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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1903
Page
7
Standings show Dittsburg leading with 173 wins and 37 losses. New York 68-46, Chicago 675-47, Cincinnati 60-61, Brooklyn 56-54, Boston 43-3, Bt Louis 38-77, Philadelphia 33-69.
Baseball scores list shows Cincinnati defeated Chicago 3 to 0 and New York beat Philadelphia 7 to 3. Brooklyn triumphed over Boston 8 to 2 in the first game and 5 to 0 in the second.
The column lists team records with wins and losses: Boston 72 40, Cleveland 64 48, Philadelphia 60 51, New York 53 62, Detroit 61 53, Chicago 51 69, St. Louis 49 62, Washington 35 76.
Cleveland defeated St. Louis 4 to 0 and New York beat Philadelphia 5 to 1 in the first game. The second game ended New York 1 Philadelphia 1 with Washington leading Boston 3 to ? in an incomplete report.
Milwaukee 68 to 39 over opponent. Colorado Springs 67 to 41. Kansas City won no dollars and lost 50. St. Joseph 3 dollars won and 33 lost. Denver 52 lost to 62. Des Moines 48 lost 62. Peoria 45 won and 60 lost. Onisha 42 won and 66 lost.
In a set of scores, Kansas City defeated St. Joe 6 to 3 while Milwaukee beat Peoria 8 to 1. Beaver edged Des Moines 1 to 5, and Omaha won against Colorado Springs 10 to 11.
A scan of results shows Los Angeles defeated Woad 82 to 55 while San Francisco won 80 to 60, Sacramento prevailed 70 to 65. Portland won 81 to 70, Seattle lost 62 to 73, and Oakland fell 59 to 86.
A roundup shows San Francisco 4, Sacramento 13, Los Angeles 3, Seattle 1, Oakland 1, and Portland 4 in recent regional play. The results indicate a mix of close losses and narrow wins across multiple cities and teams.
Salt Lake Tribune reports railroad officials view the mid month livestock tariff rise as restoring a former, fair level rather than a new burden on shippers. They argue rates have lagged the service and risk, with the goal of profitable, prompt livestock movement to market.
Discussion notes that Rio Grande Western and Union Pacific boosted rates from Ogden to $1 26 per car for sheep goats and hogs while manufactured iron returns to $1 10. Cattleman cites doubled shipments and longer trains boosting efficiency and profit as railroads argue they can carry stock cheaper than before.
President George Romney of the Goldstein company reports ten feet of ore averaging 25.60 here per ton in gold from the Wedge mine near Marysvale. He notes a widening vein, mixed assay values from seven to seventy, and that careful sorting still leaves rock barren in places, while some rock yields rich free gold.
The monthly United States debt report shows total debt plus cash in treasury at 923,024,357 turning down 6,098,034 from July. It catalogs interest bearing, non interest bearing, and certificates with cash on hand offset. Demand liabilities stand at 991,089,187 and cash on hand 383,450,710.
Chicago reports Jack McCarthy, recently released by the Cleveland American League club, has signed with the Chicago National. He will be assigned to left field.
Gov. Chatterton plans to appoint W. C. Irvine, manager of the Lester cattle ranches, to succeed H. G. Hay who resigned to join United States Steel in New York. The move follows Hay’s departure and places Irvine in the statewide financial post.
The Nevada Power Light and Water company extends electric light and water mains across Reno. Two car loads of poles arrived and more pipe en route as lines will run along the south riverbank near the new school and illuminate Hyland addition neighborhoods.
J. Rivera of Boise left Saturday for the Cara Via district in Peru to prospect for gold in the interest of a Boise mining syndicate. He expects to be away about two years, having spent years in Peru and once connected with the McCune Haggin mining group of New York. The first payment on the Liv Y. group on Thunder Mountain was $16,000, ten percent of the deal, with 12,000 pounds of provisions ordered by Charles J. Perkins and associates for immediate shipment.
Helena Mont August article notes Montana will join the Ogden irrigation congress competition. Gov Toola received a Kiesel letter urging participation in horticultural and agricultural exhibits and referred the matter to the State Board of Horticulture. Creditable exhibits are expected to be sent to Ogden before the congress opens.
