The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-11-04
UTAH STATE NEWS

A Salt Lake man who winked at
the Judge during the trial Of his case,
was sent to jail for contempt Of court.
The twenty.sixth annual convention
Of the Congregational association Of
Utah was held in Salt Lake City last
week.
Mrs. M. Switzgable, aged 81, was
knocked down by q runaway horse on
Main street, Salt Lake City, receiving
injuries which may result in death.
Peter Mellish. an Austrian aged IS.
employed at the Highland Boy mine
at Bingham as a miner, was killed
by falling down a shaft. He received
q fractured skull.
A stone placed on the track by a
car In Salt Lake City. the motorman
being painfully injured and number
Of the passengers severely shaken up.
So great has been the increase in
attendance at the Wasatch school in
Salt Lake City in the last year that
the board of education has found 1t
| necessary to erect an addition to this
building.
Mike Oster, Russian Jew, about
10 years old, committed suicide in
Salt Lake, taking full ounce of car
tolic acid. Letters which he left
would indicate that the young man
was insane when he ended his life.
Plucky telephone girls at Ephraim
probably prevented robbery when a
man tried to break into the telephone
building at night. One of the girls
fired two shots from a pistol at the
intruder, who hastily beat retreat.
What is believed to be an attempt
to transport young girl about IA
years of age to China, there to become
the wife of some wealthy Oriental,
against her will, is being investigated
Ly Southern Pacific detectives at Og-
cen.
Frank Pete, a Greek, q years old,
fell from the top of freight car at
Garfield and beneath another car with
the result that his left leg was SO
badly crushed that 1t had to be am
Iutated half way between the hip and
knee.
John Burns, employed in the Daily
West mine at Park City, attempted to
leave the cage when it stopped mo-
mentarily, and was caught and crush.
ed to death. Burns had been working
but four days in the mine when the
accident occurred.
Mrs. W. f. Stalker, wife of DR.. w. f
taIy of tni
in a collision with heavy wagon,
while riding in buggy at night. The
naIrowness of the path and the dark.
ness prevented the vehicles passing
each other safely.
over 800 wool growers will gather
in Salt Lake City on November 9 to
discuss matters which vitality affect
the National Wool Growers commit
tee. which has selected Chicago as the
wool center for the entire west.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway
company has mortgaged it's road, roll
ing stock. grounds and other property
to the Bankers Trust company of New
York City for $15O,OO0,0O0. The mort
gage was filed with the county re-
corder OF Salt Lake county last week.
Thomas Evans, the football player
whose neck was dislocated during the
game between the Agricultural col
lege team of Logan and the Colorado
School of Mines, died without having
regained consciousness. Evans was
"a years old and lived In Brigham
City
Private Mike Beecham of the First
Strotstenburg, p. l., last May and
killed four of his comrades. has been
| sentenced to life Imprisonment by the
trial court before which he appeared.
Beecham was at one time a resident
of Utah.
William p. Hepworth. aged 80, a
resident Of Salt Lake City, was
crushed to death in a mine at Gold
field, Colo, last week. He was work
Jag In the mine chute on the 500-foot
level, when some huge boulders were
freed and descended on him with ter.
rife force.
| The Presbyterian ministers Of
southern Utah met at Manti last week
| to organize the Southern Utah pres.
Ytery. This became necessary on ac-
count of the action OF the synod
which met recently at Idaho Falls,
whereby Utah was divided into three
presbyteries.
John ID. II. McAllister, for many
years a resident OF Salt Lake City,
widely known, dropped dead in his
barn at the rear OF his home on the
28th. Mr.. McAlHster for some time
had been suffering from stomach trou-
BILE and 1t is thought death was due
to acute gastritis.
One of the most important organiza-
tons formed in Salt Lake City in
years was born last week. when a
new Building Trades Council was or
ganized. The new organization will
be affiliated with the American FEEDER
| alton OF Labor, and 1t starts out with a
membership of a. 500