Show UTAH STATE NEWS the utah state medical association held its thirteenth annual session in salt lake city last week diphtheria of a virulent type has again made its appearance alpe arance it Kay and an epidemic is feared an ogden oman who was sent to the asylum last week imagined that she was evelyn nesbit thaw J J bryant a brakeman tell from a train near ogden and was seriously injured his skull being fractured J M richardson a prospector dropped dead on the streets of salt lake death being due to heart disease J H robbing a traveling man was thrown from a buggy in a runaway near tremont and sustained a broken leg the lehl fourth ward will build a 7 meeting house the ward has been holding its meetings in a rented room the net session 0 the grand chapter of the eastern star of utah will be held in salt lake may 9 and 10 1908 the woodmen of the world held their thirteenth district convention in provo last week about delegates being present prize fighting is not to be tolerated n salt lake says the chief of police and the content between christie and williams has been called off robert moir aged 65 a laborer sui aided in a lodging house in salt lake taking strychnine he left a note baying that ill health was the cause W D candland of mount pleasant chipped head of his graded sheep to a salt lake firm having sold the bunch there he received over 2 toy the lot A daughter of james of fairview utah about 16 years of age fell asleep with a pin in her mouth and swallowed it an operation being necessary to save the girl s life william H smith a motorman em aloyed on a salt lal e street car was seriously injured as the result ot a collision between two cars his right leg being badly crushed and broken announcement is made from the census office at washington that jo F smith jr of utah had been appointed special agent to compile 1 statistics on churches and religious work michael kilborn an old locomotive engineer lost a leg in an accident in the rio grande western yards in salt lake A switch engine ran over him nearly severing his left leg between the ankle and knee The supreme court in a decision handed flown last week announced the far reaching principle that when there Is substantial evidence to support the findings of the trial court such find ings bill not be disturbed fearing that be would be seriously injured because his car was running away a motorman named bubb jumped from a salt lake car coming down a hill and broke his arm the passengers were not injured the president is said to be consider ing the advisability of naming one ot the new battleships of the dread naught type for the state of utah they will be the largest ships in the navy and contracts are soon to be awarded unless some unforeseen delays oc cur in the transportation of their trainload of machinery supplies and maney bros will begin work en their western pacific construction contract at winnemucca within two weeks J W carpenter of coalville alville Co tor merly in business in kamas suffered a 3 loss by the burning of bis big barn at his kamas ranch be eldes the destruction of the structure which was a complete loss several ve hides harnesses and a horse were de strayed james martin formerly a resident of salt lake was found locked in a box car at pueblo colo and was more dead than alive he having been in the car for five days without food or water martin was stealing a ride and was locked in while he was asleep glenwood park one 0 the most at amusement places of ogden will this year start out on a new career manager R A grant of the opera house and utahna has fr cured a lease on it for five years and will have charge of the bicycle races at that place the coal dealers of american fork have given orders to the coal corn canles to ship all the storage coal they can consistently send to that city the dealers are certain that the coal famine during the coming winter will be far more severe than during the past winter by an act of the last legislature utah now has a board of horse corn missioners who have charge of the de apartment part ment of horse breeding with head quarters at the agricultural college all stallions standing for public service in the state must be recorded with this department there came near being a lynching at garfield sunday afternoon sever al hundred infuriated greeks bent on summarily dealing out punishment to prank an italian who had as bausted and badly injured one of their number chased him for two or three miles kenneth kerr one of the best lib known railroad men in utah former ly a newspaper man and now traveling passenger agent of the san pedro railroad has been promoted to be corn agent of tl e road with head quarters at riverside succeeding J L moore resigned |