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Show 2 THE SALT LAKE TIMES. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER. 1018'JU A GOVVtERCIAL STREET FIRE. A Walter'. Irnpruil.'iiea la Handling Ik t oim. Casi, A fire caught in the Colorado restau-rant on Commercial street this ;ifter-noo- ti which railed out the whole tire department, but before its arrival on the scene the blaze was extinguished. A waiter ci'jp cyi I iu the restaurant was engaged iu t'iiiug an oil stove wUu i.in iliiiH. As a reward fur his tmncntv t!iu can ha win holding caught fire and he was badly hurnu'l abort the. founds, but hi injur-ies are only trillit.g. The burning oil corumuriiciti'd he dames to a wooden partition, font fhov weru put out before j any damage was done. THE DEADLY DRAUGflf Henry LiFave. a Brighton Plasterer. Swallows a Fiask of Oirbilio Acid and Lies Down to Die. A 80ANDAL IN THE CASE. Ths SenRtional Sequel to a Brothel's Daspar&te Exit A Wife and a Trrmdlc 2ed. Henry La Fave, a piastorer residing at Brighton, is the latest to join tho army of suicides that have been sweep-ing this Yalloy, and at 8 o'clock this morning cwallowoi a dr.so of carbolic acid und laid down to diu. This is tho second time 4.1 the calen-dar of the past two mouths that tho little suburb has had occasion to order a colli a for the suiciJe, the last being for the remains of Charles La Fave, a brother of the latest victim. A coincidence in the fatal visitation that peon's to have ovoreomo the brothers La Fave is tort they both drank from the aaniu boi'.'e, ono at 8 o'clock in the morning and the other at U. The suicide of Henry this morning is the Imminent ot an olt repeated avowal, aud dame scandal has it thai it was tho desperate termination of a love nllair. It has been known forsome time that Henry La Fave was lavishing his atten-tions upon a Miss Laura Cook at whose house he was a lodger. It was also said that between him and the reali-zation of his fond hope was a wife and a trundle bed, the latter awaiting his return to the obi home iu the east. There were even aiore sensational stories in circulation but La Fave be-fore taking the deadly dose had the manhood to denounce them and scan-dal will hardly dare take issue with tho veracity of the dead. For several days La Fave has been deliberating upon the step aud it is stated by the object of his infatuation that he expressed hie determination to commit the deed last night. At all events a youth reported to E Senior and Mr. Cook this morning that La Fave had taken poison, and hastening to his apartment they found him froth-ing and foaming at the lips, with an empty bottle bearing a syrup of figs label on the floor. The men at once began the struggle with fast approach-ing death and started for a doctor. The telephone, however, was out of re-pair a constitutional trouble and it was not until the street car arrived in the city that a stomach pump was got on its way to the bedside of the dying man who was rapidly sinking when the messenger left. P.efore committing the rash act La Fave told Miss Cook that he had writ-ten a farewell .statement which would bo found in the bottom of bis trunk. In this he denied the scandal that had dragged the name of the young woman before the public and added that he was tired of life. More than this could not be learned of its contents. 