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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
PRESBYTERIAN CONVENTION
in AMERICAN FORK
Special to The Tribune.

AMERICAN FORK. Aug. 13.-The
Presbyterian teachers from all the mis-
sion sion ssS sehools in the state Of Utah viii
week. The meetings begin Thursday,
AugugBt 49,. In the chapel The opening
address will he by DR. S. E. Wfshard.
for many years In Utah. now of Los
Angeles. Cal. For the five days follow
Ing there will be three sessions daily
The Bible study each forenoon and
afternoon will be conducted by the Rev
J; K. McGilliway Of Twin Falls. Ida. A.
C. Nelson. state superintendent of
schools, Will sive the address on Friday
evening. his subject being Proposed
Notifications Of the Public School
Course" DR., c. e. Bradt VIII address
the convention Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
Monday evening. Thomas Weir OF Salt
Lake Will deliver an address on The
Hawaiian islands. On Tuesday evening
Walter c. Lyme Of Salt Lake City will
give n report OF the Layman's Mission
ary convention Of Chicago. A trip to
American Fork canyon TO view the beau
tiful scenery Is being planned for Wed
nesday. the 24th. Il Is expected there
will be from seventy-flve to one hun
dred people. all prominent In mission
and educational work. present during this
convention.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
CHILD DIES IN AGONY
AS RESULT OF BURNS
Special to The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, Aug, 13-SadIc Louise Alfred.
the 10year- old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Alfred, is dead at the Ogden Cen
sral hospital as q result OF the burns
which she received yesterday afternoon
when she attempted 10 light the fire In
the family cook stove. The child was
terribly burned about the face and body
when the flames from the oil stove were
communicated to her clothing. She ran
screaming into the yard and fell to the
ground, tho flames setting fire to the
grass before neighbors rushed TO her as
sistance and eXtiDguishcd the flames with
blankets.
The childs hair was completely burned
from her scalp. Despite the heroic ef-
forts Of the surgeons. who attended her.
the little girl died in agony after sew
eral hours of suffering.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
FAREWELL SERVICES FOR
REV. GEORGE W. M'CREERY
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN. Aug. 13.-Farewell services
will be held In the First Methodist church
tomorrow by the Rev G.. w. McCreeiy,
who will give up his pastcrare at ogden
and return TO Colorado. his homo state,
10 take charge OF a church There. Spe-
cial music has been arranged by the
members OF The church choir for the
morning and evening services.
Rev Mr.. McCreery viii leave for Provo
Thursday mc1nIrg TO attend the session
OF the titan mission. after which lle viii
go TO Colorado. Mrs. McCreery VIII
spend n sort time with her sister in
California before joining her husband
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Hay Fired by Friction.
special TO The Tribune.

AMERICAN FORK. Aug. 13.-Whlle
returning with a load OF hay from their
field on the north bench. yesterday, Clar
cncc and WilbUrn, the two young boys OF
j. A. Robinson of this city. had an eX-
perlence that they will not soon forget.
From the friction caused by the wagon
tire rubbing on the iron bow OF the hay
rack, the load of hay caught on fire, and
was all ablaze before the boys discov-
cred IT, and they had to jump from the
load TO save their lives, BY being
sCorched a little they succeeded In get
ting the team unhitched from the burn
Ing wagon. The wagon and hay were
completely burned.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
PENSION SAVES WIDOW
FROM TAKING HER LIFE
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo. Aug 13:-When
newspaper reporter visited the little
back room in which is the home Of Mrs
Mary de Fot yesterday, and told her
that the government had awarded her
$40 back pension and an allowance of
Sl2 month for the remainder Of her
life, Mrs. de Vot tainted. After recov-
erinG. the aged woman went to drawer
and taking up n small bottle, threw It's
contents. laudanum, away.
She said she had been struggling
against poverty for years and two
weeks ago purchased the poison to end
her life when her last cent was gone.
81 don t need you now,'' she smiled
as she emptied the vial.
Her husband died while serving lin
the union army, during the civil war.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
MURRAY SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 6
Special to The Tribune.

