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Show News from Over Hie State. Tho Utah Press association meets at Provo on the 20th of this month, and tho members will be wined, dined, toasted and driven over the city, after which they will listen to some speeches by tho bright lights of tho profession. A watch saved the life of Oeorgc Hancock at Salt Lake Tuesday. William Wil-liam Sutton felt that Hancock was too friendly with his wife, and fired two shots from a41-callbre revolver. One struck Hancock's watch and made it a candidate for a repair shop, and the other went through his wrist. Sutton gave himself up. An Inmate of the Insane asylum at Provo died on Tuesday of remorse, it Is said. The follow had committed a murder In California several years ago, and while ho escaped tho the officers there, he could not escape himself. While In Utah ho committed a theft and was sentenced to the penitentiary whore he became a raving maniac in a short thne. During his ravings ho told of the murder. According to Tuesday's "News," Rev. Lellach, the Methodist minister who made such a break in the Smoot case, will not resign from his charge as requested. lb Is stated that tho Methodist congregation and ministry generally Is apposed to Lellach's remaining re-maining In tills part of the country, and regret that he has not resigned with provoking action on their part. Yesterday Arthur Van Meter of Salt Lake completed the thirty-seventh day of his self Imposed fast. During this period he has reduced his wicght from about 250 pounds to 127, and he still has over 40 pounds to lose ere he reaches the danger line. If Mr. Van Meter holds out until Tuesday nlghb he will have beaten the famous record of Dr. Tanner. During the past week he has lost bub eight pounds and to all appearance ho Is still strong mentally ment-ally and physically and Is not suffering suffer-ing the pangs of hunger to any appreciable appre-ciable extent. He Is In hopes? that this new treatment for the 'Retire of dropsy will prove entirely success-ful. success-ful. At Ogden Tuesday, Mrs. James Wardlelgh In company with another hdyand a child were out driving when the horse became frightened and ran away. Mrs. Wardlelgh endeavored to keep the horse running straight out tho street, but the other lady grabbed the lines and pulled thohorsc into tho sldo walk at a placo where a line largo building Is in course ;of construction. con-struction. The animal bolted over an enormous pile of building material and entered tho building, traveling its entlro length and brlngingup -galnst the back wall. Tho ladles still sat In tho buggy, badly frightened, but nob hurt. Nor was tho horse or buggy damaged. The Salt Lake schools are In aro predicament. pre-dicament. No money Is on hand ;to pay expenses and aneffort is bring made to continue tho schools Jon tho tuition plan. Each pupil In'the'lowcr grades Is expected to pay $2 and In the high school $. The teachers aro supposed sup-posed to collect tho money. 13,000 circulars cir-culars were sent out on Tuesday apprising ap-prising the parents of the contemplated contemplat-ed move,and It has had various effects. One popular teacher received a noto from one of her patrons on the cast side telling her that If she would Inform In-form him as to the amount oilier salary sal-ary for the month he would gladly pay It, and in that way settle the problem so far as sho was concerned. Sho refused re-fused to make known the name of tho philanthropist. Another got a noto than stated: "you open your school after May 4th and 1 will send my child. If you refuse him admittance I willl prosecute the city, and I would not desire de-sire a better case." Many teachers refuse re-fuse to bo a party to the tuition scheme, saying It seems too much like a begging proposition. |