The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-10-17
NEWS SU M NJ RY

| Killed by 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
20 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 N. j., were 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, a few miles below Eel
Paso, Texas. He drank whisky until
he was 70, when he found it was not
good for 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.
II. 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 $4,000 and the as.
sets, principally Valdez realty, $4,000
An order directing Joseph d. Lee,
lawyer, to produce the alleged mar
riage certificate and 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 the
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
vorable.
corporation of San Francisco has filed
a report showing that permanent and
substantial homes have been built for
1882 refugee families, at cost OF
s512,667, during the past eleven
months.
Elkan Cohn, once prominent
banker and wealthy business man, was
| ~ nf
last week, in utter poverty and in a
dying condition. In the past eighteen
| months Cohn has been robbed of $3.50,
600 by swindlers.
Joseph Wood, aged 16 years, who
was arrested on suspicion in connec
ton with the murder of 9-year-old
Ethel Nevins, whose body was found
, in 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 larges
and best ports have been accepted by
a committee appointed by the presi
dent for the purpose. French engi
neers submitted their proposal. The
work will take nine years.
Twenty carloads of mustard seed
, valued at $35 600 will be shipped from
I.ompoc, Cal, to eastern points. II
each car there will be 900 sacks, eacl
weighing eighty pounds. The shipmen
includes both yellow and red varieties
of seed, and is the largest on record
. The body of Frank Meakin, son o
+ the English millionaire chinamaker
James Meakin, is being held under pc
lice orders in the medical department
, of ST. Louis university, pending com
munication with kinsmen of the dea'
, man in England. Meakin died Jul,
IA from injuries received by fal
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 ID. c., and the teacher
say he is one OF their most diligen
e pupils. In his youth Murray had t.
e work for living and sacrifice hi
f schooling.
J. Hundreds of lives were endangered
r thousands of persons were throw
a into panic, 1875 electric cars used o.
}. several crosstown lines were dc
p stroyed, and property loss to the e>
It tent of 100000 was caused by a fir
A. in the Fourteenth street car barns 4
n New York City on Oct 3.
The barge Saxon, undertaken, fror
Georgetown, S. c., to New Yorl
p stranded thirty miles north of Cap
:, Hatteras at midnight October II. Tn
. captain and two men of the barg
were drowned. One man, Fred Lun
managed to reach the shore and wa
20 picked up by life savers.
Abraham Ruef appeared In Judg
| DUNES court on October 9th at tn
| time fixed for his sentence on tn
| charge of extortion to which he plead
| ed guilty At the request of Assistar
District Attorney Cook, Ruefs alto
4 49,, oonsantinu tho date of SpntanC