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The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
BIG ONES ON RACK.
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amount of $4,000 in the organization of
this company, Thomas Cochran going
on his note. Heacqui red 500 shares in
the company but paid no interest on the
note.
The examination of Mr.. Patton de-
velepode the fact that he held stock in
a dozen coal companies, 6,140 shares
of which. with par value of 5000
he had acquired without payment. In
addition he owned 700 shares, which
had been paid for.
How do you explain the fact, Mr.
Patton" queried Mr.. Glasgow, that
you acquired principally through Geo
#. Huff such an enormous amount of
stock %
Mr. Patton said he was born in
western Pennsylvania and had been a
life long long friend of Colonel Huff.
Friendship" he said, goes a good
ways. These stocks were not given me
for any favors I might be able to do
the companies"
Were your superior officers aware
that you owned this stock?" asked Mr..
Glasgow.
Z think Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. sThomp-
son were
And Mr.. Cassatt?''
Il judge so; it was generally known
A. w. Gibbs. general superintendent
of motive power at Altoona, followed
Mr.. Patton. He said he owned no
stock and was In no way interested
in any coal company.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

ditions were all favorable.
Russia's crop practically assured in the
south and southwest
New York: Every one seems to be wait
ing Tor something new TO develop in the
markets in influence. money and invest
mentE- Neither side seems to be very sure
of their position ard crops are sill ia
doubt What the monetary conditions this
fall VIII be and how the public are going
TO come in on investment is q question no
one can decide now In the meantime
time and give the market a breathing
spell.
Minneapolis: There are a good many
complaints coming in here that It is too
wet in spots for spring wheat and there
are also some reports of it being too dry
as a general proposition, the crop is do
ing well and the acreage in the three
states has been increased from 6 to s per
cent over last year, according to our mar
ket record figures.
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P.,inted Cnster.s I.sst stand

New York. May 23@Papers found
yesterday on the body of a man taken
from the East river led to the belief
that the body is that of John Null
vaney, the painter of Clusters Last
Stand. a picture which has been ex-
hibited in every large city in the
United States Some of the letters
bore the name and address John
Mulvaney. Brooklyn" Several of the
letters contained reference to ''Custer's
Last Stand The body was positively
identified last night as that of the
painter by his sister Mrs Alice Null
doom. Mulvaney, according to his
sister, had been missing from his home
IN Brooklyn since Nav /.
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New York sfnci.a

Wall St, New York May 2s.-STOCKs-
opening prices IN the stock market today
were irregularly changed from last night
within a narrow range and in the mafor-
ity Of cases opened at last nights s prices.
The amount of business done was insig-
nif1eant- A rise Of g point in Reading and
q decline of = point in American SmeIting
were the only notable changes
There was so little doing that the course
Of the market was readily swayed by the
concentrat ton of orders IN one or two
stocks. When Reading was pushed up
rs the market Immediately strengthened
Colorado Fuel gained I point Northern
Pacific yielded I point and Great Northern
preferred IA points. Prices were receding
again at II O'clock.
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Married Amid tl1e Ruins.

San Francisco. May 23.-Before a tenn
porary altar erected in the ruins Of St
Dominico's church at Bush and Steiner
streets Miss Ethyl Kelley, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Kelley of 2195
Divisadero street, and granddaughter
of James r. Kelley. president of the
Hibernia bank, became the bride Of
John Gillespie Ewing of Chicago yester-
day. The ceremony was performed by
Father Thomas Sherman. S. J., son Of
General Sherman, and cousin Of the
groom. Mr.. Ewing is the son Of General
Ewing of Ohio, and the nephew of James
g. Blaine. He is we'll known in literary
circles
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Everything was suffering greatly.
There IS promise for more rain.
AT MARYSVILLE
A three weeks drouth in Marshall
county was broken Tuesday by a gem
erOus rain. which came just in time
to save the oats and wheat Corn
planting has been finished and needed
rain badly. The outlook is for more
rain
AT HOLTON.
The six weeks dry spell here was
broken Tuesday by heavy showers.
Oats. tame grass and strawberries had
begun to suffer-
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
RAINS IN KANSAS.
The State Pretty Generally
Soaked by Showers.
Streets and cellars Flooded at
Wichita and Vicinity.
SOME HAIL FELL ALSO
In the Western Wheat Belt the
Fall Was Beneficial.
Trains We're Delayed on the
Central Branch Line.
SOME HAIL FELL ALSO

