Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-26

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formed themselves into 4 committee
and secured possession of many letters
which children have Writtensto Santa
Claus, and last night the young men
secured an automobile and one Of the
number dressed as Santa Claus visited
tho homes Of the little ones carrying
toys and candy to them.
Special programs and attractions
were arranged at the numerous thea
Mt the roller skating rink and the ice
ponds. sleighing being unusually good
was also one of the big attractions of
the day and evening.
llSrailroad. y city and county Offices
were closed and the employees or each
joined in the merry making. Tie feel
Ing throughout Ogden and Weber coun-
fty was indeed Peace on earth, good
viii TO all men. Nj
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
Mrs. Tossic Davis, widow OF William
Davis, who was killed near Brigham
City last October, by falling between
two cars OF a freight train Of which
the deceased was the conductor, has
brought suit iii the Second district
court against the Oregon Short Line
to{recover damages in the sum Of $780,
900. The plaintiff alleges that the de-
ceased came to his death as the result
of a defective end gate in coal car
which gave way with the deceased and
caused him to fall between the cars.
JUNCTION CITY BRIEFS.
Slcprintcndcnt Of Rapid Transit
Joseph w. ioailey, assistant superin-.
Stendent of the Ogden Rapid Transit
company for more than three years. has
been appointed superintendent of the
system. Mr.. Bailey fills the vacancy
caused by the death of the late N c.
FlSgare. The position will be an i'm
portant one on account of the great
amount of work contemplated by, the
company. principally the building of
the trolley line through Ogden canyon
Fined for vasranc,-Ed Kinney,
who Claims to be Il railroad man. WAS
Yesterday sentenced by Judge Murphy
in the police court to pay a. fine of 500
or serve 80 days In the city jail, upon
the charge of vagrlncy. KinneySis said
to be one of the alleged human para
sites who live off of fallen women
Prof. Coop Resigns-sauire Coop
Instructor in music in the Ogden pub
lie schools, has rendered his resigna-
ton to take effect at the earliest con-
svenience Of the board. Prof Coop,
gives as his reason the extra amount of
work that he now has to do as leader
OF the orchestra at the Colonial thea
lin Salt Lake City as we'll as leader
of the Festival Chorus.
Montgomery Hcaring--The prelin1-
mary hearing of Lorenzo Montgomery
which has been on before Judge Muir
ply in the police court for the past
two days has been continued until next
Monday Montgomery is charged with
statutory offense.
Funeral Of Fred lxing-The funeral
services over the body Of Fred King,
the 12-year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
morning at the family residence, 214
Twenty-third street, after short i'll
ness of hemorage OF the brain. was
held this afternoon from the Church OF
tho Good Shepherd.
Cooks and Walters Union-The
Cooks and Walters. union OF Ogden
gaye one of it's enjoyable dances at
the Congress Dancing academy last
evening which was attended by. about
dances with special features intro
.duced. Light refreshments were served.
The new officers elected by the I'M
ion for the ensuing year were as fol-
lows: d. It. Beauchamp, president;
w. L. Lake. vice president; chaplain.
r.. l.. Moore; recording secretary, j.
6. Bake; Thos. Walker. secretary
treasurer Inspector, y. v. Long INSIDE
guard. ]. NJ. Hanson; board of trustees,
A. S. Baer, H. r. Mcpherson and J., Fl.
Bowman; delegates to the trades and
labor assembly. A. s. Baer, Fl. r. Nc
Pherson and u. T. Beauchamp.
Marriage I.icenses-Marria IL
seenses have been issued at the Of
flee OF the county clerk to the
following couples: Ben Wheeler and
Maud l.. Wilson, both of Ogden, Earl
L fireman and Margareta Olive, both
OF Salt Lake.
Death of II Mincr-IYilliam Nisintia.
a miner agen Al years, died at the Og-sl
den general hospital Wednesday after
noon OF heart disease, from which
he has been suffering for a number of
months. The body prabably will be