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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
HALLuclNATIoN A STRONG ONE.
He Was Sure Someone Entered His
Room, Although Doubly Locked.

Il was lying in hotel bedroom one
morning" he said, about half awake
when ! heard a key rattling In the
door. Much to my horror. the door
opened and the maid came in to make
up the room, or at least so 1t seemed
to me. i called out to her to leave
and she did SO. All this happened In
minute or less and l fell asleep
again When woke up remembered
the incident clearly.
e When came to look at the door,
hoyever. I found that 1t was not only
locked from the inside with the kcy
still in. but that a bolt was also
shot l was sure that l had seen the
maid enter. but when asked her
later IL she had. she said that she
had tried the door from the outside
and hearing me call out had departed.
AS far as / can make out 1t must
have been very complete hallucina.
tion about seeing her. called up In
my mind In my sleepy condition by
my fear that she might enter. I won-
der II that has happened to many
persons?"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
LEGAL

series No. 8. of the denomination OF
| ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS each
ana bearing date of August 18th, 1898.
and payable August 18th, 1918. option
| al August 18th, 1908, and numbered
from L TO 100. both inclusive. and
ogden City having elected TO redeem
SAID bonds ten years after date, notice
Is hereby given that said Ogden City
VIII redeem said one hundred bonds
conversely in the order I'm which they
We're numbered and issued, commenc.
ing with bond No 100. and that said
conds numbered from l to 100, both
inclusive. VIII be paid at the Chase
National Bank, New York City, New
York. or at the office of the CITY Treas
urer of said Ogden City on the 1st
uay OF March, A. D. 1909. but these
bonds may be presented for payment
at the Banking House of e. H. Rol
Inns & Sons at Boston, Chicago, Den
Yer or San Francisco. as the holder
may elect If said bonds are not pre-
sented for payment at the time and
place specified herein the funds with
which TO pay the same whenever pre-
sented shall remain In the hands OF
the City Treasurer of said Ogden City.
said bonds will draw no interest after
tne said 1st day of March. 1909, the
date designated herein for the presen-
lotion of said bonds for payment.
Dated January 18th, 1909.
E. P. BROWN,
CITY Recorder of Ogden City, Utah.
Date OF first publication. Jan IA, 1909.
Oate ot last publication, Feb. 49, 1908.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
WHY ROSCOE conkL,No QUIT.
Attack on His Homo and Family
Caused Him to Resign.


In the lobby of the New Willard
found an elderly gentleman who had
been friend of Roscoe Conkling. He
said:
''It does not seem like Washington
to me without Roscoe Conkling.
miss that inperious form stalking
above the avenues. Never" he CON
.tinued can forget the day that Ros-
COG Conkling resigned. There was
great excitement over President Gar.
fleld's appointment OF the New York
collector OF the port, and that was
the last straw that decided Conkling
to act. His feud with Blaine was then
at its height, and as Roscoe Conk-
ling sat that morning In his accus-
toned place. It was noticed that his
face was paler than usual as he
pointed out newspaper paragraph.
"T can bear 1t all until 1t comes to
that he said When they attack my
home and my wife that is the end of
public life for me. When the sacred
ness OF my family life is trailed In
the dust. that Is too .much-I am
going home, never to return here
Tears glistened In his eyes as he
pushed back the hair from his fore.
head and said: Now / am going home
to earn money in my profession and
pay the debts that have accumulated
while have been trying to help
friends
He retired from public life. and 1t
was great satisfaction TO him that he
paid $4,000 OF accumulated debts
within one year; no lawyer at that
time could command higher fee than
Roscoe Conkling. Joe Mitchell Chap.
pie, In National Magazine.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
One ThIna More.

Light may come from the east but
from the west comes picturesque lam
Suage. During the Democratic con-
vcntion at Denver last July we'll
known politician. noted for his re-
splendent red whfskers, came TO town
in suit Of light gray. with pearlgray
spats over black shoes, and a waist
ceat to match. Noticing the style of
headgear that people were wearing. he
sont out for a yard of blue stun TO
wind about the crown of his panama.
With this hat surmounting his red
whiekers, and with his otherwise no.
ticeable "getup," he was the center of
attention in the hotel corridor.
As he stood In circle of admiring
cowboys. plainsmen and politicians,
who watched him stroke his beard and
mustachc. along came representative
from one OF the western states.
Hello. JIM" said the westerner.
after a brief examination. There's
only one thing the matter with you
you ought to have those whiskers
scrambled little bit more. youths
Companion.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Gull | Y OF
A " f j. |
CRIME
Farmer Says Girls Story,
That He Killed a Man,
Is True.

