Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-14
Today $ Ogden News

, the Legislature granting power to any
| municipal authority to award any ex-
| ira compensation. fee or allowance 10
| any public officer. agent, servant or
! contractor after service has been rem
| dered or a contract entered into and
! performed In whole or in part, the
! gentlemen are not entitled 10 the extra
| $500 The matter may be carried into
| the courts.
DISTRICT COURT BUSINESS,
The case OF A. j. stone. admnistra.
tor Of the estate Of j. II, Winslow de-
ceased. against the Union Pacific. Is
still on trial In the Second district
court Perhaps the most damaging
piece of testimony that has been
brought out during the trial was given
yesterday afternoon by a locomotive
engineer named Lowham, who testified
that engine No. 1861. which it is al
legged was the cause Of the Azusa wreck
In which Winslow met his death was
In a very bad condition That the day
previous 10 the wreck he was running
engine 1861, that she leaked steam so
badly ne had TO get out of the engine
cab and stand on the running board
20 see the track ahead, the steam, he
said, was escaping so fast that the en-
tire engine was enyeloped in steam.
His testimony was corroborated by
several other witnesses, who claim
they saw the engine leaking steam.
The prosecution completed its evidence
last evening, and this morning the de-
Tense started to put IN its testimony.
which will occupy considerable time
Eu'a Peterson has comn(nce
damage suit I'm the district court against
the Central Coal & Coke company to
recover $1,000. The complaint alleges
that the plaintiff was employed as
miner In one Of the companys mines in
Sweetwater Wyo., that on Nov. l3, 1905,
while he WAS performing his duties in
the mine a blast was carelessly dis
charged by other workmen, which blew
down large quantities Of coal The coal
struck plaintiff, severely injuring him,
go that for two months he was con-
fined in a hospital and suffered great
pain, for which he asks damages
against the company in the sum Of
81 coo
j D. Skeen has filed his undertaking
on sopeal IN his suit against Council
man VIM. Craig, his bondsmen being
Lyman Skeen and Moronl Skeen. Mr..
Craig won the case In the district court,
and Mr.. Skeen has appealed the case
to get Il before the supreme court dur
ing the May term The decision Of the
higher court will be awaited with much
interest by the public,
WILL BE REARRESTED
Carl Jennings, young man who has
been serving a One-year sentence in the
state prison for breaking into a house
in Salt Lake City, will tomorrow be re-
leased from the penltentiary, but his
liberty will be of but short duration,
as Sheriff Sebring holds warrant for
his arrest on the charge of burglary I'm
the first degree. and just as soon as the
prison officers release him from Gus
tody Sheriff Sebring will rearrest him
and bring him to ogden 10 answer TO
the charge of burglarzing the Ogden
Knitting factory In the early part OF
1895. when II Is claimed he stole over
$500 worth of silks. shawls, underwear,
sweaters, etc, from the factory. The
officers believe they will have little
trouble In conylcting him of the crime.
His trial has been set for April 49,
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS
Murray and Mack, the great fun
makers viii be seen tomorrow night Mt
the Grand opera House In Around the
Town"
Mayor Conroy has issued a proclama-
ton declaring Monday a legal holiday,
and asks that all business houses and
public offices be closed.
The last will OF Mrs Sarah A. Yea
man Thomas has been filed bequeath-
Ing to her four children her estate in
equal parts. The estate consists Of real
and personal property and IL valued at
81, $50. S. r. Whitaker Is named as ex-
ecutor Of the viii and estate