MURRAY. Aug. 13.-The public schools
OF Murray will open on Tuesday. Scptem-
ber 6. with the following teachers:
Arlington-C. l.. Gaufin. principal; a.
l.. Handler. Margaret Edward. Alice Ste
vens. Beatrice Logic Emily Pinchin, Le-
more Watts. Eliza Lester, Esther Wild
ing, Bertha a. Barney. Elizabeth Craig
and Gertrude Norton
Liberty-E. T.. Boggess. principal: Milo
l.. Rowan, Carrie N Petersen, Marian
Larson. Agnes Erickson. Anna Taylor.
IIt,creSt a + Iry,i,r nr,ncJnsI. Iaaa
f. HeiCes and Emma Cover.
BonnyView-Mae G, Scott, principal.
Josephine Johnson and Amelia NJ. Olsen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Robbed by Negroes.
'ecial TO The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN. Aug. l3.-While returning to
his home on lower Twenty-fourth street
this evening William johnson, a laborer
employed by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road company, was robbed by q negress
Of $li. He reported the theft TO the po-
lice, and within half an hour Detectives
Wardlaw and Pincock had arrested ,Lorinc
Leah. a negress. Johnson identified the
negress. The detectives followed a clue
furnished by the dropping by the woman
Of her hat when she was making her es-
cape. Two other negrcsses identified the
hat as that worn by the Leah woman.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Wife Charges Cruelty.
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN. Aug. 13.-Cruel and inhuman
treatment and non-support are the
charges upon which an action for di-
vorce brought by Mrs, Mary Pearl Lar
sen against Joseph J. Larsen, is based,
Mrs. Larsen says that her husband
struck her with his clenched fists and
that time he had at divers times treated
her In an inhuman manner, she says.
Since the 1st Of .Iune he has not pro-
vided her with the necessaries OF life
although he is abundantly able to do so.
she declares. Mrs. Larsen asks for SEQ
monthly alimony. the custody of three
minor children, attorneys fees and costs.
The Larsens were married in Salt Lake
october 3, 1901
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Willie Newman Improves.
Special 10 The Tribune

OGDEN. Aug. 15--Reports from the
bedside Of young Willie Newman who
was injured i'll runaway accident last
"Wednesday afternoon, are OF Il favora bic
nature. The hoy was dragged for some
distance. after the wagon in which he
was riding had been smashed by the
frightened horses, For while IL was
feared that he had suffered a fracture
Of the skull, but the physicians attending
him say that there is no indication OF a
fracture and that the LAD has "A good
chance for recovery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
CHARGES ASSAULT WITH
HEAVY CATSUP BOTTLE
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN. Aug. 13.-R. L. Gunter,
son with catsup bottle, wifi be tried
IN the police court Monday morning.
Gunter is an advertising solicitor en-
PIoyed by the Ogden Morning Examiner.
He and Henderson have been boarding at
private house on Twenty-fifths street.
between Adams and Jefferson avenue.
During an alteration, which began
when Henderson objected TO Gunter oc-
cupying his seat at the boarding house
table. Gunter Is said to have made a
vicious assault upon him with a catsup
bottle taken from tho table. The case
was called In police court this morning.
but Gunter not being present n con-
dnuanca was allowed until Monday
morning.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
STEALING OF WATER
CHARGED At WE|sER
Ranchers Say Their Guard
Placed Over Ditch Was
Fired Upon. .:.ss"
Special to The Tribune

y
%ElSER, Ida. Aug. 13.-There Is con.
siderable excitement here over the water
question The ranchers of this section
purchased A100 inches of water from the
Council to be turned in to the Weiser
river from their reservoir. The water
did not reach here and more was turned
IN until $500 inches were running out Of
the reservoir. Still II did not come In
vestigation disclosed II was being divert
ed at Middle Valley, forty miles from
here, guard was placed at the head OF
the ditch. Late Thursday night eight or
ten shots were fired at him from the
brush The guard fed. He states bull
lets struck all about MIN. The county
neer went to Middle Valley this morning
to Investigate. and 1t Is probable a num-
ber OF arrests Will be made. The ranch
ers OF this section are needing the wa
ter. Middle Valley does not, The We'll
ser river Is lower than ever before known
at this season Of tho year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Install New Drinking Fountains.
lecIal TO The Tribune