00L KM -A- MI-CAP. KIELLEY Consolidate Their Interests. i BRIBS. ''.'Si'.':''5 :;'." l- - TJO YOU READ xE TIMES? Tt is tlie only real enterprising paper in Salt Lake. v The new resort on State street is becoming tremen-dously popular. There are very few Utah pioneers who are not familiar with the name of that popular favorite Col. Ed Kelley. The colonel has a hoct of friends and admirers and while he may not have lived here so long as those prand old pio-neers who made the wonder-ful overland excursion to this territory in '47, he has taken time by the forelock, as it were, and improved each shining hour so that through earnest and persistent efforts on his own part he has made the acquaintance of almost the ENTIRE COMMUNITY who know him in no other light than a man of fair and honorable bus-iness methods and one who is always on the alert for some amusement or enter-tainment for his friends. We may add that Mr. Kelley has recently consolidated his in-terests with those of Mr. Chas. Rcilley who, as an ar-tistic dispensor of sparkling beverages and a jolly good fellow, is too well known to the Salt Lake fraternity to need an introduction through the medium of these columns. HEKUEltT SL A Ass't Mau'r. The latest possible news at the earliest possible, hour, is the ree.omnienda-tio- u of THE TIMES. Do you know why it is ths newspaper of today ? BECAUSE It is fair in its dealings, hon est in its opinions, just ia its decisions, 1 t because" It publishes news from to to 20 hours earlier than any ftartllaa fi'.ws. Wait! Wait! I Wail!!! For Simon Bros. & Duke. ' Th.Lr "Fall Opening" FWill be snuonnced iu a few days. J It will pay you. The display is seasonable . 'Novelties." In Dress Goods, Trimmings, Table Linens, Stamped Linens, Cloaks and Wraps, Millinery, &c, &b., will astonish you. Simon Buds. & Dl'KE. Dr. Burrows, ooulist, aurist, optician Specticles fitted. Commercial block. P A3 other paper in bait Lake. BECAUSE tt is reliable and deals will, fairness to all. KI--- A'r isi?V K M7B"'i:iYiHfTuOM i brick hoi, 89 aud tarn, with moilern Im-provements. Has: side C ptaltirreU, Imjniroat K. Shoe and Clothing House, Wain street. rANTED-- A YOt'Ni; SKRVANT (IIHU r I App.y No. 47 West Sii.xtti houtn. r AN T K U--.i VAk L Yt H iiXNKKAI, It housework, iutjuira at M South first West street. AlTANTiSD-IIUAK- U AND Hi HJM8 1'F.H-- V sons who can supply BtuueDts with hourd and rooms, wifu rooms furnlsh.il or unfur-nlshe-or With board witUout ro.iros, will i:leae communicate with A. A. Nordvall, Uni-versity hiilldliiL', eornur First North and Sec-ond West street. liloncij Scan. ATKsTjiTiffHns Loan money, see A. M. Janes, M;iin at. T-- and "b i'BK cent" lonYJTFme I luon.y 10 per ceDt short tltne. John J Snyder, Hfi and Sflitoopwr Mock. TeleDhonn f'V7 ' "TOit "Tt EN T ' N rOFLY FU KM 1S1IE IJ V room. Alt modern conveniences. First eiiiKfi board, l.'ti' North M;uu ttreet. j lMTKNISIIKD ROOMS, H7 EAST SECOND JT South. I "H li rKNT-IfKN!!- !! I' KM. Mi Willi J stable. 117 K. Second South. ?0 ;Tt K N T A NEAT "ooTTAuis ; Inquire V null cor. C and Fifth streets. 1Xft KENT TWO UNFUKNTSHKD lor litHisekeipinif; also r.leeiy rooms, luipnre bo Kivst Third 'South Street. The Elks Saloon Opposite the Theater is to be in charge and under the management of Mr. Keillcy while Mr. Kelley will devote his entire time and attention to the new resort he has recently established at No. 228 State street where at any and all times he will be glad to welcome his old friends and natrons wil.Ii the warm IfcslSi'leRapil Transit CoHipy TIME TABLE, To Take Effect May 1st, 1391. Local Tta'm for lb. J' r.lm River, Garden Ciy, Brighton and Eldorado. 1 a Wei IfAVt IMJOKAOO SAT T I.4RK OfTT icco am- - ls.mpm. 7:00 am. SOOp.in, 7:OI " 8?i N:iM ' S:lx " Km " 3 ul " e " 4.0 ' DO) 4:') " " l:u0 " P. .00 ' " 11 ::) " (Ol 11 iO ' :lJ ' lJiolira. 