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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
1
Utah state notes report Pleasant Grove will turn fifty on the 24th with a grand celebration planned. Other items include relief funds for Hanna Wy explosion victims, base ball challenges between Ophraim and Matti, and community actions across Salt Lake and surrounding counties.
A fierce electrical windstorm hit Beaver City Nebraska on Sunday afternoon damaging small buildings and windmills. The local Salvation Army camp suffered heavy losses with nine tents blown down and Commander Holland injured by a falling pole. The wheat crop was ruined and the area faced flooding.
The week sees Japan and China engulfed in tensions as Tokyo pushes for open ports to foreign trade in shukden and Tai Tung Kout. Russia’s Kouropatkin arrival and Korean encroachment fuel the fear of war, with Britain and the United States backing similar opens amid talks in Washington between Hay and the Chinese envoy.
A farmer near Patroleum Indiana is reported to have killed his son in a violent act described as a fatal incident. Police are investigating and no motive has been disclosed. Names and exact locations are based on initial reports and may be updated.
Pope Leo shows signs of improvement as he participates in Mass from his chapel adjoining the sick chamber. He rises, dresses in white, and greets Cardinals in the afternoon while doctors note his brightness and lucidity.
Port au Prince reports ongoing conflict between President Nord and the chamber. A state of siege is proclaimed and the national guard is called to arms amid allegations of extensive fraud in Haitian government securities totaling about 2 million dollars. The finance minister resigns amid protests, and troops cheer the president.
Government troops have seized Ciudad Bolivar on the Orinoco and plan a riverfront landing as General Gomez chambers the rear and presses toward Puerto Cabedlo. Deserters report Gomez defeated Paredes before entering the Orinoco valley.
Severe floods sweep Silesia with Troppeat submerged and Breslau at risk as the Oder bursts its banks. Entire districts lose crops and bridges, thirty villagers drown in the Sudeten valley as thirty houses collapse. Hailstorms along the Rhine wreck vineyards and lightning kills several.
A large tent at the Christian Endeavor convention in Denver collapsed Monday afternoon as 8 000 attendees crowded inside. Nearly 20 injured were treated, with no serious harm reported, after A M Tamsay of Chicago directed people to lift the canvas and poles to prevent suffocation.
Minnie Cummings of St Louis found guilty of murdering her husband Dennis Cummings on April 18 1903 by a sealed jury verdict. The sentence is ten years in the penitentiary. The trial notes she later faced a murder charge for killing her third husband M Harris who died in October 1902.
A Bu acharest dispatch reports Servian authorities uncovered a conspiracy to avenge King Alexander. A frontier garrison lieutenant was arrested for threats against Colonel Maschin, and a search of his quarters revealed twelve officers formed a league to take vengeance on the regicides.
A Port Arthur conference gathers top Russian officials in China and Korea amid secrecy with war questions suspected. Russian policy is to hold Manchurian positions and avoid steps to avert hostilities if Japan fights alone. In China Japanese anger surges with dramatic rooftop incident.
Investigation reveals passenger train wreck near Rockfish Virginia killed twenty one people with many injured and bodies recovered. Freight conductor Brubeck misread orders causing a late arrival and open switch. mental distress cited as factor. Foreign child survivors cared for by local people.
William Rudolph of Union Missouri escaped jail Monday during a prison yard melee. Guards hurried to quell fights in the west end while Rudolph climbed three flights of stairs and leaped to the top of the exterior wall, slipping away as officers pursued.
Boise man John Mitchell a Grand Army veteran and former legislator shot his wife after which Henry Shilling intervened. Mitchell then killed himself after locking himself in a room. He had recently moved from Aspen and worked in mining. He leaves two daughters and a son.
Forty farmers halted a Missouri Pacific train at Bison Kansas on Wednesday night to flag it with a red lantern and offer passengers a three week harvest job at three dollars a day and two hundred sixty dollars to disembark.
The jury at Lexington Kentucky declared Cassius M Clay of unsound mind after Wednesday proceedings. He will be sent to an asylum to protect property. The aged man was not in court and physicians testified to his mental condition.
James W Grady, a wealthy New York City real estate operator, leaped from a second story window after breaking from his nurse. A passing policeman stopped him at the pavement and he was taken to a hospital with fatal injuries. Brady died from internal injuries.
Senor Romano is described as the first civilian president of Berus in the last quarter century, marking a notable shift in the nation's top office.
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