Show LOCAL AND OTH OTHER E R MATTE MATTERS RS FROM DAILY JANUARY 12 on saturday last the ath dinst ed win bodily son so ot of edwin bodily of fairview idaho while unloading coal at cannon station had his left thumb badly mashed by a lump of coal falling on it he was obliged to go to preston for surgical treatment miss lillie K thomas sister of R X K thomas the well known dry goods gooda In merchant erchant died at the holy cross hos pital in this city shortly after 9 this forenoon after a protracted illness eight days ago miss thomas was compelled compe to u undergo a surgical oper aaion the operation while skillfully ua ly performed ner formed was very seve severe re and the patient owing to her weakened condition tion never thoroughly recovered from the shock miss thomas was a native of england and 51 years of age she leaves two brothers and three sisters to mourn her demise the salt lake literary and scientific association has formally transferred to asmah the utah university through the re bents of that institution the laboratory atory building on first north street this transfer was made as the remainder of the endowment fund conferred by bv the association on the university for the me establishment establish of a chair of geology the nw apparatus of the association accepted accented at a value of was waa transferred previously the price agreed up on for orthe the building and grounds Is 47 total of or ora a the members of the board of regents who chrt were present were james sharp immik pierce waldemar van cott J T kingsbury mrs little and thomas outler resolutions were adopted re congressional representatives to secure from Cong congress TeSS an un conditional grant of sixty acres of land calculated for university purposes on the fort douglas reservation new york jan 12 it was announced on wall street today that the tulon union pacific reorganization organization re committee cittee had bad obtained a controlling in the oregon short line it is also said that through this the they y would soon boon take control also of the oregon oregon railway y navigation com amny the news cout contained in the above dis bateh while e fraught aught with considerable AMDor tance ce to the west and western interests was not unexpected here for months it has been known that the union pacific reorganization organization re committee was bending every possible effort to accomplish a deal by which it could secure the control which it now seems to have obtained A news fe representative late this afternoon made an effort to find and interview manager bancroft of the short line but was unsuccessful in locating him it is however stated on good authority that the officials of the latter road of both toads roads in fact knew what was in this particular it Is not believed that local offices will be effected particularly by the change the MoVe movement meni is almost entirely one of finance As announced in last evenings news views the election of boards of directors of the national banks of this MY city was in progress at press time all of the old directors were reelected re elected except in the case of the deseret national bank where david eccles of ogden was chosen to succeed henry dinwoodey of this city the list Is as omos ws deseret national L S hills moses thatcher Tb atcher george romney james sharp charp wm win H mcintyre E R aldrette Aldr efte james T little john R barnes wm W riter john C cutler D H perry john R winder david eccles utah national james M george Y wallace P L williams H W brown dr A C ewing elmer B jones boyd park joseph baumgarten gil S peyton wm H roy boy W H H spafford commercial national dr theo meyer john J daly 0 J salisbury moylan C fox thomas marshall W P noble george M downey john W donnellan newell beeman the national bank of the republic did not elect direct directors ois yesterday the meeting was adjourned until this afternoon on account of the absence of three of the directors FROM THURSDAYS DAILY JANUARY 13 richfield advocate among our horticulturists it is fast coming to be realized that sevier is a county of magnificent fruit possibilities her climate soil and irrigation are all well adapted to the growth and yield of all but tropical fruit trees last spring budded and grafted trees were planted and a wonderful percentage of them are thriving half were prunes and that Is more than were ever planted in sevier before last year monroe raised 1500 bushels of peaches De aches ric Rich hafl flold ld had bushels of apples and the county bas bushels hels ten tons of fine grapes ripened in the vineyards of glenwood and monroe in the county grew 2600 2500 bushels of plums and hundreds of bushels of cherries apricots pears and all kinds of small fruits next spring of sevier will set out about apple trees mostly ben davis and possibly the end of the year may see arrangements completed for a drying process to save the big surplus that went to waste last year it is officially cialli estimated that there are not less than one thousand people in inthe the city at the present time who are out of employment and in absolute distress on that account these figures are even increased and the condition of the cites poor more em stated by the county commissioners ners who are appealed to beyond their power of assistance these officials in