The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-05
UTAH STATE NEWS

of the Congregational association Ct
Utah was held in Salt Lake City last
week
Mrs. NJ Switzgabe, aged 81. was
knocked down by 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
a fractured skull.
stone placed on the track by a
small boy caused the wreck of street
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 q full ounce of car
Nolic acid. Letters which he left
would indicate that the young man
was insane when he ended his life.
Plucky telephone girls at Ephram
probably prevented robbery when
man tried to break into the telephone
building at night, One of the girls
fired two shots from pistol at the
intruder who hastily beat retreat.
What is believed to be AN attempt
to transport young girl about IA
gears of age to China, there to become
the wife of some wealthy Oriental.
against her will, is being investigated
by Southern Pacific detectives at Og-
Cen
Frank Pete, Greek, 27 years old,
fell from the top of a 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
pui iOui ucso III VIC WiNh ihS
accident occurred
Mrs. w. f. Stalker, wife Of DR.. w. e.
Stalker OF Ogden, was badly injured
IN a collision with a heavy wagon,
while riding in buggy at night. The
narrowness 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 to
discuss matters which vitally affect
their interests and hear the report of
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 its road roll
ing stock, grounds and other property
80 the Bankers Trust company of New
York City for $150,000,OO0. 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
"a years old and lived in Brigham
City.
Private Mike Beecham of the First
cavalry, who ran amuck at Camp
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 residen'
of Utah.
William p. Hepworth, aged 80, q
resident of Salt Lake City, way
crushed to death in mine at Gold
field, Colo, last week. He was work
ing 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 o'
southern Utah met at Manti last weef
TO organize the Southern Utah pres
bytery. This became necessary on ac
count of the action of the synod
which met recently at Idaho Falls,
whereby Utah was divided into thres
presbyteries
John ID. H. McAllster. for many
years a resident of Salt Lake City,
widely known, dropped dead in his
barn at the rear of his home on the
2Sth. Mr. McAllister for some time
had been suffering from stomach trou-
BILE and it is thought death was du'
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 viii
be affiliated with the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, and it starts out with 3
membership OF 4,500.
Grief over the receipt of news os
the sudden death of her brother, in
addition to dependency over contin
ued i'll health, drove Mrs. May Minor
of Salt Lake City TO attempt suicide
She swallowed nearly an ounce of
chlOrOfOrm but DTomDt medical at.