Wichita. Kan, May "a drought
covering several weeks was broken in
this section of Kansas Tuesday after
noon by a rain and hailstorm. Cellars
were filed and the streets flooded in
80 minutes The hail damaged growing
crops. So heavy was the downpour that
the sewers were quickly choked and at
might two feet of water stood in several
streets.
AT WELLINGTON.
Heavy rains that fell here late Tues
day afternoon will be of great benefit
to crops. There was no hail and the
rain did not descend with violence
enough to inhict damage.
AT KINSLEY
Rain began to fall here about 8
o'clock Tuesday evening and at 9
O'Clock it was raining hard and ap-
parently extends over large scope of
country north, south and west.
AT CLAFLIN.
This vicinity was visited Tuesday af-
ternoon by the heaviest rain storm of
the season. 1t had been dry and windy
for a week previous and the wheat
needed the moisture badly.
AT SKIDDY.
An inch Of rain fell here Tuesday. It
was the heaviest since November It
viii be Of great benefit to oats and
wheat which were beginning to need
st. The rain Tuesday covered a large
area of country
AT ATCHIsON.
Trains on the Missouri Pacific's Cen
tTal branch lines are greatly delayed by
high waters. Heavy rains flooded low
sections around Downs, Cawker and
Glen Elder, covering railroad tracks to
a depth two feet. The rain was not
general none fell along the LenOra
extension OF tie Central branch, where
st is badly needed. Unless rain falls
there is a few days crops win be badly
damaged. The eastern section of the
Eoad, from Atchison to Clifton, was also
@aat oe the rain belt.
AT JUNCTION. CITY.
Tuesday nearly three inches of rain
fell here All fields of grain in this coun-
~ had long ago shown the effect of the
prolonged drOuth In many places of
the country wheat has headed on stalks
not more than six inches above the
ground
AT MANHATTAN.
Heavy rain fell nearly all day and the
ground got good soaking in this coun-
ty 1t was becoming very dry and the
moisture came in the nick of time
greatly benehting corn, wheat and oats
AT ABILENE
The first soaking rain in several weeks
Zen Monday night. 1t was greatly need
ed. Some wheat has been shortened by
the dry weather, but generally it is in
good conoltion.
AT BELOIT
Heavy rains fell here and north
and west OF here Monday night.
AT CONCORDIA.
A hne rain fell here Wheat. oat.
and corn have suffered from tn,
drouth, but Monday nights rain vii
save the wheat and greatly benefit tn,
others. Lightning struck Arthu
BIoughter's barn, one-half mile wes
of town, completely destroying tn,
BARN also burning four head o
horses. three dozen chickens. wagons
harness and grain. with a loss of $500
Al. CLAY CENTER
A good shower. though not as mucl
gs needed, fell over this section
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Kansas city. May 23--Close-W HEAT
Receipts today, 19 cars Market 15c lowe
and quotations as follows May, nc; july
75c; Sept, 1890. Cash: No. hard, 79GS2e
No 8 hard. 7679QS1c; No 2 red, s9491c: NJ
red. S699Oc.
CORN-Marxet unchanged to 1c lowe
May, 4zszc; July. 44Ac; Sept. 4214c. Casi
No. 2 mixed, 461kd47c No. , white. 4S04S1z
No. 8 white, zSc
OATS-Market steady. No 2 white, .
351hc: No. 2 mixed, 331zd33S4c
RYE-Market steady. 56d5Sc
HAY-Market lower Choice timoth
s13 O0d13 5O;. choice prairie, SI1. O0d511 50.
BTTTER-Market steady. Creamery. j
packing 12c-
.F(SCS-Fresh lac.
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Kansas City. No. May 23.-CATTLEss.--
Receipts today, 1900 head. including 40
head of southerns. Market slow to steady.
Native steers, s4.25G56o southern steers,
S3.5014 60. southern cows. $2bOGF4.0O; naelVe
feeders, s.. .25Q4 So; bulls, s2-5oQ4 80; calves,
s. .00d6. %; western fed steers, $S454o.oOi
western fed cows, $2.50G4.00.
Receipts today, 5000 head. Mar
ket &c lower. Bulk of sales. s 6s12q6- 2211z;
heavy, Sc. zoos 30; packers, So -l5S9o 2 y PIGS
and lights. IS. 1905 %.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 1000 head.
Market steady. Muttons, IS. 00q6 .; lambs,
S. 00G77. IS; range wethers. $5.25@6. 10; fed
ewes. s.. 756I6. o
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There was not?''
WAS any effort made to induce Mr..
Wells to keep this secret -
NO. sir
Did you receive any reward or
promise of reward in connection with
the purchase of the Comanche county
bonds.
NO, sir
Did you as member of the board of
equalization increase the valuation of
Comanche county for the purpose of en-
ahling the school fund to buy those
bonds"
No, sir That was not in our minds.
1t was not increased as much as 1
thought it should be-
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ETarrison Nav Trv 1t Owe.