York, Pa, Jan. 14-Harry Keerer.
York county farmer. confessed today
that the story told by girl OF thie
city, that he had killed d man on his
farm last July. is true. The Identity
, Of the victim is still unknown. The
girl accused Keener while she was
lying on what was believed to be her
death bed.
The girl is Miss Lorenga Tawser,
aged fifteen. Last summer she was
employed on Keener's farm near Sew
en- Valley Last week she attended
tie murder trial in this city OF one
armed negro After going home she
was seized with spasms aud, fearing
she would die. gave detailed state
,nent TO her mother of Keener's al.
legged crime. Her reason for not tell
ing OF the killing sooner. she said.
was that she had been sworn 10 Sc
cieey by Keener
The girl said that after Keencr had
killed the man he buried the body ill
the orchard. Today. after much qles-
tioning by the police, Keener admit
ted the crime.
Keener said his victim was
stranger who came to his house in
the night and. without provocatior.
threatened to kill him. He said he
shot through the glass door OF his
house and killed him. He then buried
the body, he said. In the orchard, but
the odor OF the body caused him to
inke II up. He then tried to dispose
If II by burning. but in this he was
unsuccessful Keener says the Taw-
ser girl then helped him TO cut up
the body and assisted In Its burial
Hc said the arms and legs were sepa-
rated from the trunk and were burIe!
at different points. A portion Of the
body was buried In the cellar of the
home; other parts were buried on the
farm OF his father. some miles away.
Kcener and the girl were taken ~
TN. scene of the crime today.
THE finding Of ashes and portions
of the burned bones there corroho.
rated the confession made by the
farmer.
Keener Is twenty-five years old and
a widower Keener's father died sew
eral months ago and left an estate of
about $4,000 In trust for the son. Two
years ago Keener was married but
separation occurred a year later aud
he lived on the farm with Miss Taw.
ser as his housekeeper. Since the
murder Keener advertised in matrl-
monial papers and again married. Iie
was living with his mother. several
miles from the farm. when arrested.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Coat Made from Looms Breasts

The breasts OF 3e6 looms made into
coat This is the strange garment
shown In the window of a downtown
shoe company. The manager knows
little Of the history of the coat except
what is told on the card exhibited in
the window.
The company is sending the coat
around to be shown in Its various
stores he said How IL came into
Its possession do not know"
The breast OF loon is about four
inches square and each bears a
white spot In Its center. The number
OF pieces in the coat, therefore, can
be counted readily AS these birds are
very difficult to shoot, many years
must have been required to make tho
collection.-Kansas City Star.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
TRAIN RUNS
INTO SNOW
SLIDE
Plunges Down Embankment
Into Lake; Engineer and
Fireman Drowned.

Vancouver. B. c., Jan. 14.-Carry-
ing its engineer and fireman with it,
the locomotive of west bound Can.
adian Pacific freight train ran into
snowslide at Three Valley lake, 30
miles east OF Vancouver, at full speed
at 3 o'clock this morning and plunged
down the embanl1pent and into the
lake. Both men were penned In the
cab Of the engine and were drowned.
II is rumored here that only the
locomotive went into the lake. which
Is said to be about thirty feet deep ut
this point rapidly shelving 10 Il
greater depth a short distance from
shore.
1t is said that Coughlin was the
engineers name, but the identity OF
the fireman can not be learned Both
men were residents Of RevelstoIle
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
e q q HEALS

any sore can heal the which produces must be removed
S inc oiood which
an, Ia remains disease germs
N sore on the body will remain every effort made
ally fed with @ OF the flesh around the places
sore torouh e through the only for an old
the circulation D. hHa It ed sores BY removing mpuT from
petey ean the circulation no Longer an, son
full blood sore put Le place rich health
heals the bottom, the nace oor S. =.
hrn flesh the tenderness leaves all discharge th m
purified te NJ eor ana when S. thoroughly cansed and
{ e blood the place healed Doot On Sores and
- 10y aeai@l aoVce Tree to all who
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA GA.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
School for Doca.

