| Show bait LAKE ed last mi jo F JACK IS CHOSEN street oars eun at too great a speed for public safety correspondence I 1 SALT LAKE dec about 12 yesterday a lady was driving along third south street just in front of alie cracker factory as an electric car was coming around the corner west she tried to cross the track without colliding but was to late the motorman kept changing his bell and applies the brakes to his car but without avail the car struck the wheel of ilie buggy and overturned it fortunately no injury was done although it might have proved to be a fatal accident witnesses of the occur ance say that no blame can bf attached to the notor mau or employees of the car company at the regular meeting of the city council held last night J T jack was elected to fill the vacancy in alie city recorders eulue caused by alie resignation of louia the names of ST pe arson and P I 1 farnsworth were pro posed but on ballot jack was declared elected the preliminary examination of win diamond the killer of edward scott alio is charged with murder was held before justice laney yesterday afternoon judge powers appeared for bia anond who sat by powers in a listless and careworn attitude while his face expressed weariness county attorney and D C eichner conducts d the prosecution diamond plead not guilty to alie charge of mur derand after a brief examination and arguments from both sides was remanded to alie cus tody of the sheriff without bail W B oliver dr endris geo betts the con tractor and ben marm were the pal witnesses examined whose testimony was nearly similar to alie accounts which has already been published in the newspapers justice lancy thought the c jance made out a case of murder in the first degree and so bield defendent without bail the fate of the street railway case eliose legal arguments consumed mos of the time in the third district court is now in the hands of judge zane and it is expected ahat alie judge will deliver his decision in the matter within a few days As alie matter is one that affects alie whole community it is looked forward to with great interest attorney brown in behalf of the peole said that the railroad companies allowed their cars to run at thera toof twenty miles an hour while the teams of the franchises granted a rate of but twelve miles iauch a speed was destructive to private rights and virtually gave the companies an exclusive right to the streets if a private citizen should dare to drive a team through alie streets at alie speed attained by the cars he would bo arrested immediately but it 13 different he said with the railroad companies they can through alie streets at any rate chev choose and if a property owner should object to the invasion of liis rights he is called hard names the property owner has no redress but to appeal to the law alie following business was disposed of before judge zane yesterday the case of john A et al vs elizabeth et al was dismissed the case ot michael mahoney vs villi irn mahoney et al decree ordering ade of premises alie accounts of the united states marshal were sworn to and allowed in these of P D murphy vs james stockdale et al statement for new triai submitted for settlement |
