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Show Hf. UTAH STATE NEWS F Tho Western Pnclflc railroad was B opened for business on Monday from H Gait Lake to tho Nevada state lino. H Tho Volunteers of America are en- H dcavorlng to raise sufficient funds (o H establish a hospital In Salt Lako M H Sail Lake City Is to have another H election, on December 2, when five H members of the school board will be H selected. H Two hundred and eighty-one prls- HJ oners nrc now confined In the Utah H Kate prison, the high water mark In H the history of tho Institution. B With a very good attendance and BSj lota of enthusiasm, tho annual confer- HBf ence of the Woman's Missionary union B was held In Salt Lak6 City last week. H Thcro will be no coal famine In H Utah this winter, in tho opinion of H State Coal Mine Inspector J. K. Pot- B tit, nnd there will be no serious Bhort- HB o-BC of cars. H Governor Culler last wc6k appoint- Hl cd ten dcclgatcs to the eleventh an- Hi mini session of tho American Mining congress, (o be held nt rittsburg, I'a., HBi December 2, 3, 4 and G. H One of the freak election bets In Hi Salt Lake City was satisfied the day H after election by ono man pulling a Hi cart through the Btreets on which wnj H rented his successful opponent. H A genernl walkout of ICO engineer- Hi Ing students nt the University of m Utah wns barely averted last week W when one of tho students was tern- H porarlly suspended for giving a fellow H student n gratuitous hair cut. H While suffering from a spell of niel- HM nnchollu, to which she was frequently Hi subject, Mrs. llcrtha Wall, 21 years H of age, made nn unsuccessful nt- H tempt to commit suicide nt Ogdcn by H swallowing six large antiseptic tnb-Hlf tnb-Hlf H Tho use of drinking cups has been Hi abolished In all of the Ogden schools. H Instead upturned spigots have been HJ installed by which pupils may slako Hi their thirst, thereby, preventing the H danger of spending Infectious ills- H Georgo M. Peck, vh'o had been su- H pcrlntendlng the tin roofing of a build- HJ tng In Snlt I.nkc City, attempted to B reach tho street by sliding down a H rope, when the rope broke and ho Hi fell n dlstniice or 4r feet, being H fatally Injured. H1 That the peoplo of D.ivls county nro HJ thoroughly nllvo to tho advantages of H r good 'roads Is apparent from the man- HJ ner In which they aio carrying out H tho work of Improvement on tho high- HJ way through that county between Ok- Hj den nnd Salt Lake City. B Fire of unknown origin destroyed HJ tho Immense mill and warehouse of HJ'i the Inland Crystal Salt company nt HJ ' Saltalr beach on October C, resulting HJ In a loss or $125,000 to buildings, ma- HJ chlnery nnd contents. The company B. carried $5,500 Insurance. M Great preparations arc being made Hj' by the Utnh State Poultry association for the poultry show to be held In Hjj Salt Lake City, January 25 to 30. Tho m ownors of fancy pigeons will unite -f with the poultry men to make an es- H'J peclally fine showing In January.. H' James Horpole, who died recently 1 at Cnstlcton, Grand county, was born Hi In Ohio, November 1, 1801, and lacked m: but ono dny of reaching tho ngo of 107 i ' years. He was one of the pioneers, H and was widely known and beloved ?liy ranchers, farmers and miners. Two fires, which broke out In tho R? business seotlon of Ogden In tho early Hjt hours or Friday morning, November H. G, kept the flro laddies from both sta- m tlons busy ror several hours, and en- H. tailed nn aggregate loss or $1,500, HT- moBt of which is covered by Insur- K Bnce. H i T' descendants of tho late John Taylor, president of the Mormon Mr church, held n family reunion at tho i Granite stake tabernacle last week, tho occasion being tho centenary of Mr. Taylor's birth. John Taylor was tho third president of tho Mormon church. Mrs. Emily Wnrford, whoso husband Is engaged In th eeemont business In Salt Lako and Ogden, wns run down by a passenger train at Phlllpsburg, ' N. J., nnd killed. Her S-ycar old son escaped Injury, having run ahead of his mother when tho crossing wns reached. i Final organization of the Utah Wfc branch of tho American Mining con- H'K gress wns perfected at a meeting 1 held In Salt Lako City last week, HJ' when officers for tho Utah branch, iSf Including presldont, three vlce-presl- Brf. dents, secretary and treasury, wero BK$ selected. Km The supreme court has held valid fi the so-called stamp tax which tho 1 Mate, through legislative act of last R. J ear, Imposed on all corporations hh a other than charitable, religious, In-Iv In-Iv niranco or Irrigation companies, I where the Incorporators are the Bole Bfe! beneficiaries. Ww John Moulton Hawkins, well known mm I In Salt Lake City, which had been his HJKJ homo for many years, committed sul- BmH cldo at Mill Creek by placing the muz- m zle of a shotgun In his mouth and ;lwj pushing tho trigger with a crutch. Kw The unfortunate man's lower Jaw was Hv39 blown entirely off. HiK When tho veterans or tho civil war Ht9 , from all over tho country nssumble HU in Salt Lake City next year In their H'W annual encampment they will bo pre- BM, seuted by tho school children or the Vyfif city with a mngniltcent token or rev- K erence the largest hand-made Amur- J lean flag In the world. MM Wheelbanow rides through the prln-Bar. prln-Bar. clpnl streets btreets or the city Is the Bjfs'' latest diversion in Ogden. Suvoral '. bets on the recent election have been Bv&.' paid In this manner and have fur-Bg& fur-Bg& nlbliod some amusement as the loser Brt4T trundles his burden through Hit Vi? streetfc, dodging vehicles. v ' BaJI BJuBBBBff |