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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
1
Sprineville will soon be alighted with electricity as the city council plans to finalize arrangements. The Salt Lake area reports several local incidents, including embezzlement charges, accidents, and criminal pursuits, with various civic updates and regional notes across Utah.
Russia demands exemplary punishment for the Turkish gendarme who killed the Russian consul at Monastir and all officials shown to be responsible. The killing, the second Russian consul murder in Macedonia in months, sparks St. Petersburg anger and threats of further trouble if reparations are not paid.
A violent hurricane tore across Martinique Sunday night lasting ten hours with two peak hours at Port de France, destroying hundreds of roofs and damaging several vessels. Streets clogged with debris and fallen trees blocked roads. no fatalities reported. Towns affected include St Marie Cirbet St Joseph and Francois. The storm moved northwestward.
Judge Frank Owers in Georgetown issued a temporary restraining order barring every member of the Citizens Protective League from interfering with eighteen Idaho Springs Miners' Union members who were driven from town after a compressor explosion at the Sun and Moon mine. WFM criminal complaints followed. warrants were issued and the sheriff ordered to Georgetown to appear before the judge.
Judge Hiram Knowles cites U S Commissioner H J Meth to show cause why his appointment should not be revoked. Hearing, August 18, centers on Meili who acted as Havre township justice of the peace. Alleged to have taken money for dismissing forgery charges.
Ray from Hadley Station arrives in Walla Walla to obtain arrest warrants for harvesters he says whitecapped him. He alleges the crew tied him to a header wagon and assaulted him at night then horsewhipped and tarred him before driving him from the camp.
Farmers William Cooper and his son James Cooper are dead after a feud with Sam Parrett who was wounded. The men lived near Oleta in Woodward County Oklahoma where long running hostilities led to a public well confrontation. Cooner fired Garrett with a shotgun while Barrett seized a shotgun and hired the Coppers. the murderer is still at large in Woodward.
A severe hailstorm battered eastern Colorado and southern Wyoming on Wednesday night. Ten inch ice chunks crushed sheep in corrals and injured cattle and horses. farms, barns, and crops were destroyed. Lafayette reports two back to back storms with widespread flooding and window damage. damage totals run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A severe storm west of Pueblo Colorado dropped heavy rain as the Arkansas River rose and washed out the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at one or two spots east of Florence delaying trains. Rio Grande passenger train No 15 crossing the Fountain River bridge at Little Duttes saw the trestle fail and the engine plunge into water. Engineer Hughes and Fireman Lillis were in the water for fifteen minutes before reaching the cab. All passenger cars stayed on track.
A Nikeaeloeff correspondent reports Odessa area strife as 600 Cossacks and two infantry lines rout a 2,000 strong striker gathering. Mounted riders beat and trampled protesters with heavy whips within a double cordon, despite overall orderly conduct among many workers.
A hour long bell ringing from about 600 churches celebrated the election of Pius X. Cardinal Resphigi ordered the simultaneous service with masses and the Oremus intoned to accompany the chimes.
A Western railroad has just received two express passenger engines claiming to be the largest and most powerful worldwide. They feature 22 inch cylinders, 28 inch stroke, 80 inch driving wheels, and a total engine weight of 212 600 pounds with tender total around 374 000 pounds. The tender carries 8 400 gallons of water and 9 tons of coal. The boiler is straight with 828 2 5 inch tubes, 206 feet long, working steam pressure 220 psi. The locomotive runs on twelve wheels with detailed axle weights and a firebox 9 by 5 feet, 6 feet 4 inches deep at rear, and 4078 square feet heating surface.
Tom Jorn and companion overpower jailer at Laramie Wyoming jail and flee, recaptured minutes later. McCloud wounded in thigh, Horn beaten. Sheriff Proctor attacked during breakout, mob pursuit follows. duo surrendered after a barn trap and gunfire.
The Blumbert family faces a judge and jury on forgery and related charges after investigations by Leyder. Theresa Hum bert and Frederick D Auri nac with brothers Roman and Emil await trial for forged documents and fraud tied to a fictitious $20 million inheritance used to secure loans totaling about $10 million. Eva Hum bert and Marie Duignac are cleared.
Reports say King Peter of Servia faces intimidation from his entourage as a murder inquiry links several court officials to King Alexander and Queen Draga. Objections arise to Colonel Peschjan being named Servian attache at Constantinople and court marshal amid police action on the Cozette publication.
Kate Walsh, 25, leapt from a sixth floor apartment on West Sixteenth Street in New York City. She fell through boards into a cistern water below but sustained only non life threatening injuries and was taken by police to a hospital.
The coronation of Pope Pius X occurred Sunday at St Peters with Cardinal Macchi placing the triple crown. About seventy thousand people filled the basilica as choirs sang and bells rang, marking one of the church’s grandest rites in years.
The Low archipelago or Luamotu group faces renewed devastation as fierce gales sweep the islands six months after a January flood drowned nearly 600 people and destroyed over $506,000 in property. Four deaths are confirmed so far while distressing losses may rise as more islanders seek safety in cocoanut trees and raise alarms about further inundations. The steamer Bacelator was damaged on its Tahiti to Marquesas run as three Tuamotu islands were submerged.
President Roosevelt outlined his views on financial legislation to Senators Millard and Heyburn. Millard agreed on a more elastic currency but insisted the government must back every dollar issued to ensure stable value. He supported issuing government bonds as a basis for currency while signaling skepticism about some proposed measures.
Serious clashes between blacks and whites feared at Jenrietta home to a major North Carolina cotton mill. Two black men were cut on Friday night with one in critical condition. Trouble sparked by alleged white disruption of a colored meeting and a white boy cursed by a black man. An armed black crowd was dispersed by extra police, with more unrest anticipated.
A strong wind and rain swept Pitt sburg Kansas and nearby areas Saturday. At Central Coal and Coke Company Mine 31 twenty three small houses were demolished and about thirty more blown from foundations or tipped over. Mine 27 also suffered damage. Roughly twenty five to thirty people were injured lightly across both sites.
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