The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-05-03
UTAH STATE NEWS


ped of quilts and blankets to be sen,
to the people of San Francisco.
The sum of S441 was subscribed in
Just twenty minutes by Mercur peo-
pie for the San Francisco people.
The two-year-old daughter Of George
Douglass of Smithheld fell into a tub
of boiling water and was fatally
scalded.
The contributions OF the school
children of Ogden was the first sub
stantial relief that reached San Fran
cisco after the earthquakes
An audience of not less than 1000
people turned out to hear the great
concert for the San Francisco suffer
ers at the Salt Lake tabernacle.
II is announced that majority of
the members of the state legislature
favor the appropriation of $4,000 for
the relief of the San Francisco peo-
pie.
The Corbett-Hyland prize fight,
scheduled to take place in Salt Lake
City, on April o. did not take place,
the fight being prevented by Sheriff
Emery.
Police Officer Charles A. Middleton
was accidentally shot by friend in
Salt Lake City last week, the bullet
striking the officer in the right
shoulder.
Alma Swenson, one of Mercur's lead
ing merchants who was supposed to
have lost his life in the San Francisco
disaster, was located last week in
San Jose.
A milk wagon being driven by r. p.
Wilkinson was struck by Rio Grande
switch engine at Ogden. Wilkinson
was badly injured and the wagon was
demolished
Morgan county's contribution to the
San Francisco sufferers consisted of
carload of 10000 pounds OF flour and
several hundred loaves of bread, baked
by individual families.
American Fork shipped carload
of provisions to the San Francisco |
suffers, the car being loaded to the |
roof with flour, potatoes, vegetables, |
eggs, clothing, quilts, etc.
The first train to run over the Salt |
Lake 4 Ogden railroad from within
Kaysville city limits carried the Da-
Wis county delegation to Salt Lake on
the 26th to join the Manufacturers
and Merchants excursion to Manti
A man giving his name as Ed
Sweeney, was found on the trucks of
the baggage car of train at Woods
Cross with his foot so badly injured
hat amputation may be necessary. He
to state how he had received
he injury.
was kicked over the hear
oy his horse, inflicting a severe wound,
rom which it is feared he will not
'ecover. He was taking the horse out
If the stable to hitch him up when
he accident occurred,
b. Wilmott of Provo, one of the
oldest naval engineers in the United
States, having served as such in the
ivil war and in the Spanish-American
var, where he saw service in Cuban
vaters, has been stricken with paral.
sis and is dangerously Ill.
John O. Stone of Salem had son
N San Francisco at the time Of the
and as he could not hear
rom him he decided to so to San Fran
isco. When he arrived at Springville
o take the train he met his son com
ng in on the eastbound train.
The body of John Baker, who was
,illed in mine accident at Phoenix
arizona, on April 6, arrived in Eure
IA on Saturday and was inferred Sun
lay. Baker was 80 years of age, and
vas one of the Utah boys who enlist
d in the Utah volunteers and served
n the PhlllppineS.
The Indian appropriation bill, which
5 under consideration in the senate,
las been agreed upon so far as it re-
ates to Utah. The bin carries an ap.
ropriation of 100000 for irrigating
indian lands in the former Uintah res,
rvatlon. At least $150,000 will be i'm
nediately available.
The opening banquet and ball given {
y the American Fork Commercial
lub was a grand success. There were
20 guests in attendance, about sew
nty-five of them from towns in Utah
ounty aside of American Fork. The
'rovo Commercial club was represent.
d by about fifty members.
The skeleton of a man has been
ound in the brush about four miles
asst of Cotton. The man had evi-
emily been dead about two months,
nd the flesh had been entirely eaten
Way by wild animals Pieces of cloth