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Show A FAGS EIGHT. M0NDAY- - APRIL 20, 19Cl BRUCE, BIGAMIST A FALSE ALARM UFORGER complaint was worn to by Chief Payne of the Fire department this morning, charging Ben Critchlow and John Stahr with having turned in a false alarm from box 21 early Sunday ably be given a hearing tomorrow ably be given a hearing oo morrow morning before Judge Murphy, if it is decided to bring the case to trial. During the past few months ths Og den Fire department has been bothered to a great extent by the turning In of false alarms and the attendant trouble and expense of making runs In response thereto. Over 109 alarms have been responded to during the quarter, mors than three. fourths of which were turned In by were turned In by "mere prac-ll- y grown, with very little likelihood of catching the offenders until both the police and the 6 department authorities hare become highly incensed. The arrest of the two young men this morning followed the obtaining of evidence by ths department which It Is believed will warrant a trial. The police department claims te hare placed evidence In ths hands of City Attorney Devine which will show conclusively that the two young men In question are guilty of ths offense. It Is claimed that witnesses will be produced to beatify that they saw Critchlow and Btahr tn the vicinity of box 2d, when ths alarm was turned ATTEND SERVICE A looks As If Man Arrested Here a Week Ago Will Go to Penitentiary. With the return of wife No. J and her parents, Mr. and lira. J. K. P. Lewis from Salt Lake City, to Redding, Calif., appears to have vanished the last chance of Burt A. Slocum, alias Bruce A. Slocum, alias J. W. Bruce, alleged forger and bigamist, to escape, prosecution. Slocum was cleverly captured by the Ogden police department a week ago, chariped with forging a check for 40 la Salt Lake. He was returned to that city to stand trial, when it developed that he was wanted for bigamy In Redding, Calif. Immediately upon his arrest here his wife wired to her parents at Redding fur UN, presumably to make restltu-tlo- n on the forged check. This was the first word Mr. and Mrs. Lewla had received of their daughter's where abouts since her marriage to Slocum. Instead or sending the money they came to Salt Lake and took tearful Mrs. Slocum Nor I back to Redding with them. The defrauded bank, It Is understood, was willing to drop the prosecution If Slocum had made good the amount of the check, and as wits No. I, whom be married at Oakland, Cal., twelve years ago, and by whom he has two children, is said not to be desirous of prosecuting him on ths bigamy charge, the alleged forger and bigamist might have gone scot free, unless two or three ethers he Is claimed to have defrauded la other parts of the country had not appeared and demanded his prosecution. Now, unless wealthy relatives, including his father, W. It. Slocum, who la said to live at Albany, 111., coma to his rescue, he will have to face trial on a forgery charge, and the case "mere-prac-whi- ch In. The two young men stoutly maintain that they are innocent' of the, charge and both bear excellent repNeither young Btahr nor utations, Critchlow has ever been In trouble of this kind before and both come of good fhmlllea They Insist that their arrest Is ths result of a mistake and that If they were In the neghlborhood at ths time the alarm was turned In their being there has nothing to do with ths falsa alarm. In view of the fart that repeated efforts have been made to land In Jail those who turn In false alarms. It Is more than likely that Btahr and against him appears to be strong,, so Critchlow will be compelled to stand strong, in fact, that a prison sentence trial and If found guilty suffer ths stares him in the face. penalty. Slocum, representing himself to be a mining man, met, wooed and won wife No. 1, then Lenora Lewis, EXPENSE OF THE while she was a student at the Chico Normal in California, studying to ba a teacher. He went to Redding, met her POOR OF COUNTY parents and gained their consent. Ths wedding was the social event of ths year in the Sacramento valley, as well ns In Redding. Joseph Stanford, overseer of the poor, This was in the early part of Octo- reported at the meeting of county comber. Mr. and Mrs. Slocum immed- missioners this morning that during iately left on their honeymoon, visit- ths last quarter 22,244.00 had been ing Salt Lake and Portland.' About expended. This includes all Indigent October I, pec haps a week afterward, persons who hare received assistance wife No. 1, who runs a restaurant at sines ths last report. New applications Sararmento to maintain herself and