Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS FROM wednesdays DAILY DAHT DAH T 13 the frame residence of mrs albert fuge south east bast temple street was destroyed by fire last evening mrs ferdinand dickert is the owner of the place and it is estimated that the total loss will reach 2000 the clr fire was well under way when the department part ment arrived on the scene annie the infant daughter of elder matthew noall died yesterday afternoon at following its mother into the unseen world it will be remembered that the babes mother died in march last since which time the little one was cared for by its grandmother elder noall has the sympathy of many friends in his affliction together with his family he returned from a four years mission to the sandwich islands in 1895 shortly afterwards several of his children were stricken down with scarlet fever and one of them george died then came the death of mrs noall a widely respected and lovable woman and now last of all the death of her babe is announced moab utah oct 9 1897 I 1 wish there was a bell in salt lake as margeas the moscow and some one to ring it long and loud to see if you salt lakers could be woke up from sleep did you not knoy know that southeastern utah was a great country mines are being discovered nearly every day and we have some that have free milling ore with business in that line increasing while you folks are asleep colorado is getting the trade the rates on the R G W are so high there is no chance to do business in your city it would not be so bad if they were not charging grand county more for freight than they were san juan the merchants here say they are not going to put pui up with it much longer As soon as the fall work is done teams will be put on the road and all the trade will be done in colorado for this part of the country A wagon road is being built up the river which will make the distance much shorter they are rafting lumber down the stream from near the state line and there is talk of making a tow path along the river which will enable the cheaper ha hauling liling of freight 0 W WARNER on the dinst was paid out to the employed emp loyes of the factory and on the about will be paid the farmers for beets delivered during the past month the recent stormy weather hasin has interfered with beet digging lowering the beet one per cent but they are being rushed in now as fast as possible yesterday they had four or five days supply of beets in the sheds and were gaining on the factory most of the lehl beets will be in by the end of this week this morning as the sanpete train was running between here and american fork the front axle of the rear truck on the right side of the smoker broke just before reaching the sugar factory pulp switch letting the truck down it struck the crossing throwing the truck off the track which ran off to the south until it struck the bridge timbers over the creek which threw it over to the center of the track it was dragged along this way for about half a mile tearing up the ties in great shape the couplings at the ends of the car held it up so no one was hurt but the occupants were badly shaken up and frightened after about two hours delay they got th truck back on OB tk talt nd slow blow ly pulled the car to american pork fork where it was side tracked the through train going east and the local for salt lake and ogden were delayed john E evans the well known printer and actor is dead his lifeless body was found in his office in the central block on second south street at 7 this morning at first little attention was paid to him as it was thought he had merely fallen asleep after a night of dissipation it was subsequently discovered however that life had fled an empty whisky flask and a halt ounce vial with a label of laudan laudanum urn and a few remaining drops of the deadly drug told the sad story of self destruction it was not altogether unexpected as the dead man had been traveling at a very rapid pace for a considerable time past to add to his discomfiture he was as involved in debt and had pawned personal effects to assist him in his distress one thing he had apparently done with studied deliberation that was to pay his dues in the A 0 TJ W of which he was a member this it is thought he did with the determination mi that when the end came his family should not be left altogether for his insurance policy i in the order was 2000 and he was a member in good standing with all dues paid to the first of october he belonged to salt lake valley lodge no 12 on his person was a letter from a married daughter in park city pawnshop tickets showing that he had pledged a watch gold rings and a pair of gold spectacles all within a very brief period memorandums of personal accounts and a few miscellaneous articles his body was removed to jos W taylors undertaking establishment and now reclines on a slab in the morgue where the body of his oldest daughter mamie lay pending an inquest about three years ago her death was due to an overdose of morphine and caused her father much distress of mind the deceased was a native of north wales and was about 60 years of age he leaves a wife and eight children he came to utah in the early sixties and soon afterwards engaged in printing in 1868 he was elected secretary of the deseret typographical union and held