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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
ONE FOOT IN GRAVE;
WIFE GETS PROPERTY
Aged Abraham Parker of Ogden
Deeds Wealth to Bride;
Goes to POOrhOuSe.
Special 10 The Tribune.


OGDEN, Dec. 2S-Nine months ago
Abraham Parker, an aged man Of Ogden,
was in atfluent circumstances. Today
he is at the county inlrmary as a ward
Of the county. Parker's sudden change
OF fortune has apparently been due to
his marriage last March. when he led a
bride OF 80 summers 10 the altar, he
being 81 years old at the time.
Immediately after the aged couple
married, they again made their appear
ance at the county building and were
shown to the recorders office. where
Mrs. Parker produced q deed to the home
place on North Washington street, with
all OF Parker,s other property conveyed
10 her. The deed was filed and the Par
kers left the building. apparently In the
best OF humor
Nothing moro was heard OF the couple
until the old man applied to the county
commissioners today for permission to
spend the balance OF his days at the coun-
ty poor farm, This was granted and
Parker is now making his home there.
while his wife is left In peaceful and un-
disturbed possession OF the properly
which formerly belonged to him Mrs.
Parker telephoned to the county COM
missioners and informed the board that
her husband had Il good home with her
II he cared to remain there, but since
Parker desires to spend his few declining
years at the county almshouse, the board
consented
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
.NIRRAY CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS LAST MEETING
prarticalIy All Business Cleared
In and New Body Has a
Clean Slate.
n The Tribune

s,,clal 10 The lr!oune'
sg,n.opAY Dec. 2S.-The last regular
NJ ~ The Murray city council was
So, ,hc city hail this evening, There
Do" complete attendance. with the eX-
W.. ~, NJ the city recorder, William
mnsr, who was unable TO be pres
wing 10 the fact that his father
cav , Monday. Marshal Michael Mauss
.a .,,si in the place of MIR, Warenskl.
NJ, ,noney. D. W. Monat submitted a re-
IN regard TO the claim made by
Us smith OF Midvale. who Is suing
,.array city for $500 In his report,
~ voffat explained why the city should
." ~ held responsible for the injuries re-
,,.os NJ Mr.. Smith lie is now in COM
a.,c,tion with the Utah Light and
n'naoy company OF Salt Lake, which, he
.r,rs Is blameable for the accident.
rbe Second avenue controversy, which
,,s been a thorn in the side to the
.,,,,cIl has been settled. a few remarks
~, made in regard 10 the work which
!. oow. being done on the new roadway
- snparent!y the counciimen are glad
.s,, ,bc matter has been settled,
r,sol,Ion was adopted in regard 10
nuTchsse OF the water system from
" " Progress company, The payments
~, ,hs water system Will, II is said, he
:" @.ss IN lnstellmeuts when the new Off
si .isi. take office the first OF the year,
'"sS 4sSs nnly matter that will go over TO
,,s new council will be the light IRAN
.ES Me- n; the Progress Power company. Mr..
T.boon. The president OF the company,
sss prepared an ordinaaGHHi nee TiLh Snyo amen6 m be-
a,,,lsj by, the new body,
''l al unfinished business was y6 quickly KY
,.r len over for the incoming officers.
Following the session the. members sat
,boy, In llt,le groups and discussed their
Tork al the past year. The outgoing
ssIS ssnncl!men are Daniel Smith. John
s..~er and James Godfrey, Arthur
eogSnsend and Peter Mcmillan. also
rsmbers, were reelected AT the last
tlscllon. III, ,-,., 80,
.nns viii be Phil Bentz. mayor; j. l..
s,Sv,n. CITY attorney. Carl Morck, justice
y Ihc peace; William WarenslSi. the pres
an, Incumbent, city recorder; Archie
sssiord treasurer. All OF the new olIl-
d,ls will qualify Monday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
IOOElE BRIEFS

