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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
GRE II & ESCAPES one CHARGE a:
Chilames sdnirras Out of Assault With
81 Deadly Weapon.

In q two hours hearing before Judge
Bowman this morning Jim Chilames,
Greek, succeeded III squirning out of
"a charge OF assault with It deadly weap-
on, o,ilyto fall into the lesser charge
of assault and battery. To escape the
heavier charge the Greek and his wit
nesses proved that he had been guilty.
of assault .35 IN
The complainant In the case was w.
Griffin, and sdisparaging remarks
concerning the Greeks alleged TO have
been made by Griffin lay at the bottom
of the case, Griffin said that he had
been called Into the Greek restaurant
operated by Chilames and after being
accused of having said bad things
against the Greeks he was assaulted
and threatened with q knife, After
being struck three times he fled from
the restaurant. The Greek and his
witnesses all bore evidence to the fact
Sof athes assault except that no knife
had been used, and the confession WAS
freely made that Griffin had been
struck because he had denounced the
Greeks. .ss3(#is
Chilalnes. although found not guilty
OF the charge of assault With a deadly
weapon, is still held under thefoi.lginal
bonds, pending the filing Of q complaint
charging him With assault and battery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18

!ditions existing allowed him TO fln.l
out for himself by seeing the rise OF
water He Immediately went to work
about O'Clock In the morning, pulling
out gates, turning water into our ca
mails. and also with what help he could
get removing gates out Of the spillway
Sof the Deseret company reservoir, but
the water got down ON to them before
this could be done. If AL the gates had
bee1i$removed itiwould have very likely
drawn sufficient water to have saved
the Chopper cut fill. thus saving all the
Deseret Irrigation company's losses as
well as the homes and property of those
that are now suffering. 1t Is now re-
ported that 1t is the Intention OF tile
BURNER company and others to pro-
coed at once to repair the break a
meeting Of the citizens OF peseret has
been called and a committee appointed
to consult with the officers and those
Interested in the rebuilding and invite.
themSto visit the country damaged, and
also notify them that those likely to he
affected, and living along the line be-.
low these reservoirs, will make applica-,
ton to the courts for an Injunction to
be placed upon them, to save us from
further danger from this source.
Trusting you Will publish this we re-.
tfnain yours respectfully,
Il JOSHUA BENNETT.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
KELLY SENSITIVE VI !:
ABOUT HIS name | ||| (
~
In His Divorce Complaint He Asks.
Wife's Maiden Name
Restored. j55
HE DOES NOT LIKE |. ALIMo {: N
!
HE DOES NOT LIKE ALIMoNY.
Asks That 1t Be Denied Her for Her
self or Child--Makes Many
Charges.

. H. {, !, : y
James F. Kelly not Sonly seeks a di-
vorcc from his Wife,, Mrs. tia Ellis
Kelly, but he objects to her .reta a
his name and asks the court to restore
her5t her maiden name, in a complaint
fled this morning in the Third district
court. For more thnn a year, he says,
she has refused TO live with him. BE-
fore she deserted him he says that she
abused him calling him vile names and
nagged at him continually. From the
time of their marriage he says that he
never enjoyed any. peacetin his home.
They We're married at Tooefc City, on
May IA, 1908. There are no children as
a result of tho marriage, but his Wife
has q child by a former marriage. He
also asks the court that she be denied
alimonY for herself or the support of
the child which Is NOW living with her.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
TABERNACLE CHOIR
TO 60 TO SEATTLE.
Conductor Stephens Makes the An.i
n0uncement ut Rehearsal
55s Last Night. &

At the regular weekly rehearsal of
this tabernacle choir last evening,
Conductor Evan STEP hens notified the
choir that they would so to Seattle
this summer to compete in the
8Eistedd fod which Is to- be held there;
during tho latter part of August. He
hoped the choir and individuals of
the choir, would be able TO enter into!
many Of the contests With the view
occasion, the members voted to sls-
tain the move by regular attendance,
all OF those present agreeing TO the
imposition OF a fine for DELINQUENCY.
AS no money is available for suehsa
purpose from the state, the choir will
n have to raise the necessary funds.
This Conductor Stephens hopes to do
lily means of concerts by the taber-3
i,acle and chiIdren's choirs during en-
fcanlpment week of the g. a. II. u /
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
-FOUR INSANE HEARINGS.
One Patient Bites Finger of His Keep
or on Way to Court. ..A.H

