Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-03
HALvERsCN FILES ANSWER.
District Attorney win on March =
Move for Dismissal of Accusations.

Ogden, March 3.--In the district court
| mere yesterday District Attorney George
| Halverson filed "A notice OF motion in
the matter of Henry Wessler against
| Mr.. HalyersOn, wherein his removal
| from Office is prayed for, to the effect
that on March he will move to strike
| from the files the accusation for the
| following reasons:
| Cd That said accusation does not
| state facts sufficient to remove the said
| defendant from office. nor can same
| be amended as to state facts sufficient
to remove said defendant from Office.
| (2) That this court has not jurisdiction
| of the person Of the defendant nor Of
| the subject 70 this action. so That said
accusation is false, malicious and scan-
| dalous.
Further the notice says that the de-
| PENDANT VIII appear specially therein
| for the purpose of the motion only and
| that the motion will be based on the
| records and files in the case and the
| minutes and records of the court and
| of the clerk Of the court
1t is very probable that the action
| filed against Dist Atty George Hall
| version Of Ogden, who has been
| charged with falling to prosecute GER
| tain alleged criminals in his district,
| will be heard before Judge w. w.
| Vaughan OF Logan. Judge Howell of
| Ogden has asked Gov Cutler TO relieve
| him from hearing the case and the
| governor endeavored to secure one OF
| the Salt Lake judges to try IL but
| they are all engaged on the date the
| Halverson case is set for trial which
| Is March .. The governor has COM
| munlcated with Judge Vaughan and
| the latter stated that he would prob
| ably be able to handle the case.
DEATH OF MRS. BEN TERNEs.
| ogden, March 3.-Mrs. Margaret
| Lampe Ternes, wife of Sergeant of Po-
| lice Ben TeTnes, died at the family res
| idence, 2642 Grant avenue, about 6.l5
| O'Clock last evening, from an attack of
| yellow jaundice, with which she has
| been suffering for the past seven
months The deceased was 80 years Of
age al the time of her demise and came
TO Utah many years ago from High
| land, WIS. She was reported TO be i'm
| proving UP to Saturday last, when she
took "A turn for the worse and continued
| to sink until the end came.
Mrs. Ternes was well known In Og-
den and was loved by all who knew
her. She Is survived by her husband.
two sons, A. j. and Fred Ternes, and
one daughter. Frances Ternes.
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ogden, March S.-The city board of
education held short session last eve
ming and disposed of a number of
routine matters. Attorney Valentine
Gideon appeared before the board in
behalf Of Prof. j. II. Rutherford, for
merly a principal in one OF the local
schools, who jumped his contract to
accept a position elsewhere. on ac-
count of the breach of contract the
board has withheld the two weeks sal
airy due him, which Mr. Gideon asked
that they pay. The matter was not
discussed by the board, and was refer
red to the teachers committee. The
finance committee reported cash on
hand in the sum Of S2564l6S, and the
sanitary committee reported three new
cases of smallpox having developed In
the past two weeks, The treasurers
report for the month of February was
read and bills aggregating the amount
OF sl,250 were allowed.
DEATH on THE TRAIN.
ogden. March at has been learn
| cd that the remains taken from South
ern Pacific train No, G, here yesterday
morning, were hose OF b. Heller and
that the man died on the train near
the Utah Nevada line, rs the result OF
| ntnlOIIlltEt Ol lllt luliEo' il'At'' iit'R
re sided In San Francisco with broth
er. who Is "A fruit dealer and was en-
route 10 visit his father IN New York,
when death overcame him The re-
| mains were taken tp the undertaking
! parlors of A, +, Richey where they
will be held awaiting word from the
dead mans relatives. Heller was
about % years of age and well dress
ed.
| STOLE ROOMMATES BEDDING.
ogden. March 3.-n order to Sc
| cure money to buy liquor yesterday,
| John chin stole a quantity of bed cloth
ing from Joseph Mortensen, his room
| mate and pawaed them, When MOT
Jensen learned of the theft he accused
| Oh who admitted his guilt, Nor
| tcnsen notified the police who VIII give
| Chip a chance To- make good for the
amount and failing to do so he VIII be
| arrested,
OGDEN BRIEFS.
In a saloon row on lower Twenty
| nfth street last evening Nick Crouch
struck Pete Soils over the head with
beer glass. After that the men
clinched and II was not until the police
arrived that they We're separated. Both
men. who are Austrians, We're placed
under arrest and locked up at the po-
lice station on a charge Of disturbing
the peace,
a special feature at the Utahna
theater during the past week has been
the vocal work Of Miss Violet Mccoy
a Lyric soprano Of New York who has
each evening rendered three solos re-
ceiving tremendous applause and en-
cores This artist presents an entirely
! original iGea of high class vocalism'
| that OF lending character and meaning
To the soulful operate numbers she
| sings. Her voice attains extreme
\ height, shows perfect cultivation ana
| she combines with this gift talent
| for acting worthy OF "Calve.'
| Hoohgan in New York will be played
| at the Grand Opera House tomorrow,
| Sunday night and Monday night
| Paul Gilmore will appear in Captain
| Debonnare, which is considered one
| Of the best four-ac comedy's billed IN