Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-04
Mrs. Bertha Wall, in Fit of Mel
ancholia, Attempts Suicide
And Life Despaired Of.
SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
Funerals = saloonman Fined for
Breaking I4aw-Wcdding Per-
Inits--, News Briefs.

Ogden, NOV. IA desperate effort.
to and her life was made by Mrs. Ber-
tina Wall, a young woman Of this city
Monday afternoon. at the residence Of
Fred Burki, Cos Twenty second street
The woman has been respondent for
some time. In one of her spells OF
nelancholia She swallowed half q,
dozen antiscptic tablets. Realizing the
gravity of her situation she called Mr..
Burki over the phone and informed
him of her action. DR.. G. w. Green
was summoned and administered eme-
tics. For a While the woman rallied
and her life hoped for. A turn for the
worse was taken however, last eve
ming, and but little hope Is now enter
tanned for her recovery. Mrs. Wall is
q years of age and was married some
time ago to John Wall, who afterwards.
1t is stated, deserted her. leaving an in
rant child which is being cared for by
Its grandparents.
WILLIE BUCHANAN RELEASED.
Irregularities in the proceedings OF
the trial of defendant is responsible
for the release of Willie Buchanan from
the state Industrial school in this city.
This is the result of the application for
4 writ of mandate as applied for In the
district court by A. M. Buchanan, the
father of the boy. According to the
no regular proceedings in the case
which was heard before Judge Gowans
OF the Salt Lake juvenile court.
FUNERAL. SERVICES.
Funeral services over the remains OF
Cornelius DeGroot We're held Sunday
afternoon at the Third ward meeting
house. which proved to be far too small
to accommodate the large number OF
friends who gathered to pay their final
respects to the deceased Bishop Carl
+ Peterson presided. The speakers
We're Carl T.. Peterson. j. w. f. Volker,
Leo Van den WaacSer, M. 3. Richards,
Henry Koidawyean and Gilbert Torge-
son. The music was furnished by the
Holland choir. The interment was IN
the city cemetery.
The funeral services of Atlas Wilson.
the recluse who was found dead. Sat
urday afternoon in his cabin in Wilson
Lane. was held at the Larkin under
taking parlors. Sunday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. Bishop f. Bingham OF
Wilson presiding. The speakers were
Bishop Mcfarland and j. Wilson Tho
music was furnished by the ward choir.
a quartet and a solo by Hagbert Ander-
SON. The interment was in the city
cemetery.
The funeral of the infant son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey +. Miner was held
at the 5laTkl1l pttiioie
day morning. Rev G. w. McCrecry Of
floating. The interment was in the
city cemetery.
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
At the session of the city council
Monday only Il small amount OF
routine business was transacted anu
the meeting adjourned after a 40 min
ute session.
a communication was received from
the ogden Rapid transit company
signed by. David Eccles, president ASH
ing the council to allow the company
until May to remove the tracks on
Seventeenth street as the company
was going to double track the sys-
TEN at that time. The removing OF
the track as the present time would
only add an unnecessary expense TO
the Improvement plans of the company
The request was granted by the coun-
Gil "a
The sanitary inspector reported that
there were Is eases of =contaslon N
quarantine at the present time
The special watcrworks committee
recommended that the waterworks or