OCR Text |
Show UTAH STATE NEWS A Bait Lake man who -winked at tbo judgo during tho trial of his case, was sent to jail for contempt of court. Tho twenty-sixth annual convention of the Congregational association of Utah was held In Salt Lake City last week. Mrs. M. Swltzgablc, aged 84, was knocked down by a runaway home on Main streot, Salt Lake City, receiving Injuries which may result In death. Peter Melllsh, an Austrian aged 18, employed ot the Highland Boy mlno at Bingham as a miner, was killed by falling down a shaft. lie received a fractured skull. A stone placed on tho track by a small boy caused the wreck of a street car In Salt I-nko City, the molorman being painfully Injured and a number of the passengers severely shaken up. So great has been the Increase In attendance at the Wasatch school In Salt Lake City In tho last year that tho board of education has found It necessary to erect an addition to this building. Mike Ostcr, a Russian Jew, about 19 years old, committed suicide In Salt Lake, taking a full ounce of car l'olle acid. Letters which ho left would Indicate that tho young man was Insane when he ended his life. Plucky telephono girls at Ephrnlm probably prevented a robbery when a man tried to break Into tho telephono building at night. Ono of the girls fired two shots from a pistol at tho Intruder, who hastily beat a retreat. What Is believed to be nil attempt to transport a young girl about 14 years of age to China, there to become the wife of some wealthy Oriental, rgalnst her will, Is being Investigated l,y Southern Pacific detectives at Og-ten. Og-ten. Frank Pete, a Greek, 27 years old, fell from the top of a freight car at Garfield and beneath another car with the result that his left leg was so badly crushed that It had to be am-Ititated am-Ititated half way between the hip and knee. John Burns, employed In the Daly West mlno at Park City, attempted to leave the cage when It stopped momentarily, mo-mentarily, and was caught and crushed crush-ed to death. Hums had been working but four days In the inlue when the accident occurred. Mrs. W. B. Stnkur, wife of Dr. W. E Staker of Ogden, was badly Injured In n collision with a heavy wagon, while riding In n buggy at night. The natiowness of the path and the darkness dark-ness prevented the vehicles passing each other safely. Over 300 wool growers will gather In Salt Lake City on November 9 to dlsciibs matters which vitally affect their Intel ests and hear tho report of the National Wool Growers' committee, commit-tee, which has selected Chicago as the wool center for the entire west. The Denver & Hlo Urande Railway company has mortgaged Its road, roll-lug roll-lug stock, grounds and other property to tho Bankets' Trust company of New York City for $150,000,000. The mortgage mort-gage was filed with the county recorder re-corder of Salt Lake county last week. Thomas Evans, the football player whose neck was dislocated during the game between the Agricultural col-lege col-lege team of Logan and the Colorado School of Mines, died without having regained consciousness. Evans was 24 years old nnd lived In Brlgham City. Private Mike lleecham of the First cavalry, who ran amuck at Camp Strotsteiiburg, P. I., last May nnd killed four of his comrades, has been sentenced to life Imprisonment by the trial court before which ho appeared. Beepham was at one tlnte a resident of Utah. William P. Hepworth, nged 30, a resident of Salt Lake City, was crushed to death In a mine at Gold-field, Gold-field, Colo., last week. He was work-fag work-fag In the mine ofauto on the GOO-foot level, when some huge boulders were freed and descended on him with terrific ter-rific force. Tbo Presbyterian ministers of southern Utah met at Mantl last week to organize tho Southern Utah presbytery. pres-bytery. This became necessary on account ac-count of the action of tho synod which -met recently at Idaho Falls, whereby Utah was divided Into three presbyteries. John D. H. McAllister, for many years a resident of Salt Lake City, widely known, dropped dead In his ham at the rear of his homo on tho 28th. Mr. McAllister for some time had been suffering from stomach trouble trou-ble and It Is thought death was duo to acute gastritis. Ono of tbo most important organizations organiza-tions formed In Salt Lake City In years was born last week, when a new Building Trades Council was organized. or-ganized. Tho now organization will be affiliated with the American Federation Feder-ation of Labor, and It starts out with a membership of 4,500. Grief over tho receipt of news of the sudden death of her brother, In addition to despondency over continued contin-ued ill health, drove Mrs. May Minor of Salt Lake City to attempt suicide. She swallowed nearly an ounce of chloroform, but prompt medical attendance at-tendance saved her. Scott P. Kimball of Salt Lake City, a student of tho technological department depart-ment of the state university of Boston, Bos-ton, was kidnaped and forced to occupy oc-cupy a deserted resldenco whllo his sophomoro classmates held their annual an-nual dinner, where ho had been due to act as toastmaster. Golden C. Elmer, n resident of Utah for the past thlrty-seovn years, died at his homo In Salt Lake City, October Octo-ber 27, of pnounipula, Tho deceased was ono of tho first men to open mines In the Tlntlc district, and was connected with various other mining (HstrMs In tho state. |