Show STATE NEWS there has been a shortage of coal tn salt lake city but conditions are improving bait lake will have another theatre ready for business by christmas when the orpheum will open for business P P baird was arrested at hooper last week on the charge of running blind pig selling liquor without a license during an altercation in salt lake city sidney harris was stabbed by J A robinson of fellmore harris will recover john one of he few remain ing nauvoo pioneers died in ogden on saturday at the age of 74 he bad resided in ogden since 1855 mrs elizabeth henry a widow about 86 years of age Is dead in og den aa the result of a dose of nine taken with suicidal intent the 15 months old son of mr and mrs alma peterson of ogden tell from its cradle one day last week breaking its neck death being instantaneous john shannon an old time union pacific engineer dropped dead in og den last week he had been a suf ferer from heart trouble for some lime H W edgerton is in a salt lake hospital in a precarious condition as a result of being sandbagged by thugs who left their victim on the sidewalk to die behls new sixty barrel flour mill has been completed and the in stalla alon of the machinery will be begun at an early date the mill will be mod era in every respect A little more than 13 per cent is the estimated gain in the receipts ol 01 the salt lake postoffice post office tor the year ending december 31 1905 over that ending december 31 1904 the house and contents belonging to mrs M A mann a widow living at were destroyed by fire last week it Is thought that an over heated stove caused the blaze R H officer head of the metal firm which bears his name in salt lake city on friday ot last week death being due to acci dental poisoning by cyanide of slum an expenditure ot fa lor large new car shops in salt lake with in tte next alve years is contemplated by the gould interests for the 10 grande western and the western pa senator sutherland last week sub bitted two memorials from the utah legislature in the senate one in favor of a pure food law the other to create a state park in the strawberry valley within a few days the question of whether or not salt lake city Is to have a large iron and steel works will be settled and at present there Is rea to believe that it will be settled in the affirmative george spratley who was blown be yond recognition in a dynamite elpio slon at his mining property in colo rado was formerly a resident ol 01 american fork where he was born and spent a large portion of bis life plans for making dry sundays a permanent fixture in ogden are being laid by district attorney halverson and the police department standing some protests the dry sun day will likely be in effect tor some time A peculiar accident befell healey angel s cow at lehl last week some how it got into his cellar and the door became locked after looking around the town tor the cow it wa found as above stated having been dead three days extensive preparations are beina made for the celebration ol 01 the one hundredth anniversary 0 the birth ot joseph smith to be held in salt lake dec 23 special memorial services will be conducted in the various wards throughout the city frank stanley and fred Hirsh hiser two boys found guilty of steal tig handkerchiefs from a store in carh city have been sentenced to twenty five days in jail the boys are mem bers 0 a gang which the officers are trying to break up at a regular meeting of the salt lake real estate association last week a committee was appointed to arrange for a real estate convention hn salt lake on january 25 the same to include those interested from all iver the intermountain country jesse thomas the colored man who lot harry allson also colored in a in salt lake on october 28 om the effects of which he evenou died was held on a charge of der in the first degree at the conion of a preliminary hearing Is said that ogden Is to get a after all and that there Is no t that the proposition which has talked of for so long will go agh it Is stated that the formal emens hae been completed at the deal has been closed electric light franchise asked I 1 E walley and N T porter en granted by the it provides for the begin work within ten months of otance si thal franchise and completion within two yeara |