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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
5
The business office will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. except Sundays. On Sundays the hours are 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Advertisement changes for the weekend Standard must be submitted by Thursday noon. This applies to all evening notices and forms the deadline for the Saturday edition.
Business office listed as 56 One Ring and editorial room at 586 Two Rings signaling contact numbers for services and inquiries.
Random ads for Swift's Premium bacon Armour Star Hams and Bacon and J S Carver & Sons. Building contract for George A Lowe delayed to mid next week. Help wanted dining room girl and chamber maid at Lincoln Hotel. Intermountain Christian Advocate switches from weekly to monthly. Basketball game B Y Logan vs Weber Stake Academy at Lester Park. evening dance at Parry Hall. Funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Haskins at J H Buchanan residence Friday Jan 15 1904. Social hop at Conley's Academy with dances and moonlight waltzes. Borax Soap prize offer. Three automobilists from Salt Lake via Ogden to Evans ton. Spalding party in Franlin car, plan to Hoho. wary of Wyoming weather.
A small audience witnessed Hello Bil at the Grand Opera House last evening with the company judged inferior to last year. The play remains comical when well handled but this performance fell short. Tonight Maloney's Wedding promises a better showing.
The Ogden Rapid Transit company orders an East built engine of the latest type. It will be a broad gauge locomotive style machine designed to replace a dummy. The micro powerful engine is intended to pull heavy summer loads and handle any expected train.
In Washington on January 14 the National Association of Naval Militia met to frame a basis for legislation to promote the naval militia. Delegates met with President Roosevelt who urged unity and clear goals to secure effective policy and administration for the militia.
Opening prices in the stock market advanced on cheerful foreign sentiment about the Far East. Gains were limited as traders took profits, with Southern Pacific rising above 49 and several western stocks posting early advances. Realty preferred fell 2.5 points, while Pennsylvania rose 1.25, lifting the market alongside St. Paul Union Pacific Wabash preferred and U S Steel among others.
The second day of the R E Hickey robbery trial unfolded with witnesses echoing yesterday testimony about a gang planned multiple saloon robberies in Ogden. Key testimony linked Hickey to the Zang saloon raid while officers described the arrest in Salt Lake City and the Winderoom scene.
L. S. Stone and Co of 370 Twenty Fifth Street voluntarily assigned assets to creditors. Deed of trust recorded. assignees take charge for one dollar. Assets include shares, stock, wares, furniture, horse, books, and accounts totaling 2757.10 with liabilities of 2930.00. Creditors meet later this afternoon at attorney Joseph Chez’s office for appointment of an assignee.
Mr and Mrs Geo H Tribe were married at the Salt Lake Temple yesterday noon and left for California for a month. Upon their return a reception will be held at their residence in the city.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday, with partial cloudiness and a chance of snow in northern areas.
World markets show sugar raw nominal fair refining at 27-8 with centrifugals 33-8 and molasses 25-8. refined steady with crushed at 5.05, powdered 4.55, granulated 4.55. coffee steady at No. 7 Rio 7 5-8.
The Salt Lake Herald praises Maloney's Wedding at the Grand in Ogden calling it funny and wholesome. Lew Nelson Dan Maloney Nellie Fillmore and Claude Radcliffe are highlighted for their clever work as the show runs tonight tomorrow and a matinee tomorrow.
A massive early morning fire in Havre Montana at the Great Northern division terminal destroys hotels opera house and many buildings. By noon another blaze from the Bank saloon and then the Stringfellow drug store threatens the towns remaining business district as wind and lack of waterworks hamper efforts to protect the town.
Two patrolmen organized a police force ball without consulting superiors or colleagues. The Mayor condemned soliciting business men for tickets while on duty, noting broad police disagreement with the move and urging proper official approval.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and floral tributes during wife and mother’s illness and death. William Vaughn and family extend appreciation and wish others similar care in times of trouble.
Quote attributed to Dr Thomas stresses preparation over unexpected harm as a lesson in managing pain and health during aging. The remark frames proactive care and readiness as key to mitigating unforeseen events.
