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Show UTAH STATE NEWS There will be a special election held on June X, for tin; purpose of deter Utah warn a state capitol. Preparations are being made ic Richmond. Cache county, for the paving pav-ing of sidewalks In Ihe business dis trlct. The viaduct on Twenty-fourth street, Ogden, over the railroad tracks, was thrown open to the public last week. The women's clubs of Salt Iake have started a movement for a public park, with public baths, at the city hot springs, in north Salt Lake. There is talk of building a railroad from the mainland to Antelope island In Great Salt Lake, and establishing a summer resort on the island. The Daughters of the Pioneers oJ Richmond are building an old-time log cabin on the public square In whioh to keep the ancient relics of the town. The "blind pig" has made its appearance ap-pearance in Salt Lake City, a man being be-ing caught, by the police selling whiskey whis-key on Sunday in a room on Victoria alley. William Nelson, a street car conductor con-ductor of Ogden. while collecting fares on a crowded car, came in contact con-tact with a telegraph pole, was swept from the car and seriously injured. While on her way home in Upper Bingham, Mrs. J. W. Burton, a well known resident of that place, was attacked at-tacked by a strange man and robbed of $490, most of which was in paper. J. Fewson Smith, Sr., who for years was one of the most prominent civil and mining engineers in the state oi Utah, died from the effeots of loco motor ataxia at his home in Salt Lake City on May 5. At tlhe close of the first week's campaign cam-paign of the Salt Lake Commercial club's committees efforts to raise a sufficient sum to clear the indebted ness of the local Y. M. C. A., $64,109 had been subscribed. As the result of an explosion In the High school chemical laboratory in Salt. Lake City, Richard Robinson, a student, received a bad burn on the face, while Professor Clark narrowly escaped losing his eyesight. Herbert Preston, who has been held In the Weber county jail for several sev-eral months on suspicion of being Implicated in the murder of Deputy Sheriff Seymour Clark, at Uintah, on November 28, was released from custody cus-tody last week. Official notice has been received at the United States land office in Salt Lake that 8.395.840 acres of arid land In the southwestern part of ths state has been thrown open to settlement under the enlarged homestead act ot February 19, 1909. Governor Spry is promoting a conference con-ference of the governors, senators and representatives of far western states for the purpose or forming an alliance to comprehensively foster and promote the best interests of the lnter-mountain states. Alfred Lorenzo Royal, the ten-year-old son of William Royal, an employe of the Southern Pacific railway at Ogden, Og-den, was instantly killed on May 5 by the accidental discharge of a shotgun shot-gun in the hands of Georg Smith, a playmate, 13 years old. Judge William C. Hall, for many years one of the foremost oitizens of the state, at one time a judge of the Third judicial district, and a mining lawyer of high repute, died in Lo Angeles. May 7. Judge Hall's health bad been failing for some years. John H. Brown, aged 48, of Salt Lake City, was drowned on May 5, In the Snake river, near St. Anthony, Idaho. According to the report, Mr. Brown was walking near the stream when he was seized with an attack of heart failure, and fell into the water. Dave Latham, wtsnted by the police of Salt Lake lor forgery,, attempted to kill two officers sent to arrest hlpn for creating a disturbance at a private pri-vate residence. Latham fired several shots at the officers, none of which took effect, and was finally overpowered. overpow-ered. L. A. Woodruff, the hermit recently arrested by the federal authorities near his home in the mountains 100 miles from Green River on the charge of sending obscene and "black hand" letters through the United States mails, was adjudged insane last week. Failing to digest a bucketful of white paint, which she drank, a cow belonging to an Ogden man had to be shot to- end her misery. While browsing about the yard the anlma concentrated her attention upon r bucketful of paint, which had been left nearby. Daniel Eisenhauser, a veteran ol Hie civil war. aged 72 years, arrived 1n Salt Lake City last week fron Portland. Ore., having walked the en tire distance. The aged veteran had determined to be present at the G. A R. encampment, and concluded t start in time. It is now believed that Oscar Froi? land, the Salt Lake boy who disap peared from his home in Salt Lak( City on January 11, was eaten by wilt' beasts, his shoes, hat, coat, trousen nnd shirt having been found last Sun day by two boys, but no portions o! Ihe body remaining. Hoy Howell, an employe of ih First Natrona bank of Murray, if suffering from blood poisoning, whic! his attending physician believes was caused by scratching bis nose aftei having handled a bundle of old bank notes which had been presented fil Due bank by a foreigner. |