A school for dogs has been estab-
lished In Paris. The object Is to teach
them politeness. The animals are
trained to welcome visitors by jump
Ing up. wagging the tall and giving a
low bark When the visitor leaves
the dog accompanies him to the door.
constantly wagging his tail and bows
his farewell by bending his head to
the floor. He is trained. likewise, to
pick up d handkerchief, glove or fan
that has been dropped and return It
TO tho owner.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15

Sinni Petrovich Rotestyensky. who
was about sixty years old, had been
in the Russian naval service the
greater part Of his life, Graduating
from the Michael Artillery academy.
he rose step by step until he became
chief of the naval headquarters stan
and the head of the intelligence de-
partment of the Russian army.
In 1904, after the disasters that had
hefallcn the Russian warships In their
conflicts with the Japanese, RojesJ-
vensky was given personal command
of the Russian fleet, with orders to
take It to Vladiyostock.
The fleet sailed from Libau October
iG, 1904. Owing to rumors that the
Japanese would attack en- route. a
anese and when the feet was off the
logger Banks, in the North Sea- 1t
came upon the North Sea British fish
irg fleet The lights of the trawlers
caused alarm among some Of the Rus.
san vessels and they fired upon the
fishermen. The steam trawler Crane
was sunk and two others OF the G5h-
Ing fleet were damaged, while two
G,en of the trawlers were killed ard
Il rumber seriously wounded.
This action resulted In strained re-
lntions between Great Britain and
Russia. and although an international
commission at Paris technically ex
cused Rojestvensky. the Russian gov
ernment was assessed 100000 as
CIlnages.
an ,ot7 iyt-
sion of his fleet, sailed round the Cape
Of Good Hope and was met off NADIA
gascar by the other vessels, which had
proceeded through the Mediterranean
and the Red Sea.
The Japanese. during Rojestven-
sky's voyage. had captured Port Ar
thur and sunk or captured most of
the Russian warships bottled up
there. Advancing into the China Sea.
Rojestvensky, in May. 1905, was
joined by Admiral Nebogatoff's di.
vision. and the combined fleets started
through the Strait of Korea on the
way to Vladivostok
Between Korea and Japan, in the
Straits Of Tsu Tshirma, on May II,
The Russians ran into Vice Admiral
boSO al oiiOupSoNt anu III lllC
conflict Togo captured or disabled
eight battleships. nine cruisers, three
coast defense ships. nine destroye:S.
one auxiliary cruiser six special FER
vice steamers and two hospital ships.
The Russians lost 1000 men. killed
and captured. The Japanese lost
three torpedo boats and 1l6 killed and
536 wounded.
The battleship Kniaz Souyaroff, Ro-
Jestvensky's flagship. was blown up in
the battle and the vice admiral suf-
fered severe wounds. He was then
conveyed to the destroyer Biedovick,
which surrendered to a Japanese bat
tleship. RoJestvensky was placed in
a ship and held prisoner until the
war ended.
Returning to Russia after his re
lease. Rojestvensky applied for retire
ment An indictment was found
against Rojestvensky and the officers
Of the Biedoyick. charging the admiral
with surrendering to an enemy. and
the officers with cowardice and de-
moralization Rojestvensky pleaded
guilty in order to save the officers,
hut he was declared to be not guilty.
The officers were condemned to death
but their sentences were commuted.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
DROVE EMPLOYER OFF
PREMISES WITH GUN

Modcna, Mo-. Jan. 14.-John Brooks,
a farm hand in the employ of John
Thompson. young farmer, living near
here, drove his employer of the prem
ises at the point Of revolver today
and after killing Mrs. Thompson, who
was lying Ill In bed, and his employers
brother, Butler Thompson, committed
suicide. No motive for the shooting
mas been learned.
Brooks is reported to have been ad-
dicted to drink, and 1t is said he com
mitted the crime while intoxicated.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Momentarlly at a Loss.

The eminent detective had found q
clew to the mystery he had been try
ing to unravel
Hal" he exclaimed Il have It at
last! And now"
Here he hesitated
Mopping his perspiring brow, he
took out his pocket edition OF the
Sherlock Holmes stories and eagerly
scanned It's pages to ascertain whether
the proper course after having discoy-
cred clew was to follow 1t up or to
run 1t down.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Up-to-pate Merchant.

