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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1904
Page
7
Judge William C. Hall dismissed the Brown divorcee case after finding no effort by either side to move to trial. The action is not final and can be reinstated only if assurances are given that dilatory tactics end and the case is promptly tried. The judge frequently clears calendars of unpressed matters.
Officials of the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railway company meet in Salt Lake City next week to discuss awarding further construction contracts. Vice President J Ross Clark C Kereng of St Louis and T E Gibbon of Los Angeles, fresh from inspections, are expected to attend. The project aims to connect Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, with progress suggesting completion in ten months instead of fifteen.
Police tie Shockley to Carmen Gleason and Brighton murder after linking him to three streetcar holdups since July and confirming a hat near the crime scene belonged to him. He admits ownership of the hat and claims a partner in Dillon Montana, with movements in Ogden and Salt Lake City, but his story grows more inconsistent with each account.
The article notes Shockley at 14 East First South Street with potential confession after a strained period of sweating. Public anger fears lynching if moved to a public court, while police focus on Shockley and partner Prothero. Chief Lynch says evidence supports guilt though minor gaps remain.
Isadore Lalonde, 29, was jailed for intoxication at about 2 PM and died in his cell before 6 PM. He was found dead about half an hour earlier. The inquest is set for morning. Batonds, known in police circles for repeated drunkenness and vagrancy, was unmarried with no immediate Salt Lake relatives.
A committee of Salt Lake and Ogden shippers and jobbers appointed by the Commercial club held its first meeting to investigate discrimination in freight rates. It outlined a plan of work and announced another session to begin exporting the schedules at an early date.
The funeral arrangements for Amesa L. Gleason and Thomas Brighton, the murdered street car men, were completed last night. Gleason will be buried Sunday at 11 AM from the Third Ward Meeting House while Brighton’s obsequies are set for Sunday afternoon at the Eleventh Ward House of Worship.
Sues Salt Lake City, T P Storey, Mirando Pratt and F M Lyman Jr for $206 plus interest. They filed on Aug 92 1903 for a franchise on city streets and deposited $206 as consideration. City council has not acted and refused to return funds after demand on Oct 9 1963.
Salt Lake City was named as the defendant in a district court suit filed by a plaintiff seeking remedy in a civil action. The complaint outlines alleged municipal liability and seeks specified damages or relief as allowed by law.
F E Flattery files suit over a petition for an electric railway franchise. He deposited 26 cents on Feb 11 1902 after the council required it as a condition. The council later denied the franchise and returned the deposit. He seeks $200 plus interest, challenging the ordinance as a legal but void prerequisite to official action.
Clara Z Dooley died December 31 1903 in Salt Lake City leaving real estate 2832 notes and mortgages 4150 and cash 9000 total about 15982 The estate lists Lizzie M Warren and the testator s siblings as beneficiaries George Jay Gibson seeks letters testamentary A coincidental note: Mrs Dooley died days after her husband s estate settlement in the probate court.
Frank Rose facing first degree murder charges appeared in District Court with five other prisoners. Judge Stewart refused to accept any plea until an attorney could be appointed. attorneys Soren Christensen and D. N. Straup were assigned. Rose will enter a plea next Monday at 10.00 a.m. He arrived handcuffed to co-defendant Thomas Fuller, charged with criminal assault, and sat calm beside him during the session.
Thomas R. Fuller the soldier charged with criminal assault on Miss Edith Gill was arraigned and given until Monday to plead and secure an attorney. He appeared in uniform with military bearing and indicated he would plead if funds allowed.
Fred L. Berger, 17, pleaded guilty to petit larceny and received three months in county jail. He was charged with burglary but allowed to plead to petit larceny due to age, admitting he burglarized the Elgin grocery store on Christmas night and stole 45 cents.
An examination of Dr. Pierce’s claims for Golden Medical Discovery blends medical advertising with testimony on a theater fire. Readers learn of herbal tonics and digestion claims alongside eyewitness accounts of unsafe exits and improvised egress during the Iroquois Theatre incident.
Oneiday county Idaho delivers requisition papers to Governor Wells and departs tonight for Brigham City to escort Williams back to Idaho. The mare is charged with stealing horses and wheat in late October. Brigadier General Cannon says the battery at Sunnyside will be released from service and sent home.
Coroner's inquest reveals the theater had almost no fire protection or staff instructions. New victims include Nellie Dawson and Estelle Muir, bringing fatalities to 586. Witness Madeline Dupont says the asbestos curtain burned as claimed, but she cannot confirm its presence.
Word from Chicago reports Florence Corcoran daughter of Judge Corcoran and friend of Agatha Berkhoel was among the victims. A grist mill and three houses at White Rocks Indian agency burned destroying wheat stock. The mall cost fifteen thousand dollars. John Q. Critchlow appointed trustee for Isaac Glaser of Helper and Sunnyside after federal bankruptcy. Critchlow also represents creditors and the bankrupt.
Oreste Pagnini and Robert J. King noted figures in crime circles have been appointed by Judge Malone of the West Side court to interpret in the case of Alexander Hracel charged with the murder of John Begotto, a bartender at an Italian saloon on Larimer Street in Salt Lake City and now Denver.
Local architects consider a factory to supply dried interior hardwood finish for buildings to avoid delays and unsatisfactory shipments from eastern suppliers. Alma Cunningham travels to Honolulu with a cablegram from his father, who has bought a sheep ranch there and asks Alma to run it.
David I. Gallacher filed a bankruptcy petition yesterday afternoon showing liabilities of 32,272 and assets of 100. He is one of two noted trunk manufacturers with the Gallacher surname, the other being James Z. Gallacher.
Governor Wells complies with Idaho Governor's requisition to send Oliver Williams back to Malad City Idaho where he is wanted for grand larceny. Williams was arrested at Brigham City on December 17. Sheriff T J Evans of
In Cripple Creek Colorado no vagrancy order enforcement has begun under Colonel Verdeckberg despite an injunction by Judge Leeds restraining deportations. Four men were jailed for disturbance and abuse of troops, while reports of 560 striker names given to officers remain unconfirmed.
San Francisco dispatch reports Japan consul Uyeno stating that Japanese nationals are departing Utah. The brief item notes the consul's comment from San Francisco about the move and its administrative context.
A government official stated no call yet issued for Japanese army and navy reserves in California Utah Idaho Arizona New Mexico Washington Oregon but warned a possible call could come soon. About 20 000 Japanese in five states and similar in others hold reserve members with exceptional ability. Many may return to their regiments without a formal summons.
A fragment notes workers from coast ports facing biweekly drafts for service. It mentions railings and entries into the army, with emphasis on varied port origins and compulsory timelines.
Typhoid fever cases rose in Butler Pennsylvania with three new patients admitted in the last hours and a new care facility opened to handle the surge.
A fragment notes Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Cores marketed as a cure for colds and consumption. The text hints at aggressive promotion and a controversial stance on the product’s effectiveness.
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