numoering 141 hare been received durchildren, appeared upon the scene. The ing the quarter; 17 cases have been ensuing scandal created a greater sent to the hospital; 12 to the county furors In sodal circles In that part of Infirmary and there have been four California than the wedding. deaths and burials at public expense. The parents of wife No. 2 at once It was moved and agreed that the set out to get their daughter back, surveyor make a survey of the probut Mrs. Slocum No. 3, who in the posed new road In. Riverdsls and Roy meantime had discovered the alleged district. Including ths expense. Perfidy of her husband, but still loved A request was made that the ritisena and clung to him, maintained silence of Eden district be permitted to do the as to her and her husband's where- work on the upper end of the canyon abouts, and could not be found, mov- road this year as formerly and this ing silently from place to place until permission was granted. Salt Lake was reached and the grand Andrew 8. Allen was appointed sucrash came. pervisor of the canyon road at a salary of 275.00 per month. He Is to attend tn the sprinkling and repairing and LABOR HELD SWAY keep tally of the sheep herds passing through the- gorge and the damage well-to-- do - SATURDAY NIGHT done. Commissioner McKay reported that the sprinkling of Ogden canyon road began Sunday. General Secretary Prank Duffy of ths National Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and members of ths Salt Lake Brotherhood were received at the depot Saturday evening by representatives of ths Ogden union, who marched in a body to the depot, preceded by a corps of policemen and Nichols's band, where they escorted the visitors to ths Carnegie Free Library. Brief addresses were received . enthusiastically from Mayor Brewer, Judge J. A. Howell, Secretary Duffy and President Spaulding of the Salt Lake union. Music was also provided I The White Rev. Alfred Brown of Church of the Good Shepherd sales prove to us that many people are preparing now for the busy season when white dresses for graduation will be wanted. The announcement of our sale of white goods brought quick replies-a- nd the sale continues at these reductions- - Todays Preaches Annual Sermon. 12 17 Rev. Alfred Brown, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, preached the Easter sermon to the Knights Templar of El Monte commandery Bun day morning. The Knlghte turned out in large numbers and in full regalia to hesr tnelr distinguished companion Sir Knight The Rev. Mr. Brown preached from the text found in 2nd Timoohy, 2. "Remember that Jesus Christ Was Raised From the Dead According to My Gospel." 40c Persian Lawns Persian Lawns lc lo 75c Organdie 20c Lingerie Walstlng 50c Bilk Persian Lawns.. S5c lie 17e 22o COe Embroidery Linena....89c Most of the Oxfords which we sell now at $1.45 are narrow widths some, how. therefore advise seeing them before ever, are not so narrow, we the chance Elegant new styles buying. The saving ie worth - . in the best makes . . $1,45 i Sale of Ready-to-We- ar Dresses-Lad- ies White and Children On the second floor the sale of ready made white dresses for ladies or children is in progress And at the reduction now in The entire stock of Knit Summerwear Is on sale. Buy now at force you buy them ready to wear almost as cheaply as . From the regular prices we take about 4. WRIGHTS Besson will bring and have considerable. ot COMMISSIONERS MORTALITY REPORT ESTIMATES FOR THE FAVOR INTERCOUNTY ready-to-mak- e. 1-- ths cneapest prices Christendom. FOR MARCH MONTH FAIR COUNTY SCHOOLS Tho Board of County Commissioners on Saturday, at a pedal meeting, passed a resolution favoring an Inter- The matter was first county fair. brought to the attention of the board by the Intermountaln Fair alaodatlon and the counties embraced in the project are Box Elder, Morgan, Davis and Weber. The Utter extends a cordial Invitation to the other counties to Js'n In the exhibition, HOUSE DIVIDED The fruit Inspector was directed by the board to work In harmony with AGAINST ITSELF the officials of ths fair association and will request the commissioners of the three counties to lend their support Robert Major, a lad of about 15 or to the project. II years of age, appeared at the police station this morning to swear out a complaint charging assault against his SIGHT NEVER TO elder brother. Jack Major. Ths boy claimed that his older brother, who Is BE FORGOTTEN a grown man, had slapped his face this morning and then choked him. The young complainant said, aa he Mlrhael Buchmlller reached home poised hie pen before signing the comafter three months spent in Saturday one was of a this only