7.l0 " Citv Ptation: fener Hsvetito South and B.oud v est street a. J. Ct. JACOHS, (JenT M'g'r. ! i rri SUMMER ADVERTISING ! Ti e shrcwdn.it ot n;i. tieniil adverli-r-- i havi ttdVf tlse d e Viwsivr y uuriiii; the "utiiin r months. Verv ilk.iy conkoic stoves Win ot he sola e in nc Ji '.y. n,,r w'd man re -- sirijy buys funiAi.6 uuriiii! bet 'hciki'iT of b '.yiiix a stor,. or" i furiiifc-i- j hn an hi will be'tri to eoiisideri., ' niattur, to gradually mi.ke up 1 tiir minds la that loiigbi fe-- 0 tUr (1, liellH t.tlfr lri ll.,d(,. t'Aieovy Ji':rali. j BECAUSE It is clean, bright and newsy. It ia the peoples' paper. THE TIMES fs the Popular City Papcrv Hi TIMES Has the largest City circula-tion. 4 . hearted cordiality so peculiar to himself. The two sample rooms under the control of this gen-tleman are said to be stocked with the finest and rarest im-ported goods that can be found anywhere. The line of Fine Imprtet & Bonstic Cigars are the firjfest procurable and as a matter of fact many com-pliments are lavished upon the proprietor regarding the able and efficient manner in which these institutions are conducted and it mav be safely said that there are few if any men in this particular vicinity that can be compared with Col. Eel Kelley as regards the management of a first-clas- s and highlyres-pectaM- e sample room. The new gymnasium run in connection m'th the Elks Sample Room, opposite the theater, is quite a prominent feature and deserves the most liberal patronage of the public. Opposite Theater, 'AND 228 STA1E STREET. IoSicicheFw I j about 't' 1 po.mds; nuswers to tho name of l'au.sey. Ketiirn 1 Jam:s Iioualdsou. at Gai-ety, atid receive reward. I "oPi: O ri ST'Tr.?' N M A l'ASTl'KB ij on West hLntii South pt.eet, .lust north of my rei.k'nc on tho JonUn ilver. fourt. ea hit wethers. Anyone gi iuu inf.irinatioii t hee to me ut Garde bous. or to the etiiee of the Juvenile Instructor, will be suitably rewa.iiiKl. (.koiiob .. Cannon. geaViTTSoov lule of l.e.ivenworth. Kansas, was a Hullerer fiem piles for thirty years but now is a soiiert and hearty man at the aire of tlj. lie ow.js his euro to the diseovery ho made about throe months aco of a plant tho oil of w h ca had woiked wonder iu conns htmself and oti ors who have boen pronoioe od h 'p-- f iKM.y iueurab.o. As tar as the writer iinow. tho mtidi'-:i- i properties of this herb is not known to t ie te.dieai profession. It what Mr. Philips claims for tne new iliicoveiy Is a fact there feetns to no end to tho iisefulnoss to which It can 0 applied lu the cure of Dyspepsia. Inflammatory Khoumatism, Hrijji.ts I) s ii.se.lloMol troubles. Plies and all il's h'lin.inity is heir to Is relieved as 11 I v 1:1 .ifrie. In no lntp.e h;is treatment relied to relio-- . e almost Immediately. Treatment is local anil ramies-'- . Mr. .Phll-ln- s has spent a fortune seeking a cure, having been tr. ated hJJf best physicians of Leaven-- v oith lor years, but attar all he was no bet-ter. The herb rnen whleti this nw medlelne Is taken is in S.ijt Lake City and vicinity, aud i perfect. y hannieso. Now, Mr. Philips, io order to be a benefactor to humatipy, and spread the news of his wonderful medicine, wl:l h:lV free treatment to any one until they a:e psriua'ientiy eared. No cure, 110 p:iy. Chartes very moderate, Addr.-- s or call (in him at COI Kast Ninth douth. here he ill b greatly pleased to rive you treatment. Oi7uT KEWAKD KOK ANY CASK OF O I ' t hroulc Piles I fail to cure. No charge lor medicine or consultation, col t Ninth South street. Opium MrtiiPiTiNE, cThJohalTaTne habit cured. Chained nl Uook uf t.'0 paaos illn tr d sent free. P&r whn niirad Hei iua..< lak. Citv.tftali. Jepartment has prostituted canals, t ki atti prisons, public iustiiulions, and all avenues of legislation to the a.ubi- - tion of an audacious and seltish nxeeu-tire.- A comprehensive and ollicient terci.e of legislation giving loral option if counties. towns and c.l.Hs aid restriction by taxation in such lo-calities as do not by option exclude ' the liquor tralllc, is favor.nl. The plat form fsvors amendment of the ballot law by the substitution for the u.ioliioiul (paster) ballot, "blan-ket" official ballot. 