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Show ning at large of dineasVd live-stock: regulating regu-lating the disposition of est ray stock and designating an official estray paper; extending ex-tending the right of eminent domain to electric railways and reoervoir. and Houee joint memorials asking Congress to enact anti-trust legislation and favoring favor-ing the election of United States Senators by direct vote. MARKET LAKE: Hon. Mark Patrie. ex-Secretary of State of Idaho, died at his home In Market Lake this morniAg. aged 67 years. Mr. Patrie for years has been one of th most prominent politicians politi-cians in the State and. besides pecupying (he position of Secretary of State, he has held the position of Clerk and Recorder Re-corder of Bingham county. During the campaign of liJ4 he was chairman of the State central committee of the Republican Republi-can party and during the past campaign was chairman -of the county central committee com-mittee of Fremont county. BOISE: A court-martial ordered by the department commander of the Department Depart-ment of the Columbia to make an official lniuiry into the charges unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, preferred against Second IJeut. Betah Smith, convened In Boise yesterday morning. Lieut. Smith is charged with contracting debts which he knew he could not pay. Nevada. VIRGINIA CITY: Miss Mamie Qjlnn of Virginia City was married to Mr. Thomas Griffin at noon yesterday. The wedding took place at St. Mary's church, the Rev. Father Tubman performing the marriage ceremony. SILVER CITY: John Lawson, an old miner and prospector of Nevada, died in Silver City Saturday evening. He had been troubled with asthma for some time and a few days ago was taken down with an attack of pneumonia, which resulted re-sulted in his death. He has resided In Silver City for many years and was aged about tB years. Wyoming. Sl'NRISE: Advices are received from Washington that Harry A. Thompson has been appointed postmaster at Sunrise, Sun-rise, succeeding Lee Henderson, who has recently resigned. FOUR STATES. Utah. SPRIXGVII.LE: Mrs. Olivia Evans, one of Spring villi's .eldest settlers, died Tuesday night at trie home of her son. J. i. Evans, the result of a paralytic stroke sustained 'Several months ago. Mr. tvans was one of the first converts or the Mormon church in England. She came over In the early days of the church. . She came over from England on a sailing vessel. She was 7t years of age. She leaves a family of several grown-up Fons and daughters. . KOB1NSON: Smith & Murray's saloon In Robinson was entirelv destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The blaze was first discovered at about S o'clock, but there was no water with which to fight the flames, and consequently it was impossible impos-sible to save either the building or Its contents. The citizens of the camp turned out when the fire alarm was given, and it was by their efforts that the spread of the flames was prevented. SANDY: A. J. Curbing, who has been connected with the Pioneer sampling mill at Sandy, firrt as manager, next as lessee and then ns owner. In all covering a period of twenty-eight years, will leave for England about the last of the month, where he will, visit his relatives and friends, whom he has not seen for the past twenty-two years. MT. PLEASANT: Many Mt. Pleasant sheep rrowers are receiving word from the Wf-st deserts which is more reassuring reassur-ing than was that of a couple of weeks ago. This last information was to the ef-feet ef-feet that the herds nre suffering but light j losses and are. in fact, about, as usual. This is accounted for by the fact that local sheep bad better range last summer than other herds, where losses have been heavy, and were in better condition when the severe weather overtook thm to withstand with-stand it. LEI! I: John Wooflhocse of Lehl has returned from a two weeks' visit to Idaho where he has hern giving a series of lc-tures lc-tures on the subject of beet culture. The lectures were given under the auspices of the Idaho agricultural experiment station :md by the solicitation of Suwrlnterdent H. T. French, In cl;arj of this particular department. Mr. Woodhouse addressed institutes at Kiversidc. niackfoot, Shelley, Shel-ley, Ammon, Iona sind Idaho Falls, at all of which pl;:ros the farmers turned out in large numbers and evinced a great interest in-terest in tilt subject. NEPHI: Minnie A. Rauscher of Nepht was yesterday granted a divorce from Edward W. liausclier on the ground of failure to support. The parties to this divorce suit were married on the 2Cth of June last year. The defendant lived with his wife about threa weeks and then left for pi'rts unknown. TOOELE CITY: In the case of Harry Wells vs. the Utah Construction comoany, a personal injury case, tried before Judge Morse in Tooele City, the jury yester-dav yester-dav returned a verdict In favor "of the plaintiff in the sum of $lt.rejc. EPHKAIM: County School Superintendent Superin-tendent Larsen of Ephraim has been visiting vis-iting the district schools of CJunnl:on and all the districts of the southern end of thm county last week and the first of tnis wick. air. irsen reports tne schools there to be in excellent condition, though a falling off in attendance was noticeable notice-able during the extremely cold weather which prevailed last week. ( COALVILLE: M. F. Naylin of Kern-merer, Kern-merer, Wyo., and Miss Maggie Lusty of Coalville were married last night at the home of the brlde"s parents, the ceremony being performed by Elder George Heard. Only the immediate relatives and a few friends were present to witness the ceremony, cere-mony, to whom a fine wedding supier was served. LEHI: While cutting down trees yesterday yes-terday Edwin, the on of ilr. and ilrs. M. W. Hutchlngs of Iehi had the misfortune mis-fortune to have one of them fall on him, breaking his leg Just above the ankle. The doctor removed several pieces of liie bone, but anticipates no lasting injur'. Idaho. BOISE: The feature of the Legislative proceedings yesterday was the passage of the Senate bill by the Senate providing provid-ing for the creation of Htate depositories In which State funds may be deposited after proper security shall have been deposited. de-posited. Ranks bidding the highest rate of interest on daily balances are to be selected if they be found safe by the board of deposits. The bill passed by a vote of 12 to 8. , BOISE: The House yesterday passed the following measures: Removing the license on banks and financial institutions; institu-tions; creating the Sixth Judicial district dis-trict from the counties of Custer. Bingham, Bing-ham, Fremont and Lemhi; providing for the binding of reports of State officers; reducing the license on billiard tables; compelling the use of fire-escapes on buildings of more than two. stories; raising rais-ing the salaries of the officials of the Soldiers' Sol-diers' home; prohibiting hunting on shooting on Inclosed or cultivated ground; prohibiting the importation, sale- or rua- |