plaint, series of similar abusee which he as- southern California. He was In Ban serted had been perpetrated by the old- Diego to welcome the fleet and is ener brother. "He has no more right to thusiastic In his account of that event "I would not have mlaseu the experibeat me and knock me around than ence for anything within reason," Mr. la else because he anyone my just brother. said the youngster, "and he Buchmlller said, "it was a grand sight disturbs the peace of our home and to see those magnificent vessels awing worries the folks, so 1 think something Into the harbor. It made a man proud of the fact that America was his home. should be done to stop It." The Majors reside at 251 Twenty-sixt- h And the parade, I never saw anything to equal it1 There were five or six street. thousand of the marines with their uniforms perfectly neat and all keeping Umbrella an Elephant. time to the music of the many "There's no luck In finding an um- perfect bands, great bands, too, of fifty and brella," remarked the nervous-lookinsixty pieces. The city was gorgeously man. You can't carry It when yon decorated for tho occasion. The sight do find one. At least 1 cant 1 was one that will not soon be forgotfound this one the other day, and aver ten." since then wbn I'm on fha car I imMr..Buchmlller returns home greatly that agine every one on the car la benefltted by hie winter spent on the looking at me and getting ready to' ask me about my umbrella. If I aver ' coast find another one I'll hire soma boy to loaa it again for me." . Interesting Historic Find. The Pall Mall Gaiette reports that miners exes atlng near Starunla made n Interesting historic find In the remains of a mammoth in excellent state of preservation. The portions dug out In lude two teeth, six feet in length, but In five or six pieces; jawbones, rerts of the vertebral column, and three or four yards of hide, upon which the hiir Is still fresh. Joints and other bones, and one foot of the snlmsL The remarkable state of preservation in which the skeleton was found Is atby a string quartette and the Ogden tributed to the fart that the soil in carpenters and Joiners did themselves the district Is permeated with mineral proud in the management of the occa- oils, earth wax and natural Sign of Cold Winter. gases. sion and the success of their reception One of the rarest birds In New Eng-U- i to the visiting high officers of the 2 is here prophesying a Monarch Was Not Faotldlous. cold, hard datlon. winter. It li the red poll, a member Frederick the Great mide a meal on salt beat or pork and of the big Junco family of birds. Only Journal want ads deliver the goods. In :he most severe weather does the cabbage. rei headed 1 rd venture from the frosen lands of the north, and, when be does It always means a cold, severe winter. There are several flocks of tha birds In the Fells, and bird JEWELRY AROUND lovers, glad to get a chance to watch EASTER their habits, are closely observing Boston Record. them. is becoming more and more as so is much popular gifts. It Advice to a Young Man. more' lasting and acceptable than other offeringa We are "What do yon say to a young lady at a dancer Queried the youth who prepared to show you a waa about to attend his first ball variety of Jewelry you cannot see elsewhere. Come and we "Oh, replied the society man, "talk how glad you would be to reto her about her beauty.". ceive some of it aa a gift. "But suppose she hasn't anyrsaid the youth. Then think how acceptable It "In that case, rejoined the a m would be from you. "talk to her about the ugliness of oou and silversmiths the other girls present" India Linen g REPUBLICANS FAIL TO GET QUORUM According to the report for March of the Utah State Board of Health there were 4$ deaths In Weber county during the month. Tho causes of deaths were scarlet fever, $; smallpox, 1; pneumonia, 2; tuberculosis, 2. This mortality report Is made from returns made by the local registrars and is There were 280 caeca of Incomplete. measles, but no deaths. There were 86 cases of smallpox. The total deaths Is the state during the month were 871. According to the annual estimate submitted to the County Board of Education Saturday, 225,000 will ba tha amount to bo called for from the district tax. This call provides for $27,-7for support and maintenance; 2875 for Interest on bonds; $6,000 for buildings and sites and $150 for sinking fund. The . county schools will receive In the neighborhood of $00,125 from county, state and district taxes; It being estimated that the state tax will bring In $15,400 and tha country tax, 28,225, totaling (with the district tax of 255,000), $60,525. Tho second state