Show SALT LAKE NEWS dally budget of items from tho capital trouble in the and fire depart ment Jennie sad laittre publican in the ward 4 bait lake aug the police and are commission board held a lengthy session yesterday considering the cli arges against abo firemen and patrolmen who hare been temporarily suspended by their respective chiefs awaiting the action of captain gilbert of the department was charged with inability to under height over age and defective hearing nd engineer dark and fireman louera were charged with physical incapacity john mcmullen was charged with breaking the rules of the department and by not coming up to the required standard each produced testimony to disprove the charges patrolman w edwards was cliar gad with insubordination and incivility and of breaking rule 20 in regard to politeness evidence was offered on both sides the caso of officer mcdonald who was suspended by chief pratt for ten days for arresting architect kearn instead oft cyphers stood over until today it Is that of the present discord in police circles is adne to the imperious temper of sergeant ford chief is determined lo 10 clean out the bicke rings areat d his department even if the force must be supplied with new men another sad clapier has been added to the history of the woman jennie allson who came here recently from kansas city in hof her runaway husband when she was picked up yesterday morning in demented condition she was taken to the police station and through the kind ness ct sergeant ford riven quarterma qu artera at officer Itus bye house last night while still halt deranged from the effect of the drug she stole away from the house and came down the street toward the center of the city when she arrived at the corner of second and main streets abe was accosted by fred gobi and ernest who tt is alleged took advantage of her mental condition and induced her to go to disreputable house on commercial street where the was given liquor and when partly under its influence was criminally assaulted the three were found by the police early this morning and goble and dawes taken to ail the woman is in a dangerous condition the board of publeo works are now considering si the proposition of lessening the diameter of the gravity bewer and the suggestion of the telephone companies to lay underground wire along the streets under the asphalt walk at the street inter sect loni the wires to bo brought to the surface and radiate in many directions the plan is favored by abo city engineer and is proposed by the telephone companies as an experiment colonel matthew M blunt will go on the retired allt of the united states army next monday he will haye served almost continuously for nearly forty five year his age being years he will leave amne for chicago where he will probably make hie future home successor is hamilton 8 hawkin now lieutenant colonel of the twenty third ills succession to the post formerly occupied by colonel blunt promotes him to the colonelcy he will ake command some time next week ard held en en husla stio meeting last evanine at which alon 0 8 xane and attorney van home and made addresses the principal speech wa made by judge zane who knocked the bottom out of democratic free trade fallacies the meeting was e rousing one end etron cly demonstrates the feeling which the have of united and thorough action in the coming campaign |