Show UTAH NEWS A now new powerful engine has been ordered for mercurs ever increasing business shortly before 1 on saturday afternoon if hernoon marion christ christian ian employed at the crescent mine park city fell front from the mouth of the tho shaft toaland toa landing jeet below from which the body a mass of flesh and bones was a few minutes later hoisted the attendance at the agricultural college of utah has reached the mark maric and Is still increasing it Is expected that at the commencement of the winter term last years record will be equaled that was an all increase e of 25 per cent over the preceding year anticipating an increased demand for natural gas which has steadily increased the new american gas and fuel company of salt lakel lake began boring lor for a new gusher gushe r east cast of the tuscarora the rigging is now up and the bore tor for the underground reservoir which is at present yielding such large amount swill be vigorously prosecuted mr jerold R letcher of the utah ulal commission left saturday evening for to washington bearing with him the th official canvass of the vote of novem tier ber ath on the proposed constitution together with the certificate of thi the Commis commission gion the proclamation IS is expected at lea least it by january harry hayes Is under arrest at a provo charged with being the author of the pelican point atrocities the murder of the three boys on the shores of utah lake last february lie he will be tried only for the murder of one it Is stated that being his stepson step son albert engstrom hayes II 11 ayes takes the matter coolly all alleging his ability to clear himself while the olli cers feel assured of conviction the remains of major GS erb who died at saturday evening of reached salt lake from mercur at last evening in charge ot of 6 S holmes of the knutsford Knuts rord and A E collins of the collins undertaking ing company from the depot tile the remains were taken to the undertaking parlors major erb was well and widely known and leaves many friends interment was made at ogden on oil the rob walker and other salt lake parties having interested themselves la in the crowton group of claims at skull valley are making arrangements to tad construct a cyanide plant near tle the florence claim in which son BOIO le 12 ore is reported to have been exposed the plant will find a gitein site in the mouth of passi where water can be had and to which point a short haul baul can be obtained the shaft shaf t ait oit on the group has now attained a depth of fifty feet and the owners express the belief that they have hav c discovered another undeveloped mercur mrs airs dorothy dullin duffin aged about 70 years was run over by a salt lake street cutting of one tuot foot from the shock received shed she died led a few hours later it appears she was cross toga bog a street with the car approaching the motorman set the brikis brik cs preparing to stop when within a few feet the lady stopped lie tween the tracks the mortorman i i uncased ased I 1 he brakes and applied the current when to his bis horror the aged woman stepped in front of the car the mot motorman mo lormah ormah grabbed her and threw her aside the front cleared by but in her right foot the coroners jury the car men the union pacific railroad company are still forging borgin alicade it is astonishing toni shing how easy and how quickly the ordinary man can travel nowadays from salt lake to chicago in comparison with the time it used to take the distance between these two points is 1510 1570 miles by traveling over tho the union pacific railroad you can now leave chicago at p ill rn on sunday arrive at omaha at a in hion monday day and reach salt lake at p m tuesday think of it tho the running time used to be as follows leave chicago at 1030 10 30 p in III sunday arrive at omaha p in monday arrive at salt lake at a m wednesday the present schedule shortens the time about 71 hours the nian man with his sack of salt has haa reached mercur and already his first trick has been turned the dupes aro salt lake parties consisting of a venturesome tur ture esome soule woman who was indicted mulcted of 1000 while two of the other sex who were caught with the same bamo bait lost corresponding amounts steps aro are being taken to avoid a repetition of f fraudulent practices by the lea legitimate operators and a long lease of life could not be guaranteed the culprit it if in tho the act william cook a rancher from garden city rich county had a hearing before judge M mcnally cnally on the ath I 1 on a charge of insanity and an order was issued for his commitment to the asylum at provo the unfortunate man Is suffering from melancholia abdat and at times threatens to commit suicide according to the statement of two brothers and dr hooper from bear lake county idaho cook has been a sufferer for the past four years when a seized with an attack he makes political and religious speeches and while not dangerous to others the fear that lie he will carry into executions the threats against disown his own body in one ol of his fits of despondency caused his relatives to have him taken to the asylum cook who Is but 33 years old has lia a wife and five children living at garden city they are said to be in straightened circumstances A little before 9 friday morning an accident occurred at the daly mine which came very nearly ending the earthly careers of eighteen men in en tho the men were changing shift when the mishap occurred at the hour stated the station tender tedder at the level patrick breen gave tho the signal to hoist and failed to remove the chairs after the cage left thus when the double decker loaded with men was making the descent in tile the east compartment to the 1000 level it fell upon the chairs anat the station tender had failed to remove with the result that all the men nii cie cic se sevory VC r y shakan up and two of the number W D hanley and fred stoll jr painfully injured the former had his left knee dislocated and the latter one of his knees badly sprained it is evident that the men were not being lowered at anything like the accustomed speed of the engine else every man in the cage would have been killed outright mr J 0 swift who has been blazing the way for another gold boom in idaho during the season arrived in in i salt lake sunday and in company with charley reed the expert I 1 left for the north again when cate chased concerning his discoveries that are arc receiving attention from lion ilon it 11 0 chambers and others mr air swift said that it was impossible for him to go into details a at athis this time nor could coula he consent to do so until next spring that the rock runs very high in gold the gentleman WIS was willing g to admit but further than that the dise discovery overy had been made at a point miles from the railroad he would say nothing the men have been supplied fur for the winter and active developments will continue the owner hoping by spring to invite the attention of tile the west to one 0 of f the biggest things t that hat have ever been discovered in years it was said by those professing to be in touch with mr air swifts movements that lie he had interested mr chambers and his bis frie friends rids and that with a favorable report from expert reed a deal would be consummated between them |