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Show V OGDEN .NEWS. ij AFTER STANFORD. Tltiorney J. D. Skeen announced last it that he would file a complaint ,in District court today against Joseph Stanford, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. The complaint rill charge Stanford with having ille- (ally collected fees while acting as a ounty Commissioner. The charge I gainst Stanford will contain a long st of alleged illegal fees which are jaid to have been collected by tke defendant. de-fendant. TO BUILD IN CANYON. At the close of a meeting of a num- fer of the directors of the ftah and daho Railroad company, held ia this fity yesterday, the announcement was i'kade that the road would be pushed . a through Ogden canvon, as originally tended. President Simon Bamberger 1 U the Salt Lake & Ogden was ia the ( tity yesterday afternoon on his way East and waVasked what effect the d-lision d-lision of the other people wottld have M his project to build a railroad (hrough the canyon. He said that it 'ould in no way interfere with his orig-, orig-, n plan. He 'also announced that' his tompany would erect shops in Ogden. NO FUSION. At a meeting of the leading Demo-- Jrats of the city, held last night, it was I lecided that the party would put a ftraight ticket in the field this fall ind that they would not fuse with any Itber party 'on any office. NARROW ESCAPE. " Mrs. Frank J. Hendershot had a nar- !fow escape from being burned to death festerday afternoon. A pot of tar had Jeen placed on the stove to heat. The lontents of the pot ran over on the Itove and caught fire. Mrs. Hendershot Hender-shot took the pot from the fire and car-jtieel car-jtieel it out doors. She slipped and fell 7the flaming mass and ber clothing l-Jht fire.- The prompt action of her W, Frank, saved her Jife. The voung jia was badly burned about the hands. |