Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-01
OGDEN OCCURRENCES.


No session Of the Fourth district
! court was held yesterday morning,
! but at . O'Clock court convened as us
ual au'l until nearly o O'Clock the
wheels Of Justice whlaIed mrtrily, the
| little rest having evidently lent them
renewed energy. The embezzlennunt
case against g. +. Olson was fifst called
for trial, and after some diiiicullys
| Jury was secured. The territory was
represented by James y. k.mbali, anu
! the defendant by LpsIenger and Loer.
Several witnesses were examined for
tho prosecution, but the hour for
adjournment came before the plain
| tihiB case had been presented,
aud court adjourned until this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. During the years
! 1850 aud iS0J Olsen wns assessor and
collector Of Cache county anu the In.
dictmcnt charges HIM with having
been short Ia his accounts over 5000.
This amount, it IL alleged, and 70 tine
evidence showed, WINS afterwards re-.
duced by ihe collection OF $1,000
delinquent taxes. The deioudpn's
bondsmen put ~ $4,000, but were
probably reimbursed by popular sub
scriptions, appropriations from the
legislature anu Olsen himself.
All that IL mortal Of "George" Lewis
now lies In the Mountain View GENE.
terry, where IL WAS placed by the hands
Of relatives aud friends yesterday
| afternoon. The funeral services were
held at Lindquist's undertaking pgrlOTs
and were conducted by Bishop Thomas
j. Stevens. Opening prayer wns
offered by &. q. Blown. The speakers
were Willard Snow, Professor I. Is.
Lewis, Lindsay II. Rogers and Bishop
Il. stevens. Every speaker dwelt ON
the many excellent qualities Possessed
by tho dead fiOr which they
praised him AZ well as condemned
him for his mode OF gaining IA livell.
hood. Professor Lewis traced his
brothers. history from his birth 10 his
death ana made very affecting talk.
Notwithstanding his many mIsdeeIs
the dead WAS still the Speakers brother
and M such he bOnoted him. A male
quaftette under the Leadership OF
squire Coop rendered beautiful anu
appropriate music. The parlOrs were
handsomely decorated. TIE caskot
was a beautiful affair and was partly
buried under floral offerings from
mourning irianus. The grand Jury
has not yet reported back an indicl.
ment against Eagone Bprel, tho slayer
Of Lewis.
The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hcber
Warner will regret to learn that one "
their little triples has passed away.
The much priced tleasute Ind been sui
feflng tot some time past rom the
white mouth. On Thursday last II
became worse. All thst love and
kindness and skill could do was done
to save II from the grasp OF the des-
troyer but in vain. IL fingered until
l2.i5 p. m. sunday, when the spirit Of
little Leland STANFORD parsed quietly
away and Wont back TO the God who
gave II. The irlplel WAS born January
18Th, 1893.
The Business Mems association was
organized last evening, with the follow.
ing oi,icors: President, Mayor II. 4.
Lunuy; first vice. president John Wat
son, second vice-presiIent, John Sea.
man; secfeinry, &. a. onurthwaitp;
ireasur.t, &. NJ. Brough; directors, II.
&. Iundy, John watson, John Soa-
man, Angus T. Wright, David Kay,
Il, IA. Spencer, Il. n. Woo.ley, Chrls
CARL, George Driver, Il. RChristoGier.
ron and a. Is. Patton.
Nothing now remains 10 be done on
the Grant avenue schOolhGuse except
the placing OF the furniture and tho
comile,iou OF the stone work over the
front entrance. This Will bc finished
today. The board decided 10 take no
action until FRIDAY when tho con.
tractors will probably bv paid In full
for the work.
The board Of education last night
maze the annual levy for school taxes,
aud In doing 40 reached the limit al.
lowed by law, two mills. This Will
give revenue to the schools Of over
$4,000.
James Iverson, indicted on the
charge of resisting an officer, was
arraigncd, pleaded not guilty and his
bonds fixed at $500, which he secured.