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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
5
Ogden city pages show a collage of visitors from Salt Lake and Idaho, market ads for Armor and Weatherby fish, coal and meat promos, theater and bowling invitations, legal notices on divorce filings, Elks meeting plans, and a Molokai missionary note, all in brisk community chatter.
Oregon Short Line announces round trip fare from Ogden to Portland and return at 30.00 with tickets on sale January 5 through 10 limited for return by January. A second option via San Francisco offers 43.50 for the round trip from Portland by rail or steamer.
Union Pacific engineer John Murphy reported a dawn hold up by two masked men near the freight sheds. He was forced to surrender about a dollar and small change after being warned not to call for help. The suspects wore handkerchiefs, light top shoes, with one in a cap and the other a stiff hat. Police continue the investigation. this followed last night’s holdup report.
The Hub and Mr Hardman raffle a free trip to the World’s Fair in St Louis. County Clerk C R Hollingsworth and Councilman I W Chambers conducted the drawing on Monday afternoon. Frank Jude picked ticket 21910 as the winner. This is the first of four trips, with subsequent drawings every sixty days.
Ogden dealers offer coal at five fifty per ton, the same as Salt Lake, but pay 20 cents more per ton than Salt Lake dealers. The reason for the wholesale price gap is not explained, though freight costs are identical and both cities share common freight points. Ogden nonetheless benefits from the higher wholesale margin.
A special train from Salt Lake brought Garland Sugar company officials including Governor Wells President Joseph F Smith and J V McCormick for an inspection visit. The Garland factory plans a late open this year due to a late start and a large beet crop.
Hon Lorin Farr arrived home after a month traveling through California and Mexico. He visited the Mormon colony in Chihuahua and found it flourishing with strong agricultural and cattle interests. Farr notes drought spreading through southern California and Arizona. He says the trip was very enjoyable.
James Davies known as Baines is jailed again on the robbery charge after new evidence from witness Scotty Carnegie. At a prior hearing Burt freed Baines for lack of evidence while Monroe and Hickey faced bonds. Carnegie’s testimony leads to renewed pursuit and a fresh hearing set for this afternoon.
The Utah Press Association plans an extended May tour visiting the World's Fair in St Louis Sioux City New Orleans Havana and other points. The Salt Lake City meeting January 20 will consider inviting venues and arranging special advertising credit for participating members. Mayor Glasmann and the city editor of the Standard are expected to join the Cuban leg of the trip.
Work on the aerial telegraph cable across Great Salt Lake advances favorably with an expected completion in a few months. Pile drivers have set poles and attach cables, overseen by P. J. Smith of Western Union Telegraph. The forty mile route sits near the Southern Pacific trestle, with eighteen to twenty wires per cable box. A local paper hints at a bathing resort test at Promontory as the lake project proceeds.
Prices for eight performances are 8 prices 25 35 and 50 cents. Matinee pricing shows children under 14 at 25 cents and adults at 50 cents.
Woodmen of the World Camping meeting set for Thursday evening January 7 includes initiations and installation of officers. Managers urge a large attendance and invite members to see the drill by the team.
Chicago readers hear a plan to replace the damaged Iroquois Theatre with a memorial church or building. The proposal mirrors Vienna’s 1831 Ringstrasse reconstruction, honoring the 500 lives lost in the catastrophe.
J B Marcell, cashier of the Bank of Highland Kansas, was arrested on a Grand Island train on January 5 charged with forging notes totaling $30,000. The case stems from alleged forgeries connected to St Joseph Missouri.
Norfolk VA January 5 Weather dispatches report the submarine Boat Moccasin floated yesterday has been blown ashore again and is now fast on the beach.
Medford Mass January 5 Richard Price Hallowell an abolitionist and associate of William Lloyd Garrison died here today. He was active in anti slavery circles and connected with the abolitionist press and campaigns.
Des Moines Iowa January 5 supervising architect C L Linley died after a floor collapse at the state capitol while inspecting a sodality chamber where flames started his skull crushed in the fall to the chamber floor during the inspection authorities investigate the incident
Newport News reports Tug Navigator and her tow Liberty and New Jersey, feared lost after Sunday alarm, have been towed safely into Hampton Roads.
Panic at the William T. Smith and Sons textile mills in Philadelphia was averted by swift fire department action. About 500 to 600 workers, mostly girls, faced entrapment as flames blocked exits. Firemen extinguished the blaze, with losses totaling 425, and all workers were rescued from fire escapes.
Sarah Cecelia Earl, a renowned stage figure from the quarter century ago, died at her New York home after a long illness. Her greatest success was the play Hast Lynne.
Col. Simons, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, has perfected plans for a full fire protection system for the White House. When installed, the White House and executive offices will be directly connected to the Washington fire department and the White House staff will form a dedicated firefighting force. All precautions according to expert suggestions have been implemented.
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