this connection have suggested a means of ready relief in cases where sickness and other inabilities do not prevent their being carried out that is in the way of giving employment they state the case like this the distress is unprecedented and people are living from hand to mouth this is in part on account of the protracted cold spell which has prevented any building excavation ditch digging or work that common and unskilled labor can do As a result large numbers I 1 of families are without food and fuel and the suffering to is very severe these represent a class who are willing to work who are in fact begging for it but without ability to obtain it As to the method of relief it is suggested that there ate afre very ve ry many families who are able to give some poor man a day or a few days work of some kind the work may not be absolutely necessary but it will help many suffering poor As to the is pointed out that yards barns cellars garrets or other places may be cleaned out and repaired then there is some work that men cannot do in that case it is suggested that some indoor employment be found for women in the line of sewing mending laundry or other work persons who can furnish relief as indicated herein will confer a favor upon the publia by communicating such information to the county commissioners commiss miss loners ners ogden standard jan 13 this morning at 1226 1225 fire was discovered in fix una the engine room of the reed hotel just at the mouth of the air shaft on the south side of the building A telephone alarm alarin was turned in by wilson the night elevator boy and almost at the swam sam time the names flames were seen breaking from the roof and an alarm was in from the corner of twenty fifth aaa washington the flames from the roof attracted a large crowd which gathered almost as soon as the fire department arrived and which was on hana almost as soon as the regular alarm rang out the fire when discovered had worker it its a way from the engine room through the air shaft to the roof ana the upper floors the fifth and sixth already filled with smoke two lines of at hose were laid from the corner ot f twenty fifth and washington and the th chemical line was pulled up through the court water was also turned from the standpipe from th the dining room roam floor and hose laid up to the real chief binford was fighting the fire from f I 1 four floors the fire was very quickly placed under control and by it was wa all over one or two lines of linen home ho from the hotel supply were filled with water but leaked and it was to make headway with them causing much damage by water the damage according to chief binford bini will be about the use of the I 1 chemical engine and babcock haz hana grenades prevented a more serious lom loan from water in addition to the loss to the hotel company several traveling men had their samples damaged by smoke and water one of them representing a aft millinery firm of chicago claiming that his loss would reach 1200 new york jan 13 the control ot CC the oregon railway navigation zia having been obtained by the reorganization committee of the union railroad the Vander bilts are now in ift virtual possession of a through tram continental line the new york tork central is the first road in the combination from this point at buffalo it connects with the lake shore for C chicago at which point the chain Is c carried OR to omaha by the chicago northwestern and from there the union B P the oregon short line and ina tb taft oregon railway navigation company complete the line to portland oregon and to tacoma on sound bound all these roads axe are Van derbUt roads and the total mileage Is i this achievement by the is considered one of the biggest ran rab way deals that has been in recent years it gives one company or set of financial interests an absolutely sol transcontinental road row pot years this has been hoped for o aled for and dreamed of but never lie fore have conditions been favorable or such a consummation not only aft the Vander bilts now control the shw short line and the oregon railway natt gation gallon company but the union as well what the future may brine belm to utah and the west as a result at OK the transaction is still a a matter of conjecture W H bancroft general manager watt vice president of the oregon snort ohm line was seen in his office by a r row tentative senta tive of the news and a what he knew of the consummation of at the gigantic deal and he pleasantly ant ana emphatically replied Absolu absolutes teW nothing clothing the newspaper v state all and more than I 1 know of oft matter asked as to what effect the tion would have on utah and 0 other western interests he declared that aft not tell and intimated that even he ie knew kaew he had had too much il experience to communicate such an opinion bialon to the public when the retention of it in his own mind might serve erve a much better purpose in the future in connection with the telegraphed I 1 statement that the Vander bilts have r biec secured d the control it is claimed that they really cut no figure in the deal be yond ya the use of their name and that ar f pierpont morgan is the real power powei behind the throne omaha maha bee lewis W shurtliff of L ogden den utah vice preal president dent of the ex ton fon that state