Chicago, May 23.@The Journal an
nounces, that Edward Lahiff, former
secretary to Carter H. Harrison. has
declared in a letter to a prominent
business man that Mr.. Harrison will
be a candidate for mayor in the spring
Mr. Harrison himself would not con-
Arm the report, saying that he did not
know as he wanted to be mayor again
and even II he did desire it he did not
know that he could secure the position
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C,hieaeo: wheat was delivered on con-
tracts n Kansas City yesterday to the
amount of 5000 bushels
liverpool says India is offering wheat
more freely
Minneapolis Market Record says; De
erea 81 in stocks there is caused by millers
FsJxinsy deliveries on NAY contracts prfn-
eiuaIiy from outside points
Johrl Cudahy is the latest to join the
ai1H ranks and IS advising his friends to
b{lv September oats. Chicago people say
oats win average 35c for the next crop.
T3radstreet's shows decrease in corn
5e5 600 and oats 607.o0o.
Broonhali's report Of foreign crop com
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NFatteucci Driven Out at Last.

Naples May 23.-That which the re-
cent awful eruption Of Mount Vesuvius
could not accomplish the torrents OF
mud resulting from the floods of the last
few days have brought about. The mud
so surrounded the Royal observatory
and obstructed ingress and egress that
Director Matteucci, his assistants and
the earabineers under him have been
compelled to abandon their post and
come to Naples.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
RAIN IN OKLAHOMA.
Cloudburst at Lawton = Norman,
Guthrie and Enid Are Soaked.

Lawton. Okla, May 23--At
o'clock Tuesday afternoon there ap-
peared as if by magic a frightful look
ing cloud. and instantly the southeast
heavens were q scathing tempest. The
citizens ran from their homes and
business houses to ascertain the mat
ter. When they beheld the black
clouds which seemed to threaten vio-
lence, all got ready to go to the cyclone
caves Fifteen minutes thereafter the
clOudburst occurred and the streets
of Lawton were running streams No
damage was done in the city and the
country has reported no wind or hail.
AT NORMAN.
slight hail storm visited this To-
cality inhicting a small damage to
winter wheat. A comparatively small
amount of damage was done. Winter
wheat in southern Oklahoma is in the
best of condition and the farmers all
forecast the best wheat crop in the
history of the territory this year.
AT GUTHRIE.
AS a result Of a cloudburst In Wood
county, the Cimarron river at Guthrie
is now running bank full, and has evi-
IDENTIFY done much damage along It's
green cornstalks and other crops
which are being carried down the
stream.
AT ENID.
A heavy rain which was very much
needed by the growing crops fell here
and in this vicinity last night.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today.
TTke following sales were made today at
the stock yards, Kansas City. No. and
telephoned to The Topeka State Journal
by Clay. Robinson & Co. live stock com.
mission merchants. with Offices at ali
Kansas City. May ..
GAIT. .F-Receipts today. 5000 head.
Market slow and weak to 10c lower.
S-Receipts today, 5000 head. Mar
ket mostly DC lower. Bulk of sales, S6.l59
sHEE1PNReceipts today, 7.ooo head.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

