Show STATE NEWS the first utah state convention ot of the royal neighbors of america was held in salt lake last week the state experiment well in the center ot of cedar valley Is now down feet and Is making good progress the schools of west weber have been closed owing to the development of a number of cases of smallpox in that vicinity the dry tanners farmers of cedar valley re port their wheat sown last tall fall as be ing up and looking promising and they expect a good yield jerry shaw a negro jockey was shot and probably fatally wounded by buck staten another negro during a fight in a negro dive in salt lake city the body of an unknown man was found alongside the railroad track north of ogden on the in a nor hor bibly mutilated condition as the re suit of being struck by a train there seems to be very little hikell hood of a strike of the machinists boilermakers boller makers and car repairers in the employ of the rio grande as it is believed that all differences may be amicably adjusted mrs dan whitbeck dropped dead while hile dancing at ephraim she had just made the remark to the gentleman with whom she was dancing that she had never felt better when she tell fell backward and expired lornzo W cracroft aged 24 em aloyed as a driver for a meat market in a barn at the rear of his home in salt lake shooting himself through the heart cracroft was de spon dent over financial troubles in a drunken brawl at lehi david McCand mccandliss lass struck moses jones over the head with a beer bottle fracter ing his skull jones condition Is con serious and McCand mccandliss lass Is being held pending further develop intents joseph E white a painter tell fell a distance of sixty feet from a smoke stack in salt lake city C ity and escaped with a broken collar bone and a dis located hip he landed in mud sev eral inches deep which broke bloke the force of the fall john eilts a german who had been en cal a pa protracted retracted spree in his room in salt lake city by hanging tying one end of a strap to a horbe u aboe above his door the other end around his neck and strangling him self to death mace cochran the watchman who shot matt zoran while the latter was picking up coal in the railroad yards at fit bingham junction february 28 the wounds causing the death of zoran later has been charged with volun tary manslaughter the governor has announced the reappointment of drs A C wherry and S H clawson as members of the state board of dental examiners the governor also reappointed perley A hill a member of the board of ex of barbers the salt lake commercial club will raise 1000 by popular subscription with which to purchase an appropriate souvenir for admiral robley D evan who was appointed to the naval academy from utah when the fleet arrives at san francisco A report issued by the weather bu reau says that the snowfall during february was slightly below he the aver age of former years but prospective water supply will be ample the corn coin ing season and the residents of utah need have no fear of a water famine peter a greek 22 years old was struck and instantly killed by a passenger train near salt lake was walking down the track and when he heard the train coming behind him began running along in front f fl abul f t 1 I I 1 of the town of monticello 0 will be thrown open for settlement june I 1 the date of entry will be july I 1 the land is said to be well watered and valuable alx yanko the partner of jerney perce berce fhe the man who was killed in a saloon fracas some time ago at field and for which murder louis louls loger is now being held in the price lail jail pending trial has been serious seriously ly injured in a winter quarters mine a laree lame rock falling on him s A |