-Four insane persons We're brought
before Judge Lewis this morning for
examination. August Kalllsch. a8Ger-
man, 80 years old, was the first patient
who was drought into court. While.
being taken to court he fought Jailer
Joseph Burbidge and Deputy Sheriff
Peter Johnson. Before they succeeded
in swapping hand-cuffs on him. he
chewed Johnsons finger The wound
was Immediately dressed and the
physicians say he will have no trouble
from it. He was committed to the
state mental hospital for treatment.
Ea Mrs. Martha w. Townsend. the sis
ter of billy Turpin, was also order
ed to the insane asylum She has
been falling in health for several years
and of late has wandered away from
home,
Robert yeakey, who has been ,ex-
amined twice before, convinced the
court this morning that he was not
insane, He was suffering from an att
tack, of delirium tremens and has
been at the hospital for several days,
where he fully recovered,
John "A. Leak was questioned by the
lunacy commission this morning but
was discharged. He was suffering
from nervous troubles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
COMPANY. EcoNoMIzING.
No Lights IN Cars on Salt Lake s
Ogden Cause Protests. "a

Complaints arc being registered loud
and long against the policy of the
salt Lake & Ogden railroad manage
sment in economizing on coal oil and
thereby giving the passengers coming.
in from Lagoon a ride In the dark
swhichgis not exactly appreciated by all
on the train. Last night the train
minus lights in the cars and the con-
3ductor transacted his checking up OF
tickets blythe light of his lantern. In-f
fdignant parties reporting the affair to
the Deseret News this morning aver,
that tfliss proceeding, which is con-
trary to the law, Is no uncommon oc-
,currence on the Bamberger line. MI
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
ROW OVER CHICKENS.

Tho memory of! Mrs. Agnes Wells, OF
}775 west Eighth South street was so
frail when she appeared on the witness
stand in Judge Bowmall's court yester-
day afternoon, as complaining witness
against Fred Peterson that at. inc
conclusion Of her testimony the defend
AMI was promptly discharged, Peter
son was charged by Mrs. Wells With
having disturbed the peace by calling
hel;t"a lot of bad names but OH the
stand she could lslt recall just Whit
he had said. The trial 50 far as it
went had tile color OF the usual neigh
.borhood row over chickens.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
G1TzHoIFEN CASE AGAIN.
Third Time on Supreme Court Docket.
1t is Continued.

n After having gone to the supreme
court twice, the case of Frank Gitzhof-
fen against the Holy Cross hospital
which has been on trial for the third
time in Judge Titchie's court, was
continued today without date. 1t is
understood that a settlement Is about to
be reached. i5s,
In the first place Judge Richie erred
in instructing the jury which returned
a verdict In favor of the hospital and
it was reversed by the supreme court.
When the case WAS rerlanded to the
lower court again. "a verdict Of $4,000
was obtained by the plaintiff. Judge
iRitchle set this aside and 1t went to
the higher court again where it was
reversed The third trial has consumed
two days and from the action of the
attorneys in the case a settlement has
almost been reached The suit was
brought 10 recover $4,000 for the loss
of the plaintiffs eyes. He was afflict-
ed With an infectious disease and de-
clares that the sisters were negligent
Z in their treatment of the case.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
-pEsEREr EVsNlNGs News FRlDAY JUNI EElgO9T

WIS manager to recover $1,000 which
he put into tho Savoy hotel. He charged
his associates with fraud and misrepiet-..
aentatlon. 45553
& In Apri of last year, r. v. Hanson.
*. j. Potts John j, Thueson, and r.
B. Scott took a lease on tho Fields.
apsrtmen I house on east First South
street, and turned it into the Savoy
hotel. Leggett WAS Interested in the;
ana invested $1,000. He
was made manager Of the hotel. Leg
gett declares that his partners did not
tell him that there was a mortgage of
$1,000 on the furniture and that the
business was only worth $1,000. In
his suit he seeks to recover his 81 900.
The ii answer sets forth that Ieggett
ruined the business and asks for; 80, 600
for I1eggett' = incorilpe I, &
LegEett was twice candidate on the
Socialist ticket last fall, Scott, ,r1iue-
son and Hanson were also card dates
on the same ticket.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
THE IDAHO CAPITOL PLAN.

