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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
7
A London dispatch reports a well-known athletic gentleman accepted a 62500 wager to cake walk from a famous restaurant to Asde Dark corner and back between 1 AM and 6 PM. The dapper performer hopped on one foot and walked with knees elevated as umpires watched, drawing amusement before he won the bet.
A War Department bureau report shows Philippine ets toma revenues for the first four months of 1903 at 2,031,182, up from 2,002,011 in the same period of 1902 and 1,215,657 in 1899. The note compares Spanish era customs income with the American-occupied period, indicating roughly a fourfold rise in activity since August 1898.
Secretary Cortelyou announced that Herbert Knox Smith was appointed deputy commissioner of corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor. A Hartford, Connecticut resident and Yale graduate, he is a lawyer who served on Connecticut's judiciary committee and focused on corporation law measures.
In Budapest the Hungarian Diet, after two disorderly suspensions, adjourned at midnight with obstructionists leaving and singing the national anthem. Premier Hederary’s motion for reading the indemnity bill was adopted as the chamber prepared to reconvene Friday amid reports that a former deputy faces public prosecutor action for allegedly attempting to bribe a colleague with 10,000 kronen to desert the obstructionists.
Philadelphia July 30 The crew of the American steamship Yeoman will be paid 20000 for rescuing the Spanish steamer Ereza in a February 1902 storm off Bermuda after a year of litigation Judge McPherson of the U S District Court ruled the services were worth the amount and entered judgment.
The article condemns gossip used to injure business and notes the Force Food Company spent over 50 000 to refute a false claim that its product was drugged. It highlights a 1 000 reward for culprits and 3 000 for proof of product purity, citing fifty million packages sold with no ill effects.
At the Union Garment Workers association meeting in Chicago prices were set by garment size. A 130 pound man could buy a suit for 10 dollars while a 250 pound man would be charged 15 dollars.
Samuel Mt Shaw, longtime editor of Freeman's Journal for 32 years, retires today. The weekly paper, in publication for ninety five years, has been a strong political organ. Walitor Shaw, now 60 years old, retires on that account.
About 2,009 young women in the Wrap per-makers union walk out for a nine hour day in New York. A mob attacked a shop where workers refused to quit, overturning sewing machines and scattering garments. Police reserves were needed and several strikers were arrested.
The Times reports seditious religious riots in Yezd and surrounding provinces lasting over two weeks. Babia reformers are killed or mutilated, houses looted, and women murdered as mobs press demands. The governor relents after the crowd surround his residence. Order is restored but many Babia remain in hiding.
A Moscow dispatch to the Times via London reports unusual activity in South Russian military circles. Conferences are held in Odessa by chiefs from South Russia the Caucasus and trans-Caucasia with inspections of troops and large orders for ammunition. Government magazines hold unusually large stores as volunteers move toward possible fleet withdrawal from Odessa to the Far East.
In Evanaville Indiana July 30 a woman, wife of Robert Lee the man who shot and killed police officer Louis Massey, went mad after the riot and was killed crossing a railroad bridge near Madisonville Kentucky. She had left town following the disturbance sparked by her husband’s action.
Indications point to an almost complete halt of building work in the Pittsburg district within 48 hours due to a clash between the building trades council and the building exchange members.
Echo of Montana litigation in New York reports a motion to quash the indictment against Robert L. Martin and Harry Velthusen of Delaware Surety Company. The case links to F A Heinze family ties and Montana capital concerns. Drothierip believed in twenty minutes. Dr Thomas Electric Oil advertised.
St Petersburg report from London July 30 says Gen Koropatkin Russian War Minister returns from Port Arthur conference and reports easing sentiment. He tells the Czar that while a strong Japanese faction supported war, the majority favors peace and the Mikado is inclined toward Russia, making war seem unlikely.
The senior crew of the Alameda Boat Club will represent California at the Astoria regatta on August 19 20 and 21 chosen by unanimous vote of the regatta committee of the Pacific Athletic association.
In Tacoma on July 30 the Yukon Council voted to allow miners a prior lien on half the total output of Klondike mines. The ruling was broadened to include wood supplies as lienable. The change aims to shield mine laborers from employers who dodge wage payments.
Manila dispatch reports the United States Philippine commission pushing retrenchment across government departments and placing Filipinos in subordinate roles. Estimated half year budgets drop dramatically for Interior Department and Manila city finances, with overestimates clawed back and overall cost reductions expected. Also noted are embezzlement conviction of Lie. Rucker and a bigamy case, plus Ashley’s admission about a past marriage and recent paternity.
Halifax reports say 2000 gathered at the quay after the Christian Brothers left the jail of France seeking ban expulsion. The crowd shouted Vive la Liberte and religious liberty. one incident near a canal caused a narrow near catastrophe. Forty rioters have been summoned to appear before magistrates.
Louisville July 30 It developed yesterday that Paul Caine a young man found drowned last week carried 35000 in accident insurance in addition to life policies. A New York company has a representative here investigating the case.
Archduke Leopold, brother of Crown Princess Louise, eloped with Mile. Adamovies and fled with her to Geneva. He then wed Mile. Adamovies and severed ties with the Saxony royal family becoming a man without country or name. His sisters and Giron were central to the scandal, with Leopold acting as go‑between during negotiations.
An interview reveals Archduke Leopold and his unnamed fiancé discussing marriage amid questions of noble title versus legal name. He questions whether marrying legally would change his status and addresses concerns about stigma from being nameless.
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