Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-31
NEW CAPITOL BUILDING.

tains near Atlanta.
NEW CAPITOL BUILDING.
Progress in the construction work
OF the new capitol building is being
somewhat delayed owing to the com
mission not being able to get the gran
lie mere from Butte as soon as was
expected. d. f. Murphy of The Capitol
obstruction company, says that only
about one-fourth Of the granite re-
Quired In the completion of the grade
course of the surfacing has been re-
ceiVed, and State Treasurer c. A.
Hastings OF the capitol building COM
10 see IL something cannot be done to
relieve the situation. The grade or
ground course of surfacing is
being laid of granite because 1t is less
conducive to moisture than sandstone
six car loads of granite is required
to complete this course, The brick
work is finished on this story with the
exception of backing up the walls. Su-
perintendent Quigley stated that the
bids for brick and stone work for the
first story. technically speaking. but
what would appear to the average in
dividual as the second story of the
building would be opened on September
., and that 1t was the intention of the
commission TO continue the work as
ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL.
Delirious as the result of typhoid fe-
YER his mind entirely a blank az to
how he came there a Boise man by the
name of Rhodes was found early Sun
day morning clinging to a fence at the
corner of Main and Second street with
no clothing on but a comforter wrapped
around his shivering form. Jack Wood
en-, deputy sheriff during the Hay
wood trial. found Rhodes. Wooden
was going up Main street toward his
home shortly after o'clock when he
almost ran into the man. When he
asked him what he was doing there he
simply stared at him at first and then
ne volunteered the information that il
was none or Wooden's business. His
teeth chartered and his form shook
as he replied. Wooden said he knew II
was none of his business, but in view Of
the strange action of the man told him
he would have TO know why he was
there. Rhodes recalled that he had es-
capped from hospital: he thought II
was the Sisters hispital. and calling "a
cab Wooden took Rhodes to that in
stitution. Here II was learned that h.
did not belong there. and he was taken
to st. Luke's hospital. Al the latte
institution the reply TO Wooden's ques-
ton as to whether a man was missing
cation on the second floor Of the hos
pital. however, II was found that
Rhodes room was empty although his
clothes were there and he was put to
bed again. He had taken the comforter
off the bed and quietly slipped away
1t is not known how he got out without
attracting the attention of anyone
Rhodes has been at the hospital few
days and has been, and now is very
sick man, although It was said last
night that his condition was unchanged
as the result of his exposure 10 the coid
morning air.
DEATH CLAIMS ANOTHER.
Early Saturday morning dealt
claimemd DR.. j. F. NJ. Brown at DR.
Mary Johnson's sanitarium. where h
had lived some years. He was ~ year
of age. Cancer caused his death. Dr
Brown is we'll known I'm the northwest
especially In Boise and oregon, where
he spent many years. He was born In
Ireland, where he lived for 81 years be-
fore coming to the United States. here
he took up the work of teaching the
young. which ne followed most OF his
life. with great success and credit to
himself and which has been the cause
of his having gained the love and es-
TEEN of so many through this country
Fifteen years after coming Ia this coun-
try he took up the study Of medicine
at Philadelphia, which he persued 70!
some years In 1880 he went TO Oregon
and again took up teaching He was
later offered a chair in the Willamette
university which he accepted and held
for a number of years. DR.. Brown
knew his end was near and selected hts
pallbearers, as follows II. G. Patter-
son, w. T. Cuddy, G. o. Ballou Fred
Flood, Judge Dunbar and r. 5. Sheri-
dan. The funeral was hold Sunday al
o'clock from the sanltarium Elder
Stewart of the Adventist church oftici-
ating.
LIVERY STABLE FIRE
Fire destroyed the livery barn of Or,
Bodlo, Fourteenth and Idaho streets,
last night also resulting In the death
OF three or four horses, with a property
loss OF $4,000 or $1,000. The bursting
forth OF the blaze could not have been
quicker had the barn been filed with
oil. consequently the building was en-
veloped IN flames when the department
arrived. No one Is positive how II ORR
ginated, but II Is the general accepted
theory that It was the result of boys
smoking cigarettes In the basement OF
the building. 1t was soon seen that II
would be Impossible to save the barn,
so the department turned their efforts
toward saving the adjoining buildings,
The fire started during that part of the
day when all the best horses and rigs
were out OF the building, otherwise the
loss would no doubt have been much
greater than II was. Much comment
was heard on the streets OF the splen-