Register John Burke of the United
States Land office in South Dakota,
is in the city visiting with Glen Mil
Ter. He tells an interesting story OF
how the state by constitutional provi-
sion forbade the sale OF any Of the
state lands for less than $40 per acre.
This policy has resulted in the ac-
,cumulation ofNsuch an immense fund
that the state has been able easily to
build q. s7000,Q 900 state capitol with
out taxing the people,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
THREE-PLY COMPLAINT.
Airs. Sarah Cahoon Charges Her HIS
band With Many Shortcomings.

Mrs Sarah Cahoon makes charges of
non support, extreme. cruelty and ha-
bitual drunkenness against her hus-
band, Hyrum Cahoon. in complaint
for divorce filed yesterday in the Third
district court. She asks for the Gus
tody OF their minor child and an In
sterest In the estate left to him by his
mother, which is valued at $1,000:
They We're married here on March 2,
1901. For the past two years, she
says, Cahoon has failed to support her
md has been a heavy tinker for sew
teral years. In addition she says Ca
( hoon nistreated her and the child.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
RULING on COUNT COSTS.

by Judge John A Marshall of the fed
.cisil court. it was held that an item of
$50 30. Incurred by the United States
smarshul's Office in the suit against the
Utah Fuel company, should not be
paid by the Fuel company because
it was incurred by the marshal in SCI
curing witnesses before the company
had been indicted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
NEW INTERPRETATIONS.

The Provo lodge No. $40 Of the BEN
evolent and Protective Order of Elks,
flied d copy of its articles Of incorpora-
tion today with the secretary of state.
III C,chwab, eXalt ted ruler. L. j. IIealy,
secretary;: Josiah Beck. George T.. Ross
and John Homer trustees.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
DAMAGE no STOCK

In tho first place, some time in the
& night ofSthe 11thj inst, what is known
3 as the Burtncr dam. situated seven or
eight miles above the Deseret IrriEa-
8tion compaay's reservoir, which was
already full, caused the water to run
IS over what is known as the Chopper
cut, which had been strengthened sur
/ ticicntlN TO hold the waters in the
sJDeseret res erpoir. The flood waters fill-A
ed the bed Of the SEVER river and the
h river in consequence overfiowed its
hanks drowning a number of horses
& and cattle that could not get out of
35 the way OF the water The flume that
y crosses the river supplying the town
of Oasis and that portion of the town
of Deseret lying east of the river, was
washed out. The nume struck the
bridge across the river at the point
dividing the -four precincts OF Hinck-.
4 ley, Deserct. Oasis and BURNER.
q ssseeping everything before 1T The
residence of Mohonri M /, Bishop, to-
u gether With corral sheds. turkeys.
E lltelSenst pigs, etc, was swept away.
K also many tons of8lucerne hay In the
fields, The walls OF the home of ].
v I.5s Kind der ereBundermined and fell
u IN breaking up furniture and other
x ar les. The house of Mrs. Alice Wes-
4 torn also fell. and another house be-
longing to John III. Bennet went down
\ stream. These houses were al on the
west side. On the east silein Oasis, a
r house belonging to John w. Reed was
washed away. in iDeseret the home of
- Joseph ". Damron, ST.. house be-
longing to Joseph Bennett a saloon.
We're damaged and number OF other
u louses We're undermined by the wat
ers. The flume In floating down the
4 river edged against the Deseret
! bridge, washing the d bridge out.
which floated down stream. The
Ia nv n H., IL
OF Samuel w. Western, Sir. and John
III Western we're threatened.
CATTLE MIRED.
The waters as they passed down the
4 valley spread over a. vast area of land,
and " is feared caused the death OF
hundreds of head Of horses and cattle
NJ the country being so soft that they
81 would lnire down and no t be able to OK q
+ tricate themselves, and thus starve to
+ death. a number of families were COM
PEELED to move to higher places. The
* bishop 8 house and store were in dan
ger and surrounded, and he was COM
PEELED to move hts family into his
gianaly that stands upon piling about
three feet high 1t Is still feared that
other buildings or the inside wallis OF
those that are lined with adobes viii
yet fall. il The wind that is now blow
Ing continues. 1t Is not possible at the
i present writing to estimate the value
OF, on amount of damage that has ac-
stually been sustained as the waters,
3earried with, them a great amount Of
fine sand that has been deposited upon
M great deal OF the land, and channels
and bitches that have been cut through
ditch banks and other improvements
washed away.
81 H1ADGATBS CLOSED.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
BUSINESS AND REALTY