the office for many years he worked in the mechanical departments of the deseret news daily telegraph and herald and was foreman of the coin composing posing room of the latter he was an all round printer and had the faculty and ability to make himself useful in any part of a printing establishment of late years yeats he engaged I 1 in job printing in his own behalf and at the time of his death was running an office in the central block under the name of evans bvans crawford he was also well known in theatrical circles in utah having played many i parts with the various dramatic organizations of this city besides having traveled extensively over the state with different companies for the past twenty years or more I 1 from DAILY OCTOBER 14 millennial millennia star sept releases and appointments elder thomas adams has been honorably released from presiding over the trish irish conference to return home october 7 1397 elder john W robertson of the scottish Scotti Bh taxi ba been appoint ed to preside over the irish bonfer ence rawsel bradford a utah pioneer of 1847 died suddenly at his home in south cottonwood yesterday in the year of his age death came entirely without warning of any kind the deceased was in his year of age and was in his accustomed good health when summoned away by the grim reaper he had just been out to the barn and returned to the house where he sank down and died without speaking A phy physician was called but was too late to offer any assistance the deceased leaves a large family to mourn his sudden demise among his sons are william bri bradford adford principal of the jackson school and if G L bradford bradford late principal OI of L the school his wife who survives him also came to utah in 1847 oneida ida republican on sunday morning about Ws mrs cora maughan wife of james Mau maughan magilian ilian and daughter of F L and jennie wilcox of this place passed from this sphere of action into the great beyond at the age of 28 years the cause of her sickness and death was typhoid fever mrs maughan was a lady respected and beloved by all her acquaintances quain she leaves a husband three children father mother three brothers two sisters and a host of friends to mourn her untimely end the funeral services were held in the preston meeting house on monday afternoon at 2 and a large concourse of sympathizing friends attended who were addressed by bishop W C parkinson elders C ca C west westley becksted and johh larson presidents george C parkinson and sol H hale all praising the good qualities of the deceased and saying words of comfort to her relatives and frein ds the remains were followed to the cemetery by a long line of cles 0 the death of mrs elizabeth jones cutcliffe only centenarian to Is announced the end came at the home of her daughter mrs james bertoch at pleasant green yesterday when the venerable lady gave up the battle of more mare than one hundred years and sank peacefully into the rest which will be unbroken and undisturbed until the great resurrection awakening mother cutcliffe had been a conspicuous figure at the old folks gatherings for years and was always kindly remembered by the committee at the celebration in june last she was the object of special care and attention being the only centenarian in the tate state she was driven to port fort douglas in a handsome carriage over which waved a beautiful american flag the aged guest of honor was warmly welcomed by colonel kent of the twenty fourth united states infantry and was sent home with a happy heart and contented mind recently it became evident that her days in mortality were numbered and she went to reside with her daughter at pleas ant green the deceased was born in the parish of county of devonshire england in may 1797 she was the mother of fifteen children thirteen of whom preceded her in their departure from this sphere of action to the world beyond on four occasions she gave birth to twins her living descendants ts are two daughters eighteen grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren she was baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in 1851 and came to utah in 1865 1866 and settled in salt lake city where she continued to reside until her last visit to the home of her daughter dan dant T IS 15 kendrick lck ida times the closeness with which bears are approaching the settled districts this year is wonderful and shows the immense shortage in the berry crop in the mountains this season last friday mr mcdonald and lewis herris living at peck had rather a thrilling experience peri ence in trying to kill one in big canyon both men had emptied their guns into bruins hide without fatal result and being at close quarters mcdonald grabbed the bear by the hand legs and herris by the ears and down the steep hill they rolled together the bear recovered himself first and suffering from the loss of blood made for the timber leaving the hunters to gather themselves together undaunted they went out saturday and succeeded in killing the escaped bruin several others have been seen in that vicinity milard progress reps the land commissioners and state engineer are here for the purpose of making a general examination into the feasibility of the lake aake bonneville project and also to examine the merits of certain protests that nave have been made