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Show UTAH STATE NEWS A heavy rainstorm at Ogdcnvon the '22nd flooded many collars, causing several hundred dollars damage. Mrs. John K. Bagloy ot Ogden was thrown from a buggy as tho result of ft runaway, and painfully injurod. Tho Btoro of J. 1. Hanson of Eph-ralm Eph-ralm was burglarized ono night last wcok, considerable merchandise bejivif. ifl carried awny. ' Frank G. .Ehrbur, a structural Iron worker, fell from a building on which hoyafljWorklnK In Salt Lnko City and was billed, his neck being broken. Georgo Rasimisscn attempted suicide sui-cide In Salt Iako City, slashing his throat with a butcher knife. Ho Is In tho hospital and will probably re- cover. Mrs. Jano Clardnor Hrudford, 73' years old, who earn-) to .Utah In tho second company of pioneers, died at her home In Salt Lnko City Inst Saturday. Sat-urday. John D. Douglass of Weber county, nerving a twcnty-flve-year Bcntonco for murder, applied for his liberty on parole, but tho board last week declined de-clined to honor hit request. W. H. I'arrent, believed to be ono of the five men who swindled tho Mo-Whlrter Mo-Whlrter brothers out of 110,000 in Salt Lnko City, has been brought back to Zlon from Denver for trial. Mrs. .Mary O'llrlen, wlfo of W. S. O'Brien, malinger of tho Postal Tolo-ty Tolo-ty graph ofllco In Ogden, was stricken with npoplexy whllo sealed at tho dinner din-ner table nnd died two hours later. Gambling In l'ark City must ccaso, according to orders Issued by tho local ofllccrs. Gnuibllng in 1'arK City has been nlmost a part of tho town, as never since the foundation of tho town has It been without games of soma sort. Tho Utah Credit .Men's association will endeavor lo secure tho 11)08 con ventlon of the National Credit Men's association for Suit Lake City. Tho noxt annual meeting of the nntlonal association will be held In Chicago In Juno. . As n result of a rock slide near Morgan, Mor-gan, on the main line of tho Union Pnclllc, about twenty miles east of Ogden, Engineer L. Kruiiss of Ogden is dend, and Kircman S. E. Illnlcy of Evnnnton, Wyo., and a mail clerk were' painfully diluted. 12. I). R. Thompson, receiver of tho Salt Lako land olllce, will be appointed register to succeed tho late Frank D. Hobbs, while Colonel M. M. Kalghn, n prominent Salt Lake lawyer and' a Union soldier In tho Civil war, will be jf'' appointed receiver. Tho Snlt Lake teachers' association figures that the average wages paid tho teachers of Zlon is $585 per year, while the expenses of pedagogues will average $033.83 per year. They advocate advo-cate legislation which will give the teachers at least living wages The proposed addition to tho Ulntnh forest reserve, comprising a large strip of land extending through a number of townships In that section, has been withdrawn from entry through the local laud olllce by order of tho secretary of the Interior. Tho board of pardons In sesslsou last week continued the application of Charles Botha for a pardon until tho meeting of the board in April. Ilothn Is now serving a senteuco of lire Imprisonment Im-prisonment for murder committed Eomo years ago In San Juan county. Four boys of Lehl wero the means of averting a serious wreck and probably Having tho lives of ninny of tho passengers pas-sengers on a Salt Lako Houto passenger passen-ger train, when thoy discovered n, broken rail and flagged I ho approaching approach-ing train, using a red bandnun hand- kerchief. Henry S'helton, n young man 17 years of ago, whoso homo Is In Beaver Dam, Box Elder county, but who has been attending collcgo nt Logan, has been nrrestcd on n chnrgo or forgery, It holrg charged that he had attempt nd to pass a check for $20 which ho had forged. C, O. Norman, n Union 1'nclllo frolght brakemnn, foil from his train near Dovll's (into nnd hud his right hand so badly crushed between the wheels that It had to bo amputated. Ho was not missed until (ho train had run n distance or threo miles, when it was stopped. The Oregon Short Line olllco nt Wood's Cross wns burglarized on til's 19th nnd some express pnrcels and baggago wore tuneii, tho total value being about $20. Trumps aro thought to havo turned the trick. Thoro is nothing to Indlcato the direction tnkon by the thieves. According to tho Knllway Ago, tho .Moffat road has let contracts for road construction from Krommllng to Steamboat Springs. Grading lino been comploted for about ill) por cent or tho wny. Tho contracts havo been awarded award-ed to Dumphcy & Nolson nnd Ormnn & Cook of Deliver. 7 A. T. Day, the colored slayer of Horaco II. Voss, or Salt Lako City, will bo shot to death In tho stato prison yard somo time between sun-rlso sun-rlso nnd sunset on Filday, April ID. Such wns tho sontenco pronounced upon him by Judge George (1. Armstrong Arm-strong In tho district court. Tho Ogden & Northwestorn rullroad hns nt Inst socurod its franchise to op-orato op-orato a lino within the conllnos of Brlshnm City. Steam power cannot bo used, and a maximum fare of live conts for ono-wny trips will bo tho limit ot cost of transportation. The lino now runs to Hot Springs. |