A Paris shopkeeper wrote to one OF
his customers as follows: II am able
TO offer you cloth like the inclosed
sample at nine francs the meter. In
case / do not hear from you l shall
conclude that you wish TO pay only
eight francs. In order to lose no time
accept the last-mentioned price,"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
TWO HUNDRED, FORTY
MEN ENTOMBED

yesseperim, Hungary. Jan. 1i-in
an explosion OF fire damp In the Aucka
coal mine here today, which was fol
lowed later by dust explosion and
fIro, two hundred and forty men were
eRtombed,
Sixteen living miners and the bodies
OF forty-hve dead persons thHs lar
have been brought out Of The pit.
The fire has been held 10 one To-
cality and 1t IS hoped the remainder
of the -entombed miners will be Ies-
cued alive. -
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Tho Ideal.

The ideal is nothing more nor less
than the eliminating point OF logic,
even as the beautiful is nothing moro
nor less than the summit Of the true.
The artist people Is thus the consist
ent people. To love beauty Is to see
light This Is why the torch of Eu-
rope, that Is to say. civilization, was
first borne by Greece. who passed 1t to
Italy, who passed 1t to France Divine
pior1Aer peoples Hugo.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
HIS ARTISTIC SOUL REvoLrEr
Young Painter Saw Period of Suffer
Ing Whilo Earning Needed Money.

The young artist, almost on the
verge OF starvation, had just accept
ed an order from an elderly spinster
to paint her portrait. When the terms
and appointments had been fixed and
|. the Spinster was descending the rick
ETY. studio stairs, student friend of
the young painter, who had overheard
the deal, rushed In from the next
room to offer his congratulations.
TO his surprise, however, he found
bis friend sitting downcast before his
easel. his head in his hands.
why. Francois, why so downheart.
ed2" he inquired, stopping short to
stare at the artist. Didn't / Just
oyerhear you bagging an order to
paint face at 1000 francs?"
Yes replied Francois, sadly.
"And your need of the money Ia
something fierce. isn't it?"
And the other nodded
Then. my friend. you should be
kicking the ceiling In your lucky
strike!"
The artist now lifted his head slow
ly and gazed piteously at his compan.
ion. Melvin said he, did you get
q glimpse Of her2'
mo"
Then" said the other. allowing HIS
head again to fall into his hands, you
do not know. my friend. what torture
l Will have to undergo from morning
Till night for a whole week studying
that face!"-Illustrated Sunday Mag
aZine.
Peculiar Shifting of Sands.
French scientists are studying a pc
culiar movement OF the sands along
the northern coasts of France. Bel
gium and Holland. A fine sand orig
mating on the coast Of Normandy has
been found as far away as Denmark.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15

Only One "sRoMo QUINlNE"
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUI-
NINE. Look Tor the signature Of e. w.
GROVE Used the World over to
Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Celebrated Golden NveddInu

Twelve couples have Just cele.
brated their golden weddings at ARREST.
a small town near V'chy, France.
Three hundred descendants were pres,
ent at church,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
NOTICE.
To the Hol6crs of Ogden citv Gold
hetunding Bonds of 1898, Issue
No. 9, Series No. 9, Oaden
Utah.

WHEREAS. there is now IN III. o,t,,
treasury OF Ogden City. Utah. sutli.
cisnt FUNDS ON hand set aside to re.
neem one hundred of Ogden City Gold
keiunding Bonds of 1898, Issue No 8
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
Wanted Sport.

Some years ago Jude's was a noted
concert hall In Dublin, and late in the
evening the fun was generally fast and
furious.
A young Englishman, bent on see
Ing life, went there one evening. but
expressed himself disappointed with
the slowness of the place to a Hiber-
nian friend he met there.
Would you really like to see a
row." said Pat
Yes" said the Englishman.
Pat 0lled tumbler with cold wa.
ter and threw 1t across the table into
his face. saying: Now hit the man
next to you. and we'll have somo
grand sport"
A Formal Occasion.
AT my wife's earnest persuasion"
said Mr.. Meckton. II went to the
kitchen and notified the cook that sho
would be expected to interest herself
IN various household reforms"
And with what rcsult?"
She listened with apparent inter
est and then wont ahead and did as
she chose. She treated me as IL
were a regular notification commit.
tee."
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
COMMANDER
OF RUSSIAN
FLEET
Yice-Admiral Rojestyensky's
Death Announced in
St. Petersburg

st. Petersburg, Jan. 14.-The death
Of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is an
nounced, who was in command of the
Russian fleet in May, 1903. when 1t
was practically annihilated by the jap
anese in the battle of the Sea of ia
pam
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19
ED IA ROR7ALBZA

