Show STATE NEWS CONTRACT FOR NEW OIL WELL the management of tho san jafnel oil company haa awarded ft contract for alie sinking of a third shaft upon its oil bearing territory near deseret in tho southern country and a boring machine will bo erected at once for the construction st of the pipe lino between the wells mat arc already flowing and the rio grandc western railway manager davis will invite bids in a few days and with its completion the first oil out af fields will have begun to pour upon the market the campaign is being watched with a great deal of interest by all parties and the sinking of anc third well affords the best evidence thai tho company has thus far accomplished much for winch it was launched DEATH OF ANNIE J TUFT sit march 24 miss annie J louft died here yesterday afternoon of pneumonia after only i few days illness miss tuft is the daughter of mr itans tuft of monroe and was here attending the wasatch academy eliere she was much beloved by teachers and pupils her parents were at her bedside some time before death and are ecart broken afe tuft was 17 years of age her remains were taken to monroe today for burial much sympathy is expressed for the family in their isad bereavement TOOK CARBOLIC ACID IN MISTAKE richfield march 24 mrs S C peterson wife of a watchmaker here took a dose of carbolic acid through a mistake last night biad been unwell for some time and was not able to sleep she got a bottle of medicine to induce the needed rest just after midnight ane got up to take some of llie medicine but got the acid instead she took only a little of it when she discovered tho mistake baill it threw her into convulsions abne is resting easy now and will from the accident GLEND INNINGS FUNERAL wash march 23 arrangements for the funeral of the late james glendinning former mayor of salt lake have not been completed the body is being held pending th arrival of robt glendinning a son who js expected to arrive from salt lake this evening EXECUTION OF WOODARD cheyenne march 25 charles woodard will not be hanged at casper next friday for the murder of sheriff ricker his lawyers will apply for a writ of error and the law on this point so attorneys say makes it mandatory on the court to grant the proceedings stay the execution and reset a baio for tho hanging if the findings arc against the L prisoner lawyers assert that the law under he was convicted waa not regularly carried through the legislature the same claim is mado as to the anti and if the su court hows me law valid in case the will have a far reaching effect ii i DRILLING foia OIL grand junction col march 25 there is now being drilled an oil well at whitewater ten miles southwest of grand junction a second well is being suni cabout distance north of this city a soon bo drivon three the mentioned one and uni another will be sunk further northwest at there are two wells at present in opera ion both of these are now don about feet tha encountering of water lias caused long delays at the debeque wells bul tiey t navo just recently succeeded incasing in incising casing the water off anu are now drilling again it is estimated people of the grand valley have put over in the work of development for oil within the past four months TWO GLN yaya MADE great falls mont march 25 As a result of two auni plays in abo eastern part of valley county mont one man is dead and another is dying william J alien a squaw man and farmer at the fort belknap indian at warm springs creek was shot and instantly killed by charles perry a half jard who is the wealthiest stockman and storekeeper on the agency perry liaa given himself up to the authorities ties at malta robert McDo paId a halfbreed known aa BigI lob engaged in a with W E luchie beat bob over the head with a heavy six shooter and mcdonald is expected to die the sheriff and coroner left this afternoon for malta and thence to tho sub agency |