The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-15
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
While Attending Conference Manti
Woman Receives the Sudden
Affliction.

MantI, May 14.-While attending confer
ence at Ephraip last Sunday, Mrs Ade-
lald Reid, wife of the late Bishop Will
nam T. Reid, was very suddenly afflict-
ed with a stroke of paralysis and was
immediately taken from the building and
taken TO her home in Manti. The left
side of her body was affected She is
at present resting quite easy, but as yet
IL IS not known whether or not she is
out of danger, although great hope for her
recovery is entertained by her family re-
SONG here. Her son, Professor c. w.
Reld, of the B. Y. L. of Provo. is here
with the children to care for the wants
of the afflicted mother
me district court is in session and a
long calendar of criminal and other cases
Will be heard at this session. The case
OF the state VS.. Archie Burns, who shot
and killed Jim Fisk at Mt. Pleasant
some time ago, is expected to go over
until the September term of court. Burns
VIII make his plea Saturday of this week.
be set.
The case of the state VS. Hans Ander-
son of Mayfield, charged with perjury.
was dismissed and a new complaint will
be filed soon. The case of Thomas Thorn
son or FOUNTAIN Green. charged with lar
ceny. viii be heard at this term of court
probably next week. The case of Frank
L. Copenlng VS.. w. II. GribbIe in which
Copening seeks damages to his character
in the amount of $1,000. because of a suit
phOuSAt Wy iibDtt SOulS tlfll0 ago.
which Copening was successful, will also
be tried at this term. There are several
other cases of considerable interest. The
case of Niels +. Nielsen VS.. Alex Justen-
sen, a case involving mining property, is
now in progress. the jury having been Sc
lected last evening before the adjourn
ment of court
The Bell Telephone company have closed
their office in this city and turned their
business over to the local telephone COM
pany here. The local people have about
200 subscribers in Manti and all are now
connected with all lines where the Rocky
Mountain Bell is operating. Charges in
the future on all out Of town calls will
be the regular rate per call. while the
citizens OF Mdnt are paying 81 per month
for residence phones and $3.50 for business
houses for city use only. The local com
pany is to receive a portion of the re-
ceiptS Of the Bell company coming
through the Manti office The Bell COM
pany claim that they have not been pay
ing expenses in this section since installing
their system in Manti and were appa-
rently quite anxious to close a deal with
our local people so that their office might
be closed down.
Funeral services over the remains of
Morten Anderson, father of our respected
townSman. A. O. Anderson. was held from
the tabernacle Tuesday last Deceased
was suddenly taken i'll, caused from a
stroke of paralysis and the end came very
quickly. Deceased has been a resident of
this city for many years, emigrating from
Denmark with a large family. He was a
member of the Mormon faith. and has.
with his wife, who survives him, raised
d large family to honorable man and Uo-
manhood He was among our highly re-
spected citizens and many of our citizens
attended the funeral. adding sympathy
and comfort to the bereaVed
The remains of MAIDS Steffensen. for
many years a resident of this city. were
brought over the mountains from Orange
vile Tuesday and buried in our cemetery
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Steffensen was
along in the nineties and was for many
years a resident of this city, where his
family was raised. II was his desire that
his remains be brought to the city to
be placed by the side of his wife, who
preceded him by many years, and his rela-
tives granted the desire. number of
years ago he moved to Orangeville. where
a daughter resides. who has cared for him
i'm his old age. Funeral services were held
in the South Ward assembly hall where
many friends gathered to show their re-
spects for the departed.