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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1903
Page
1
Reports from Rome London and Paris describe solemn requiem masses for Pope Leo XIII. Rome held a grand Sistine chapel ceremony with cardinals dignitaries and a raised catafalque while London Brompton and Paris Notre Dame staged large memorial rites amid official presence and public emotion.
San Francisco dispatch reports sheriffs and posses pursuing the escapees from Folsom State Prison toward Coloma. A 7 PM clash near Pilot Hill left convict Fred Howard dead and another wounded, with a second reported fatal encounter tijdens ongoing manhunt as militia tighten grip and plan to surround the band.
Reports from Pilot Hill detail a gunfight after an accidental pistol discharge. Convict Howard shot, then killed himself. others fled on foot with free men collapsing. The posse released hostages and pursued toward Lotus with 50 armed civilians joining the hunt. Coroner’s verdict holds all escaping convicts murder. militia plans operate perimetrically with orders to shoot on sight.
Thousands witnessed the shooting on Avenue B and Seventh Street as Army private Adolph Schloss fired at Patrolman Cornelius Mulvey and then killed himself. Mulvey, 40, was struck in the forehead and died. Schloss, 22, of Fort Hamilton, was arrested. The officer’s sweetheart Louise Freedman, 18, escaped unharmed and later recounted the engagement dispute.
A collision today in Springfield Virginia between the Southwestern vestibule limited of the Southern railway and a work train killed engineer W W Woodward of Jonesville and fireman De Meers.
London July 28 The Goodwood meeting the season finale lacked some charm due to King Edward's absence. The major race the stewards cup over five furlongs and 134 yards drew twenty one horses and was won by Dumbarton Castle with Nabot second and Leblizon third.
Dispatches say fourteen Bulgarian officers left Sofia for Salonica to renew dynamite outrages. Some have already arrived, and the population is anxious about impending violence.
London correspondent reports at New York inquest into Rev W W Noble who killed himself after a bicycle fall. Doctors testify concussion effects, noting brain conditions can trigger urges to use objects, such as a revolver found in a drawer.
New York in July reports conservative bankers largely quiet on alarm. Figures from Schiff Hepburn Seligman back the view that panic is unlikely and that a tightening credit era will correct inflated values while allowing recovery in bonds and stocks.
Racing yachts Shamrock II and Shamrock III left dry dock at Erie basin and were towed to Sandy Hook, with no race today. Newport reports Reliance 2% named defender of the America's Cup, signaling the season’s end for large boats off Bristol. Commodore Bourne said Constitution remains in commission and will assist in tuning Reliance, while Columbia may go out of commission soon. Official measurements will be released before cup races. twenty race results remain to be finalized.
Washington July 28 Two were killed and seven injured in a railroad wreck. Two fatalities reported and the condition of the others not yet specified.
The National fei tung reports that Finland has ordered the expulsion of Rev. Mr. Angus Rosendal, writer and Lyceum principal at Ulenburg, after he was deprived of his post. Rosendal plans to go to America to work among Finnish immigrants.
Denver engineers discuss government plans to spend millions for reclamation of arid Western lands. The conference will report to Secretary Hitchcock, with projects including the Gunnison funnel in Colorado, Great Salt River in Arizona, and river works in Utah Wyoming Idaho and California.
A Newark bread riot erupted after Hebrew bakers demanded a Saturday holiday causing unleavened bread shortages. Two bakers traveling from New York returned with two wagon loads, sparking a clamoring crowd that raided the stock. Men and women fought for bread as some were knocked down and fainting women were carried from the scene before police dispersed the riot.
John D. Long, U S consul general at Cairo, Egypt, died after an accident in Dunbar Scotland. He fell from steps fracturing his skull and was hospitalized the day before. A St Augustine Florida native, he had served as consul general since 1901 and was reportedly 834 years old.
New York reports that police stopped an attempted prize fight at a Williamsburg foundry last night. Fifty seven arrests were made while William Cantlin, an aged watchman, says he was overpowered and forced to permit the crowd to use the premises. The principals were Brooklyn featherweights Alfred Lewis "Kid" Lewis and amateur William Dean.
Evansville Indiana July 28 reports show many African Americans passing through on their way south to seek homes. They migrate from Danville Illinois and other Illinois Central routes amid rising Southern Indiana hostility. Danville Illinois July 23 notes excitement over the lynching of Mettalfe has subsided and normal conditions resume. Seventh Regiment companies remain but friction ends since Saturday.
Judge Hazell overruled a demurrer in the Frank Ferris bribery case charging a $30,000 payoff from Lieut. Gov. John A. Lee and set the trial for today. Mourton Jourdan filed a plea in abatement, and a recess was taken to allow the attorney general to prepare a reply. Neither ex-Lieut. Gov. Lee nor defense witness Mrs. D J. Kelly attended when the court convened.
Denver July 28. The two factions of the People's party each with a national organization will unite this afternoon or tomorrow at the conference of the Peoples party and allied reform parties. The resolutions and address committee will report a proclamation calling on factions to unite and include a declaration of principles. A provisional committee of one representative from each state will be named, with names announced after the report adopts. No business was done this morning. the conference recessed until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria arrived in Londonderry Ireland to a large crowd the mayor and Corporation greeted them at the station. The king praised harmony in Ireland and said his visit could extend the goodwill if it helps unity. A special police force was set to guard royal decorations in Cork and along the route.
Judge Tarvin appointed George M. Keefer as receiver of the Kentucky Racing and Breeding Association known as the Queen City Jockey Club operating at Newport track. Stockholders are mainly J. J. Ryan & Co. of St. Louis amid a suit by Salbraith over unpaid purses. Ryan is in London with no documented assets or liabilities.
Leadville Colorado July 28 Charles O Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners was arrested by Sheriff Tong on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. He was escorted to the jail where he remained through noon as friends gathered and the situation unsettled.
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