Show clet EVENTS actions for libel on jan 21 captain J B R instituted a civil suit for libel against the ogden standard claiming as damages on jan 28 P F J cana esq editor of the standard was arrested on a charge of criminal libel the basis of both ot of these actions is the publication by the standard of the proceedings in a justices justice court in emery county in which captain Middle was a defendant the case having arisen over a raining mining dispute in that county the standard people claim to have given an unbiased account of the court proceedings mr cannon had a partial examination before commissioner cross at ogden on the day of his arrest ball bail was fixed at 1000 which mr cannon refused to give he had previously refused to go on his own recognizance but the did not order him confined and allowed him to go at large until feb 1 to which date the hearing was continued great street car strike on january a long threat ened strike began on the street car lines of new york city and traffic on all but two lines was stop about men quit work at last accounts there was great excitement and danger of rioting and bloodshed brooklyn lines axe are also involved A young man killed on january john son of W H and hannah pidcock of ogden while engaged in switching cars in the union pacific yard at ogden was f fatally crushed between two cars c rs producing almost instant death glasgow latter day saints the latter day saints held their semiannual semi annual conference yesterday in their hall 87 Gallow gate glasgow several 14 iders elders from utah were present among them president george teasdale Tea adale of the european mission S F V whittaker of tho the scottish mission and ft L M payne of the irish mission A priesthood meeting had been held the previous evening reports from which showed that the mission was in a favorable condition from the statistical reports of the scottish mission it appeared that there were one high priest seven subordinates thirty seven elders ton ten priests ek eleven ven teachers eight deacons and members forty nine alne members had emigrated ten had been excommunicated and six had died seventy seven baptisms were reported several of of the elders addressed the meeting president teasdale speaking of the prosperity of the european mission stated that over 1200 had emigrated this season by their own means the he persecution pe of the he t church chu re h in america A m e dc a and the publication pu 1 l at t ion of 0 f mrs an anti ti mormon ormon romance in a british religious week ly ay had awakened an intelligent spirit irit of inquiry and 1000 copies of the e book ot of mormon had been sold in three months all the meetings were well attended the scotsman dee dec 31 1888 two men killed on the afternoon of january a train left the red butte quarries having eight cars loaded with stone and two empties the track was slippery and the grade about feet to the mile was so heavy that the train soon after starting was beyond control after running from one to two miles it flew the track and was badly wrecked A young man baan named joseph A young a son eon of the late joseph A young and his wife mary aged about twenty one years and an another other young man named george walker of sugar house ward who wera were on a visit to the quarry and not em aloyes of the road were killed in the wreck the engineer wm win J mcdonald was cut on the head and bruised in several places but his injuries were not dangerous A quarryman named charless mccarty who had boarded the train to he help p control it had his right arm broken and was cut and bruised no other persons were injured the engine and cars care were considerably damaged another utah railroad the utah arizona railway company articles of association have been filed with secretary hall the articles for which this corporation is organized is to construct operate and maintain a railroad with the necessary and proper branches and extensions over the following designated route from the terminus of the sanpete valley railroad at chester sanpete county C utah to manti in the same county via ephraim a distance of about seventeen miles together with such branches and extensions of the said railroad as this com company ny may at any time be authorized zed fed by law to construct operate and maintain the actual cost of constructing the road the right of way locomotives and other rolling stock and every appurtenance and thing necessary for the completion of said road as estimated by competent engineers is about A fearful deed santaquin San utah county was the scene of a shocking occurrence yesterday john anderson a man about 83 years of age has resided at that place for some time and recently has been subject to spells of despondency despondence despond enc his relatives did not think anything serious was the matter and therefore paid little heed to them in one of these spells however he ended his life the only eyewitness eye witness to the deed being an eight year old girl a cousin atthe of the suicide dp there was an old musket about the house where anderson andersen resided and he would frequently take the weapon and let the children pull the trigger to make the hammer snap yesterday he called the little girl out to the shed where he had the gun placing the barrel through a loop to rest he told the child to pull the trigger at the same time tame putting the side of his head to the muzzle of the gun the girl refused but he insisted that she should do as he told her and said it would not hurt him as ae the weapon was not loaded the child hesitatingly obeyed his order when the I 1 weapon geanon was discharged and anderson i fw fell to the floor with a terrible te ab hole in the side of his h head ead ju just st 5 above and in fro front nt of the left t ear the little girl was almost frantic at what hai occurred an i gave the alarm when assistance came the Y position of the weapon was as the child had stated anderson lived but a short time an inquest was held over the body martin garn arraigned on jan 26 before judge sandford the case of the united states vs V martin garn gam came up the defendant was called to plead not b being el dg present he was ordered to appear by wednesday jan 30 later re he e a appeared and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him w with I 1 I 1 unlawful cohabitation with mary gam and phoda P hoda hardy the indictment was found on the