apportionment for county schools TOO LATK TO CLASSIFY reached $6,807.78. This Is State Superintendent Nelsons statement J. G. Klhlstrom, a contractor of thla city, will build the North Ogden school, FOR BALE Rubber tired, canopy top as his bid of $10,985 has been accepted Almost surrey and harness, cheap. from six submitted. No delay In comnew. Enquire at Nelson A Fell LivDIO mencing work and carrying It to comery barn. pletion Is the boards stand on this matter. Because smallpox la prevalent In the West Weber district It is not! probable that the school there will be reopened hie term. Miss Hawkea, a teacher, is one of the forty victims of the disease. The introduction of a. musical course to be In charge of a musical Instructor Is something being considered by The warm days are hare and the board for the county schools and you are looking for the cloths it Is more than likely the scheme will be that have style and comfort. adopted. Our line of fine Lingerie waists are tha bast quality and stylo Uncultivated Area of Spain. we hive ehewn, dainty awiss The cultivated area of Spain is a waists 95c, other fine lawn numover 2,000,000 acres, and tha bar-'- , ren and uncultivated area about 103,- bers in fancy and tailored ef000,000 acres, moat of which could ba fects at rendered productive by Irrigation. There la plenty of water If it were but utilised. ' Nobby IT nan suits in the popNOTICE ular styles all full skirts and erwd styles all full skirts and A Heckner representing himself for cleaning and dyeing formerly employed pure linen. by the Elite Cleaning Company Is no Co. longer employed by them and they will not be responsible for work sollcittedj 2335 Washington A vs. by him. Please take warning. THE ELITE CLEANING CO 76 Warm Dqy .Comforts lit-tl- a Sl.25tot9.00 . The M.M.Wykes satls-factor-y J. S. LEWIS & rn Journal went ads deliver the goods. W Ladies $3 and $4 Oxfords Addressing the Sir Knights he said: "Exosllent Commander and Sir Knight companions, ws are pleased to have you worshipping with us this pleasant Easter day. Tou here drawn your swords at the recital of the creed In token that if necessary, you would with your lives defend the Christian faith. Of this faith, the fact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from ths dead is the keystone. The original Knights Templar, ths originators of our noble order, left home slid their estates and with ths proceeds equipped themselves that they might go to the Holy Land and rescue an empty sepulchre from the Paynim. That aepuebra had held the body of the Lord of light and life and glory; empty. It waa the silent wltneaa of His resurrection from the dead. Later, men of the same faith and very near akin to your own order, distinguished themselves by building the magnificent shrines In the old world which are still the pride of tap-ro- l-- 2e l2c India Linen 23 2-- Tap Rest of Faith "The of their faith and ours Is the existence of God. Out of that article of the Christian faith ws have this morning educed the doctrine of the resurrection. Seeing that we have such a noble lineage, and that we have the. same high faith as our active ancestors, we too must be In earnest In promoting and sustaining all good works for the Improvment of our city, our state, our nation. Being sustained by the grace of God, our path Illumined by the bright effulgence thao emanates from Him who Is the Light of the world, this we will continue to do until our pilgrim path brings us te the open portals of that asylum where our enthroned High Commander will welcome us to the place which our loving Heav. only Father has prepared for us from ths foundation of the world." Goods Sale The Republican committee of fifteen, John Q. Critchlow chairman, which was organised to try if possible to Indues the state committee to make the call for the convention broad enough so aa to permit a general discussion of questions of vital importance to Utah, held an informal meeting at the Wilson hotel on Saturday evening, no quorum being present Leroy Armstrong was made chairman and David Mattson, clerk of this county, waa made secretary. Besides those named those present were: W. O. Rideout of Draper, A. B. Irvine, John James, James Devine, John B. Weaver and Assistant County Attorney Carlson of Balt Lake. After some Informal discussion the meeting adjourned until next Saturday night Subscribers of The Utah Stats Journal are : requested te read and fellow instructions printed at head of editorial column. To the people who believe in building up A Greater Ogden we request you when in need of to ask for a new broom The Tillotson' Broom which is made in Ogden and is Not a Penitentiary Product |