Chicago May 2s.-CATTLE Receipts To-
day. 1900 head. Market steady 70 ~ Ye
ers. s.. .75d5. 80: stockers and feeders, s.. $50
90: Texans, s.. 00lD4. 90; calves, $4-O0Q6-Z5
HOGERecedp today, 900 head; esti-
mated Thursday. 22.000 head Market weak
to &c lower Mixed and butchers, So LOG
g. 40: good heavy, S. 30d6. 40; rough heavy,
Sc. .05G6. 20; light S. 1906. BIZ; pigs. $500
$40; bulk of sales Sc S0Q6 371k
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1900 head
Market strong. Sheep, $4.75G6.40; lambs,
& 5O9I6. s.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

Liverpool opening cables; Wheat sd
lower: corn I'D lower
Liverpool. 1:30 p m: wheat 7sW14d low
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat 3
cars; graded. 0. Corn. 3sz cars; graded
IN oats. $50 cars; graded. 81
Grain receipts at K. C today: Wheat,
2 cars; corn, 40 cars; oats, cars c,..-.
sIlLnateo 1seat slsst, 1s cars corn. Is cars;
Estimated grain receipts at Chicago
Thursday: Wheat, cars; corn S5o cars
oats iI6 cars; hogs, q 900 head
Northwest grain receipts today. Mime
anolis 15s cars; Duluth, 3 cars. A year
20 Minneapolis. 1853 cars; Duluth, Il
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

Chicago. III. May 2s-CHEESE-A
steady Daisies. 10l10Izc; Twins, 91z1i
Young Americas, 10q101zc.
POULTRY Y-Alive poultry steady 7
KEYS 10c; chickens, u1z012c.
BITTTER-Market steady Creamery, i
6181kc: dairy. 13G17c-
EGGSNMarket steady At mark. case
.l..a lAEl1AlLc
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CONFERENCE IS STILL on.
Coal Operators and Miners Have Not
Reached Agreement Vet.

Kansas City. No. May 23.-The con-
ference of the executive committee of
the Southwestern Coal Operators asso-
citation and miners presidents of dis
tricts No. IA. 81 and 25, was resumed
today in an attempt to effect a settle
ment Of the Mage question.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
Jewen RepubIlcans ILllze,ra,..,,

Mankato, Kan. May 23.-On roll can
by township in the Jewell county Re
publican convention here Tuesday ]. w.
Berry's resolution to strike from the re-
port of the committee on resolutions fbe
plank indorsing the state ticket was lost
by a vote of los 10 112.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
Orient Oa1ciaI Is Dead

wichita, Kan. May 2S.-J. A. Foley
superfntendent of the Kansas City
Mexico & Orient, died this forenoon. He
was 81 years Of age and had been with
the Orient since 1903. Prior to coming
here he was superintendent of the Mis-
souri, Pacinc at Sedalia, Mo. He leaves
a wife and one daughter.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

New York May 2S.-BITTTER--Mar
easv. Western factory, common to flrsts
EcsGS-Market steady. Western firsts
17lLcs under grades. 156p16lzc.
POULTRY-AIive poultry steady West
ern broilers. 25c; fowls. I31zc; turkeys, l2c
Dressed poultry irregular western pro1l-
ers- 2262Sc: turkeys. 14015c; fowls, 131z014e
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
snrar and Conee Nrarl-et

