Show i THE iff mm happenings ID IN THE gas wells begin to be the general talk JONESS investigation ENDED hit tile Catt lemens congress in ogden fla ying license collector ends disastrously F 0 slaughter and T 8 paris faris stock holders in the colorado utah natural GAS as oil 01 coal co are in the city from Jen denver var mr slaughter will stay here for come some ten en days in fixing leases I 1 fir r adjoining land between ogden and the lake shore ha ile will have charge of the financial management while mr air luckenbach will look after the actual work yesterday two and six men were engage d in hauling the machinery from the old oil well to the pre present jent place of i operation I 1 jost just beyond thirtieth street east of the weber river about feet from the union pacific railway track A new derrick 80 feel feet high engine houses storerooms store rooms and the houegs for the men will be put up work on these will begin at once and will be finished about the close of next week by the follow following i na I 1 monday the gentleman is satisfied chati that can begin he thinks that gas in good quantities rill will be struck in a short abort distance but no matter how good the flow be he proposes to go through the first rock and get a permanent supply the contract of course provides that the well eh h allbe put down feet should that prove Dec necessary essary the public a will watch this w work ork with great interest a as a pe permanent a gas wells here will do for ogden what it has done for other places give it a boom in building in manufactures and population a boom which changes from what that word generally conveys into an actual permanent growth speed the work along THE investigation CONCLUDED I 1 the petitioners Petition ers failed to establish a very strong case the second bearing in dr joness grievance case was taken up before the special commit tei again yesterday afternoon 1100 a the audience was about the same eize size as the day before be fore but one of considerable sid Bid erable difference in its character S 11 keeler not a signer of the petition was the first to testify he lie bad had stayed with the matson man the night be he was brought to the hospital daring the night dr jones came in and said be would come round again th thi next day at 10 he didat come till 1230 the amputation was done in a skillful manner the witness was not a medical expert bat but he thought the doctor let the matter go too long hore lawyer pash was wag brought in by mr royle who said that mr pash would conduct the case royle bad had evidently discovered that it way wati too much for him tol to handle landle mr pash announced that be had been employed to handle it that be lie did not appear there as a good samaritan in order to get at the status of the case pash put pat keller through ith a series of questions that brought out the fact that keller knew for himself hime elf very little as he be had bad not witnessed the operation which was commenced at 1230 and finished at eix six hours know bow long matson was nas under the influence of the anies to major elliott witness stated that dr jones did nothing for the patient the night he was brought to the hospital 0 S rapp said he bad had seen matson at the hospital ha he was lying on the operating table he was in almost a nude condition haying having on nothing but bat a shirt he be and others put covering on matson bis his legs were all bloody matson blatson laid there fifteen baars hoars without having bis his arm sawed off or anything done to him such fellows as jim moyes and others who had done most of the talking he said were keeping away and allowing him to bear the brunt of it joe brannon a laborer said that when charley pratt entered the hospital money was taken out of his pocket to the amount of dr jones gave witness a receipt for the money and told the steward to put pat the money in the drawer ka ito offered in evidence john Ifor horrocks rocks said he had sickness in his family a grandchild of his he bad had read in THE tim STANDARD that a quarantine flag was put up at the house the child was and he regarded TUB STANDA as good authority dr joyce testified that in the practice of medicine it was customary to have professional assistance in the administration of an ana antithetic but in hopital ho pital practice a trained nuree la Is often called to the dOC doctora do clord tOrd aid to administer 80 acci cl he would not consider it good surgery to operate on a man who bad had come a long distance in a lumber wagon at once on bis his arrival at the 1108 hospital p tal the witness thought that if a mim bad had his arm amputated that in ordinary if be he recovered in eighteen days hi his cabe would not show negligence of treat treatment me nt he lie further raid said that be he bad at dr jones request visited matson and found him in as good condition as could be expected under the circumstances this ended the taking of evidence of any consequence and the committee took the case under advisement As to hla his incompetency or his negligence of patients at the city hospital this investigation has failed to establish anything damaging against the city physician whatever may be the actions which have started the many man 7 rumors of his incompetency it ia Is certain certai a that but little personal knowledge of tha the affair was shown in the investigation A report will probably be brought in next monday probate court orders in the matter of the estate of mattie davis avis deceased an order was made fixing monday 1 2 p m ibe the dinst for heating return of rule palo of real estate matthew H wheelwright filled his 0 pet petition i tion tor for letters of administration in the matter of the estate of mattie davis deceased ec eased monday 2 pm p m feb set et for hearing bearing 0 0 arrested for getting money falsely A couple of fallows follows by the names of Feri juson and hobson were arrested yesterday yette iday at Harti harrisville eville by sheriff belp on oa a charge of obtaining money I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 iw t under false pretenses pretense si in that they having ran atropa a couple of sons of sunny italy who were endeavoring to make milli millionaires ot of themselves by itinerate ly peddling sundry articles about the country they the aforesaid ferguson and ho hobson sol represented that they were cera core of 0 the law from whom this other montio mentioned ned sons of italy would have to obtain a license to enable them to continue bellina eel lini their various goods the italian rollins beli believing evine ferguson and hobson gave them ta and a pipe each valued sit ta 2 and were ivere then informed to call at the ollice of ferguson fergason and hobson later in the afternoon and pet get their license ferrii ou and hobson were landed loaded in jail last night CATT LEMENS CONGRESS communications are constantly received secretary armstrong Is a receiving letters daily from stockmen stoc kmen all over the country in repard regard to the Catt lemens congress and in no instance has any other than the most moot favorable a and ad an en cou raging comments been sent the purpose and scope of the congress are regarded as opportune and that they will boot be of good to the stockmen stoc kmen no one can doubt from the spirit of the communications mr armstrong Arme trong is netting getting it woold would seem that the attendance at the congress con grees will be very large |