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Show DEVINE "SUSPENDED, Tbe Chief of fbe Fire DepartmtDt Is So In!orm:d By Tbt Mayor. FOR UK01 SKIIKir Of IHIT. Chsrgrs Will lie Iliad la Hue Krasoa K.piit Spresd Like Wild lira. About 2 o'olook tbls altarnoon James Da vine, chief of Ibe flro'.-eparlnienl, waa tba recipient of a ojn munfeaton wblob oarned wllb II ni little lurprlie 10 Iha parly t j whom II was address aj. It waa nothing more nor lese than an order of auapenolun front Ibe city's oblef executive, Mayor Ulandluulng, and waa oouobed lu Ibe following lau-guagsi lau-guagsi Halt Lax Citt, Fab. In, lfn. Jamr4 liavlne, Chief Cnttinecr l'lrallo-partmant, l'lrallo-partmant, Malt l.aku city, t'tabl Ihtr Mir For gross n,wlnft nf duty, and utltor oauaea which ap'ar eell-frti' lory lo me, you era hereby etiitilil from ollloa aa oblal ol tbo lira deparlnteiil of tbla city. I'bsrgna will ba preferred against yon and nixt Willi Iho bomd nl Mtlicaand bra ooiuuiUalnnsr In due aeaeuti. Ilvapeo folly, Jasu (IbiniMNNliu. Mayor. Mr. Prank Jennings, ohalr.nen nf Ihe Ur aud police board, waa a,ao oommunlosted with by Mayor (llen-olnntng, (llen-olnntng, Inlorruing httii of the action Wlilrb bad been taken Willi regard lo Ibe fire department cble', hut aa Mr. Jannlnge waa out In town, Iba letter waa referred to Commieeloaer ut ay. 11 la a lollowa: Balt Lxtr. Cut, VUh, Fvbioery lo, IT'O. Frank Jennings, Kti , rbalrmsn II ard of I'olloa and l-iro l otnmla.luuura, Hall I -he Clly, Uiab. Hlr Kncloeed lnrewlth plasma find rmpT ol a lei er thla day dallvnre l to Mr. lievlue, chief of tue lita (leierllueut. lie kind enough lo tee uoh a4Hlon as nuv ha nexaeesry to turn over lo the ortlcer who auoneeda Mr. Iinvlna, all property belonging lo tlie di'perliueut. Vary reejfiirullv ymna, Jams Ulknuimsinu, Mayor. The rrpull nf tha May t'. an ion ai read like wild Ot and II was nol luug balor II wasoiadaa sutjfut for geueial allssl g lealp. Mr. Iieviue waa aan by a Nxwa reporter and when asked ae lo what be bad lo say In ibe mat er, be rrpltadi "1 bave nothing In particular lo eay. You oan see Iba oontenta ol the ooiu-muuloetlon ooiu-muuloetlon 1 reoelvod end Ibat la ail I know ab .ul tua matter. I am euspsa,!. a J lor neglect olduty and I causay that 1 am only enrry that moat ol the mem bera of Ibe fire and pjltoe t,oard are at preavnl sul of lowu. 1 regret thai Ibay ara aueeot, aa I am fulte anxloua aud wlilh g to lace evaiy ehsrga thai oan be brougut egalual ma, aud ibat at Ibe eerlleet poaalble Biumaut." Mayor lileudlnuing was aean by a Nxwa rei resenlallve Just bsfoiepreee lime aad aaked whet the uature of Ibe eharge wuuld be aside Irom wbat waa Indicated In Ibe letter to Drvlne. lie replied thai ba did not oare to stale. However, Ibay would ba formulated Without delay aod presented lo Ibe board probably al Ibelr next mtatlos'. Aa to ciugr pa att. "Mayor, bow about the reported probanie ausn-nslon ot C'nlef 1'ratit" iLqiitred the Nxwa man 'Well, 1 havea'l given Ihat consul. aralloa yet," waa the response. Later ba InlltualeJ, however, that a "eleati sweep" In b III deiarllnenia would bs about Iba beat thing for ilia public. Front tula lima form latere. Hug ds-to ds-to optnenis In the mun oipsl Ugbl may be Iui kad fur. |