Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-27
OGDEN rItY SEwS.
BOY Of 10 fries 10 Biou Open the
ho'k IN n Powder Mngaz.uc.--
Legal. "a KeiOim school suhj,ci


Hill, n preoucious youth Of iiitten, to
the Rc,oIm echuoi. Yesterday inter.
noon thv youth was found by sam
Browning trying - blow olen the lock
oil the powder magazine OF Browning
Brothers, l0caioi On The canyon Ttai
northeast VI the reform school. lie
had supplied himself with powder.
fuse anu matchtr, uiI made two or
three unsuccessful attempts 10 explode
a sufficient amour Of tho powder In
the lock TO bfenk II open. Ia doing 81
he scattered considerable OF the cxplu.
five on the door I'll ami carelrssly
threw tue lighted matches among IL.
Had tho powjtt ignitci the flle would
have run under tho door and more
than likely OK plodod come BLACK powder
which was within three inches OF the
entrance. The magazine contained
about three tons OF giant and black
powder. The force Oi the explosion Of
such an amount OF powder would have
wrecked every building In the vicinity.
After n somewhat prolonged chase the
boy WAS captured. This Is Dot tbs first
tino the boy has been In cnstody for
petty ofienses, and II Is uudcretoo1 his
parents now desire bis commitment TO
the Reform school. When questioned
regarding ais motives for the danger.
Gus procedure young Hin stated that
BIO wanted to get In the magazine and
steal some powder.
Sophia Anderson, Of Pleasant Grove.
n young pfepossetsilg miss OF seven.
teen summers, WIS yesterdhy commit
ted TO the Reform school, having been
sent up from JuIgo Black burn's court
AT Provo. Some tins ago she left her
comfortable home and went 10 Salt
Lake to work. There she got Into bad
company anu when she finally did re.
turn maintained "a correspondence
with her former companions. Her
father appeared before Judge Black
burn ON Wednesday and testified that
she was gslng to the Tad. a letter was
produced In court, written by her
hand, TO young lady In Salt Lake,
which II repicte with profa nifty anu
alnng and shows bad motives. Her
friend "Ruby" was asked TO write In
return to girl named Brooks Ia
American Fork, for fear her father
would rec II. Her iorbearing parents
have said they would forgive n or trans.
gTesgiOns II shp would reform, hut she
refuses 10 be- tanned. Judge
Blackburn ordered tnat che be eont ~
the Reform school.
Judge Miner held an extended
session OF the Fourth distrl,t court
there being on uini two
Jury ca,es vi considerable mi tittnCe.
rhe hearing OF tho suit oi the Fen
lett Il Peck Heating and NeI iilsuDg
conn any w. Knowles, Besore 4 Bed.
ford was continued from Wednesday
and concluded. A verdict was rem.
d.red against The deiendaDto Besore &
knowles, Tor s2SSGO, the amount
claimed belrg sl2jO. This WIS the
case brought 70 recover $1,000 commits.
sion paid to Knowles Il Besore for
obtaining tho contrac. % put In Il
heating system in thu Utah Uuiver-
sity OF the NJ. l.. church. The verdict
was considered very peculiar IN view
OF the fact that Besorc admitted la his
answer that he owed the plaintiff
$1,000.
Catherine Wright, Homer u. Wright
aud Ralph A. Wright, widow ana
children OF Homer q. Wright have
brought suit IN tho Fourth district
court against the Union Pacific for
$50, $50, damages alleged TO have been
sustained by item through the death
OF their husband and father who was
killed In n freight wreck on January
9th, 1892, near Devils Gate In Weber
canyon. Wright WIS locomotive
engineer running east from Ogden,
anu on the Jay mentioned his engine
struck n snow slide near DEVILS Gate
and went into the ditch. The com
plaint alleges that the accident was due
10 the negligence Of the company 10
keep the track clear.
Tho case OF Abraham ]. kistIer va.
the Union Pacific Railway company
came on for trial in the afternoon, anu
was not finished when court adjourned
In the evening. The action ~ Urough,
TO recover $1,000 damages ana costs,
damages alleged to have been sustained
through the death OF the PLAINTIFF son,
George W. Kistler, on February ~,
1890, at Collision, while In the employ
OF tho defendant company. Young
kisler was making coupling, anu
caught his foot in a switch, which held
him last. Tue train crushed his life
out.
Tho Union Pacific yesterday re.
ceivei two Of It's new Pullmans OF
which there viii intimately bo
twelve In line. The cars are beauties
and make n splendid showing. They
are seventy-two feet In length, twelve
betlhs and drawing rooms. The
Southern Pacific viii receive its new
10, about February LIST.
The usual four carloads Of brick were
received by the Southern Pacific yes.
terdsy for the shops. The head Of the
pany 10 still AZ work on the new plans
OF the buildings and the perfected
drawings may not reach here before
tho first Of next month.
]. III. Francisco brought suit for
divorce against his wife, Matte w,
Francisco, on the ground OF desertion.
The parties were married at Lvans,
Colorado, In December, 1851, and In
January, 1900, the defendant deserted
her husband at Fort Collins In the
same state.
Under the new arrangement the
Grnnt avenue school building In near.
Ing completion and viii probably be
ready tor occupancy ny the mid lie OF
February.
The insurance men Of Ogden have
organized Tor. mutual protection and
named their gBsu citation the local
board VI underwri,ers.
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Wanted th6 Color to Match.
A young man from Kalamazoo was in
Detroit not very long ago, drawn hithoi