,al 10 The Tribune.
py,SS,oELE. Dec gS-Tha knights Of
lms. ltD'S g. gave a banquet at the opera
rnr,b Wednesday evening. One hundred
WIN SOTs ~ We're present from salt Lake.
rootle e ''eihCeIS OF the order in
Slcb gasoline car is now In operation.
4nrco, meets all the trains on the Los
,oyr go ro9d conveys passengers up
iitqa ;n. T,u alSo brings men back and forth
neIr ana ana Mrs. V. 6. Logan arc making
thl ''1 at iotei Tooclc for the pres
iSrolph SD,IpnaH Hansen and DR.. Phipps made
Mr @ TRIP to Salt Lake SATURDAY.
MlIdoyss shn a. Mrs. Lodge are spending The
htvc. axe several cases OF scarlet fever
d rrpoy,no son Of George Davis Of ST. Johns
Tho h'i."n i. low ot typhoid fever.
bull by iarse' n rp.to-daic hospiial being
rletea ,r nr f. ~ Davis is almost COM
ttscy MI, ~ IS fine stone structure with
4 Jack pouern Improvement
ban ,aai,aassinnsscn of Ephraim. who has
nnls,or suing his brother. Dciberi Ras-
Seek returned home the first OF the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
BAMBERGER LINE WILL
OPEN DEPOT in CITY
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN Dec. 2S-The Salt Lake & Og-
den Railroad company Win open its tenn
morning. at which time K. NJ. Wright.
the soliciting freight and passenger agent
OF the railroad. Will be on hand at the
temporary depot In the Allen block near
the corner OF Lincoln avenue and Twen-
ty-hfth street. TO sell tickets and handle
baggage and express. BY using an cleo
trio car OF the Ogden Rapid Transit
company 10 pull its trains through Lin
coin avenue until the road Is electrified
between Ogden and Salt Lake, the BAN .
berger road will be enabled to maintain
an uptown depot several months earlier
than at first contemplated.
The old depot al Washington avenue
and Thirty-iiTst street will be used as a
freight and coal depot. with Sam Halver-
son in charge.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
News of Intermountain Region
DECLARES SALT LAKERS
WILL PROVE HIS ALIBI
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN, Dec. 2S,-Postlve that he can
prove an alibi by Salt Lake witnesses.
George Lowell, charged with burglary in
The second degree. today obtained an or
der from District Judge Howell sub
poenaeing William Newton, a Salt Lake
attorney and the day desk sergeant at
the Salt Lake police station TO appear in
Ogden and testify In his behalf.
Lowell is accused of robbery commit
ted In Ogden the evening OF October I.
On that day and night he says he was
a prisoner In the city jail OF Salt Lake
under charge of vaerancy and drunken
ness and was booked as William Rice
sergeant. he says. can prove that he was
In Salt Lake at the time, as he talked
with both men on the day he is charged
With participating in a robbery in Og-
den
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
DENSE FOG ENVELOPES
SALT LAKE FOR HOURS

Salt Lake city was enveloped in one
OF those New England foEs Tuesday
night, The fog was SO dense that not
only vehicles and street cars. but also
pedestrians were compelled TO move eau
tiously. No accidents were reported
however. and carly this morning The fog
showed signs of passing away
The low barometric pressure. according
10 the weather oracle. was mostly re-
sponslble for the fog. The thick vapor
dimmed the street lights and the big,
strong headlights OF locomotives could
not be seen al any distance. consequent
" switching engines and trains in the
railway yards moved at a snai's pace.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
DIVORCED HUSBAND SAYS
WIFE Is CRUEL TO CHILDREN
Special 10 The Tribune,

Special 10 The Tribune,
OGDEN. Dec. 2S.-Brutal treatment Of
her own children and the failure TO prop
erly apply the $40 monthly alimony al
OF the two minor children are sensa tional
charges preferred against Mary Rice by
In a notice and petition filed with the
district court today
Rice says that his divorced wife is an
unilt ana improper person TO have the
custody of Sylvia Loretta and James
Francis Rice. the minor children Rice
gives notice that he will ask the district
court on January 8 for a modification OF
the divorce decree, giving to him the
custody OF the children
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
ARTILLERY TO BE EMPLOYED
IN EFFORT TO DISL0DGE ICE
Special to The Tribune,

