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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1909
Page
5
A Southern Pacific passenger train collided with a switch engine near Sanderson Texas last night. Several were injured seriously and some killed. Advertisements note printing deadlines and local notices. millinery openings and social events appear amid community items.
The Fruit Growers' Association in Willard is formed with capital of 10000 and officers Joseph Hubban president Peter Lowe vice president J M White secretary and John J Ward treasurer Directors include Alonzo Barker The Willard Mercantile Co changes hands with Robert Dock selling to William McGlone and James M White Dock moves to Smithfield to start anew Mr and Mrs C Call are ill with poor prospects for recovery Their children plan to return home Mrs Josie Taylor returns from Logan Agnes Wren back from Logan Millie Taylor visits parents Eliza Mayeon of Fielding visits relatives and friends.
Nashville March 1 General McCarn closed his argument in the Cooper Sharpe murder trial and the court adjourned to tomorrow for Judge Hart to give the charge. The attorney urged the jury to consider the shooting of Carmack from behind as evidence of guilt or innocence, insisting the law of reasonable doubt applies.
Elder M. Thomas of Salt Lake delivered a doctrinal discourse to a large Ogden congregation in the tabernacle. Special music was provided by the tabernacle choir with Caleb Marriott and M C Woods. The Ogden stake priesthood meeting focused on matters relating to the priesthood organization, with North Weber stake attendees at West Weber.
A man warned of consequences by Mr Porter died a few days ago while facing discharge for out of consideration toward colleagues. He allegedly spent money at a shop that harmed a wife's happiness and children's support, and was linked to a crooked transaction involving diamond figures. The case draws censure from associates who aided him. The outcome remains uncertain.
Engineer Ed Linsley was summoned to Osten on Thursday after learning his wife is convalescing. Bert Seaton of Ogden stayed with Evanston friends during the week. A sister of Mrs C J In Bersall attended the marriage of her sister Mrs Fetscher to J W Strawm in town last Tuesday evening.
A heavy shipment of alf alfa med moved from Ogden to San Francisco via the Southern Pacific on train No. B1 reaching Frisco Friday. Officials like W HL Chevers praise the efficient service and quick handling that cut transit to less than five days, enabling swift shipment onward on the steamship Yeddo bound for Australia.
In Middletown Ohio, four year old Frederick Cox son of park policeman William Cox was crushed when a two ton balanced rock in Tuxedo Park rolled over as he climbed it. His sister watched laughing. It took nearly an hour to free him and he died instantly.
A thumb print and two names written in a hotel register may identify Isadore Valento's killer. Valento, a night clerk, was found dead with a fractured skull and throat cut in a room adjoining the office on White Hall street. The burglars took $78 from the till and tried to open the cafe holding $3,000, leaving only the thumb print as solid evidence.
Former Kansas governor Edmund Needham Morrill who served 1895 to 1897 and longtime congressman died in a San Antonio hospital aged 78. He and wife left Hiawatha Kansas in January seeking health improvement from uraemic poisoning.
Deputy Sheriff Axe MH Steele of Salt Lake City visited Oden Sunday morning in a bid to arrest a member of the Lillian Russell company. The man, said to have a prior Balt Like City debt, fled as officers sought to enter Russell's private car after being refused admission. he reportedly moved to another train.
The death of Petrosino turns public attention to Italian crimes and calls for tighter laws on bombs. Assistant District Attorney Nott says there is no single Black Hand organization, only multiple Italian thug groups that may collaborate. The outrages have averaged over one per day since January 1, 1908.
Mexico will begin fortifying its harbors with modern rifles and disappearing guns starting at Salina Cruz. A commission will draw plans for gun installations and fortifications, with other sea coast towns to follow under the current program.
Honolulu reports at 7 this morning the army transport Logan remains aground after Saturday night entry into the harbor. Tugs Raquois and Intrepid stand by and will renew attempts at high tide to pull the vessel off the reef.
A dispatch from Julfa reports 1,000 Persian cavalry and 500 infantry marching from the Persian bank of the Arax River toward Julfa. They devastate villages, burn homes, and kill fleeing peasants. Russian subjects’ homes are pillaged, and women with children were forced to swim the river and were shot. About 300 refugees seek shelter on an island opposite Iulia.
A former express office employee in Ogden faced discipline after accounts shortfall. Though promises to repay and sympathetic help secured new work with Southern Pacific, ongoing dissipation again led to trouble, marshalling local comment on the case.
A marriage license has been issued to Elmer F Smith and May C Behner, both residents of Salt Lake City.
Patrick Lamphear renowned as "The man with the golden nose" died of pneumonia in Lexington on March 15 at age 65. The expert's decades of study and keen sniff for whiskey quality made him famous for judging age and brand by aroma.
Percy Ryan a Fort Laramie ranchman shot and killed his wife and daughter during dinner at a Cheyenne restaurant. The couple had recently filed for divorce. Ryan told police the woman had bled him dry and that he intended to kill himself.
Dorando Pietri and Johnny Hayes set to face off at Madison Square Garden in a rubber over the London Olympic marathon distance of 26 miles 286 yards. The event marks the third meeting after prior wins by Hayes in England and Pietri at the Garden on Thanksgiving Eve. The dirt and tapbark track will be used with ten laps per mile. start at 9 p.m. by Sheriff Thomas F. Foley.
Commissioners consider selling thirty acres of the poor farm tract and thirty shares of water rights in the Weber & Davis Counties Canal company. They authorized bidding and appointed road supervisors for Roy, Marriott and Warren precincts.
Emery Scott Goucher born November 12 1843 in Ohio died at his son Lew A Goucher’s home 111 Twenty eighth Street Fort Scott Kansas Remains may be viewed this afternoon from 3 to 6 Body to be shipped to Fort Scott for burial He was a member of W H Lytle Post Fort Scott Kansas
The home of Charles G. Renner attorney for the Anti Saloon League in Martinsville Indiana was partially wrecked by dynamite under the steps midnight charges shattered steps and porch and broke several windows. The couple fled to the library as smoke filled the room while bloodhounds followed a trail but were diverted by a brief balance, suggesting the act aimed to intimidate Renner over his anti saloon work.
The Weber County Utah treasurer will pay all county warrants numbered 44193 through 45446 at his office starting March 16 1909. After that date, the warrants will cease to draw interest.
William C. Hunter succeeds Robert McFarland as bishop of West Weber ward after the ward division creating Taylor Ward. William H. Jardine is named bishop with James RB Hunter and Heber Hawkes as counselors and Edward A. Barnes as clerk. Apostle Myram M. Smith, Apostle F. Whitney, and Elder Andrew Bowman set apart the two bishoprics.
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