10. ^^ I received 2 Letters from Sarah saying Newton
was quite sick had a Meeting of the power company
at 2 oclok AP.M. we were visited by about 150 Ladies of
the Annual Meeting of the fire chiefs of the United States
they came in at one Door went through our office
& out of another Door we shook hands with them all
as they went through
~ Tuesday
11 I spent the day in the office we Met with the Ogden
Power Company there was a good Deal of Excitement
Mr Banigan sent a check for $70,000 but word
came that Mr Banigan had his Real Esstate
& his bank accounts all seized by the Rubber company
and the $70000 Dollar check which He had sent
Us could not be paid which would stop our work
in Logan Canyon The Rubber Company had sued Mr Banni-
gan for $300000, & Bannigan had sued them for $1000000
but we soon got a Dispatch saying that his checks to
us would be paid which settled the Matter with us Elizabeth Foss & Phebe Sessions visited us at the House
~ Thursday
Aug 6, 1896
Asahel is quite poorly suffering with severe Head
Ake Owen & I administered to him I spent the day in the office
Except while in the Temple 3 Hours
~ Friday
7. I spent the day in the office Attending to the business
~ Saturday
8. I went to the office a short time in the Morning the Rest of the day at home
10. [FIGURE] I received 2 Letters from Sarah saying Newton
was quite sick had a Meeting of the power company
at 2 oclokP.M. we were visited by about 150 Ladies of
the Annual Meeting of the fire chiefs of the United States
they came in at one Door went through our office
& out of another Door we shook hands with them all
as they went through
~ Tuesday
11 [FIGURE] I spent the day in the office we Met with the Ogden
Power Company there was a good Deal of Excitement
Mr Banigan sent a check for $70,000 but word
came that Mr Banigan had his Real Esstate
& his bank accounts all seized by the Rubber company
and the $70000 Dollar check which He had sent
Us could not be paid which would stop our work
in Logan Canyon The Rubber Company had sued Mr Bannigan for $300000, & Bannigan had sued them for $1000000
but we soon got a Dispatch saying that his checks to
us would be paid which settled the Matter with us
Elizabeth Foss & Phebe Sessions visited us at the House
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," August 6, 1896 - August 11, 1896, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/j0qy