'oiisidei tblo pace is devoted to state issues laid criticism of tho actions of the demo-cratic legislature), executive, elc. Jl denounces the uupuiriotie efforts ol Governor Jli:l through the lasi demo-cratic a.somblv to place this slate in an uuii'ieudly att-tiul- towards the Wor'd's Columbian exposition to he held at Cliiciiro iu I -- ;.'!. It recognizes the necessity for an exhibition by tlie state ij keep.ug with iu commercial and supremacy in the nation, and fauns e;i cany action by i ho next hyis-Utur- r providing f r a proper exhibit from this pi ate A r solution elTered by Colonel Shep-ar-of .New oil; w ns also adopted, do ebiriig tvit ths republican party of the state recognized the supremacy in shipping aud commercial mailers nl'tiie iui ti'opol.M ol tiie nation! New York City I, und would encourage the American spirit that is determined to carry that suprsmaoy higher and build American aihiriu inqiihi'il In' A int. vie u n ae. man both for carrying all Amoriean Undo, and as far as possible, that oelwee.u 3ther countries. At its coiicliisiou Mr. iassatt wf aud made a speech accepting the nomination. Ju tliu tour.-- e of his re-marks he .said "1'Lere are two pictures for the great jury of tlie state of New ' Yol k to pass upon. One is the Ingisln-tiv- o record of tiie republican party in nine years; the other the legislative and extM'.utive record of the democracy dur-ing the same period of time. The dem-ocratic, parly his been riven from end to end hy quarrel for the leadership. They have written over the entrances to their halls, 'No farmers need apply;' they havo writtentiver thnantranoes to their halls, 'No workiugman need apply;' they have written sundry other issues which we will discuss on some future occasion." The couvention then adjourned sino dio. THE IfliT'llMlS.' ProeaotliaTj in the New Yot Court Ajraitist Prsaideit Young and His Syndlcato- AN INJUNCTION PROCEEDING. Ids flnprema Coti't J'ir!f;es to Oo Into Chim ben Tomorrow from Various Rotirota. The enlarjgleinenti! of the I'tah Cen-tral railway that are now monop .ug ho much of the lime of local courts aud local lawyers seem to have found a se.piel iu ihi supremo e mrt of .New York, where, it U reported by the New York rah'., action lots beea com-menced ajfainat President .John . Yo.mg. The aetioa (jro.vi out of a brood of Mexican railway projects, and is leveled .tt Thomas McM.vius, John V. Yoimpt. et ul., the plaintiff being .lames C. Faurot, a wealthy capiiaii-- t and bauker of Lima, Ohio. ThepUiifitilVselsupth.it one t.f the defendants, having secured valuable concessions from the Mexican jfvcrn- - .iiunl I,. (h.,. I.. II... 1, - j for four railwny entei prises, each of which was launched with a capital SuOik of $1 0(M),()0). I'oou the bonds an-- stocks of these corporations plain-tiff avers that he advanced over IJ.OOO,-110- 0 for which lie secured a quarter in-terest in them; thr.t subsequently the Mexican concussions were ceded to in satisfaction of debts auiemnt-n- g to ;):, ,V.M.2'. without plaintiff's knowledge, when he was tho largest holder ot tho stocks and bonds issued apainst the concessions. l he plaiutilf further alleges tliet Young th. a organized the Mexican Northern it Pacitic railway, with a view to curry-ing out the other projects aud that upon representations that he was worth K) together with inllueutial busi-ness nicu behind him, etc.. he obtained possession of ail the stock aud bonds of the companies from plaintitf. Faurot now- - takes this step in the supreme court to prevent the sale or transfer of tho bonds now iu Mr. Y'ouug's posses-sion. A well known Zionito who claims ac-quaintance with Faurot and his tactics says it ia probably a transaction in which the Oh man seeki to get the edge on Mr. Young, and that for that pur-pose has been rather reckless iu the Use of his allegations President Young has been working very hard in the east to secure a firm