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Show LATEST FROM OGDEN. TU Beverend Samuel 8mall Denounced ia Strong Termi by a Mail Mwt-of Mwt-of Ogdaa Methodists, TEEDIOT IH GBIFFN MURDEE CASE Nice Jurymen Were for Acquital and Three for Murder in the First and Second Degree News Notes. Special Correspondence to The Times. Ogden, Mayl!5. A large crowd of indignant citizens, principally Methodists, Metho-dists, met at the chamber of commerce rooms Saturday evening, and passed resolutions condemning Kev. Sam Small for his scandalous attacks upon the Methodist university people. They denounce his statements as "false, malicious, ma-licious, and emanating from corrupt motives and an unchristian heart." The board of trustees are represented ns "men of kuown integrity," and Small's letters are regarded us "hold aud unscrupulous un-scrupulous attempts to deceive the American people." They waru all people peo-ple to beware of the man "whose record here is very qtiestiouable and unsavory." unsa-vory." The general conference to be held here in June will take up the matter mat-ter and some rich developments in the case are promised. Small is now in Canada but announces that he will return re-turn here to tight the matter in the COU'.tS. The verdict in the Griffin murder case has excited general comment. Iv'ine jurymen favored an acquittal, while three held for murder in the first and second degrees. After over twenty-four twenty-four hours of wrangling they agreed on a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. A new trial has been asked for by the defendants, de-fendants, and the case will be argued on the liOlh of this mouth. It is claimed that much new evidence has been procured pro-cured for bolh sides, and a new trial will probably be grained. - Yesterday the Grand Army veterans and church going people assemlilud at Lester Park pavilion to hold memorial aervices. All the churches were well represented, and the pavilion was filled with old soldiers, members of the woman's relief corps, and church people of all denominations. -- -t- -i- Cousiderable excitement was caused Saturday evening by the finding of the body of a young man in a slough neiir the Hot Springs. He had been dead probably twenty four hours and is supposed sup-posed to have committed suicide. No letters orother marks whereby he miglit be identilied were found on his person. He was brought to the city and placed in Kichey'it undertaking parlors waiting wait-ing an inquest. The man was well dressil, about five feet six inches in height, had dark hair, gray eyes, smooth face and looked to be about HO ye.rs of age. ---(---A large procession headed by the Og-den Og-den band marched to the corner of Twenty fifth and Juincy yesterdery afternoon. The occasion was the lay-inn lay-inn of the new Sacred Heart academy corner stone. This buildinjj is being f rcitsd by the Kistera of the Holy cross al a rout of JTo.lMH) and will be a massive mas-sive brick structure. Right Rev. L. Scanlan of Salt Lake City, performed ceremony and the choir of St. Joseph' church furnished the music. -4- -t- -- The Woman's Christian Temperance union will hold an interesting session this afleruoon. "Home Protection" will be the subject under discussiou. Mrs. M. A. Rrctden w ill read a paper on "The Legal Status of Woman.,' Some of the city ordinances will be read and a general discussion of the legal and moral points in them will be bad. The electrio cars will soon be running run-ning and the Junction city people will take on new life and activity. Contracts Con-tracts have been let for the building of a power house and for tlio extcusion of several miles of track. Several cars are here and some new ones will soon arrive. -- -4- The produce exchange gives the following fol-lowing summary of business transacted last week: liutter, 1HIK) pounds; eggs, Ki.'i cases; dressed poultry, 400 Rounds; live poultry. 43 dozen; green vegetables, vege-tables, iW, Oik) pounds; pickles, 200 kegs; berries, (100 cases; cabbage, 2 cars; potatoes, po-tatoes, 2 cars; viuegar, 1 car; wheat, 5 cars; (lour, 2 cars; feed, 1 car; orauges, 1 car; lemons, 1 car. -h -4- H- "Hlnck Mantles," by the Logan Comedy company nt the Grand Opera house tonight and tomorrow night. Lillian Lewis will appear ns Lenora in "Credit Lorraine" next Friday evening. even-ing. The (irand Opera house is under good management, well arranged and furnishes Ogden people with some of the best entertainments given iu the west. 4- -4- - The Saturday Evening Call of Ogden, thus sizes up the situa'.lon in Salt Lake City: "All parties now have au organ in Salt Lake City since the Hop of the Herald aud Timks, the former to the democratic side and the latter to the republican re-publican fold. The Tribune still repre scnts what is left of the liberal parly and the News is looking after the remnants rem-nants of the peoples' party. Tho Herald Her-ald and The Timks have taken time by the forelock and will take the lead iii Salt Lake City." |