Ioday's local bank clearings amount
ed to 81, 0S3, 1903, as compared with
s7oa,663.19 for the. corresponding day OF
last Year.
Judge LeGrand Young has just Sc
cured s04 acres in Emigration canyon
for s7,221.25.
G. !. Moon has sold to August b.
Reppe, for $4,000. 57S92 feet on Third
East street, between Fifth and Sixth
East streets. where, 1t Is understood,
the purchaser will erect an apart
ment house.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
.BURTNER men n. |: \.
MAKE CHARGES.
49, 800
Joshua Bennett, on Behalf Of
Residents, Tells Of Burst
ing Of Dam.
NEGLl GENcE IS CLAIMED n
Houses Washed Away, Horses, Cattle
And Poultry Arc Drowned in
1hc Flood Waters.

The News is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from residents
OF iDeseret. Millard county, relative
to the recent breaking of the dams OF
the irrigation reservoirs and the flood
ing Of the district The letter is dated
at Deserel, June II, and,is as follows:
Editor Deseret Evening News
In reading the account of the going
out of the dams In your issue of June
10, and at the request of Il number of
residents of Deseret. | write to cor
rect some misleading Information
given your informant and to give YOU
4 the facts as they happened in the late
disaster To this district
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
LATE LOCALS.

IlinoIeum From England-The Salt
Lake Custom house is in receipt of
car load of! linoleum from England
for a Salt Lake furniture house. So N Il,
Dcmolishing Old NyalI--rhe old con-
sglomerate wall that for nearly 90
years enclosed the old Deseret News
buildings is now being demolished.
Barlow in Buralo-A postal card
received by Lieut.. Hempel this morn
ing conveys the information that
Chief of Police S. M. Barlowis now
iii Buffalo, and Is having an extremely
pleasant journey.
Licensed In Californln--NIanag
Cannon OF the Home Fire Insurance
company has just received word from
the San Francisco agent, H. r. Mann,
that a license has been issued from
the state insurance commissioner
permitting the Home Fire company to-
do business in California
Leave For Foreign NIissions--Don
Carlos Young Jr., and Leroy Chamber
lain leave tomorrow on q three years
absence in the Swiss GeT1nan&ln mission.
They are to sail July 8, from NJ ontrealN
w. Young, Jr. The trio propose to
celebrate the Fourth of July on the
steamer.
+
States Marshal Il. Fl. Smith will leave
for Leavenworth, Kansas. at noon to-.
morrow, having in charge Dan .Tsose.
the Indian boy, who was yesterday
sentenced to imprisonment in the
Federal prison at that place for the
term of ten years. for the murder of
four Indians of the Navajo tribe near
Aneath, Utah. H 4
Morris Family ReunioIi-Prep
tfons are under way for the annual
reunion Of the Norris family and
descendants of the late Elias Morris,
which will be held June 30, at the
residence of George NJ. Cannon at
Forest Dale. Committees on program
refreshments etc.. are now hard at
work and indications are that there
will be close upon ] 90 present.
Blast Old News B,iilfli Blasting
was resorted to by the contractor
yesterday afternoon in demolshing the
old building of the Deseret News The
structure was so solidly constructed
and enduring that more than custo-
mary means had to be resorted to In
order to destroy 1t. The unusual noise
attracted a good deal oc attention in
the neighborhood. and stirred up
immense cloudsyof dust.
Gould Struck BY BulIct-Robert
Gould. an 1S-year-old youth residing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
SOCIALISM RUINED HOTEL.

So Say Partners of Leggett in Answer
Filed in District Court.
While trying To convert his guests to-
Socialism. Robert L. Legsett ruined
his hotel business and drove his guests
away, according to an answer filed yes
terday IN the Third district court by
his business associates, Leggett iiletl
suit against the company of which he
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18

Ing near his home. but tha 10 49, l.I..4 4
e 8 t = bullet atil mys,srv'
s ,i,ea being that II had han,
indnlEing in target practise. 'iDof flloesS
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18

MT North West Temple street was
struck by spent rifle bullet ester
day afternoon. receiving a. painful but.
not serious wound In the thigh. The ac-
cideht occurred while Gould was stand
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
Fight IS PULLED OFF
ON RANBERGER ROAD
Conductor George W. Driver Is
Severely Beaten by Engi-
neer Delaney.