Four masked men broke into the Indianola Nebraska county jail before daylight and tried to blow open the cage holding Charles H. McMillen the man charged with murder in the Lee Jones case. They freed two jail doors but fled when the alarm sounded. Unknown who the intruders were and whether they aimed to harm or aid McMillen remains a mystery.
In Shawneetown Illinois on Sept 2 a mob of about fifty masked men besieged the jail demanding the release of John Griffin a colored man held on suspicion of an attempted assault on Mrs Joseph Hobbs a white woman. Jailer Galloway warned them and argued with them before they broke the doors attempts. The mob dispersed after failing to breach the jail.
Warrenton Missouri authorities report Mr Yeater aged 60 and Mrs Yeater aged 51 murdered at their rural farm home found by neighbors and officers. An anonymous letter left in a rural mail box led to discovery after the carrier suspected a hoax. Bodies were badly mutilated indicating a ferocious crime.
Detroit Sept 2 The Free Press reports American Sugar Refining Co has been buying stock in Michigan beet sugar factories and now holds a controlling interest in all large plants. After the beet season, management will be centralized under one head. The absorbed capitalization totals about 6.35 million dollars.
A man named Charles Risch walked into Detroit police at 2 am claiming he killed four year old Alphonse Wilmes whose body was found with severe slashing. Police doubt the claim, noting possible intoxication or mental imbalance as factors.
Counsel for ex congressman Edmund H. Drigga indicted in postoffice frauds filed in the U S Circuit Court Brooklyn a brief arguing liberal construction of the statute of limitations. They contend Driggs became a member of Congress on December 4 1899 and challenge timing of money from the cash register company in May of that year.
In New York on September 2 Reverend Patrick J Murphy a Paulist priest resigned from the Paulist Order. He was released from New York Archdiocese obligations and joined the Davenport Diocese where Bishop Cozgrove named him history professor at the diocesan seminary. The move ends a year long dispute tied to the Jane Morris will case involving John Hughes nephew of the Paulist assistant superior and allegations he influenced Morris to will $4000 to the order and urged relatives to sue to recover property.
Dr. J H Forrest of Marion Indiana has demonstrated that Finsen ultraviolet rays can cure deafness in younger patients. He notes older individuals are less responsive and cautions against cures where the tympanum is destroyed or where deafness stems from nonreversible physical damage.
Miss Annie Peck of New York with Dr. Alice W. G. Tight of the University of New Mexico and two Swish guides reached the summit of Mount Sorata in Bolivia. It marks the first ascent of the highest Andes peak.
Attorney General M A Breeden states the State Board of Horticulture may spend part of its state appropriation to finance a proper fruit exhibit at the Irrigation Congress in Ogden starting September 15 1903. The board has power to authorize exhibits determine timing and place and arrange premiums and awards to promote Utah fruit.
In a 1902 letter from W T Harrison of Cleveland Mass he praises Ballard's Snow Liniment for curing an leg abscess after a nail injury. The notice notes abscesses relate to constipation or debility and lists selling outlets G F Care and J BE Care on Washington Avenue.
Tickets go on sale September 12 for a round trip fare to points north west and east of Pocatello Limited with a 30 day return. South of Pocatello tickets valid 15 days.
New York dispatches report continued crime in northern Pennsylvania anthracite regions. Police and detectives suspect an oath-bound Molly Maguire type brotherhood behind several recent murders. Schuylkill county authorities probe to uncover the killers as Luzenre Columbia and Lackawanna counties note related bloody acts and arrests.
A new steamship company organized to run coastwise trade between this county and Panama under the Peruvian flag has subscribed most of its stock and elected directors. The firm is negotiating in Europe for eight steamers of 1500 tons each with a speed of 18 knots.
Fresno reports the California Raisin Growers Association has harvested 92.09 percent of acreage and will maintain prices for next year. Directors announce top raisin prices: two crown 1 ½ cents, three crown 6 ½ cents, four crown 7 cents. New York dispatch notes Bolivia Brazil tensions and new talks on Acre territory in Latin America.
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