The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-16
UTAH STATE NEWS


again made its appearance at Kaysville
and an epidemic is feared.
An Ogden woman who was sent to
the asylum last week imagined that
she was Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
j. ]. Bryant, brakeman, fell from
train near Ogden and was seriously
injured, his skull being fractured.
j. NJ. Richardson, prospector
dropped dead on the streets of Salt
Lake. death being due to heart disease
j. II. Robbins, travelling man, was
thrown from buggy in a runaway
pear fremont and sustained broken
leg.
The Lehi Fourth ward will build
$4,000 meeting house. The ward has
been holding its meetings In rented
room.
The next session Of the grand
chapter of the Eastern Star of Utah
will be held in Salt Lake May and
10, 1908.
The Woodmen of the World held
their thirteenth district convention In
Provo last week. about 100 delegates
being present
Prize fighting is not to be tolerated
In Salt Lake, says the chief of police,
and the contest between Christie and
Williams has been called off.
Robert Moir, aged Go, laborer, sui.
cided in lodging house in Salt Lake,
taking strychnine. He left note
saying that Ill health was the cause.
w. d. Candland, of Mount Pleasant,
shipped 175 head of his graded sheep
70 a Salt Lake firm, having sold the
bunch there. He received over $4,000
for the lot.
A daughter Of James Titcomb, OF
Fairview, Utah. about 16 years OF
age, fell asleep with a pin in her mouth
and swallowed 1T, an operation being
necessary to save the girls life.
william H. Smith, motorman EN-.
ployed on a Salt Lake Street car,
was seriously injured as the result OF
a collision between two cars, his right
leg being badly crushed and broken.
Announcement is made from the
census Office at Washington that Jo
seph f. Smith, Jr., of Utah, had been
appointed special agent to compile
statistics on churches and religious
work.
Michael Kilborn, an old locomotive
engineer. lost leg in an accident in
the Rio Grande Western yards in Salt
Lake. A switch engine ran over him
nearly severlng his left leg between
the ankle ana knee.
The snpreme court. In decision
handed down last week announced the
farsreaching principle that when there
Is substantial evidence to support the
findings OF the trial court, such find
ings viii not be disturbed.
Fearing that he would be seriously
injured because his car was running
away, motorman named Bubb
jumped from a Salt Lake car coming
down hill and broke his arm. The
passengers were not injured.
The president is said to be consider.
ing the advisability Of naming one OF
hA hot NJ hA
naught type for the state of Utah
They will be the largest ships In the
navy, and contracts are soon to be
awarded.
Unless some unforeseen delays oc
cur in the transportation of their
trainload of machinery, supplies and
laboreis, Nancy Bros. Will begin work
on their Western Pacific construction
contract at Winnemucca within tive
weeks.
j. w. Carpenter, of Coalville, for
merly in business in Kamas, suffered
a $500 loss by the burning of his
big barn at his Kamas ranch. Be
sides the destruction OF the structure
which was complete loss. several We
hicles, harnesses and a horse were de
stroyed.
James L. Martin, formerly a resident
of Salt Lake. was found locked in {
box car at Pueblo, Colo, and was
more dead than alive, he having beer
in the car for five days without foo(
or water. Martin was stealing ride
and was locked in while he wai
asleep.
Glenwood Park, one of the most at
tractive amusement places of Ogden
will this year start out on new
career. Manager X. A. Grant, of tht
Opera house and Utahna, has secured
lease on It for five years, and will
have charge of the bicycle races a
that place.
The coal dealers of American ForI
have given orders to the coal com
panies to ship all the storage coal the.
can consistently send to that city