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Show ASENSATMALFILING Ifiii Ida Eaghai Beryim an Aotion Isninet Her Huibaud and Others for Conspiracy- TEE WATER TAX CASE ON TRIAL , Tax Payers Assail the Legality of a Levy Caadidut.ea for Citizenship , Diickuts for a Day. ProoeedlnRi in the district onurt openod t)ii iiioming witli four raudi-dates raudi-dates for Amttricau citizenship, Swilz-erlaud, Swilz-erlaud, Sweden aud Great Uritain each sustaining the lust of one of its subject. sub-ject. .H of them foreswore polygamy ami will participate- in the next cuute.it at tho polls. A Sfiuaaiional Flllair. A sensation was creatfd in court cir-civs cir-civs today in thj liliti)? tif a suit by Mrs. Ida Hughes acraiust Johu li. lluulu'S, tier husband. Charles Haldwiu, a prom-inunt prom-inunt uioiubtir of tho bar, and J. A. Karies, a well known capitalist whom abe charea entered into a conspii ncy to defraud plaintiff of her dower interest inter-est in and to properly of iho value of 413,000. The complaint acts up ;hat Ida and J, H. Hughes ware married in March, 1P-J!) and that in April. 1!M), they y.-o in Salt Lake City. That llughea Mudtieed tho plaintill to Ku to Sa'.ida. Colorado, on the assurance that ho would dispose of tho property to the best possible advautape anil follow her. Yielding to hi solicitations solici-tations sho joined her husband in a de.fd af trust to Lawyer l!;iid win and then went to sunny Salida to atvait his cjiuing. She waited in vain, however, nd instead of receiving him in open unbrace shn wax served with a summons sum-mons notifying her that application for divorce had been tiled by her husband. A short timo alter sho was iul'orniud that tfie property had been sold to Earles hir rj,0(i() and this action has been instituted for the purpose of set-ling set-ling aside the conveyance on the ground of fraud, aud further that it was ttoa result of a conspiracy to beat licr out of the interest to which she was eutitrrd. Judge U. W. Towers and Judge Ogden lliles are attorney for plaicitiff and the prominence of the parties, the charge of fraud accompan-pauied accompan-pauied by an action for divorce has caused somewhat of an agitation in upvr circles. Tha Criminal Caleadar. Following is tho setting of criminal Oi.ses, beginning May 2."lh, lS'Jl; MAY 20th, 18J1. The People of t'ae territory of Utah "vs. John Gibson and William llaron; grand larceny. The Teople, etc. vs. John Connors; robbery. mav 26. The Teople, etc., vs. David Fit.pat-riek; Fit.pat-riek; rape. Tho l'eople, etc., vs. V. J. Jones and Thomas French; assault with iu tent to do great bodily harm. MAT 27. The People, etc., vs. James Hamilton; Hamil-ton; crime against nature. The Teople, etc., vs. Mary Christiansen; Christian-sen; breach of promise. The Teople, ete., vs. George Lucas; disturbing the peace. mav 28. Tho Teople, etc., vs. Abraham Hunter; Hun-ter; grand lurceny. The People, etc., vs. Abraham Uun-i Uun-i tr; assault with deadly weapan. yJ The United States vs. John It. How- 7 ard and Kliza Everett; adultery. MAY 20. The Teople of tho Territory of Utah vs. Albert Kerm; robbery. The Teople, etc., vs. William Wilson; turning water. The i'eople, etc., vs. James Howard; grand larceny. Th Watar Tax Itsna. The case of Adam Duncan and "a multitude of taxpayers" of water main district No. 74 against K. R. Clute, as-aessor as-aessor and collector of the city of Salt Lake is now on trial before Judge Zane. The issue is one in which the taxpayers join to test the validity of certain taxes assessed on the area of what, is known as water main district Mo. 71, the assessment as-sessment being 4 mills per superficial foot. The complaint sets up that this -was excessive, and that tho local tax was larger than necessary to tho performance per-formance of the work, the surplus of the cost inuring to the treasurer. Many citizens, it continues, had springs and wells with a superabundance of water on their property and the levy having been defaulted, notice of aaie was served on the delinquents, who now pray the court to adjudge the ordinance or-dinance under which the mains were constructed void and to enjoin the assessor as-sessor from the sale of the property. The answer sets up a general denial of the complaint. Judge J mid appears for the plaintiffs and City Attorney 1111 for tha defendant. Court ols. Colonel Frank F. McGurrin, official atcnographer, has returned from Cali- fornia after a protracted Bojourn, completely com-pletely restored to healtn and betraying an avoirdupois that at once fits him for tha political arena. Mrs. McGurrin was deiighted with the trip and her many friends will be as delighted to welcome wel-come her back as wore court circles to receive his lordship. The grand jury will reconvene tomorrow to-morrow morning at which time Assistant Assist-ant United Slates Attorney Stephens will begin another chapter of inquiries into the cases that are awaiting ventilation. venti-lation. The criminal calendar will ba reopened re-opened on Monday next. The application for habeas corpus in the Kid Fdward case was sustained, and the prisoner is now at liberty. Judge Anderson is taking a well-earned well-earned rest, but is open for business when occasion requires the genius of his department. |