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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
3
The Admiral and Cartwright discuss a covert plan to pressure Shanghai Smith, using American law and boarding-house runners to draw out the culprit. Selwyn and Dunn weigh a risky, unofficial US peacetime intervention as police and navy prepare a silent maneuver.
An importer warns that assertions of being a good whisky judge deserve skepticism. True tasters rely on natural aptitude, disciplined appetite, and avoid strong foods. some pros dilute or heat samples, but seasoned tasters need only proper palate and restraint.
A recent native wedding featured gifts rich in symbolism. A mountain of white and red silk rolls tied with colored twine signified lasting marriage. Rice straw ornaments shaped like storks and tortoises symbolized longevity, with pine bamboo and plum for perpetual bloom and bonito flakes as a favored wedding accompaniment.
Curiously grim custom among West Africa’s Brass River tribes sees the eldest bride’s kin gift a six foot burial plot for the slave and herself. The grave holds all future family members in order, with the first to die buried twenty feet below, then six feet, continuing to prevent apparitions. The saying “When all other things are gone, there remain” frames the belief.
The mutinous crew of the Kniaz Potemkine surrendered at 1 PM Sunday after talks between Romanian authorities and mutineer leaders. Russians to be conveyed to a frontier and released. treasure on board to stay with authorities. Roumanian flag now atop the vessels to deter Russian pursuit in Romanian waters.
Admiral Kru ger boarded the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine at Kusteni Roumania and took possession by royal order. The accompanying torpedo boat sailed to Odessa claiming it did not mutiny, alleging Potemkine forced it to follow.
The Utah Press association members who visited the Portland exposition return home praising the fair. About fifty attendees from across the state enjoyed first class hospitality, city sightseeing on the Columbia river trips, and a favorable view of Utah's exhibit with profitable gains reported.
In New York two people were shot during a mob clash on West Sixteenth Street Sunday. Henry Hart, a black man, was attacked by white youths over an alleged ball game interference. Hart fled to a tenement, got a revolver, and returned as a crowd of blacks fled into the building. shots were fired as pursuers tried to break in.
An explosion of rock powder on the Pennsylvania railroad improvements at New Cumberland near Harrisburg at 7 o clock caused eight men to be blown to pieces and two others injured. The blast occurred opposite the Susquehanna River, near the site of a previous railroad wreck on May 1, with twenty three dead and many injured in prior reports.
The article reports China asking to be represented at the Washington conference, as it is said to have a vital interest in proceedings. The president has forwarded the request to the bell, with Russia leaning toward the suggestion and Japan opposing it, while Manchuria is to be returned to China.
A gang of masked men overpowered Sheriff Marshall early Saturday in Fronton Missouri, forced entry into the county jail, and fired on prisoners William and Arthur Spaugh who were held for murder of Sheriff Polk. Each Spaugh man was shot three times but not seriously wounded. The raiders bound and gagged the sheriff and took his keys.
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