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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
2
Utah news reports the Lehi sugar company will begin sugar production around September 15. The attorney general rules Grand and San Juan counties cannot unite due to lack of statute provisions.
The London based royal commission on agriculture reports widespread price decline and foreign competition as major causes of farmer distress. Commissioners diverge on remedies while Henry Chaplin and Walter Long back silver value measures, noting global monetary shifts since 1873.
Washington reports the administration plans to recommend governmental control of the Nicaraguan canal when Congress convenes. A detailed conference at the state department included Assistant Secretaries Aden and Cridler, Senator Morgan, and officials discussing Nicaragua and Salvador refusals to receive Mr Merry.
A cloudburst southeast of Rock Springs Wyoming sent a flood down the gulch washing away walks and fences, filling cellars and stores. An aqueduct carrying water to the Blycla district was overwhelmed, with water rising to several feet in homes. Workers were paid to pump and salvage by the Ninney Co. store and other properties.
Aug 1. One phase of Sho Durrant case will be argued in the state supreme court on Monday, an appeal from a decision by Judge Balios on the last April lath day. The course of action after the supreme court disposes of the present habeas corpus proceeding remains uncertain. To Clean Out the Busthoe in Wyoming Cason Wyoming August. Deputy State Engineer Gilchrist and County Surveyor Bradley go to the scene of a cattlemen rustler battle to determine the county involved.
In Boise an west coast fruit shipment feud unfolds with direct bids for business and a scramble for refrigerator ice. Armour’s Portland interests secure ice and packinghouse goods, while Burlington Santa Fe agents also seek ice to compete fairly. A separate report notes the Portland steamer’s Alaska gold cargo valued at 9000 dollars and a revenue cutter detail granted to guard it against piracy.
Minister Sewall reports to the state department that on the islands up to the 21st of last month the Japan Hawaiian labor dispute has shaped diplomatic correspondence. He notes West informed residents expect recognition by Hawaii of the principle sought, without substantial or monetary concessions, and finds no reference to a protectorate in the dispatches.
Reports from near the Indian reservation describe Klowns and Comanche war paint and a feared uprising after the death of chief Quannah Warker. Gibson and Gstockman warn it is unsafe for whites to enter the area with 8 000 to 10 000 Indians reportedly ill armed and about one gun for every 30 people.
There are 500 people waiting at Dyea to cross the pass and more steamers due. Indian packers and pack animals at Dyea are maxed out. winter camps will form along Dyea and lakes. Packing prices rise to 25 to 27 cents per pound as packers act independently.
Washington reports Aug statement by Coasual Reid to the state department says imports of American flour are restricted to foreign residents and that cheap Chinese labor plus inferior wheat sold as flour prevents expanding imports. California and Oregon flour sells at about 83 cents per pound. samples of inferior flour called alientung are sent for analysis in the northwest.
In London the South African policy of the Mirth government faced an attack in the House of Commons by Sir Wilfred Lawson Liberal who criticized Secretary of State Chamberlains stance toward South Africa calling the policy dangerous and destructive to Britain’s reputation and arguing for a reassessment.
In Amniton Colorado Judge Williams of Arkansas restrains Kansas officials from enforcing state insurance laws on behalf of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The move prompts Governor Leedy to prepare a circular urging prosecutors to vigorously enforce criminal laws against agents of any insured company with licenses denied or revoked. He warns federal judges cannot restrain Kansas from upholding its laws.
In Lincoln on August 4, the Union Pacific asserts a novel defense in its answer to T. Ribbles claims, contending the railroad is not subject to state transportation board jurisdiction or state laws. The filing argues the company, a U S corporation, was a common carrier only until October 13, 1893, and never subject to the act to regulate commerce, while Nebraska roads seek specific charges.
In Seattle on August 4 a chamber of commerce meeting with merchants and shippers adopted resolutions urging the secretary of the treasury to end the Canadian bonded goods privilege in transit through U S territory and to rescind entry ports at Dyea Ikaguay and Circle City as retaliation against a Canadian proposal to tax miners heading to the Klondike district.
Destructive cloud burst at Castle Rock Golo Ang 4 A causes the worst flood in state history. Plum Creek becomes a raging torrent washing away at least 100 bridges on the stream and tributaries. Denver & To Grande and Santa na Railroads suffer track and property damage but not enough to halt trains. Wagon bridges and roads incur thousands in losses, and nearby farms sustain considerable damage.
For a week the town of Ney Angel-Linstown endures nightly attempted holdups and burglaries by tramps and other bad characters. A post office break in was foiled when the postmaster appeared with a livoliver and the would be burglar fled. Citizens discuss forming a vigilante committee to drive out the unsavory class.
The steamer Newjoy sails from San Francisco with ten women among a youth group headed for Alaska. Major Lott of Springfield, Illinois, and his son accompany the party, as the mayor resigns his office amid the voyage toward the frozen north.
Everett Ruggles learns his wife's longstanding marriage entangles an estate in New York state valued around £750,000. Mrs Ruggles is named in the settlement with a right to one eleventh of the property. The notice arrives after a digal tangle on a Saturday, indicating all is settled.
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