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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1909
Page
7
Three different liquor traffic bills sit before Utah lawmakers as a judiciary committee weighs options. Senate Bill No. 64, a conciliatory measure by E.B. Hulaniski, is presented amid a split between opposing approaches and uncertain scope.
Utah legislature debates varied prohibition measures with multiple bills in senate and house. Compromises discussed. one plan calls for one saloon per 1000 population, others push stricter bans. Legislative schedule includes trips to fish hatchery and agricultural college, and a theater liquor discussion.
A compilation of senate bills numbering 59 51 52 43 54 55 outlines amendments to sections on incompetence communications witness rights gambling licensing finance and education. Provisions include predator bird and game limits and penalties and a reservoir land grant fund with loan provisions. Bills seek tax and salary adjustments and record keeping by public bodies.
A morning blaze on Second South Street threatened the D. F. Walker building and swept through the McGee Shop Company shoe store. Patrolman East spotted smoke at 1:40 AM, hindering access as smoke filled the interior. Estimated merchandise loss runs around 14,000 dollars with about eighty percent insured, with Jeff's Smoke House and the Zanganjoon also suffering smoke and water damage.
Miss Florence Zun die returns from eighteen months of missionary work. Mrs. C F Wells recovers from illness. Arenzo Barker and Miss Ethel Merrills wed yesterday and will reside in Willard. Eliza Hubbard visits from Logan. A five member committee met with Sugar company and railroad officers to push beet price and unloading platform plans. An old folks celebration is being arranged. Mrs. Eliza Mayson of Fielding visits. Mr and Mrs William Lowe return from Salt Lake.
The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants association in Los Angeles announced Stephens as a candidate opposing Mayor A Harper. Resolutions from today's Municipal league meeting designate Stephens, a former chamber president and Republican, in the recall drive aimed at the current Democrat mayor. More than two thirds of the 8,000 signatures required to trigger the recall have been gathered.
Washington Feb 1 a joint resolution was agreed to today detailing expenditures for Mr Tafts inauguration fitting up changes amounting to 36000 dollars Provisions include a platform in front of the capitol to seat four more people than four years ago ensuring additional seating and arrangements for the ceremony
Caracas reports that the attorney general will file in the high federal court against former Venezuelan president Cipriano Castro. The charge alleges he instigated an attempted assassination of President Gomez. Minister Alcantra provides documentary proof and says the conspiracy was directed by Castro through collected suggestions and orders.
Ogden Utah will redeem 100 bonds of the 1898 issue at $1000 each. Bond numbers 1 to 100 are payable March 1, 1909 at Chase National Bank New York or Ogden City Treasurer. holders may also present at E H Rolling & Sons in Boston Chicago Denver or San Francisco. Interest ceases after March 1, 1909.
Grand Army of the Republic finance sub committees are to canvass localities for funds to entertain visiting hosts. Ogden unit lists David Keele as chair with Fred J. Kleeel Joseph Scowcroft Rev F P M Gushnahan John Watson Logan and others. Provo Park City Eureka committees named with members including CE Loose and Dr M Witson.
President Roosevelt writes to the administrator's attorneys that he will not accept any legacy of ten thousand dollars left by Benjamin Hadley a recluse of East Summerville who died December 16 1907.
Chicago lawmakers approved raises, boosting aldermen salaries from 1500 to 2000 dollars a year. The next aldermanic class will reportedly receive 5000 dollars, with the change applying to future terms.
The council discussed private secretaries at 1500 each to be paid to holdovers. Speakers supported a 9500 alternative. The 500 reduction from the finance committee’s recommendation followed Governor Deacon signing the enabling act with Mayor Auese pledging salaries would not exceed 3000.
Personal mementoes of Abraham Lincoln will be exhibited during Lincoln week with Frank B Logan's consent. The collection includes the fawn shawl Lincoln wore, a black frock coat from the night of his assassination, his last penned line on a photograph, and a cane carved from Merrimac ribbing.
Fire caused fifty thousand dollars in damage at the Paulist Fathers rectory at 69th street and Columbus Avenue in Manhattan. Forty converts sheltered in a chapel on the ground floor as panic spread with some women attempting to leap from a window before priests and converts joined in fighting the blaze. Father B R McGrath, once a Dartmouth baseball player, was overcome by smoke but revived. firefighters took over an hour to control the flames.
Chicago authorities outlaw secondhand dealers from buying funeral wreaths and grave moss from deaths due to contagious disorders. Alderman McKenna says dealers resell wreaths for penny profits, bringing sorrow to grieving families.
The will of John Crom formerly of Shamong township New Jersey dated March 15 1906 was found with a strange clause granting all his real and personal property horses cattle oil wells railways steamships telegraph lines canal boats ocean cables airships cranberry bogs cattle ranches automobiles and castles in Spain to John D Rockefeller provided he can find them
In Jefferson City Missouri on February 2 the court was urged by Standard Oil attorneys to appoint two trustees to control oil business in the state. The filing did not seek remittance of $150,000 in aggregate fines against three subsidiaries but pressed the broader proposal.
In Chicago on February 2, Charles White, 10, died after a mysterious street accident. He left home with a farewell kiss from his mother and a small cola in hand, and was believed struck by a car, suffering a fractured skull on the way to a hospital.
New York reports the Red Star liner Finland will join the Mediterranean fleet as a substitute for the White Star ship Republic, which sank off the Atlantic after a collision. The transfer reflects wartime maritime redeployments and ongoing fleet adjustments shaping post disaster recovery.
The Finland will debut on its new Materi 1x route, and will be replaced in the Red Star service by the recently built Inez Lapland from Belfast. The Finland has operated between New York Dover and Antwerp.
Chicago firefight today owes its lives to Katherine Kimerlinger a 20 year old who woke to smoke and ran through the halls crying fire awakening others and battering doors to escape a fast spreading blaze in a flat building.
Chicago reports Mrs. M. C. Hatcher widowed after a month’s marriage to a fiancé who was dying of cancer. The wedding occurred December 9, 1905, after the fiancé was told he had little time to live and the couple accelerated the ceremony.
A pistol duel near Frankfort on the Main between Baron von Oertzen and Lieutenant von Stuckrad of the reserves resulted in von Stuckrad's death. Authorities say domestic trouble precipitated the confrontation.
New York Feb 2 skeleton of prehistoric man of gigantic size found at town ten miles south of the area. Researchers report massive bones and possible early human remains unearthed in this remote site. Local officials caution about confirmation steps and further excavation.
A peon unearthed a 16 foot tall skeletal remains east of the City of Mexico. The skeleton is expected to be sent to the National Museum in Mexico, reviving legends of a giant race once inhabiting the Mexican plateau.
Two freight trains were ditched on the Southern Pacific rail line near El Paso, one seven miles west and another eighty miles east. No injuries reported. The road expected to be cleared within a few hours, briefly halting transcontinental trade.
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