Chicago reports livery drivers restart strike after a fifteen day truce following the Iroquois fire. About 95 percent of the 1,600 carriage and hearse drivers walk out, with black undertakers wagons used in funerals as mourners protest unresolved wage talks.
Senate session opens in Washington with members called to order and proceedings beginning. The report notes the formal start of daily business as lawmakers convene and prepare for legislative actions.
Wool nominal in St Louis with territory and western medium at 18 19 cents. Fine wool quoted 15 17 cents. January trade activity noted with small variance in fleece types.
Cash wheat quotes as of January 11 in Chicago show No. 2 red at 8.89, No. 3 at 8.911-2, No. 2 hard at 7.982, No. 3 hard at 7.2 9 1-2, No. 1 northern at 8.5 8 1-2, No. 2 northern at 8.2 7 1-2, and No. 3 spring at 8.6 1-2.
Money on call eases to 13-4 21-4 percent with closing bids off ered at 11-2. Time loans soften for 66 and 90 days at 4 percent, six months to 4 41-4 percent. Prime mercantile paper at 6 percent. Sterling exchange firmer with banker’s bills near 4.8535 4.8540 for demand and 4.8240 4.8245 for sixty days, posted at 4.83 and 4.86. Commercial bills at 4.82 1-2. Bar silver 5 percent. Mexican dollars at 451-3.
Grain and Provisions prices listed for Chicago show Wheat at Jan 8.27, May 8.67, July 8.11, Sept 8.01. Corn ranges Jan 4.41, May 4.81, July 4.70, Sept 4.65. Oats at Jan 0.38, May 0.405, July 0.363, Sept 0.327. Pork bids appear at 12.72 for Jan, 12.95 for May, 12.97 for May, with other figures for June and July and supplies in flax timothy clover and barley listed.
OMATIA Omaha January 14 cattle receipts about 3200 with steer prices around 3.09 to 4.55, cows and heifers 2.75 to 4.15, calves 3.00 to 5.00, hog receipts near 7000 with heavy market 4.75 to 4.85, mixed 4.10 to 4.75, light 4.50 to 4.70, bulk $4.25 to 4.50. Sheep receipts 6000 steady to easier with western yearlings 4.25 to 5.16, wethers 3.75 to 4.40, ewes 3.00 to 4.00, lambs 5.00 to 6.00.
Kansas City report shows cattle receipts at 9 000 with prices for native steers 3.00 to 4.75, native cows 2.35 to 3.70, stockers 3.00 to 4.00, bulls 2.25 to 9.50, western stockers 3.30 to 4.30 and western cows 1.50 to 3.75. Hog receipts 9 000 weak to lower with bulk 4.50 to 4.80, heavy 4.90, packers 4.80, pigs 4.25 to 4.70. Sheep 4 000 steady with mutton 3.50 to 4.50, lambs 4.00 to 4.40, ewes 2.50 to 2.56.
Chicago officials plan a repeat blaze at the Iroquois to evaluate city fire safety ordinances. Mayor Harrison and Walter L Fisher of the City Club will supervise a controlled burn with trained firefighters observing ventilation and flame behavior to quantify public safety gains. Fire expert Ru Freeman to lead the experiment.
The Senate discussed a bill extending until 1996 the settlement period for states to claim equipment costs from the Spanish war. Latimer urged national aid for road work, while Newlands and others debated Panama, Colombia and the Hay-Herran treaty with questions of transit guarantees and possible conflict. In Washington, bills on monuments and university name change advanced. the census director salary faced a cut, and a foreign affairs committee moved a consulate bill for China.
A fragment suggests a cautious stance that war might be contemplated only after other options are exhausted, reflecting diplomatic hesitance and the possibility of restraint before any military action. The text implies a measured approach rather than immediate conflict.
In Topeka Kansas January 14 the Peoples Party state central committee met to decide on fusing with the Democrats. By 2 PM no members could be located. Mayor A M Harvey and John Curran agreed a Peoples party convention would be called soon.
Pittsburg January 14 manufacturers of rail rolling plants from New York Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Maryland and Georgia met to discuss methods to strengthen prices and secure a better trade condition.
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