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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1903
Page
5
In advance terms outline Daily Standard subscription options. In city carrier delivery one month at six dollars, mail outside Ogden for a full year at six dollars. The text reflects pricing and method variations but remains unclear on exact currency and full details.
A notice states that communications to the paper are limited to 200 words and that the author’s manuscripts must be published in full. The brief sets a strict length cap and requires complete manuscript publication as part of the submission policy.
The Standard states no Ape-Bel advertising agent outside Utah and asks all advertisers to deal directly with the Wyden Utah office or through any reputable advertising agency.
The note requests that all communications be directed to The Standard Publishing Co. in Ogden Utah. This terse directive appears as a line in a notice or organizational contact section for correspondence. It identifies the presumed publisher and city for formal inquiries.
City voters are listed a Republican slate headed by Mayor candidate William Glasmann and officials including Municipal Judge J A Howell, City Attorney John E Bagley, Treasurer Robert A Moyes, Recorder WM Critchlow, Auditor Mrs Hattie L Brown. Council nominees cover five wards with four-year and two-year terms for several names such as Robert Paine T H Carr Alexander Moyes John E Williams William Craig Harvey Randall Fred W Chambers F J Hendershot William Driver J C Nye.
The Ogden police department earns praise for handling rising holdups and crime linked to railway traffic. The newspaper urges public support rather than condemnation, noting Ogden sends many inmates to Utah Penitentiary and calling for jurors to avoid sympathy for defense attorneys.
Citizens face hold ups and jury errors as crimes persist. Historical echoes compare local issues to Jack the Ripper and golden-age blindness to police efforts. The article discusses how skilled thieves evade capture, despite vigilance, and questions the jury system’s role in public safety.
The San Francisco Chronicle urges that exposing Schwab and other shipbuilding schemes matters to public welfare. It condemns directors who vote blindly, noting three New Jersey clerks as examples of misused tools in loading corporate debt, and pins responsibility on the financiers behind the scheme.
The New York Journal editorial argues the defender’s real work falls to Captain Barr, not Iselin or amateur figures. It praises Barr for leadership, crew management, and devotion to seamanship, while dismissing Iselin as a social mascot and noting the enduring value of actual labor and incentive.
Announcement outlines a 100 foot wide Model Street nearly a half mile long to illustrate the American city ideal. Twenty five American municipalities will participate under the Louisiana Purchase Exposition umbrella with a total $600,000 outlay and $80,000 from the Exposition. The exhibit aims to show best city systems side by side, enabling direct comparisons among the participating cities.
The exposition plans a cohesive Ideal City with model streets and uniform design under Albert Kelsey. Sections will showcase materials from asphalt to vitrified brick and granite blocks while a Civic Pride monument by J Massey Rhine anchors a central square with a basin and aquatic plants.
A confrontation last night between non-union street car workers and striking motormen’s supporters in Waco Texas ended with Henry Ksys of Bridgeport Connecticut fatally shot. Ambush fire triggered a volley returned by guards. Police arrested two suspects.
Panama Oct. 21 The minister of the treasury in Bogota says national revenues total 30,000,000 pesos in paper currency, insufficient to cover expenses. For 1901-02 Colombia projected revenues were 28,993,640 pesos against 40,427,578 pesos in expenditures, leaving a deficit of 11,443,035 pesos.
Funeral services were held today in the Old Cathedral for Archbishop John J. Kain. Cardinal Gibbons celebrated the high requiem as bishops joined five archbishops in the rite of absolution. Archbishop Keane of Dubuque delivered the sermon, and the body was interred at Cavalry Cemetery beside Archbishop Kenrick’s grave.
Sir Francis and Lady Winnington, a Marlborough cousin, were hurt when a New York Herald dispatch says their car plunged down a hill at Settlington House into a mill race. Lady Winnington suffered brain concussion and minor injuries. the chauffeur was seriously hurt. Sir Francis had minor injuries.
Chicago October 21 The Chicago Tribune reports Ernest Hamlyn representative of Joseph Chamberlain studying the U S tariff. Hamlyn says the American tariff fuels its commercial greatness and England's salvation, offering $500 to bring 100 English workers to America to study tariff effects. Archduke Leopold Salvator informs Paris Aero Club of plans to send the MeToer balloon to St Louis for the expo with officials inviting his personal participation.
The Latin Quarter holds lively individuality anchored by students and grisettes. Paris has grown from a 40,000 town around an island to a vast metropolis, yet student life remains the city’s vital heartbeat shaping fashion and ideas.
