Show SALT LAKE NOTES emma J smith nee rhodes yesterday filed suit for divorce from her husband benjamin J smith whom she married in this city on christmas day a year ago the complaint charges that by reason of defendants idleness profligacy and dissipation toe has willfully neglected to provide tor plaintiffs support ever since the wedding day the seventh annual meeting of the utah state teachers association opened in assembly hall at salt lake last night with some in attendance As was feared he prevalence of smallpox caused a perceptible tailing off in the representation of out of town teachers county superintendent of schools oscar Van Cottas president of the association presided and delivered an address to the teachers S young of the board of education bade the teachers welcome to the city EIGHT NEW SMALLPOX CASES eight cases of smallpox were reported to the salt lake health department yesterday for quarantine five ot the victims are members of william taylors family living at bast fourth south street three sons and two daughters whose ages range from 8 to 22 years D J dochery who arrived from belt mont christmas eve was corralled in the atlas block yesterday in a state of eruption and bustled off to the isolation hospital which fortunately tuna tely had room for one more transient mary hyler aged 23 at fifth street and henry edison jr aged 15 at west north temple street were also on the list fifty seven school children were vac tree at the public health office yesterday forenoon street supervisor peter SCon dle was released from quarantine yesterday after having gone through a siege of smallpox at ahls home nine out of eleven members of mr bondies Con dies family at home fell victims to the disease and after more than a months suffering all have recovered JOHN MALMGREN A FREE MAN by an act of governor wells yesterday john malmgren rests serene in the knowledge that he will not henceforth be regarded as a fugitive from justice and hunted as men accused of crime are for the bounty that Is offered for their capture A few years ago while still a young man malmgren was accused of stealing cattle in sanpete county and while awaiting trial he escaped from the bailiff of the district court in session at mantl when the executive a couple of years ago made a list of fugitives from justice tor whose capture the legislature authorized liberal rewards the name of alala gren was included and was the amount set down as ibis worth on malmgren ventured to call upon governor wells and present his card this formality was followed by the young man from sanpete presenting a letter from the county attorney of sanpete San pete stating that there were serious doubts 0 malmgren having committed the crime of which he was accused and that he the public prosecutor intended to quash the indictment other letters from prominent citizens of sanpete San pete were shown the governor all tending to establish the fact that malmgren was not the bad man he had been represented to be and certifying that be desired to live again in peace and contentment among his old friends who always believed in his honesty and still held him in regard after a little investigation the gov vernor became satisfied that the representations were true and yesterday he consented 10 comply with the request that the offer of a reward of from the state tor Malm grens arrest be withdrawn today a proclamation will issue eliminating Malm grens name from the list of fugitives from justice |