AS the result Of an alteration be.
tween George w, Driver, conductor.
and William Delaney, an engineer on
the Salt Lake & Ogden railway, Satur-
day afternoon, near the Davis Weber
county line, Driver is lying at the Og-
den hospital suffering from a danger
ously bruised and laccrated head, on
account of blows inflicted by Delaney,
according TO advices received in this
city last night by Simon Bambergcr,
president of the road.
The trouble is SAID TO nave originated
when Conductor Driver demonstrated
with Denlaney over the high rate. of
speed at which the latter was running
his train.
Dr. L. NJ. Conroy was called and
dressed the injured man s wounds, De
laney was arrested on charge Of as
sault when he reached Ogden.
When asked for information concern
ing the fist fight between the conduc
tor and engineer on his railway, Mr.
Bamberger smiIingly said: "Wcll, the
scrap has not delayed traffic We are
running on scedule time But ! can
not understand now the engineer could
have been exceeding the speed limit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
BODY OF bob" EASTMAN
RESTS IN PAUPER'S GRAVE

rn ST MICHAEL'S, Md, Juno 26.-
Without ceremony the body of Rob.
erI Il: Eastman" Lame Bob'-thc
New, York stock broker who 1T is al
leged murdered pretty May Edith
thompson Woodill and then committed
suicide, WAS buried this afternoon at
the expense of Talbot county
Ihe farm near Bozeman, where East
man lad made his home during his brief
stay IN tins county and in the bungalow
on Wh!ch place the murder probably
LOOK place, was the scene Of the burial,
ana rs no church here would permit the
Dody to he buried within its graveyard,
the authorities were forced to seek q
resllng place for 1T on the farm Of the
man himself, That the dead man was
really g Lame Bob'' Eastman, the fugi
tive New York broker, is now estab-
iished beyond all doubt Louis B. Ped
Ter, an artist on a Washington newspa-
per, identified the body today. Ped
Ter is cousin of Winnie Bradcombe,
the New York actress, who it turns out
IS the wife of Eastman, and to whom
he addressed the letter in which he
charged that a woman had killed Mrs.
Woodill.
Pedler had known Eastman well in
New York and there was no hesitaucy
in his Identification
The story of the drunken row told
by Eastman in his letter to his wife
has caused speculation here, and cf
forts are being made today to locate
members of a party of four or five
people who are said TO have left here
on launch the day after the supposed
of Mrs. Woodill.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
DETECTIVE IS CONFIDENT
EASTMAN WAS MURDERER

BALTIMORE, Nd. June 26.-De-
tectivc Captain Humphrey of the Bal
imore police, who has been at work on
the Woodill tragedy, secuted the idea
today that woman committed the
murder.
"From what 7 have discovered,' he
said, "I have no doubt that Eastman
and Mrs. Woodill were old friends. L
don t think it was mere coincidence
that brought him to live within n
stones throw of her foster father S
home / believe Eastman was in Cali
fornia recently and that he had come to
ing Mrs. Woodill soon was coming
east
"Mrs. Woodil had intended return
ing west few days after her husband
left, but in my opinion when she found
Eastman domiciled near her fathers
home, she could not resist playing with
fire, We know that Mrs Woodill saw a
great deal of Eastman. | believe at
last Mrs. Woodill informed Eastman
that she intended to rejoin her husband
and that he became insanely Jealous
and forbade it.
"It is conjecture that there were
told of Eastman S past life and she
could easily have threatened to disclose
his identity to the authorities. -
Captain Humphrey said it would be
useless for him to send men TO ST
Michaels. ''The man who committed
the murder is dead,' he declared, $50
what is the use of sending men out Sim
ply TO rake up scandal
A. s. Rosenthal, a New York lawyer,
who says he represented Eastman at
the time he was charged with grand
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
THREE THOUSAND CARMEN
OF PITTSBURG ON STRIKE

PITTSBURG. June 26.-Three thou
sand men, representing 50 per cent Of
the working force of the Pittsburg
Railway company, will go on strike at
) O'Clock tomorrow, Sunday, morning.
The men decided to walk out at the
end OF conference tonight between
the officials of the car company and
union committee.
The strike Will tie up the entire
traction lines of Pittsburg and vicin-
ity. The grievances Of the men in
clude the charge of discrimination
against union men The union men
assert that the railway company has
violated an agreement signed last
ADTil