foothold for meritorious projects, and friends here hope to learn of his success. In the meautime steps are being taken by his staiT at this point to meet de-linquencies ami to disentangle matters that the ( tali Central may go ahead in 'paving the way lor tali and winter trallic. A Word of Warding. The Timks this morning received the lollowing letter from Denver: Ul NM-'lt- f'olo., Sept. H, Mil. To the Salt Lakk Timi : Will you please Insert In your paper a waruinu to the pooplti or Salt Luioi City of tvo litems wlio el:iim to repr 'sent a Cloeiieo line. They jrlve in eleetrie- iMlnt.nLr. They Ktve people (or (rum i to ST ami th" :p out. They have iloun up liiimlreiU of people hm. They left hum Himd.iy inoi iilnc for Suit Lnka City. Thir niuuw M iiie" Um-.r- aiel vt Wi iCU, I uiii oi.e victims. Vours Very truly. Court Mot... Judge Anderson has returned to the city, and has already renewed his la-bors on the bench. Tho judge says eastern sentiment is altogether iu favor of Mr. Ill:iine. Preparations for the opening of the September term of the district court are in progress on all siiles. Court Stenographer Frank McWur.iiu, having concluded his labors in the Davis will case on the dismissal of the j jury, has gone up into the Yelloivstono country. In tho meantime the wary Fred will camp on the trail of tho transcript and lake care of tlie local lawyer and litiirant. Doc" Sprague, the patriarchal bin:- - iff of the district court, is about to take up arms against tiio city whom he con-tends has damaged his State street property in an almost incalculable amount. His flower beds are now three feet below the grade of the sidu-wal- Preparations ate being made by Joe clerk, for an adjourned ting of the supreme court on .'Saturday at which time a number of important decisions will be handed down. j Judge Lauey, who for so many months dealt out justice in the police court, is now eugaged iu the practice of his profession. Judgo Zatie s.ii.l this morning that it ' was almost impossible to anticipate tlie decisions t li h t would be handed down by the supreme court on Satur-day until tomorrow wh.m the full bench till bo iu the chambers and determine on the budget. "1 hardly expect" remarked Judge Anderson this morning, 'any radical movements in behalf of siher. The representatives iu many ot tho stales through which I have traveled seem to be of .he impressi.iii that ive are ail rifcht if wc can secure the coinage of Columbia's product. Of course the! g'dd bug is working incessantly and will not hesitato at any meaus tlmt may accomplish his purpose. . THKiU DIGTrfiCT COURT. Thu Wurk ol ! "'f (nuim.cl I p im Two Ord.ra. Judge Anderson aud Judjo Zane were both in chambers this morning the following orders wero made: S. i). I). iv vs. P.. W. J'riggs, fore-c';,- . sure au-- attorney's fee io the sum of - !M. Mary llnxr ii vi D. P. Felt. Mary 1'. SilverVt ul; judgment on pronnssary note in tic mm of .iono. pi:iwnau Will ,I( unings aud wife havo rettirnttd u t !:;l I . .ii 'i" Pavid Stringer, a mining man from Park Cit . i at the W hite. Fred Turner, the butter maker of Logan, is at the Templeton. p. ,1. n 11. whorepiesents the Pock Island at I'enver, is at the Walker. (1. W. Llleii.eck and L. C. Karrick li.li tin city this morning for Portland. ,J Putin, mastui mechanic of the J'niou Pacific at I'ocalello, is at the Wulker. advertising brigade, about fort"' iu nuinbitr, is stopping at the ('lift. V.iss Yost. Mr. Harry Lyman and Mr. Fabcr will depart in the morning for the eui, J. P. Tiernati will leave on the Un-ion Pacific in the morning for the ta.it to attend college. l)r. J. II. Poughnrty and wife of In-dianapolis are stopping in the city. They are enroute to the coast. Captain Woodbury of the Siiteenth infantry started for "New York today. Captain Woodbury will be absent