HFNNItII 10 TIf lIIUUIIG,
OGDEN. Dec. 2S.-One OF the battery
guns of the state militia will be trained
on the mountain of ice in Ogden canyon
10 dislodge the avalanche which threat
ems every minute TO dash everything to
destruction in its path unles il can be
removed In some other manner.
Two expert miners familiar with the
handling of dynamite and explosives
have been working since yesterday af-
Jernoon trying To disodSe the thousands
OF tons of ice. but each blast which has
been set off has come in contact with
the soft porus ice and failed TO accom-
pliSh the desired result.
Workmcn who have been in the en-
ploy OF the Ogden Rapid Transit COM
pany and Weber county in repairing the
two bridges which were destroyed last
week by the Ice slide. have refused TO
continue at work in that locality until
the large ice formation is removed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
WIFE-SLAYER GETS OFF
WITH MANSLAUGRTER
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
GOLDFIEBD, New, Dec. 2S.-After
a trial extending over several weeks
and arousing widespread interest in
coast cities, John Sheridan was to-
night found guilty of manslaughter,
the verdict being accompanied by a
for mercy.
On November s. 1908, Sheridan,
while insancly drunk, killed his wife
by stabbiug her through the side with
large bread knife when she awokc
him at their home here;
The maximum penalty for man
slaughter is ten years.
The case has been strcnuously
fought by both sides.
known, and friends camc from distant
points to testify to his good charac-
ter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
ATTEMPT MADE
TO BLOW UP HOIST

Apparently attempting TO blow up the
hoist used for the purpose OF hosting inc
iron work on the Hotel Utah, an uniden-
tined man threw two sticks Of giant pow
der into the excavation Tor the basement
~ tho building this CWcdncsday) morn
inc ri BIS O'clock The resulting OK
piosion broke the glass In the windows
81 Matt Lyons barber shop which Is
tn Ia. l,siicf that the lions Saving BanlS
and Trust company's place was being
Durglarizcd. -
Sergeant Roberts was the iirst man 20
a,,.l,,c af the scene and after making "A
thorough examination Of the promises ne
concluded thar the explosion must have
come from the foundation OF the Hotel
I'lub
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
To Investigate Disturbance,
Special to The Tribune

oNtCIHJ 10 TIC TrIDUnc1
OGDEN. Dec. 2S.-Hattie Smith and
Thomas O'Bricn were arrested by Police
men Iiearn and Vance this evening and
We're lodged in the city jail pending in
vestiSation into the charge that they at
tempted TO break into and rob the Eu-
ropcan hotel saloon. The saloon and ho-
tel employees heard crashing OF glass
and going outside found the basement
window broken and the woman and the
man standing nearby. The woman and
her companion say. however. that they
were drunk and in passing the place fell
into the window
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
Fog Envelopes Ogden.

OGDEN. Dec. 2S.-Ogden was enveIoped
in real New England fog this morning
until the sun finally dispelled the mist
The fog was so thick that pedestrians
were compelled to move cautiously, and
trains shifting in the local railroad yards
moved at snaIls pace to prevent any
accidents. The foggy weather caused a
decided change in the temperature. the
thermometer dropping several degrees
In Ogden canyon this morning the ther-
mometer reached degrees below zero
which Is the coolest weather in this
county this winter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
to The Tribune.

PARK CITY Dec. 2S.-The Heber CITY
orchestra gave q. grand ball IN the Dewey
thcatev last night that was well attended
Mr.. and Mrs. J kaufman returned
from Zion yesterday, after spending Il
few days there.
Miss Flo CYossman returned 70 Ameri-
can Fork yesterday. after SPEEDING Christ
mas with home folk
MIR. Rossburs OF the Daily West re-
tu-nnd Yesterday from salt Lake.
A. ". Davidson OF the Little Belt mine
returned Yesterday after spending Christ
mas wlth his vile in the city.
Henry Welsh OF tho Welsh. Driscol &
Buck firm. was in the Park today on
buancsS. ~
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McGill Of the New
yorls mire returned this morning, after
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
Ice Jam Closes Factory,
special 10 The TrIhnl


OGDEN. Dec 2S.-The factory OF the
Amalgamated Sugar company was tenn
porarily closed down today on account
OF an Ice jam in the canal which leads
TO the big turbine wheels. The ice In the
canal was nearly two feet in depth in
some places and II required the hard
work OF large force OF men working
Tor several hours to clear the canal so
that the water could flow freely. At 9
O'Clock this afternoon the work had been
completed and operations at the factory
resumed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
Electric Line for Logan.

Special 70 Tho IrIbunc.
OGDEN. Dec. 2S.-David Ecclcs. prcsi-
dent OF the ogden Rapid Transit COM
pany and the Logan Street Railway sys-
tenn which is about completed VIII go
to Logan tomorrow TO he present at the
formal opening of the new electric line,
The Logan line viii be ready for traffic
eithor t0morr0W or next day.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
Husband Secures Divorce.

