Show UTAH NE NEWS twenty new cases of scarlet fever were reported in salt lake city last week and all indications point to ir epidemic christmas cattle are beginning to show how in the receipts at the union stock yards salt lake and they are said aid to be very fine there is over expended by the government in carrying malls mails in utah about solon of this amount going to stage companies A large band of utah sheep aro are quarantined west of green river the sheep in question are reported to be infested with scab and are being held for investigation the marriage of miss mary alice woodruff daughter of president wilford woodruff and mr william mcewen was solemnized at the salt la lake es temple on abo tb amb feet A kansas lady who has recent recently li located in in salt lake city proposes to create a revolution in local politics by turning tarot dg all the men out of office and putting women in their place the 7 year old son of silas at smith at meadow while playing accidentally fell from the doorstep a distance of about eighteen in inches abes on an to a small express wagon one of the wheels being broken one of the spokes entered he brain near the temple the child after making one scream expired instantly sunday afternoon a man w whose hose name ia williams made an unsuccessful attempt on his life in salt lake lak by bi taking a dose of morphine wil llama was in search of work and falling failing to secure it and the proffered aid of relatives being denied he res resorted arted to morphine as a panacea jesse jessed F mcmillen and charles M phelps charged with the murder of john eagan in salt lake city july 19 will be called for trial in the criminal division of the third district court on december 13 egan was killed by drugs given to him by the two men la in order to enable them to rob him the robbery was successful the men securing sa 2 each but egan died from the of the poison which be had bad ken aken the state board of pardons at its session held in salt lake last saturday transacted the following business the application of J G cannon sentenced to ninety days in jail for assaulting saul ting a chinaman was denied 0 W Rem kempton sentenced to the reform school tor burglary and remanded to the third district court tor for bilty was pardoned C 0 Claw sons hearing was postponed at his own request for one mouth month the erse of frank decamp convicted of attempted murder during the railroad strike of 1893 was postponed another month hon eon D P mackey supreme commander of the supreme tent K 0 T M was tendered a reception at the lyceum on the at which a delightful literary and musical program was wa rendered by some of the best of salt lakes artists interlarded inter larded by addresses from general deputy supreme commander J IV wright governor heber M wells george S siegel great record keeper ofner of new york D P markey and others sir markey devotes much of his time visiting subordinate tents and his visit in salt lake made it a red letter day tor for zions this years total assessed valuation in the state shows a loss of over M 85 compared with the aggregate ol 01 list year while the aggregate of net proceeds of mines Is less the chief cause of the decrease is attributable to mortgages this year few it if any mortgages have hare been assessed whereas in 1898 1896 upwards of worth of mortgages were livere either found to be or the taxes thereon were found to be collectable un while the shrinkage seems to be large there will be a minimum of taxes on mortgages owned by residents of the state reported un collectable on this years roll of 0 course athenet thenet the net revenue to the state will be less than last years be ruse ouse of a half mill less in the levy the largest decrease is in salt lake county where conditions pertaining to mortgage taxes are pronounced reduced realty values also contributed to the loss in revenue nevertheless salt lake county pays about 40 per cent of the states taxes peter Gree of meadow has been manufacturing a cough medicine in ID which housed he used morphine in large quantities mrs airs veatch of the same town gave some to her a 2 months old boy with the result that she called dr reen keen who an antidote which acted admirably the red robe company billed tt to show one night sa in ogden last week arrived at p m instead of ibe t he night of the show the audien audience ct had bad been seated nearly two hours when the curtain rase is a little antei afeei 10 and wem wen down ou on lvke Vs p f act at |