World markets opened with the Federal National Bank at Pittsburg suspended. U S Steel preferred fell sharply before a partial rally, while Pennsylvania, B&O, Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper rose. Smelting and several other issues gained, though some favorites slipped as traders pared holdings amid signs of exhaustion.
The steamer known as Caroline Miller, wrecked on the Pacific coast, was seized in New York eleven years prior on suspicions of contraband cargo for Venezuelan insurgents led by Crespo. A 1904 verdict awarded $8000 to the United States for illegally retaining the ship. Captain John O'Brien, famed stockade runner, commanded the Miller.
In view of the court of appeals ruling upholding the appellate division the district attorney may struggle to obtain witnesses for the Canfield Bucklin gambling house trial next month. Reginald C. Vanderbilt and others with subpoenas unserved may ignore them as Vanderbilt has been absent from New York for a long period.
Cass Wheat market report from Chicago dated Oct 21 lists futures prices for cash wheats across grades. No. red 82 83, No. 3 red 8 a. No 2 hard winter BO 81, No. 3 do TO IS, No. northern spring 84, No. 2 do 83, No. 3 spring 78 82.
Denver market summary shows cattle receipts at 800 with slow trade and prices such as Acer stecra 3.00 4.75, cows 2.00 3.00, stockers 3.00 3.05, bulls 1.50 2.50. Mog Receipts 1,250 with market strong, light packers 85.93 5.40, mixed and heavy 5.30 5.33. Sheep receipts 0 with steady fat muttens 3.00 4.00 and jambs 1.00 4.50.
The Thunderer expresses favor toward Lord Alverstone in the Boundary Commission matter as London reports dated October 22. The piece notes support for his appointment and outlines reasons for backing his leadership in the commission.
Money on call stands at 2 1/2 percent with prime commercial paper at 1 1/2 to 4 4-4. Sterling exchange firm with actuals in bankers' bills at 4.8560 to 4.9235 for sixty days. Tested rates 3 4 8 3 and 4 8 6 1/2. Commercial bills 0.82 1/2. Mexican dollars 4 6 3 4. Darsiher GL 1-4.
Receipts included 21,000 hogs and 32,000 sheep with mixed to good demand. Hog prices ranged from 5.25 to 5.65 for butcher and mixed lots, while steer and heifer values varied by class from 2.00 to 4.85. Sheep and lamb markets showed slower activity with wethers 3.00 to 3.75 and native lambs at 3.25 to 5.63.
Omana market notes show cattle with 10 500 head steady to lower across categories. Native steers 3.75 to 3.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 125, western steers 4.25 to 4.50, calves 3.00 to 5.25, pigs 450 to 5.25, bulls and stags 1.75 to 2.75. Hoogs sale 3,800 with shade stronger. sheep 16,000 steady, western yearlings 3.50 to 3.85, wethers 3.25 to 3.00, ewes 2.75 to 3.25, lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
Kansas City market report shows cattle with steady to firm bids across breeds. Steers and heifers range 4.00 to 5.30, cows 1.90 to 4.00, stockers 1.50 to 4.00, calves 2.50 to 6.30, western steers 3.00, western cows 2.40 to 2.90, bulls 1.75 to 2.05, heaviest rings to 5.40. Sheep at 2.10 to 3.05 for muttons and 2.90 to 5.25 for lambs amid firm demand.
New York market update shows raw sugar steady and refined prices quiet. Centrifugal sugar 37-8, molasses 31-8, refined 33-9. crushed 5.35. powdered 4.85. granulated 4.75. Coffee remains firm with No 7 Rio at 3-16.
In St. Louis on October 21, wool values remained steady with territory and western medium wools quoted at 18 to 19, fine medium at 15 to 17, and fine wools at 15 to 16. The report notes stable demand across the color grades and regions.
Market report from Chicago shows Oct Wheat at 81.1-8, Dec 80 18, May 785-8. Corn Oct 431-2, Dec 433-4, May 421-2. Oats Oct 353-8, Dec 353-8, May 361-4. Rye 53, Flax 100. Timothy 3.00, Clover 10.75, Barley 32-258. Prices noted for Lard Oct 6.45, Jan 6.521-2, May 6.60 6.62, Ribs Oct 50, Jan 6.20, May 8.32-2. Seasonal shifts appear in futures.
Ogden Brokerage Co presents closing quotations dated October 24 1903 from New York stocks. Includes wire-leased listings and daily market figures with prices for key securities and market movers.
A compiled table lists several railroad and freight figures with multiple lines including Metropolitan, Chesapeake and Ohio, Denver and Rio Grande, Erie, Manhattan, Illinois Central, Louisville and Nashville, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, Reading, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Sugar, and more. Figures vary around 20s to 100s in a dense ledger style.
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