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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1904
Page
8
Brig Gen John Q. Cannon led the Carbon county coal fields force back to the front after a city visit. Reports say the strike region is peaceful but Scofield faces potential unrest as evictions begin in company owned houses. If no violence by week’s end, state troops may be recalled.
The last Legislature exhausted the bounty appropriation for wolves coyotes bears wild cats mountain lions and grasshoppers. Warrants issued cannot be redeemed until a new Legislature meets. $10 000 for predators is spent and about $15 000 may be owed by next assembly. Weber County claims exceed current pay.
Gov Heber M Wells arrived home last night over the Oregon Short Line after attending the National Livestock Association meeting in Portland President F J Hagenbarth of the Livestock association was expected today The Utah delegation plans to proceed to San Francisco then back to Salt Lake City via the Southern Pacific Wells said the trip was pleasant and the convention enjoyable but he would not comment on the cattlemen's work or Utah's anticipated results
City politics hinge on Mayor Morris plans to push key nominations tonight. Backers push for Republican council support in approving posts including street supervisor and park commissioner, potentially reshaping patronage and city governance. Peter & Condie and Hans Christopherson are named as likely appointees to street and park roles respectively.
Resina Davis, a young sex worker in Salt Lake City's redlight district, reports Stalios Theohow, a Greek laborer from Calientes, choked and beat her after a dispute over $5. Theohow allegedly fled, was chased, and struck the woman in the face fracturing her jaw before police intervened and arrested him for trial.
At the Grand a post show notice by Manager Melville Kellogg announced the Beason company would disband after payoffs. Witnesses say the emotional performance exhausted the troupe and contract terms offered two weeks’ extra pay, prompting a dispute led by Frank Moustin Kelly.
Kellog was brought before Judge Dichel yesterday afternoon and his bonds fixed at $200. He is to be tried at 2 o'clock today.
In a rare sign of emotion since his arrest Frank Rose asked a reporter to obtain a small locket at the police station containing his wife's picture. He wrote an order for the locket and shared a hopeful request as he awaited potential release of the item.
Brigham Utah January 17 The Board of Health and Mayor Halst met Thursday evening to review the smallpox situation. They reported a slight decline in cases and milder disease, with no links to schools or public gatherings, attributing cases to individual exposures outside the city. The group concluded that the current strict quarantine remains a sufficient safeguard.
Park City reports a deadly accident at the Daly-Judge mine Mc Sorley No 2 stope at 2 50 this morning. Heptie J Edwards was running a machine when a cap as he tethered the fuse exploded setting off giant powder. He died at 5 this afternoon after a physician attended him. Some miners say a candle spark caused the blast.
Aurelio Herrera, a Mexican boxer, writes he will beat Neary of Milwaukee in their next bout after a prior draw. He says he won his last fight by a mile but failed to secure the decision and plans to travel to Montana soon to begin preparations. He mentions a future match with Long Here and the Alt Haggin club, indicating a tough opponent and readiness to engage.
Chicago January 17 reports that no witnesses were called in the Iroquois theater inquiry before the jury adjourned to inspect the interior. Deputy Coroner Buckley clashed with detectives while Charles G. Cummings, the stage carpenter, testified evasively. The case notes ventilator training claims and records another fatality from the incident with Reverend Chas Roberts dying yesterday.
A partial reopening plan sets attendance caps after law violations prompted closures. Some venues will resume under Re Haase supervision while others operate at reduced capacity, aiming to satisfy regulatory requirements and resume public access.
New York January 17 There is one man within thirty miles of New York who has not visited the city in twenty nine years. He is Mr Connaughton principal keeper of Sing Sing prison. hundreds of desperate men would kill him on sight. He has kept discipline and workers for forty years.
Cambridge Massachusetts January 17 Harvard athletes praise two Japanese wrestlers Yasuzo Yagi and C Yokoyama who train daily in the gym They employ a strict Japanese style with no courtesy yet display strength as they routinely defeat George R Lewis a top Harvard grappler weighing 180 pounds Both graduates are studying political economy and plan futures in Japan with Yagi funded by Nosgora Chamber of Commerce and Yokoyama aiming to develop Japan copper mines after graduation
Five hundred tickets were issued for the Dollar Dinner in Lincoln Nebraska tomorrow honoring W. J. Bryan. Leading state Democrats will speak and Bryan may reveal his national campaign policy then he departs for New York City to attend the Holland Society banquet on the 21st.
An Ogden Milling and Elevator Co advertisement touts Riverdale and Phoenix flour as reliably good for bread, rolls, biscuits, and pastries, urging buyers to avoid faulty flour and criticism by choosing these brands for all baked goods.
A Baltimore style ad notes women and men suffer baldness but Newbro's Herpicide can restore growth. It claims to kill scalp germs, remove dandruff, and renew hair, citing a Maryland Block resident who regrew hair in weeks and touts samples and Detroit mailing address.
Brief notes indicate a speaker heading south for a series of lecture engagements.
An intense blaze in Wheeling’s core district destroyed the Wheeling Daily News plant, a wholesale liquor house, and the Locke Brothers Shoe Company, causing estimated losses near 200000. The night editor Allen Sl. Smith and assistant KM Archer jumped from a second story window to escape with minor injuries as walls collapsed. Several other buildings were saved and insurer coverage varied.
Eighteen delegates to the constitutional League of Commission Merchants narrowly escaped after a fall near Mammoth Cave Louisville Kentucky on January 17. The mishap disrupted travel as the group faced injuries and shock while continuing their journey.
In this ad copy a blood purifier 5.5.5 from The Swift Specific Co. promotes cleansing the blood to heal chronic sores ulcers and abscesses. It cites a medical testimonial from Mrs. K A Duffy of New Castle Pennsylvania describing a severe leg infection improved by 8.8.5 with claims of permanent cure.
In Mam moth Cave Echo River run, a boat carried a party when water rose. Guide John Nelson kept the group safe as James Muhlebonner of Pittsburg leapt to secure a chain. Muhlebonner pulled the vessel to shore, diving to form a new foothold while riders escaped along his prostrate body to daylight after hours in the flooded cavern.
Washington notes a plan to push an appropriation bill weekly while supply measures are resolved. The urgent deficiency bill should reach the committee midweek and move swiftly. The array bill aims for House action by week’s end with Monday for District of Columbia matters and Friday for private pension bills. The Hepburn pure food bill may also be considered.
The text outlines multiple measures and topics dated across weeks and places, including delegation, Porto Rico transportation for public school teachers, a summer school, a cable company indemnity for war damages, a park creation, and codification bills. It notes troop concentration near Kumayora toward the Bulgarian frontier.
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