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Show (Vi'NEAL IS HAVING PRELIMINARY HEARING Special to Tho Tribune. OGDKN, Utah, Jun. 30. Tho prollm-liuiry prollm-liuiry hearing o Charles McNeal, charged with extortion, began before Judge Murphy this morning. but was not concluded when court "adjourned. Wllllum Howell was ono of tho witnesses nnd testlllcd that tho defendant had como Into his slcro nnd told him thut he wanted enough mcney to get out of tho country. Th" witness wit-ness then recited the facts of the coe about as published In The Trlbuno at the time. After Mr. Howell's tesiimony tho court adjourned ad-journed until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. William Howell told n stralghlforwnrd story on tho stand, which wan practically the same as thot nrlnted In The Tribune at the time. In this ho was confirmed by Uotcctlvo Pender Pen-der nnd Deputy ShorlfT Sebrlng. Col. John Meteor, manngor of the Utah State Journal, linn brought hln wlfo and family to Ogdcn and Is quartered temporarily ut the Reed hotel. ... The Board of County Commissioners met today. to-day. Dr. J. S. Gordon was appointed county physician to 'nko effect July 1, and Jo-eph Tuylor was appointed superintendent of the county poorv farm, with Mrs. Tnylor as matron. ma-tron. G. D Folkmnu was appointed Janitor of tho county courthouse. Tho hoard received petitions from taxpayer" of Hnrrlsonvlllo nsklng for tho appointment of H G. Taylor aH road supervisor and M. D, Harris as deputy aescsor. which were filed. ... A mnrrlnce Ilccnso wns Issued todny to Gfrorge Mntthaw Slark. aged 27. and MIps Elizabeth Eliz-abeth Miller. 'Jo, both of Weber county. Mrs. P. T. Smytho died yesterday of pni-mcnln. pni-mcnln. Tho funeral (.orvlccs will ho held from the Culhollc church nt 10 o'clock tomorrow. David ICay, an old-llmo resident of Ogdcn. and ono of tho most prominent of Ogdon's business men during the memorable boom days, died at his homo In Sacramento. Col., today. Mr. Kny ieft Ogden about eight years ago. ... Carl K. Wade, son of Plshop U. W. Wade, nmnnger of tho Utah Light and Power company com-pany of this city, died " nt tho family rrsl-denco rrsl-denco tjils evening from brain fever. He wns 20 years of age and had been 111 but one week. Tho Utnh Construction companv Of this city has received orders from tho Oregon Short Lino Railroad company to continue work on tho Minidoka branch to the full dlstnnco of soventy-llvo mllus. Last fall n contract was let to tho construction company to build twenty miles of a proposed seventy-flve-mllo branch running southwest through tho fanning fann-ing country contiguous to Mlnldokn. Itp twenty miles nro now about' completed, and tho company Is authorized to go ahead with tho remaining flfty-Ilvo miles. Twenty-four butchers apponred before tho City Council tonight to confer with the members mem-bers regarding the proposed llcenno on butchers, butch-ers, and nfter discussing tho matter Informally Infor-mally for some time. It was decided that tho butchers hold n moetlng among themsehes and select n committee to confer with the Commltteo on Laws of tho Council. The annual an-nual report of the Mayor was received nnd filed. Tho City Attorney was instructed to submit a report ns to tho legal phase of tho construction of n now wntei works Kyutem for the city. City Knglnoer Parker submitted his estimate of the cost of tho sowers In district No. 10, Including tho llrst ward. Tho amount Is JSS.O90. The mattor went to tho Sewer committee. com-mittee. Payrolls nmountlng to $5J3.18 were allowed al-lowed Council adjourned. ... J. R. Rung, a transient from Denver, was. picked up by the police tonight, and Is now In tho retention hospltnl. lie Is suffering from smallpox, nnd will be sent to tho posthouso tomorrow. |
