Show from our special correspondent METHODIST appointments the following appointments were made by the methodist conference which held its final session yesterday the figures in parenthesis indicate that the appointee Is now beginning to serve his second third or first year as the case may be the second parentheses indicate to which conference the appointee belongs utah mission H J talbot superintendent in utah mission oregon conference 1324 so temple street salt lake city district E E work presiding elder west norwegian and danish mt pleasant brigham and wallard john M hanson 2 colorado ephriam and spring city E E mork 3 W norwegian and danish marksville marysville Marys ville and kemberly to be supplied mt pleasant and moroni to be supplied north ogden huntsville and slater valle to b supplied elsinore EI and monroe H I 1 hansen 2 colorado salt lake city first scandinavian C J heckner 3 W norwegian and danish scandinavian mission to be supplied salt lake district H J talbott 3 oregon 1324 so templo street beaver supplied by J A anderson 2 logan and hiruma Hy rumA L orf feet 2 illinois mercur and ophar supplied by R R johnton allford Ml lford frisco and newhouse New houss to be supplied murray and bingham junction C F smith 1 montana conference ogden samuel blair 1 3 central pennsylvania carh city martin thomas 1 south dakota provo spanish fork and heber charles H lewis 8 ohio salt lake city first church benjamin young 3 colorado ilett church D M helmick 3 liberty park to be supplied by J J danks waterloo and heath J H murray 1 colorado toode and stockton T P cook 1 colorado TWENTY YEARS FOR WHITTAKER twenty years in the state penitentiary was the sentence judge armstrong imposed on albert whitaker this rooming whitaker was found guilty several days ago by a jury of having attempted to kill his divorced wife susannah whitaker this Is the maximum penalty tor the crime it is said that whitaker alred three canua uw was banging out her washing at her home in murray attorneys hamer and burkle who represented begged leniency ot the court this tbt court did not consider judge armstrong reminded that he had failed to pay his wife alimony during the seven years they have been divorced CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR ohp officials of the utah christian endeavor society have sent out notices that the annual convention for the t tate will be held september 6 and 9 the oreline ore nine session will be held in salt lake while the convention proper will be held in provo september 9 horace H smith president of the tate association will preside over the deliberations of the convention A feature of the convention will be the visit of mr vogt general secretary of the united society of christian endeavor who will make his first visit to utah this will ba the first time since 1897 that a national officer has been present at the convention of the state t WANT TO BE BARBERS A number of persons who wanted to be barbers were examined by the state board of barber examiners yesterday another big batch will be sent through the mill today following Is a list of applicants frank daughtery F W braue R P simon M H fred wittich louis daneman R W baker C R painter henry woodward burt cragg H J admundson R B august little R rice A watson J R ayre louis J A taylor J T mcguere H tallman miss mary gill M J larco jacob carter and J R rusten MUST NOT POLLUTE WATER land and water commissioner ben D luce has begun a campaign against flock masters and sheen gerders herders who have had the temerity to violate the city ordinance prohibiting them from herding sheep in the canyons through which the streams run that supply tho city with water complaints were sworn out yesterday against a herder and the owner of a hock of sheep that were in city creek canyon saturday sunday and monday near the headwaters of the stream PREPARE FOR GROUSE utah sportsmen are preparing to get out after the grouse today the season opened today closing dec 1 the bag limit has been reduced to eight birds state game and fish commissioner john sharp has appointed a number of new game warders to look up the reports that a number of persona are dynamiting fish SALT LAKE NOTES pat lowney charged with the theft of a pair of trousers from a commercial street pawn shop was fined SO by judge yesterday john burt and P A lee engaged in a game ot fisticuffs saturday night burt forfeited 10 and lee was fined 5 by judge whittaker yesterday r employed Emp loyes of the freed furniture and carpet company and the keith obreen department store will unite in an excursion to the hermitage in ogden canyon tomorrow frank C lane felled a bill for divorce in the district court yesterday against impinna lane he declares that for the past four years his wife has remained away from their home and refused to return they were mar ried january 8 robert N bell of balse idaho state inspector of mines is at the cullen mr bell states that the mining interests of the state are enjoying an unprecedented era of prosperity that he never has seen the mining interests in a more prosperous condition in years A good bill is promised patrons of the saucer tonight the feature being the five mile motor paced race between iver redman and saxon williams the other features are an open half mile tor professionals one mile handicap for professional don winners a two mile open lap tandem for amateurs and a quarter mile dash tor amateurs holds military band will be in evidence with a musical program up to its usual high standard in answer to a divorce complaint filed yesterday by agnes W fitzgerald maitland Malt land fitzgerald the defendant declares that his wife Is a woman of ungovernable temper austere haughty and exacting he also declares that when she has been angry she has frequently threatened to take his life among the arrivals irom denver via the rio grande yesterday was a party of fifty north who gathered at raleigh to make the start they are in charge of rev black and spent the day in seeing the city they left last night tor los angeles on the san pedro train no 1 thence they tour the northwest nf for the capital afe ufe insurance company ot denver colo were filed with the secretary ot state yesterday mornings the company is capitalized tor divided into shares ot each A G mahon Is named as the local agent the president 0 the company Is T F daly and F W bailey is the secre tary john wolsch in a complaint filed in the district court yesterday says that three years ago this month bis wife deserted him and his family ot five children since then he says she has refused to return wolsey asks tor a divorce and the care and custody ot the children atey were married on christmas day 1888 and lived together until august 1 1902 sentenia Sen tenca was not imposed on john V long yesterday by judas armstrong motion for new trial iwas filed by longs attorney S X christen ben and F smith and the case was continued until aug 25 when the motion will he argued long wag charged in a complaint with having had improper relations with miss dora jensen he was convicted by a jury several days ago funeral serviced were held at two yesterday afternoon for sam uel hallett one of the pioneer residents of salt lake city mr hallett died at his home in the twenty first ward yesterday afternoon he was in his eighty fifth year he was born in Milbourn port Somerset shire england and in 1820 became a member of the mormon church soon after he meland married ann yeaman they emigrated to utah in 1865 and have since made their home here |