four months. Agent (iarrison of the "Strangters of Paris'' company, is in the city arrang-ing for the company's appearance in this city. V. V. McCoy, a cattle raiser of Utah, says slock is lookiug better than the prices. Feeders are holding o.l until November. M. li. llr.iwnlce of Butte reached the Waiker today. Mr. Pirownlce was bookkeeper for Walker Profilers gome years since. Lew Sells, of Sells Brothers circus, is in the citv today. Mr. Sells says the show outfit will bo shipped by steamer to Australia. Dennis Sullivan, foreman of the Bul-lion Beck miue, went to La Plata yes-terday for the purpose of examining the company's claims. J. T. Breckon, United States deputy mineral surveyor, has returned frotii 1'aysoD. where he has boen making some government surveys. Miss Fidith Y'etter who for several (lvs past haa t"a visiting with JJ"; A. "F". Phillips and family returns to hor T home in Grand Junction this even'mtf- 1 .Walter A. Camp boi'. add, yjtbifoX Paisley, Scotland, are Knutaford guests. Mr. Campbell is accompanied by T. W. Simpson of Fmgland and Fred W. Bursill of New Zealand. Miss Iieda Nelson, the popular exec-utiv- o of the dressmaking department of Walker Bros, it Fyler Co., has re-turned from her extended tour through the fashion centers of the east. George N. Stein and wife are Clift house guests. Mr. Stein was recently proprietor of the Liodell hotel at Den-ver He is looking at business oppor-tunities iu Salt Lake and may reside here. Loretio Ilenrv Gtirtisey, ona of tho millionaire tesidiuilri of Hastings, Ken., is iu tlie city the citv the guest of S. P. Kouiuis. Mr. Gurusey comes to Salt Lake fer the pui pje of renewing his acquaintance with his old time friends and may probably make some heavy investment!) in Utah mines before re-turning to the Queen city of the plaius. CORE Al CKEtN RIVER- - I Tr.tf.il la whim ,n Mm I. Klll.d and a Mn.otalar Wound. (1. Frank U. Drake who was shot in a (ireen Kiver tragedy yesterday after-noon was brought in last night and pro-vided for at St. Mary's hospital, where during the day a bullet was removed from his body by Dr. Pinkerton, who pronounces tho wouud a very serious though not necessarily fatal one. The light in which he sustained the wound occurred between Class llile and August Kohler. ilito and others had arrived lrom Denver to meet the pay roll of tho Colorado Kiver Placer com rany which they are operating. Pad blood had existed between Ilite and Kohler, the latter having made throats that he would do his man tlie lirst time he laid eyes on him. Yesterday nlternoon Kohler mad bis appearance on the streets with a Winchester rifle. Ilite was admon-ished to look out for himself, and went over to rpo Kohler, when tho latter ie:ed his rille and shot at him. Ilite returned thu lire and Koh-ler' liidy went to the ground with three holes in it, a fourth bullet striking Drake, who was viewing tlie traife.lv from tho rear. a coroner's jury was hastily enipan-neie-and a few moments later re-turned a verdict that the shooting was in self defense. Drake is receiving every attention ami it is hoped will be on his feet again in a lew days. THE DAVIS WILL CASE. Jn of tha Attorn. ys .orlb th. Ur.at JOUlP-Rt-. There have been few legal battles in tiiis country where tho array of talent was larger, or the money involved so enormous, :ts the famous Davis will contest, which went to a jury a week ago that yesterday came into court un-able to Bs'ree on a verdict. One of the attorneys iu tlie ease, Judge M. A. McCuid, of Fairfield, iowa, arrived in the city this morning to pay a visit to his son before return-ing to his home. His client, Thomas JeU'erson Davis, who was the principle contestant of the will came with him from Butte as far as Ogden, going east from there ou the V. 1'. Judge McCoid was disappointed with tho