The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1907-10-17
NEWS SUMMARY


killed by a burglar as the officer was
attempting to capture him.
There have been Ga cases Of bubonic
plague In San Francisco, there have
been 81 deaths and recoveries, and
90 are now under treatment
On account of the illness OF the EN-
peror of Austria the king and queen
Of Spain have postponed indefinitely
their projected visit to Vienna.
Three trainmen were Killed and much
property damaged by the explosion OF
an engine Of the Central Of Georgia,
which was standing near the station
Of REYNOLDS, Ga
Four young men. all residents OF
Perth Amboy, ~ j., we're drowned in
Baritan bay as the result Of their boat
catching on fire. the boat being over
turned in an effort to subdue the
flames
Jose Gutierrez, aged III, died last
week at Ysleta, few miles below ri
Paso, Texas He drank whisky until
he was 20, when he found It was not
good for a man." and quit Gutierrez
was never married.
Roy Reed, of Portland, shot and
killed his wife, sylvia Reed, in the Of
fee OF the Hotel Havre, at Havre,
Mont. and before any one could inter
fere turned the gun on himself and
blew his brains out
H. d. Reynolds, owner OF the Rey-
nolds bank at Valdez, Alaska, which
closed last week. says the bank will
be able to pay all claims. He says
the liabilities are $50 900 and the as
sets, principally Valdez realty, $4,000.
An order directing Joseph d. Lee, a
lawyer, to produce the alleged mar
riage certificate and a letter In which
his client, Mae Wood, alleges Senator
Thomas G. Plat admits his marriage
to her, has been made by the trial
judge.
John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, entered tho
hospital at LaSalle, ILL.,, on October Il,
and It is understood that he will sub
NIT to an operation for appendicitis
when his condition becomes more ia
yorable.
The housing committee Of the relief
corporation Of San Francisco has fled
a report showing that permanent and
substantial homes have been built for
1882 refugee families. at a cost Of
S512,667, during the past e.eyea
months.
Elkan Cohn, a once prominent
banker and wealthy business man. was
found on the streets of Oakland, Cal,
last week, in utter poverty and in
dying condition. In the past eighteen
months Cohn has been robbed Of $780,.
! 900 by swindlers.
I Joseph Wood, aged 16 years, who
was arrested on suspicion in connec-
ton with the murder of s-year-old
Ethel Nevins, whose body was found
in a thicket not far from her home in
East Camden, N. j., admits having
murdered the child.
Plans that will convert Valparaiso,
Chile, into one OF the worlds largest
and best ports have been accepted by
a committee appointed by the presl.
dent for the purpose. French engi-
neers submitted their proposal. The
work will take nine years.
Twenty carloads of mustard seed,
valued at $4,000, viii be shipped from
Lompoc, Cal, to eastern points. In
each car there will be 900 sacks, each
weighing eighty pounds The shipment
| includes both yellow and red varieties
of seed and Is the largest on record.
The body of Frank Meakin, son of
| the English millionaire chinamaker,
James Meakin, is. being held under po-
lice orders IN the medical department
of St. Louis university, pending com
| munication with kinsmen of the dead
man in England. Meakin died July
| IA from injuries received by a fall
| from a window.
Peter Murray of Buena Vista, Colo,
at the age of 81 has gone to college.
He is a student at Jefferson Academy,
Washington, d.. c., and the teachers
say he is one OF their most dillgeNt
pupils. In his youth Murray had TO
work for a living and sacrifice his
schooling.
Hundreds of lives we're endangered
thousands OF persons were thrown
lulO panic lGO 0leNNllN NdIe hbSu ph
several crosstown lines we're de-
stroyed, and property loss to the ex
tent OF 100000 was caused by a FIRE
in the Fourteenth street car barns in
New York City on Oct. 3.
The barge Saxon, lumber-laden, from
Georgetown, s. c., TO New York.
stranded thirty miles north Of Cape
Hatteras at midnight October ~. The
captain and two men Of the barge
were drowned. One man, Fred Lunt,
managed TO reach the shore and was
picked up by life savers.
Abraham Ruef appeared in Judge
DUNES court on october 9th at the
time fixed for his sentence on the
charge Of extortion 20 which he plead
ed guilty At the request Of Assistant
District Attorney Cook, Ruefs attor-
ney consentng the date Of sentence
was postponed 10 Oct 20.
Assistant Secretary OF State Adee