| Show SALT LAKE NEWS democratic conference A movement is on foot among tho democratic leaders of utah for a at which is expected to have pro sent judge james M brigga of georgia the chairman of alie democratic congressional committee and all tho recognized party leaders in the inter region in addition to judge griggs those expected to be present and take prominent parta in the meeting ai p senator W A dark of montana senators and heitfeld of idaho senators teller and patterson of colorado congressman new lands of nevada and a number of the most prominent leaders in utah including senator Raw liim ex senator cannon audgo kiili W M roylance and judge powers the first intimation of the coming convocation of the faithful ill this state came through the dispatches from washington D C at a meeting of the democratic congressional committee in that cita last friday it was decided that judge brigga should make a tour of the entire west to inquire into the conditions of tho party and it ia presumed to sec where the application of campaign thunder aird cash would in the gain of democratic congressmen SALT COURT NOTES the supreme court yesterday overruled the petition for a rehearing in the case of the state versus vido dely ecchia convicted at the july term 1901 of the crime of rape and sentenced hy judge stewart to a term of six years in the state penitentiary beffre judge hall yesterday andrew P anderson and andrew J holmberg formerly of sweden and frederick C bush formerly of england took the oath of allegiance and became duly naturalized citizens of the united states sir bush is employed as a deputy in the office of the county recorder judge aill yesterday granted to henry M sadler a divorce from his wife nellie sadler on the ground of desertion the judge spent some of the day arranging the dates for hearing equity and non iury cases at the september term of his court in alt sixty two cases were set down for trial between september ath and december marshal heywood yesterday made his return of service in a case that is remarkable chiefly through the number of defendants to the action it is a water suit begun in the federal court by the ontario silver mining company against the wasatch irrigation company and eighty two other defendants the by borne lively hustling has served every one of the eighty three defendants with notice of the buit in judge halls court yesterday district attorney eichnor entered a nolle nrose qui in the case of th e state of utah va albert C jobes a hack driver who was charged with embezzling a diamond pin valued at 40 from john fleming a mechanical engineer the alleged embezzlement occurred august 15 1901 and the testimony tended to show that the diamond was taken by another party who turned it over to jabes for safekeeping the district attorney stated that in hit opinion it would be impossible to obtain a conviction with the evidence at his command the defendant has been in jail since his arrest and the stolen property has been returned to the rightful owner i OLD MAN BADLY BURNED the accidental turning over of a gasoline stove in the little wooden house where he lived in the rear of north fourth went street yesterday afternoon caused a very painful and serious injury to an aged man named james houston f mr houston came to live in salt lake about five years ago all of which time he haa spent in the little house where the accident occurred he lives alone most of the ti meas his only son william houston is employed in pocatello the old man docs all his own housework and in telling of the accident yesterday he said he had been preparing a meal on the gasoline range when in some unaccountable manner the thing was upset the flames catching in his clothing unknown to him he began at once to put out the fire as it was burning the wall of the one room house engaged the fire burned the clothing almost from the mans back before he discovered it As it burned upward the flamo caught his hair and thence burned around until most of his beard had been singed and his face badly disfigured As the fire began to sear his back his cries of pain attracted mrs alice morris who lives near she rushed into the little building and pulled mr houston out with his clothing dropping from his body I 1 fc was taken immediately into the home of mrs emma kingdon where neighbors did all they could for him until dr wright arrived for a man eighty three years of age mr houston showed remarkable nerve for while hia wounds were being dressed he rose up from the couch where he was lying and assumed a sitting pot ture to enable the physician to work easier when he had been prepared for the ride the patrol wagon wag summoned and he was quickly transferred to the heigh wright hospital his son in pocatello was telegraphed news of the accident as were also friends in evanston Eva naton where his home was before coming to this city the house was burned to the ground WOMANS EYE RUINED B A bysom a lineman in the employ of the salt lake telephone company was arrested yesterday morning and a charge of assault and battery wai placed against him it is asserted that the man brutally beat a japanese woman inmate of a resort on victoria avenue she gave the name of sadie chaki at the time af pf his arrest the extent of the comans womans injuries was not realized and it is likely that a far more charge wilt be preferred against hiie woman appeared at the office of dr linday to get her eyes attended when waa discovered that one of her cv ebal waa broken she said this was the of a kick administered by the lineman when this information reached tho police fuance he raided the amount of bail to which Y 10 J P jhc thc 11 probably be with mayhem NAME av baayen IS alilen voluntary was the charge placed against J F hamilton yesterday when lie waa arraigned before judge diehl in salt lake e was al lowed until monday next to plead the prisoner entered the court room unaccompanied compa nied by an attorney as jamea hamilton who will conduct the case for tini was unable to bo present the fe 1 prisoner was remanded do the county jail where ho will bo held in bond tho chief of police got a letter yesterday efrom mrs sarah A alien of denver the mother of the prisoner while under the influence of liquor at the time 0 bis arrest he gave the name alien to alie police but when sober ho I 1 pave the name of hamilton in alic chopo that hia would not become known to his mother and sister the I 1 mans mother seems to havo been in doubt when she wrote the letter cheth er alio prisoner was ncr son and begs the chief to send her the full particulars of the affair in the letter she gave a complete description of her son and it tallies exactly with the man among the friends who will aid alien in liis present trouble is J W the deep creek mining man who had both alien and brown in hia employ last winter mr has a very good of alien knowing him to be quiet steady and peaceable 1 many other well known people are taking an interest in the young man from what his attorney says it is plain that alien will plead self defense and will seek a discharge at the preliminary examination or at least a reduction of bail the prisoner left denver with brown about a year ago and the two men had been continually in company until the time of the shooting |
