Show STATE NEWS A piece of property sold in salt lake city thirty days ago for 50 was sold again last week for 55 charles martin a boung man living in ogden Is dead from a pistol shot fired with suicidal intent fire destroyed the rio grande shops in aalt lake last week causing a loss of the shops will be re built at once logan Is having a severe coal famine and in consequence there Is considerable suffering among the poorer classes william ross a burglar attempted lo 10 escaig from an officer in salt lake and was shot being badly wounded but will recover hold ups are almost a nightly occur rence in salt lake city and the thugs to defy all efforts of the police to capture them larson M jordan one of the early settlers of utah and an old resident ot died last week of heart trouble he came to utah in isso articles of incorporation of the in republican company which is to start a new republican daily in salt lake were filed laba week william whirley a contractor of logan was struck on the head by a tailing plank one day last week and badly injured but it is believed he will recover in a wreck in the oregon short line switch yards at murray F J smith a brakeman was instantly killed and will mcmillen also a brakeman was slightly injured george wilder of salt lake while shingling a house tell a distance of thirty feet striking heavily on a scat fold breaking his arm and sustaining internal injuries the report of the state board 01 sheep commissioners shows that wool growers are generally prosperous and that there are now about sheep in the state the north sanpete bank of mt pleasant filed articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state last week the capital stock Is fixed at 50 divided into shares sidney peterson a 14 year old salt lake boy may lose a leg as the re ault of fall under a train the flesh on the right leg was torn to the bone although the bone was not crushed the utah indian war veterans have asked the utah congressional dele gatlon to work for the amendment to ahe pension laws so as to make pro vision for pensions for the indian fight era according to the state board ol 01 health little or no attention is paid in many localities throughout the state to the care of diseases and steps will be taken to see that the laws are en forced A movement has been inaugurated by the real estate men of ogden to have the streets parked on the pled portions and to have a regulation that will keep stray cattle off the streets john an italian youth of 18 years was arrested at modena on the charge of attempting to pass two forged checks upon mrs hattle knight proprietress of the hotel modena in payment of a board bill officers who have been making every effort to run down salt lake s murderous hold ups believe they have a man in jail who may prove to ba one of the men wanted the man gives his name as arthur curtis presidents joseph F smith and an ton H lund accompanied by several of the other officers of the mormon church were in south royalton vt at the unveiling of the monument erected to the memory of the prophet joseph smith david dadles was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the state in the district court at salt lake dadles was charged with aiding tha gang which operated in utah idaho and ne vada a year ago and secured nearly a hundred thousand dollars in illegal bounties arthur shepherd of salt lake city has received a check tor the prize won by him in the orchestral composition contest offered by ignace with the check came a letter from william P blake chair man of the committee congratulating mr shepherd A dispatch received from washing ton states that a patent for a firearm has been granted to john M browning of ogden this well known inventor of the automatic pistol and the colt machine gun has been granted more patents for firearms than any other in in the world fish and game commissioner john sharp has filed his annual report with gov cutler during the year he has placed 1 eastern brook trout try and native trout try in the various streams of the state and has sold to private parties brook trout try and 87 native trout try the utah art institute was held at logan last week the exhibits were at the brigham young college the being turned over to the in tor this purpose there are about a hundred pictures decorating the walls of the spacious hall and representing the work of utah artists the secretary of the interior has rendered his decision in the raven mining case affirming the decision ol 01 the commissioner of the general land office requiring the mining company to pay tor the land allotted to it by preferential right in the uintah reser |