Special 10 The Tribune
OGDEN, Aug. 13.-Within the next
two weeks the handsome sanitary drink
ing fountains which have been purchased
by the city will be placed in position at
the principal street intersections. Su-
perintendent G. II. Kircher has charge
of the installation, One of the foun-
tains is nov being placed at Twenty
tfth street and Washington avenue. The
locations of the other fountains have not
yet been determined. but according TO a
resolution of the city council one will
be placed in each of the five municipal
wards.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Received $4,000 Volts.

Special to The Tribune.
KAYSVILLE. Aug. 13.-George W.
Swan. the young man who came in con-
tact with a live wire three weeks ago
yesterday. and who received t60 600 volts.
is getting along as we'll as could be eX-
pected. This morning no had the thumb
on his LETT hand amputated. Doctors
Benedict and Richards OF Salt Lake City
and DR.. Heath OF Pennington performed
the operation at the Kaysvile hospital.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Guardian Is Named.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN. Aug. l3,--Glen Hitler, father
of Robert Perkins Hitler and Edward
Hudson Hitler, was granted letters OF
guardianship over the two children today.
The children are minors and have an in
tcrest In tine estate OF their mother, Mrs.
Frances Perkins Hitler. who died about
one year ago. They also have an inter
est in property In Indiana, according TO
the petition filed in the probate division
OF the district court this afternoon. After
reading tho petition District Judge
Howell appointed the petitioner. with
Il bond of $500,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Ogden Stake Conference.
Special TO The Tribune.

OGDEN. Aug. l3.-John Henry Smith
and Anton II. Lund OF the first presi-
dency of the Mormon church will be the
principal speakers at tho Ogden stake
conference Sunday Meetings Will be
held at 10 and o'clock. AT o'clock
Sunday evening there Will be q joint ses-
sion of the Mutual Improvement associ-
ations, at which officers OF the general
board will speak. Special music by the
tabernacle choir viii be n feature.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Mrs. Josephine Jorgenson Dead.

OPtCIdI 10 Tic IrlDuDe.
MURRAY. Aug l3.-Funeral services
will be held In the South Cottonwood
meeting house Sunday afternoon for Mrs
Josephine Jorsenson. who died suddenly
Friday morning OF heart trouble Mrs
Jcrgenson was 80 years old and is sur
vived by a husband and nine children.
She was native OF Sweden and came
TO this country, locating at Midvale,
where her former husband. l.. A QuIst-
berg. lost his life in an accident at the
Bingham smelter
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Alleges Failure to Support.
Special TO The Tribun,

SPSNie'i w i iN lllOulcs
OGDEN. Aug. 1S.-Since the middle OF
last May. James Leroy Olsen has failed
10 provide his wife and children with the
actual necessaries OF life. according 70
complaint for divorce filed this afternoon
by Pauline w. Olsen. Mrs. Olsen says
they were married at Ogden. June %,
1907. She asks for an absolute divorce.
the custody of the two minor children,
$25 month alimony, attorneys fees and
costs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Mrs. Wilson Gets Divorce.

Special TO The Tribune.
PROVO, Aug. l3,-Mrs. Pearl Watson
of Springville was granted an lntcrlocu-
tory decree OF divorce In the district court
today from Albert II, Watson on the
grounds OF desertion. Plaintiff was award
ed the custody of one minor child. The
parties wore married in Provo April "a,
1gOo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
An Unreasonable Pig Owner.

Special to The Tribune.
PROVO. Aug. 13.-N. A. Pehrson of
Provo bench objects very strenuousy TO
having his pigs used as targets by the
neighbors. Pehrson telephoned Sheriff
George T. Judd this morning that John
Cole and William Cordner were indulg-
Ing In target practice. with his pigs as
targets. and that one OF the pigs was
dead from a gunshot wound. The sheriff
went out TO the bench to Investigate.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Death Of N. ]. Fitzgerald.

