Show OGDEN DEPARTMENT SALE OF TRAMWAY It Went for 1000 A Commissioner Made a Protest The Weber county tramway engine cars rajls tie etc was sold yesterday noon at public auction at the front door of tho courthouao to tho Utah Construction Construc-tion company for 1000 the only bid made The cash wus turned into the Treasurers office at once When tho sale was made Counly Commissioner Com-missioner Adams protested against It I both no a citizen and a Commissioner but sal no legal steps Were tken lo prevent lie The Hale however hns stirred up n largo amount i of coiyip < l a 111 the i action of the sKionors Is severely condemned In I < Oflle quartern One gonllomnn who had I iulcen jinlns to I Inquire Into Iho I matfor I Hd ves onlay l do not holkvo tim Commissioners had a legal I right I to < oll I I he tram way noting on tile i > roc dings hud prelim tnry to iho 4aIs lii addition 1 bulJov tIo that o within the npxt Iwo or throo ycnra the county will need the out Jit for working the county roads Tho out fit cost In 1K > 3 J577C und il baa hcon kept Insured at a valuation of S7450 Tho whole properly Is in good condition having only boon1 used n little over a year and kepi under rover UK I roa Of lh j lime TIm two CnmrnlvRlnnurs Messrs Smith and Skoon ny however Iliad tin tram was not needed by tho I county for any purpose and that ft was iho I best thing to do to I sell Ij t The sale had bon legally I conductevl and tho price realized was a good fair price for tho property not as much by any means a It cost hut Its I full viiluo now Every ifforl hud hcon mndo to uocuro bidder and to gel all oul of the tram possible and l he hid mado wns moro than I any ono clao could be Induced to give SUIT AGAINST STEPHENS Allegations of the Complaint and a Counter Statement Mary K Stephens and Xylphki J Stephens Ste-phens yostonhiy brought an action figalnst Sldjuy Stevens Frank J Slovons and Sidney O Slovens In aid of execution Tho complaint alleges that on Docem her Lfi ISM Davll II Stephens obtained a Judgment against the South Ogden Land Building and u Improvement com jiiinv for I the sum of SS40312 ami < ttVi which I judgmonl 1 was later truiiHforrod find assigned as-signed to tho plaintiffs herein 11 Is then alleged Unit I llm Srulli Ogd n Umd Building and Improvomonl comjuiny was Incorporaicd for ooiMX > und thai the do fondants In this action wore large stock holders in tbi company thai the stock of tin corporation wus alleged lo bo fully pnld up by tho I transfer I of tho company of lind claimed lo be worth T > OOOl but that the real value ol this land wis only about 200 0 llonce on this account It Is alleged that these defendants still owo large SUmS to the compun > and ll Is priyod In tIle complaint that these I amounts so owed to the companv may bo subjected lo the payment of the judgment sued on A connlcrslalomcnt Is that this I suit is Mind by the wives of S G and W 1 Stephens Ste-phens ho have been doing promoting siml real estate business In iho tlrm namo of Stephens Bros and both of whom luivo llled petitions In voluntary bankruptcy reront ly Stephens Brothers wcro the promoters of the organization known as the South Ogdon l md Building and Improvomonl I company against which the judgmont 1 wan rondorod grow out ol chiirgos inadu igiliisl Ito company by tho Slophrns Brothers who wi > ro blue holders of two thirds of the capital stock In I said company com-pany while thoy wcro in full control of I Ini comnmy jus dlmctors and managers Tho judgment tguuI list Iho I aml l iom JUUV grow out of tin foixHosnro of H iortg < igo on tilt proporlv of tho coin jvniy vdhleh Jiis not boon sold fortho tMifllt I i > f the judgment debtor and ibis stilt i undoubtedly brought through an ndrrlvlng motive on the part of Sle > hons Uronuin and their people lo Injure I ho dofondanlS mimed wlm have amiilu ofcnse and grounds on which lo resist ho action and assure their friends that ho action will full of its design to obluln nonc > in this way Masonic Preparations I Weber lodge No G F A M will hold i special communication Monday evening to complete arrangements for the session of f tho grand lodge which convenes hero Tuesday The Churches Uov Dr MoNlece of Suit Lake City will occupy the pulpit of tho Presbyterian church this morning and evening iA full allondanco of blue congregation Is irgtd to heir nad a loiter from Rev K O t Hart I of Kansas who a short line ago novlslonally iincplod llio call of ihls church to ho I la l puMor Tho lotto tun vcys ilia Information that the presbyu indor which Kev Mr Hart Is laboring refuses to allow him to leave his present charge hence ho cannot como to Ogden This will bo a severe disappointment toT to-T laigo number of tho congregation who know Mr Hart ability Death of Mrs E G Burdick Yesterday morning at 315 Mrs E G Burdick died ut her homo In this cIty of consumption al lie ago of 33 years Something over four years ago Mrs Nolllo Jlamer Burdick wife of Edward Y Burdick was stricken with a scero attack of pneumonia from which sho had not entirely recovered when came the great sorrow of the death of her baby girl Prom that double shock sho day by day lost strength and vitality and yesterday morning at 315 oclock the weary sufferer suffer-er entered Into peaceful rest Throughout her long sickness she was cheerful patient pa-tient uncomplaining and resigned Two children Clairo and Virile Ilamcr aged 12 and 10 yearn respectively survive her The sympathlesOf the community go out to the bereaved family and her father Thomas W Jones Esq Tho funeral will take place from the residence of her father fath-er 171 JicntyfoUrlh trcel tomorrow Monday afternoon at 2 oclock By request of the mother the two children chil-dren will mako their home with lion Daniel I lamer thilr uncle Brevities Adam Patterson Is back from a trip to Oregon W Jf Curelon returned to California yesterday D W Ross State Engineer of Idaho vaa in Ogdun yesterday A marrlngo license wan yesterday Issued to James S Fife and Miss Hazel C Bybco of Itlvcrdalo Judge Itolapp who was In Brigham City yesterday holding court relurncd homo last evening Murray and Muck the favorlto comedians comedi-ans come lo the Grand Tuesday evening In tllrlTinesair8 Bull Laic Friday evening tho case of Ocr ring vs Road vuic dismissed In District court on motion for nonsuit A largo number of lied Cross soldiers from Vi ashlnuton D t passed through Ogden yesterday for thu Philippines Clara Thropp and company will I appear at the Grand VednrHdiiy evening In Ib ucns popular play A Dolls House Tho remains of Mark IJndscy can bo viewed today from 10 u m to 12 in at blue family residence 1XW Twcnlyllfth street Tim board of director of tho IAMIIHO Mining company will accompany E 15 Stevens on u visit lo that property today Tho hoard of tnistcos of the State In dustrial nchool mel Krldny evening and lU lowed bills amounting to S23 bo other buflnexH was trunancied It was reported yesterday by the lam ily whero the alleged smallpox patient works that the girl Is not sick but Is around and ul work ThOr must have been aoinu mistake In the diagnosis of the case Mr M J Ilogiut IM belruc congratulated by his friends over Ills appointment as assistant Bpoclul usent of the Oregon Short Ilne For the pusit year ho has been foreman In ehargu of the operations of the xtvam shovel In UMU on Unit road The county teacher held their regular semimonthly meeting yesterday after noun und had nn Intpnwilng and a profit abln ifHHlun Addrcfse wore math by Pi of Wright on Apporecotlon and by I Prof Cjulnn on Mhituhin In Tonching |