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Show After suffering two days from lead poisoning, John Bjons died at Park City. David A. Jones, road overseer, was severely bruised when a wagon he was driving was wrecked by a San Pedro train near Spanish Fork. Joseph Sicker attempted suicide at Park City by pouring kerosene over his clothes and then touching a match to his clothing. His death is hourly expected. The American Can company's plant at Ogden is nearing completion. The factory will be the largest individual industrial plant in Ogden other than the railroad shops. James P. Crawford was shot and fatally fa-tally wounded by a policeman in Salt Lake, after Crawford and a companion, com-panion, Clarence Cox, had robbed a drug store. Cox is in jail. During the past week Corinne was organized into a w'ard and hereafter members of the Mormon churcn residing resid-ing there will be presided over by a set of officers of their own. The six-year-old son of Michael Brown of Lehi was shot in the right breast by another boy who was shooting shoot-ing at birds with a small calibre rifle. The little fellow will recover. Louis Vrecha, 29 years of age, was shot to death by John Zoria, aged 39, at Bingham, consummating a quarrel over work and cards, which is said to have begun CVree months ago. Hrn Tn.nn Vnit.knnr H A ,.03,9 nf age, widow of Alexander Kershaw, one of the stonecutters employed in the construction of Salt Lake temple, died at her home in Salt Lake on Sunday. With a sledge hammer and cold chisel, burglars .Sunday night broke open a safe in the store of Harry Gavros, at Ogden, and stole $125 in cash and watches and other articles valued at about $100. The body of an unknown man, who had evidently committed suicide, was found by two boys in a suburb of Salt Lake. A knife, covered with blood stains, was found near the body, and the throat was cut. George Meunier, formerly employed at the Hotel Utah at Salt Lake, but now a private in the Fifth corps of the French army, lies wounded in a hospital at Lyon. His right leg was shattered by a fragment of a German shell. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the barns and contents of the Mur-dock Mur-dock academy at Beaver, causing a loss estimated at $2,500. This is a total loss to the academy, as neither the buildings nor contents were insured. in-sured. Fffnrts tn estahlish a ereat wool warehouse and annual sheep show in Salt Lake City, in line with the aims of the National Woolgrowers' association, associa-tion, will be made by the new industries indus-tries committee of the Salt Lake Commercial Com-mercial club. Rosetta Dunn lost her $50,000 damage dam-age suit against the Salt Lake & Ogden Og-den railroad, at Salt Lake last week. She sued to recover damages for the death of her husband, William Dunn, u-hn was electrocuted while in the em ploy of the company. George A. Black, formerly territorial terri-torial secretary of Utah, and who was known as Governor Black, because he had served as governor of this state during the absence of the governor, died at Wailsburg, Wash., November 27, at the age of 73. E. F. Mont, 30 years of age, a boiler-maker, boiler-maker, and Edwin Tane, 58, a shoemaker, shoe-maker, were arrested at Ogden, charged with selling opium. A quantity quan-tity of the drug was found in possession posses-sion of each of the men. It was concealed con-cealed in playing cards. The free night school has been opened at Ogden. The night school will be conducted free for all who may desire to attend. This especially includes men and women and young people above the school age who are prevented from attending regular school sessions during the day. Members of the United Commercial Clubs of Salt Lake county announce a new step in their plan to establish a co-operative sugar factory and follow it with the statement that when this enterprise has been launched they will . start work for a co-operative meat packing plant and stockyards. Charging negligence on the part oi the railroad, Oscar T. Jones has instituted insti-tuted suit against the Denver & Rio Grande company in an effort to recover re-cover $12,400 damages for injuries alleged al-leged to have beii received June 24, 1913, when his automobile was struck by an engine near Roy, Weber county. With a view of keeping at home money contributed to the general Red Cross fund for the relief of European war sufferers, as many supplies as possible will be bought in Utah. Plans for the most elaborate annua! convention ever attempted by thc-Utaa thc-Utaa Canners' association are being made for the two-day session in Og den, probably on January 13 and 14. The gathering of the furniture foi Utah buildings at the California ex :.: , , V. r-H. fornia expositions' commission. The furniture, ninety-six pieces in all, was contributed by the manual training departments of various schools in the state. The establishment of a working girls' home in Halt Lake has beer, proposed by a locil man interested ir. ' the moral uplift movement, and the proposition has met wilh the approval of some of the ci'y's most influentia'. business men and women. |