New YORK May 23.-SIIGA R-Raw sues~
teady. Fair refining. ? 29-s2a2 15-l6c; cen
rifugal, sc test, 3 13-32d3 7-1Sc: moiasses
ugar. 21032d2 11-16c. Refined sugar
teady- Crushed $50; powdered, $3.50.
ranulated. $3.50.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Z Rio. 77se
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

urnlshed Dy Cnaries Woln Packing CO.
oos Topeka, May %
liked AN DBUTcHERs 5sz56a5 s2z
EANf ----..-- ---.-.-.--..-.--. 5e5 @5.s5
s7ass sLoool5o less ihan hogs. 9as acceTd53r aSS2
q1lH CORN FED CATTLE.
iEERS ............ s3 5n174 a
E1FERS -..---.-...---.-........... s.0045.7 +
oWS -. -..-.-------------...--.-.. 81
AdsE i =, h7 s509459
Send DIN IN only MS good calves not bss ba0RiSs tss
-oczs
Nils 5ss North Kansas nsinsEa Ave. central
VIZ WaEA:T z 73g5sc
GRADE WHEAT. .s5Sysso
fRN .-.-..-. ..--..-.-...-...... 45e
:. OATS---- .-------------------..... 3oc
'FRUITs AND vEGETABHiLjE;s siHij; SOC
urnished by S. q. Lux. 30 Kan Avs1
iSINFAPPLES-Per crate Sc rs VI
oRANGEs-Per box, extra fancy. p.s5
sTgSRAwBERRIEs- crate. nu
IEMONS-Per box, S3.50d5.O0.
BANANAS-Per bunch. 9 0002A
EXTRA LARGE JUMBos-Per b. a.
HoNEY-Faney Colorado. white comb.
BEETsEPer doz; bunches. 15c
TJTRNIPS-Per doz. bunches SOC
ONIONS-Per doz. punches, 15c
PEASAPer basket. 81 %.
WAX BEANS-Per 1-3-bu. box 81 m
GREEN BEANS-Per A-s-bu ba sice9 *,
CUCUMBERS-Per doz-, 90040cs per 81.
box. SITS.
$50.
ASPARAGUS-Pe doz buncbes "A,
RHUBARB-Per h., &C.
IETTUCE-Per basket Soc
CRYSTAL WAX OEIONS-Per ~, e u
SPINACH-Per bu. &c 'v-''.
NEW CABBAGE. 150-lb. crate 90 "a
NEW POTATOES-Pe bu 50 Is
PLANTS
CABBAGE-S2.O0 per 1000
SWEET POTATO-S15 5G63. 90
TONATO-S250 per ], 000
SEED SWEET POTATOES
COLORADO POTATOES
COLORADO RURALS-Per bu IN
FULL CREAM cheese
KANSAS Y A--111Rc lb
NEW YORK STATE-gyhites *. ~
BLOCK SWISS-16c ID. -
BRICk-13c ID.
BUTTER. EGGS. POULTRY
POULTRY-Hens, &c lb; old roozf.-.
2oc each: large springs, 5D6c ib sprine
chickens, 1Sc-
EGGS-Fresh. 14c per doz.
COUNTRY BBTTER-Fresh. 16e71Sc
HAY
Furnished by the City Hay Market AZ
Quincy street
PRAIRIE EAY-Loose or bales sSon
CLOVER HAY-$7. .00f77. 80 *
TIMOTHY HAY-Best, $750dg 00
TGreka Hide NFo~r~~e
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Furnished BY ). e. Gall, Commissions
Gralns PROVISIONS, Cotton and Stocks.
Onlee 10 w Sixth ST. Telephone 1851
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

FURNISHED by J. E. Gan. Commission
Grain Provisions Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 ". Sixth 81. Telephone 4S6
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

IFurnished by ;. E. Gall. Commissions.
Gram, Provisions, Cotton and Sfocks.
Ofrice 119 W. Sixth st. Telephone 4So.l
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

SPECIAL SALE FOR 80 DAYS.
AK gold Fountain Pen, guaranteed
value $3.50, for 9Sc. r. H. Baker
Optical Co, ga Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
Topelka HIde AFarket.

