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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
1
Utah residents learn President Roosevelt will visit the state sometime in May. Local health notes report smallpox quarantines in Springville and Idaho outbreaks prompting measures.
A Dawson dispatch reports 200 to 259 Indians on the warpath between the Little Salmon and Pelly rivers in the Yukon. A store was looted and burned, the storekeeper killed, another fatally wounded, and panic spreads as tribesmen march under two chiefs toward White Horse and Tantalus police detachment protection.
President Castro proposes a peaceful settlement to the allied powers. Mr. Bowen forwarded the plan to the state department and embassies in Washington. London and Berlin now consider it. Britain and Germany have expressed interest in peace, but the scheme lacks a chosen arbitration method and firm limits on liability.
Thomas Rogers, an engineer in downtown New York, is gravely ill at Bellevue Hospital with hydrophobia believed to be caused by a scratch from his pet Maltese cat. He developed convulsions a week after the scratch, frothing at the mouth, and has since been placed in the insane pavilion as doctors anticipate a fatal outcome.
In the Italian chamber Foreign Minister Prinetti answered an interpellation on Italy's attitude toward Venezuela. He reviewed causes of Anglo German action and listed claims for Italian citizens injured during the insurrection since April. The Caracas envoy concluded efforts to settle disputes and presented a minimized claim of 2 810 2565 bolivars.
The Martinique eruption has obliterated the Blanche riser as lava flows from Mont Pelec. Ashes sweep the river valley for three miles while temperatures remain extremely high on the island.
Charles Lennox was sentenced to be hanged in Butte for the murder of James Williams at Silver Bow Junction. Lennox testified against James Martin, prompting surprise at the verdict. Martin awaits sentencing and Lennox’s execution date is not yet set.
Lucille Gage, 11, daughter of California governor H T Gage, christens the Pacific cable shore end with champagne. The multistage project links San Francisco Honolulu Midway Guam and Manila with an estimated cost near 12 million dollars and government priority over other messages.
Mrs Grant died at 11 17 pm Sunday in Washington DC from heart failure after years of valvular disease aggravated by bronchitis. Nellie Grant Sartoris was at her side. three sons were away. Granddaughter Rose Mary starter present. Dr Bishop and two nurses tended her. Remains to be interred in Arlington cemetery New York? Her husband’s tomb.
A December dispatch from Puerto Cabello reports the British cruiser Charybdis and the German Vineta bombarded the fortress and town. Marines boarded the seized Topaz, tension rose, and the fort replied as fire opened on the fortress and custom house. No town damage reported. The port’s narrow harbor entrance lies near the old eighteenth century fortress.
Nevada City dispatch reports that two residents of You Bet, a mining town in the mountains, have secured wives by advertising. In this morning’s Union Herald many young men publish appeals for six women to share joy with six prosperous suitors. Names will not be published but these men are described as prosperous and able to provide.
John McFadden of Twin Bridges was bitten on the hand by a coyote after two hunting dogs killed the animal. Dr Dwight treated the wound and warned that blood poisoning threatened. The incident followed a peculiar accident during a coy ote hunt.
Traveler Passarge reports from Berlin that President Castro is a full blood Indian and energetic but lacking political wisdom. He notes Castro rose from a remote village magistrate to the presidency, with rapid rise and overconfidence. Germany’s pause in pressure and Venezuelan railroad officials’ stance shape Latin politics while color notions drive social drift under Blanco’s era.
A large black bear near Puyallup Washington chased several women on a business street seeking food. The animal fled into a store then to a garbage barrel before hunters arrived and killed it. The bear, long known locally, was claimed by State Senator Stewart.
A Dublin Georgia Christian Scientist refused medicine for a sick child, the child died, and the father was fined 300 dollars. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the lower court, ruling that withholding medicine from ill children does not violate state law.
David H. Moffat, president of the Denver Northwestern & Pacific Railway, says surveys are done to the Continental Divide and the main range crossing is favorable. Financing is secured to begin grading contracts, despite opposition from northern road interests.
Three men were killed and a fourth severely injured at the Kingston Company yard in Edwardville Pa after a slope engine shifted cars, a coupling broke, and cars dashed down the incline striking workers as they walked behind a train. The victims had just finished their shift.
In San Juan Puerto Rico police shot Costello of the U S steamer Wasp during a clash with sailors and officers. Sibbs, a Wasp crew member, faces district court on assault charges against Police Lieutenant Cabrera who was badly bruised. Naval personnel denounce the shooting as unwarranted, claiming sailors were unarmed and did not strike until after Costello was shot.
Ouray Ute Indian Tong Ave was given life imprisonment in a Durango district court after pleading guilty to the murder of his cousin and friend. He admitted a compulsion to kill and claimed he would not be satisfied until he had acted, saying he killed to pay for a family legacy of killings.
Mrs Roosevelt received Washing ton society at a Friday tea in the White House. It was the season’s first large social function and drew several hundred residents and officials. The receiving party included cabinet ladies and several named hostesses at the tea table.
The house committee on judiciary did not report any measure. In a 7 to 6 vote they refused to advance joint resolutions proposing a constitutional amendment to disqualify polygamy convictions from holding office.
Moros attacked Camp Vicars on Mindanao island at midnight after seventy days inactivity. The American force repulsed the attack without loss, driving off the attackers. Suspected origin lies east of Linao. Captain Pershing has not yet visited the area.
Headlines report Arizona drought relief, cholera near Lake Moros, a $20,000 bank robbery in New Mexico, and a busy week at New York port with $11,461,020 in imports. Other items cover Venezuelan unrest, cane disasters, politics, and local incidents across the United States.
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