Special TO The Tribune.
PROVO. Aug. 13.-N. j. Fitzgerald.
aged 81 years, died today at the home OF
c. F.. Moore, on First North street. from
tuberculosis. Deceased has been an ac-
tive miner in Utah and Nevada for the
past forty years. He leaves a widow and
six children. Funeral services will be
held at o. H. Berg's undertaking parlors
Monday at II o'clock.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
FIRST ELECTRIC CAR
Run OVER NEW LINE
Sneclal 10 The Tribune.

tl''-'I<T 70
OGDEN, Aug. 13.-The first electric car
to be run on the new line of the Ogden
Rapid Transit company from Ogden 10
Brigham City reached Willard this after
noon. Willard is eighteen miles from
Ogden The car was run by the wire
gang which IS stringiDs the trolleys.
The tracks arc laid with heavy steel
sufficient TO sustain the weight of "A
steam locomotive. II is expected that
trains will be In operation between this
city and Brigham City by early fall.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
New Building for Bank.
Tho Tribune

Special to Tho Tribune.
MURRAY, Aug. 13.-The board of d.
rectors OF the Murray State bank has
bought a plot OF ground on Main street
between Fifth avenue and Seventeenth
South street. and VIII erect a business
block to be used as the bank headquar-
ters. Work will begin on the building
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Knight Returns From Yellowstone.
special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
PROVO. Aug, 13.-Mr. and Mrs, Jesse
Knight Miss Iona Knight and Miss Uarde
knight returned this morning from n trip
through the Yellowstone park, having
been gone for IA week or ten days Tho
party had a very enjoyable trip without
accident. They came down from Salt
Lake this morning in an automobile.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Inspecting Strawberry Tunnel.

Special TO The Tribune.
PROVO, Aug. I3,-C. i. Blanchard,
statistician in the reclamation service al
Washington. D. c., ls here for the pur-
pose OF inspecting the work on the Straw
berry Valley tunnel irrigation project.
Mr. Blanchard Is accompanied by Lester
Clark. a newspaper writer OF Washing
ton
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
NOTED MEDICAL WRITER
DIES AT 100 YEARS
By Associated Press

BY SSsocIated PreSS.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-Dr.
John 2. Rich. who was in his one
hundredth year and was known
as oldest native citizen in New
York, is dead here. He was a
distinguished physician and
writer on medical subjects and
retained his mental vigor unim-
paired 10 the hour of his death.
He had held the presidencies OF
many learned societies and other
organizations. including the
American Microscopical society,
the Bailey Miscroscopical socie-
ty, the Hundred Years club,
the Physical Culture club and
the Epicurean club.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-03
ago, County Clerk Gay Dawley and
wife, and Frank Robinson and wife.

ago, County Clerk Gay Dawley and
! wife, and Frank Robinson and wife.
want to tell you good one OH GAY
or his wife. l leave You to judge which!
one 1t is ON. In the first place. Gay as
sures me that this is the absolute truth.
And from the earnestness of his man.
n2r am compelled tn believe him. 1t
appears that during their travels his
god wife. for reasons best known tn
herself. takes charge Of tho bank roll.
which is of course. as it Sh buld b..
, Well, after they had been here IL few
days. Mrs. DLwlcy said. Gay. don t
you want some money! Yes" said
Cay. Il would like Il little for car fare.
etc. Thrreuppn she handed him a
Sraenbaci. which he thrust into his
vest pocket. After leaving the room he
hrthought himself t. see the dcnomina-
ton of thu bill. In telling me of it af
terwari II" said. with tears i'm his ewes.
"Chariie, Witch | examined it. You
could have knocked me down with Il
feather. II wtr 4 uI..i piILr D.ii. But
lo1k mere. old mIn," he said. reaching
around t" Il rear pocket and producing
Il fat roll. II tnri this prcclutinn b.
fore leaving home" Then he and |
had big laugh At Mrs. Dawley. But
the worst Is Yet to come. y few DAYS
after this his good wife said. '.Iiav.
don't You want some more money"
And then this unErltrful man turned
lpuse his prnt up wrath upon the d,
voted head OF his better half in these
words. "M&ry, never again, no. never.
must You offer me money. The very
thoughts of that one dollar bill. has for
nights. btnishei siumbcr from NV pil-
low. In vain have woOcd the God of
sleep. Therefore, let this bn the last
| have not heard Mary'S side OF the
case yet. Bat | think that WAS IA mean
trick i'll Cav, bar You can't tell what
THOSE old fellow, will DO.
G. +. Mayer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-03
MIR. and Mrs. Bruce Rest