IPrices paid in Topeka this vveelz t.-ssss
NO. I T4LI.f)yV
NO. HORSE .... = sn-sss ~
GREEN SALT CURED ~ @SssS =
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

! urnished By Charles WoIn Packing Co
Yards close at noon on Saturdays.l
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

A heavy rain which was very much
needed by the growing crops fell here
and in this vicinity last night
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

as a basis for argument. The court
then took a short recess.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-10
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Office of the Commercial Club, Com
mereiaI Club Building, Salt Lake

Salt Lake City. Utah, March 81 1906.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office until o'clock p. m. Tuesday. April
II, 1906, for the work of constructing what
is popularity known as North Boulevard or
Wasatch Drive.
The approximate qual tlties and nature
of work are as follows:
Rock excavation. 70 cubic yards.
Earth excavation, "a, 900 cubic yards.
Leveling and shaping roadbed, $1,000
square yards
Surfacing gravel Furnished and spread.
3,532 cubic yards
Rolling finished surface with ten-tOa
steam roller, 5000 square yards.
Reinforced concrete cUlVert complete l.
Concrete catch basins with gratings,
complete. 20
Vitrified clay pipe C6-inch diameter) laid
and covered, Goo linear feet.
Fencing, 1900 linear feet
CObble stone gutter. GOO linear feet
Instructions 10 bidders, together with
Specifications and forms for contract and
bond can be obtained upon application a Z
the office of the Commercial club or OF
the city engineer of Salt Lake City.
The right is reserved 10 reject any or
all bids
BY order of the Commercial club
r. o. HOWARD.
Chairman of Committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-10
JOSEPH F. SMITH
GETS DECISION
Judge Richie Sustains the Award of
Arbitrators in Damage Case Filed
by Joseph S. Richards.
JUVENILE COURT TEST CASE
INJUNCTION SUIT AGAINST TEL
EPHONE co. is DISMISSED.

The decision Of the board Of arbitTa-
tors in favor of the defendant in the
case of Joseph s Richards against
President Joseph +. Smith. trustee-in-
trust of the Mormon church, for $55,-
500 damages for not carrying out a
certain agreement made between plain
tiff and Bishop Edward Hunter in re-
, gard TO the purchase and sale of prop
erty located on the southwest corner
OF South Temple and Richards street,
was sustained yesterday by Judge
Richie when the plaintiffs motion to
vacate award Of the arbitrators was
denied
The action was filed October "A, 1902,
and has since been pending in the dis
trict court. During the proceedings a
board of arbitrator were appointed.
J.. s. Hills and James Sharp were
named for the defendant, and w. w.
Ritter and John r. Barnes for the
plaintiff The board decided in favor
of President Joseph f. Smith on the
grounds that there was no cause of
action.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-10
ATTACKS JUVENILE COURT.
Its Jurisdiction in the Case Of Al
bert Hill Will Be Tested.

Emil Hill secured Il writ of certiorari
in the supreme court against Judge
Willis Brown of the Juvenile court yes
terday which was made returna ble
April IL The writ attacks the juris-
diction of the court in the case of AL
bert Hill. son of the plaintiff. who was
committed to the state industrial school,
on the charge of petit larceny. 1t is
stated in the information that on No
vember % the boy was arraigned and
put under the charge of a probation
officer and ordered to report regularly
TO the court. The youth was arraigned
again on December g. but the father
objected. On March IL the lad was or
dered to report to the Juvenile court
and was committed to the state indus
trial school.
Mr.. Hill asked for a writ of review
of the case yesterday and it was is
sued by Judge Bartch. 1t was ordered
that Judge Willis Brown appear In the
supreme court on April II and that he
bring a transcript of the proceedings
in the case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-10
TELEPHONE SUIT DISMISSED.
Bell Telephone Company's Objection
to Numbers Not Sustained.

The case of the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company against the Utah
Independent Telephone company, ask
ing that an injunction be ordered re-
straini1g the defendant company from
using the same telephone numbers,
a& dismissed yesterday by Judge
use. It was alleged that the de-
fe1dant company was using the same
numbers as the plaintiff company for
the trouble department, subscription
department and other offices and that
the plaintiff had on this account been
given considerable trouble. The de-
PENDANT objected to the introducing of
any testimony in the case on the ground
that there was not sufficient informa-
tion to constitute case. The objection
WAS sustained bV the court.