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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
7
Officials announce project near Wadsworth will begin next month with up to 4000 workers for a year. Contractors have started shipping in equipment and supplies to the site.
Andreas an employee at the Highs Mining Company plant in Grimes Park was severely injured while adjusting a conveyor screw. His left hand was caught and torn by a balance wheel shaft, breaking a wrist and stripping skin to the knuckles.
Los Angeles reporter says Carl F. Hunt an 18 year old lineman for the Home Telephone company died after touching a heavily charged electric wire. Hunt recently arrived from Stratford Kansas and his mother is described as a wealthy Hartford woman.
Spokane reports robbers blew open the safe at the Tank of Downs in Dotons Washington but the blast toppled the door and left the band unable to secure the contents estimated around 4 dollars. The incident ended with the thieves failing to recover any loot.
Shoshone Idaho Sept 11 Beecher Huston a farmer residing near Bless met a peculiar death while stacking wheat. A gust of wind blew the fork from the stack and a tine pierced his brain. He survived until the next day Wednesday.
The American Mining Congress paused sessions on September 11 to allow tours of the Home stake Mine Complex in Lead and other nearby plants. Many delegates, staying into evening, explored shafts reaching 1,100 feet as part of an unprecedented open-house event in twenty five years.
Five masked men assaulted the Hotel Cheit barroom on South Twenty-first and Pacific after midnight. They forced the proprietor to open a office safe, taking about $1,600 in cash, four rings, five watches and several gold nuggets while guarding witnesses. Police organize a posse and hunt the robbers.
Four workers were instantly killed when a scaffold gave way sixty feet above ground during repairs on a heavy concrete elevator in Duluth last evening. The victims were Andrey Anderson Oscar Ericson Anderson and an unknown man John Swan was badly hurt.
Secretary Hitchcock removes Hugh H Price from the Surveyor General role in Arizona after an inquiry into charges of illegal fees. W E Murphy and Frank B Ingalls connected to the case. Ingalls appointed to replace Price while Price awaits Civil Service inquiry results. Price resigned but not accepted. Murphy connected to the charges.
The Colombian gunboat Bogota, stationed at Buena Ventura, has sailed for New York. Reports speculate she may carry Colombian troops as a precaution tied to canal tensions on the isthmus. President Marroquin has departed Bogota and is due back around September 15.
At the Evangelical Lutheran Synod convention in Aubury Park New Jersey Rev C W Heisler of Albany introduced a resolution backing Reed Smoot’s ouster from the U S Senate after heated debate the measure was tabled 18 to 13 The resolution calls for a federal constitutional amendment to ban polygamy and polygamous practices in the United States and territories.
A. B. Jensen promotes National Home Seekers Assn offering idle contracts with loans to be granted soon. They will buy property on these contracts and allow 8.50 per month and 2 percent interest to repay. Office over Lewis Jewelry Store on Wash Ave. Call for details.
A motor car assembled by harness makers and blacksmiths will depart New York for inspection and testing by the War Department. If approved at Fort Leavenworth it may allow on the spot or field repairs to arms equipment during marches. The vehicle weighs 3500 pounds without gear and 5250 pounds with equipment.
Salem Massachusetts September 11 Senator Hoar and George Von L Byer United States Ambassador to Italy attended the Essex club summer gathering on Basers Island. Senator Moar delivered the keynote on the problem of race in the South stating that the negro will stay and that Europeans and Asians will come, and that they cannot be expelled.
U S dispatch reports champion James J. Jeffries and Jack Munroe likely to meet this fall for the world heavyweight title. Tom Carey, manager of the Century Athlete club in Francisco, confirms a proposed bout with Jeffries for a 66 percent split in the match.
Promoter Carey and boxer Jack Munroe sign for a title bout with the promoter seeking a November 16 date, shifting from October 16. Jeffries signs the articles while Munroe seeks extra time to prepare, aiming to meet under specified conditions and purse terms in San Francisco.
Wilkes Barre Sept 11 The rock men of this region have called a meeting for next Sunday night to vote on a ten per cent back wage increase. It is said the mine workers will not attend the meeting.
Mrs. Wm. M. Stroud of Midlothian Texas praises Herbine for eight years of use as a remedy for constipation bilious fever and malaria. The ad notes a 50 cent price and lists Z F Cave 2301 Wash Ave and J E Cave Depot Drug Store as sellers.
Reliable cleaning and dyeing services offered including steam dyeing and French dry cleaning for ladies and gent's wear. Dyeing guaranteed not to shrink with absolute guarantee on all work. Located at 2319 Washington Avenue.
Harry Forbes of Chicago, former lightweight champion, defeats Kid McFadden of San Francisco in ten rounds before the Tammany Athletic Association in Boston. Forbes dominated from the start, a seventh round knockdown, and a final fusillade of lefts and rights for the stoppage.
Read Cisco Texas writes Maren iich 1501 stating a severe wrist sprain left her unable to use it. After failed remedies Ballard's Snow Liniment cured her and she recommends it. Sold by Geo Cave 2301 Wash Ave and J EB Cave Depot Drug Store with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Granger Utah youths were arrested in Echo for stealing oats from A G Brun’s stack after a hunting trip. They were found with the oats and fined 3 dollars each by Judge Ray Brun, paid and released.
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