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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1903
Page
2
An earthquake lasting nearly thirty seconds struck San Francisco at 10 50 p m yesterday. It was among the longest quakes in years but not violent and damage is not expected. Other California locations reported the tremor with Stanford University noting a forty five second duration.
Bernard Whitelaw formerly of St Louis and Mike Nolan of the gang were sentenced by Superior Judge Cook. Whitelaw received life imprisonment after commitment by the judge and Nolan, who pleaded guilty, got twenty five years. Dora Nolan, a female member, had already been sent to prison for eight years.
A Pocatello man Fred Kuck was accidentally shot by Thomas K Davis while shooting chickens at Mink Creek. Dr Bean and Mrs Kuck rushed to the scene. Daniel Sheldon, Kucks father in law, doubts his son will survive. Davis, the shooter, is city clerk of Pocatello. Kuck works as a machinist at Oregon Short Line and has a young family.
Unknown parties tried to wreck the Northern Pacific bridge over the Yellowstone River east of Livingston. The blast damaged homes and twisted the bridge, with windows shattered citywide. The NP company offers a $1000 reward. no clues yet.
Helen M. Gould has been asked to serve as arbitrator in the Molyoke Paper mills strike. A Springfield dispatch says the invitation came from the leader of the striking cutter girls. The strike involves about 4000 employees.
Three hundred New Jersey state convicts at Trenton have switched from striped outfits to light gray suits. The practice of shaving heads and locks atop the inmates has already been discontinued, marking a reform in prison attire and appearance.
Major James McLaughlin from the Indian Bureau at Washington is at Rosebud agency securing signatures to an amended treaty opening 416,090 acres of the reservation in Gregory county to white settlement. He expects completion in a few days.
The pleasure yacht Florodora on Mobile Bay wharf at Point Clear was struck by lightning. Three men died D B Ledyard Scott EAD Bruce Granville Lincoln and William Brewton were aboard. Scott's daughter and Charles Baldwin were burned but survived.
The Gonzales heirs in New Jersey receive a 30 dollar check from a remorseful man who explains a long ago grocery debt. He says the woman fled town after incurring the bill twenty seven years earlier and did not sleep until settling the matter.
Albert J Fisk his wife and baby and friend David Jills barely escaped death when their auto collided with a train on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit line near Jamaica. The car was smashed but all occupants were thrown clear with only injuries to pride and shock. Fisk resides in Flint and was returning from a trip with his companion.
Witnesses recalled a motor train following behind a car on a street. The motorman reportedly could not pass and the train struck the car, tearing it apart against the curb. Mrs Wisk, holding her baby, shielded the infant as they fell, and the child was unharmed.
New Zealand faces a serious sheep shortage due to overexportation and heavy snowstorms, reports a Wellington dispatch cited by The Times. The shortage affects markets and potential supply chains across the region.
King Edward issued an address to the Irish people expressing great satisfaction at his reception in Ireland after the royal yacht Victoria and Albert arrived at Cowes Isle of Wight.
The State Board of Education will hold examinations for certificates and diplomas on September 1 2 and 3 1903 in Salt Lake City at Room 153 City and County Building and at the Agricultural College Logan and at Mans in Utah. Applicants must file with the board secretary by August 15 1903. A C Nelson chairman J T Kingsbury secretary.
A blaze yesterday afternoon at Fred Radair’s residence and barn at the edge of town destroyed both structures. Firemen faced a swarm of bees that stung several workers and forced an early retreat before reinforcements arrived. total loss estimated around 2000 dollars.
A Colima dispatch reports the Colima volcano in eruption with great clouds of smoke carried northeast by strong sea winds. Belief centers on renewed lava overflow, though surrounding smoke hampers exact observation.
Somerset Kentucky August 3 A misreading of orders caused a head on collision between two Queen and Crescent freight double headers between Cumberland Falls and Greenwood. Six men were killed and two engineers injured with one possibly dying. Firemen Joseph Phillips Frank Fletcher Walter Walters and a tramp were found bodies. Two brakemen are buried under debris and forty cars wrecked. Engineers Duke Fitzgerald seriously hurt and may die. Engineers Klein and Wainworth jumped.
Frank Foss found two dead bodies near Grange hall on School Street. P. Egan and Mrs. Sadie Booth of Spencer are the deceased. Mrs. Booth, 28, had her throat cut and the razor lay beneath her. The man’s throat was also cut, with deeper wounds and a wrist injury. Police theorize a murder suicide.
The will dated March 28, 1901 and signed in Gen Clay's hand is opened in Richmond. Dora Brock former wife and two appointees are named executors with half proceeds from sales. Whitehall estate of 360 acres is left to the United States in trust for humanity and kept under executors care per the testator's directive.
Ogden resident Mr. Rinesburg suffered dull dragging kidney pain, worsened by cold or heavy work. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he reports relief and no further complaints since treatment. Sold by S. W. Baderson’s drug store, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes as U S agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Train times listed for routes including Salt Lake to Butte and Pocatello with connections to Portland and Cache Valley. Notices show departure times from Salt Lake City and intermediate points, Sunday service exceptions, and ticketing agents in Ogden Salt Lake City and Burley.
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