Special 70 The Trlbunc,
OGDEN, Dec. 2S.-Bccause Minnie Nell
ing deserted him one year after they had
been made husband and wife in Salt Lake
City Philip J. Melting was this afternoon
allowed divorce in the district court.
The Nclllncs were married at Salt Lake
i'm August. 1907, On August ] OF the
following year Melting saws that his wife
abandoncd him and has since refused to
return 10 the home he offered hey.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
Move for New Trial.
Special TO The Tribune

SpcCIaI 20 TIC IrIDunc.
OGDEN. Dec, 2S.-Orsop Badger and
the Farr Lime company. defendants in a
condemnation proceedings brought by the
Ogden Rapid Transit company for right
OF way over their property in Ogden
canyon, have filed a motion for a new
trial. Badger and the lime company say
that the verdict awarded them by the
district court several days ago does not
express the value OF their property which
was used for a right OF way by the street
railway line last summer when the canyon
extension was made.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
PARK CITY DEPARTMENT
Theater. Both

spending Christmas with relatives IN
Zion.
The weather In Park City has been
cold for the past three weeks, the Their
mometer registering below zero every
night
Mrs. A. Morning and little sons went
TO Salt Lake yesterday for a ten days
visit with relatives
The places OF amusement have all been
literally pItroniZed so Tar during the
holidays and from indications the patron
age VIII continue. Everybody seems 20
have money to spend and is enjoying the
holiday season.
Business keeps up well thus far since
the Christmas trade closed Friday nigh,
and the business men report the largest
business for 1909 that they have had In
recent years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
REPAYS CHARITY WITH
ATTEMPT TO MURDER

EAST DOUGLAS, Mass. Dec. Is
Enteyirg her kitchen unexpectedly TO-
dav, Mrs. Charles Potter found young
tramu. who had asked to be allowed
TO warm himself, in the act of cutting
the throat of her I7.yeaT-old husband,
whom he had pinioncd on the door
AT her shTicks the a9sailgnt fled. but
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
Negress Accused of Robbery.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, Dec 2S,-Emma Thompson,
neGress. was arrested tonight on the COM
plant Of two Japanese, who say that the
woman robbed them OF $40 or $50 in Il
place on Electric alley.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29

not before he had cut The aged man S
windpipe so severely that it is thought
be will die
The victim was popularity credited
with keeping large sum of money in
the house.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29
These to Wed.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN. Dec. 2S.-LIcenses to marry
have been issued by the county clerk
TO Harry Richards of-Parsons, Kas., and
Inez S. Snaveley of Garnctty Kas.. and
Louis Adams OF Princeton. Ind. and Tes-
sic u. Jessop of Logan.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-29

"Mghts and Shadows Of Mormon
ism - for sale at Tribune branch Office,
Ogden. Utah
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
NO POLITICAL LINES
Citizens of Granite State Capital Vote
For New City Charter

Concord. n. H.. May 12.-The
voters of this city decided at a special
election to place the city government
under a new city charter.
The new charter provides for but
one governing body, instead of the
present two, and reduces the board
of assessors from nine members to
three. The police commission is
abolished entirely, the police depart
ment being placed in the hands of the
mayor and board OF aldermen. A
board of public works is established.
Candidates for public Office are to be
nominated by direct primaries and no
political designations will appear on
ballots. The mayor is generally
given somewhat enlarged powers un-
der those possessed through the pres
ent charter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
TWENTY MEN DROWN
AS LAUNCH SINKS
Small Craft Had Greater Load
Than Il Could Carry

Pittsburg, May 12.-Twenty per-
sons were drowned when a gasolene
launch sank in the middle of the Ohio
river four miles below Pittsburg. OF
the thirty occupants of the boat, only
ten escaped.
All of the men were employees of
the Pressed Steel Car company at
the McKee's Rock plant. They
worked until o'clock last night and
left the works to cross the river in the
launch about fifteen minutes later
The boat is said to have been intended
for not over twenty persons, but all
the men wanted to get across the river
on the first trip and thirty of them
crowded in.
When the craft reached the midle
of the stream, where the water is
twenty feet deep, it suddenly sank.
There was no explosion and no leak
was sprung. The boat simply sank
beneath the weight it had been bear
ing and went to the bottom. AS it
sank the vortex took many of the men
down with it. Others attempted to
swim ashore, but were chilled by the
cold water and became exhausted be-
fore reaching the shore.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

