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Show I UTAH STATE NEWS' M Mrs. Kathcrlno Burrows, who came to Utah In 1852, died at Schofleld last I week from pneumonia. Tho Flour and Grain Dealers nsso-I nsso-I elation, of Salt Lako City, advanced X the prtco of oats 5 cents per hundred. I Geo. D. Davis, a bookkeeper of Salt I Like City, was run down and killed I by an automobllo as he was crossing 1 tjfr streot. I C. A. Aamodt, a painter about 55 i years old, was run over nnd Instantly I killed by a freight train In the yards I at Bingham Junction. 1 Thomas Smith, a well known charac- 1 ter of Logan, was killed In the Orc- I ton Short Line yards by being caught II between two freight cars. I John Sill, an early resident of Kays- I vlllo and n man well known through- I out tho northern part of Davis coun- ty, died at Warren, Weber county, at I the age of 90. Roy Merrill, a grandson of the late Apostlo Merrill, while at work In Richmond, Rich-mond, fell from an electric light pole to the ground and his back was brokv in as a result of the fall. Thomas Taylor, of Henofcr, was accidentally ac-cidentally shot whlto hunting rabbits Tho boy, who I 14 years old, was engaged en-gaged as a sheep herder. It Is bo-Ueved bo-Ueved ho Is fatally injured. W. R. Cameron, formerly of Sunny-lido, Sunny-lido, was killed In a mining accident In Mexico In which fourteen others wro killed. No particulars of the tragedy have been received. A. E. McKenna, a signalman employed em-ployed by the Short Lino In Salt Lake, attempted suicide by cutting als throat with an ax, inflicting a ghastly wound, but ho will recover. Because his sweothcart Jilted him, Henry Ergman, 25 years old, of Og-Ben, Og-Ben, threatened to kill her nnd then Mmself. Ergman was urruBtcd and aow occupies u cell In tho county Jail. Tho coal situation In and about Brig-bam Brig-bam City has attained a most serious aspect. For some time past tho peo plo of that placo havo been forced to rely on tho Ogden dealers for theli supply. A crate of fine grapes, pomegranates and quinces, raised on the farm of the southern experiment station of tho Agricultural Ag-ricultural college, nt St. George, wa sent to tho governor and state officers Inst week. At Peterson, In Morgan county, the storo of Olson Bros, was euterod by bunVlars and tho safe blown open There was $90 In chucks nnd $110 In cash taken, and a lot of merchandise waB earrlcd awny. Ah a result of a partial strlko by tho employes of tho sugar factory, nt Lehl, wages wore Increased 15c to ?5c per day. Tho laborors thoro arc paid from $2 to $2.50 per day now, but a day Is twelvo hours. Tho clerks of Salt hake's stores uro to liavo a school of salesmanship established es-tablished for their benefit by tho local Y. M. C. A. Tho Idea Is a novol one, ind hns mot with the hearty approval of tho local merchants. Tho comptroller of the currency has approved tho application of B. II. Booth, J. S. Ostler, T. A. Foote, C. II Rruco and LewlH II. Hills to organize tho NephI National bank of Ncphl Utah, with $50,000 capital. Whooping cough Is said to prevail through the stato to a rather unusual extent nnd tho disease appears to be more sovcro this year than heretofore. Many fatal cases have como to tho ut teiiilon of the Htnto board of health. Tho proplo of West Bountiful, whoro a $13,000 meeting house collapsed during dur-ing tho recent terrific windstorm, aro already planning to reconstruct tho edifice. This time special precautions will bo taken to make tho building so-euro. so-euro. Salt Lnke Is to havo a branch factory fac-tory of tho now and novel Invention ' tho tolegraphont which not only makrs a perfect reproduction of the human volco, but also records everything every-thing that passes over, tho ordlnnrj telephone. Work on tho Salt Lako end of tho Wcstoni Pacific Is progressing rapidly, rapid-ly, although twlco tho number of men could bo used to advantage In tho trading nnd track-laying. Work Is. advancing ad-vancing at the rato of ono and one- half miles a day. In n wreck at Summit, Cal., Engineer Engi-neer ToblnB Welch was Inr.lantly killed, and Knglneor Dan Spencer and Urakeman Jack McCnrthy wore slightly, but not sorloiMly, Injured. All threo of tho men uro well known forAtw rcBldontB of Ogdon. yMh tho words, "Hero's where 1 ftnrt to hunt," Archlo Gregory, of Suit Lako City, pointed a rlllo, which ho thought was unloaded, at Ills 10-year-old brother. Konnoth, pulled tho trigger trig-ger nnd n bullet crushed through tho younger boys brain, killing- him In stautly. Beforo coh woathor sots In this winter, 3,000 acres of land lying In th great mountain valley boyond Gcdtfi Fort, nbout 35 miles from Salt l.uko on tho Morcur branch of tho Salt Lake Itouto, will bo sown to wlntor wheat by Salt Lako men, as an oxperlment In dry farming. |