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Show THE GARDEN CITY. The Nielson Murder Case Is Searing the Close. THE EVIDENCE IS ALL IN. A Routine Session of the City Council Is Held Change in the CnstiUa Springs Hotel Kawlins Will IMpenk at the Opera House Tonight Other Xotea of Interest. Provo, Nov. 1. Special. Iu the Nielson murder trial both the prosecution and the defense concluded their testimony yesterday, yester-day, Nielson taking the stand in his own behalf. be-half. CITY COUNCIL. The regular city council meeting: "was held last evening, President Barney was in the chair and all members of the council were present. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. ! W. II. Harrison and A. O. Johnson presented pre-sented petitions asking to have their job wagon licenBU transferred to W. H. Berry. Granted. KE PORTS OF CITY OFFICERS. W. D. Alexandor, city justice, presented his quarterly report for tne quarter ending October 4. Sixty-four arrests had been made, $3115 imposed In Apes, $392 has been paid, and 123 days served in jail. REPORTS O COMMITTERS. The committee on finance presented a report re-port recommending that the petition of Jacob Keroir et al., to have a portion of their city taxes remitted, be not granted. Report adopted. CLAIMS The following claims were presented and allowed: W. J. Tsylor, watering trees on west square.$15 00 S. S. Jones & (Jo., scoop shovel 1 00 W. II. Gray & Co., hose, etc 4 78 WUia'-d Cole, digging trench 1 88 Thus Patterson, digging trench 3 18 T. L. E van?, shoeing horses 3 50 j MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. Councilor McCuilousrh moved to authorize the chief of the fire department to buy ten rubber coats and eight pairs of rubber boots for the use of the firemen. Councilor Simmons moved that the bill for an ordinance on sanitation be laid on the table pending the report of the committee on revision and compilation of city ordinances. Carried. Councilor Maiben moved to award the conuact for the erection of a firemen's hall, to cost $2382.50 to the P. 8. M. & B. Co., that corporation being the lowest bidder, and that the committee on fire department be instrected to write up a contract to be submitted to the rouncil for approval. Carried. Councilman Farrer moved that the council meet on Saturday, at 10 o'clock to select the ground for the firemen's hall building. Carried. Car-ried. r Adjournment was then taken for one week. NOTES AND PERSONALS. E. H. Smith, of Salt Lake is at Hotel Roberts. J. L. Rawlins will talk Democracy at the opera house tonight. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Cunningham and Elmer El-mer B. Jones of Salt Lake are at the Cosmopolitan. Cosmo-politan. . . ' Upon motion of District Attorney Zane, the accounts of -the United : States marshal for this district were allowed. In the case of Edward Earl, convicted of selling whiskey to the Indians, motion for a new trial was overruled, and the defendant sentenced to four months in the penitentiary and to pay costs of prosecution. The following marriage licenses have been issued by Probate Clerk Holliday: John II. Carson and Helen R. Dibble, of Ogden; Leonard W. Fowler and Ella Evans, of Lehl; Helgy L. Johnson aud Eleanor Jones, Spanish Fork. Today the Castilla Springs hotel opens as a Rio Grande Western dining station. Mr. Cosgrov, the popular caterer of the liio Grande Western eating house in Provo, has leased the hotel and springs for three years. He will continue to run the Provo eating house, where some of the trains will stop. Word comes from the south that Andrew Jensen is doing a great work among the Scandinavian population, spreading the gospel gos-pel of Republicanism. The Scandinavian population of the United States ai'e, almost without exception. Republicans, and those living in Utah will vote the Republican ticket when the principles of the party are understood by them. |