of march 1886 but for some reason the dier defendant dant has never been called to t 0 appear r though he was under b bonds all ahe the time returned missionary elder james P F smith of this city called at our office jan 28 upon his return from a mission ai he left salt lake city on june ath 1887 and until his release labored in indian territory among the cherokee and choctaw nations during his absence from home elder smith met with very encouraging success and was everywhere received with much kindness there were many inquiries concerning the truths of the gospel and a large number of persons seemed particularly anxious to investigate during his mission six persons sons were baptized bt by elder 8 smith th tb alone he also assisted his co laborers in confirming others he returns home in excellent health bringing two converts with him and expresses himself as greatly pleased and satisfied with the results of his labors first district court at ogden on january the the grand jury brought in 27 indictments three of them being under territorial laws and the remainder united states cases cams the following cases were dismissed john CL C larsen farsen and richard RI chard godfrey unlawful cohabitation bicy ric y H jones jones et al assault and arthur hess et al grand larceny on friday january the oliver C hoskins of malad was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he pleaded guilty to questions by the court he stated that he had married last in 1873 3 and his youngest child by the plural wife was three and a half years of age 3 se re was sentenced to three months rison ment and to pay a fine of and the costs of the prosecution on jan 25 the grand jury of the 0 aden branch of the first district court finished its labors and was ote charged the following report was w submitted to non hon H P henderson judge of the aw first judko district territory of rufth herewith is respectfully submit W d the report of the grand jury for w the term ending january loay total number of cases examined lya witnesses examined cases missed lose d 73 indictments found I 1 12 united unite d staig states territorial ii 17 A total number of days in session the grand jur jury py recommend nd to the e courts attention the condition of the jail at brigham city the nic ture referred to has been ex dued by a committee delegated for or that purpose and th they report the building TOil ding unsafe both for r the de tell antion tion and habitation of crim als the records of that county show emple ale resource financially for the obstruction ruction of a substantial build very respectfully W A BATES foreman grand aury jury IP the first district court at aden 8 january the peter J tul nussen of milton morgan aty was arraigned on the arge of unlawful cohabitation ife tle appeared ed without counsel counsel aad nd ped guilty he waived ua for sentence and said he aft willing to obey the law jing obeyed it from the time he ue understood the law some two sacs ears ago he stated that lat he was ua years of age had two wives es bied Ii ed the last some seven years re she was then 82 32 yeam yea old she thad rone one child about five years old had about 40 acres of land had ha he court ormed him that it wi been i been the policy of the govern gnout the ant to suspend punishment where abut ln people promised to obey the law it was customary to have de cants pay the costs yet the w takang every thing into consid pon did not feel to impose even 86 as 8 defendant was aged and de Q pa sentence was therefore sus fid during good behavior c rounds bounds of milton mor aft otan 14 county was arraigned on the ai ame fa of unlawful cohabitation he aho appeared without counsel and joyed gouty he was 59 years of brilty ahad JW he ad two wives alive mark edthe he last twelve years ago she g lag ad four children the youngest berly nearly five years of age he t a weeks time before sen lytt you don dont donit it feel that you other oth gentleman the ae same course as this cowell well I 1 would like to aalders it to it would be a great deal e ea peasant to me to dispose of aft 0 in o that way if possible yet you y patters are deft left entirely with i YOU donit don it feel to let the case that course today 11 defendant no sir not today time for sentence was set for february ill III in prison brother wm hill of this county who is serving a term in the penitentiary for living with his wives is severely ill with inflame inflammatory ry rheumatism he is unable to leave his bed A bishop installed bishop george Halliday of santa qu quin in has been appointed to preside over the american fork ward the bishop was duly installed by the presidency of utah stake on sunday jan 20 surrendered himself james carlisle of mill creek who has been wanted on a charge of unlawful cohabitation gave himself up to co commissioner missioner norrell jan 26 he pleaded guilty to the charge and was placed under 1000 bail to await the action of the grand jury voluntarily appeared paul cardon of lofcan surrendered himself into the hands of the officers on jan 19 unlawful cohabitation is the charge mrs hendricksen on jan 19 mrs esther hendricksen drick sen went from ogden to logan having answered the questions question asked her by the grand jury released from prison brother archibald T of glenwood enwood Ol sevier county was released from the pen II 11 J january andary 1 24 14 1 having berjen served a te term rm of four months for unlawful cohabitation in addition to paying 50 line fine and 77 costs F A petersen of levan juab county counte r was released from the penitentiary jan 25 he has served an eighteen months term on a conviction of adultery this was a ewe case where a charge of unlawful cohabitation was construed into adultery as it was for living with his plural wife that he was prosecuted thomas duce of hyde park cache county and N anderson of utah county were released jan 26 from the penitentiary the form former e r has served three months and th the latter fourteen months for living with more than one wife on jan 28 jens andersen and N L petersen both of ephraim sanpete county were liberated from the penitentiary having served their respective terms for the offense of unlawful cohabitation the former underwent imprisonment for three months and an additional 80 30 days for the flue fine and costs amounting to 50 the last named has served five months but in his case no fine was imposed |