La information suministrada hoy DO
el Gobernador, INFERNO Mr.. Ward, es
la siguiente.
Ell Gobernador Mr.. Cotton, Hegara
en- el "Carollira'', ea del mes pr6xi-
mo y no en- ell trasporte DE guerra que
sc habla amunc ladO.
Sc preparm festejos para recibir
al nllevO goba,nador. Ell progranEa Sc
publicara EN- breve
Mr.. Ward, ha tenfdo comferencias
con los seiiores Richardson Collector de
la Aduana, Oam,xilas, Superintendent
tie de PrSouses y otroS seilores GU
yos nOmWes no recOrdamOs.
MUilama sc publicarvan varios rlom-
bramientos de Jueces de Paz.
Mr.. Ward, Ina recibido varias pro-
testas en- contra de autoridades sa1lit
tarias, Las cuales han ordenado ell sa--
crificio de cahallos, sin nenar los re-
quisitOs necesarios para ellos. Sc pro-
cedera a una investigation sobre ell
case.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19
En- Ell Supreme
FL Ca1o de Tiburones

Esta maiIana Sc VIC ante la sala del
Supreme, el recurso de apelaci6n in
terpuesto por Hipolito Maldonado, con
ira sentencia de La Corte de Distrito
de ArecibO.
Maldonado fue acusado de haber des
truido una cerca, de alambre de la pro.
piedad de Wenceslao Borda, en- terre.
nos del CaiiO de Tiburones.
Por cuyo motive fue condenadO q
noventa dollars de mrllta.
Maldonado apel6 de la sentencia i'm
p,,esta para ante el tribunal superior
En- ell acto del juicio sostuvo al re-
currente ell licenciado senior Santoni, y
al pueblo de Puerto Rico ell fiscal Sc.
nor Rossy, quien despues de argu
mentar ell informe del senor Santoni,
pidi6 la confirmation de La sentences
ell todas sus parties.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19
Sobre vehiculos
Un inf0rme de Mr.. Grahame

Ell Comisionado del interior ha fa-
cilitadO la prensa La information 81
guiente:
A partir de Enero /, de 1910, los
wehiculos que tu'ansiten por los cami--
nos, e2cepto los amtom6viles, deberan
tener las siguientes preparedness en-
tire la nanta y La carga.
Para vehfcu]os de 2 ruedas:
1000 1000 lbs, 4 pulgadas de
llanta.
1000 5000 lbs, pulgadas de
llanta.
5000 a 1000 lbs, AZ pulgadas de
llanta
Para vehiculos de 4 ruedas:
1000 a 1000 lbs, 8 pulgadas de
llanta d.
1000 a $500 lbs, 31h pulgadas de
llanta.
$500 a 5000 lbs, pMgadas de
llanta.
5000 a 5000 lbs. pulgadas de
llanta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19
Los successes
Ell CRIMEN DE YAUCO

Comrnican que aver fue arrestad0
el asesinO de Bartola Alvina COMO
cida pOr TOta. Sc llama BartOlOme
Aguilera. Al ser detenido confes6se AL
tor del crimen. ALvina, theme una pro-
funda pufiaIlada en- la espalda.
La polcia Sc ha incautado de nn
punzm agnado. Ell estado de la mfe-
liz mujer es gravisimo.
Hay gran alarma Ell los preblos CON-
ira esa ola cniminal que parece atan--.
tar contra la segurridad de Las perso-
;.t -
mas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19
La reception De MR. Ward

Esta ma6iana Mr. Ward, ha imforIfa-
do que las recepciomes de confiaiNa
en- su resIdencia, tendran lugar los
microbes, por la noclne en- vez de cer.
-
lebrarse por la tarde como era costun,
bre. Los esposos Wand, tendran ,mpy
cho gusto en- recibiq, los, meneiomados
dias a sa1s amigos de estar cim1ad> "
de la isla- .
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19
:Jugada sorprsudida

Anoche fue sorprendida en- Rio Guu-
de, una Jugax1a al monte. Unam1o In
pollcis ooupo la mesa Sc promovi6 N
monumental esoandAao, produc5sndo.s
Il@ =. collision sin eoasecsaencias,. Hoy Gun
ttD detenSlos, entire ellos. ei due6o de
Ia casa, Isaac Ortiz.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-19

49,
no son los que defender la tradici6n, no
son siquiera los unionistas. Son los re-
publicanos, los que advierten 81 peligro,
los que al llegar al bor1e del abismo, dan
un paso atras Y una voz de alarma. -. !