verdict. He thought the w,d should hav been declared illera:, which would have been tantamount to a verdict for his d ent, lie is rather pleased, though, lbat uo verdict w'ai given against them. Tha court had the jury on three separate findings. Au agreement was reached on two of them, but without an agreement on ail, tiie court would not receive their report. Should there he no compromise tho case will come on for trial again in Oc-tober. There has been some talk of such a contingency arising, but no di-rect overtures have been made by either Mde. The amount involved is between eu and fifteen million. DRO'.VNtt) IN A DITCH. t Tti I'nfloifoy Trm!'itii d t.l ft I,lt In o Watnr U...nr.n At Si.rinyvill.. The reiuatns of Job Hickman, aged Cm years, were discovered in a ditch at Springville yesterday morning by ' U'ntertnaster Lee. Tho unfortunate man who had been residing with Fran!: Slaiforil, a son-in-la- had been to Provo wiih ins wife on Tuesday and mis.v iug tlie local train returned homo on the midnight passenger. Nothing definile is known of him after he was deposited at the platform but it is sus- - peoted that he lost his hearings in hii.u- - ing his homo ami wandering into the ditch v.fi unablo to extricate himself. Tho sad all'air has cast a gloom over j the entire community. AROUND THE CITt LATE TODAY. The county court is viewing roads at Bingham today. Mrs. li. O. Sipe who has been visit-ing her son Huiney for the past ten lays, departed for the Pacilio coast yesterday. G. C. Stracy of Trinidad. Colorado, has been looking over the city for yv-era- l days with the idea of coming a to eugage in business. l'orty-on- hundredths of an inch of rain fell here in tho twenty-fou- r hours previous to 12 o'clock today. That is nearly one-hal- f of tho average for Sep-tember. The democrrtio city convention will meet at 3 o'clock this evening in Fed-eral court room at which time a cam- - paign committee will be appointed and platform for the F'ehrimry election taken under consideration. About thirty of the delegates to thu Irrigation congress will be United States laud surveyors, general receivers j and registers. They will, of course, pay thoir respects to the laud rllice iu this city. It is possible that liecoivor Sherman and Kegister Hobbs will take the brethren under their win;' while in the city. Col. Lett returned last night from Ogden well pleased with the prospects for his stage lino to La Plata doing a , good business. The reports from the district are becaining more favorable every day and some rich ore is being foutid. There ia no let opto tho travel, two stags coach loads having lcit Og- den yesterday. A Kapid Transit car standing on tha side track above ths theater corner, started itself and rau into a car ahead, the two passing onto the main line. Jue of the runaways was stopped bv a mun who jumped on the car aud ap-plied the brakes. The other car How .in and finally jumped the track, sink- - i '.ug a wire poie and knocking it over. Th. Mo.llahon Clrtiai. The above orgaizatioa, said to be among the very best traveling, will ' visit us, giving two grand exhibitions at Salt Lake City, four dav commenc- - ing Tuesday, September loth. As oth- - ' ers view it, McMahca'a circus, with its luagniticent horses, big elephants, Jo-Jo- , Unzie. aud ail premised attrac- - Cons faithfully produced, gase two ex- - hibitions in Sacramento yesterday, to j large and well pleased auuiencej. Ah'- - Mahou's name on the show b4ls is nif- - licient to attract large crowds. It is live years sinre his last visit to otircity, but is w ell and favorably remembered as giving the best circus show ever seen here. While we have had sonio very pretentious shows, none of them, " however, equalled McMahon's in piv-u- " a performance of merit. Sacra- - ineoto (I '(!.) Iti curil- - i'.ii. i |