The prisoners were taken first to a
room and told that they would have to
say goodbye. as the rules of the
prison would not permit them to see
each other again. Mrs. Boyle threw
her arms around her husbands neck
and kissed him. She said: I'VE must
take it the best we can"
The prisoners then shook hands and
the matron escorted Mrs. Boyle from
the room When she reached the cor
ridor she burst into tears and asked
to be permitted once again to see her
husband. This request was granted
and she again kissed and embraced
Boyle. The man maintained his
silence and had nothing to say.
Sheriff Chess said he was glad to
get the prisoners out of his custody
because he was afraid they would be
successful in their announced inten-
ton to commit suicide. The sheriff
said that he believed Boyle intended
to kill his wife and then commit sui
in the kidnapper's tie. Neither pris
Oner would deny this.
1t has been decided, so far as Mrs.
Boyle is concerned at least, that no
appeal will be asked for. At first
she contemplated appealing to the
superior court in the hope of obtain
ing her freedom on another trial. But
it was discovered that even should
she be liberated she would be returned
to Ohio for trial, and that while her
maximum sentence there on one
charge would be but twenty years
there was another on which she might
receive five years additional and she
would be allowed no time off for good
behavior. When this was compared
with the fifteen years she would have
to serve here after making allowance
for good conduct, it was decided not
to appeal.
Sensations followed each other thick
and fast Monday. The severity of the
sentence appalled, Mercer, where it
was pronounced, and surprised many
elsewhere, who had not anticipated
the extreme limit of the law. Then
came a sensational scene in the court
room, when both prisoners collapsed
and had to be carried from the room.
Hardly had they reached their cells
when it became public that the woman
took poison Sunday night and narrow
ly escaped death at her own hand, and
that razor had been found concealed
in Boyle's clothing.
Before this thrill had lost it's force
Boyle gave out a statement implicat-
ing Harry Forker, brother of Mrs
Whitla, in the kidnapping case. In
Mercer and Sharon the story does not
seem to be generally credited and as
the district attorney puts little faith
in it, there is little likelihood of any
formal action in the matter.
With the trial over, the prisoners
safe in their prison cells and the story
of another participant in the kidnap
ping apparently officially discredited
the famous BILLY" Whitla kidnapping
case seems to be at an end.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
ST. YVES FAR IN LEAD
Frenchman Captures First Prize lr
international Marathon

New York, May 10.-In a gruelling
race, during which runner after run
ner collapsed only to stumble on again
with almost superhuman effort to the
end, Henri st. Yves, the stocky 1T
tie French Marathon runner, tool; the
measure of twelve sturdy competitors
in an international Marathon held at
the polo grounds and romped home a
winner by the handsome margin of
ve-sixths of a mile.
John Svanberg of Sweden finished
second after one of the pluckiest eff
forts ever witnessed on the running
track, and Ted Crook, an unknown
runner from New England staggered
over the tape in third place, thus
earning measure of glory for Amer
lea.
The purse was $40, 900, $4,000 to
first; $4,000 to second, $1,000 to third,
etc. St. Yves time was 2:44:05; sec
ond, John Svanberg. Sweden, time
2: so: 81; third, Ted Crook, United
States. 2:5210; fourth. Fred Simp-
son, American Indian, 2: 81 10; fifth,
Fred Appleby England, 256:17;
sixth, Dorando Pietri, 2:5S:19; sew
enth, Edouard Cibot, France, 3 03 26.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
Estate of Gideon Abbey.
COmmissiOners' Notice.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Addison Commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims against the estate of
GIDEON ABBEY
late of orwell, in said District. deceased,
and all claims exhibited in Offset thereto,
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid at the office of w. b.
French 4 Co., in said town of orwell, on the
25th day of May and 27th day OF October
next, from Two O'Clock p. N. until Four
O'Clock p. m, each of said days, and that six
months from the 2Ith daY OF April A. ID. 1909
Is time limited by said Court for said cred
itors to present their claims to us for exam
ination and allowance.
1903.
" B. French Commissioners.
ID. l.. Wells, Admir-. 10