Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-20
PROVO.
Garden CITY Not,

N"uS" NY NVWS'
At the meeting held in the court
house this evening for the purpose OF
arranging for the proper observance
of Memorial day, Mayor Jones was
elected chairman and NJ II. Graham
secretary. 1t was decided to meet at
the court house ut $3.50 q. m, and leave
for the cemetery at 10 a. NJ, where the
graves Will be decorated. AT $3.50
o'cock appropriate services will he
held In the Opera House, which as
rendered by Mayor Jones. The pro-
cession win be formed by G.. a. r.
veterans in the lead, TO be followed by
soldiers OF the Mexican and Indian
wars. national Guards of Utah, Wo-
mans Relief corps. school children and
citizens. w. $. Rawlings was elected
marshal of the day, and the following
general committee OF arrangement APP
pointed: S. s. Jones, George II.
Chapel, Roger Farrer, j. Il. Booth.
r. r. Irvine, John Beesley, Thomas
Beesley, ii. j. w. GODDARD, II. f.
Thomas, Reed Smoot Rev. j. C. An
drews, Mrs. S. *. King, $. p. Eggert-
sen, a. C. Sorensen, George Storey.
Herman $. Martin. C. W. Barnes, A.
a. Noon, Richard Brereton, Mrs.
Charles De Moisey, Mrs. w. H. Brere-
ton, Mrs. Sam a. King, Mrs. John
Norwich. Committees on finance
music and program were also APP
pointed.
Efforts are being made to obtain
pardon for Robert Boardman. now
serving an eighteen months sentence
in the state prison for criminal inti-
macy with Grace Chessley, girl un-
der is years of age, of which he was
convicted in the Fourth district court
last summer Judge Saxey has the
matter of obtaining pardon In hand,
and among the facts and circumstan-
ces upon which dependence is made is
an afiidivt from County Attorney Sam
A. King to the effect that Miss Grace
Fuller has told him since the Board
man trial that Grace Chessley had told
her that Boardnan was not guilty,
but that another young man was. She
had also told him that the reason she
had not testified to this fact at the
trial was because she did not want to
ne mixed up in the case" and that
she had left the county rather than
to appear as a witness. She promised
to give Mr.. King an affidivit to this
effect, but had left town before doing
so.
Yesterday the preliminary examlna-
ton of james C. Poulson. charged with
granddaughter, took place before Jus
tice Harvey at Pleasant Grove. The |
testimony was to the effect that de-
PENDANT and his father. NJ. T.. Poulson,
had some disagreement on the 2Sth OF
April. in regard to money due from the |
son TO the father. The father struck |
the son with shovel. and the son fol- |
lowed his father and got the shovel /
away from him and struck him over
theheaf with 1T. Mr.. Poulson died from |
the effects of his wounds on the 18th |
of this month. No evidence was intro |
duced on the part of the defendant. |
who was represented by Warner & |
Houtz. He was bound over to await |
the action of the district court In $500, |
which he gave.
The Brigham Young academy free |
summer school opens on the 3Oth of this |
month. The object OF this school is to |
afford teachers and students an OPP |,
portunity for review in the common |
branches of study. The following |
courses to be offered: Arithmetic
reading, grammar, composition, ortho> |
graphy, U. S. History, geography. ply
steal geography, general history, nature
study, geology, botany, German, Eng
fish literature, chemistry. physics. pen
algebra and geometry. All
are invited to attend. free of charge.
Lester Pratt. Joseph Wilson and Rich
ard Blumenthal, boys about 10 years of
age. left town last night. presumably to
go to Salt Lake to see the soldiers of.
The youthful travellers are believed to
nave gone in box car or with the Colo
RADIO soldiers who passed through last
night. Their parents are quite anxious |
|
,eived that Blumenthal had got job in |
salt Lake and wanted to stay; the other |
Boys expected to come home last even
ng.
Mr.. w. T.. Gage appeared in the
Fourth district court yesterday and en-
cred a plea of not guilty to an in
iormation charging adultery w. Il.
ZONES, accused of the same offense, was
,alled; he failed to appear and his
,ond was declared forfeited. The $50
ash bail he put up of course the State
will receive; the remainder, $500, there
s some doubt about. as only one man,
Mr.. G. Cragin, is on the bond as
urety
Charles d. Val and Harry Young, two
were arrested yesterday by |
Deputy Sheriff Henry and taken before
Justice Booth on a charge of house
'reaking, committed by entering Ed |
Knights house. between Springville and
Provo and stealing suit of clothes
nd other articles. They waived ex-
and were held to answer be-
ore the Fourth district court in 81 200
onds, which they failed to give.
Marriage liceses have been received !
y William Austin. aged 80, and Eliza
eth Schoileld, aged n, both of Lehl;
lloyd Brilllar, aged 20, of Provo, and