Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-12
HIGH SCHOOL
CONTRACTS LET
Board Arranging With Hon. F. J.
KieseI for Transfer Of a.
Site Today.
CRIMES DIS L0sED BY POLICE.
In Looking Up Antcccdents Of Sammy
Lcwis-Noodmen Give Coal to
Poor-Callcd us Missionary

Poor-Callcd us Missionary.
Ogden, Dec. 12-The proposed high
school building was the all-absorbing
topic at the session of the board Of
education held last evening, and be-
fore adjournment President Civilian OF
the board, was instructed to meet with
Mr. T.. j. Kicsel today, in relation to
tho deciding to the city Of the ground
for the proposed building.
AS the property In question has not
been decided to the city as yet by Mr..
INiescl who had agreed to give the pro-
perty to the city, the board of educn-
ton has been unable to do anything in
the matter OF ordering work on the
building.
Pending the transferring of the pro-
perty to the city, the bid of the Eccles
Lumber company for $4,000 for the
building without the gymnasium and o
TIalverson Brothers for s12,4525O for
heating and S4,s255o for plumbing We're
let. The bids We're opened a week ago.
The building complete will cost S1O4,-
S67 and this amountN will be raised as
follows: Bond issue, $4,000: building
fund on hand, $4,000; 1908 building fund,
$4,000; 1909 building fund. $4,000 The
toldl is SllU,uuV. h lie ISo,Uuu trcIlllnlll5
will be used for building Improvements
The enrolment for the month shown
by the superintendent's report showed
the attendance to be 5,076 and the cases
Of hardness to be 2,36S.; These We're
caused by bad weather
The board was advised by the county
treasurer that the boards apportion-
ment would be as follows: Assessed
valuation. $11,762,22s; rate, So mills;
Sg9, 931 40 taxes DUE
LOOKING UP LEWIS ANTE
Since the Investigation was started
by the local police in regard to the
murder mystery concerning a child
which Abbie Mcdonald told the Chi
cago police on Tuesday and involved
Z Sammy Lewis, a former bell boy at.
the depot hotel, and who was alleged
to have been her husband, it is very.
probable that a number of other crimes
will be laid to young Lewis.
The latest developments in the case
now are that since the departure Of
Lewis from Ogden that the mysterious
thefts OF suit cases from the depot
have ceased and now the officers sus-
pect that young Lewis together with
his friend Jacob Savitsky, both of
whom seemed to have u great deal OF
money most of the time, We're respon-
known yesterday afternoon that when
I Lewis worked in the hotels at Reno
and sGoldtield that there was the same
mysterious disappearance of suit cases
and baggage which stopped when Lew
is left that locality.
1t was further learned in railroad
circles that Lewis had, some weeks ago
sent a letter to the depot hotel seek
Ing to regain his old position, but this
was denied him. In his application
Lewis stated that his wife had left
him and had eloped with another man
shortly after reaching Chicago to which
point they went directly from Ogden
This being the case 1t would appear
that the story told the Chicago police
about the murder OF her babe in the
Kansas cornfleld by Lewis and Saw
itsky was false and that the child died
when Lewis and his wife went to
Kansas in last May.
WOODMEN GIVE COAL TO POOR.
At a recent meeting of the local lodge
i of the Woodnlen Of the World a COM
mittee consisting of Samuel Kline
Robert Il. Paine and Thomas Morris
was appointed to purchase careload
Of coal and present it to the city at
Christmas time. 1t is thought that by
doing this the poor can derive greater
benefit than if they We're given big
Xmas dinner.
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LONG PURSUIT. ANTICIPATED.
For the past few days there have
been no developments in the Seymour
+ Clark murder case but the officers are
working upon every possible clue. "A
wellknown railroad detective who is.
spending much time upon the case stat
ed that to catch the murderer of Clark
it will involve a long man-tunt which
VIII take weeks and possibly months
but that eventually the murderer would
X be brought to justice.
There was no Improvement in the
condition of James Hartwell, the man.
Mt the hosital who is in an uncon-
scious condition and who was taken
there week ago yesterday and be-
lieved to have had his skull fractured
by the murderer OF Clark. because
4 iiafftWeli knew something Of The case.
MISSIONARY CALL.
d. Ray ShnrtlifT, clerk OF the Weber
stake and a former instructor III the
commercial department of the Weber
academy, has been called to The Eng
llsh missionary field. The date of his.
departure has not been decided upon as
yet and Will probably not be until the
latter part of February TO enable him
p to- close up his duties as clerk. He will
be stationed at Liverpool
John shnrtlift, q cousin or Ray.
shurtliif and son Of President L. w.
\ Shurfiiif will be the new clerk of the
stall,
SPANISH VAR VETERANS.
Harrie A. Young, camp No. /, anxili-
airy of Spanish American war veterans,
have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year.
Presidents General Hattie l. Hanp-
son. .g4
senior Vice President aIarzette Nam
eel
Junier Vice President--Mrs. Knight.
tary-General-Anna L. Bache-
lor
GliaplaiRJane Walters.
Tfeasurer--Itana Walters. z
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