Show UTAH NEWS A charity hall ball to be given in december at salt lake city promises to be the social event of the season william gilbert the olde oldest st paid man on the salt lake fire department retired from active service on a pension the lith dinst the first one of the force to do so lie ile was granted a pension by the city council A letter dated october 9 at white while horse rapids en route to dawson and the klondike was receive received ed in salt lake last week announcing the continued safety of tom lloyd and doe doc norrell korrell of salt lake city they report good weather and a safe passage of 0 the worst t rapids the gladstone mining company ot mercur has made a great strike it is not in rich ore but in water which in mercur is about as valuable as gold A flow ol of gai gallons loris per lay day has been struck that is fit for all purposes and at the present rates charged for water is worth about shioo per day bif if utilized there has it as probably probable never been h i time in tho bi history story of salt lake labe when there was so much idle money lying in the banks as at present Thelast the last time tirre tile the banks published their statement this was very evident and the probabilities bili ties are arc that deposits have increased since that time the yi usual ual result of easy money is found in the demand for dividend stocks the sugar factory nt at ogden looks to be an assured fact ilon hon david einns having taken the canvass for stock subscriptions actively in hand the factory will cost about and the intention Is to raise the greater part of that sum ici a oden O den and the remainder in salt lake 7 the new company will be incorporated before january 1 anniversary exercises of the founding of the latter day day saints college one of the leading mormon church schools of the state were held in the salt lake tabernacle last sunday evening ing elder 13 II if roberts Ko berts in a brief speech among other things said eaid this large assemblage is a sufficient clent refutation of the slander which has gone abroad that the mormon church was anta antagonistic monistic Oni to education 11 stuart non one of the most successful mining operators and managers in the state died november 14 of heart disease at his residence rc in salt lake city aged 58 years for more than thirty years mr stephenson was a prominent figure in mining affairs in california nevada idaho montana an and utah dUtah in bin binghan aham tin gintic tintic tic american fork alta park city mercur Merc tor ophir and other utah camps he was well known the transfer of the properties and franchises tranthi tran ehi ses of the pioneer El electric ortric power the salt lake L ogden gas electric light thebie theli ig cottonwood cottone Cotto nv aou power and the citizens electric light companies were turned over to the union LI light lit and power company last saturday eveni evening fig the new company is capitalized at having been incorporated last august the directors of the union company are george Q cannon john 1 II 11 winder T G webber vebber L S irilli II illi IV S mcc CC ornick C ac K bannister joseph r F smith frank J cannon and W J curtis the first named is president and the last a resident of now nu v york the chief engineers are R M 11 jones and R V P ayward rl of salt lake and C K bannister of ogden the bulk of the thet tock is owned by salt lake parties besides those named the supreme court has handed an opinion in the case of rudolh vs the rio grande western railway hallway company appellant which reverses the judgment of tile the court courtne helow and remands demands the cause with directions ions to dismiss the action the plaintiff obtained a judgment in the district court of weber county for for personal injuries sustained in ornery emery county tile the opinion which was written by justice dartch and concurred in by chief justice zane zaile and justice miner is a very important one from the fact that it holds that all actions civil and criminal must be tried in tile the county where the cause of action arose and declares unconstitutional and void sections and aenoi of the compiled laws S of utah this thia ruling affects a number of judgments judg menta already rendered as well as cases pending the employed emp loyes ot of the union pacific tn in salt lake have become abstemious monday morning last an agreement went into effect ecel tho the use of intoxicants of till ill sorts as ell as to bacco in its various forms including the festive cigarette S S swan game commissioner for the state of colorado was in salt lake city last week for the purpose of making arrangements for the shipment ot of a quantity of black lass bass fish from utah waters to stock the grand and gunnison Gunn ibon diveris riveris in colorado |