Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-27
BOY RUN OVER BY CARS.
Little Walter Cooke Suslalus Shocking Accl-
dent and Loses a Leg,
weber stake Scademy Lecture Course
-Teschers' salaries Discussed
Bondsmen In Jeopardy.

Walter Cooke, ten-year-old boy who
street, met with shocking accident
Yesterday afternoon, resulting In the
loss of his left leg. The boy was re-
turning home from town and when
passing over the tracks Union Pacific
freight train came along and stopped
on the Twenty eighth street crossing
THE boy states that he stepped up be-
tween two of the cars, intending to
climb to the other side, that just when
he had stepped on the bumpers the
train moved forward and his leg fell
between the cars and was terribly
crushed. After the accident the boy
was removed to the hospital where the
limb was amputated just above the
knee. The little fellow Is getting along
as well as can be expected under the
circumstances He Is the son Of
Edward Cooke.
The railroad men claim that the boy
has often been warned about playing
around the cars,
TEACHERS SALARIES.
The regular session of the board Of
education was held last evening. The
IHulltT VI llhlllt u new SClltuult VI Sulu~
ny for the Ogden public school teachers
was generally gone over,but no definite
action was taken on II, but the board
will meet again this evening when the
increase OF salary will be definitely de-
cided upon.
Some routine business was disposed
OF last evening by the board.
MAY HAVE SKIPPED HIS BONDS
Sheriff Gordon Of Brigham City was
in Ogden yesterday afternoon to find
If possible the whereabouts Of j. II.
Hardman, the Southern Pacific brake
man who was awaiting trial for rob-
berry, being charged with holding up
hobo last August, He had had his pre-
liminary hearing and was released on
$500 bonds furnished by r. $. Joyce,
Fred M. Nye and j. Lineban. The case
is to come up for trial on Monday
next in the District court at Brigham
City.
It is stated that the officers are In
possession OF letter written by his
wife from Cleveland, Texas. In which
she states that her husband had been
advised by friends to skip the town and
let his bail be forfeited, and that he had
u'ttN VII lHtlT duNlCt ana lett OButn
and viii not appear Monday for trial.
Sheriff Gordon was unable to secure
anything definite as to Hardman's
whereabouts yesterday.
ACADEMY LECTURE COURSE.
The lecture course which is 10 be
given under the auspices OF the Weber
Stake Academy will commence on the
evening Of January S, 1903 when Miss
Maud May Babcock, Of the University,
OF Utah, will deliver a lecture on
"Shakespeare's Women" Miss Bah.
cocks ability as an elocutionlst and lee
turer IL a guarantee that the evening /,
will be one OF pleasure and interest to
all.
Miss Babcock's lecture will be the
first OF series Of lectures and musicals
TO be given at the academy. II is ex-
pected that one of the lectures will be
given on Liquid Air" its powers and
advantages. This will be especially In
terestlng to the people of ogden, as that
topic has never been discussed before
TN ogden audience. Some other excel
lent lectures on educational topics will
be given by Prof. CLARKE, of Chicago,
DR.. James 4. Talmage, b. H. Roberts,
and other able speakers. and the course