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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1902
Page
4
The Philadelphia Record explains that railroad workers use a complex set of hand and lantern signals to communicate across distances. Day signals rely on arm motions, lanterns are used at night, and dozens of minor signals exist though eight hundred variations show regional differences.
John Dwight donates 60000 dollars to Mount Holyoke College. June 18 marks dedication of the Dwight Memorial Art building. Miss Telenn Miller Gould presents 40000 dollars to endow a chair in Biblical literature. At 1900 commencement the gift is announced for memorials to Mrs Nancy Dwight and Mrs Clara Dwight.
A historical census shows ice production grew from four plants in the nation to 787 by 1900, excluding self supply makers. Southern states still dominate, with capital investment rising from 9,810,468 to 38,204,054 dollars, a 288 percent gain, while product value climbed from 4,900,933 to 31,587,451 dollars, up 183 percent.
Gen Sir Dighton Probyn is described as keeper of the Privy Purse and personal business manager to King Edward. He has served in the royal household for about twenty five years and is nearing his seventieth birthday. He is presented as a near assistant to the king.
Admiral Crowninshield rebuked Capt Dayton after reviewing findings on the Chicago court of inquiry. The inquiry examined Lieut Wynne and others convicted by an Italian court at Venice for disturbing the peace and Crowninshield partly blamed Dayton for not personally pursuing their defense, and he quashed recommendations for court-martials.
Senator Daniel of Virginia recounts a Virginia man who refused to admit any whisky was bad yet agreed some brands were better. He tried a famous so called popular brand and declared it the poorest good whisky he ever tasted after a bold drink.
It recalls Miss Anna FR Franklin once wed to Winfield Scott Schley, a Maryland beauty who endured long separations as his naval career kept him away for months and years. Her son followed fighting stock, enlisting, rising from the ranks to captaincy despite parental hopes.
A baseball fan notes balls last through a game or two of rough practice. Detroit records a game requiring fourteen balls. a $150 ball is exchanged if damaged. Most balls survive one game and a couple of days of practice before duty ends and a boy takes over.
In a recollection of Frank R Stockton a group of newspaper men heard a pompous speaker claim high authority in journalism. Stockton challenged him asserting he was not a literary hack but a mere coupe, the remark highlighting his modest start in the trade.
Col Lynch, a Galway native and former Smythesdale registrar’s son, seeks a parliamentary seat in London while his mining and engineering background is noted. He earned MA and CFE at Melbourne University, worked as an engineer in Australia, then moved to London becoming an author and journalist.
Cairo reports say negotiations among the government Ernest Cassel and the National Bank of Egypt for a new Agricultural Bank are nearly complete. The bank would have capital over 12 million dollars and offer easy term advances to farmers. Government guarantees repayment and 3 percent interest, targeting escape from high village usurers.
Commodore Richard Wainwright, superintendent of the naval academy and Gloucester captain at Santiago, may be relieved before October 1 and ordered to sea. President Roosevelt desires he receive the largest ship his rank allows, with a battleship if possible. Wainwright was detailed as superintendent at Annapolis on March 15, 1900.
In a Dunn Gardner sale in London, English and French dealers competed fiercely. A silver gilt Tudor cup weighing 14 ounces 3 pennyweights fetched £4100, about £2090 per ounce, despite its small size of 4% inches high and 4% inches diameter. The cup bears a London hallmark 1521-a Lombardie D with a crowned leopard’s head, maker's name unreadable, and seventeen bossettea decorate the bowl.
Miss Roberta Mac Wright daughter of Denver mayor christened the vessel at Neafle and Levy shipyards in Philadelphia in the presence of naval officers and Colorado leaders along with guests from New York and nearby cities during the launch ceremony.
Thomas J Shryock grand master of the Plasonic grand lodge of Maryland led a large excursion party aboard the ocean liner Celctic for a Mediterranean tour. 167 Masons formed the Celtic Masonic association and elected Shryock president. He presided at a lodge in Jerusalem beneath Solomon's temple, becoming an honorary member of the Royal Solomon Mother lodge. In Egypt he was named honorary grand master of the grand lodge of Egypt and attended a Bad Helouan lodge meeting near Cairo.
A group led by Senators Depew and Burrows organized the Inferno club in a Washington restaurant. It meets daily at noon to hear blood and thunder stories about atrocities allegedly by American soldiers in the Philippine debate, each member recounting lurid details. Depew described a railroad tale of robbery murder suicide a wreck with vast bloodshed.
Senator Depew rides to the capitol in a new cut of car with Mrs Depew and avoids streetcars, showing unease as a chauffeur. He jokes that the omnibus claim bill is really the automobile claims bill, noting his passion for horseless carriages despite slips and narrow escapes.
A man pleads wealth and experience to win a match as a woman tallies qualifications to judge his fitness. She notes his strong points but clarifies she seeks a husband, not a suitor at this moment.
The Baltimore American reports a sensational engagement gift. Mr Loftleich, son of a major beef and cost trust stockholder, presented his fiancée with a ring carved from a soup bone and set with a large coal fragment highlighting extravagant wealth.
Gen Delarey, a Boer leader, has endured personal sorrow as his 15 year old son was killed by a bullet by his father's side at Modder River. The loss highlights the human costs of the conflict and elicits sympathy for Lord Roberts and the afflicted family.
In a fragile exchange on the sofa a man questions if true love can exist given a looming barrier. She responds with a sharp retort about a bundle of his letters that could complicate his life financially and emotionally.
A grim telegram reveals a husband’s death on a railroad after a quarrel with a deceptive lover. The official confirms he was killed instantly with fatal injuries. The widow learns the brutal truth of the affair and the husband’s alleged betrayal.
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