members of his family realized
that he was ILL.,
Cornelius Smith, the mulatto who
attempted to murder colored woman
In Salt Lake City a few weeks ago,
carving her with a razor, has been sent
to the penitentiary.
Charles b. Robbins, chief of the I.o.
man fire department and one of the
city's most respected citizens, died
last week after a short illness from
typhoid pneumonia.
w. j. Frazer, a motorman employed
on the street railway in Salt Lake
City, fell beneath his car and had one
foot so badly crushed that amputa-
tion may be necessary.
Mrs. M. l. Douglas, charged with
assault with intent to murder Mrs
Lottie Martin, in Salt Lake City on
December IL, was found not guilty by
the judge. Jealousy led to the shoot.
ing.
Elmer Grant, the young man who |
fell from the second story of a build |
ing in Salt Lake City, breaking his |
neck, died after lying in the hospital |
seven days. Such injuries usually re, |
suit In instant death.
Edward Doull, former well known |
Ealt Laker. who nine year ago, in
Idaho, lost his way in the mountains |
and wandered about for seven days, |
his feet being so badly frozen that
amputation was necessary, was last
week adjudged insane.
The Utah Construction company has
now completed the new tunnel at
Ruby on the Rio Grande, the old tun.
mel having been wrecked by fire.
Trains are now running through the
new bore, which is 492 feet in length.
or forty feet shorter than the old one.
The mountain windstorm which
ragged over Ogden Thursday night OF
last week, blew down an incomplete
house that was being erected by A
w. Pullman. The walls Of pressed
brick and part of the roof had been
built, all OF which were completely
wrecked.
b. w. Deason, assayer at the Silver
King mine at Park City, met with an
accident last week, which may deprive
him of his sight. While attempting to
take flashlight photograph, the mag.
nesium powder which he was using
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