Al ) o'clock this after pDn, the funcr-
al services of Mr.. ana Mrs. \. Bruce
were held at their late residence. The
large number of people present testified
tn the respect and esteem in which they
were held in this community in which
they had lived 81 long.
The members of Elko Lodge NO. i3
o. .. +. and Ivy Rebekah Lodge and
visiting Brothers ana Sisters gathered
mt Odd Fellows hall ut > o'clock aud
marched to the residence. where the
beautiful and impressive Rebckah ser
vice was performed by Sister Simonscn
assisted by Sisters Critchlcy and Hes
son and the choir
The remains Were then taken from
the house and escorted to the cemetery
by the Odd Fellows and Rcbckahs and
followed by Il large number of citizens.
At the cemetery, the burial service of
the order was performed by Past Grand
Master Rcinhart. assisted by Past
Grand Master IIcsson and the choir.
The Baskets were lowered side by side,
into the same grave.
The wealth of floral tributes and the
large number of friends and neighbors
spoke eloquently to the breavcd family
of sympathy and love.
Side by side they iourneyed through
life and side by side they rest from
their labors. May their rest he un
broken and their long sleep as peaceful
as their lives ware:pure and upright.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-03
Japanese Laundry Work.

The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing, and they iron
their clothes by spreading them on a
fiat board and leaning this up against
the house TO dry. The sun takes the
wrinkles out of the clothes and some
OF them have quite a luster. The Jap
anese woman does her washing ont OF
doors. Her wash tub is not more than
six inches high.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-03

Los Angeles. Jan. -. 1910.
W. W. BooHER.
EikO. nevada.
Dear Sir:
y few days ago | read an article in
one of the Los Angeles papers. stating
that. owing to the lack of feed and the
severity of the winter in Nevada. the
loss of livestock in the counties of ElkO
and Humboldt would bc very heavy:
that one rancher alone near Ellso had
lost in one day eighteen hundred head
0f cattle. and that Il Shrapm III in the
same locality had LOST On1-half of his
herd, consisting of about TEN thousand
head and had offered the remainder of
them at - cents II head
Your correspondent kn Tvs thu this
statement docs MT contain an into of
truth. as he left EIiir on the 0th 1T jan
nary. The publication Of that article i'm
one Of the leading papers of California
is calculated to do oar state and county
much harm, as the majority of readers
accept such statements as the truth.
The harm is done and there remains no
remedy for the people of Elko, Us no
one will take the time to send an article
rcfuting the one already published
The weather here is delightful and
has been ever since my arrival, Janu-
airy IL.
We have II few of the Nevada colony
left, and all are within block of each
other. In the city are Mr. Truett. wife
and daughter, Miss McMullin. Mrs.
Keith and daughter, Mrs. Henry Jones
And daughter, and DIR. Scieter and fam.
In Long Beach arc Mr. and Mrs
Means, Ben Armstrong. wife and
daughter, and Mrs. Brain.
We lost from our colony few days
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-03
E;u3ineSS Locals.

Save tho-" natural teeth. thereby re-
tain Your faciai expression. DR.. Gill;
land the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. EIl;o
DR.. Alexander has returned from his
San FraI".,.p trip and is now ready
for business.
Drop inSo the Bakery saloon and try
our oyster cocktails.
Duttcnhofer shoes for ladies: Red
School House shoes for children:
Florshcim shoes for men. the best i'm
the mark3t ut EnGlcr Co
Anyone turning in any yearlingS
branded III on the left ribs with crop
off the left ear and waffle on left hind
leg vii! pleas" notify r. G. Bellinger,
Smith Creek. Ello. Nevada.
Sweet. Orr 81 Co.'S corduroy trousers
and ovCrallS the best in the world ut
Engler Co.