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Show . w..,.. . w... 1 THURSDAY, JUNE 4. A Returns from Democratic state primaries show that Jos. M. Brown defeats Gov. J. Hoke Smith of Georgia for re-election by over 25,000 majority. Capt. Dreyfus, he of "Devil's Island" fame, was shot in the hand iii Paris by an anti-Dreyfusist named Gregori. President Roosevelt, it is stated, will, after retiring from the Presidency next March, go to Africa for a few weeks hunting. Good Templars, which has 50,000 members, decided at their Washington, D. C., conference to adopt Esparanto, the new universal language. New Zealand is making extraordinary preparations to receive the American fleet. Union Pacific railway ratifies action of issuance of fifty millions I in new bonds. Theodore N. Vail, head of the American Telephone and" Telegraph Tele-graph Company, visits Salt Lake City. G. A. R. is making arrangements to fittingly observe Flag Day, June 15th, in Salt Lake City. Thos. W. Roylancc, prominent citizen of Springvillc, who was Irun over by a locomotive at Bingham Canyon, dies of his injuries in Salt Lake. Reports from Weber county indicate heavy losses to sugar beet crops on account of rain. FRIDAY, JUNE 5. Floods in Montana cause serious loss ; mines and mills shut down throwing thousands of men out of work ; electric car and light service suspended ; eight inches of snow falls at Butte ; railway tracks washed out; hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage done. Boiler tube on U. S. armored cruiser Tennessee, on speed trial at San Pedro, Calif., explodes, killing six men and injuring ten others. Ramond Hitchcock, the actor, committed to Tombs prison in New York, on charges preferred by small girls, for offenses. Missouri Pacific railway passes annual dividend. Heaviest day's business in history of Salt Lake Mining Exchange. Deals, 278,375 shares, worth $215,446. Two new theatres will be erected in Salt Lake City, costing nearly a million dollars. Senator George Southerland returns from Washigton. William Allison, for thirteen years head of Ogden public schools, reappointed for another two years. Sixty carloads of wool leave Panguitch for Marysvalc for railway rail-way shipment. Judgment entered against Robert Fitzsimmons, noted pugilist, in Salt Lake for $499 damages. Utah Peace movement officers issue an address asking public to join the movement. Gov. John C. Cutler is president. SATURDAY, JUNE 6. Twenty-one people lose lives in tornado in southern Nebraska. Announcement made that Anna Gould will marry Prince de Sagan within a month. Judge Morse hands down decision in Salt Lake in case involving invol-ving rights of Big Cottonwwood water. Decides in favor of Salt Lake City. Utah Gas & Coke Company buys gas plant of Utah Light & Railway. Rail-way. The two will be consolidated. U. C. T. in Salt Lake making extraordinary effort to make outing on June 18. 19 and 20 grandest affair of years. Men have begun stringing wires on main streets for electric lights. 20,000 of which will be used for illumination. Plans accepted for building of new $400,000 apartment house i on Brigham street in Salt Lake City. Weber County Democrats hold convention in Ogden. Sentiment Senti-ment was all for Bryan. Dr. IT. K. Weber of Salt Lake elected president of Utah State Dental Association at convention held in Ogden. Will of late Gov. Sparks, of Nevada, filed at Reno, Ncv., leaves estate valued at over $100,000. SUNDAY, JUNE 7. Senator W. A. Clark visits Salt Lake and in an interview says financial conditions arc improving, j Tornado visits Charles City, la., and demolished 200 residences and killed one man. Plague continues at Caraccas. Seven hundred Woodmen of the World hold memorial services, in Salt Lake City. - Milford, Eureka and other stale towns preparing to have big jfl Fourth of July celebrations. ! ifl About $145,000 has been subscribed towards Salt Lake Commer- j H cial Club's new building. Work on the building will commence with- M in thirty days. JH Logan Democrats elect delegates to state convention and endorse ' Bryan. H Frank L. Lumley named as playing manager and Walter D. Brat. I H business manager of the Salt Lake baseball team. H A suburban streetcar in St. Louis jumps over a ten-foot embank- ment, resulting in the death of one man ; three seriously injured and H two-score more or less badly hurt. I H Spanish-American War veterans affiliated with the U. S. W. V. H will meet in state encampment in Ogden, July 24. H MONDAY, JUNE 8. H B. II. Roberts returns from Canada; denies story that he was 1 ijH banished to Canada. , Democratic primaries held in Salt Lake. Sentiment favors Bryan. ):H The waters in Montana are now receding, likely no more damage H will be done. Wheeling and Lake Erie, a Gould railroad, put into hands of a receiver. Suit for divorce has been filed by Mary Shaughnesscy, wife of Col. Isaac Trumbo, formerly well known in this state. Salt Lake County Republican committee meets and endorses John Hays Hammond for vice-presidency on Republican ticket. .M President Roosevelt appoints committees on conservation of natural resources. . 'M A wild cow runs "amuck" in Ogden and tries to gore several 'H people. Recent storms did no appreciable harm to Sevier county crops. If the storms hold off for two weeks no damage will result to beet sugar crops in Utah county. TUESDAY, JUNE 9. George B. Cortelyou suggested for vice-president on Republican national ticket. Oregon Democrats, in convention, endorse and instruct for Bryan. King Edward of England and the Czar of Russia meet at Reval, (H in the gulf of Finland. It is believed the meeting will be of the utmost importance. Lars Peter, Anderson of Ephrahn, dies from a bee stinging him in iH the neck. Announcement from Washington says that 128,000 acres of land near American Falls, Idaho, will be thrown open to settlement on August 27. Gov. Coe I. Crawford elected U. S. Senator in South Dakota. Mabel Cutler, daughter of Gov. John C. Cutler, elopes with .H Thomas Edward Butler, and they are married in Ogden. Reported that the $4,000,000 necessary to complete immense irri-gation irri-gation project in Weber canyon, to redeem about 225,000 acres of laud, has been secured. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. Mail robbers steal mail pouch at Kansas City containing $50,000. Tt is suggested by Timothy L. Woodruff of New York that Governor Hughes should receive second place on Republican na-tioual na-tioual ticket. iH Cloudburst in Silver Bow canon, Mont., washes out railway J. T. Lowe, who, last March, shot and killed Perry M. Houston, jH was shot by Houston's daughter, Mrs. Jacob Wcinstcin, in Tunica. Miss. Salt Palace balloon falls on potato patch of Frank Mellcu, in Salt Lake and Mcllen keeps the balloon to pay for the damage. Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, succeeding the late Stephen D. Great Northern railway in Montana resumes operations after shutdown necessitated by recent floods. U. C. T. arc decorating streets with bunting and colpred lamps in preparation for their great outing at Salt Lake, June 18, 19 and 20. Plans for new Rio Grande railway passenger depot arc received in Salt Lake. It will cost about $400,000. W. M. Roylancc of Provo returns from cast and says Bryan will be nominated. Members of Utah Baseball league meet in Salt Lake and perfect details for coming baseball season. |