against the big irrigation enterprise by local people the commissioners will have finished their examinations by the night of the dinst the state engineer young will remain in this section indefinitely making a detailed examination into the plans of lake bonneville people and checking up on their claims as to the amount of land to be irrigated by them the quantity of water to be impounded and such other maters of interest to the state cesary decesary ne to be known prior to the final adjustment of the project the protests against the lake bonneville company will doubt les find and amicable adjustment the most important protest is that of the white mountain reservoir eom company pany involving about acres of land baad in a talk with mr cavanaugh he stated that just as soon as the bukness with the state land commissioners was Ani finished shed his company would at once commence work on the big project from the outlook now dirt will begin tofey to ay before the first snow hurrah for milard for her future never was brighter hurrah for the lake bon company may they reap the harvest they so richly deserve if they carry out this great and magni magnificent dicent project the one thing that will make millard great and place her along side the leading counties of the state It Rt verton iverton oct 11 an accident occurred here a few days ago which d caused aused one olour of our energetic and hard working men to receive a broken leg aels hansen had just bought a hay baller and placed it in his stockyard tor for the purpose of baling the men from ram whom he had bought it had started it to work in order to show hansen how to use it several bales had been run through when he stepped upon the baler to feed and as the horses were going a steady gait he tried tred to push the hay down with his left foot in connection with the fork but for some cause of other he over balanced himself and did not get his foot nor the fork out in time before the plunger came back the consequence was before the team could be stopped a broken leg ind and the fork was all ah smashed had not the team been stopped his leg would have been taker entirely off dr robertson was called and made the unfortunate man as easy as pos tafe ale under the circumstances A farewell party was given in riverton commercial hall last friday night in honor of elder niels nielson Nl elson who departed depart dd for a mission to europe saturday day morning at 7 peo ph who usually com on such gedo occasions sion also turned out on this and filled the hall to its full capacity and the young tripped the light fantastic and both old and young had a good time we wish elder nielson godspeed god speed and success irl his labor in spreading the gospel truth october 1st ast bishop 0 P miller was appointed agent for the B G storehouse with full power and authority to collect sheep out on lease and to make full and final settlement with the lessees lessels les sees bishop miller is also authorized to issue tithing receipts for any and all sheep turned over to him on tithing during the year the bishop is now devoting neary all his time in the service N J C FROM SATURDAYS DAILY OCTOBER 16 the next quarterly conference of the bear lake stake will be held on the alth and of december next and so on every three months F D RICHARDS JOS F r SMITH the attendance of the public schools of the city for the past month of this year has been completed and found to be gratifyingly large the enrollment for the month shows that boys and girls are engaged in getting the rud ments of an education the attendance at the high school Is the funeral of john E E evans vans the well known printer and actor occurred from the family residence in the first ward yesterday afternoon the obsequies were held under the auspices of salt lake valley lodge no 12 A 0 U W of which the deceased was wasa a member the services at the grave were conducted by the degree of honor the floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and many expressions of sorrow were heard over the sad death of the deceased john marshall a miner aged fifty six years was found dead shortly after daylight this morning at theresi the resi dence of william fowler 86 85 grape street marshall had consumption and was FL a county charge kept at the fowler home the family heard him get up about 3 and go out on the back porch but supposed that he had returned to his room but it seems that he was seized with hemorrhage hemor rage and gradually bled to death undertaker joseph william taylor has charge of the remains and will forward them to Co alville marshalls marchalls Mar former home tor for burial he leaves a divorced wife and nine children one a married aughter who resides at coal ville the long pending negotiations between the officers of the oregon short line and the salt lake los angeles which contemplated the transfer to the latter company of the utah nevada road and the garfield beach property and the building of two lines of railway one from saltair to ophir and the other from the tintic gintic terminus to deep creek came to a satisfactory conclusion at an important conference held at the knutsford hotel this morning there were present at the conference of the short line officials president carr oliver amest jefferson coolidge general counsel nichols and attorney P L williams |