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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1903
Page
1
Snow covers Sevier Valley while Ogden labor groups boycott Chinese restaurants. Mt Pleasant oil wells contracted. Salt Lake public schools report 11 985 pupils with 63 colored. Ephraim hosts baseball plans. smallpox cases decline in Salt Lake City. Notable deaths include Hans Mathias Nisson and others. fire brigades form in Richfield. trout planted near Mt Pleasant.
The Reina Christina flagship of Admiral Montejo, sunk in the Battle of Manila Bay, is floated and beached at Cavite. About eighty skeletons are found in the hulk, including a marked officer with a sword. Sixty shell holes noted, main infection valve missing, suggesting scuttling. Captain Albert R Couden oversees remains, with Spain seeking repatriation via the Sumner for an early June voyage. a wrecking company works to raise sunken Spanish warships.
The famed lightning calculator known as Ofad William Vailance dies in Trenton New Jersey at age about 30. He could instantly perform complex sums and recall dates in history with perfect accuracy. He impressed crowds by solving large multiplications and algebra problems in moments.
Sheriff Broadnas of San Diego received a telegram from Constable Horan reporting a riot at Pleadho. Deputy Constable Peter Burle was shot and killed and others wounded. Snertis Dioadnax rushed to the scene. The incident occurred at Picacho mining camp on the Colorado River about 150 miles east of San Diego and thirty miles north of Yuma.
Senator Julius C Burrows said Reed Smoot's temporary seating as Utah senator will not influence the committee on privileges and elections final decision. The panel plans to hear protests early in the coming session and aim for a prompt ruling.
The Education Bureau reports Andrew Carnegie's benefactions totaling 67,212,923, with 52,217,173 in the United States. In 1901 gifts amount to 30,213,500. In a separate incident Liank Walsh, ten miles east of Clinton Town, killed his wife on the way to church then shot himself. their young daughter ran into church to tell of the tragedy.
William Stewart aged 45 starves himself in the Knox County Indiana jail to honor a 21 day vow of fasting for four spree incidents from about two weeks prior. He is rapidly wasting away as inmates were moved to a new jail amid speculation he will survive to complete the promise.
Official dispatches from Melilla report the Insurgent Moors seized the fortress of Frajama after a mine blew a wall breach. A portion of the garrison escaped to Melilla as three insurgents attacked the breach. The garrison held for a time before retreating into Spanish territory and Spaniards seized the fortress arms.
A Sunday afternoon tornado struck Lozan Dewett and Platt counties causing one death and many injuries. Homes and farms were destroyed including the Halsadaiser and Marling residences, with fatalities among infants and others found injured. In Togan county three houses were wrecked and several residents sought shelter in cellars as the storm damaged Waynesville and areas near Atlanta and Lincoln.
A house fire in Indianapolis killed Nathan Morris an attorney and 12 year old Frank Haas son of Dr Joseph Haas. The blaze started in the furnace while the family slept on the second floor. Governess Grace Lemon was injured along with Dr Haas wife Miss Haas and Miss Tell Haas. Louis Haas broke his leg leaping from a window as rescuers searched the blaze and charred bodies were found on the stairs.
Early Sunday a gang of three held up a street car near Garfield park Chicago and robbed seven passengers, the conductor, and the motorman of about $190, a gold watch, and jewelry. Two men guarded the front and rear platforms while the third, at gunpoint, forced valuables from all aboard. A woman prayed for mercy as the crime unfolded. no police report or clues surfaced for hours, noted as the boldest holdup here since October 1895.
A Mondas ship arrived in Buffalo with five non union crewmen on deck. Striking union men overpowered and abducted them, four were later recovered by police raid on the union hall. One victim reportedly severely beaten.
Obituary notes the death of Brigham Young Jr a long time leader in the Mormon church at East Lake City after a year long illness chiefly cirrhosis of the liver with bronchitis complicating his condition. Born December 18 1836 at Kirtland he was son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. He served as apostle since 1868 and as president of the quorum of twelve since the death of Franklin D Richards. He married Catherine Curtis Spencer in 1858 and Jane Carrington soon after, endured Missouri Illinois early church hardships and helped in the Utah and European missions. The report mentions possible succession by Truman M Lyman and notes his travel and service in the church and Utah legislature.
Captain Pershing's column including Shaw's battalion Kilpatrick's troop and Chacoalis Battery captured Bacolod on Mindanao Wednesday. About 100 Moros killed and many wounded as the fort fell after a bayonet assault across a moat. Three American casualties reported.
Reformulated report describes a bank robbery attempt at the Bank of Smithton eight miles east of KedaNa Vie using dynamite. The robbers fled after a pistol fight with local citizens and a shot fired by Judge James Ringen wounded one robber. Citizens crowded the scene amid the explosion and melee.
Inquest into deaths of Arthur I Pennell and Mrs Pennell fails to solve the Burdick murder mystery. The Gehels quarry tragedy on March 10 left Fennell dead and Mrs Pennell fatally injured. A pre publication statement by Pennell claims no knowledge of Burdick’s killer and says the death came at the hands of an unknown woman he invited to his home at midnight.
A Hungarian peasant died at a market and relatives carrying the body were prevented from passing through Sharla by villagers claiming misfortune. Gendarmes and locals clashed, the crowd repelled the guards and the mob opened fire, killing two people and wounding many.
Ney Williams Milburn the longtime blind chaplain of the United States Senate died in Santa Barbara California. He was elected chaplain of the Senate in 1893 after previously serving twice as chaplain of the House and twice as chaplain of Congress. Milburn famed for his preaching and lectures toured the United States Canada Great Britain and Ireland.
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