Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-23
AN OGDEN SENSATION.
n.ath Of Mrs. Eliza Duncan Under
Mysterious Circumstances.
ourAp~ OF DEPARTMENTS.
Tho Case Of Eliza Lyous.-rbat Opium
seIaare.-Thc Bear Lake
watcrworks Dispute.

.,,utions VI respect for j. >. McCnu-
syaud Robert Milton, members VI the
orl.r, were adopted.
This Union Pacific passenger train,
due IN Ogden al 1910 O'Clock yesterday
morning, was elk hours late on account
az heavy winds In NopfasKa anu SNOW
,lorms IN EASTERN wyoming
toseph smith OF Kaysville, who was
,,inr,a last Monday by being thrown
,,.'n, ma wagon, will be released from
III. city hospital today, AT the earnest
,sanesl of his relatives, who desire to
Take him home.
Hong Sling returned from Pocatello
Yesterday morning nnu VIII To-Day aiu
Inc Insurance adJnsters III taking an
inventory Of the stock damsgei anu
ruined by yesterday moruing's nte'
THE Tors may be heavier IMAM ~ nfb1
estimated, but Will be fully covered py
insurance.
More reliable reports are now being
,sceiyel from the San Juan placer
mines, which are causing such intense
.xo,tsment throug hout the west, anu
md nrat stories of the rich ilnus do not
s,.m 10 have been much exnggeraic
after nil. several Ogdon gentiumen
centennial leaving for the new BJlu
lrlds next week.
Owing 10 the continued low price u
silyer and hign lead rates tho Maya IA
group OF mines ut Bingham, In which
over 5000, 900 In invested, shut uOwn
Yesterday and tho managers OF the
cd JORDAN Group notified the men
mat they would have 10 accept a
reduction IN wages on January LIST or
fnd themselves out Of employment. n
general reduction OF miners' waHes
lhr5u Shout the territory Is threatened.
The only case OF any special import
unco or interest on for hearing In Judge
Minef's court yesterday was that VI
the Bear Lake anu River Water.
works company ". Ogdon Ciil,
wherein the plaintiff SUES ior .s05i 30,
iaxes alleged 10 have been paid uuueT
proGpst anu contrary ~ the form Of the
territorial statute which, the plaintiff
claims, exempts the property OF ali
Irrigation aud waterworks companies
from taxation.
Clerk Mcclure Of the Fourth dis
triCt couIt, yesterday received hnal
returns from the sale OF the 1857 pack
ages OF ooium, recently consolidated by
the government aud sold at San Fran
cisco by the collector Of custom. at
that port. rhe contraband drus
brought s2,il9,69, which addei 10 the
fine imposed upoa Seto Is stevens,
the snuggler In whose possession the
opium was found, makes the govern
ment s9,5l9.69 ahead by the transac.
ton. on course out OF that amount
Marshal Mutcalf anu ex.Deputy Bow
man, the officers who made the arrUs, I,
will have TO no paid, but their clmpcn.
sailon will be fixed by the solicitor OF
the treasurer department and may be
In any sum iess than ono-half the total
amount derived from the sale.
Nine Of the members-elect OF the
city council, Mayor.elect Lundy, Maj
shAl AIelcalf and Recorder.elect itapp,
room of tne city Jail. The position OF
pfsaident OF the council Ia one Of great
Importance and there seemed TO be
considerable difficulty ia making u
choice, but, IL IL said, the fight present.
ly narrowed down to Gil and Restsll
and the former Will probably he the
tnOlCc Vi tuc ihtiAAotiHs Aho ninA'
for. the principal offices, as far
as could be learned, Il ma follows:
Chief fire department, william Bin
ford. In case Chief Rhodes 10 not rus
tainei; street supervisor, Archie Bow
man, city engineer, q. n. d'Hem.'
court; city physician, M. n. Graves,
The heads Of at least four members Of
the present police department viii fall
"A ..l oil.
changes will DO made In the fire AMI
other departments.
Mrs. Ella Lyons OF Philadelphia
who was brought down from Echo
early Monday morning by Constable
Stagg AMI on Tuesday admitted TO the
city hospital where abe received medi
cal care, both Of her feet having beer
frozen, has suddenly regained hel
mental balance ind the physicians II
charge OF the hospital are OF the opin
ion that the entire trouble arosl
through her overindulgenoo Ia intoxi
Giants. When questioned yesterday thu
woman professed ignorance OF any
thing which had happened since eho lcf
Evanston and stated that she came u
Ogden on her own account and unac
companied by any officer. This lss
statement Is. OF course, untrue, but thu
IDENTIFY, very clear TO tho woman her
SELF her brain being at the time greatly
befuddled by alcoholic stimulants
unless present indications are ut fault
While wandering around In the snow
al Echo, Mrs. Lyons had both fee
badly frozen aud II will be severa
days before she can resume her jsurDe.
10 San Franclsco.
Mre. Eliza Duncan, vito OF Davi,
Duncan, an electric llneman, died yes
ler1ay shortly after noon, under .sus
picious and extremely distressing cir
cnmstances, ana should n coroner's In
quest be held, which IL more tina
likely, some interesting facts may b
dlvnlged. Mrs. Duncan has beef
greatly troubled with heart disease IN,
dropsy for about four years and ha
taken great deal OF medicine, he
principal tonic being Miles nervlne
some time ago the company whicl
manufactures tho nervine sent an agen
thOfoughoui the west TO distribute
sample bottles OF the medicine, eact
one OF which contained wv
doses. About two weeks az,
tue deceased lady felt an attack o
her old enemy coming ON aud tool
one dose from bottle which had beeI
lief, al tho house but few days befjr,
and was greatly benedtsd thereby
Yesterday morning at ll:SO O'clock shl
did not feel rs well as usual and deter
mined u take the remainder OF III,
tonic which had been left from the las