arrived in the s aty 2 ly yesterday and has been in confers giftie ace with the exposition officials all day ft garding the exhibit to be made by utah judge shurtliff brought with kith him two samples of sandstone which tte the state offers as its contribution to ti the earch arch buthe of the states these samples beof of gray and red sandstone respect 1 I hiring any specimens of 42 granite nite said he because we thought A it would not be practicable to cut it in time we tor for the exposition we have plen ay iy y of stone but we concluded that the two varieties I 1 brought with me are tile the best beat for the purpose we are going to have a good exhibit from utah said judge shurtliff in a vave manner our mining exhibit Js ja now being made up by don maguire i one ene of our most experienced men in that line he to is traveling about the SV state making a collection of specimens will have an exhibit of minerals which will compare with any that can I 1 je be made by any amy state mr maguire I 1 teas akst boen been at work for about a month hit and he bb has not visited one half of the V mining districts vur agricultural display is being made up by heber bennion Benn lon who to is use meeting eting with good success in collecting jhue specimens of our products the manufacturing interests are being i looked after by T R cutler who is a r of one of our beet sugar he is doing good work and VV ave a fine display one e of our principal displays coni tanned the judge will be the irrigation display to be made by the bear river rogation litigation company that company will nave M an irrigated farm in full opera ft oin li showing the complete system in in our state our people axe are tak h liag a great interest in the exposition 1 awl will be here in force I 1 I 1 flox DAILY JANUARY IC 14 mrs susan kirshaw of oldham inland band wishes to find her brothe brothers rs g fei ALf L nily who she thinks are in utah abts Us name baffle to is thomas jackson he left Wn cheater for utah about the year i and was a cabinetmaker cabinet maker by trade ws N went to england on a mission about t tho th year 1880 and returned about 1883 sha died the same year his cifes etame e 1 it if living to is alice jackson mrs deviny W would be very pleased to hear 1 1 from any one belonging to the family i atess A the letter to her husband MV mr L jofan kirshaw no 30 alfred st marfi JV AWS tb oldham lancashire england f ta dawrence Jb awrence wrence garrick Garr lck a man who lays biffl claim to being a mechanic on ac r bount of having followed other occupy 1 albus in life but who does claim to r bye acye an inventive turn of mind called f at the the news office and as proof of i ua a a contention exhibited a home made ebis oh duless bicycle the product of hl d awn genius the driving power of the machine consists of four small cog wheels cocat 00 1 within a gear casing on the axle of t e 0 hind bind wheel this contrivance is ry y simple and apparently very effect e the sample Is of course some crude and weighs about 5 p f loop pounds when made of steel rolled cat to however this can be reduced to about 8 9 ounces in the way of bicycles it seems to be a very good thing mr garrick says he has been at work upon it for the last year and a half that he has applied for a patent which he expects issued to him within the next few weeks attention has been particularly particulars Y drawn to the output of gold in the state of colorado in 1897 for the reason that the centennial state stands at the top of the heap of gold producing states but colorados contribution to the gold supply even when has been added covering the value of the output of silver lead coppez copper iron and coal barely equals the value of her farm products remarks the philadelphia record the statistics of production in colorado for the year as quoted by our contemporary are as follows gold silver lead copper iron coal farm and dairy products 33 fruit livestock live stock sold wool total because of the element of chan chance e involved I 1 in the search for the precious I 1 metals there is a wonderful fascination in the quest but the plodding farmer holds his own against the gold searchers even in colorado the farms produced the mines bradstreets FROM SATURDAYS DAILY JANUARY 16 15 elder emanuel lennberg of union salt lake county called at the news office last evening and reported his return a few days ago from a mission to scandinavia he left home november 16 1895 and took up a labor in the stockholm conference which he reports as being in a thriving and prosperous condition elder lennberg experienced perien ced good health and enjoyed his labors extremely mt pleasant pyramid it is rumored in business circles that a certain company of influential and solid business men of the city who have already an organization are seriously discussing the project of another electric light plant and another system of street and custom lighting for mt pleasant according to reports the plant is to be located and the electricity generated near the mouth of pleasant creek canyon heavy wires being used to conduct the electricity to the city A water right has been secured at the place mentioned and there would be no difficult obstacles to encounter should the scheme be carried out william H poster foster the veteran turner and tabernacle |